About the Authors
- Bianca M. Pires
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Contributed equally to this work with: Bianca M. Pires, Nakédia M. F. Carvalho, Roberto B. Faria
Affiliation Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Daniel M. Silva
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Affiliation Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Lorenzo C. Visentin
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation NanoBusiness Informação e Inovação Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Bernardo L. Rodrigues
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Nakédia M. F. Carvalho
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Contributed equally to this work with: Bianca M. Pires, Nakédia M. F. Carvalho, Roberto B. Faria
Current Address: Instituto de Química, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Affiliation Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Roberto B. Faria
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Contributed equally to this work with: Bianca M. Pires, Nakédia M. F. Carvalho, Roberto B. Faria
* E-mail: faria@iq.ufrj.br
Affiliation Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Competing Interests
NanoBusiness Informação e Inovação Ltda provided support in the form of salaries for the author LCV, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of this author are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NMFC RBF. Performed the experiments: BMP DMS BLR LCV. Analyzed the data: BMP LCV BLR NMFC RBF. Wrote the paper: BMP NMFC RBF.