About the Authors

Amit Kumar

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Rebekah L. Bullard

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Pritesh Patel

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Lea C. Paslay

Affiliation School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Dipti Singh

Affiliation School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Ewa A. Bienkiewicz

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Sarah E. Morgan

Affiliation School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Vijayaraghavan Rangachari

vijay.rangachari@usm.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VR AK. Performed the experiments: AK RLB PP DS LCP EAB. Analyzed the data: AK DS LCP EAB SEM VR. Wrote the paper: VR AK.