Table 1.

Summary and comparison of reports of RF and microwave heating of AuNPs. Many reports do not report specific absorption rate and do not include enough data for independent calculation.

Antenna Design	Operating Frequency	Operating Power	Particle Diameter	Application	Reference	SAR
Kanzius	13.56 MHz	200 – 800 W	5 nm	Cancer Hyperthermia	17	-
Kanzius	13.56 MHz	600 W	5 nm	Cancer Hyperthermia	23	~300 kW/g
Kanzius	13.56 MHz	600 W	5 – 250 nm	Mechanistic Study	25	380 kW/g
Kanzius	13.56 MHz	25 W	5 – 200 nm	Mechanistic Study	12	50nm; 8*10–17 W/AuNP
Capacitively Coupled	13.56 MHz	125 W	5 – 50 nm	Cancer Hypertherma	31	5nm, 356 kW/g
Kanzius	13.56 MHz	100 – 950 W	5 – 50 nm	Mechanistic Study	27	5nm, 1.82 W/kg 10nm, 1.24 W/kg
Kanzius	13.56 MHz	600 W	10 nm	Cancer Hyperthermia	64	-
Kanzius	13.56 MHz	600 W	10 nm	Mechanistic Study	70	-
Kanzius	13.56 MHz	10 – 100 W	13 nm	Cancer Hyperthermia	16
Kanzius	13.56 MHz	200 – 250 W	20 nm	Cancer Hyperthermia	66
Kanzius	13.56 MHz	200 W	20 nm	Cancer Hyperthermia	65
Kanzius	13.56 MHz	25 W	100 nm	Mechanistic Study	30
Theoretical E-field	13 MHz	Not Applicable	20 nm	Mechanistic Study	13
Capacitively Coupled E-field	13.56 MHz	125 W	5 – 50 nm	Cancer Hypertherma	31	5nm, 356 kW/g
Solenoid	1GHz	0.4 – 4W	1.4 nm	DNA Melting	14	-
Solenoid	600 – 1000 kHz	Not reported	1.4 nm	Mechanistic Study	10	-
Solenoid	1 GHz	1.5 W	1.4nm	Aptamer Control	67	-
Multiple	13.56 MHz	50 W	1.5 nm	Mechanistic Study	19	9.1 W/g
Solenoid	100 KHz – 100 MHz	100 W	7.8 nm Fe Doped	Mechanistic Study	20	1.84 W/g @ 40 MHz
Resonating Chamber	12 GHz	0.1W	10 nm	Amyloid Dissolution	15	989 W/g
Not Reported	12 GHz	0.1 W	10 nm	Amyloid Dissolution	22	989 W/g
Resonating Chamber	10 MHz – 50 GHz	0.1 W	12.5 nm	Amyloid Dissolution	21	-
Microstrip Waveguide	13.56 MHz	600W	15 nm	Mechanistic Study	11
Microstrip Waveguide	13.56 MHz	600 W	10 – 30 nm	Mechanistic Study	26	-