RETRACTED: Preparation and characterization of poly(vinyl chloride) calcium phosphate nanocomposites

• Published in: Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology Solid-state materials for advanced technology, 2010-04, Vol.168 (1), p.231-236
• Main Authors: Patil, Chetan B., Shisode, Priyanka S., Kapadi, Uday R., Hundiwale, Dilip G., Mahulikar, Pramod P.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0921-5107; 1873-4944
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2009.12.034

This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief and Author. Please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal ( http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the editor as the authors have plagiarized part of a paper that had already appeared in Composites Science and Technology 68 (2008) 3220–3229 (doi: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.08.008) and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113 (1), 97–104 (doi: 10.1021/jp8065579). Furthermore, the authors have claimed part of the data that appeared in the above manuscripts as their own result. One of the conditions of submission of a paper for publication is that authors declare explicitly that their work is original and has not appeared in a publication elsewhere. Re-use of any data should be appropriately cited. This article therefore represents a severe abuse of the scientific publishing system and procedures. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and we sincerely apologize to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process.