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Retraction: Nanocomposite functionalized membranes based on silica nanoparticles cross-linked to electrospun nanofibrous support for arsenic(v) adsorption from contaminated underground water
L. Yohai*a,
H. Giraldo Mejíaa,
R. Procaccinia,
S. Pellicea,
K. Laxman Kunjalib,
J. Duttab and
A. Uheida*b
aDivisión Cerámicos, INTEMA, CONICET, UNMdP, B7608FDQ Mar del Plata, Argentina. E-mail: yohai@fi.mdp.edu.ar
bFunctional Materials Group, Department of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 16440 Kista, Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: salam@kth.se
First published on 12th September 2025
Abstract
Retraction of ‘Nanocomposite functionalized membranes based on silica nanoparticles cross-linked to electrospun nanofibrous support for arsenic(V) adsorption from contaminated underground water’ by L. Yohai et al., RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 8280–8289, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA09866B.
The Royal Society of Chemistry hereby wholly retracts this RSC Advances article due to concerns with the reliability of the data.
The SEM image of mPAN nanofibers in Fig. 2c appears in multiple publications from different research groups in which Abdusalam Uheida is an author.1–4
Given the significance of this concern, the Editor has lost confidence that the findings presented in this paper are reliable.
The authors were informed about the retraction of the article. Joydeep Dutta, Karthik Laxman Kunjali, Lucía Yohai, Hugo Giraldo Mejía, Raúl Procaccini and Sergio Pellice have agreed to the retraction. They state that they remain committed to the highest standards of transparency and scientific integrity.
Signed: Joydeep Dutta, Karthik Laxman Kunjali, Lucía Yohai, Hugo Giraldo Mejía, Raúl Procaccini and Sergio Pellice.
Date: 4th September 2025
Retraction endorsed by Laura Fisher, Executive Editor, RSC Advances
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