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19 December 2025

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RETRACTED: Atta et al. Functionalization of Magnetite Nanoparticles as Oil Spill Collector. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2015, 16, 6911–6931

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Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, 1 Ahmad Elzomor St., Nasr City, Cairo 11727, Egypt
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Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University, Riyadh 11632, Saudi Arabia
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Int. J. Mol. Sci.2026, 27(1), 6;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27010006
This article belongs to the Section Materials Science
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The journal retracts the article “Functionalization of Magnetite Nanoparticles as Oil Spill Collector” [1] cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding the integrity of a number of images presented in this publication [1].
Adhering to our standard procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board that identified indications of inappropriate editing in Figures 1, 2 and 4 and partial duplication in Figure 7B presented in this article [1], with earlier publications [2,3,4] presenting different experimental conditions. Consequently, the Editorial Board has lost confidence in the reliability of the findings and has decided to retract this publication, as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30).
This retraction was approved by the Section Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
The authors did not provide a comment on this decision.

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  1. Atta, A.M.; Al-Lohedan, H.A.; Al-Hussain, S.A. RETRACTED: Functionalization of Magnetite Nanoparticles as Oil Spill Collector. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2015, 16, 6911–6931. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Scilit]
  2. Available online: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1386142514010233?via%3Dihub (accessed on 1 December 2025).
  3. Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/5/6737 (accessed on 1 December 2025).
  4. Available online: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S145239812311042X?via%3Dihub (accessed on 1 December 2025).
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