About the Authors

Amber L. Boutiette

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Cristoffer Toothaker

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Bailey Corless

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Chouaib Boukaftane

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Sappi North America, Inc., Westbrook, Maine, United States of America

Caitlin Howell

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Caitlin.howell@maine.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

This work was financially supported by and conducted in collaboration with Sappi North America, Inc. The funder provided access to the roll-to-roll casting equipment and employees, including CB, to run the equipment and troubleshoot, as well as funds for materials and supplies. The funder did not play any role in the study design, analysis, interpretation of the data, writing of the paper, or the decision to submit for publication. This affiliation and collaboration does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.