About the Authors

Yuan Chen

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Yang Liu

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Xin Wang

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Kai Li

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Pu Chen

p4chen@uwaterloo.ca

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

Co-author Pu Chen is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC PC. Performed the experiments: YC YL. Analyzed the data: YC XW KL PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YC PC.