https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2002-00187-8
Pattern formation in the A+B2 reaction with anisotropic lateral adsorbate-adsorbate interactions
1
Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
2
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
Corresponding author: a zhdanov@fy.chalmers.se
Received:
4
January
2002
Revised:
2
April
2002
Published online:
25
June
2002
We present Monte Carlo simulations of
the formation of 
islands in the case of
the 
reaction occurring
via the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism on a square lattice
under steady-state conditions. The model employed takes
into account the effect of anisotropic lateral B-B interactions
on the rates of B diffusion and elementary reaction events.
The results obtained with qualitatively realistic ratio
of the rate of elementary reaction steps indicate that
the average island size depends on the details of diffusion
and reaction dynamics in a similar way as in the earlier studied
case of the simplest A+B reaction running via the Eley-Rideal
mechanism.
PACS: 05.10.Ln – Monte Carlo methods / 05.50.+q – Lattice theory and statistics (Ising, Potts, etc.) / 05.70.Fh – Phase transitions: general studies / 82.40.Np – Temporal and spatial patterns in surface reactions
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2002
