"Lattice-gas Monte Carlo Simulations in Electrochemical Surface Science"
 
Per Arne Rikvold
Department of Physics
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306
USA

I will present a short introduction to the use of equilibrium and
dynamic Monte Carlo simulations of lattice-gas models in surface
electrochemistry. This introduction will be illustrated by examples
of recent research by my collaborators and myself. The applications
include: Adsorption of halides on single-crystal silver electordes;  The
effects of lateral adsorbate diffusion in a simple model of
underpotential deposition (a nucleation-and-growth phenomenon); A new
method to understand the dynamic details of electrochemical adsorption
phenomena; And finally some simulations that suggest the  possibility of
a dynamic phase transition in the catalytic oxidation of carbon  monoxide
under oscillating-presure conditions.