About the Authors

Jeffrey N. Murphy

jburiak@ualberta.ca (JMB); jnmurphy@ualberta.ca (JNM)

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Kenneth D. Harris

Affiliation National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jillian M. Buriak

jburiak@ualberta.ca (JMB); jnmurphy@ualberta.ca (JNM)

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JNM. Performed the experiments: JNM. Analyzed the data: JNM KDH JMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JNM JMB. Wrote the paper: JNM JMB KDH. Wrote and developed the software used in analysis: JNM Contributed concepts to planning software: JNM KDH JMB.