Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41615-1, published online 25 March 2019


The original version of this Article contained an error in Figure 1 where the cross-sectional transmission electron microscope micrograph was omitted in panel (d). The original Figure 1 and accompanying legend appear below.

Figure 1
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Structural details of the investigated NWs. (a) SEM edge view the sample with NWs 4690 ± 80 nm long, of the overall diameter 197 ± 9 nm. (b) False color SEM image of the NWs after Au deposition. (c) Cross-sectional dark-field TEM micrograph showing GaAs core, AlGaAs shell and GaAs supershell. (d) Cross-sectional TEM image of the NW asymmetrically covered by Au. (e) Cross-sectional sketch of the NW materials.


The original Article has been corrected.