First graphene distillery

The remarkable material graphene, discovered by scientists at the University of Manchester, UK and the Institute for Microelectronics Technology, Russia, in 2004, is the thinnest material known to science. It forms a sheet made from a single layer of carbon atoms and its discoverers earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010. In January 2012 researchers at the University of Manchester announced they had used a membrane of graphene oxide to seal a bottle of vodka "just for a laugh", and discovered that the spirit became stronger over time, as water molecules escaped through the membrane.