A microscopic model based upon the Blume-Emery-Griffiths model was proposed to describe the missing-row reconstructions on the Rh(110) surface induced by oxygen. The phase diagram of the model at finite temperatures was calculated employing the Monte Carlo and cluster variation methods. Overall agreement was found between these results and experimental data on the missing-row reconstruction for the O/Rh(110) surface as well as for other fcc (110) surfaces covered by atoms adsorbed in the threefold fcc hollow sites.

Theoretical Study of the Oxygen-Induced Missing-Row Reconstruction on the Rh(110) Surface. P.J.Kundrotas, S.Lapinskas, A.Rosengren: Surface Science, 1997, 377-379, 7-10