Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20754-x, published online 05 February 2018


This Article contains errors.


In the Abstract:


“This is the first time branched gold NPs have been synthesised in a microfluidics platform.”


should read:


“This is the first time branched gold NPs have been synthesised in a microdroplets platform.”


Additionally, in the Reference list the Authors omitted the below paper, which is listed as Reference 1. These should be cited in the introduction section as below:


“Thus, transferring bulk nanoparticle synthesis protocols into microdroplets platforms offers high control over the reproducibility of metallic nanoparticles, and provides an effective scaling-up strategy for successful technology transfer from the laboratory to the industry27-33.”


should read:


“Thus, transferring bulk nanoparticle synthesis protocols into microdroplets platforms offers high control over the reproducibility of metallic nanoparticles, and provides an effective scaling-up strategy for successful technology transfer from the laboratory to the industry27-33,1.”