When two words colloid: “copied and manipulated” figures prompt retraction of nanoparticle paper
The journal Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces has retracted a 2011 paper by a group of researchers in India who misappropriated — and then manhandled — a pair of images from a previously published article by other scientists. The paper, “Synthesis and characterization of chitosan and grape polyphenols stabilized palladium nanoparticles and their antibacterial activity,” … Continue reading When two words colloid: “copied and manipulated” figures prompt retraction of nanoparticle paper