Table 1. List of Studies Discussing the Synthesis of Te and TeO₂ NPs by PLAL^a,b.

authors	Khalef37	Liu et al.28,38	Guisbiers et al.29	Saraeva et al.39	Khalef et al.40	this work
publication year	2014	2016	2017	2020	2021	2022
type of laser	Nd:YAG	Nd:YAG	Nd:YAG	Yb-doped	Nd:YAG	Nd:YAG
wavelength (nm)	1064	1064	1064	1040	1064	1064
repetition rate (Hz)	1	20	20	20,000	1	1,000
pulse duration (ns)	∼9	∼10	∼4	∼120	∼9	∼100
irradiation time (s)	20	2, 10, 180	900		50	300
solvent	deionized (DI) water	DI water, methanol, ethanol, acetone, dichloromethane	DI water, acetone	DI water	DI water	DI water
target	static	static	static	dynamic	static	static
fluence (J/cm2)		∼11	∼2			∼284
product	TeO2 NPs	TeO2 NPs, Te NPs,	TeO2 NPs, Te NPs	TeO2 NPs	TeO2 NPs	TeO2 NPs
application	none	none	none	antibacterial: S. aureus biofilms	antibacterial: E. coli, S. aureus	• antibacterial: MDR E. coli, MR S. aureus
						• anticancer: human melanoma cells

^aNd:YAG, neodymium-doped:yttrium aluminum garnet.

^bNPs, nanoparticles.