Paper, being a light and foldable raw material, is a
cost-efficient and simple means of generating electrically conducting
structures
Paper is becoming a high-tech material. Researchers at the
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam-Golm have created
targeted conductive structures on paper using a method that is quite simple:
with a conventional inkjet printer, they printed a catalyst on a sheet of paper
and then heated it. The printed areas on the paper were thereby converted into
conductive graphite. Being an inexpensive, light and flexible raw material,
paper is therefore highly suitable for electronic components in everyday
objects.