Retraction notice to "A novel synthesis of new antibacterial nanostructures based on Zn-MOF compound: design, characterization and a high performance application" [Heliyon 6 (2020) e03231].

Fatemeh Akbarzadeh, Mehdi Motaghi, Narendra Pal Singh Chauhan, Ghasem Sargazi

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Article in Heliyon, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

Retraction of
A novel synthesis of new antibacterial nanostructures based on Zn-MOF compound: design, characterization and a high performance application.2020

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Fatemeh AkbarzadehDepartment of Microbiology, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran.

Mehdi MotaghiDepartment of Microbiology, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran.

Narendra Pal Singh ChauhanDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bhupal Nobles'University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Ghasem SargaziEnvironment and Nanochemistry Department, Research Institute of Environmental Science, International Center for Science, High Technology & Environmental Science, Kerman, Iran.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03231.].

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PMID42581894

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e44438

PMCPMC13455964

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