<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Correction for 'Using a functional C<sub>84</sub> monolayer to improve the mechanical properties and alter substrate deformation' by Wen-Jay Lee <italic>et al.</italic>, <italic>RSC Adv.</italic>, 2015, <bold>5</bold>, 47498–47505.</p> </abstract>