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The article reports on the opportunity in the paper coating industry in relation to specialty chemicals. It notes that the market for specialty chemicals used for paper production is worth 16 billion dollars in which the sales is attributed to coating chemicals. It adds that the largest market for specialty paper chemicals is in Western Europe. It also cites that paper coatings are intended for a specific function and paper type.

Reports on an electro-active cellulose-based paper that can bend and flex on the application of a small electric current. Features of the electro-active paper; Effects of piezoelectricity on the electro-active paper; Comments from Alex Zivanovic of Mechatronic Systems group at Imperial College, London, on paper robots.

Discusses research being done on fabricating a simple integrated circuit on a paper substance with pentacene as the organic semiconducting material. Reference to a study by F. Eder et al published in a 2004 issue of periodical "Applied Physics Letters"; Example of a simple integrated circuit; Comparison of the minimum signal delay per stage of the surface of a paper and that of a polymer film.