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ArticleRSC advances2026

Retraction: Water droplet behavior in between hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces and dust mitigation.

Bekir Sami Yilbas, Abba Abdulhamid Abubakar, Johnny Ebaika Adukwu, Ghassan Hassan, Hussain Al-Qahtani, Abdullah Al-Sharafi, Muhammet Unal, Ammar Alzaydi

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Article in RSC advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Bekir Sami YilbasMechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Dhahran 31261 Saudi Arabia bsyilbas@kfupm.edu.sa +966 3 860 4481.
Abba Abdulhamid AbubakarMechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Dhahran 31261 Saudi Arabia bsyilbas@kfupm.edu.sa +966 3 860 4481.
Johnny Ebaika AdukwuMechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Dhahran 31261 Saudi Arabia bsyilbas@kfupm.edu.sa +966 3 860 4481.
Ghassan HassanMechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Dhahran 31261 Saudi Arabia bsyilbas@kfupm.edu.sa +966 3 860 4481.
Hussain Al-QahtaniMechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Dhahran 31261 Saudi Arabia bsyilbas@kfupm.edu.sa +966 3 860 4481.
Abdullah Al-SharafiMechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Dhahran 31261 Saudi Arabia bsyilbas@kfupm.edu.sa +966 3 860 4481.
Muhammet UnalEngineering Faculty, Gazi University Ankara Turkey.
Ammar AlzaydiMechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Dhahran 31261 Saudi Arabia bsyilbas@kfupm.edu.sa +966 3 860 4481.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1039/D2RA04845K.].

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PMID41728038
PMCPMC12921555

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