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Nanobeams are assembled of multiple layers of different materials and geometry giving a layered nanobeam. To properly address experimentally noticed size effects in structures of this type, an adequate nonlocal elasticity formulation must be applied. The present model relies on the stress-driven integral methodology that effectively circumvents known deficiencies of other approaches. As a main contribution, a set of differential equations and boundary conditions governing the underlaying mechanics is proposed and applied to two benchmark examples. 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