“…However for the SiNP-1, there are only slight changes in the values of b eff as I 00 increases. Since it has been reported that for multi-photon absorption (nPA) dependent RSA, the values of b n should be relatively invariant with changes in the on-axis peak fluence, I 00 , [59][60][61] it is thus reasonable to suggest that the predominant mechanism responsible for the observed RSA in SiNP-1 is two-photon absorption, even though there still exist ESA. Thus, both materials exhibit RSA that is driven by two-photon and excited state absorption in addition to the regular nonlinear scattering (NLS) process that is known for magnetite and silica nanoparticles.…”