About the Authors

Evgeny Bogdanov

eubogdanov@gmail.com

Affiliation Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia

Irina Dominova

Affiliation Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia

Natalia Shusharina

Affiliation Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia

Stepan Botman

Affiliation Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia

Vitaliy Kasymov

Affiliation University College London, London, United Kingdom

Maksim Patrushev

Affiliation Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EB ID MP. Performed the experiments: EB ID NS SB. Analyzed the data: EB ID NS SB MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EB ID. Wrote the paper: EB ID VK MP. Developed silicon dioxide thin film synthesis methodology on PCR tubes and described physical experiments in the paper: EB. Developed DNA extraction methodology from a single cell and described DNA extraction experiments: ID. Investigated chemistry and phase silicon dioxide thin film properties: NS SB. Directed the study: MP. Reviewed and proofread the English version of the paper: VK.