Tribo-electrostatics: Fundamentals, Challenges And Perspectives

After a brief introduction of the fundamental concepts of electrostatics, the book details various mechanisms of contact and frictional electric charging, with a special emphasis on the surface effects related to adsorption of water, contamination, inhomogeneity or roughness. The understanding of these physical and/or chemical mechanisms is a prerequisite for: (i) developing novel tribo-electrostatic applications, such as the separation of granular or powdery mixtures in waste recycling or ...