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The journal retracts the article “Utilizing of (Zinc Oxide Nano-Spray) for Disinfection against “SARS-CoV-2” and Testing Its Biological Effectiveness on Some Biochemical Parameters during (COVID-19 Pandemic)—“ZnO Nanoparticles Have Antiviral Activity against (SARS-CoV-2)” Coatings 2021, 11, 388” [1].

The peer review process for this article was compromised. The identity of at least one reviewer was found to be false. This is a clear violation of journal policy.

Following an additional review of the published paper by the Editorial Board and journal, it was found that the conclusions were not supported by the data. The authors were asked to respond and were unable to do so satisfactorily.

The Editorial Office (and Editor-in-Chief) take incidents of peer review interference very seriously and have a zero-tolerance policy towards such actions.

The article is therefore retracted.

This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Dr. Alessandro Lavacchi.

The authors did not agree to this retraction.

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1. El-Megharbel, S.M.; Alsawat, M.; Al-Salmi, F.A.; Hamza, R.Z. Utilizing of (Zinc Oxide Nano-Spray) for Disinfection against “SARS-CoV-2” and Testing Its Biological Effectiveness on Some Biochemical Parameters during (COVID-19 Pandemic)—“ZnO Nanoparticles Have Antiviral Activity against (SARS-CoV-2)”. Coatings; 2021; 11, 388. [DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/coatings11040388]

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Title
Retraction: El-Megharbel et al. Utilizing of (Zinc Oxide Nano-Spray) for Disinfection against “SARS-CoV-2” and Testing Its Biological Effectiveness on Some Biochemical Parameters during (COVID-19 Pandemic)—“ZnO Nanoparticles Have Antiviral Activity against (SARS-CoV-2)”. Coatings 2021, 11, 388
Author
El-Megharbel, Samy M 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Alsawat, Mohammed 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Al-Salmi, Fawziah A 2 ; Hamza, Reham Z 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia 
2  Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia 
First page
1185
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20796412
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12081185
ProQuest document ID
2706171157
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.