We have determined the diffusion coefficient of a Cu adatom on Cn(100) by using helium-atombeam scattering as a probe. Our approach relies on measuring in situ and in real time the separation between islands nucleated on individual terraces during a submonolayer deposition of Cu. The method can be applied~ith other surface-sensitive de'raction techniques as~e11.
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