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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2012, Article ID 612672, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/612672
Research Article

Properties of Reaction Intermediates from Unzipping Nanotubes via the Diketone Formation: A Computational Study

Takashi Yumura and Toshiyuki Kanemitsu

Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan

Received 13 October 2011; Accepted 18 March 2012

Academic Editor: Sulin Zhang

Copyright © 2012 Takashi Yumura and Toshiyuki Kanemitsu. 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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