About the Authors

Haroldo V. Ribeiro

Affiliations Departamento de Física and National Institute of Science and Technology for Complex Systems, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Renio S. Mendes

Affiliation Departamento de Física and National Institute of Science and Technology for Complex Systems, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil

Ervin K. Lenzi

Affiliation Departamento de Física and National Institute of Science and Technology for Complex Systems, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil

Marcelo del Castillo-Mussot

Affiliation Departamento de Estado Sólido, Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México

Luís A. N. Amaral

amaral@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HVR LANA. Performed the experiments: HVR. Analyzed the data: HVR LANA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HVR RSM EKL MdCM LANA. Wrote the paper: HVR RSM EKL MdCM LANA.