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DOI: 10.1039/D0RA90040K (Retraction) RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 15924-15924

Retraction: Tuning the chemistry of graphene oxides by a sonochemical approach: application of adsorption properties

Yubing Sun*abc, Shubin Yangb, Congcong Dingb, Zhongxiu Jinb and Wencai Chengde
aInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, P.O. Box 1126, Hefei, 230031, P. R. China. E-mail: sunyb@ipp.ac.cn; Fax: +86 551 65591310; Tel: +86 551 65592788
bSchool of Environment and Chemical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, P. R. China
cSchool for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Soochow University, 215123, Suzhou, P. R. China
dCollaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, P. R. China
eFaculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

Received 15th April 2020 , Accepted 15th April 2020

First published on 23rd April 2020

Abstract

Retraction of ‘Tuning the chemistry of graphene oxides by a sonochemical approach: application of adsorption properties’ by Yubing Sun et al., RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 24886–24892, DOI: 10.1039/C5RA02021B.

The Royal Society of Chemistry, with the agreement of the named authors, hereby wholly retracts this RSC Advances article due to concerns with the reliability of the data in the published article.

The TEM image in Fig. 1B duplicates data published in another publication by Pan et al., but presented as different materials.1

The AFM images in Fig. 1C and D illustrate duplication of data, given that these experiments were reported under different reaction conditions.

The EXAFS spectra in Fig. 4 duplicate data in another publication, but reported as different materials.2

Given the number and significance of the concerns about the validity of the data, the findings presented in this paper are no longer reliable.

Signed: Yubing Sun, Shubin Yang, Congcong Ding and Wencai Cheng

Date: 27th March 2020

Zhongxiu Jin was contacted but did not respond.

Retraction endorsed by Laura Fisher, Executive Editor, RSC Advances

References

  1. M. Pan, G. Wu, L. Chang, X. Lin and X. Huang, Nanomaterials, 2018, 8, 806 CrossRef PubMed.
  2. Y. Sun, S. Yang, Y. Chen, C. Ding, W. Cheng and X. Wang, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2015, 49, 4255–4262 CrossRef CAS PubMed.
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