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RETRACTION article

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

Sec. Nanobiotechnology

Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2025.1581078

Retraction: Disposable Polymeric Nanostructured Plasmonic Biosensors for Cell Culture Adhesion Monitoring

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    Retraction: Disposable Polymeric Nanostructured Plasmonic Biosensors for Cell CultureAdhesion MonitoringPlease find the retraction statement below.A Retraction of the Original Research Article:Disposable Polymeric Nanostructured Plasmonic Biosensors for Cell Culture AdhesionMonitoringBy Gerardo Muñoz , Judith Camalo , Nerea Castro , Ainhoa Ferret , Francesco Chiara and JavierRamon *Vila JC, Castro-Aguirre N, López-Muñoz GA, Ferret-Miñana A, De Chiara F and Ramón-Azcón J(2021) Disposable Polymeric Nanostructured Plasmonic Biosensors for Cell Culture AdhesionMonitoring. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 9:799325. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.799325The journal retracts the 6th December 2021 article cited above.Following publication, concerns were raised regarding the integrity of the images in thepublished figures. The authors failed to provide a satisfactory explanation during theinvestigation, which was conducted in accordance with Frontiers’ policies. As a result, the dataand conclusions of the article have been deemed unreliable and the article has been retracted.This retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Bioengineering andBiotechnology and the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers.

    Keywords: plasmonic nanostructures, cell confluency, cell culture, nanocrystals, optical biosensor

    Received: 21 Feb 2025; Accepted: 21 Feb 2025.

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    * Correspondence: Frontiers Editorial Office, Frontiers Media SA, Lausanne, Switzerland

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