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It is made from yarns consisting of two triboelectric materials, one with a positive electric charge and the other with a negative charge, which were integrated into conventional textile fabrics using embroidery machines.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

The researchers affixed patterned fibers as the charge transfer materials in the triboelectric nanogenerator modules, a strategy that helped to reduce friction and allowed the device to operate more smoothly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024

To construct the generator, Wu and colleagues placed two triboelectric nanogenerator modules -- which collect mechanical energy -- on both sides of a drinking bird engine that they reconstructed from a commercial drinking bird toy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024

It features a first-of-its-kind bidirectional triboelectric strain and vibration sensor that enables the simultaneous sensing and integration of verbal and non-verbal expression data.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024

The team turned to so-called triboelectric nanogenerators, or TENGs, which convert motion into an electrical current using static electricity—the same principle as rubbing a balloon on a fuzzy sweater to generate charge.

From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2021