Abstract
Aqueous two phase systems utilising polymers such as dextran and poly(ethylene) glycol have offered a unique method of purifying viable biological material for more than three decades. Perhaps the most inhibiting factors limiting their widespread use and application today is their cost, poor physical characteristics and variable reproducibility. New cheaper polymers are now coming on the market but their high viscosity, low interfacial tension and low density difference still result in long settling times which make high resolution countercurrent distribution laborious and continuous countercurrent extraction almost impossible.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsReference
J. Eveleigh, Immiscible liquid affinity supports, in: “Separations Using Aqueous Phase Systems: Applications in Cell Biology and Biotechnology,” D. Fisher and I.A. Sutherland, eds., Plenum, New York (1989)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1989 Plenum Press, New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Sutherland, I.A., Eveleigh, J. (1989). Some Rheological Properties of Perfluorocarbon Emulsions and Their Potential use in Countercurrent Chromatography Distribution and Chromatography Separation Systems. In: Fisher, D., Sutherland, I.A. (eds) Separations Using Aqueous Phase Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5667-7_76
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5667-7_76
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4684-5669-1
Online ISBN: 978-1-4684-5667-7
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive