An acceleration sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, a first layer formed on the substrate, a first aperture within the first layer, and a beam coupled at a first end to the substrate and suspended above the first layer for a portion of the length thereof. A coated receptor film having a coating layer and a support layer is imaged using an ink-jet printer or plotter in areas corresponding to the open stencil areas. The RSME has a resistance-switching layer, a conductive intermediate layer, and first and second electrodes at either end of the RSME. The result is a carbon-carbon conjugated backbone that provides polymeric \u201cwires\u201d for use in polymer and biopolymer optical devices.