This paper is marked retracted in the scholarly record (OpenAlex). Interpret its findings with caution.
Retraction: Synthesis and application of monodisperse hydrophobic magnetite nanoparticles as an oil spill collector using an ionic liquid
Ayman M. Atta, Abdelrhman O. Ezzat, Ahmed I. Hashem
TL;DR
This paper is a retraction of a 2017 study on hydrophobic magnetite nanoparticles for oil spill cleanup.
Contribution
The paper formally retracts a previously published article due to concerns about its validity.
Findings
The original paper's results and conclusions are no longer considered reliable.
The retraction highlights the importance of scientific integrity and accuracy.
Abstract
Retraction of ‘Synthesis and application of monodisperse hydrophobic magnetite nanoparticles as an oil spill collector using an ionic liquid’ by Ayman M. Atta et al., RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 16524–16530, https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA02426F.
Genes, proteins, chemicals, diseases, species, mutations and cell lines named across the full text — each resolved to its canonical identifier and authoritative record.
Peer Reviews
No public reviews on file for this paper yet. If you reviewed it on a platform where reviews are public (OpenReview, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML), you can paste yours below so the community can read it here.
Videos
No videos yet. Explain this paper in a talk, walkthrough, or lecture? Add one.
Taxonomy
TopicsOil Spill Detection and Mitigation · Petroleum Processing and Analysis
The Royal Society of Chemistry, with the agreement of the authors, hereby wholly retracts this RSC Advances article due to concerns with the reliability of the data.
The TEM data in Fig. 4 has multiple repeating sections. The authors were not able to provide the original raw data nor satisfactorily explain the concerns.
Given the significance of these concerns, the findings presented in this paper are no longer reliable.
The authors were informed of the decision to retract this article. Ayman M. Atta has not agreed with the decision and the other authors have not responded.
Signed: Laura Fisher, Executive Editor, RSC Advances
Date: 28th May 2025