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Charge transfer between ‘identical’ materials has previously been reported 4, but it was thought that the charging polarity observed in symmetric-contact experiments would be unpredictably random.

The work could be a step toward understanding the effects behind the phenomenon of static electricity, in which electric charge accumulates on materials after they are rubbed or touched together.

his hand is helping to store the charge. Credit: public domain Though not exactly a machine for generating static electricity, the Leyden jar is a critical part of early electrostatic experiments.