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Pristine graphitic surfaces seem to be more hydrophilic than previously assumed because of the unexpected influence of the quick adsorption of hydrocarbons from air.

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Figure 1: Effect of the exposure of copper-supported single-layer graphene to airborne hydrocarbons1.

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  1. Ke Xu is at the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA,

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  2. James R. Heath is at the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, USA,

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