Table 1.

The PT conversion performance of metal nanostructures of different morphologies, such as nanosheets, nanostars, nanospheres, core–shell NPs, nanorod, nanocubes, nanoflowers, nanocages, and thin films, using different laser power intensities, side lengths (a), radii (R), aspect ratios (A), and thicknesses (T).

No.	Material	Morphology	Dimensions	Rise in temperature (K)	Irradiation/power	References
1	Au	core–shell	—	115–135	solar radiation	[130]
2	Au	spheres	R = 100 nm	80	laser/1 mW	[96]
3	Au	spheres	R = 20 nm	27.7	laser /0.12 W	[134]
4	Cu	nanoflowers	—	49	laser/1 kW	[90]
5	Te	spheres	R = 150 nm	85	tungsten lamp/78.9 W	[128]
6	Ag	nanocubes	a = 75 nm	227	laser/300–800 mW	[135]
7	Au	nanorod	A = 4.5 nm	55	laser/1 W	[136]
8	Pd	nanosheets	L = 41 nm	48.7	laser/1 W	[119]
9	Ag	assemblages	domains = 30 nm	105	xenon lamp/300 W	[114]
10	Pt	spheres	R = 50 nm	300	laser/375 mW	[115]
11	Ge	sphere	R = 80 nm	14	simulated light/80 mW	[137]
12	Ge	sphere	R = 30 nm	121	xenon lamp/8.75 mW	[138]
13	Au	spheres	R = 10 nm	85	laser/30 mW	[105]
14	Au	spheres	R = 25 nm	75	laser/1 mW	[105]
15	Au	spheres	R = 5 nm	15	laser/20 mW	[96]
16	Au	spheres	R = 15 nm	13	laser/1000 W	[139]
17	Au	nanorod	A = 4 nm	55	laser/1 sun illumination	[101]
18	Au	spheres	R = 40 nm	17–26	laser/1–10 kW	[140]
19	Mo	spheres	R = 20 nm	41	—	[141]
20	Au	nanoarray	R = 20 nm	—	laser/7.3–15.7 kW	[141]
21	Au	spheres	R = 50 nm	52	laser/20.5 µW	[142]
22	Ag	nanoshell	R = 25 nm	—	laser/1 mW	[143]
23	Au	spheres	R = 40 nm	60	laser/400 mW	[81]
24	Au	bipyramid	—	95	—	[144]
25	Au	thinfilm	T = 120 nm	94	laser/3.5 W	[145]
26	Au	nanostoves	R = 5 nm	65	laser/3.8 kW	[146]
27	Au	nanocylinder	L = 10 nm	20	laser/0.1 mW	[147]
28	Au	spheres	R = 40 nm	33	laser/3 mW	[148]
29	Au	nanorods	A = 7 nm	45	laser/1 mW	[149]
30	Au	spheres	R = 20 nm	0.7	laser/9 µW	[150]
31	Au	spheres	R = 10 nm	25	laser/5 mW	[151]
32	Au	spheres	R = 30 nm	4	laser/10 kW	[8]
33	Au	core–shell	R = 110 nm	10	laser/0.4 W	[88]
34	Au	nanocages	inner edge length = 30 nm, thickness = 5 nm	—	laser/1.5 W	[152]
35	Pd	nanosheets	T = 80 nm	53	laser/0.3 W	[153]
36	Pd	porous nanoparticles	Pd of size = 58 nm, porous size of 8 nm	50	laser/0.5 W	[154]
37	Pd	nanosheets	T = 5 nm	50	laser/0.14 W	[155]
38	Pd	nanosheets	T < 8 nm	51	laser/0.5–1 W	[156]
39	Pd	nanosheets	T = 100 nm	49.8	laser/1 W	[157]
40	Pd	porous nanoparticles	R = 96–153 nm	53	laser/4 W	[158–159]
41	Au	spheres	R = 18 nm	57.8	laser/5.09 kW	[131]
42	Au	spheres	R = 3–40 nm	24–51.9	laser/10 kW	[140]
43	Au	spheres	R = 8.5–138.9 nm	5–15	laser/1.5 sun illumination	[160]
44	Ag	membrane	T = 60 nm with a porous size of 0.40 nm	42	laser/23 kW	[132]
45	Ag	membrane	—	2.5	laser/660 W	[161]
46	Pd	nanocomposites	size = 31 nm	51	laser/1.5 W	[119]
47	Pd	nanoflowers	size = 22 nm	62	laser/4 W	[118]
48	Au-PEG-Ce6	nanostars	size = 54 nm	51	laser/1 W	[162]
49	Pd@Pt-PEG-Ce6	nanocomposites	T = 80 nm	40	laser/0.5 W	[163]
50	Pd@COS-RGD	membrane	size = 23 nm	60.9	laser/3 W	[164]
51	CD-Pd	nanosheets	L = 50 nm, t = 14 nm	23	laser/1 W	[164]
52	Pd@Ce6	spheres	R = 116 nm	35	laser/4 W	[165]
53	Pd -PEI-Ce6	nanosheets	T = 2.2 nm	4	laser/0.5 W	[166]
54	PdC-HSA-ICG	spheres	R = 55 nm	50.4	laser/0.5 W	[167]
55	Pd-cys@MTX-RGD	nanosheets	T = 24 nm	50	laser/1 W	[168]
56	Au-DNA	nanostoves	R = 5 nm	53	laser/3.8 kW	[147]
57	Au-PCR	thinfilm	T = 10–120 nm	94	laser/3.5 W	[146]