About the Authors

Junyeob Yeo

Affiliation Applied Nano Technology and Science Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea

Sukjoon Hong

Affiliation Applied Nano Technology and Science Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea

Daehoo Lee

Affiliation Laser Thermal Lab, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Nico Hotz

Affiliation Duke University, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thermodynamics and Sustainable Energy Lab, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Ming-Tsang Lee

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan R.O.C.

Costas P. Grigoropoulos

maxko@kaist.ac.kr (SHK); cgrigoro@me.berkeley.edu (CPG)

Affiliation Laser Thermal Lab, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Seung Hwan Ko

maxko@kaist.ac.kr (SHK); cgrigoro@me.berkeley.edu (CPG)

Affiliation Applied Nano Technology and Science Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests to declare. This study was partially supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation Small Business Technology Transfer Program (0930594) through AppliFlex LLC. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHK CPG. Performed the experiments: SHK JY SH DL NH MTL. Analyzed the data: SHK JY SH DL NH MTL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHK JY SH. Wrote the paper: SHK.