About the Authors

Qiong Tang

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Bin Cao

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Haiyan Wu

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Gang Cheng

gc@uakron.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QT BC HYW GC. Performed the experiments: QT BC. Analyzed the data: QT BC HYW GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QT BC HYW GC. Wrote the paper: QT GC.