About the Authors

Érica T. Prates

Affiliation Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas–UNICAMP. Cx.P. 6154, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Ivana Stankovic

Affiliation Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas–UNICAMP. Cx.P. 6154, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Rodrigo L. Silveira

Affiliation Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas–UNICAMP. Cx.P. 6154, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Marcelo V. Liberato

Affiliation Institute of Physics of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Flávio Henrique-Silva

Affiliation Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Nei Pereira Jr

Affiliation Centro de Tecnologia, Escola de Química, Laboratório de Desenvolvimento de Bioprocessos (LaDeBio), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Igor Polikarpov

ipolikarpov@ifsc.usp.br (IP); skaf@iqm.unicamp.br (MS)

Affiliation Institute of Physics of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Munir S. Skaf

ipolikarpov@ifsc.usp.br (IP); skaf@iqm.unicamp.br (MS)

Affiliation Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas–UNICAMP. Cx.P. 6154, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IP MSS. Performed the experiments: ETP IS RLS MVL FHS. Analyzed the data: ETP IS RLS MVL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FHS NP IP MSS. Wrote the paper: ETP IS RLS MVL MSS.