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Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) and random copolymers of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PNIPAM-HEMA), poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylamide) (PNIPAM-AAm) and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (PNIPAM-DMAA) with various volume fractions of NIPAM , were synthesized by radical polymerization. The phase behavior of the polymers in water was investigated by means of optical transmittance and dynamic light scattering. With decreasing , the cloud point temperature T cp for PNIPAM-HEMA decreased whereas T cp for both PNIPAM-AAm and PNIPAM-DMAA increased. Increase of hydrodynamic radius around T cp resulted from the aggregation of the globules of each polymer was observed from dynamic light scattering. The relationships between the reciprocal of T cp of the polymer solutions and 1-were linear for the three copolymers in the experimental range of 0.65 < < 1. The results are discussed from the aspect of the interaction parameters of copolymer solutions.