About the Authors

Juan Yang

Affiliation Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Vittorio Saggiomo

Affiliation Laboratory of BioNanoTechnology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Aldrik H. Velders

Affiliation Laboratory of BioNanoTechnology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Martien A. Cohen Stuart

Affiliation Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Marleen Kamperman

marleen.kamperman@wur.nl

Affiliation Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

This study was sponsored by AkzoNobel Global (http://www.akzonobel.com/our_key_markets/our_business_areas/decorative_paints/). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JY MACS MK. Data curation: JY MK. Funding acquisition: MACS MK. Investigation: JY VS. Methodology: JY VS. Project administration: MK. Software: JY VS AHV. Supervision: MK MACS. Writing – original draft: JY MK. Writing – review & editing: JY VS AHV MACS MK.