Devices, compositions, and methods are described which provide a tubular
nanostructure targeted to a lipid bilayer membrane. The targeted tubular
nanostructure can have a surface region configured to pass through a
lipid bilayer membrane of a cell, a hydrophobic surface region flanked by
two hydrophilic surface regions configured to form a pore in a lipid
bilayer membrane of a cellular organelle, and at least one ligand
configured to bind one or more cognates on the lipid bilayer membrane of
the cellular organelle. The target cell can be, for example, a tumor
cell, an infected cell, or a diseased cell in a subject. The tubular
nanostructure can form a pore in the lipid bilayer membrane of the
cellular organelle, e.g., mitochondria, which can permit transit or
translocation of at least one compound across the membrane and cause cell
death of the target cell.