RETRACTED: Nanostructure and mechanical properties of 0-7 strained aluminum by CGP: XRD, TEM and tensile test

The authors carried out all the reported experiments except for the transmission electron microscopy imaging (TEM) which was a complementary evaluation and performed by a third party. It has now come to light that the TEM images provided by this third party, (figures 4 & 5), may not be trustworthy. The authors confirm the reliability of the rest of the results and the reported conclusions. The authors would like to apologize to the readers of “Materials Science and Engineering A” for any inconvenience caused.