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  • Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces
  • Triboelectricity and Electrokinetics

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  • Static electricity generation during water dewetting is a known phenomenon.
  • Understanding the charging mechanisms is crucial for applications involving fluid interfaces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the charging mechanisms of polymer surfaces during water dewetting.
  • To elucidate the influence of dewetting speed, polymer film thickness, and aqueous solution properties (salinity, pH, ions) on the generated static electricity.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental study of polymer slides and films during vertical withdrawal from aqueous solutions.
  • Analysis of surface charge density as a function of dewetting speed and film thickness.
  • Investigating the effect of varying salinity, pH, and specific ions (surfactants, salts, acids).
  • Utilizing thermally stimulated discharge, charged toner imaging, and Kelvin probe force microscopy.

Main Results:

  • Negative charging observed for pure water, increasing with dewetting speed and decreasing film thickness.
  • Charging correlated with electrokinetic interfacial charge densities at low salinity (μM range).
  • Charge polarity inversion observed with cationic surfactants, specific salts, and strong acids.
  • Charging reduced at higher salinity (mM range), especially with chaotropic ions and high speeds.
  • Adsorption energies of charged water clusters determined; surface charge distribution maps dewetting dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • Dewetting-induced charging is explained by the entrainment of charged nanometer-sized water droplets.
  • Solution properties significantly modulate charging magnitude and polarity through electrokinetic effects and droplet characteristics.
  • Surface charge distribution provides a detailed record of the dewetting process at the three-phase contact line.