“…The temperature-induced phase transition is an entropically driven process, which is based on the increased mobility of the water molecules that are released into the bulk water upon dehydration. The cloud point temperature generally depends on various factors such as polymer concentration, 11−15 molecular weight of the polymer, [12][13][14]16 grafting 17 or branching 18 of the polymer, copolymerization with other monomers, 2,12,13,16,19−23 the architecture of the resulting copolymers, 19 and the addition of cosolvents 24,25 or cosolutes such as salts 11,26 or surfactants. 11,26 The decreased transmittance of the samples is due to the self-assembly of the partially dehydrated polymers into large, compact aggregates.…”