About the Authors

Retina Shrestha

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Center for analytical sciences, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Rojina Duwal

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center for analytical sciences, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sajeev Wagle

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center for analytical sciences, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Samiksha Pokhrel

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Center for analytical sciences, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal, Department of Environmental Science, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Basant Giri

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

bgiri@kias.org.np (BG); bbneupane@cdctu.edu.np (BBN)

Affiliation Center for analytical sciences, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Bhanu Bhakta Neupane

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

bgiri@kias.org.np (BG); bbneupane@cdctu.edu.np (BBN)

Affiliations Center for analytical sciences, Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal, Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.