Retraction notice to “Rational design of CoNi@C-BTC/rGO nanocomposite coated with PEDOT polymer towards enhancing the microwave absorption in X-band frequency” J. Alloys Compd. 862(2021) 158371 (Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2021) 862, (S0925838820347344), (10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.158371))

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors-in-Chief. After an investigation, the Editors-in-Chief have concluded that the list of co-authors has been manipulated inappropriately between the time of the original submission and the submission of the manuscript in revised form. Only one author was present in the original submission, whereas three other authors were added to the revised manuscript without satisfactory evidence of their contribution. The corresponding author has not been able to provide an adequate explanation for the changes to the authorship. Manipulation of the authorship represents a clear violation of our publishing policies, and publishing ethics standards. Apologies are offered to the readers of the journal that these manipulations were not detected during the submission, reviewing, and re-submission process.