Heating carbon with radio waves?

guitar hero asked:


I read a scientific report about heating carbon microtubes with radio waves to destroy cancer tumors in rabbits. My question is, how does this heating process work. From my understanding, the emitted radio waves alternate in charge, causing the molecules to flip and move because of the +/- attractions. However, I was also pretty sure that this could only happen in polar molecules, and carbon molecules are nonpolar. So my question is, how can a nanotube made strictly of carbon be heated by radio waves?
Thanks a lot in advance.

Nanotube Monitors

Want to Live Extra Years?