Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61754-4, published online 13 May 2024

The Competing interests section in the original version of this Article was incorrect.

“The authors declare no competing interests.”

now reads:

“Dr Srikanth Sola and Radhica Kanniganti are named as inventors on the patent WO2021245687A1 titled "A system and a method for reducing particulate pollutants in air, using pulsed electromagnetic waves" (https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2021245687A1). They have received compensation as a member of the Devic Earth Private Limited research team. Dr G. S. N. V. K. S. N. Swamy Undi, Cheramangalath Balan Ramya & Kiran Shinde declare no potential conflict of interest.”

The original Article has been corrected.