Ambient Pressure Drying of Freeze-Cast Ceramics from Aqueous Suspension.
Nano Lett
; 23(19): 9011-9019, 2023 Oct 11.
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| ID: mdl-37676743
Freeze-casting has been wildly exploited to construct porous ceramics but usually requires costly and demanding freeze-drying (high vacuum, size limit, and supercooled chamber), which can be avoided by the ambient pressure drying (APD) technique. However, applying APD to freeze-cast ceramic based on an aqueous suspension is still challenging due to inert surface chemistry. Herein, a modified APD strategy is developed to improve the drying process of freeze-cast ceramics by exploiting the simultaneous ice etching, ionic cross-linking, and solvent exchange under mild conditions (-10-0 °C, ambient pressure). This versatile strategy is applicable to various ceramic species, metal ions, and freezing techniques. The incorporated metal ions not only enhance liquid-phase sintering, producing ceramics with higher density and mechanical properties than freeze-cast counterparts, but also render customizable coloration and antibacterial property. The cost-/time-efficient APD is promising for mass production and even successive production of large-size freeze-cast ceramics that exceed the size of commercial freeze-dryers.
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