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The authors have retracted the article<\/a>, featured in this post<\/a>, because the authors discovered critical errors in the experiments described in the article. Consequently, the research findings described in this post are no longer considered valid scientific knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the publication, the authors received comments at a scientific meeting that onion-like carbon particles might be formed during the production of carbon films used for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis. The authors conducted validation experiments, including reanalysis of the TEM samples used in the study, and identified a significant number of onion-like particles and trace particles in the blank samples. Consequently, it became difficult to conclude that the onion-like particles and trace particles originated from the jet engine exhaust, which was one of the major findings of this study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We deeply apologize to all parties for the wrong conclusions drawn from the analytical errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retraction Notice: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acsestair.6c00248<\/a> \u00a0<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Original post:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Schlagw\u00f6rter: aviation emissions<\/a>, emission measurements<\/a>, nvPM<\/a>, retraction<\/a>
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