About the Authors

Samuel Pichardo

Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Pichardo, Rafael R. C. Silva, Oleg Rubel, Laura Curiel

spichard@lakeheadu.ca

Current address: 980 Oliver Rd, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 6V4, Canada

Affiliations Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Electrical Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Rafael R. C. Silva

Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Pichardo, Rafael R. C. Silva, Oleg Rubel, Laura Curiel

Affiliation Electrical Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Oleg Rubel

Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Pichardo, Rafael R. C. Silva, Oleg Rubel, Laura Curiel

Affiliation Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Laura Curiel

Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Pichardo, Rafael R. C. Silva, Oleg Rubel, Laura Curiel

Affiliations Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Electrical Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP LC. Performed the experiments: RS SP. Analyzed the data: SP LC OR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SP. Wrote the paper: SP RS LC OR.