About the Authors

Roche C. de Guzman

roche.c.deguzman@hofstra.edu

Current Address: Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, United States of America

Affiliation School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Shanel M. Tsuda

Affiliation School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Minh-Thi N. Ton

Affiliation School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Xiao Zhang

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Alan R. Esker

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Mark E. Van Dyke

Affiliation School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RCG. Performed the experiments: RCG SMT MNT. Analyzed the data: RCG SMT MNT XZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCG ARE MVD. Wrote the paper: RCG SMT MNT MVD.