Talk:Multilayer medium

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The result of the move request was: page moved to Multilayer medium. (non-admin closure) TonyBallioni (talk) 01:41, 11 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Multilayer → ? – Per WP:NOUN adjectives are not proper article names, and should be redirected to nouns. Srleffler (talk) 01:32, 4 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

We need to choose an appropriate noun phrase for the topic of this article. "Multilayer" is an adjective. I was going to redirect to "Multilayer medium", but perhaps we need to clarify that this is an optical medium we are discussing. It's also not clear to me that we need this article at all. What will it cover that is not better covered at thin-film optics? Perhaps this page should just redirect there. Comments?--Srleffler (talk) 01:32, 4 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

I redirected stratified medium to this article for now, but it may be that that would be the best title for the article. If so, we can move the article there.--Srleffler (talk) 01:37, 4 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Google Scholar search results for "multilayer -network":

• hit #3 has "magnetic multilayer" (https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.54.9353)
• hit #7 ditto (https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.4281)
• hit #11: "topological insulator multilayer" (https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.127205)

So, empirically, "multilayer" can be a substantive. -- Oisguad (talk) 19:20, 4 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

OK, so it seems that "multilayer" is being used as a noun in the academic literature. Is it really the best title for the article, though? I'm worried that it might be too ambiguous with other uses of the term. Would "Stratified medium" or something else be a better title?--Srleffler (talk) 01:57, 5 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Some multilayers are made for thin-film optics, others are optimized for magnetic effects, ... This article should give a short overview, explain concepts that are relevant for all kinds of multilayers, relate to experimental techniques like x-ray reflectivity, and then link to more specific articles like optical coating. -- Oisguad (talk) 19:25, 4 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

I see, so the plan here is to cover a broader topic than optical multilayer structures. That makes sense, if there is synergy in covering them together.--Srleffler (talk) 01:57, 5 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Yes, let's hope for the synergy. -- Oisguad (talk) 21:06, 5 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

To come back to the name: Multilayer systems are also very important in computing. If somebody wants to write about those, we may need to make "multilayer" a disambiguation page. The present content may fit under

• Multilayer (matter)
• Multilayer medium
• Stratified medium

-- Oisguad (talk) 21:06, 5 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

I would be more comfortable if we proactively moved the article to a less ambiguous name. Either "multilayer medium" or "stratified medium" would work. I don't like the version with parentheses as well.--Srleffler (talk) 01:32, 8 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

"Stratified medium" might be misinterpreted as something geophysical. So let's go for "multilayer medium". -- Oisguad (talk) 08:57, 8 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Great.--Srleffler (talk) 14:03, 8 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

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