About the Authors

Garrett Katz

Affiliation Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Hui Wei

Affiliation Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Alexandra Alimova

Affiliation Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Al Katz

Affiliation Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

David Gene Morgan

Affiliation Chemistry Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Paul Gottlieb

pgottl@med.cuny.edu

Affiliation Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK DGM PG. Performed the experiments: AA HW. Analyzed the data: GK AK DGM PG. Wrote the paper: GK AK DGM PG.