Dynamically Reconfigurable Paper

Paper has long been an indispensable part of our lives, and various types of paper are used in both everyday situations and in specialized fields, regardless of the field. However, paper needs to be used for different purposes, and we believe that this limitation is due to the fixed physical parameters of paper. Therefore, we focused on the fact that the traditional manufacturing process of paper has a unified process of dissolving pulp in water and drying it, regardless of the physical properties of the paper. By combining the papermaking process with an extension technique that regulates the moisture content of the paper, we were able to vary the physical parameters of the paper so that our paper is dynamic and possesses multifunctional properties not found in conventional paper. In this paper, we propose an application of our new paper’s functionality to improve the interaction between computers and humans.