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Stacking Faults

All crystals whose structures can be described by layers are prone to stacking faults. A stacking fault is any defect that alters the periodic sequence of layers. These defects may be a wrong layer inserted into the sequence, a change of the layer sequence or a different translation between two subsequent layers. These defects may affect the whole crystal or a finite region if e.g. an additional layer is present between an otherwise perfect sequence of layers.

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