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Retraction

Retraction: Abdalla, S., et al. A Bio Polymeric Adhesive Produced by Photo Cross-Linkable Technique. Polymers 2016, 8, 292, doi:10.3390/polym8080292 and Abdalla, S., et al. Controlled Light Cross-Linking Technique to Prepare Healable Materials. Polymers 2017, 9, 241, doi:10.3390/polym9060241

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Polymers Editorial Office
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Polymers 2017, 9(8), 382; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9080382
Submission received: 17 August 2017 / Revised: 17 August 2017 / Accepted: 17 August 2017 / Published: 21 August 2017
These two articles [1,2] published in Polymers will be marked as retracted. It has come to our attention that more than half of the figures in the published paper [1] and all schemes and figures in the published paper [2] are copied from two previous publications [3,4]. We consider this to be a serious breach of publication ethics.
We very much regret that the plagiarism of these figures was not detected prior to publication. We would like to offer our apologies to readers of Polymers and wish to thank the readers who brought it to our attention. Polymers is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and strives to uphold the highest ethical standards. We are committed to taking appropriate action when such cases are reported.

References

  1. Abdalla, S.; Al-Aama, N.; Al-Ghamdi, M. A Bio Polymeric Adhesive Produced by Photo Cross-Linkable Technique. Polymers 2016, 8, 292. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  2. Abdalla, S.; Al-Marzouki, F.; Obaid, A.; Bahabri, F. Controlled Light Cross-Linking Technique to Prepare Healable Materials. Polymers 2017, 9, 241. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  3. Ferreira, P.; Coelho, J.F.J.; Gil, M.H. Development of a New Photocrosslinkable Biodegradable Bioadhesive. Int. J. Pharm. 2008, 1–2, 172–181. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  4. Fuhrmann, A.; Göstl, R.; Wendt, R.; Kötteritzsch, J.; Hager, M.D.; Schubert, U.S.; Brademann-Jock, K.; Thünemann, A.F.; Nöchel, U.; Behl, M.; et al. Conditional repair by locally switching the thermal healing capability of dynamic covalent polymers with light. Nat. Commun. 2016. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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Polymers Editorial Office. Retraction: Abdalla, S., et al. A Bio Polymeric Adhesive Produced by Photo Cross-Linkable Technique. Polymers 2016, 8, 292, doi:10.3390/polym8080292 and Abdalla, S., et al. Controlled Light Cross-Linking Technique to Prepare Healable Materials. Polymers 2017, 9, 241, doi:10.3390/polym9060241. Polymers 2017, 9, 382. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9080382

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Polymers Editorial Office. Retraction: Abdalla, S., et al. A Bio Polymeric Adhesive Produced by Photo Cross-Linkable Technique. Polymers 2016, 8, 292, doi:10.3390/polym8080292 and Abdalla, S., et al. Controlled Light Cross-Linking Technique to Prepare Healable Materials. Polymers 2017, 9, 241, doi:10.3390/polym9060241. Polymers. 2017; 9(8):382. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9080382

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Polymers Editorial Office. 2017. "Retraction: Abdalla, S., et al. A Bio Polymeric Adhesive Produced by Photo Cross-Linkable Technique. Polymers 2016, 8, 292, doi:10.3390/polym8080292 and Abdalla, S., et al. Controlled Light Cross-Linking Technique to Prepare Healable Materials. Polymers 2017, 9, 241, doi:10.3390/polym9060241" Polymers 9, no. 8: 382. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9080382

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