Review on Preparation Strategies and Performance Control of High Solid Loading Ceramic Slurries for Photocurable 3D Printing

Abstract

Stereolithography 3D printing technology is widely used in aerospace, automotive, medical, weapons, and other fields because of its high processing accuracy, low cost, simple operation, and flexible manufacturing. The photocuring 3D printing ceramic slurry is a key part of the photocuring 3D printing ceramic technology. The preparation techniques of photocurable 3D printing ceramic slurry mainly include the mechanical mixing method, sol-gel method, ultrasonic dispersion method, and in-situ polymerization method. This paper summarizes the preparation methods and research progress of photocuring 3D printing ceramic slurry, expounds the essence of photocuring and the composition and function of ceramic slurry, and analyzes the influence of various properties of photocuring 3D printing ceramic slurry on the properties of final products, such as rheological properties, solid content, curing thickness, and stability. Finally, the existing problems and future development potential of photocuring 3D printing ceramic slurry preparation technology are summarized.

Keywords

Ceramic 3D printing / Preparation of ceramic slurry / Ceramic slurry performance / Ceramic materials

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, H.L. and W.L.; Methodology, H.L.; Software, H.L.; Validation, H.L., W.L. and Y.H.; Formal Analysis, H.L.; Investigation, H.L.; Resources, H.L.; Data Curation, W.L.; Writing—Original Draft Preparation, W.L.; Writing—Review & Editing, H.L.; Visualization, W.L.; Supervision, H.L.; Project Administration, H.L.; Funding Acquisition, H.L.

Ethics Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

Data availability is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.

Funding

This work was sponsored by Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(2023D01C192), the Xinjiang Tianchi Talent Introduction Plan (51052300585), and the Fundamental Research Funds for Autonomous Region Universities (XJEDU2022P002).

Declaration of Competing Interest

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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