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In our work, we designed and tested a new method for fabricating hybrid smart devices on cellulose substrates by aerosol jet printing (AJP) and photonic curing, also known as flash lamp annealing (FLA), capable to cure low temperature materials without any damage. Three different cellulose-based materials (chromatographic paper, photopaper, cardboard) were tested. Multilayer capability and SMDs (surface mount devices) interconnections are possible permitting high flexibility in the fabrication process. Electrical and geometrical tests were performed to analyze the behavior of printed samples. Resulted resistivities are 26.3 \u00d7 10\u22128 \u03a9\u22c5m on chromatographic paper, 22.3 \u00d7 10\u22128 \u03a9\u22c5m on photopaper and 13.1 \u00d7 10\u22128 \u03a9\u22c5m on cardboard. Profilometer and optical microscope evaluations were performed to state deposition quality and penetration of the ink in cellulose materials (thicknesses equal to 24.9, 28.5, and 51 \u03bcm respectively for chromatographic paper, photopaper, and cardboard). Furthermore, bending (only chromatographic paper did not reach the break-up) and damp environment tests (no significant variations in resistance) where performed. A final prototype of a complete functioning multilayer smart devices on cellulose 3D-substrate is shown, characterized by multilayers, capacitive sensors, SMDs interconnections.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20030841","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,5]],"date-time":"2020-02-05T03:18:48Z","timestamp":1580872728000},"page":"841","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":41,"title":["Printed Smart Devices on Cellulose-Based Materials by means of Aerosol-Jet Printing and Photonic Curing"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6497-5876","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mauro","family":"Serpelloni","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Edoardo","family":"Cant\u00f9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1641-1790","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michela","family":"Borghetti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8629-7316","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emilio","family":"Sardini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3674","DOI":"10.1039\/C4EE01995D","article-title":"Future paper based printed circuit boards for green electronics: Fabrication and life cycle assessment","volume":"7","author":"Liu","year":"2014","journal-title":"Energy Environ. 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