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Polarity is a matter of perspective

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The polarity of charge carriers — positive or negative — is found to depend on the direction from which you look.

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Fig. 1: The goniopolar effect.

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  2. Division of Physics and Applied Physics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Justin C. W. Song

  3. Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore

    Justin C. W. Song

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