CC BY 4.0Steinbrecher, RenéRenéSteinbrecherZhang, PeiranPeiranZhangPapadakis, Christine M.Christine M.PapadakisMüller-Buschbaum, PeterPeterMüller-BuschbaumTaubert, AndreasAndreasTaubertLaschewsky, AndreAndreLaschewsky2024-02-142024-02-142024-01-22https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/462090https://doi.org/10.24406/publica-261710.1039/D3CC06178G10.24406/publica-2617Dual thermo- and light-responsive water-soluble copolymers that respond to exclusively non-invasive triggers are obtained by functionalising poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) with arylazopyrazole side chains. The light-induced E–Z (trans–Z) photo isomerisation of these dyes provides an exceptionally effective photo-switch, which can reversibly shift the LCST-type phase transition temperatures by almost 25 K.enjournal article