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Nature Materials 7, 429 - 430 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nmat2188
Electrochemistry: Electrons create a reaction
Toribio F. Otero1
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Toribio F. Otero is at the Centre for Electrochemistry and Intelligent Materials, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Aulario II, 30203 Cartagena, Spain.
e-mail: toribio.fotero@upct.es
Abstract
In an identification parade of chemical reactions using a single-electrode system, the charges generated by the mechanical rubbing of insulators are shown to be electrons rather than ions.
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