About the Authors

Sisi Qin

Affiliation Materials Sciences and Engineering Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Vincent Ricotta

Affiliation Materials Sciences and Engineering Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Marcia Simon

Affiliation Dental School, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Richard A. F. Clark

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Miriam H. Rafailovich

Miriam.rafailovich@stonybrook.edu

Affiliation Materials Sciences and Engineering Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SQ RAFC MHR. Performed the experiments: SQ VR. Analyzed the data: SQ VR MHR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SQ VR RAFC MS MHR. Wrote the paper: SQ MS RAFC MHR.