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Retraction: A ligand strategic approach with Cu-MOF for enhanced solar light photocatalysis
Nur Atiqah Suriba,
Aneek Kuilab,
Pichiah Saravanan*ab,
Lan Ching Simc and
Kah Hon Leongd
aEnvironmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
bEnvironmental Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad-826004, Jharkhand, India. E-mail: pichiahsaravanan@gmail.com
cDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Sungai Long 9, Bandar Sungai Long, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
dDepartment of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Universiti Bandar Barat, 31900 Kampar, Perak, Malaysia
First published on 10th December 2025
Abstract
Retraction of ‘A ligand strategic approach with Cu-MOF for enhanced solar light photocatalysis’ by Pichiah Saravanan et al., New J. Chem., 2018, 42, 11124–11130, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NJ01932K.
The RSC hereby wholly retracts this New Journal of Chemistry article, due to the discovery of significant scientific errors in the originally published version.
After publication, concerns were raised regarding the validity of the analysis of experimental results reported in this paper. An assessment by an independent expert in the field found that analytical techniques used in this work did not support the proposed structure of the material identified as Cu-MOF. Instead, the evidence presented suggests the presence of metallic copper.
Given the significance of these concerns, the findings presented in this paper are no longer reliable.
The authors were informed of this decision and all authors disagreed with the retraction.
Signed: Sally Howells-Wyllie
2nd December 2025
Executive Editor, New Journal of Chemistry
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