NOVELTY - The apparatus has a paper-based substrate, and a patterned conductive structure e.g. electrode, coupled to the paper-based substrate, where the patterned conductive structure responds to electromagnetic radiation. The conductive structure is made of a conductive material, and comprises a resonator, a split-ring resonator, a polarization-sensitive electric resonator, a polarization non- sensitive electric resonator, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) device, a met material structure, an antenna and a conductive coil.    USE - Apparatus for fabricating electronic components i.e. patterned conductive structure such as electrode, passive electronics, thin film semiconductor component, solar cell, capacitor, inductor, resistor, LED, transistor, conductive coil, photo detector, coil receiving power, vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL), thin-film electronic, resonator cavity, biological and/or chemical analyte sensor and antenna on paper-based substrates i.e. wood pulp and biocompatible component (all claimed) that is used in packaging, food, pills, inventory, glucose detection, identification and bio-sensing, passport, envelope, test probe such as test strip or filter in high traffic and public locations for collecting and monitoring air samples, water samples and soil samples and bioterrorism agent. Uses include but are not limited to newsprint, paper, magazine print, photography paper, tissue, woven paper, wrapping paper such as wax and kraft papers, writing paper such as ledger, bank, and bond paper, blotting paper, drawing paper such as Bank paper, Banana paper, Bond paper, Book paper, Coated paper, Construction paper/sugar paper, Cotton paper, Fish paper, Inkjet paper, Kraft paper, Laid paper, Leather paper, Sandpaper, Wallpaper, Waterproof paper, Wax paper and Wove paper.    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus can avoid integrity, distortion and degradation of the paper-based substrate while fabricating electronic components on the substrates such that the electronic components on paper-based substrates can exhibit desirable properties such as sensitivity and targeted electromagnetic behaviors, thus making paper-based substrates in an inexpensive manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for fabricating electronic components on paper-based substrates.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a micrometer-sized metamaterial resonator fabricated on paper-based substrates.