About the Authors

Sofie M. Castelein

Contributed equally to this work with: Sofie M. Castelein, Tom F. Aarts

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Bionanoscience, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

Tom F. Aarts

Contributed equally to this work with: Sofie M. Castelein, Tom F. Aarts

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bionanoscience, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

Juergen Schleppi

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Institute for Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ruud Hendrikx

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

Amarante J. Böttger

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

Dominik Benz

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

Maude Marechal

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Advenit Makaya

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Stan J. J. Brouns

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Bionanoscience, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

Martin Schwentenwein

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Lithoz GmbH, Wien, Austria

Anne S. Meyer

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

anne@annemeyerlab.org (ASM); benjamin91lehner@gmail.com (BAEL)

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Benjamin A. E. Lehner

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

anne@annemeyerlab.org (ASM); benjamin91lehner@gmail.com (BAEL)

Affiliation Department of Bionanoscience, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

Competing Interests

The company Lithoz provided support in the form of salaries for M. Schwentenwein and F. Ertl as well as access to their 3D printing facility. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.