Scientific Reports 7: Article number: 42280; published online: 09 February 2017; updated: 10 April 2017

In this Article, Jia-Horng Lin is incorrectly listed as being affiliated with ‘Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan’. The correct affiliations are listed below:

Laboratory of Fiber Application and Manufacturing, Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan.

School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.

Department of Fashion Design, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan.