Better explicating the strengths and shortcomings of these models will help refine projections and improve transparency in the years ahead.
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Edited by David A. Weitz, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and approved February 21, 2017 (received for review September 1, 2016)
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- aSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332;
- bSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332;
- cSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332;
- dCenter for Advanced Research in Optical Microscopy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332
Edited by David A. Weitz, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and approved February 21, 2017 (received for review September 1, 2016)
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↵1K.N. and J.F. contributed equally to this work.
- ↵2To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: mohan{at}mse.gatech.edu.
Author contributions: K.N., J.O.P., and M.S. designed research; K.N., J.F., and R.C. performed research; K.N., J.F., and R.C. analyzed data; and K.N., J.F., R.C., J.O.P., and M.S. wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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