Expression of concern: Controlled synthesis of pentachlorophenol-imprinted polymers on the surface of magnetic graphene oxide for highly selective adsorption

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Expression of concern for ‘Controlled synthesis of pentachlorophenol-imprinted polymers on the surface of magnetic graphene oxide for highly selective adsorption’ by Sheng-Dong Pan et al., J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 15345–15356.

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The following article ‘Controlled synthesis of pentachlorophenol-imprinted polymers on the surface of magnetic graphene oxide for highly selective adsorption’ by Sheng-Dong Pan^ab, Hao-Yu Shen^c, Li-Xin Zhou^d, Xiao-Hong Chen^ab, Yong-Gang Zhao^ab, Mei-Qiang Cai^e and Mi-Cong Jin*^ab has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A. The article reports the synthesis of a magnetic graphene oxide sheet embedded with core–shell molecularly imprinted polymer microspheres via a reflux-precipitation polymerization and surface imprinting technique.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A is publishing this expression of concern in order to alert our readers that we are presently unable to confirm the accuracy of the image presented in Fig. 1f of this Journal of Materials Chemistry A paper.

We have contacted the Ningbo Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention to request an investigation into the validity of the published figures and this notice will be updated when a conclusive outcome is reached.

An expression of concern will continue to be associated with the article until a conclusive outcome is reached.

Simon Neil

6th March 2018

Managing Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry A

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