Contact electrification and triboelectric charging are areas of intense research. Despite their
low ability to accept or donate electrons, polymer insulator based triboelectric …

Triboelectric probes have rapidly developed as an efficient tool for understanding contact
electrification at liquid–solid interfaces. However, the liquid–solid electrification process is …

Contact between water droplets with hydrophobic surfaces is a common phenomenon at
functional interfaces, and it has been extensively studied. However, quantifying the charge …

The phenomenon of triboelectricity involves the flow of charged species across an interface,
but conclusively establishing the nature of the charge transfer has proven extremely difficult …

The contact electrification between liquid and solid has attracted widespread attention in the
fields of energy, physics and chemistry, but its basic mechanism still remains unclear …

Chemical analysis of ions and small organic molecules in liquid samples is crucial for
applications in chemistry, biology, environmental sciences, and health monitoring …

The phenomenon of surface electrification upon contact is a long-standing scientific puzzle,
with for instance written accounts of charged samples of amber attracting feathers dating …

Over the past decade, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs)–small and portable devices
designed to harvest electricity from mechanical vibrations and friction–have matured from a …

The role of the electrostatic environment in chemical reactions has long been an important
research field, but most studies have focused on the influence of external electric fields on …

Triboelectric nanogenerators are an emerging energy technology which harvests electricity
from mechanical energy. Within this technology there are sliding metal–semiconductor …