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Roadmap on deep learning for microscopy. Journal of Physics: Photonics. 8(1), 012501.","chicago":"Volpe, Giovanni, Carolina Wählby, Lei Tian, Michael Hecht, Artur Yakimovich, Kristina Monakhova, Laura Waller, et al. “Roadmap on Deep Learning for Microscopy.” Journal of Physics: Photonics. IOP Publishing, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/ae0fd1.","short":"G. Volpe, C. Wählby, L. Tian, M. Hecht, A. Yakimovich, K. Monakhova, L. Waller, I.F. Sbalzarini, C.A. Metzler, M. Xie, K. Zhang, I.C. Lenton, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, D. Brunner, B. Bai, A. Ozcan, D. Midtvedt, H. Wang, T. Li, N. Sladoje, J. Lindblad, J.T. Smith, M. Ochoa, M. Barroso, X. Intes, T. Qiu, L.Y. Yu, S. You, Y. Liu, M.A. Ziatdinov, S.V. Kalinin, A. Sheridan, U. Manor, E. Nehme, O. Goldenberg, Y. Shechtman, H.K. Moberg, C. Langhammer, B. Špačková, S. Helgadottir, B. Midtvedt, A. Argun, T. Thalheim, F. Cichos, S. Bo, L. Hubatsch, J. Pineda, C. Manzo, H. Bachimanchi, E. Selander, A. Homs-Corbera, M. Fränzl, K. De Haan, Y. Rivenson, Z. Korczak, C.B. Adiels, M. Mijalkov, D. Veréb, Y.W. Chang, J.B. Pereira, D. Matuszewski, G. Kylberg, I.M. Sintorn, J.C. Caicedo, B.A. Cimini, M.A. Lediju Bell, B.M. Saraiva, G. Jacquemet, R. Henriques, W. Ouyang, T. Le, E. Gómez-De-Mariscal, D. Sage, A. Muñoz-Barrutia, E.J. Lindqvist, J. Bergman, Journal of Physics: Photonics 8 (2026).","ieee":"G. Volpe et al., “Roadmap on deep learning for microscopy,” Journal of Physics: Photonics, vol. 8, no. 1. IOP Publishing, 2026.","mla":"Volpe, Giovanni, et al. “Roadmap on Deep Learning for Microscopy.” Journal of Physics: Photonics, vol. 8, no. 1, 012501, IOP Publishing, 2026, doi:10.1088/2515-7647/ae0fd1.","ama":"Volpe G, Wählby C, Tian L, et al. Roadmap on deep learning for microscopy. Journal of Physics: Photonics. 2026;8(1). doi:10.1088/2515-7647/ae0fd1","apa":"Volpe, G., Wählby, C., Tian, L., Hecht, M., Yakimovich, A., Monakhova, K., … Bergman, J. (2026). Roadmap on deep learning for microscopy. Journal of Physics: Photonics. IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/ae0fd1"},"intvolume":" 8","DOAJ_listed":"1","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2515-7647"]},"volume":8,"type":"journal_article","abstract":[{"text":"Through digital imaging, microscopy has evolved from primarily being a means for visual observation of life at the micro- and nano-scale, to a quantitative tool with ever-increasing resolution and throughput. Artificial intelligence, deep neural networks, and machine learning (ML) are all niche terms describing computational methods that have gained a pivotal role in microscopy-based research over the past decade. This Roadmap encompasses key aspects of how ML is applied to microscopy image data, with the aim of gaining scientific knowledge by improved image quality, automated detection, segmentation, classification and tracking of objects, and efficient merging of information from multiple imaging modalities. We aim to give the reader an overview of the key developments and an understanding of possibilities and limitations of ML for microscopy. It will be of interest to a wide cross-disciplinary audience in the physical sciences and life sciences.","lang":"eng"}],"arxiv":1,"author":[{"last_name":"Volpe","first_name":"Giovanni","full_name":"Volpe, Giovanni"},{"full_name":"Wählby, Carolina","first_name":"Carolina","last_name":"Wählby"},{"full_name":"Tian, Lei","last_name":"Tian","first_name":"Lei"},{"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Hecht","full_name":"Hecht, Michael"},{"first_name":"Artur","last_name":"Yakimovich","full_name":"Yakimovich, Artur"},{"last_name":"Monakhova","first_name":"Kristina","full_name":"Monakhova, Kristina"},{"full_name":"Waller, Laura","first_name":"Laura","last_name":"Waller"},{"last_name":"Sbalzarini","first_name":"Ivo F.","full_name":"Sbalzarini, Ivo F."},{"full_name":"Metzler, Christopher A.","first_name":"Christopher A.","last_name":"Metzler"},{"last_name":"Xie","first_name":"Mingyang","full_name":"Xie, Mingyang"},{"full_name":"Zhang, 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M., Ostermann, M., Sauer, M., Hahn, M., Pichler, C. M., Fahrnberger, F., … Waitukaitis, S. R. (2026). Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification. Nature. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w","ama":"Grosjean GM, Ostermann M, Sauer M, et al. Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification. Nature. 2026;651(8106):626-631. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w","mla":"Grosjean, Galien M., et al. “Adventitious Carbon Breaks Symmetry in Oxide Contact Electrification.” Nature, vol. 651, no. 8106, Springer Nature, 2026, pp. 626–31, doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w.","ieee":"G. M. Grosjean et al., “Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification,” Nature, vol. 651, no. 8106. Springer Nature, pp. 626–631, 2026.","short":"G.M. Grosjean, M. Ostermann, M. Sauer, M. Hahn, C.M. Pichler, F. Fahrnberger, F. Pertl, D. Balazs, M.M. Link, S.H. Kim, D.L. Schrader, A. Blanco, F. Gracia, N. Mujica, S.R. Waitukaitis, Nature 651 (2026) 626–631.","chicago":"Grosjean, Galien M, Markus Ostermann, Markus Sauer, Michael Hahn, Christian M. Pichler, Florian Fahrnberger, Felix Pertl, et al. “Adventitious Carbon Breaks Symmetry in Oxide Contact Electrification.” Nature. Springer Nature, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w.","ista":"Grosjean GM, Ostermann M, Sauer M, Hahn M, Pichler CM, Fahrnberger F, Pertl F, Balazs D, Link MM, Kim SH, Schrader DL, Blanco A, Gracia F, Mujica N, Waitukaitis SR. 2026. Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification. Nature. 651(8106), 626–631."},"ec_funded":1,"quality_controlled":"1","status":"public","OA_type":"hybrid","year":"2026","OA_place":"publisher","_id":"21485","PlanS_conform":"1","author":[{"full_name":"Grosjean, Galien M","id":"0C5FDA4A-9CF6-11E9-8939-FF05E6697425","orcid":"0000-0001-5154-417X","last_name":"Grosjean","first_name":"Galien M"},{"full_name":"Ostermann, Markus","last_name":"Ostermann","first_name":"Markus"},{"full_name":"Sauer, Markus","last_name":"Sauer","first_name":"Markus"},{"last_name":"Hahn","first_name":"Michael","full_name":"Hahn, Michael"},{"last_name":"Pichler","first_name":"Christian M.","full_name":"Pichler, Christian M."},{"full_name":"Fahrnberger, Florian","last_name":"Fahrnberger","first_name":"Florian"},{"first_name":"Felix","last_name":"Pertl","id":"6313aec0-15b2-11ec-abd3-ed67d16139af","full_name":"Pertl, Felix","orcid":"0000-0003-0463-5794"},{"last_name":"Balazs","first_name":"Daniel","orcid":"0000-0001-7597-043X","full_name":"Balazs, Daniel","id":"302BADF6-85FC-11EA-9E3B-B9493DDC885E"},{"first_name":"Mason M.","last_name":"Link","full_name":"Link, Mason M."},{"last_name":"Kim","first_name":"Seong H.","full_name":"Kim, Seong H."},{"last_name":"Schrader","first_name":"Devin L.","full_name":"Schrader, Devin L."},{"full_name":"Blanco, Adriana","last_name":"Blanco","first_name":"Adriana"},{"full_name":"Gracia, Francisco","last_name":"Gracia","first_name":"Francisco"},{"last_name":"Mujica","first_name":"Nicolás","full_name":"Mujica, Nicolás"},{"orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Waitukaitis","first_name":"Scott R"}],"acknowledgement":"This project has received support from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 949120) and from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme (grant agreement no. 754411). We acknowledge the state of Lower Austria and the European Regional Development Fund under grant no. WST3-F-542638/004-2021. N.M. acknowledges support from grant Fondecyt 1221597. G.G. is a Serra Húnter fellow. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria through resources provided by the Miba Machine Shop, Nanofabrication Facility, Scientific Computing facility and Lab Support Facility. We thank the Modic group for the use of the Laue camera, T. Zauner for the photography of the experimental set-up and R. Möller for insightful discussions. Open access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology (IST Austria).","abstract":[{"text":"Insulating oxides are among the most abundant solid materials in the universe1,2,3. Of the many ways in which they influence natural phenomena, perhaps the most consequential is their capacity to transfer electrical charge during contact4,5,6,7,8,9,10—which occurs even between samples of the same oxide—yet the symmetry-breaking parameter that causes this remains unidentified11,12. Here we show that adventitious carbonaceous molecules adsorbed from the environment are the symmetry-breaking factor in same-material oxide contact electrification (CE). We use acoustic levitation to measure charge exchange between a sphere and a plate composed of identical amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2). Although charging polarity is random for co-prepared samples, we control it with baking or plasma treatment. Observing the charge-exchange relaxation afterwards, we see dynamics over a timescale of hours and connect this directly to the presence of adventitious carbon with time-of-flight mass spectrometry, low-energy ion scattering and infrared spectroscopy. Going further, we confirm that adventitious carbon can even determine charge exchange among different oxides. Our results identify the symmetry-breaking parameter that causes insulating oxides to exchange charge in settings ranging from desert sands4 to volcanic plumes5,6, while simultaneously highlighting an overlooked factor in CE more broadly.","lang":"eng"}],"type":"journal_article","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0028-0836"],"eissn":["1476-4687"]},"page":"626-631","volume":651,"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"M-Shop"},{"_id":"NanoFab"},{"_id":"ScienComp"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","publication":"Nature","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w","article_type":"original","file":[{"file_size":12245694,"date_updated":"2026-03-24T06:57:08Z","access_level":"open_access","content_type":"application/pdf","date_created":"2026-03-24T06:57:08Z","checksum":"dafef9ed575b44be4263e948a47ae056","creator":"dernst","file_id":"21494","success":1,"relation":"main_file","file_name":"2026_Nature_Grosjean.pdf"}],"file_date_updated":"2026-03-24T06:57:08Z","oa":1,"department":[{"_id":"ScWa"},{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"publication_status":"published","issue":"8106","month":"03","day":"18","has_accepted_license":"1"},{"title":"Particle size scaling of non-Gaussian granular charge distributions","doi":"10.1103/qw6t-xqdw","date_published":"2026-04-01T00:00:00Z","date_created":"2026-04-26T22:01:47Z","oa_version":"None","date_updated":"2026-04-28T07:13:56Z","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publisher":"American Physical Society","OA_type":"closed access","year":"2026","status":"public","quality_controlled":"1","citation":{"apa":"Lara, M., Flores, M., Castillo, G., Tassara, S., Waitukaitis, S. R., & Mujica, N. (2026). Particle size scaling of non-Gaussian granular charge distributions. Physical Review Materials. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/qw6t-xqdw","ama":"Lara M, Flores M, Castillo G, Tassara S, Waitukaitis SR, Mujica N. Particle size scaling of non-Gaussian granular charge distributions. Physical Review Materials. 2026;10(4). doi:10.1103/qw6t-xqdw","ieee":"M. Lara, M. Flores, G. Castillo, S. Tassara, S. R. Waitukaitis, and N. Mujica, “Particle size scaling of non-Gaussian granular charge distributions,” Physical Review Materials, vol. 10, no. 4. American Physical Society, 2026.","mla":"Lara, Macarena, et al. “Particle Size Scaling of Non-Gaussian Granular Charge Distributions.” Physical Review Materials, vol. 10, no. 4, 045604, American Physical Society, 2026, doi:10.1103/qw6t-xqdw.","chicago":"Lara, Macarena, Marcos Flores, Gustavo Castillo, Santiago Tassara, Scott R Waitukaitis, and Nicolás Mujica. “Particle Size Scaling of Non-Gaussian Granular Charge Distributions.” Physical Review Materials. American Physical Society, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1103/qw6t-xqdw.","short":"M. Lara, M. Flores, G. Castillo, S. Tassara, S.R. Waitukaitis, N. Mujica, Physical Review Materials 10 (2026).","ista":"Lara M, Flores M, Castillo G, Tassara S, Waitukaitis SR, Mujica N. 2026. Particle size scaling of non-Gaussian granular charge distributions. Physical Review Materials. 10(4), 045604."},"intvolume":" 10","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2475-9953"]},"volume":10,"type":"journal_article","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Dielectric particles of the same material exchange electrical charge during collisions or sliding contacts, yet the underlying charge-exchange mechanism is still not understood. The fact that particles can become highly charged as a result of this effect has significant consequences for many settings, both in nature and industry, such as thunderstorms, volcanic eruptions, particle aggregation during meteorite and planet formation, and the clogging of industrial granular systems. Toward understanding these systems, great efforts have been made to develop precise in situ measurements for particle charge, e.g., to determine ensemble charge distributions or measure exchange during individual contacts. Here, we present experimental results concerning the particle size scaling of the stationary-state charge distributions of oxide particles in the sub-millimeter range. We measure the charge distributions for large ensembles of monodisperse ZrO2:SiO2 composite spheres, ranging from 172 to 545µm in diameter. These distributions are non-Gaussian and collapse to a single master curve when plotted as functions of the surface charge density Σ=𝑞/4𝜋𝑅2. X-ray fluorescence and atomic force microscopy measurements show that the differences in the measured charge distributions are not due to variations in chemical composition or surface roughness, but rather to size alone. Our findings provide constraints on microscopic models for charge exchange, namely that they should lead to steady-state distributions that are non-Gaussian and scale in a specific way with particle size."}],"acknowledgement":"This research was supported by ANID Grants QUIMAL No. 160001, FONDECYT No. 1221597, and FONDEQUIP No. EQM190177. The authors thank Rodrigo Espinoza for the EDS-SEM measurements and Domingo Jullian for fruitful discussions. We also acknowledge the technical assistance of Ricardo Silva and Andrés Espinosa at DFI, FCFM, Universidad de Chile.","_id":"21765","author":[{"full_name":"Lara, Macarena","last_name":"Lara","first_name":"Macarena"},{"full_name":"Flores, Marcos","first_name":"Marcos","last_name":"Flores"},{"first_name":"Gustavo","last_name":"Castillo","full_name":"Castillo, Gustavo"},{"full_name":"Tassara, Santiago","first_name":"Santiago","last_name":"Tassara"},{"full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","last_name":"Waitukaitis","first_name":"Scott R"},{"first_name":"Nicolás","last_name":"Mujica","full_name":"Mujica, Nicolás"}],"month":"04","day":"01","department":[{"_id":"ScWa"}],"publication_status":"published","issue":"4","article_type":"original","article_number":"045604","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1103/qw6t-xqdw","scopus_import":"1","article_processing_charge":"No","publication":"Physical Review Materials"},{"volume":113,"publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2470-0053"],"issn":["2470-0045"]},"user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","_id":"22307","author":[{"full_name":"Musacchio, Marco","last_name":"Musacchio","first_name":"Marco"},{"first_name":"Markus","last_name":"Felber","full_name":"Felber, Markus","id":"c12d7e3a-4e8f-11ef-ad48-ffba54b8aa10"},{"full_name":"Paoluzzi, Matteo","first_name":"Matteo","last_name":"Paoluzzi"},{"full_name":"Gnoli, Andrea","first_name":"Andrea","last_name":"Gnoli"},{"last_name":"Puglisi","first_name":"Andrea","full_name":"Puglisi, Andrea"},{"first_name":"Luca","last_name":"Angelani","full_name":"Angelani, Luca"}],"acknowledgement":"The authors acknowledge discussions with Lorenzo\r\nCaprini. A.G., M.P., and A.P. acknowledge funding from the\r\nItalianMinistero dell’Università e della Ricerca under the program\r\nPRIN 2022 (“Re-ranking of the final lists”), Grants No.\r\n2022KWTEB7 with CUP No. B53C24006470006. L.A. acknowledges\r\nfunding from the ItalianMinistero dell’Università\r\ne della Ricerca under the program PRIN 2020, Grant No.\r\n2020PFCXPE.","PlanS_conform":"1","arxiv":1,"supplementarymaterial":"no","type":"journal_article","abstract":[{"text":"We investigate magnetic active matter in confined geometries using both experiments with magnetic toy robots, Hexbugs, and simulations of elongated magnetic active Brownian particles in circular domains. Standard active particles tend to accumulate at boundaries, forming clusters even at relatively low densities. In the presence of magnetic interactions, we provide evidence for a effect that inhibits clustering and shifts its onset to higher packing fractions. Moreover, magnetic dipolar interactions give rise to collective behaviors such as train-like formations, rotating pairs, and rotating clusters.","lang":"eng"}],"dataavailabilitystatement":"The data that support the findings of this article are not\r\npublicly available upon publication because it is not technically\r\nfeasible and/or the cost of preparing, depositing, and\r\nhosting the data would be prohibitive within the terms of this\r\nresearch project. The data are available from the authors upon\r\nreasonable request.","issue":"5","department":[{"_id":"ScWa"},{"_id":"GradSch"}],"publication_status":"published","has_accepted_license":"1","researchdata_availability":"no","month":"05","day":"18","scopus_import":"1","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1103/hylm-ljlf","publication":"Physical Review E","article_processing_charge":"Yes (in subscription journal)","oa":1,"file_date_updated":"2026-07-14T06:58:35Z","file":[{"file_name":"2026_PhysicalReviewE_Musacchio.pdf","relation":"main_file","success":1,"file_id":"22332","creator":"dernst","checksum":"f029efcf6dd51e10e3bc7623b5365da6","date_created":"2026-07-14T06:58:35Z","content_type":"application/pdf","access_level":"open_access","date_updated":"2026-07-14T06:58:35Z","file_size":1836050}],"article_number":"055413","article_type":"original","date_created":"2026-07-13T10:53:06Z","oa_version":"Published Version","ddc":["530"],"date_updated":"2026-07-14T07:00:17Z","title":"Fluidization induced by magnetic interactions in confined active matter","external_id":{"arxiv":["2511.21472"]},"date_published":"2026-05-18T00:00:00Z","doi":"10.1103/hylm-ljlf","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"publisher":"American Physical Society","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"status":"public","quality_controlled":"1","year":"2026","OA_place":"publisher","OA_type":"hybrid","intvolume":" 113","citation":{"ista":"Musacchio M, Felber M, Paoluzzi M, Gnoli A, Puglisi A, Angelani L. 2026. Fluidization induced by magnetic interactions in confined active matter. Physical Review E. 113(5), 055413.","apa":"Musacchio, M., Felber, M., Paoluzzi, M., Gnoli, A., Puglisi, A., & Angelani, L. (2026). Fluidization induced by magnetic interactions in confined active matter. Physical Review E. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/hylm-ljlf","ama":"Musacchio M, Felber M, Paoluzzi M, Gnoli A, Puglisi A, Angelani L. Fluidization induced by magnetic interactions in confined active matter. Physical Review E. 2026;113(5). doi:10.1103/hylm-ljlf","mla":"Musacchio, Marco, et al. “Fluidization Induced by Magnetic Interactions in Confined Active Matter.” Physical Review E, vol. 113, no. 5, 055413, American Physical Society, 2026, doi:10.1103/hylm-ljlf.","ieee":"M. Musacchio, M. Felber, M. Paoluzzi, A. Gnoli, A. Puglisi, and L. Angelani, “Fluidization induced by magnetic interactions in confined active matter,” Physical Review E, vol. 113, no. 5. 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Ein Material, bei dem die übertragene Spezies mehr gewiss erscheint, sind Ionomere, d. h. Polymere mit mobilen Ionen, deren Ladung durch fest gebundene Gegenladungen ausgeglichen wird. Wenn Ionomere mit einer neutralen Oberfläche in Kontakt kommen, lädt sich diese mit dem Vorzeichen der mobilen Ionen auf, was stark auf Ionentransfer hindeutet. Der zugrundeliegende Mechanismus sowie die bestimmenden Einflussfaktoren dieses Transfers sind jedoch bislang nur unzureichend verstanden. In der vorliegenden Arbeit zeigen wir, dass die Bindungsaffinität zwischen den mobilen Ionen und dem Ionomer den Ladungstransfer maßgeblich bestimmt. Wir untersuchen Ionomere mit gebundenen Anionen und Kationen und erzeugen mittels Ionenaustausch Proben mit einer Reihe unterschiedlicher übertragbarer Ionen. Für das anionische Ionomer beobachten wir eine starke Abhängigkeit von der Bindungsaffinität, wobei mobile Kationen mit der höchsten Affinität am wenigsten Ladung übertragen. Eine schwächere, aber trotzdem klare Abhängigkeit wurde für das kationische Ionomer gemessen, welches der freien Hydratationsenergie der mobilen Anionen folgt. Mithilfe von optischer Emissionsspektroskopie mit induktiv gekoppeltem Plasma (ICP‐OES) bestätigen wir den Transfer von mobilen Ionen auf die Oberfläche der Gegenprobe. Unsere Ergebnisse bestätigen die Ladungsträgeridentität und den Mechanismus des Ladungstransfers bei ionomerischen Materialien, was auch für das allgemeine Verständnis von Kontaktelektrifizierung von Bedeutung sein könnte."}],"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1521-3757"],"issn":["0044-8249"]},"user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"oa":1,"article_number":"e5487708","article_type":"original","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.5487708","scopus_import":"1","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.5487708"}],"publication":"Angewandte Chemie International Edition","article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","researchdata_availability":"upon request","has_accepted_license":"1","month":"07","day":"21","dataavailabilitystatement":"The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.","department":[{"_id":"StFr"},{"_id":"ScWa"}],"publication_status":"epub_ahead","type":"journal_article","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Contact electrification occurs ubiquitously in nature, but the identity of charge carriers in most situations remains uncertain, with electrons, ions, or nanoscopic material fragments as viable candidates. One material where the species transferred seems more certain is ionomers, i.e., polymers that contain mobile ions balanced by fixed counter‐charges. When ionomers touch a neutral surface, the latter becomes charged in the sign of the mobile ion, strongly suggesting ion transfer. However, the mechanism and governing factors of transfer remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that binding affinity between mobile ion and ionomer controls charge transfer with ionomers. We use ionomers with fixed anions and cations and perform ion exchange to create samples with a series of transferrable ions. We observe a strong binding‐affinity dependence for the anionic ionomer, such that mobile cations with the highest affinity transfers the least charge. Weaker, yet clear dependence was measured for the cationic ionomer, which follows the hydration free energy of the mobile anion. Using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP‐OES), we confirm transfer of the mobile ions to the counter sample's surface. Our results confirm the identify and mechanism of charge transfer with ionomeric materials, with potential implications for contact electrification more broadly."}],"acknowledgement":"This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of IST-Austria through resources provided by the Lab Support Facility (LSF).\r\nOpen Access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","_id":"22602","author":[{"id":"0cf4072c-94e2-11ee-bdf9-90a13138901e","full_name":"Hoffman Jr, John R","last_name":"Hoffman Jr","first_name":"John R"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-2902-5319","id":"A8CA28E6-CE23-11E9-AD2D-EC27E6697425","full_name":"Freunberger, Stefan Alexander","last_name":"Freunberger","first_name":"Stefan Alexander"},{"last_name":"Waitukaitis","first_name":"Scott R","id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176"}],"supplementarymaterial":"yes","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"publication_identifier":{"issn":["1433-7851"],"eissn":["1521-3773"]},"citation":{"ista":"Hoffman Jr JR, Freunberger SA, Waitukaitis SR. 2026. Ion transfer during ionomer contact electrification: Binding affinity controls charging. Angewandte Chemie International Edition., e5487708.","apa":"Hoffman Jr, J. R., Freunberger, S. A., & Waitukaitis, S. R. (2026). Ion transfer during ionomer contact electrification: Binding affinity controls charging. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.5487708","ama":"Hoffman Jr JR, Freunberger SA, Waitukaitis SR. Ion transfer during ionomer contact electrification: Binding affinity controls charging. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2026. doi:10.1002/anie.5487708","mla":"Hoffman Jr, John R., et al. “Ion Transfer during Ionomer Contact Electrification: Binding Affinity Controls Charging.” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e5487708, Wiley, 2026, doi:10.1002/anie.5487708.","ieee":"J. R. Hoffman Jr, S. A. Freunberger, and S. R. 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Geometry of the vapor layer under a Leidenfrost hydrogel sphere. Physical Review E. 113(5), L053502.","ama":"Diaz Melian VL, Lenton IC, Binysh J, Souslov A, Waitukaitis SR. Geometry of the vapor layer under a Leidenfrost hydrogel sphere. Physical Review E. 2026;113(5). doi:10.1103/m7gr-2t6j","apa":"Diaz Melian, V. L., Lenton, I. C., Binysh, J., Souslov, A., & Waitukaitis, S. R. (2026). Geometry of the vapor layer under a Leidenfrost hydrogel sphere. Physical Review E. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/m7gr-2t6j","chicago":"Diaz Melian, Vicente L, Isaac C Lenton, Jack Binysh, Anton Souslov, and Scott R Waitukaitis. “Geometry of the Vapor Layer under a Leidenfrost Hydrogel Sphere.” Physical Review E. American Physical Society, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1103/m7gr-2t6j.","short":"V.L. Diaz Melian, I.C. Lenton, J. Binysh, A. Souslov, S.R. Waitukaitis, Physical Review E 113 (2026).","ieee":"V. L. Diaz Melian, I. C. Lenton, J. Binysh, A. Souslov, and S. R. 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Using interferometric imaging, we find different behavior for a levitated hydrogel sphere. Curvature inversion is observed briefly just after deposition, but quickly gives way to a steady state with no inversion. We show the essential role of vaporization in shaping the underbelly of the hydrogel, where changes due to direct mass loss are more significant than the balance of vapor pressure and elastic forces."}],"type":"journal_article","arxiv":1,"acknowledgement":"This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units of The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) through resources provided by the Miba Machine Shop and the Scientific Computing Facility. J.B. acknowledges funding from the European Union's Horizon research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 101106500.","_id":"21982","author":[{"last_name":"Diaz Melian","first_name":"Vicente L","id":"b6798902-eea0-11ea-9cbc-a8e14286c631","full_name":"Diaz Melian, Vicente L"},{"orcid":"0000-0002-5010-6984","full_name":"Lenton, Isaac C","id":"a550210f-223c-11ec-8182-e2d45e817efb","last_name":"Lenton","first_name":"Isaac C"},{"first_name":"Jack","last_name":"Binysh","full_name":"Binysh, Jack"},{"full_name":"Souslov, Anton","last_name":"Souslov","first_name":"Anton"},{"id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","last_name":"Waitukaitis","first_name":"Scott R"}],"PlanS_conform":"1"},{"date_published":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z","doi":"10.15479/AT-ISTA-23005","corr_author":"1","title":"The morphology underneath a levitated hydrogel sphere","ddc":["530","530","530"],"date_updated":"2026-10-02T08:44:47Z","supervisor":[{"first_name":"Scott R","last_name":"Waitukaitis","orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","date_created":"2026-09-28T17:40:23Z","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"related_material":{"record":[{"id":"14514","relation":"part_of_dissertation","status":"public"},{"id":"21982","relation":"part_of_dissertation","status":"public"}]},"degree_awarded":"PhD","OA_place":"publisher","year":"2026","status":"public","citation":{"short":"V.L. 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In this thesis, we investigate CE from three complementary perspectives: developing a quantitative method to measure charge at the nanoscale, exploring the dynamic behavior of charge on insulating surfaces, and uncovering the role of mechanical history in forming a triboelectric series.\r\n\r\nIn the first part, we establish a rigorous framework for converting qualitative Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) voltage maps into quantitative charge density distributions. Using finite element method (FEM) simulations, we determine the point-spread function of the KPFM tip–sample geometry and demonstrate that the true surface charge can be reconstructed by numerical deconvolution. This procedure enables the recovery of both the magnitude and sign of charge density with high fidelity, resolving nanoscale features that are otherwise obscured. Applying the method to contact-charged SiO$_2$ surfaces, we show that existing analytical approximations, such as parallel plate or spherical models, can miscalculate charge magnitude by orders of magnitude. Our hybrid FEM/KPFM approach therefore provides a fast and general method to convert qualitative KPFM signals into quantitative charge data, enabling nanoscale charge mapping under realistic experimental conditions.\r\n\r\nIn the second part, we study the temporal stability of CE-induced charges and identify the key material factors that determine whether KPFM can capture meaningful charge patterns. Through time-resolved experiments combining a custom-built transfer system with both microscopic and macroscopic measurements, we demonstrate that only the best insulators, such as SiO$_2$, preserve CE charge long enough for stationary imaging. For less conductive polymers, such as PDMS, charge decays within the duration of a single KPFM scan due to bulk conduction. Using a simple capacitor-based model, we reproduce the observed decay dynamics and confirm that the transferred charge decays characteristic to the sample's bulk conductivity. Further, we always observe homogeneous charge transfer.\r\n\r\nIn the third part, we address the question: can we form a triboelectric series with identical materials? Using controlled repetitive contact experiments, we show that nominally identical materials can progressively order themselves into a triboelectric series, where surfaces with more contact history charge negatively relative to fresher ones. By constructing a minimal model based on this ``contact bias'', we replicate the evolution from random to ordered charging observed in experiments. Supporting surface analyses, including atomic force microscopy, reveal that repeated contact induces nanoscale morphological changes, suggesting a mechanism tightly coupled to mechanical strain. 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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant\r\nAgreement No. 949120). This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units of The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) through resources provided by the Miba Machine Shop, Nanofabrication Facility, Scientific Computing Facility, and Lab Support Facility. We wish to acknowledge the crucial contributions of Alexandre Morin in getting the project off the ground, and Jack Merrin for creating the SU-8 deposition protocol used in the construction of our\r\ncells. We also wish to thank Kimberley Modic and Hamza Nasir for their work on single-particle characterization. ","abstract":[{"text":"We report on an experimental active matter system with motion restricted to four cardinal directions. Our particles are magnetite-doped colloidal spheres driven by the Quincke electrorotational instability. The absence of a magnetic field (|𝑩|=0) leads to circular trajectories interspersed with short spontaneous runs. Intermediate fields (|𝑩|≲20mT) linearize the motion along the axis perpendicular to 𝑩. At high magnetic fields, we observe the surprising emergence of a second, distinct linearization along the axis parallel to 𝑩. With numerical simulations, we show that this behavior can be explained by anisotropic magnetic susceptibility.","lang":"eng"}],"type":"journal_article"},{"OA_type":"gold","year":"2025","OA_place":"publisher","ec_funded":1,"quality_controlled":"1","status":"public","citation":{"ista":"Lenton IC, Pertl F, Shafeek LB, Waitukaitis SR. 2025. A duality between surface charge and work function in scanning Kelvin probe microscopy. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 12(19), e00521.","ama":"Lenton IC, Pertl F, Shafeek LB, Waitukaitis SR. A duality between surface charge and work function in scanning Kelvin probe microscopy. 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Though most often used to image work-function variations of conductive surfaces, it can also be used to probe the surface charge on insulating surfaces. In both cases, relating the measured potential to the underlying signal is non-trivial. Here, general relationships are derived between the measured SKPM voltage and the underlying source, revealing either can be cast as a convolution with an appropriately scaled point spread function (PSF). For charge that exists on a thin insulating layer above a conductor, the PSF has the same shape as what would occur from a work-function variation alone, differing by a simple scaling factor. This relationship is confirmed by: (1) backing it out from finite-element simulations of work-function and charge signals, and (2) experimentally comparing the measured PSF from a small work-function target to that from a small charge spot. This scaling factor is further validated by comparing SKPM charge measurements with Faraday cup measurements for highly charged samples from contact-charging experiments. These results highlight a heretofore unappreciated connection between SKPM voltage and charge signals, offering a rigorous recipe to extract either from experimental data.","lang":"eng"}],"type":"journal_article","arxiv":1,"author":[{"id":"a550210f-223c-11ec-8182-e2d45e817efb","full_name":"Lenton, Isaac C","orcid":"0000-0002-5010-6984","last_name":"Lenton","first_name":"Isaac C"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-0463-5794","full_name":"Pertl, Felix","id":"6313aec0-15b2-11ec-abd3-ed67d16139af","last_name":"Pertl","first_name":"Felix"},{"last_name":"Shafeek","first_name":"Lubuna B","id":"3CD37A82-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Shafeek, Lubuna B","orcid":"0000-0001-7180-6050"},{"id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","first_name":"Scott R","last_name":"Waitukaitis"}],"_id":"20295","PlanS_conform":"1","acknowledgement":"This project received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 949120). This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units of The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) through resources provided by the Miba Machine Shop, Nanofabrication Facility, Scientific Computing Facility, and Lab Support Facility. The authors wish to thank Dmytro Rak and Juan Carlos Sobarzo for letting us use their equipment. The authors wish to thank Evgeniia Volobueva for advice in preparing PFIB samples. The authors wish to thank the contributions of the whole Waitukaitis group for useful discussions and feedback."},{"citation":{"ista":"Pertl F. 2025. No Time for Surface Charge: How Bulk Conductivity Hides Charge Patterns from Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy in Contact-Electrified Surfaces, Zenodo, 10.5281/ZENODO.14888054.","apa":"Pertl, F. (2025). No Time for Surface Charge: How Bulk Conductivity Hides Charge Patterns from Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy in Contact-Electrified Surfaces. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14888054","ama":"Pertl F. 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Shi, M. Hübl, G. M. Grosjean, C. P. Goodrich, and S. R. Waitukaitis, “Electrostatics overcome acoustic collapse to assemble, adapt, and activate levitated matter,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 122, no. 50. National Academy of Sciences, p. e2516865122, 2025.","mla":"Shi, Sue, et al. “Electrostatics Overcome Acoustic Collapse to Assemble, Adapt, and Activate Levitated Matter.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 122, no. 50, National Academy of Sciences, 2025, p. e2516865122, doi:10.1073/pnas.2516865122.","chicago":"Shi, Sue, Maximilian Hübl, Galien M Grosjean, Carl Peter Goodrich, and Scott R Waitukaitis. “Electrostatics Overcome Acoustic Collapse to Assemble, Adapt, and Activate Levitated Matter.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2516865122.","short":"S. Shi, M. Hübl, G.M. Grosjean, C.P. Goodrich, S.R. 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Harris for insightful discussions. We acknowledge the Miba machine shop at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria for instrumentation support. M.C.H. and C.P.G. acknowledge funding by the Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung Niederösterreich under project FTI23-G-011.","abstract":[{"text":"Acoustic levitation provides a unique method for manipulating small particles as it completely evades effects from gravity, container walls, or physical handling. These advantages make it a tantalizing platform for studying complex phenomena in many-particle systems. In most standing-wave traps, however, particles interact via acoustic scattering forces that cause them to merge into a single dense object. Here, we introduce a complementary approach that combines acoustic levitation with electrostatic charging to assemble, adapt, and activate complex, separated many-particle systems. The key idea is to superimpose electrostatic repulsion on the intrinsic acoustic attraction, rendering a so-called “mermaid” potential where interactions are attractive at short range and repulsive at long range. By controlling the attraction–repulsion balance, we can levitate expanded structures where all particles are separated, collapsed structures where they are in contact, and hybrid ones consisting of both expanded and collapsed components. We find that collapsed and expanded structures are inherently stable, whereas hybrid ones exhibit transient stability governed by acoustically unstable dimers. Furthermore, we show how electrostatics allow us to adapt between configurations on the fly, either by quasistatic discharge or discrete up/down charge steps. Finally, we demonstrate how large structures experience selective energy pumping from the acoustic field—thrusting some particles into motion while others remain stationary—leading to complex dynamics including coupled rotations and oscillations. Our approach establishes a design space beyond acoustic collapse, offering possibilities to study many-particle systems with complex interactions, while suggesting pathways toward scalable integration into materials processing and other applications.","lang":"eng"}],"type":"journal_article","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1091-6490"]},"page":"e2516865122","volume":122,"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"M-Shop"}],"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"date_created":"2025-12-09T13:36:16Z","oa_version":"Published Version","date_updated":"2026-05-20T08:41:14Z","contributor":[{"last_name":"Hübl","first_name":"Maximilian","id":"5eb8629e-15b2-11ec-abd3-e6f3e5e01f32"},{"id":"0C5FDA4A-9CF6-11E9-8939-FF05E6697425","orcid":"0000-0001-5154-417X","first_name":"Galien M","last_name":"Grosjean"}],"ddc":["530"],"title":"Datasets and code for manuscript \"Electrostatics overcome acoustic collapse to assemble, adapt, and activate levitated matter\"","corr_author":"1","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.15752991","date_published":"2025-11-10T00:00:00Z","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","related_material":{"record":[{"status":"public","id":"20727","relation":"used_in_publication"}]},"_id":"20749","author":[{"id":"5c5b9247-15b2-11ec-abd3-fd958715639c","full_name":"Shi, Sue","first_name":"Sue","last_name":"Shi"}],"type":"research_data_reference","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"publisher":"Zenodo","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Datasets and code for publication \"Electrostatics overcome acoustic collapse to assemble, adapt, and activate levitated matter\""}],"department":[{"_id":"ScWa"},{"_id":"CaGo"}],"status":"public","month":"11","day":"10","OA_type":"green","year":"2025","has_accepted_license":"1","OA_place":"repository","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.15752991"}],"fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.15752991","article_processing_charge":"No","citation":{"ama":"Shi S. 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Experiments have long suggested that this ‘contact electrification’ is transitive, with different materials ordering into ‘triboelectric series’ based on the sign of charge acquired2. At the same time, the effect is plagued by unpredictability, preventing consensus on the mechanism and casting doubt on the rhyme and reason that series imply3. Here we expose an unanticipated connection between the unpredictability and order in contact electrification: nominally identical materials initially exchange charge randomly and intransitively, but—over repeated experiments—order into triboelectric series. We find that this evolution is driven by the act of contact itself—samples with more contacts in their history charge negatively to ones with fewer contacts. Capturing this ‘contact bias’ in a minimal model, we recreate both the initial randomness and ultimate order in numerical simulations and use it experimentally to force the appearance of a triboelectric series of our choosing. With a set of surface-sensitive techniques to search for the underlying alterations contact creates, we only find evidence of nanoscale morphological changes, pointing to a mechanism strongly coupled with mechanics. Our results highlight the centrality of contact history in contact electrification and suggest that focusing on the unpredictability that has long plagued the effect may hold the key to understanding it.","lang":"eng"}],"type":"journal_article","_id":"19278","acknowledgement":"This project has received financing from the European Research Council grant agreement no. 949120 under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The Analytical Instrumentation Center of the TU Wien acknowledges support by the FFG project ‘ELSA’ under grant no. 884672. C.M.P. and M.O. acknowledge the state of Lower Austria and the European Regional Development Fund under grant no. WST3-F-542638/004-2021. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria through resources provided by the Miba Machine Shop, Nanofabrication Facility, Scientific Computing facility, Electron Microscopy Facility and Lab Support Facility. We thank J. Garcia-Suarez and G. Anciaux for the suggestion to look into the roughness power spectral density. We thank I.-M. Strugaru for help with testing the device for Young’s modulus measurements. Open access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology (IST Austria).","author":[{"full_name":"Sobarzo Ponce, Juan Carlos A","id":"4B807D68-AE37-11E9-AC72-31CAE5697425","last_name":"Sobarzo Ponce","first_name":"Juan Carlos A"},{"last_name":"Pertl","first_name":"Felix","orcid":"0000-0003-0463-5794","full_name":"Pertl, Felix","id":"6313aec0-15b2-11ec-abd3-ed67d16139af"},{"last_name":"Balazs","first_name":"Daniel","id":"302BADF6-85FC-11EA-9E3B-B9493DDC885E","full_name":"Balazs, Daniel","orcid":"0000-0001-7597-043X"},{"first_name":"Tommaso","last_name":"Costanzo","orcid":"0000-0001-9732-3815","id":"D93824F4-D9BA-11E9-BB12-F207E6697425","full_name":"Costanzo, Tommaso"},{"first_name":"Markus","last_name":"Sauer","full_name":"Sauer, Markus"},{"last_name":"Foelske","first_name":"Annette","full_name":"Foelske, Annette"},{"last_name":"Ostermann","first_name":"Markus","full_name":"Ostermann, Markus"},{"full_name":"Pichler, Christian M.","last_name":"Pichler","first_name":"Christian M."},{"full_name":"Wang, Yongkang","last_name":"Wang","first_name":"Yongkang"},{"last_name":"Nagata","first_name":"Yuki","full_name":"Nagata, Yuki"},{"full_name":"Bonn, Mischa","first_name":"Mischa","last_name":"Bonn"},{"id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","first_name":"Scott R","last_name":"Waitukaitis"}],"user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","volume":638,"publication_identifier":{"issn":["0028-0836"],"eissn":["1476-4687"]},"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"M-Shop"},{"_id":"NanoFab"},{"_id":"ScienComp"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}]},{"_id":"20481","author":[{"last_name":"Pertl","first_name":"Felix","id":"6313aec0-15b2-11ec-abd3-ed67d16139af","full_name":"Pertl, Felix","orcid":"0000-0003-0463-5794"},{"first_name":"Isaac C","last_name":"Lenton","orcid":"0000-0002-5010-6984","id":"a550210f-223c-11ec-8182-e2d45e817efb","full_name":"Lenton, Isaac C"},{"full_name":"Cramer, Tobias","first_name":"Tobias","last_name":"Cramer"},{"id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","first_name":"Scott R","last_name":"Waitukaitis"}],"PlanS_conform":"1","acknowledgement":"This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 949120). This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units of The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) through resources provided by the Miba Machine Shop, the Nanofabrication Facility and Lab Support Facility.","arxiv":1,"abstract":[{"text":"Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) is widely used in stationary and dynamic studies of contact electrification. An obvious question that connects these two has been overlooked: when are charge dynamics too fast for stationary studies to be meaningful? Using a rapid transfer system to quickly perform KPFM after contact, we find the dynamics are too fast in all but the best insulators. Our data further suggest that dynamics are caused by bulk as opposed to surface conductivity, and that charge-transfer heterogeneity is less prevalent than previously suggested.","lang":"eng"}],"type":"journal_article","volume":135,"publication_identifier":{"issn":["0031-9007"],"eissn":["1079-7114"]},"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"M-Shop"},{"_id":"NanoFab"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","isi":1,"publication":"Physical Review Letters","article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1103/lcsm-xxty","scopus_import":"1","article_number":"146202","article_type":"original","oa":1,"file":[{"relation":"main_file","file_name":"2025_PhysReviewLetters_Pertl.pdf","file_id":"20522","success":1,"creator":"dernst","checksum":"7e45e89b8db0b7f01e63185c68e4b0f9","date_created":"2025-10-23T09:32:31Z","file_size":1692251,"date_updated":"2025-10-23T09:32:31Z","access_level":"open_access","content_type":"application/pdf"}],"file_date_updated":"2025-10-23T09:32:31Z","issue":"14","department":[{"_id":"ScWa"}],"publication_status":"published","has_accepted_license":"1","day":"30","month":"09","related_material":{"record":[{"status":"public","relation":"research_data","id":"20523"},{"relation":"dissertation_contains","id":"22684","status":"public"}]},"publisher":"American Physical Society","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"ddc":["530"],"date_updated":"2026-08-27T11:42:43Z","project":[{"name":"Tribocharge: a multi-scale approach to an enduring problem in physics","_id":"0aa60e99-070f-11eb-9043-a6de6bdc3afa","call_identifier":"H2020","grant_number":"949120"}],"date_created":"2025-10-16T13:13:29Z","oa_version":"Published Version","date_published":"2025-09-30T00:00:00Z","doi":"10.1103/lcsm-xxty","corr_author":"1","external_id":{"arxiv":["2502.12718"],"isi":["001587263900003"]},"title":"No time for surface charge: How bulk conductivity hides charge patterns from Kelvin probe force microscopy in contact-electrified surfaces","intvolume":" 135","citation":{"ista":"Pertl F, Lenton IC, Cramer T, Waitukaitis SR. 2025. 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This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) through resources provided by the Miba Machine Shop and the Scientific Computing service unit.","_id":"20705","PlanS_conform":"1","author":[{"orcid":"0000-0002-0464-8440","full_name":"Stöllner, Andrea","id":"4bdcf7f6-eb97-11eb-a6c2-9981bbdc3bed","last_name":"Stöllner","first_name":"Andrea"},{"orcid":"0000-0002-5010-6984","full_name":"Lenton, Isaac C","id":"a550210f-223c-11ec-8182-e2d45e817efb","last_name":"Lenton","first_name":"Isaac C"},{"last_name":"Volosniev","first_name":"Artem","orcid":"0000-0003-0393-5525","id":"37D278BC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Volosniev, Artem"},{"full_name":"Millen, James","first_name":"James","last_name":"Millen"},{"first_name":"Renjiro","last_name":"Shibuya","full_name":"Shibuya, Renjiro"},{"last_name":"Ishii","first_name":"Hisao","full_name":"Ishii, Hisao"},{"first_name":"Dmytro","last_name":"Rak","full_name":"Rak, Dmytro","id":"70313b46-47c2-11ec-9e88-cd79101918fe"},{"last_name":"Alpichshev","first_name":"Zhanybek","orcid":"0000-0002-7183-5203","full_name":"Alpichshev, Zhanybek","id":"45E67A2A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"first_name":"Grégory","last_name":"David","full_name":"David, Grégory"},{"full_name":"Signorell, Ruth","first_name":"Ruth","last_name":"Signorell"},{"id":"f978ccb0-3f7f-11eb-b193-b0e2bd13182b","full_name":"Muller, Caroline J","orcid":"0000-0001-5836-5350","last_name":"Muller","first_name":"Caroline J"},{"first_name":"Scott R","last_name":"Waitukaitis","orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"}],"arxiv":1,"abstract":[{"text":"Optical tweezers are widely used as a highly sensitive tool to measure forces on micron-scale particles. One such application is the measurement of the electric charge of a particle, which can be done with high precision in liquids, air, or vacuum. We experimentally investigate how the trapping laser itself can electrically charge such a particle, in our case a ∼1 μm SiO2 sphere in air. We model the charging mechanism as a two-photon process which reproduces the experimental data with high fidelity.","lang":"eng"}],"type":"journal_article","volume":135,"publication_identifier":{"issn":["0031-9007"],"eissn":["1079-7114"]},"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"M-Shop"},{"_id":"ScienComp"}],"user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","publication":"Physical Review Letters","article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","scopus_import":"1","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1103/5xd9-4tjj","article_number":"218202","article_type":"original","oa":1,"file":[{"file_id":"20717","success":1,"relation":"main_file","file_name":"2025_PhysReviewLetters_Stoellner.pdf","date_created":"2025-12-01T08:19:46Z","date_updated":"2025-12-01T08:19:46Z","file_size":1761373,"content_type":"application/pdf","access_level":"open_access","creator":"dernst","checksum":"a5f76b1230cc7b039ecd0dbd6f99e775"}],"file_date_updated":"2025-12-01T08:19:46Z","issue":"21","publication_status":"published","department":[{"_id":"ZhAl"},{"_id":"CaMu"},{"_id":"ScWa"}],"has_accepted_license":"1","month":"11","day":"21","related_material":{"link":[{"relation":"press_release","description":"News on ISTA website","url":"https://ista.ac.at/en/news/trapping-particles-to-explain-lightning/"}],"record":[{"status":"public","relation":"dissertation_contains","id":"23033"}]},"publisher":"American Physical Society","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"ddc":["530","550"],"date_updated":"2026-10-09T11:09:09Z","project":[{"name":"Tribocharge: a multi-scale approach to an enduring problem in physics","_id":"0aa60e99-070f-11eb-9043-a6de6bdc3afa","call_identifier":"H2020","grant_number":"949120"},{"grant_number":"805041","_id":"629205d8-2b32-11ec-9570-e1356ff73576","call_identifier":"H2020","name":"Organization of CLoUdS, and implications of Tropical cyclones and for the Energetics of the tropics, in current and waRming climate"}],"date_created":"2025-11-30T23:02:07Z","oa_version":"Published Version","date_published":"2025-11-21T00:00:00Z","doi":"10.1103/5xd9-4tjj","corr_author":"1","external_id":{"arxiv":["2507.17591"]},"title":"Using optical tweezers to simultaneously trap, charge, and measure the charge of a microparticle in air","intvolume":" 135","citation":{"ista":"Stöllner A, Lenton IC, Volosniev A, Millen J, Shibuya R, Ishii H, Rak D, Alpichshev Z, David G, Signorell R, Muller CJ, Waitukaitis SR. 2025. 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While it is widely observed in everyday life and crucial to numerous natural processes, even the most basic aspects of tribocharging are still a mystery—what are the charge carriers involved and what drives their exchange? This work spans three separate projects that address different aspects of tribocharging. First, we introduce a novel strategy combining Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations with Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (KPFM) to quantitatively extract surface charge density from surface voltage maps. Second, we present a simple theoretical model that allows for the existence of triboelectric cycles, under the assumption that multiple charge carrying species are involved. Third, we present experimental evidence that identical materials can spontaneously evolve into a triboelectric series, driven by contact history. Modeling this behavior enables the replication of experimental results with simulations, and even experimentally forcing the appearance of a pre-designed series by manipulating contact history. Together, the findings from these projects challenge traditional views on tribocharging, provide new tools for probing it, and open up new avenues of research—all with the hopes of bringing us closer to understanding this puzzling phenomenon.","lang":"eng"}],"type":"dissertation","doi_confirm":"1","_id":"20203","acknowledgement":"The project in Chapter 2 has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under\r\nthe European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement\r\nNo. 949120).\r\nThe project in Chapter 3 has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under\r\nthe European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement\r\nNo. 949120).\r\nThe project in Chapter 4 has received financing from the European Research Council grant\r\nagreement No. 949120 under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation\r\nprogramme. The Analytical Instrumentation Center of the TU Wien acknowledges support by\r\nthe FFG project ‘ELSA’ under grant no. 884672. C.M.P. and M.O. acknowledge the state\r\nof Lower Austria and the European Regional Development Fund under grant no. WST3-F542638/004-2021.\r\n","author":[{"last_name":"Sobarzo Ponce","first_name":"Juan Carlos A","full_name":"Sobarzo Ponce, Juan Carlos A","id":"4B807D68-AE37-11E9-AC72-31CAE5697425"}],"user_id":"8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9","page":"96","publication_identifier":{"isbn":["978-3-99078-062-6"],"issn":["2663-337X"]},"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"M-Shop"},{"_id":"NanoFab"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"},{"_id":"LifeSc"},{"_id":"ScienComp"}],"citation":{"ista":"Sobarzo Ponce JCA. 2025. Tribocharging of identical insulators: Triboelectric series, triboelectric cycles and surface charges. 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