About the Authors
- Mustafa Erbakan
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Yue-xiao Shen
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Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Mariusz Grzelakowski
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Affiliation AquaZ Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Peter J. Butler
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Manish Kumar
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* E-mail: manish.kumar@psu.edu (MK); wrc2@psu.edu (WRC)
Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Wayne R. Curtis
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* E-mail: manish.kumar@psu.edu (MK); wrc2@psu.edu (WRC)
Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Mariusz Grzelakowski of AquaZ Inc. is a co-author on this paper. We have recently received a sponsored research grant from AquaZ but the entirety of the work on this paper was conducted before this grant was funded. 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: ME YS MG PJB MK WRC. Performed the experiments: ME YS MG. Analyzed the data: ME YS MG PJB MK WRC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK YS MG PJB. Wrote the paper: MK YS MG PJB MK WRC.