• Diamond-Filled Bimodal Polyethylene Composites Derived from Binuclear Titanium FI Catalyst for Marine Cable Insulation

  • Ying Deng, Chunmeng Jiang, Luopeng Huang, Aimin Pan*,† , and Lesly Dasilva Wandji Djouonkep**, ***,†

  • *School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Wuhan Donghu University, Wuhan 430212, China
    **Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Yangtze University, Wuhan
    430100, China
    ***Institute of Fine Organic Chemicals & Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China

  • 이핵 티타늄 FI 촉매 유래 다이아몬드 함유 이중모드 폴리에틸렌 복합재료를 이용한 해저 케이블 절연 연구

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(3): 431-443

    Published online May 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.3.431
  • Received on Nov 6, 2025
  • Revised on Jan 26, 2026
  • Accepted on Jan 27, 2026

Correspondence to

  • Aimin Pan* , Lesly Dasilva Wandji Djouonkep**, ***

  • *School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Wuhan Donghu University, Wuhan 430212, China
    **Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Yangtze University, Wuhan
    430100, China
    ***Institute of Fine Organic Chemicals & Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China

  • E-mail: panaimin2025@163.com, dasilvawdl@outlook.com