About the Authors

Zhaobin Xu

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Xin Fang

Affiliation The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas K. Wood

Affiliation Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Zuyi Jacky Huang

zuyi.huang@villanova.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Center for Nonlinear Dynamics & Control, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Villanova Center for the Advancement of Sustainability in Engineering (VCASE), Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZX ZH. Performed the experiments: TKW. Analyzed the data: ZX XF TKW ZH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZX ZH. Wrote the paper: ZX XF TKW ZH.