Kalaiyarasan Thiyagarajan*
Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), C/o 56 APO, Leh-Ladakh-194101, India. E-mail: advances-rsc@rsc.org; Fax: +91-172-2638900; Tel: +91-172-2642900
First published on 17th June 2022
Retraction of ‘Synthesis of non-toxic, biocompatible, and colloidal stable silver nanoparticle using egg-white protein as capping and reducing agents for sustainable antibacterial application’ by Kalaiyarasan Thiyagarajan et al., RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 23213–23229, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA03649G.
Following the previous publication of a correction to replace Fig. 3D, instances of duplicating images have been identified that undermine this article.
In Fig. 5, the panels E. coli MTCC No 62 6 μg ml−1 and E. coli MTCC No 62 8 μg ml−1 are identical. Furthermore, they are identical to panels in another article published by the authors in RSC Advances,1 namely the panel for freshly prepared S. enterica MTCC-3219 2 μg ml−1 10−10 and the panel for S. typhirmurium MTCC-3224 4 μg ml−1 10−5 after one year of storage in Fig. 3 of ref. 1 and the panel 1 h treated with SBT@AgNPs in Fig. 7 of ref. 1.
Thiyagarajan Kalaiyarasan and Vijay K. Bharti responded to all enquiries and submitted data related to the above concern. However, to avoid any future ambiguity to the readers, the article is retracted.
Krishna Kumar and Vijay K. Bharti do not agree to the retraction. The other authors have been informed but have not responded to any correspondence regarding the retraction.
Signed: Kalaiyarasan Thiyagarajan
Date: 1/6/2022
Retraction endorsed by Laura Fisher, Executive Editor, RSC Advances
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