The journal retracts the 2021 article cited above.
Following publication, concerns were raised regarding the contributions of the authors of the article. Our investigation, conducted in accordance with Frontiers policies, confirmed a serious breach of our authorship policies and of publication ethics; the article is therefore retracted.
This retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Chemistry and the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers. The authors do not agree to this retraction.
Summary
Keywords
Cu-MOF, anticancer, Satureja hortensis, Green synthesis, Lignin
Citation
Frontiers Editorial Office (2023) Retraction: Taguchi-assisted optimization technique and density functional theory for green synthesis of a novel Cu-MOF derived from caffeic acid and its anticancerious activities. Front. Chem. 11:1285122. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1285122
Received
29 August 2023
Accepted
29 August 2023
Published
04 September 2023
Approved by
James Clark, University of York, United Kingdom
Volume
11 - 2023
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