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Author Correction: Droplet superpropulsion in an energetically constrained insect

Elio J Challita^1,2, Prateek Sehgal¹, Rodrigo Krugner³

¹School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.

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