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Electrokinetic demixing of aqueous two‐phase polymer/salt systems
Author(s) -
Nagaraj Naveen,
Chethana Sampangi,
Raghavarao Karumanchi S.M.S.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.200406122
Subject(s) - electrokinetic phenomena , phase (matter) , aqueous solution , polymer , materials science , salt (chemistry) , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical engineering , chromatography , chemistry , nanotechnology , composite material , organic chemistry , engineering
Abstract Electrokinetic demixing of aqueous two‐phase polymer/salt systems is demonstrated, resulting in significant enhancement in demixing rates by about 1–4‐fold. The effect of field polarity, field strength, volume ratio, and phase composition on phase demixing has been studied. Further the influence of these parameters on phase demixing could be explained based on the hydrodynamic flow‐electroosmotic flow (HEF) model.