A rod-shaped metal–organic framework can be converted into one-dimensional carbon nanorods through a catalyst-free thermal transformation in which the morphology of the material is preserved. The as-synthesized nanorods can be unravelled to form 2–6-layer graphene nanoribbons by ultrasonication in the presence of KOH, followed by thermal activation.
- Pradip Pachfule
- Dhanraj Shinde
- Qiang Xu
