About the Authors

John R. de Bruyn

debruyn@uwo.ca

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Maria Goiko

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Maryam Mozaffari

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Daniel Bator

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Ron L. Dauphinee

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Yinyin Liao

Affiliation School of Dentistry and Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Roberta L. Flemming

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Michael S. Bramble

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Graeme K. Hunter

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, School of Dentistry and Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Harvey A. Goldberg

Affiliation School of Dentistry and Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAG GKH JRdB RLF. Performed the experiments: MG DB RLD YL MM MSB. Analyzed the data: MG GKH HAG JRdB RLF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HAG GKH JRdB RLF. Wrote the paper: JRdB HAG GKH.