Tin oxide nanoparticles have been obtained from the reaction of aqueous solutions of tin salts in microemulsion systems and compared with the same oxide nanoparticles obtained by the precipitation conventional method. Changes have been made in the methods used in order to verify the influence of synthesis parameters, such as: organic phase and surfactant nature, reaction time and temperature. In addition, titanium, aluminum and silicon commercial oxides have been subjected to dry impregnation and microemulsion methods. The influence of the method used in the textural and structural properties, and thermal behavior of these oxides have been studied. The samples have been characterized by adsorption of N2, X-ray diffraction, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy in the UVvisible range, and transmission electron microscopy. Furthermore, electrical conductivity and apparent density analysis have been performed. Despite difficult encountered in microemulsion systems experiments, tin oxide thus obtained is similar to the conventional method on crystallites size, electrical conductivity and the difference of energy between HOMO-LUMO orbitals results. However, precipitation method generated tin oxide with larger surface area, approximately 245 m(2)g(-1). For commercial oxides, significant differences on texture of the samples have been found. In the case of TiO2, the results also indicate that the dry impregnation method affects the structure so that phase transformation (anatase to rutile) occurs at lower temperatures.