Graphene membranes, ranging from single-layer membranes to those with a thickness of ∼ 16 nm, and with widths of ∼ 0.5–20 µm, were suspended across pre-defined trenches on Si/SiO 2 ...

Posted: Aug 30, 2017: Toward a smart graphene membrane to desalinate water (Nanowerk News) An international team of researchers, including scientists from Shinshu University (Japan) and the director ...

Desalination with nanoporous graphene membrane Date: March 25, 2015 Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Summary: Desalination is an energy-intensive process, which concerns those wanting to ...

Graphene Membrane Electrode. A highly used and facile method for applying graphene to a support membrane is by vacuum filtration, whereby the graphene is mixed well and suspended in a solvent, which ...

Apr 23, 2014: Filters made of graphene - the thinnest feasible membrane (Nanowerk News) Researchers led by Hyung Gyu Park of the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich have ...

Graphene-based membranes are highly functional due to graphene’s lattice structure. They exhibit enhanced anti-fouling and antimicrobial activities, as well as contamination resistance. 1 Nano-porous ...

The graphene membrane, about the size of a fingernail, is less than 1 nanometer thick. (The thinnest existing membranes are about 20 nanometers thick.) ...

Graphene membranes, on the other hand, require no heat input, and operate using simple pressure-driven filtration, significantly reducing energy consumption.

Researchers at the University of Manchester have developed a graphene-oxide membrane with a scalable, uniform pore size that can filter out even the smallest salts, giving it potential for ...

Graphene's ever-growing list of remarkable properties has seen many wide-reaching potential applications for the wonder material proposed, but actual demonstrations of real-world uses are still ...