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Retraction: Synthesis and application of monodisperse hydrophobic magnetite nanoparticles as an oil spill collector using an ionic liquid
Ayman M. Atta*ab,
Abdelrhman O. Ezzata and
Ahmed I. Hashemc
aChemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. E-mail: aatta@ksu.edu.sa
bPetroleum Application Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City 11727, Cairo, Egypt
cChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abasia, 11566 Cairo, Egypt
First published on 10th June 2025
Abstract
Retraction of ‘Synthesis and application of monodisperse hydrophobic magnetite nanoparticles as an oil spill collector using an ionic liquid’ by Ayman M. Atta et al., RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 16524–16530, https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA02426F.
The Royal Society of Chemistry, with the agreement of the authors, hereby wholly retracts this RSC Advances article due to concerns with the reliability of the data.
The TEM data in Fig. 4 has multiple repeating sections. The authors were not able to provide the original raw data nor satisfactorily explain the concerns.
Given the significance of these concerns, the findings presented in this paper are no longer reliable.
The authors were informed of the decision to retract this article. Ayman M. Atta has not agreed with the decision and the other authors have not responded.
Signed: Laura Fisher, Executive Editor, RSC Advances
Date: 28th May 2025
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