  A kinetic Monte Carlo approach is developed for studying growth and
evaporation of nanoparticles on/off nanotubes. This study has been motivated by
recent experimental advances in using nanoparticle evaporation (sublimation)
off nanoparticle-decorated nanotubes for nanoscale "thermometry." We
demonstrate that the considered kinetic Monte Carlo approach can reproduce
features of the process that are not included in phenomenological thermodynamic
modeling, as well as provide snapshots of the growth and evaporation process
morphology.
