Expression of concern: One-pot sol-gel synthesis of reduced graphene oxide uniformly decorated zinc oxide nanoparticles in starch environment for highly efficient photodegradation of methylene blue.

Andrew D Shore

doi:10.1039/c8ra90021c

Abstract

Expression of concern for ‘One-pot sol–gel synthesis of reduced graphene oxide uniformly decorated zinc oxide nanoparticles in starch environment for highly efficient photodegradation of methylene blue’ by Majid Azarang et al., RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 21888–21896.

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Expression of concern: One-pot sol–gel synthesis of reduced graphene oxide uniformly decorated zinc oxide nanoparticles in starch environment for highly efficient photodegradation of methylene blue
The following article ‘One-pot sol–gel synthesis of reduced graphene oxide uniformly decorated zinc oxide nanoparticles in starch environment for highly efficient photodegradation of methylene blue’ by Majid Azarang*ab, Ahmad Shuhaimia, Ramin Youse c and Siamak Pilban Jahromia has been published in RSC Advances
RSC Advances is publishing this expression of concern in order to alert our readers to the fact that we are presently unable to con rm the accuracy of the data reported in Fig. 2(a, b) and 5 of this RSC Advances paper

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Introduction

Expression of concern: One-pot sol–gel synthesis of reduced graphene oxide uniformly decorated zinc oxide nanoparticles in starch environment for highly efficient photodegradation of methylene blue. Cite this: RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 10332

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