"It is a whole new generation of molecular machines that we call molecular jackhammers," said Rice chemist James Tour, whose lab has previously used nanoscale compounds endowed with a light ...

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Just as jackhammers can penetrate concrete, molecular jackhammers (MJH) are nanoscopic machines capable of creating blows so strong that they can crack or rupture the cell membrane, decompensating ...

Getting a class of fluorescent synthetic dyes used for medical imaging to embed in the membranes of cancer cells and vibrate rapidly induces necrosis. With whole-molecule vibrations lasting for ...