Title: Optimal gradient estimates for the insulated conductivity problem with general convex inclusions case

Abstract: In this paper we study the insulated conductivity problem involving two adjacent convex insulators embedded in a bounded domain. It is known that the gradient of solutions may blow up as the distance between two inclusions tends to zero. For general convex insulators, we establish a pointwise upper bound and a lower bound of the gradient with optimal blow up rates, which are associated with the first nonzero eigenvalue of an elliptic operator determined by the geometry of insulators. This extends the previous result for ball insulators in \cite{DLY}.