Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-33188-z, published online 23 December 2025

In the original version of the Article, there was an error in in Figure 7, where the Bright-field image labelled for the 1.0-hour incubation period, was a duplicated version of a different time point.

The original Figure 7 and the accompanying Legend appear below.

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Study of selectivity of Tb-GQDs-SiO2-APTES-NH2 (1000 µg/mL) towards MCF-7 cells at different times of incubation.

The original Article has been corrected.