Retraction Note to: Nanoscale Research Letters (2019) 14:386 https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-019-3202-9
The authors have retracted their article [1] because a number of the panels in Figs. 6 and 7 overlap with panels in figures in previously published articles [2, 3], specifically:
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Figure 6 Liver control [1] appears identical to Fig. 10 liver control [2]
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Figure 6 Lung PEG-NPs [1] appears identical to Fig. 10 lung PEG-CF [2]
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Figure 6 Spleen control [1] appears identical to Fig. 10 spleen control [2]
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Figure 6 Spleen treatment [1] appears identical to Fig. 10 spleen treatment [2]
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Figure 7A [1] appears to be identical but in a different order to Fig. 6A all panels [3]
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Figure 7B [1] appears identical to Fig. 6B [3]
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Figure 7D [1] appears identical to Fig. 6D [3] using a different scale
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Figure 7C [1] appears identical to Fig. 6E [3] using a different scale
All authors agree with this retraction.
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Akhtar, S., Khan, Q., Anwar, S. et al. Retraction Note to: A Comparative Study of the Toxicity of Polyethylene Glycol–Coated Cobalt Ferrite Nanospheres and Nanoparticles. Nanoscale Res Lett 15, 208 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-020-03441-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-020-03441-7