About the Authors

Jing Zhang

Affiliation Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Lisa Carnduff

Affiliation Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Grant Norman

Affiliation Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Tyson Josey

Affiliation Defence Research and Development Canada – Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Yushan Wang

Affiliation Defence Research and Development Canada – Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Thomas W. Sawyer

Affiliation Defence Research and Development Canada – Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Christopher J. Martyniuk

Current address: University of Florida, Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology & Department of Physiological Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation University of New Brunswick and Canadian River Institute, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Valerie S. Langlois

valerie.langlois@rmc.ca

Affiliation Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW CJM VSL. Performed the experiments: LC GN TJ CJM. Analyzed the data: JZ GN TJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW TWS CJM VSL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JZ LC TJ.