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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 for 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.2169-4451.2017.32.435</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="sici">2169-4451(20160912)2016:1L.435;1-</article-id>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="other">/ist/nipdf/2016/00002016/00000001/art00109</article-id>
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          <subject>Articles</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Printed Electronics and 3D Printing as New Manufacturing Technologies - New Opportunities For Bio-based Materials</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Li</surname>
            <given-names>Tingjie</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Aspler</surname>
            <given-names>Joseph</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Grenon</surname>
            <given-names>Joelle</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Manfred</surname>
            <given-names>Tony</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Cormier</surname>
            <given-names>Lyne M</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Zou</surname>
            <given-names>Xuejun</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date>
        <day>12</day>
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2016</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>2016</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>435</fpage>
      <lpage>441</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>
          <italic>Printing has made significant impact on our society and daily life, particularly through process improvement (high speed, high volume) and technology advancement (e.g. digital printing, personalized printing). However, in recent years, the spreading of internet has created significant
 impact on printing, leading to the decline in demand for graphic printing. Despite these challenges, printing as a well-established technology is now being explored for new applications including printing electronics and 3D printing. With these manufacturing technologies, new opportunities/applications
 for bio-based materials, including lignocellulosic materials are being explored, as reviewed in this report.</italic>
        </p>
      </abstract>
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