Retraction Note to: J Nanopart Res (2011) 13:1629–1637

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-010-9916-3

The Editor in Chief has retracted this article because it contains material that substantially overlaps with the following articles [1,2,3]. Figures 1, 3, and 6 overlap with figures published in another article [1] and irregularities were noted within figure 3. The Editor in Chief has therefore lost confidence in the validity of the results presented in this article. None of the authors agree to this retraction.

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