In this note we study scalar and fermion zero modes on the brane arising from two scalar fields. The result is that there exist normalizable massless modes of scalar fields which can be localized on the brane. While, for spin 1/2 and spin 3/2 fermions, the corresponding zero modes are non-normalizable. Thus, some mechanism such as Yukawa coupling should be introduced for the localization of these fermionic fields on the thick brane.
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