Corrections to "Vibrational Responses of Bound and Nonbound Targeted Lipid-Coated Single Microbubbles"

IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2021 Jun;68(6):2319. doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2021.3064751. Epub 2021 May 25.

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In the above article [1], the authors regret that there was a mistake in calculating the mol% of the microbubble coating composition. For all experiments, the unit in mg/mL was utilized and the conversion mistake only came when converting to mol% in order to define the ratio between the coating formulation components. The correct molecular weight of PEG-40 stearate is 2046.54 g/mol [2], [3], not 328.53 g/mol. On page 786, paragraph II-A, it should read "The coating was composed of 84.8 mol% DSPC (P6517, Sigma-Aldrich, Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands) or DPPC (850355, Avanti Polar Lipids, Alabaster, AL, USA); 8.2 mol% polyoxyethylene-40-stearate (PEG-40 stearate, P3440, Sigma-Aldrich); 5.9 mol% 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[carboxy(polyethylene glycol)-2000] (DSPE-PEG(2000), 880125, Avanti Polar Lipids); and 1.1 mol% 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[biotinyl(polyethylene glycol)-2000] (DSPE-PEG(2000)-biotin, 880129, Avanti Polar Lipids)."

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