RETRACTED: Synthesis and characterization of polyurethane-based softwood composite as effective thermal insulation with low density and high mechanical properties

• Published in: Materials today communications 2020-09, Vol.24, p.101110, Article 101110
• Main Authors: Xie, Yan, Cheng, Shenyu, Zhang, Shaozheng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 2352-4928; 2352-4928
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101110

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Authors. The authors have plagiarized part of a paper that had already appeared in JME, 45 (11): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.11868/j.issn.1001-4381.2017.000406. 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. As such this article represents a severe abuse of the scientific publishing system. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and apologies are offered to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process.