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Correction: Intelligent antibacterial surface based on ionic liquid molecular brushes for bacterial killing and release

Lunqiang Jin ab, Zhenqiang Shi a, Xiang Zhang a, Xiaoling Liu a, Huiling Li a, Jingxia Wang a, Feng Liang *b, Weifeng Zhao *a and Changsheng Zhao *a
aCollege of Polymer Science and Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China. E-mail: zhaoscukth@163.com
bThe State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Coal Conversion and New Carbon Materials Hubei Key Laboratory, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, P. R. China. E-mail: feng_liang@whu.edu.cn

Received 2nd August 2023 , Accepted 2nd August 2023

First published on 9th August 2023


Abstract

Correction for ‘Intelligent antibacterial surface based on ionic liquid molecular brushes for bacterial killing and release’ by Lunqiang Jin et al., J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019, 7, 5520–5527, https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TB01199D.


The authors regret errors in Fig. 2b and c, 4c and 7c.

During the manuscript preparation, the SEM data in the left-hand panel in Fig. 2b, the right-hand panel in Fig. 2b and the top-right panel in Fig. 7c were edited to remove contaminants, the AFM data in the right hand panel in Fig. 2c was edited to remove shadows, and the EDS mapping images for C/N/O/S/Br, C and N in Fig. 4c are incorrect.

The authors became aware of the concerns and have repeated the experiments in triplicate.

An independent expert has viewed the corrected images and the replicated experimental raw data, and has concluded that they are consistent with the discussions and conclusions presented.

The corrected figures, with the original data, are shown below (it should be noted that the labels are unchanged).


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Fig. 2 (b) The SEM image of the PES membrane and the SEM image of the IL(Br)/PDA@PES membrane. (c) AFM image of the IL(Br)/PDA@PES membrane (scale bar: 2 × 2 μm).

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Fig. 4 (c) EDS mapping overlap layer, and EDS mapping images of C and N for IL(Br)/PDA@PES.

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Fig. 7 (c) The image of S. aureus attachment on the membrane surface of IL(Br)/PDA@PES.

The authors sincerely apologize for this mistake in the preparation of the article and apologize for any inconvenience caused.

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


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