About the Authors

Deepika Verma

Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Nannan Ye

Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Fanjie Meng

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Frederick Sachs

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Jason Rahimzadeh

Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Susan Z. Hua

zhua@buffalo.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DV SZH. Performed the experiments: DV NY FM JR. Analyzed the data: DV FS SZH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DV FM. Wrote the paper: DV FS SZH.