About the Authors

Eden Ross

Contributed equally to this work with: Eden Ross, Rehman Ata

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada

Rehman Ata

Contributed equally to this work with: Eden Ross, Rehman Ata

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada

Thanusi Thavarajah

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada

Sergei Medvedev

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada

Peter Bowden

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada

John G. Marshall

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada

Costin N. Antonescu

cantonescu@ryerson.ca

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ER RA JGM CNA. Performed the experiments: ER RA TT SM. Analyzed the data: ER RA PB JGM CNA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB JGM CNA. Wrote the paper: ER JGM CNA.