For the case of water on supported graphene, about 30% of the van der Waals interactions between the water and the substrate are transmitted through the one-atom-thick layer.
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We thank R. Raj, G. Rutledge and J. Kong for useful discussions. This work has been supported by ONR-MURI, NSF and MIT ISN.
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Shih, CJ., Strano, M. & Blankschtein, D. Wetting translucency of graphene. Nature Mater 12, 866–869 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3760
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