About the Authors
- Nur Syafinaz Ridhuan
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Affiliation School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
- Khairunisak Abdul Razak
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* E-mail: khairunisak@usm.my
Affiliations School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia, NanoBiotechnology Research and Innovation, Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
- Zainovia Lockman
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Affiliation School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
- Azlan Abdul Aziz
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Affiliations NanoBiotechnology Research and Innovation, Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
Competing Interests
The authors would like to confirm that this research was partly supported by L’Oreal Malaysia in terms of Loreal fellowship award (not research grant/contract research). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare for potential commercialization. Any IP generated through this research only belongs to Universiti Sains Malaysia (NOT Loreal). The paper does not not have conflict of interest with any party including Loreal Malaysia. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NSR KAR ZL AAA. Performed the experiments: NSR KAR ZL AAA. Analyzed the data: NSR KAR ZL AAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAR ZL. Wrote the paper: NSR KAR ZL.