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Retraction: Water droplet behavior in between hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces and dust mitigation

Bekir Sami Yilbas,*abcd   Abba Abdulhamid Abubakar,a   Johnny Ebaika Adukwu,a   Ghassan Hassan,abc   Hussain Al-Qahtani,ab   Abdullah Al-Sharafi,abc   Muhammet Unale  and  Ammar Alzaydia  

* Corresponding authors

a Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
E-mail: bsyilbas@kfupm.edu.sa
Tel: +966 3 860 4481

b IRC for Renewable Energy and Power, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

c K. A. CARE Energy Research & Innovation Center, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

d Turkish Japanese University of Science and Technology, Istanbul, Turkey

e Engineering Faculty, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract

Retraction of ‘Water droplet behavior in between hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces and dust mitigation’ by Bekir Sami Yilbas et al., RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 28788–28799, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA04845K.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6RA90016J
Article type
Retraction
Submitted
02 Feb 2026
Accepted
02 Feb 2026
First published
19 Feb 2026
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2026,16, 8022-8022

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Retraction: Water droplet behavior in between hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces and dust mitigation

B. S. Yilbas, A. A. Abubakar, J. E. Adukwu, G. Hassan, H. Al-Qahtani, A. Al-Sharafi, M. Unal and A. Alzaydi, RSC Adv., 2026, 16, 8022 DOI: 10.1039/D6RA90016J

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