About the Authors

Hyo-Jick Choi

choihc@ucmail.uc.edu (HJC); montemag@ualberta.ca (CDM)

Affiliation School of Energy, Environmental, Biological and Medical Engineering University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Charles F. Ebersbacher

Affiliation School of Energy, Environmental, Biological and Medical Engineering University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Min-Chul Kim

Affiliations Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Vaccine Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sang-Moo Kang

Affiliation Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Carlo D. Montemagno

choihc@ucmail.uc.edu (HJC); montemag@ualberta.ca (CDM)

Affiliation National Institute for Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology Accelerator and Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Competing Interests

AquaZ Inc. (Cincinnati, OH) allowed us to use stopped-flow light scattering and dynamic light scattering equipment for this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJC SMK CDM. Performed the experiments: HJC CFE MCK. Analyzed the data: HJC CFE MCK SMK CDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCK SMK. Wrote the paper: HJC CFE MCK SMK CDM.