Retraction notice to "Laser processing of Ti6Al4V alloy: wetting state of surface and environmental dust effects"(Heliyon, (2019), 5, 2, (e01211), (S2405844018366854), 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01211)

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on Correction, Retraction and Removal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor. Post-publication, an investigation conducted on behalf of the journal by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team identified a concern around the authenticity of the following figures/image panels:-Figure 8 (right panel) from the current article and Figure 3 (right panel) from the article published in RCS Advances on which Bekir Sami Yilbas, Haider Ali, Hussain Al-Qahtani also appear as coauthors and which was available online prior to the current article having been submitted to Heliyon appear to depict the same source image, but are described as representing different experimental samples.Yilbas et al., Environmental dust removal from inclined hydrophobic glass surface: avalanche influence on dynamics of dust particles, RSC Adv., 2018,8, 33775-33785-Figure 9 from the current article and the following figures appear to depict the same source image, but are described as representing different experimental samples. Figure 8 (right panel) from the current article and Figure 3 (right panel) from the article published in RCS Advances on which Bekir Sami Yilbas, Haider Ali, Hussain Al-Qahtani also appear as coauthors and which was available online prior to the current article having been submitted to Heliyon appear to depict the same source image, but are described as representing different experimental samples. Yilbas et al., Environmental dust removal from inclined hydrophobic glass surface: avalanche influence on dynamics of dust particles, RSC Adv., 2018,8, 33775-33785 Figure 9 from the current article and the following figures appear to depict the same source image, but are described as representing different experimental samples. Figure 2 from Yilbas, B.S., Hassan, G., Al-Sharafi, A. et al. Water Droplet Dynamics on a Hydrophobic Surface in Relation to the Self-Cleaning of Environmental Dust. Sci Rep 8, 2984 (2018), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21370-5. Figure 2 Panel C from Hassan, G., Yilbas, B.S., Bahatab, S. et al. A water droplet-cleaning of a dusty hydrophobic surface: influence of dust layer thickness on droplet dynamics. Sci Rep 10, 14746 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71743-y. Figure 2 Panel A (dust particles) from B.S. Yilbas, H. Ali, A. Al-Sharafi, N. Al-Aqeeli, Environmental mud adhesion on optical glass surface: Effect of mud drying temperature on surface properties, Solar Energy, Volume 150, 2017, Pages 73-82, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2017.04.041. Figure 4 from RSC Adv., 2018,8, 33775-33785, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA07503D. Figure 3 from Yilbas, B., Hassan, G., Ali, H. et al. Environmental dust effects on aluminum surfaces in humid air ambient. Sci Rep 7, 45999 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep45999. Figure 2 from Yilbas, B., Ali, H., Al-Aqeeli, N. et al. Characterization of Environmental Dust in the Dammam Area and Mud After-Effects on Bisphenol-A Polycarbonate Sheets. Sci Rep 6, 24308 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep24308. Figure 2 Panel D from Abubakar, A.A., Yilbas, B.S., Al-Qahtani, H. et al. Environmental dust repelling from hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces under vibrational excitation. Sci Rep 10, 14346 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71356-5. The authors were requested to provide comment on these concerns, as well as the original unprocessed image files to aid investigation. It was felt that the explanation and data provided were unsatisfactory in resolving these concerns. The Editor has determined that the findings of the article cannot be relied upon, and has decided to retract the article. The authors disagree with retraction and dispute the grounds for it.