About the Authors

Guizhao Liang

gzliang@cqu.edu.cn (GL); zhengj@uakron.edu (JZ)

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, Bioengineering College Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Yonglan Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, Bioengineering College Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

Bozhi Shi

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, Bioengineering College Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

Jun Zhao

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

Jie Zheng

gzliang@cqu.edu.cn (GL); zhengj@uakron.edu (JZ)

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

Competing Interests

Prof. Jie Zheng, as one of corresponding authors in this manuscript and a PLOS ONE Academic Editor, declares no conflict of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GZL YLL BZS J. Zhao J. Zheng. Performed the experiments: YLL BZS J. Zhao. Analyzed the data: YLL BZS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GZL J. Zheng. Wrote the paper: YLL GZL J. Zheng.