About the Authors

Xinan Zhang

Affiliations School of Mathematics and Statistics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Maria Jaramillo

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Satish Singh

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Prashant Kumta

Affiliations Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Complex Engineered Multifunctional Materials, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ipsita Banerjee

ipb1@pitt.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ MJ SSS PNK IB. Performed the experiments: XZ MJ SSS. Analyzed the data: XZ MJ SSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PNK IB. Wrote the paper: XZ MJ IB.