Table 6.

PT conversion properties of various classes of nanostructures. A denotes the aspect ratio, R is the particle radius, and T is the thickness.

Material class	Morphology	Dimension	Rise in temperature (K)	Power intensity
metals	spheres	R = 20–150 nm	14–573	1–375 mW
	rods	A = 4–7 nm	45–55	1 mW
	sheets	T = 2–80 nm	4–50	0.1–1 W
	other morphologies	cubes: a = 75 nm; sheets: L = 41–50 nm	20–227	1–3.8 kW
bimetals	plates	T = 5.4–15 nm	50	0.3–1.4 W
	other morphologies	cubes: a = 22.8 nm; rods: A = 3.5 nm	36–230	2.4–8 W
metal sulfides	spheres	R = 5–20 nm	12–19	1.4–40 W
	other morphologies	nanodots: R < 5 nm	19	1.41 W
metal oxides/metal–metal oxide composites	spheres	R = 300 nm	70	7 kW
	core–shell	core: R = 19–62 nm; shell: R = 40–77 nm	2–80	1–5 kW
	other morphologies	nanorods: A = 3–3.3 nm; thin film: T = 164–150 nm	6–230	1–10 kW
metal nitrides	nanodiscs	T = 30–180 nm	5–29	1 µW–650 mW
	other morphologies	spheres: R = 50–300 nm; thin film: T = 10–40 nm	54–86	1 mW