The invention relates to a method for preparing temperature-responsive comb-structure polycarboxylic acid through terminal group functionalization. According to the method, with a temperature-responsive 
monomer, unsaturated halogenated 
hydrocarbon, a small 
carboxylic acid momonomer and the like as raw materials, a polycarboxylate material is prepared through self-
polymerization first, then substitution and then copolymerization; namely, with the temperature-responsive 
monomer as a reactant, a terminal group-functionalized temperature-
responsive polymer chain is produced through the self-
polymerization under the actions of an initiator and a terminal group functionalizing agent, then a 
substitution reaction is performed on the terminal group-functionalized temperature-
responsive polymer chain and the unsaturated halogenated 
hydrocarbon to obtain a temperature-responsive 
macromonomer, and finally a copolymerization reaction is performed on the temperature-responsive 
macromonomer and thesmall 
carboxylic acid momonomer under the action of the initiator to obtain a comb-structure 
polymer which uses polycarboxylic acid as a main chain and has a 
side chain with a temperature-responsive function. By the method, the process is simple, convenient and fast, the molecular weight of a product is controllable, graft 
polymerization of the temperature-responsive functional 
macromonomer on polycarboxylic acid is successfully achieved by a terminal group functionalization method, the effects of inhibiting shrinkage and resisting 
cracking of 
cement mortar are excellent, and the scientific research value and economic and 
social benefits are very good.