Analogously, when G ≫ G c AuNP heat dissipation is limited by heat diffusion through water and when G ≪ G c it is limited by the interface. Heat transfer through the interface only has a negligible impact on the kinetics of AuNP Note that the different values of G shown for the simulated AuNPs at a given size correspond to simulations at different heating power. Experimental data were collected from Wilson et al., Plech et al., Ge et al., and Stoll et al. Error bars were included for both G and d of the experimental data points if specified in the given references. Note that we used the lower limit value of 20 MW m -2 K -1 reported by Wilson et al. in the plot for the Au-thiol-toluene interface. heat dissipation in the former case (i.e., when G ≫ G c ). To gauge the relative importance of heat transfer through the gold-water interface to AuNP heat dissipation, we compared the G values from our simulated cases as well as those reported from experiments of AuNPs in water with G c evaluated across a range of AuNP sizes (Figure ).