Dr Peter Sherrell
@nanoin3d.bsky.social
Using waste energy to drive chemical reactions
Senior Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow (Group Leader) - RMIT University, Australia
Catalysis; Energy Harvesting; Materials Science; Polymers; Electrochemistry; Triboelectricity
Senior Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow (Group Leader) - RMIT University, Australia
Catalysis; Energy Harvesting; Materials Science; Polymers; Electrochemistry; Triboelectricity
Yes, completely tiny and pretty useless at the moment - but cool!
We've seen in this (and other) work is you can change your surface to make orders of magnitude more electricity.
You always lose energy during conversion processes... And a droplet 💧is a tiny thing! (But there are lots at once ⛈️)
We've seen in this (and other) work is you can change your surface to make orders of magnitude more electricity.
You always lose energy during conversion processes... And a droplet 💧is a tiny thing! (But there are lots at once ⛈️)
October 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Yes, completely tiny and pretty useless at the moment - but cool!
We've seen in this (and other) work is you can change your surface to make orders of magnitude more electricity.
You always lose energy during conversion processes... And a droplet 💧is a tiny thing! (But there are lots at once ⛈️)
We've seen in this (and other) work is you can change your surface to make orders of magnitude more electricity.
You always lose energy during conversion processes... And a droplet 💧is a tiny thing! (But there are lots at once ⛈️)
Have a read of the great write up by the RMIT media team.
www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-new...
🧪 #science #ozchem #3Dprinting
www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-new...
🧪 #science #ozchem #3Dprinting
Diamond power could be a medical implant’s best friend
Researchers have created a 3D-printed diamond–titanium device that generates electricity from flowing liquid and receives wireless power through tissue.
www.rmit.edu.au
September 24, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Have a read of the great write up by the RMIT media team.
www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-new...
🧪 #science #ozchem #3Dprinting
www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-new...
🧪 #science #ozchem #3Dprinting
We also had a lot of fun testing these at the RMIT #FLAMME Lab - showing how these work for next-generation PPE for first responders.
🧪🔬 #science #textiles #contactelectrification #chemsky
🧪🔬 #science #textiles #contactelectrification #chemsky
September 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
We also had a lot of fun testing these at the RMIT #FLAMME Lab - showing how these work for next-generation PPE for first responders.
🧪🔬 #science #textiles #contactelectrification #chemsky
🧪🔬 #science #textiles #contactelectrification #chemsky
In terms of rain drops being repelled by static - I suspect it is related - but we haven't studied it in detail enough to make a statement either way!
a painting of rain drops falling on a tiled floor by duc-koolh
ALT: a painting of rain drops falling on a tiled floor by duc-koolh
media.tenor.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
In terms of rain drops being repelled by static - I suspect it is related - but we haven't studied it in detail enough to make a statement either way!
We *think* - and the next step is demonstrating control of it - that the wobble you see when a droplet jumps releases a little bit of energy, which can interact with the surface to create (or transfer) an electric charge. 💧
I love the fact we still can't (properly) answer something so simple. ⁉️
I love the fact we still can't (properly) answer something so simple. ⁉️
March 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
We *think* - and the next step is demonstrating control of it - that the wobble you see when a droplet jumps releases a little bit of energy, which can interact with the surface to create (or transfer) an electric charge. 💧
I love the fact we still can't (properly) answer something so simple. ⁉️
I love the fact we still can't (properly) answer something so simple. ⁉️
This is amazing for me - discoveries like this, "finding out how the cosmos works" is why I became a scientist. 💓
RMIT has done a wonderful write-up of why this matters, and what it means here:
www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-new...
#ozchem #ChemSky 🧪
RMIT has done a wonderful write-up of why this matters, and what it means here:
www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-new...
#ozchem #ChemSky 🧪
Water movement on surfaces makes more electric charge than expected
Researchers have discovered that water generates an electrical charge up to 10 times greater than previous understood when it moves across a surface.
www.rmit.edu.au
March 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This is amazing for me - discoveries like this, "finding out how the cosmos works" is why I became a scientist. 💓
RMIT has done a wonderful write-up of why this matters, and what it means here:
www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-new...
#ozchem #ChemSky 🧪
RMIT has done a wonderful write-up of why this matters, and what it means here:
www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-new...
#ozchem #ChemSky 🧪
This lets us assemble monolayers from a wide array of different bead #chemistries - letting us have a platform for the continued study of #contact #electrification mechanisms.
Some more cool energy harvesting work coming soon!
Some more cool energy harvesting work coming soon!
February 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This lets us assemble monolayers from a wide array of different bead #chemistries - letting us have a platform for the continued study of #contact #electrification mechanisms.
Some more cool energy harvesting work coming soon!
Some more cool energy harvesting work coming soon!