Gold nanoparticles (GNs) are prepared through in situ reduction using NaBH 4 in the presence of homopolymer PDMAEMA. The sizes of the GNs can be adjusted by alternating the molar ratio of gold to DMAEMA. Pure PDMAEMA aqueous solution shows a phase-transition at 50℃ at pH 10 and 25℃ at pH 14, while PDMAEMA-supported GNs aqueous solution shows a phase-transition at 47℃ at pH 10 because of the increasing hydrophobic property resulting from GNs. Due to the pH and temperature-responsible characteristics of PDMAEMA, the resulting PDMAEMA-supported GNs exhibit pH adjustable temperature-responsive characteristics in optic and catalytic aspects. Under an acidic condition (pH 2), the GNs show unchanged surface Plasmon absorbance with a peak of 518 nm in a temperature range from 20 to 65℃. Under a basic condition (pH 10), the GNs first show the same absorbance with a peak at 518 nm in a temperature range from 20 to 40℃, and then the absorbance red shifts from 518 to 545 nm as temperature increases from 40 to 65℃. When the GNs are used as catalysts to catalyze the reduction of p-nitrophenol, the catalytic activity can be adjusted by changing the permeation of reactants in the PDMAEMA layer at low and high temperatures, respectively. gold, nanoparticles, catalyst, homopolymer