About the Authors

Leif Erik Walther

Leif.Walther@hno-praxis-sulzbach.de

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, University Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Alexander Blödow

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Helios Clinic Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany

Jana Buder

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany

Rüdiger Kniep

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LEW RK. Performed the experiments: JB LEW AB. Analyzed the data: LEW RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK. Wrote the paper: LEW RK.