Understanding the process and anticipating the problems can help ensure successful separations. The use of magnetic beads for capturing biological molecules has become commonplace in the life sciences ...

Traditional magnetic separators, however, present a challenge: they generate a magnetic force that is very high near the side of the vessel closest to the magnet and decreases rapidly with distance.

The entire sample is subjected to a well-defined magnetic force, so variations are limited to the properties of the suspension (particles, buffer). Its precise separation parameters ensure a smooth ...

Magnetic separation of biomolecules and cells is finding increasing applications in both research and clinical laboratories because of its speed, simplicity, and low cost. Now the process has become ...

MIT engineers have come up with a method of extracting clean water and reusable oil from oil spills using nanoparticles that turn the oil into magnetic ferrofluids. When oil spills occur, the polluted ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Probably any chemist must have dreamt about it: Quick isolation of a chemical from a reaction mixture without the hassle of tedious liquid handling lasting for hours. The problem ...