Correction: Gas-phase synthesis of the bicyclic silicon tricarbide molecule (c-SiC3) as a precursor to silicon carbide nanoparticles in space

TL;DR

This paper corrects a previous study on the formation of a silicon tricarbide molecule in space, which is a precursor to silicon carbide nanoparticles.

Contribution

The correction addresses errors in the original study's findings and methodology.

Findings

The original study's synthesis mechanism for c-SiC3 was revised.

Updated data clarifies the role of c-SiC3 in forming silicon carbide nanoparticles in space.

Abstract

Correction for ‘Gas-phase synthesis of the bicyclic silicon tricarbide molecule (c-SiC3) as a precursor to silicon carbide nanoparticles in space’ by Shane J. Goettl et al., Chem. Sci., 2026, https://doi.org/10.1039/d6sc00002a.

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The authors regret that a footnote indicating that the first two authors, Shane J. Goettl and Kazuumi Fujioka, contributed to this work equally was omitted from the original paper.

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