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SUPERSMART Brings Printed Electronics to Paper

Smart packaging, sensors are among the projects that have been developed.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Printed electronics are, for the most part, manufactured on plastics. It has always been a hope that printing on paper could become a mainstream approach. This would have many benefits, beginning with sustainability; the EU Packaging Regulation is looking to control the use of plastic packaging. However, paper has hardly played a role as a carrier material for electronic devices.   Creating printed sensors on paper would be an ideal opportunity, and is one that is being worked on with the EU...

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