Cfrgtkky

Are there any easy ways to set co-first author and corresponding author in the footnotes of an article? I do not want use Elsarticle template. Please advise.

The latex codes are attached as follows;

documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}





usepackage{authblk}

renewcommand*{Authsep}{, }

renewcommand*{Authand}{, }

renewcommand*{Authands}{, }

renewcommand*{Authfont}{normalsizenormalfont}    

renewcommand*{Affilfont}{normalsizenormalfont}



renewcommand{baselinestretch}{1.5} 



title{textbf{{large Title}}}



author[a,1]{XXX}

author[a,textasteriskcentered]{YYY}

author[b,1]{ZZZ}



affil[a]{textit{AAA BBB CCC}}

affil[b]{textit{AAAaaa BBBaaa CCCaaa}}

date{}    



begin{document}

maketitle



Some texts...\

1 indicates co-first author, and should be accompanied by footnote: \ textsuperscript{1} Contribute to equally to this study. \

textasteriskcentered indicates corresponding author, and should be accompanied by footnote: \ textsuperscript{*} Corresponding author. Email: xxx@yyy.zzz.



end{document}