Can graphene revolutionize water filtration with its superpermeability?

[Greg Bernhardt]

Wonder material graphene has revealed another of its extraordinary properties - University of Manchester researchers have found that it is superpermeable with respect to water.

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/news/display/?id=7895
http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1112/1112.3488.pdf


What kinds of applications can you see this being used in and how soon?

 

[nitsuj]

I wonder if it could separate salt from sea water.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I wonder if it could separate salt from sea water.

Even if it could, would it be viably fast enough?