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Expression of concern: Cefotaxime incorporated bimetallic silver-selenium nanoparticles: promising antimicrobial synergism, antibiofilm activity, and bacterial membrane leakage reaction mechanism
Abdelrahman A. Elakraaab,
Salem S. Salem*a,
Gharieb S. El-Sayyad*cd and
Mohamed S. Attiaa
aBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt. E-mail: salemsalahsalem@azhar.edu.eg
bChemical Industries Department, Industrial Control Authority, Cairo, Egypt
cDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Galala University, New Galala City, Suez, Egypt. E-mail: Gharieb.Elsayyad@gu.edu.eg; Gharieb.S.Elsayyad@eaea.org.eg
dDrug Microbiology Lab., Drug Radiation Research Department, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Cairo, Egypt
First published on 28th May 2024
Abstract
Expression of concern for ‘Cefotaxime incorporated bimetallic silver-selenium nanoparticles: promising antimicrobial synergism, antibiofilm activity, and bacterial membrane leakage reaction mechanism’ by Abdelrahman A. Elakraa et al., RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 26603–26619, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA04717A.
RSC Advances is publishing this expression of concern in order to alert readers that concerns have been raised regarding the reliability of the EDX spectra in Fig. 3 and the SEM/EDX data in Fig. 4. An investigation is underway, and an expression of concern will continue to be associated with the article until a final outcome is reached.
Laura Fisher
22nd May 2024
Executive Editor, RSC Advances
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