Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20255-x, published online 30 January 2018

In this Article, Figure 4O is a duplication of Figure 3B. The correct Figure 4 appears below as Figure 1.

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In vitro therapeutic efficacy assessment on (A) SKOV-3 and (B) HeLa cells by PTX-CPP modified Mn:ZnS NPs after 48 h incubation; The control vehicle concentration is 50, 100, and 200 μg/mL, whereas the control PTX concentration is 10, 20 and 30 μM. The actual PTX concentration in samples are 0.2, 0.4 and 0.8 μM respectively. (n = 6, **represents p < 0.01, ***represents p < 0.001); (CN) represents the apoptotic profile on SKOV-3 and HeLa cells by the developed PTX formulations with CPP modified Mn:ZnS NPs: (C) Control SKOV-3 cells; (D) Mn:ZnS NPs; (E) PEN/Mn:ZnS NPs; (F) pVEC/Mn:ZnS NPs; (G) R9/Mn:ZnS NPs and (H) Control PTX; (I) control HeLa; (J) Mn:ZnS NPs; (K) PEN/Mn:ZnS NPs; (L) pVEC/Mn:ZnS NPs; (M) R9/Mn: ZnS NPs and (N) Control PTX cells after 48 h incubation time. (OZ) Shows the confocal laser scanning electron microscopic images on SKOV3 and HeLa cells: (O) control SKOV-3; (U) Control HeLa cells; (P,V) PTX:Mn:ZnS NPs; (Q,W) PTX:PEN/Mn:ZnS NPs; (R,X) PTX/pVEC:Mn:ZnS NPs; (S,Y) PTX:R9/Mn:ZnS NPs and (T,Z) Control PTX respectively after 48 h incubation time. Blue fluorescence is DAPI staining on the nucleus and red fluorescence indicates the Mn:ZnS NPs (scale bar = 50 μm).

In addition, Figure 6B is a duplication of Figure 6D. The correct Figure 6 appears below as Figure 2.

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Bio-distribution analysis of IR-780 doped samples on 4T1 tumor model. Left to right samples: Control mice, control dye, IR-780:Mn:ZnS NPs, IR-780:PEN/Mn:ZnS NPs, IR-780:pVEC/Mn:ZnS NPs, IR-780:R9/Mn:ZnS NPs respectively from 1 hour to 168 h. (BG) shows tumor vs organ ex vivo bio-imaging on 4T1 tumor model one week after i.v injection. (B) Control mice; (C) control dye; (D) IR-780:Mn:ZnS NPs; (E) IR-780:PEN/Mn:ZnS NPs, (F) IR-780:pVEC/Mn:ZnS NPs, (G) IR-780:R9/Mn:ZnS NPs respectively.