Parvin Begum、Refi Ikhtiari、古月文志（Bunshi Fugetsu） 北大 創成研究機構教授の論文が盗用、自己盗用で撤回された。Parvin Begum、Refi Ikhtiariは北大の所属。古月文志は現在休職中。
Parvin Begum（責任著者）、Refi Ikhtiari、Bunshi Fugetsu（古月文志）
Nanomaterials 2014, 4(2), 203-221
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We have become aware that a substantial part of the main text of [1] is copied from multiple other publications. In total, 46% of the main text was taken from publications by the same authors [2,3] and 10% from other papers [4,5]. Because of the extent of text taken verbatim from previously published articles, we have made the decision to retract the article. All the authors of [1] have agreed to this decision. This paper is thus declared retracted and shall be marked accordingly for the scientific record.
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