“…Recently, stimuli-responsive polymers have been extensively applied to a variety of areas such as gene and drug delivery [1 -5], bioseparation [6], actuators [7], biosensors [8], artificial tissues [5,9,10], immunoassays [11,12] and others [6, 13 -15]. In particular, immunoassay performance was improved by adopting smart materials [11,12] such as poly(N -isopropyl acrylamide) [16,17], poly(methacrylic acid) [17] and poly(2-carboxyisopropylacrylamide) [18], which undergo physical or chemical changes in response to changes of pH or temperature of the system [19,20].…”