Fig. 2. Strong correlation between charge and surface roughness generated by contact electrification.
a Charge generated by the contact electrification between the uncoated surface (i.e., positive data shown in plot on top) and coated surface with alkylsilanes of n number of carbon atoms (i.e., negative data shown in plot at the bottom). b Root-mean-square (RMS) surface roughness of the uncoated surface before (dotted yellow line) and after (solid red lines with squares) contact electrification with surface coated with alkylsilanes of n number of carbon atoms. Insets show the atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of the respective surfaces (labeled with n). Data are from samples performed in triplicates and are plotted as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
