Simulations were used to calculate adsorption probabilities and diffusion coefficients of Xe on Pt(111) and Xe/Pt(111). Experimental trends were reproduced. The adsorption mechanism was found to be the modified Kisliuk model, with the addition of direct and indirect insertion in the Xe islands. Up to almost saturation coverage, adsorption via migration to island borders was the most important method of adsorbate assisted adsorption. Stimulated desorption was observed at high incidence energies.

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Adsorption and Diffusion of Xe on Bare and Xe Covered Pt(111). De Jong, F., Jansen, A.P.J.: Surface Science, 1994, 317[1-2], 1-7