About the Authors

Gulam Mohmad Rather

Affiliation Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India

Joyeeta Mukherjee

Affiliation Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India

Peter James Halling

Affiliation Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Munishwar Nath Gupta

appliedbiocat@yahoo.co.in

Affiliation Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MNG PJH. Performed the experiments: GMR JM. Analyzed the data: GMR JM PJH MNG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MNG PJH. Wrote the paper: GMR JM PJH MNG.