About the Authors

Min-Cheol Kim

mincheol@mit.edu

Affiliations BioSystem & Micromechanics IRG, Singapore MIT Alliance Research Technology, Singapore, Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Devin M. Neal

Affiliation Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Roger D. Kamm

Affiliations BioSystem & Micromechanics IRG, Singapore MIT Alliance Research Technology, Singapore, Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

H. Harry Asada

Affiliations BioSystem & Micromechanics IRG, Singapore MIT Alliance Research Technology, Singapore, Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: MCK DMN RDK HHA. Wrote the paper: MCK DMN RDK HHA. Built a code for the model: MCK. Performed the simulations: MCK DMN. Conceived and designed the experiments: MCK DMN RDK HHA.