The association of kinetic studies, DFT calculations and 1H–7Li NMR analyses allowed the control of the cyclo-ATRP of PEG9DMA and the production of polymethacrylate pseudo crown-ethers of various molar masses. Their potential to act as a solid-state polymer electrolyte in Li-ion batteries has been highlighted and may come from the supramolecular organization of the cyclo-PEG forming a Li+ diffusion channel.
Moins, S., Martins, J., Krumpmann, A., Lemaur, V., Cornil, J., Delbosc, N., Decroly, A., Dubois, P., Lazzaroni, R., Gohy, J.-F., & Coulembier, O. (2017). Potential of polymethacrylate pseudo crown ethers as solid state polymer electrolytes. Chemical Communications, 53, 6899. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cc02385e (Original work published 2017)