Journal
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 96, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3330866
Keywords
atomic force microscopy; friction; surface charging
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- NSF [50772002, 90406018]
- MOST of China [2006CB932403, 2007CB936202, 2006CB932701]
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Nanotriboelectrification is studied by a Kelvin probe force microscopy (KFM)-based method. The electrostatic potentials produced by the friction between the atomic force microscope tips and the substrates are recorded with KFM and the electric quantity is calculated. Charge sign reversal is found when different loaded forces are applied between tips and substrates of similar properties. A model is built to explain this phenomenon. The factors which can affect the properties of surface charges, such as loaded force, friction speed, friction time, and relative humidity are discussed in detail.
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