Research context and placement

The public PDF supports gas-driven adhesion switching for several liquids, without biological host-response evidence. Retain host interface-control foundations.

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Research overview and key contributions

Gas-responsive Pd/Ag dendrite morphology reversibly switches adhesion of water and lower-surface-tension liquids.

Air/hydrogen switching extends control to oily liquids and links morphology to contact area.

A not-to-scale diagram links gas environment, surface geometry and liquid adhesion above a blue branching dendritic surface with gold decoration symbols and a droplet icon.
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AI-generated, not-to-scale concept showing the relationship among gas environment, surface geometry and liquid adhesion on Pd-decorated Ag dendrites. The concept concerns the PFDT-treated surface studied in the paper; PFDT and the actual coating and particle distribution are omitted. Arrows denote the studied switching concept, not experimental results or perfect reversibility.

Dots, branches, droplets and repeated icons distinguish materials and functions. They do not specify actual gas species, composition or concentration; Pd distribution or coverage; dendrite geometry or size; contact angles, adhesion forces, response time, lifetime, cycle count or operation for every liquid. The double arrow does not depict droplet lifting or levitation, and the repeated droplet icons do not compare two samples or before-and-after results.

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Source paper ↗ · DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01038 ↗

Open challenges

The body identifies excessive Pd deposition and oil wetting as a boundary that eliminates reversibility.

Comparison context

Match surface tension, volume, Pd coverage, gas composition and cycles; distinguish force from contact angle.

Related external research

Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

DOI: 10.1038/nature10447 ↗

SLIPS repellency is a candidate for later adhesion-switching comparison.

Passive repellency and gas-actuated switching serve different aims; contact angle alone cannot rank them.

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Corresponding-author verification

Jungmok Seo: not a corresponding author

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  • Correspondence evidence source ↗

    Taeyoon Lee*,†; AUTHOR INFORMATION; Corresponding Author; *E-mail: [omitted].

    p.4964 author line and p.4970 AUTHOR INFORMATION / Corresponding Author (PDF pages 1, 7) · Named publisher author/correspondence information or public published-PDF contact block read; selected body/figure scope is recorded separately.

Main-text review scope
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Supplementary review scope
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Sources and verification scope

After ACS retrieval failed, the author-hosted abstract, introduction and wetting/switching results were read; supplements remain unchecked.

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  • ACS publisher abstract ↗
    retrieval_failed · Web retrieval: Internal Error; no complete abstract returned; checked 2026-10-03
  • Author-hosted published Chemistry of Materials article ↗
    public_author_hosted_pdf_selected_sections · PDF p.1 abstract/introduction; pp.3–7 selected wetting, morphology and adhesion-switching results/conclusion; DOI confirmed; checked 2026-10-03