About the Authors

Zhi Yang

Affiliation School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

Peter Swedlund

Affiliation School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

Qinfen Gu

Affiliation Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Rd., Clayton 3168, Australia

Yacine Hemar

Affiliation School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

Sahraoui Chaieb

sahraoui.chaieb@kaust.edu.sa; schaieb@lbl.gov

Affiliations Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, KAUST, Thuwal, 23955, KSA, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mailstop 6R-2100. Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YH SC. Performed the experiments: ZY PS. Analyzed the data: YH QG PS SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH. Wrote the paper: ZY YH PS SC.