Roughly at the time (1987) when the manuscript for the first three chapters of the present
book was completed, several breakthroughs occurred. They had a profound influence on the …

For the statistical mechanics of many-body systems Monte Carlo methods have become a
well-established tool. A particularly popular application is the study of statics and dynamics …

The dynamics of concentration fluctuations in binary polymer mixtures AB, A and B being
long and flexible chains, is studied near the critical point of unmixing. A" hydrodynamic" …

A new model is presented and discussed that allows Monte Carlo simulations to be carried
out with a proper energy barrier crossing. Results are presented for the surface diffusion …

This chapter reviews various Monte Carlo studies of dynamical properties of lattice gas
models, which serve to simulate self-diffusion of tagged particles in interstitial and …

A kinetic lattice gas model is applied to study collective surface diffusion of adsorbates on
inhomogeneous surfaces. The diffusion coefficient is extracted from Monte Carlo (MC) …

Percolation is investigated using Monte Carlo lattice dynamics on two unusual lattices of
sorption sites suggested by recent zeolite simulations. The lattices are modifications of the …

The self-diffusion of particles in the two-dimensional square lattice gas with nearest-
neighbor exclusion is investigated. At high concentration the diffusion is severely hindered …

A model is proposed for interstitial diffusion in a disordered alloy. Diffusion is described in
terms of single-jump processes with an activation energy and a prefactor depending on the …

We provide evidence that catastrophic bifurcation breakdowns or transitions, preceded by
early warning signs such as flickering phenomena, are present on notoriously unpredictable …