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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="aggregator">72010410</journal-id>
      <journal-title>NIP &amp; Digital Fabrication Conference</journal-title>
      <abbrev-journal-title>nip digi fabric conf</abbrev-journal-title>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2169-4451</issn><issn pub-type="epub"/>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Society of Imaging Science and Technology</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA</publisher-loc>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2009.25.1.art00107_2</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="sici">2169-4451(20090101)2009:2L.803;1-</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">nip_v2009n2/splitsection107.xml</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="other">/ist/nipdf/2009/00002009/00000002/art00107</article-id>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group>
          <subject>Articles</subject>
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      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Direct fabrication of polymer microlens arrays having tunable optical properties using drop-on-demand ink-jet printing technology</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Kim</surname>
            <given-names>Joo Yeon</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Fakhfouri</surname>
            <given-names>Vahid</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Pfeiffer</surname>
            <given-names>Karl</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Voigt</surname>
            <given-names>Anja</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Fink</surname>
            <given-names>Marion</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Gruetzner</surname>
            <given-names>Gabi</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Brugger</surname>
            <given-names>Juergen</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date>
        <day>01</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2009</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>2009</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>803</fpage>
      <lpage>805</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Ink-jet printing technique allows locally and precisely dispensing materials for the manufacturing of micro-scale structures. We present the fabrication of plano-convex microlenses using a hybrid organic-inorganic photo-curable polymer diluted in gamma-butyrolactone (GBL). Microlenses
 are printed on a glass substrate having different number of drops per lens and different surface conditions. We investigated the influence of the surface conditions on the size and shape of the printed microlenses, which can be affected by wetting properties. Further geometrical and optical
 characterizations are presented in detail.</p>
      </abstract>
    </article-meta>
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