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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Peeling tape produces strong electric fields via stick-slip friction that drive chemical reactions.

Xufeng Gao, Peng Zhou, Xu Yuan, Xiaoxu Li, Bowen Li, Yu Xia, Yifan Meng, Richard N Zare, Tingting Zheng, Xinxing Zhang

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors.

Xufeng GaoCollege of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Peng ZhouShanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
Xu YuanCollege of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Xiaoxu LiCollege of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Bowen LiCollege of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Yu XiaHubei Key Laboratory of Environmental and Health Effects of Persistent Toxic Substances, School of Environment and Health, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7647-4921
Yifan MengCollege of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6897-3595
Richard N ZareDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.ORCID 0000-0001-5266-4253
Tingting ZhengShanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
Xinxing ZhangCollege of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5884-2727

Funding

DOD | AF | AMC | AFRL | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) AFOSR 9550-21-1-0170MOST | NSFC | National Natural Science Foundation of China - State Grid Corporation Joint Fund for Smart Grid () 22325402&22174073National Key R&D Program of China 2023YFE124200National natural science Foundation of China 22222405
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adhesive interfaces store significant energy due to interlocking molecular chain entanglement and van der Waals forces. When two adhesive surfaces are separated, triboelectric effects induce charge transfer, generating a strong electric field at the peeling interface. This effect offers different opportunities for initiating chemical reactions. Here, we report that the stick-slip friction involved in peeling tape produces electric fields on the order of 10

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electric fieldmass spectrometrystick–slip frictiontriboelectricity

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PMID40560609
PMCPMC12232728

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