Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28092-8, published online 29 June 2018

In Figure 1b the structural formula for PEG is incorrect. The correct Figure 1 appears below.

Figure 1
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Schematic synthesis route of mPEG-PLA diblock and PLA-PEG-PLA triblock copolymers. (a) Diblock copolymers were prepared by ring opening polymerization (ROP) method using dl-lactide monomers, mPEG and stannous octoate as catalyst, so that dl-lactide monomers were grown from one end of mPEG. (b) Triblock copolymers were synthesized using dl-lactide monomers, PEG and stannous octoate, so that due to presence of hydroxyl groups at both ends of PEG, growth of PLA blocks occurred at both ends of PEG.