Resumen: Wireless actuation at the nanoscale is vital in many contexts, and magnetic fields acting on nanoparticles (NPs) are among the most effective tools when actuation concerns linear forces. However, effective tools to apply torques at the nanoscale are still missing, because NPs where the magnetic moment is strongly coupled to the lattice agglomerate due to their high magnetic moment. Here, we show that gallium-doped e-iron oxide NPs have small interparticle magnetic interactions and huge lattice-coupling for efficiently applying torques at the nanoscale. In this view, they are expected to be useful tools to efficiently apply mechanical forces to induce cellular apoptosis and to discern between mechanical and thermal contributions to cellular apoptosis currently under debate... Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07309a Año: 2021 Publicado en: Chemical Communications 57, 18 (2021), 2285-2288 ISSN: 1359-7345 Factor impacto JCR: 6.065 (2021) Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 53 / 180 = 0.294 (2021) - Q2 - T1 Factor impacto CITESCORE: 10.2 - Chemical Engineering (Q1) - Materials Science (Q1)