Víctor García-López
Rice University
35 Papers
67 Citations
Víctor García-López is an academic researcher from Rice University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chemistry & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 22 publications. Previous affiliations of Víctor García-López include ETH Zurich & Instituto Politécnico Nacional.
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Papers
Molecular machines open cell membranes
Víctor García-López,Fang Chen,Lizanne G. Nilewski,Guillaume Duret,Amir Aliyan,Anatoly B. Kolomeisky,Jacob T. Robinson,Gufeng Wang,Robert Pal,James M. Tour +9 more
TL;DR: Molecular machines can drill through cellular bilayers using their molecular-scale actuation, specifically nanomechanical action and it is expected that molecular machines could also be used in vivo, especially as their design progresses to allow two-photon, near-infrared and radio-frequency activation.
Light-Activated Organic Molecular Motors and Their Applications.
TL;DR: This review describes the origins of the first light-activated rotary motors and their modes of function, the structural modifications that led to newer motor designs with optimized rotary properties at variable activation wavelengths, and their action in biological environments to produce exciting new prospects for biomedicine.
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Light-Induced Translation of Motorized Molecules on a Surface
Alex Saywell,Alex Saywell,Anne Bakker,Johannes Mielke,Takashi Kumagai,Martin Wolf,Víctor García-López,Pinn-Tsong Chiang,James M. Tour,Leonhard Grill,Leonhard Grill +10 more
TL;DR: The photoinduced translation of molecular machines across a surface is reported upon by characterizing single molecules before and after illumination, revealing that the enhanced motion is due to the presence of the wavelength-sensitive motor in each molecule.
How to control single-molecule rotation.
TL;DR: The authors use the electric field from a scanning tunneling microscope tip to precisely induce unidirectional rotation of a polar molecule, allowing visualization of the molecule’s internal dipole moment.
Near-Infrared Light Activates Molecular Nanomachines to Drill into and Kill Cells.
Dongdong Liu,Víctor García-López,Richard S. Gunasekera,Lizanne G. Nilewski,Lawrence B. Alemany,Amir Aliyan,Tao Jin,Gufeng Wang,James M. Tour,Robert Pal +9 more
TL;DR: Using two-photon excitation (2PE), molecular nanomachines (MNMs) are able to drill through cell membranes and kill the cells using the more damaging ultraviolet light used formerly to induce this nanomechanical cell-killing effect.