Corrigendum: Staircase Quantum Dots Configuration in Nanowires for Optimized Thermoelectric Power

Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 31974; published online: 23 August 2016; updated: 22 September 2016 In the original version of this Article, there were typographical errors in Affiliation 1 which was incorrectly given as ‘Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre, College of Engineering, SwanseaUniversity, Bay Campus, Swansea, SA1 8QQ, UK.

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