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Graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon. The discovery of graphene has been rewarded with Nobel Prize, in 2010 to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov. It is real and has already been produced from graphite, the scale of production still remains the main restriction.

Most of the research is still at the early stage and graphene products have not yet reached the masses in commercial use, however there is a big push for investment into graphene.

Graphene, even though being the thinnest material ever, is super strong. Graphene may at first sound like science fiction, with all it's declared super attributes in many areas. Those include:

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Filtering sea water can be made efficient with graphene

Graphene could be better than the most desalination techniques. It works like pushing sea water through a membrane. You will have water on one side and salt on the other. Looks great so far.

The simulations identified an intermediate range of nanopore diameters where the nanopores were large enough to allow the passage of water molecules but small enough to restrict salt ions.

Guys from MIT made a really nice video that shows the tech in user friendly detail.


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  1. Pelo ZeminaJuly 3, 2012 at 5:14 AM

    there is even a video for the desalination technique with graphene:
    http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=25780.php

    it is pretty good to watch, check it out

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