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Expression of concern: Carbon quantum dots as a dual platform for the inhibition and light-based destruction of collagen fibers: implications for the treatment of eye floaters
Alexandre
Barras
a,
Félix
Sauvage
b,
Inès
de Hoon
ab,
Kevin
Braeckmans
b,
Dawei
Hua
b,
Gaëtan
Buvat
a,
Juan C.
Fraire
b,
Christophe
Lethien
a,
J.
Sebag
cd,
Michael
Harrington
e,
Amar
Abderrahmani
a,
Rabah
Boukherroub
a,
Stefaan
De Smedt
*b and
Sabine
Szunerits
*a
aUniv. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, UMR 8520 – IEMN, F-59000 Lille, France. E-mail: sabine.szunerits@univ-lille.fr
bLaboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. E-mail: stefaan.desmedt@ugent.be
cVMR Institute for Vitreous Macula Retina, Huntington Beach, California 92647, USA
dDoheny Eye Institute/UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
eHuntington Memorial Research Institute, Pasadena, CA, USA
First published on 5th December 2024
Abstract
Expression of concern for ‘Carbon quantum dots as a dual platform for the inhibition and light-based destruction of collagen fibers: implications for the treatment of eye floaters’ by Alexandre Barras et al., Nanoscale Horiz., 2021, 6, 449–461, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NH00157D.
The Royal Society of Chemistry is publishing this expression of concern in order to alert readers that concerns have been raised regarding the reliability of the data. The Royal Society of Chemistry has asked the University of Lille to investigate this matter. An expression of concern will continue to be associated with the article until we receive conclusive evidence regarding the reliability of the reported data.
Heather Montgomery
5th November 2024
Managing Editor, Nanoscale Horizons
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