About the Authors

Bhavna S. Paratala

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Barry D. Jacobson

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Shruti Kanakia

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Leonard Deepak Francis

Affiliation International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Avda Mestre Jose Veiga, Braga, Portugal

Balaji Sitharaman

bsitharaman@notes.cc.sunsyb.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BSP BDJ BS. Performed the experiments: BSP BDJ SK LDF BS. Analyzed the data: BSP BDJ BS. Wrote the paper: BSP BDJ BS.