About the Authors

Charalambos Kaittanis

Affiliation NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Hamza Boukhriss

Affiliation NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Santimukul Santra

Affiliation NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Saleh A. Naser

Affiliation Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

J. Manuel Perez

jmperez@ucf.edu

Affiliations NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CK JMP. Performed the experiments: CK HB SS. Analyzed the data: JMP CK SAN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAN. Wrote the paper: CK JMP.