About the Authors

Shiwei Wang

Affiliation Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858–4353, United States of America

Jing Yu

Affiliation Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858–4353, United States of America

Milomir Suvira

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut 06030–3305, United States of America

Peter Setlow

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut 06030–3305, United States of America

Yong-qing Li

liy@ecu.edu

Affiliation Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858–4353, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW YL PS. Performed the experiments: SW JY MS. Analyzed the data: SW YL PS. Wrote the paper: SW YL PS.