InfiniteShader: Color Changeable 3D Printed Objects using Bi-Stable Thermochromic Materials
ACM Special Interest on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Asia, 2022 DOI
Yuto Umetsu
University of Tsukuba
Parinya Punpongsanon
Saitama University
Takefumi Hiraki
University of Tsukuba
Abstract
In this study, we propose a method to control the color andpattern on the surface of 3D printed objects using bi-stable ther-mochromic materials. We mixed UV-curing resin with bi-stablethermochromic materials and selectively heated the surface of the3D object with a laser (Fig. 1a). Unlike previous attempts that usesimilar bi-stable mechanism , our method allowsboth 3D printed objects and later selectively change the color of3D printed objects. In addition, we have fabricated various itemsusing our proposed method and explored its application scenarios.
Bibtex
@inproceedings{2022-infiniteshader,
title = {{InfiniteShader: Color Changeable 3D Printed Objects using Bi-Stable Thermochromic Materials}},
author = {Yuto Umetsu AND Parinya Punpongsanon AND Takefumi Hiraki},
booktitle = {ACM Special Interest on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Asia},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1145/3550082.3564209},
url = {https://www.fip.ics.saitama-u.ac.jp/pubs/infiniteshader}
}