About the Authors

Qingsu Cheng

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Marc-Olivier Blais

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Greg Harris

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Ehsan Jabbarzadeh

ehsan@sc.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QC EJ. Performed the experiments: QC MB. Analyzed the data: QC EJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QC MB. Wrote the manuscript: QC GH EJ.