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. 2021 Sep 12;13(3):1797. doi: 10.1007/s13204-021-02054-5

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Synthesis and characterization of CuO nanoparticles and evaluation of their bactericidal and fungicidal activities in cotton fabrics

Devarajan Alagarasan 1,, A Harikrishnan 2,, M Surendiran 2, Karuppusamy Indira 3,, Amany Salah Khalifa 4, Basem H Elesawy 5
PMCID: PMC8435145  PMID: 34540519

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12/15/2022

This article was retracted on 15 December 2022.


The Editor-in-Chief and the publisher have retracted this article. The article was submitted to be part of a guest-edited issue. An investigation by the publisher found a number of articles, including this one, with a number of concerns, including but not limited to compromised editorial handling and peer review process, inappropriate or irrelevant references or not being in scope of the journal or guest-edited issue. Based on the investigation's findings the Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article.

The authors Devarajan Alagarasan, A. Harikrishnan, M. Surendiran, Karuppusamy Indira disagree with this retraction. The authors Amany Salah Khalifa and Basem H. Elesawy have not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction. The online version of this article contains the full text of the retracted article as Supplementary Information.

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The Editor-in-Chief and the publisher have retracted this article. The article was submitted to be part of a guest-edited issue. An investigation by the publisher found a number of articles, including this one, with a number of concerns, including but not limited to compromised editorial handling and peer review process, inappropriate or irrelevant references or not being in scope of the journal or guest-edited issue. Based on the investigation's findings the Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article.

The authors Devarajan Alagarasan, A. Harikrishnan, M. Surendiran, Karuppusamy Indira disagree with this retraction. The authors Amany Salah Khalifa and Basem H. Elesawy have not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction. The online version of this article contains the full text of the retracted article as Supplementary Information.

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Devarajan Alagarasan, Email: alagarasan@iisc.ac.in, Email: alagarasanph@gmail.com.

A. Harikrishnan, Email: harich4@gmail.com, Email: sschemsurender@gmail.com

Karuppusamy Indira, Email: indirakaruppusamy@gmail.com.

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