About the Authors

Jiahui Liu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Centre of Novel Biomaterials, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

Miao Liu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Centre of Novel Biomaterials, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

Bo Zheng

Affiliation Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Zhongping Yao

Affiliation Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Jiang Xia

jiangxia@cuhk.edu.hk

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Centre of Novel Biomaterials, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL JX. Performed the experiments: JL ML BZ. Analyzed the data: JL ML BZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JX ZY. Wrote the paper: JL JX.