Table 1.

Heating rate of MNPs mixed within agar: effect of MNP concentration on 2.45 GHz microwave heating.

Sample	MNP Concentration (mg/mL)	Heating Rate (°C/s)	p-Value
Cubic	20	0.3 ± 0.03	0.9955
	10	0.3 ± 0.01	0.9946
Hexagonal	20	0.81 ± 0.02	0.0009
	10	0.58 ± 0.02	0.0745
	5	0.51 ± 0.03	0.4197
10 nm spherical	20	1.61 ± 0.03	<0.0001
	10	1.04 ± 0.02	<0.0001
	5	0.78 ± 0.02	0.0015
	2.5	0.53 ± 0.01	0.2702
20 nm spherical	20	1.38 ± 0.1	<0.0001
	10	0.92 ± 0.01	0.0003
	5	0.72 ± 0.01	0.0038
	2.5	0.56 ± 0.02	0.1269
Control	0	0.5 ± 0.1