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Retraction: Decoration of graphene oxide nanosheets with carboxymethylcellulose hydrogel, silk fibroin and magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical and hyperthermia applications
Mostafa Ghafori Goraba,
Hooman Aghamirza Moghim Aliabadib,
Amir Kashtiaraya,
Mohammad Mahdavic,
Milad Salimi Banid,
Andisheh Etminane,
Nabi Salehpourf,
Reza Eivazzadeh-Keihan*a and
Ali Maleki*a
aCatalysts and Organic Synthesis Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 16846-13114, Iran. E-mail: maleki@iust.ac.ir; reza.tab_chemist@yahoo.com; Fax: +98-21-73021584; Tel: +98-21-73228313
bAdvanced Chemical Studies Lab, Department of Chemistry, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
cEndocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
dDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
eSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran
fDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
First published on 19th February 2026
Abstract
Retraction of “Decoration of graphene oxide nanosheets with carboxymethylcellulose hydrogel, silk fibroin and magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical and hyperthermia applications” by Mostafa Ghafori Gorab et al., Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 153–159, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NA00394E.
The Royal Society of Chemistry hereby wholly retracts this Nanoscale Advances article due to concerns with the reliability of the data.
There are concerns with the hemolysis plate images in Fig. 5 being duplicated within the paper and the MTT plate images in Fig. 6 being duplicated in other articles by the same authors.1,2
The authors' response and data have been reviewed by an independent expert who has deemed them unsatisfactory.
Given the significance of these concerns, the editor has lost confidence that the findings presented in this paper are reliable.
This retraction supersedes the information provided in the Expression of Concern related to this article.
The authors were informed about the retraction of the article, Mohammad Mahdavi and Mostafa Ghafori Gorab have not agreed with the decision, the other authors have not indicated whether they agree with the decision to retract.
Signed: Jeremy Allen, Executive Editor, Nanoscale Advances
Date: 30th January 2026
References
1 R. Eivazzadeh-Keihan, Z. Sadat, H. Aghamirza Moghim Aliabadi, F. Ganjali, A. Kashtiaray, M. Salimi Bani, S. Komijani, M. M. Ahadian, N. Salehpour, R. Ahangari Cohan and A. Maleki, Sci. Rep., 2022, 12, 15431.
2 R. Eivazzadeh-Keihan, L. Choopani, H. Aghamirza Moghim Aliabadi, F. Ganjali, A. Kashtiaray, A. Maleki, R. Ahangari Cohan, M. Salimi Bani, S. Komijani, M. M. Ahadian, N. Salehpour and M. Mahdavi, Mater. Chem. Phys., 2022, 126347.
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