Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 34628; published online: 30 September 2016; updated: 22 December 2017.

This Article contains an error in the Experimental section.

“Elements of Co, Cr, Fe, Ni and Nb with purity of 99.95% were used as raw materials”.

should read:

“Elements of Co, Cr, Fe, Ni and Ti with purity of 99.95% were used as raw materials”.