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Multilayers are artificial one-dimensional periodic structures consisting in alternate layers of two materials. The thickness of the layers is normally on the order of the nm.

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José Baruchel Jean-Louis Hodeau Mogens S. Lehmann Jean-René Regnard Claire Schlenker

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Ferrer, S., Martinez, J.L. (1994). Layers — Multilayers — Superlattices. In: Baruchel, J., Hodeau, JL., Lehmann, M.S., Regnard, JR., Schlenker, C. (eds) Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation for Condensed Matter Studies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-22223-2_12

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