Correction to: Journal of Polymer Research (2022) 29:222 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-022-03068-5

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article because, after the publication of this review article concerns were raised about the mismatch between text and cited references [2–4, 182]. Further investigation by the Publisher found some sections in the article lack proper citations, incorrect references [56, 62] and invalid statements in the Declaration section. Due to the presence of irrelevant references in this review article, the Editor-in-Chief no longer has confidence in the conclusions presented in the article.

None of the authors have responded to any correspondence from the editor/publisher about this retraction.

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