Figure 8.

Paradigm 3: pouch + synthetic skin patch: Au NPs size (10 W, 20 s time intervals). Summary of data collected from three different experiments. (A) Percentage change in the surface area (%) of l-alanine crystals in a plastic pouch through the synthetic skin patch and a schematic representation of the microwave probe, the synthetic skin patch covering the plastic pouch containing the Au NP solution and one l-alanine crystal. (B) Percentage change in the surface are (%) of the synthetic skin during 120 s (at 20 s time intervals) of microwave heating at 10 W and room temperature. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation of the three different experiments. The sizes of Au NPs used in these trials are 20, 100, and 200 nm.