About the Authors

Sunandan Pakrashi

Affiliation Centre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, India

Swayamprava Dalai

Affiliation Centre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, India

Ahmed Humayun

Affiliation Centre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, India

Sujay Chakravarty

Affiliation UGC-DAE CSR, Kalpakkam Node, Kokilamedu, India

Natarajan Chandrasekaran

Affiliation Centre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, India

Amitava Mukherjee

amitav@vit.ac.in

Affiliation Centre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP AM. Performed the experiments: SP SD AH. Analyzed the data: SP SD AH SC AM NC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM. Wrote the paper: SP SD AH SC AM NC.