Superstructure (condensed matter)

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In solid state physics, a superstructure is some additional structure that is superimposed on a higher symmetry crystalline structure.^[1] A typical and important example is ferromagnetic ordering.

In a wider sense, the term "superstructure" is applied to polymers and proteins to describe ordering on a length scale larger than that of monomeric segments.