Liquid-solid contact electrification when water droplets hit living plant leaves

Serena Armiento; Carlo Filippeschi; Fabian Meder; Barbara Mazzolai

doi:10.1038/s43246-022-00302-x

Communications Materials (Oct 2022)

Liquid-solid contact electrification when water droplets hit living plant leaves

Serena Armiento,
Carlo Filippeschi,
Fabian Meder,
Barbara Mazzolai

Affiliations

Serena Armiento: Bioinspired Soft Robotics, Italian Institute of Technology
Carlo Filippeschi: Bioinspired Soft Robotics, Italian Institute of Technology
Fabian Meder: Bioinspired Soft Robotics, Italian Institute of Technology
Barbara Mazzolai: Bioinspired Soft Robotics, Italian Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-022-00302-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Contact electrification can generate useable charge on a variety of surfaces. Here, surface charge creation when a single water droplet hits various plant leaves is investigated, including the effect of droplet characteristics and whether the plant leaf is hydrophilic or hydrophobic.

Published in Communications Materials

ISSN: 2662-4443 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmat/

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