Kathrin Eckert, Dr.-Ing. Simon Müller and Professor Irina Smirnova from the Institute of Thermal Separation Processes at the Hamburg University of Technology together with Professor Gerrit Luinstra from the Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry at the University of Hamburg have published their latest results on the exploration of swelling equilibria of pNIPAM lyogels in various organic solvents and mixtures.