(Nanowerk Spotlight) Every time a fingertip swipes a phone screen, a pen taps a notebook, or fabric brushes against skin, tiny bursts of electrical charge are exchanged between materials. This is the ...

The quest to mimic human touch in technology has led researchers to explore piezoelectric and triboelectric effects as pivotal phenomena. These effects underpin a new generation of tactile sensors ...

Researchers from Japan have developed a novel battery-free, lightweight, and low-cost sensor called CO-TENG that utilizes paper self-folding technology and triboelectric power generation. It holds ...

The triboelectric effect is familiar to anyone who has rubbed wool on a PVC pipe, or a balloon on a childs’ hair and then stuck it on the wall. Rubbing transfers some electrons from one material to ...

Researchers at the University of Alabama have even created an inexpensive triboelectric generator out of double-sided tape and plastic film. Now, a team of researchers from Brussels, Australia, and ...

This array of nearly 150 LEDs is powered by repeatedly sticking and unsticking layers of store-bought tape as part of a triboelectric nanogenerator, along with plastic and aluminum. Zaps of static ...

TENGs convert mechanical energy, such as friction or movement, into electricity using the triboelectric effect, a phenomenon that involves transferring a charge between two materials in contact with ...

Researchers at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology are harvesting energy using triboelectric effect technology, or contact electrification. Processor ...

The need for highly localized plant-centric power sources for use literally “in the field.” The details of the construction arrangement used for triboelectric harvesting and energy capture. The amount ...