Table 2.

Benchmark of the Adaptive Monte-Carlo Model Sensitivity Study: Comparison with Systematic Study [21]

Parameters	Ref. [21]	Monte-Carlo
inner radius r1 (nm)	25.1 ± 9.8	[16.7(0.6);30.2(0.6)]
shell thickness e (nm)	3.0 ± 1.3	[1.9(0.1);3.9(0.1)]
maxNM(Qabs)	11.6	11.6
best r1 (nm)	25.1	24.7
best e (nm)	3.0	2.9
Number of Qabs evaluations	24,000	6700

^*The maximum of the efficiency is deduced from Table 2 in Ref. [21] and the reference by Loo et al. [5]: 11.6 = 0.144 × 80.2. The number of evaluations is that required for permittivity choice as well as optimization of the geometry of the nanoshell: 20,000 + 4,000 [21]. For the Monte-Carlo method, the standard deviation of the boundaries across the iterations is also indicated between parenthesis.