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Retraction notice to “Studies on interactions of thionine with gold nanoparticles” [Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 290 (2006) 82–88]
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Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 317 (2008) 768
Retraction notice
Retraction notice to “Studies on interactions of thionine with gold nanoparticles” [Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 290 (2006) 82–88] Yuanhua Ding a , Xumin Zhang b , Xiaoxia Liu b , Rong Guo b,∗ b
a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, PR China
This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief and author, Prof. Ding. Reason: The paper appears to be very similar to another paper by the same authors which was published about the same time: “Adsorption characteristics of thionine on gold nanoparticles,” Langmuir 22 (2006) 2292–2298. The similarity is too great to justify two primary publications. While there are differences in particle size and in some of the techniques used, these differences are not given any significance in either paper: no attempt was made at comparison and neither paper cites the other. The corresponding author, Prof. Ding, kept the co-author Prof. Guo unaware of the manuscript’s preparation and submission.
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DOI of original article:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.05.003. Corresponding author. Tel.: +86 514 797 5568; fax: +86 514 797 5244. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (Y. Ding), [email protected] (R. Guo).
0927-7757/$ – see front matter doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.12.021
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 317 (2008) 768
Retraction notice
Retraction notice to “Studies on interactions of thionine with gold nanoparticles” [Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 290 (2006) 82–88] Yuanhua Ding a , Xumin Zhang b , Xiaoxia Liu b , Rong Guo b,∗ b
a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, PR China
This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief and author, Prof. Ding. Reason: The paper appears to be very similar to another paper by the same authors which was published about the same time: “Adsorption characteristics of thionine on gold nanoparticles,” Langmuir 22 (2006) 2292–2298. The similarity is too great to justify two primary publications. While there are differences in particle size and in some of the techniques used, these differences are not given any significance in either paper: no attempt was made at comparison and neither paper cites the other. The corresponding author, Prof. Ding, kept the co-author Prof. Guo unaware of the manuscript’s preparation and submission.
∗
DOI of original article:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.05.003. Corresponding author. Tel.: +86 514 797 5568; fax: +86 514 797 5244. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (Y. Ding), [email protected] (R. Guo).
0927-7757/$ – see front matter doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.12.021