About the Authors

Laura Toppozini

toppozl@mcmaster.ca (LT); deamer@soe.ucsc.edu (DWD); rheinstadter@mcmaster.ca (MCR))

Affiliations Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Origins Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Hannah Dies

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

David W. Deamer

toppozl@mcmaster.ca (LT); deamer@soe.ucsc.edu (DWD); rheinstadter@mcmaster.ca (MCR))

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Maikel C. Rheinstädter

toppozl@mcmaster.ca (LT); deamer@soe.ucsc.edu (DWD); rheinstadter@mcmaster.ca (MCR))

Affiliations Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Origins Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Canadian Neutron Beam Centre, National Research Council Canada, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LT DWD MCR. Performed the experiments: LT HD MCR. Analyzed the data: LT HD MCR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LT DWD HD. Wrote the paper: LT DWD MCR.