# Retraction: Dust removal from a hydrophobic surface by rolling fizzy water droplets

**Authors:** Bekir Sami Yilbas, Ghassan Hassan, Hussain Al-Qahtani, Saeed Bahatab, Ahmet Z. Sahin, Abdullah Al-Sharafi, Abba Abdulhamid Abubakar

PMC · DOI: 10.1039/d6ra90020h · RSC Advances · 2026-02-09

## TL;DR

This paper is a retraction of a 2020 study on using fizzy water droplets to remove dust from hydrophobic surfaces.

## Contribution

The retraction addresses issues with the original study's findings and conclusions.

## Key findings

- The original paper's claims about dust removal using fizzy water droplets are being retracted.
- The retraction highlights the need for corrections or clarifications in the original research.

## Abstract

Retraction of ‘Dust removal from a hydrophobic surface by rolling fizzy water droplets’ by Bekir Sami Yilbas et al., RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 19811–19821, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA03215H.

## Full-text entities

- **Chemicals:** water (MESH:D014867)

## Full text

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