Control of Skin Potential by Triboelectrification with Ferroelectric Polymers

Adv Mater. 2015 Oct 7;27(37):5553-8. doi: 10.1002/adma.201502463. Epub 2015 Aug 20.

Abstract

Negatively polarized ferroelectric polymer β-P(VDF-TrFE) shows higher positive triboelectric properties than skin, which could lead to new medical applications. Kelvin force microscope measurements and triboelectric nanogenerator characterizations are performed to demonstrate this new property. In addition, how many negative charges are exchanged by contact electrification between the negatively polarized β-P(VDF-TrFE) and the skin is estimated.

Keywords: kelvin probe force microscopy; nanogenerators; poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-trifluoroethylene); skin; triboelectric materials.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Electric Stimulation* / instrumentation
  • Electric Stimulation* / methods
  • Electricity*
  • Electrodes
  • Humans
  • Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated / chemical synthesis
  • Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated / chemistry
  • Male
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Models, Animal
  • Nanotechnology / methods
  • Oscillometry
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Skin Physiological Phenomena*
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Vinyl Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Vinyl Compounds / chemistry

Substances

  • Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated
  • Polymers
  • Vinyl Compounds
  • poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene)