The role of interfaces in polyethylene/metal‐oxide nanocomposites for ultrahigh‐voltage insulating materials

AM Pourrahimi, RT Olsson… - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress in the development of polyethylene/metal‐oxide nanocomposites for
extruded high‐voltage direct‐current (HVDC) cables with ultrahigh electric insulation …

A Review of Polyolefin‐Insulation Materials in High Voltage Transmission; From Electronic Structures to Final Products

A Bjurström, H Edin, H Hillborg, F Nilsson… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This review focuses on the use of polyolefins in high‐voltage direct‐current (HVDC) cables
and capacitors. A short description of the latest evolution and current use of HVDC cables …

Designing polymer crystallinity: An industrial perspective

D Mileva, D Tranchida, M Gahleitner - Polymer Crystallization, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
More than 50% of the thermoplastic polymers applied globally are semi‐crystalline, making
crystallization part of the material and component design process for these materials. The …

Largely Improved Creep Resistance and Thermal-Aging Stability of Eco-Friendly Polypropylene High-Voltage Insulation by Long-Chain Branch-Induced Interfacial …

K Wu, H Sui, Z Yang, K Yang, B Ouyang… - ACS Macro …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polypropylene (PP)-based composites have attracted numerous attention as a replacement
of prevailing cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) for high-voltage insulation due to their ease …

Molecular dynamics simulations of short-chain branched bimodal polyethylene: Topological characteristics and mechanical behavior

A Moyassari, T Gkourmpis, MS Hedenqvist… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
It has previously been shown that polyethylene (PE) with a bimodal molar mass distribution
has a high fracture toughness. Our approach has been to use coarse-grained (CG) …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular dynamics simulation of linear polyethylene blends: Effect of molar mass bimodality on topological characteristics and mechanical behavior

A Moyassari, T Gkourmpis, MS Hedenqvist, UW Gedde - Polymer, 2019 - Elsevier
Blending different molar mass fractions of polyethylene (PE) in order to obtain materials with
higher fracture toughness has previously proven beneficial. Our approach has been to use …

[HTML][HTML] Nanocomposites and polyethylene blends: two potentially synergistic strategies for HVDC insulation materials with ultra-low electrical conductivity

F Nilsson, M Karlsson, UW Gedde, R Kadar… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Among the various requirements that high voltage direct current (HVDC) insulation materials
need to satisfy, sufficiently low electrical conductivity is one of the most important. The …

[HTML][HTML] XLPE high voltage insulation; A link between DC conductivity and microstructure

AM Pourrahimi, C Pitois, A Abbasi - Polymer Testing, 2024 - Elsevier
Crosslinked low-density polyethylene (XLPE) with its simple chemical composition is
currently used as the most promising material for the insulation layer in extruded power …

Atomistic modeling of plastic deformation in semicrystalline polyethylene: Role of interphase topology, entanglements, and chain dynamics

R Ranganathan, V Kumar, AL Brayton, M Kroger… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The effects of interphase topology, entanglements, and chain dynamics on the mechanical
response of semicrystalline polyethylene have been examined using atomistic simulations …

Investigating the hydrogen bond-induced self-assembly of polysulfamides using molecular simulations and experiments

Z Wu, JW Wu, Q Michaudel, A Jayaraman - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this paper, we present a synergistic, experimental, and computational study of the self-
assembly of N, N′-disubstituted polysulfamides driven by hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) …