COR R E C T IO N Open Access Correction: The role of particle size of particulate nano-zinc oxide wood preservatives on termite mortality and leach resistance Carol A Clausen 1* , Nami S Kartal 2 , Rachel A Arango 1 and Frederick Green III 1 Correction Chemical retention calculations have been corrected in Table 1 [1]. Author details 1 U.S. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI 53726, USA 2 Department of Forest Biology and Wood Protection Technology, Forestry Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Received: 1 July 2011 Accepted: 22 July 2011 Published: 22 July 2011 Reference 1. Clausen CA, Kartal SN, Arango RA, Green F III: The role of particle size of particulate nano-zinc oxide wood preservatives on termite mortality and leach resistance. Nanoscale Res Lett 2011, 6:427. doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-465 Cite this article as: Clausen et al.: Correction: The role of particle size of particulate nano-zinc oxide wood preservatives on termite mortality and leach resistance. Nanoscale Research Letters 2011 6:465. Submit your manuscript to a journal and benefi t from: 7 Convenient online submission 7 Rigorous peer review 7 Immediate publication on acceptance 7 Open access: articles freely available online 7 High visibility within the fi eld 7 Retaining the copyright to your article Submit your next manuscript at 7 springeropen.com * Correspondence: cclausen@fs.fed.us 1 U.S. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI 53726, USA Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Table 1 Average chemical retention of pre-leached wood blocks. Treatment Concentration (%) Retention (kg/m 3 ) Std dev. Untreated - - - 30 nm ZnO 1.0 8.9 0.3 30 nm ZnO 2.5 22.8 0.8 30 nm ZnO 5.0 44.3 5.2 70 nm ZnO 1.0 8.4 1.1 70 nm ZnO 2.5 21.7 2.7 70 nm ZnO 5.0 46.5 5.7 Zn SO 4 1.0 8.7 0.4 Zn SO 4 2.5 23.1 0.7 Zn SO 4 5.0 43.3 1.0 Clausen et al. Nanoscale Research Letters 2011, 6:465 http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/6/1/465 © 2011 Clausen et al; licensee Springer. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. . Access Correction: The role of particle size of particulate nano-zinc oxide wood preservatives on termite mortality and leach resistance Carol A Clausen 1* , Nami S Kartal 2 , Rachel A Arango 1 and. 6:427. doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-465 Cite this article as: Clausen et al.: Correction: The role of particle size of particulate nano-zinc oxide wood preservatives on termite mortality and leach resistance. Nanoscale Research Letters. Clausen CA, Kartal SN, Arango RA, Green F III: The role of particle size of particulate nano-zinc oxide wood preservatives on termite mortality and leach resistance. Nanoscale Res Lett 2011, 6:427. doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-465 Cite