A TSC investigation of polymer–polymer contact charging

✍ Scribed by Meena Rajan; Michael S. Ellison

• Book ID: 101269259
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 330 KB
• Volume: 35
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0887-6266
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0488(199712)35:17<2901::aid-polb13>3.0.co;2-b

✦ Synopsis

The transfer of charge across the interface between two materials brought into contact was studied by measuring the small currents produced when layered films composed of two dissimilar films were first heated and then held under isothermal conditions. It was found that, given a fixed electrode orientation, the polarity of the current generally reversed when the relative position of the films were reversed. The sense of the current was in agreement with that expected from the polymer work functions.