Photo-curable suspensions are important materials for shaping complex-structured ceramic and glass components. However, most systems undergo slow debinding and sintering so to avoid structural collapse by rapid gas generation from polymers. Here, we propose a new strategy to fabricate interparticle photo-cross-linkable suspensions for rapid threedimensional structuring with short debinding and sintering times. SiO 2 particles modified with polyethyleneimine complexed with oleic acid (PEI-OA) are dispersed into a refractiveindex-tuned solvent, where a photo-radical initiator and a lower-than-typical amount of multifunctional acrylates (MAs) were dissolved. The SiO 2 suspension is cured by the photoradical polymerization of MA and the Michael additive reaction between polymerized MA and amino groups of PEI-OA on SiO 2 particles. These photo-curable suspensions can be employed in various shaping processes, from micro-scale stereolithography to centimeterscale silicone molding. The SiO 2 green compacts with complex structures are also debinded and sintered into transparent glass components by rapid heating.
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