About the Authors

Luiz G. A. Alves

lgaalves@dfi.uem.br

Affiliations Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, 87020-900, Brazil, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States of America, National Institute of Science and Technology for Complex Systems, CNPq, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-180, Brazil

Débora B. Scariot

Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, 87020-900, Brazil

Renato R. Guimarães

Affiliations Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, 87020-900, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology for Complex Systems, CNPq, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-180, Brazil

Celso V. Nakamura

Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, 87020-900, Brazil

Renio S. Mendes

Affiliations Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, 87020-900, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology for Complex Systems, CNPq, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-180, Brazil

Haroldo V. Ribeiro

Affiliation Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, 87020-900, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DBS LGAA RSM. Performed the experiments: DBS LGAA. Analyzed the data: HVR LGAA RRG RSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CVN DBS HVR LGAA RRG RSM. Wrote the paper: CVN DBS HVR LGAA RRG RSM.