About the Authors

Jian Sun

Affiliations Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

James B. Hoying

Affiliation Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville & Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Pierre A. Deymier

Affiliation Material Science and Engineering Department, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Donna D. Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Pak Kin Wong

pak@engr.psu.edu

Affiliations Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JBH PAD PKW. Performed the experiments: JS PKW. Analyzed the data: JS DDZ PKW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DDZ PKW. Wrote the paper: JS PKW.