An electrode-modified heavy metal ion microfluidic detection chip, comprising a microfluidic module (1) and a three-electrode sensor (2), wherein the microfluidic module (1) is integrally molded by 3D printing, and the interior thereof has a microchannel (10) and a sensor slot (11); and the three-electrode sensor (2) comprises three electrodes (21, 22, 23) printed on a card-shaped bottom plate (20), among which the working electrode (21) is a porous nano-NiMn2O4 modified bare carbon electrode, and the three-electrode sensor (2) is inserted into the sensor slot (11) that matches same to form the microfluidic detection chip.

A liquid material application unit includes an application needle and an application liquid container. The application liquid container includes a joining section and a needle movement section. The joining section extends in a horizontal direction. The needle movement section extends, in a vertical direction, from the joining section. A protrusion amount by which the application needle is allowed to protrude from a through-hole of the application liquid container in the vertical direction is greater than or equal to 1 mm and less than or equal to 3 mm. A first width of the needle movement section in the horizontal direction is less than or equal to 5 mm. A length of the needle movement section extending from the joining section to the through-hole in the vertical direction is greater than or equal to 5 mm.

A microneedle biosensor includes a microneedle and a substrate. One end of the microneedle is connected to the substrate, an outer surface of the microneedle is provided with a working electrode and a first electrode, an outer surface of the working electrode is provided with an enzyme, and an outer surface of the microneedle biosensor is covered with a biocompatible film. A method for manufacturing a microneedle biosensor includes: manufacturing the substrate and the microneedle in an additive mode simultaneously; spray-printing and curing the working electrode and the first electrode on the outer surface of the microneedle; spray-printing and drying the enzyme on the outer surface of the working electrode; and using biocompatible liquid for spray-printing, and drying the biocompatible liquid to form the biocompatible film. The substrate, the microneedle, the working electrode, the first electrode, the enzyme and the biocompatible film are all manufactured through a full printing method.

A system for printing PSA on a substrate includes a rigid support structure. The system also includes a plurality of dispensing heads disposed within the rigid support structure and configured to deposit PSA solution on the substrate in response to applied pressure. Each dispensing head of the plurality of dispensing heads includes a support structure and a wicking structure disposed within the support structure and configured to hold the PSA solution, wherein the wicking structure is configured to deposit the PSA solution in a desired shape on the substrate upon contact with the substrate.

Continuous additive manufacturing apparatuses are provided. An apparatus includes an actinic radiation-transparent substrate having a major surface and an irradiation source configured to direct actinic radiation through the actinic radiation-transparent substrate at predetermined dosages at predetermined locations. The apparatus further includes a means for depositing a composition onto the major surface of the actinic radiation-transparent substrate and a means for conveying the actinic radiation-transparent substrate or the irradiation source with respect to each other.

A receipt roll for a receipt printer of a point of sale system, the receipt roll has a substrate for the printing of receipt information by the receipt printer, and at least one near field RF communicator carried by the substrate and configured to store a unique identifier for communicating via near field communications to a near Held communication device in near field range.

A printed material includes a base material, an image layer, and an adhesive layer. The image layer includes an image of a first shape. The adhesive layer has a second shape. The image layer and the adhesive layer are on opposite sides of the base material.

Described herein are methods for forming resistive heaters and force sensing elements on a flexible substrate, and devices that include these elements to provide a force responsive conductive heater, such as a seat heater in a vehicle. The methods include printing a conductive ink on a flexible substrate that is heated to 30° C. to 90° C. before and/or during the printing process and curing the substrate to produce a conductive pattern thereon. The conductive inks generally include a particle-free metal-complex composition formulated from at least one metal complex and a solvent, and optionally, a conductive filler material.

A composition for forming a patterned thin metal film on a substrate is presented. The composition includes metal cations; and at least one solvent, wherein the patterned thin metal film is adhered to a surface of the substrate upon exposure of the at least metal cations to a low-energy plasma.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a smoking article including a smoking material portion which is wrapped with a smoking material wrapper, a filter portion which has an upstream end combined with the smoking material portion and is wrapped with a filter wrapper, and a tipping paper which wraps around the filter portion and at least a portion of the smoking material portion so that the smoking material portion and the filter portion are combined, wherein a design printing layer, an overprint (OP) coating layer, and a sweetener coating layer are disposed on a surface of the tipping paper.