One application might help build better electronics. Electronics manufacturers such as Nitronex Corporation, which donated the piezoelectric materials used in the study, make devices grown out of gallium nitride (GaN) and aluminum nitride (AlN), which are grown on a substrate and consist of layers of very thin films.
Chin(noun) the lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw. Chin(noun) the exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.
Definition of chink. 1 : a small cleft, slit, or fissure a chink in the fence. 2 : a weak spot that may leave one vulnerable his lawyers found a chink in the law. 3 : a narrow beam of light shining through a chink.