Water utilization is accompanied with the development of human beings, whereas gaseous
moisture is usually regarded as an underexploited resource. The advances of highly efficient …

Electrospinning has become a widely implemented technique for the generation of
nonwoven mats that are useful in tissue engineering and filter applications. The overriding …

Harvesting energy from the environment offers the promise of clean power for self-sustained
systems,. Known technologies—such as solar cells, thermoelectric devices and mechanical …

Biologic materials have been shown to be good candidates for moisture-enabled
hydrovoltaic power generation, but only those from specific bacterial cells have been …

Production of electricity by friction is well known but poorly understood, and is the source of
electrostatic discharge causing serious accidents. Recent results are in agreement with one …

The global energy crisis caused by the overconsumption of nonrenewable fuels has
prompted researchers to develop alternative strategies for producing electrical energy. In …

Tribocharged polymers display macroscopically patterned positive and negative domains,
verifying the fractal geometry of electrostatic mosaics previously detected by electric probe …

Hygroelectric generator (HEG) technology based on ambient humidity is a promising self-
sustained energy harvesting system, but it usually suffers from the disadvantages of …

Water is known for dissipating electrostatic charges, but it is also a universal agent of matter
electrification, creating charged domains in any material contacting or containing it. This new …

Friction between dielectric surfaces produces patterns of fixed, stable electric charges that in
turn contribute electrostatic components to surface interactions between the contacting …