About the Authors
- Dexian Dong
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Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Yongguang Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Sanjana Sutaria
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Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Aishuak Konarov
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Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Pu Chen
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* E-mail: p4chen@uwaterloo.ca
Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors declare that part of the funding was received from Positec, a commercial source; however, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DD PC. Performed the experiments: DD YZ SS AK. Analyzed the data: DD YZ PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PC. Wrote the manuscript: DD PC.