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"Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists."

"This work was sponsored by the UC San Diego Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (UCSD MRSEC), supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant DMR-2011924). We also acknowledge support under NSF 2335597. The authors thank the University of California, San Diego - Cellular and Molecular Medicine Electron Microscopy Core (UCSD-CMM-EM Core, RRID: SCR_022039) for equipment access and technical assistance. The UCSD-CMM-EM Core is partly supported by the National Institutes of Health Award number S10 OD023527. We also acknowledge the UCSD School of Medicine Microscopy Core (Grant P30 NS047101) and NIH funding via R21 DE029917 and R01 DE031307. The authors are grateful for the generous support of the Shiley Foundation."