Nature Communications 7: Article number: 12112 (2016); Published: 29 June 2016; Updated: 3 August 2016.

The present address for Ioana C. Gârlea is incorrect in this Article. The correct present address for this author is given below:

Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.

The name of this author is also incorrect in the ‘How to cite this article’ section. This section should read:

Gârlea, I. C. et al. Finite particle size drives defect-mediated domain structures in strongly confined colloidal liquid crystals. Nat. Commun. 7:12112 doi: 10.1038/ncomms12112 (2016).