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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
We present dynamic structural studies of thin films and their interface with underlying substrates using real-time x-ray diffraction. Using synchrotron light we have observed, in real-time, interface dynamics in semiconductor systems such as GexSi(i−x)/Si. The measurements show that under large temperature changes thin epitaxial layers may behave cooperatively to modify the overall strain profile. Dynamic behavior is exhibited in a series of discontinuities in the perpendicular lattice constant of the overlayer.