Graphene, a monolayer of sp 2 -bonded carbon atoms or one monolayer of graphite, has attracted interest in part because of its unique transport properties 1 . The surface science community has an extensive literature on what was referred to as "monolayer graphite", i.e., graphene, as grown on various metal films that are epitaxially well matched to graphene 6 . Recent attempts to obtain graphene, including on insulating substrates for device measurements, have been by chemical reduction of