Research context and placement

The one-sentence registered summary supports an electrostatic droplet track. Droplet routing is not electrical routing; retain integration foundations.

Boundary case: assigned to the closest interface for navigation. Read the rationale and cross-links together; the primary theme does not delimit the study. Placement of foundational work does not establish direct bioelectronic application.

Research overview and key contributions

The checked summary reports electrostatically switched droplet trajectories on a multi-inlet/multi-outlet superhydrophobic track.

The track-plus-actuation concept is supported; quantitative performance is not yet verified.

Open challenges

Editorial question: how do droplet size/conductivity and electrode placement affect routing errors?

Comparison context

Later comparison should match field, track geometry, liquid properties and routing-success definitions.

Related external research

Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

DOI: 10.1038/nature10447 ↗

Use SLIPS adhesion context to separate track wetting and actuation.

SLIPS repellency cannot establish electrostatic-track switching accuracy.

Abstract checked

Corresponding-author verification

Correspondence unresolved

This record concerns Jungmok Seo’s correspondence designation. Author order or an asterisk alone is not treated as confirmation; this check is separate from verification of the research content.

  • Correspondence evidence source ↗

    No explicit corresponding-author statement read.

    Publisher article access attempt; available Crossref abstract has no correspondence block · Available public body/abstract and attempted publisher access reviewed; explicit named correspondence role was not established.

Main-text review scope
Publisher registered one-sentence abstract read; publisher HTML open failed. No original figure or full caption read.
Supplementary review scope
Not read in this figure/correspondence pass; no complete SI audit claimed.
Pending verification
Prioritize the complete abstract, electrode geometry and operating window in school Chrome. Jungmok Seo correspondence status remains unclear, and full methods/supplement review is incomplete.

COVERAGE & OUTREACH

Coverage and outreach

Links are checked for their relationship to this paper. Media publication does not establish independent reporting or additional experimental validation.

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Sources and verification scope

Only the one-sentence Crossref summary was read; RSC returned 403 and Europe PMC returned no DOI record.

  • Public publication baseline ↗ · #17 · 2026-10-03
  • Crossref metadata ↗: Only public bibliographic metadata registered with Crossref was checked. This does not mean that the publisher page, abstract, or full text was read; full-text verification in the school Chrome session remains pending. Manual comparison found Electrostatic-Induced versus Electrostatically-induced. This was adjudicated as a minor bibliographic variation referring to the same paper; original values were retained. No license link is present in Crossref; redistribution rights have not been established.
  • Source for updated publication metadata ↗
    Bibliographic and publication-status check; separate from main-text review.
  • Crossref — publisher-supplied abstract (one-sentence summary) ↗
    publisher_registered_abstract_via_Crossref · message.abstract; actually read 2026-10-03; publisher full text not implied
  • RSC publisher page ↗
    retrieval_failed · HTTP 403; no complete abstract/body returned; checked 2026-10-03