About the Authors

Julie Bomholt

Affiliation Aquaporin A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark

Claus Hélix-Nielsen

Affiliations Aquaporin A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

Peter Scharff-Poulsen

Affiliation Department of Biology, August Krogh Building, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Per Amstrup Pedersen

PAPedersen@bio.ku.dk

Affiliation Department of Biology, August Krogh Building, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

This study was partly funded by Aquaporin A/S, the employer of Julie Bomholt and Claus Hélix-Nielsen. Claus Hélix-Nielsen owns stock in Aquaporin A/S, and is co-inventor of published patents/patent applications on biomimetic membranes (WO 2006/122566, WO 2009/074155, and WO 2010/146365). CHN acts as co-supervisor for author Julie Bomholt and is chairman of the scientific advisory board in Aquaporin Asia, Pte. Ldt, Singapore. There are no further 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: JB PSP PAP. Performed the experiments: JB PSP PAP. Analyzed the data: JB CHN PSP PAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB PSP CHN PAP. Wrote the paper: JB CHN PAP.