Design of Photo- and Heat-Responsive Concentrated Slurry and Applications Toward Three Dimensional Structuring of Ceramic Materials

Abstract

Methods to control the dispersion stability of multicomponent slurry, in which multiple species of particles were dispersed into the solvent, and to grant external stimuli‒responsive properties to the slurries by the addition of small amounts of organic additives will be introduced. The design of polyethyleneimine partially complexed with fatty acids was useful to control the stability and the particle assembled structure of multicomponent slurries. The addition of small amounts of multifunctional acrylates to this slurry resulted in photo‒ and heat‒responsive slurries. Some demonstrations for three-dimensional structuring of ceramic materials using the designed stimuli‒responsive slurries will be further explained.