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Contact Electrification

Contact Electrification is a physical phenomenon in which electric charge is transferred between two materials upon their direct contact and subsequent separation, distinguishing it from other electrification mechanisms by its dependence on interfacial contact and surface properties.

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Triboelectric EffectTriboelectricity

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On the origin of contact-electrification

Zhong Lin Wang, Aurelia Chi Wang · Materials Today · 2019 · 1.7K citations

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Nanoscale Triboelectric-Effect-Enabled Energy Conversion for Sustainably Powering Portable Electronics

Sihong Wang, Long Lin, Zhong Lin Wang · Nano Letters · 2012 · 1.3K citations

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Electrostatic Charging Due to Separation of Ions at Interfaces: Contact Electrification of Ionic Electrets

Logan S. McCarty, George M. Whitesides · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2008 · 1.1K citations

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On the Electron‐Transfer Mechanism in the Contact‐Electrification Effect

Cheng Xu, Yunlong Zi, Aurelia Chi Wang et al. · Advanced Materials · 2018 · 934 citations

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Contact electrification

J. Lowell, Arthur Rose-Innes · Advances In Physics · 1980 · 921 citations

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  1. ZL
    Zhong Lin Wang

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    116 publications · 21.3K citations

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  2. JL
    J. Lowell

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    24 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. SL
    Shiquan Lin

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    18 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. XC
    Xiangyu Chen

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    16 publications · 2.4K citations

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  5. BA
    Bartosz A. Grzybowski

    Northwestern University, United States

    15 publications · 2.3K citations

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Institutions

589

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    72 h-index

    584 publications

    70.4K citations

  2. Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems

    Beijing, China

    70 h-index

    542 publications

    68.7K citations

  3. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    67 h-index

    262 publications

    69.3K citations

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    49 h-index

    372 publications

    45.4K citations

  5. Guangxi University

    Nanning, China

    23 h-index

    99 publications

    8.9K citations

  6. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    38 publications

    3.5K citations

  7. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    16 h-index

    50 publications

    3.8K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    14 h-index

    68 publications

    7.2K citations

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  1. Nano Energy

    40 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. Advanced Functional Materials

    31 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. ACS Nano

    26 publications · 4.2K citations

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  4. Journal of Electrostatics

    44 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics

    38 publications · 2.2K citations

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