Magnetic aqueous two-phase separation in preparative applications
Magnetic aqueous two-phase separation is a new technique to speed up the separation of aqueous two-phase systems (Anal. Biochem. 1987, 167, 331–339). It is based on the addition of magnetically susceptible material (e.g. 1-μ iron oxide particles) which induces rapid phase separation when a mixed system is placed in a magnetic field. The technique has been applied to a number of two-phase systems.