This thesis investigates the disintegrating properties of compacted cellulose-based material used as touch sensors. Pressurized compaction of powdered microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) enabled the fabrication of compacted substrates with quantities ranging from 50 mg to 400 mg and with pressure from 45 to 135 MPa. Along with the quantity of powdered MCC and compressive pressure, thin sheets had thicknesses varying from 190 to 1210 µm and porosities ranging from 19% to 47%. With agitated flows of bubbles of 2.7 〖cm〗^3⁄sec to speed up the rate of transiency, the cross-sectional area of the substrates disintegrated by 89% to 100% in approximately an hour. The area of the substrate was plotted as a function of time on a logarithmic scale to describe the transient, disintegrating behavior. The rate of disintegration was related to the degree of porosity and thickness of the substrates, according to dimensional analysis. Touch sensors fabricated with stencil-patterned electrodes made suitable platforms for other electronic components, tested with a microprocessor-based system.