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Journal of Chemistry
Volume 2013, Article ID 585920, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/585920
Research Article

Photosensitization of Colloidal SnO2 Semiconductor Nanoparticles with Xanthene Dyes

N. Nagarajan, G. Paramaguru, G. Vanitha, and R. Renganathan

School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620 024, India

Received 2 May 2013; Revised 18 September 2013; Accepted 19 September 2013

Academic Editor: Veysel T. Yilmaz

Copyright © 2013 N. Nagarajan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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