About the Authors

Devaraj Jayachandran

Affiliation School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Ann E. Rundell

Affiliation Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Robert E. Hannemann

Affiliations School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Terry A. Vik

Affiliation Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Doraiswami Ramkrishna

ramkrish@purdue.edu

Affiliation School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJ AR DR. Performed the experiments: DJ AR DR. Analyzed the data: DJ AR RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TV. Wrote the paper: DJ AR RH TV DR. Clinical Consultation: TV RH.