Characterization of nanostructured SnO2 thin film coated by Ag nanoparticles

Subject Areas : Materials synthesis and charachterization

Monireh Ganjali ¹ , Mansoureh Ganjali ² , Amir Hassanjani-Roshan ³ , Seyed Mohammad Kazemzadeh ⁴

1 - Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC),karaj.Iran
2 - Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC),karaj.Iran
3 - Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC),karaj.Iran
4 - Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC),karaj.Iran

Received: 2014-01-27 Accepted : 2014-05-11 Published : 2014-05-01

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