Table 4.

Comparative evaluation of the heating efficiency (HE) for light absorbance by the nanosphere formulations

Wavelength (nm)	HE coated NS/water (a) (%)	HE uncoated NS/water (a) (%)	HE coated NS/uncoated NS (b) (%)
808	272	16	220
940	86	~0	100
1064	168	44	85

Results are calculated with respect to the mean maximum temperature shown in Figure 5.

^(a)HE of the CuO-NPs@H-PLGA/PDA/PEG and CuO-NPs@H-PLGA vs. water was calculated using Eq. 3 and 4; ^(b) HE of the CuO-NPs@H-PLGA/PDA/PEG vs. CuO-NPs@H-PLGA, calculated using Eq. 5.