Triboelectret state

According to numerous investigations at the end of the 20 century polymers acquire a triboelectret state as a result of intensive electrophysical processes during frictional interactions with a solid counterbody [47]. The... 

The principal characteristics of the triboelectret state in polymers recorded experimentally are i) the efficient surface charge density (ESCD) value and ii) the thermally stimulated depolarization (TSD) current spectrum, i.e. the discharge current dependence of the electret on its heating temperature. The analysis of TSD spectra helped to estimate the parameters of the triboelectret state, including the homo- to heterocharge relation in a dielectric, activation energy of the charge relaxation processes, relaxation time and others. 

V.S. Mironov. Influence of sliding speed on parameters of triboelectret state in polymer coatings. Soviet J. Friction and Wear, 1989, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 69-72. 

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