Correction: Variation of the Fermi level and the electrostatic force of a metallic nanoparticle upon colliding with an electrode.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1039/C7SC00848A.].

The authors regret that the incorrect volume and page numbers were provided for ref. 16 and 17 in the original article. The corrected references are listed below as ref. 1 and 2, respectively.

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