About the Authors

Erik J. Thompson

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Allison J. DePaul

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Sarav S. Patel

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Eric J. Sorin

esorin@csulb.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJS. Performed the experiments: EJT EJS. Analyzed the data: EJT AJD SSP EJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJT AJD EJS. Wrote the paper: EJT AJD SSP EJS.