“…Nanoparticles of tin dioxide have been synthesized by several methods such as precipitation 151,157 , hydrothermal synthesis 158,159 , sol-gel 160,161 , hydrolytic 162 , carbothermal reduction 163 and polymeric precursor 164 methods. A variety of SnO 2 nanostructures including nanowires, nanobelts 165 , nanotubes 150,166,167 , nanorods 168,169 , spirals, nanorings 170 , zigzag nanobelts 171 , grains 172 , flakes 172 , plates 172 , meshes 173 and columnar thin film 149 were synthesized.…”