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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2001
Applicants:
Tsunehisa Kimura, Hachioji, JP;
Shogo Mamada, Hachioji, JP;
Masafumi Yamato, Hachioji, JP;
Koichi Kitazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tsunehisa Kimura, Hachioji, JP;
Shogo Mamada, Hachioji, JP;
Masafumi Yamato, Hachioji, JP;
Koichi Kitazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03C001/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Under a magnetic field gradient, solid particles floating and/or sinking in a supporting liquid (most suitably a paramagnetic one) are levitated or anti-levitated at different locations depending on their densities and diamagnetic susceptibilities.