ERC Starting Grant · 2020
Tribocharge: a multi-scale approach to an enduring problem in physics
Tribocharging, i.e. charge transfer during contact, is a fundamental effect of widespread importance, yet we do not understand it. For insulators, even the most basic questions are open: What are the charge carriers? How do they bind to a surface? What drives them between surfaces? The aim of this proposal is to establish the mechanism of insulator tribocharging. Building on my work to develop new experiments and test existing models, we will use a multi-scale approach to find the origin of this effect. We will address the apparent homogeneous macrophysics, through the stochastic signatures at the mesoscale, and down to individual charges at the microscale. Throughout, we will perform…
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