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.
For other uses, see Chin (disambiguation). The chin or the mental region is the area of the face below the lower lip and including the mandibular prominence. It is formed by the lower front of the mandible. In humans there is a wide variety of chin structures, e.g. cleft chin.