Spontaneous ordering of identical materials into a triboelectric series

Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08530-6Nominally identical materials are found to spontaneously order into triboelectric series over repeated processes, which is found to be driven by the act of contact itself using experiments as well as numerical simulations.

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Spontaneous ordering of identical materials into a triboelectric series

Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08530-6Nominally identical materials are found to spontaneously order into triboelectric series over repeated processes, which is found to be driven by the act of contact itself using experiments as well as numerical simulations.