Nevertheless, the surface of the paper substrates allows tailoring e.g.
coating can be added to improve these properties. Bollström et al.
(2013) [9] studied the use of a multilayer coated paper and its influence
on printability of functional inks. They tailored different properties of
paper structure, such as thickness, porosity, surface energy and absorptivity
of the paper, in order to improve the printing of the different
deposited materials. Despite the good results of this study, coating of
fibre-based substrates requires additional stages using different materials
which increases the costs and is highly time consuming. Our
work shows the use of pre-coated, commercial paper substrates, used
and studied without any surface treatment, used-as-is.