About the Authors

Claudio G. Rolli

Affiliations Department New Materials and Biosystems, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany, Department Biophysical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg, Germany

Thomas Seufferlein

Affiliation Department für Innere Medizin, Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin I, Halle (Saale), Germany

Ralf Kemkemer

ralf.kemkemer@mf.mpg.de

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, ZWE Biomaterialien, Stuttgart, Germany

Joachim P. Spatz

Affiliations Department New Materials and Biosystems, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany, Department Biophysical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Designed experiments: RK TS JPS. Analyzed data: RK CGR. Discussed results: RK TS JPS. Wrote the manuscript: RK CGR. Designed and performed experiments: CGR. Provided cells: TS.