About the Authors

Tasha B. Toro

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Dr., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Subramanya Pingali

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Dr., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Thao P. Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Dr., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Destane S. Garrett

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Dr., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Kyra A. Dodson

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Dr., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Kyara A. Nichols

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Dr., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Rashad A. Haynes

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Dr., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Florastina Payton-Stewart

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Dr., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Terry J. Watt

tjwatt@xula.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Dr., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TBT TJW. Performed the experiments: TBT SP TPN DSG KAD KAN RAH FP TJW. Analyzed the data: TBT KAD FP TJW. Wrote the paper: TBT SP TPN DSG KAD KAN RAH FP TJW.