ERC Consolidator Grant · 2023
The materials on the outer plant surface create the world's largest bio-air interface. Invisibly, this sur-face spontaneously charges when hit by raindrops and solid materials. This is due to contact electrifi-cation, a phenomenon used in technologies like printing and energy harvesting. Yet, extraordinarily little is known about its role in nature and how biosurfaces charge. EpiC will target two exciting and unresolved questions: a) can one exploit the generated charges to power high-tech devices at the leaf-air interface? and b) how is the organism affected by the electric fields generated on the outer leaf surface? The core of EpiC is thus a detailed surface analysis to gain the highest…
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