Laser-induced gold/chitosan nanocomposites with tailored wettability applied to multi-irradiated microfluidic channels

We, the named authors, hereby wholly retract this RSC Advances article. Signed: Fabrizio Spano, Alessandro Massaro, Laura Blasi, Roberto Cingolani and Athanassia Athanassiou, Italy, October 2012. Retraction endorsed by Sarah Ruthven, Managing Editor, RSC Advances. Retraction published 2nd October 2012.