Stimulus-responsive molecular gel systems, based on metal salts of a luminescent gelator, 9,10-dioxooctadecanoic acid (DODA), are reported. These salts are structurally the simplest metallo-gelators of which we are aware that exhibit controllable mechano-responsive and luminescent properties. Aggregation is more favored by the metal salts than for DODA itself. However, gelation ability differs ...

For more than a century, crystallization has remained chief research topic. One of the most undesirable phenomena is formation calcium carbonate scale in drinking and industrial water systems. In this work, influence chemical additives on CaCO3 formation—in either nucleation, crystal growth, or inhibition processes—is investigated by using CO2-degasification method. Chemical are foreign salts (...