Comment on “Monte Carlo simulations for a Lotka-type model with reactant diffusion and interactions”

Abstract

Discussing the effect of adsorbate-adsorbate lateral interactions on the kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions, Zvejnieks and Kuzovkov [Phys. Rev. E 63, 051104 (2001)] conclude that in the case of adsorbed particles the Metropolis Monte Carlo dynamics is meaningless and propose to use their own dynamics, which is equivalent to the Glauber dynamics. In this Comment, I show that these and other conclusions and prescriptions by Zvejnieks and Kuzovkov are not in line with the general principles of simulations of rate processes in adsorbed overlayers.