Additions and corrections

Mechanism underlying bioinertness of self-assembled monolayers of oligo(ethyleneglycol)-terminated alkanethiols on gold: protein adsorption, platelet adhesion, and surface forces

Tomohiro Hayashi, Yusaku Tanaka, Yuki Koide, Masaru Tanaka and Masahiko Hara

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 10196–10206 (DOI: 10.1039/C2CP41236E). Amendment published 21st December 2012.

The values of the amounts of adsorbed protein (fibrinogen and BSA) in the above article are incorrect due to the error in converting frequency shift to mass change of the QCM sensor. The corrected values are 3 times higher than the reported values. The corrected figures are presented below. It should be noted that this correction does not affect our conclusion in this paper.

Fig. 2. The amounts of adsorbed BSA and fibrinogen in the PBS solution measured by QCM. The amount is defined in Fig. 1 and its caption. Error bars denote standard deviation (n = 4).

Fig. 3 The amounts of adsorbed BSA and fibrinogen in the PBS solution (same data presented in Fig. 2), plotted as a function of water contact angles.

The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.

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