"popular layers" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to something that has made its way into the public consciousness or has become widely accepted, whether it be a type of clothing, food, or idea. For example, "The popular layers of denim and plaid have established themselves as a timeless combination."
One reason is the popular layering trend, in which designers have shown jackets over vests over sweaters over dresses, and putting together those looks in their stores will logically require customers to make multiple purchases.
Talking of up-and-coming youngsters keep an eye out for America's Jack Sock, the third best 21-and-under tennis player in the world (overall world No75), mainly because his family named after a popular layer of foot-insulation, which I find pleasing.
MPEG-1 audio coding [1, 2] (including the popular Layer III also known as MP3 audio coding), MPEG-2 AAC (advanced audio coding) [3 5], and Dolby AC-3 [6, 7] are some well-known audio coding methods for stereo and multichannel audio content.
Other methods (though not as popular) include simple layering, tip layering, trench layering, serpentine layering, and mound layering.
Layering shirts is also becoming pretty popular; try layering a solid black shirt short-sleeved shirt over another solid colored long-sleeved shirt (with the sleeves rolled up about to your elbows).
New from the folks at Icebreaker, makers of a popular base layer system, is a line of skiing and snowboarding socks.
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) [1] is the most popular transport layer protocol used in the current internet.
You'd think electronic financial trading would be extra secure, but not so much: One of the most popular application-layer protocols in the financial industry leaves these money applications wide open to attack, according to researchers.
This study analyses the influence of temperature on the wettability of some popular thin-film layers used in the manufacture of organic solar cells.
There is usually a discrepancy between the spatial scale at which statistical climate niche modelling is performed (e.g. grids of 10, 2.5 or 0.5 arc-minutes for the popular WorldClim data layers) and the spatial scale of genetic sampling for phylogeographic studies (usually several tens or hundreds of kilometres between sampling sites).
