RETRACTED: Fabrication and characterization of a biodegradable simple, inexpensive cellulose nanofiber (CNF)-based filter for antibiotic removal from wastewater

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This retracted preprint details the creation and testing of an inexpensive, biodegradable filter made from cellulose nanofibers for removing antibiotics from wastewater.

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The paper presents a biodegradable cellulose nanofiber (CNF)-based filter intended for antibiotic removal from wastewater, describing its fabrication and characterization in a preprint context. The provided text does not include the specific experimental population/sample details or the main quantitative findings, and the document states that the authors requested removal and that it is retracted, indicating unresolved or invalid content. A key limitation explicitly conveyed in the record is that the work is not peer reviewed and has been withdrawn/retracted from the platform. The paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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M. Alam, Md. Johurul Islam, Sumsun Naher, Ken Grattan, Claire Heffernan This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2382835/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Editorial Note The authors have requested that this preprint be removed from Research Square. Editorial notes are used to provide important context regarding the topic of a preprint or to alert readers to potential issues concerning that preprint or a downstream publication associated with it. For more information on editorial notes, see our Editorial Policies . Abstract The authors have requested that this preprint be removed from Research Square. 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