Abstract
Retraction of ‘Tuning the chemistry of graphene oxides by a sonochemical approach: application of adsorption properties’ by Yubing Sun et al., RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 24886–24892, DOI: 10.1039/C5RA02021B.
The Royal Society of Chemistry, with the agreement of the named authors, hereby wholly retracts this RSC Advances article due to concerns with the reliability of the data in the published article.
The TEM image in Fig. 1B duplicates data published in another publication by Pan et al., but presented as different materials.1
The AFM images in Fig. 1C and D illustrate duplication of data, given that these experiments were reported under different reaction conditions.
The EXAFS spectra in Fig. 4 duplicate data in another publication, but reported as different materials.2
Given the number and significance of the concerns about the validity of the data, the findings presented in this paper are no longer reliable.
Signed: Yubing Sun, Shubin Yang, Congcong Ding and Wencai Cheng
Date: 27th March 2020
Zhongxiu Jin was contacted but did not respond.
Retraction endorsed by Laura Fisher, Executive Editor, RSC Advances
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