About the Authors
- Yuzhen Chen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yuzhen Chen, Huizhi Xiao
Affiliation School of Mathematical Sciences, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, P. R. China
- Huizhi Xiao
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yuzhen Chen, Huizhi Xiao
Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China
- Jie Zheng
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Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States of America
- Guizhao Liang
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* E-mail: gzliang@cqu.edu.cn.
Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China
Competing Interests
Prof. Jie Zheng, as one of corresponding authors in this manuscript and a PLOS ONE Academic Editor, declares no conflict of interest. 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: JZ GZL. Performed the experiments: YZC HZX. Analyzed the data: YZC HZX JZ GZL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JZ GZL. Wrote the paper: YZC HZX JZ GZL.