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Material interaction is very important to find out new materials and interesting properties. Inorganic layered materials are very useful in this respect. Intercalation is one of the important properties of layered compounds. Preparation and properties are reviewed on various kinds of intercalation compounds. Further developments can be expected by controlling its microstructure in various applications such as lithium rechargeable battery. Mechanical interaction also apparently appeared on layered compounds such as high Tc cuprate oxide superconductors and misfit layered sulfides. The interaction induces oxygen or sulfur defects in their layered sublattices to reduce their mechanical stress. New compounds were also prepared applying high pressure synthesis on these layered compounds. Sputter deposited multilayered thin film is also expected to be very interesting as a functional inorganic layered material. A possibility was found out for a giant magnetization at the interface of Fe/AIN multilayer.
