Expression of concern: Antibacterial and antibiofilm activities of silver-decorated zinc ferrite nanoparticles synthesized by a gamma irradiation-coupled sol–gel method against some pathogenic bacteria from medical operating room surfaces

TL;DR

This paper expresses concern about a study on silver-decorated zinc ferrite nanoparticles and their antibacterial effects against medical room bacteria.

Contribution

The paper raises concerns about the validity or reliability of previously reported findings on antibacterial nanoparticle activity.

Findings

The paper questions the reliability of the antibacterial and antibiofilm activity claims in the original study.

It highlights potential issues with the experimental methods or data interpretation in the original work.

Abstract

Expression of concern for ‘Antibacterial and antibiofilm activities of silver-decorated zinc ferrite nanoparticles synthesized by a gamma irradiation-coupled sol–gel method against some pathogenic bacteria from medical operating room surfaces’ by M. I. A. Abdel Maksoud et al., RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 28361–28374, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA04785J.