About the Authors

Aaron M. Collins

Affiliation Department of Bioenergy and Defense Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Howland D. T. Jones

Affiliation Department of Bioenergy and Defense Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Danxiang Han

Affiliation Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology, Department of Applied Sciences and Mathematics, Arizona State University, Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

Qiang Hu

Affiliation Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology, Department of Applied Sciences and Mathematics, Arizona State University, Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

Thomas E. Beechem

Affiliation Department of Nanomaterials Sciences, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Jerilyn A. Timlin

jatimli@sandia.gov

Affiliation Department of Bioenergy and Defense Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: This study was partly funded by Sandia National Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) funds. Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. Aaron M. Collins, Howland D. T. Jones, Thomas E. Beechem, and Jerilyn A. Timlin are employees of Sandia National Laboratories. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMC HDTJ DH QH JAT TEB. Performed the experiments: AMC TEB JAT. Analyzed the data: AMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH QH TEB HDTJ. Wrote the paper: AMC JAT.