Well, thousands of studies like this are being published on an yearly basis. Right now the problem is not making highly permeable membranes, but it is making highly selective membranes (such as those achieving Li+/Na+ separation). This study is not an advancement in the field of membrane desalination, but an advancement in the field of materials sciences.
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Well, thousands of studies like this are being published on an yearly basis. Right now the problem is not making highly permeable membranes, but it is making highly selective membranes (such as those achieving Li+/Na+ separation). This study is not an advancement in the field of membrane desalination, but an advancement in the field of materials sciences.