About the Authors

Niraj Kumar

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Abhyudai Singh

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Rahul V. Kulkarni

rahul.kulkarni@umb.edu

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NK AS RVK. Performed the experiments: NK. Analyzed the data: NK AS RVK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NK RVK. Wrote the paper: NK RVK. Conceived and designed the research: NK AS RVK. Developed the analytical approaches: NK RVK. Carried out stochastic simulations: NK. Discussed the results at all stages and also their implications: NK AS RVK. Wrote the main paper: NK RVK. Wrote the Supplementary Information: NK. Read, commented on and edited the manuscript: NK AS RVK.