Retraction: PEG-nanotube liquid crystals as templates for construction of surfactant-free gold nanorods.

The article "Retraction: PEG-nanotube liquid crystals as templates for construction of surfactant-free gold nanorods" published in Chemical Communications in 2018 has been retracted due to scientific misconduct. The retraction was recommended by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) after discovering incorrect electron microscopy images in the paper. The first author, affiliated with AIST, was found responsible for the misconduct, leading to the retraction of the article. [Extracted from the article]