INTERACTION BETWEEN ADATOMS AND ITS RELATION TO THE POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE AT A METAL-ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE

An examination is made of the interactions of coupled atoms and ions adsorbed on metal surfaces using the polar approximation method in an integral equation of the Lippmann-Schwinger type. The interactions are found to depend chiefly on teh type of metal spectrum and the adatom electron structures. A theory is advanced to interpret a number of experimentally observed facts, particularly a remote oscillatory interaction between the adatoms.