An apparatus for suppressing an eluent of an aqueous sample stream including analyte ions of one charge, positive or negative, comprises a primary channel member, a first block, a first regenerant flow channel, a first charged barrier, a second block, a second regenerant flow channel, a second charged barrier, a first stationary flow-through ion exchange material, and optionally a first electrode and a second electrode. The first stationary flow-through ion exchange material comprises a polyolefin substrate having a functional polymer layer disposed thereon. The polyolefin substrate has a pore structure with a pore size ranging from about 5 microns to about 250 microns. The functional polymer layer has a thickness ranging from about 1 micron to about 20 microns, and a layer pore structure having a pore size ranging from about 1 nm to about 100 nm. The functional polymer layer comprises an ion exchange layer.

An apparatus for suppressing an eluent of an aqueous sample stream including analyte ions of one charge, positive or negative, comprises a primary channel member, a first block, a first regenerant flow channel, a first charged barrier, a second block, a second regenerant flow channel, a second charged barrier, a first stationary flow-through ion exchange material, and optionally a first electrode and a second electrode. The first stationary flow-through ion exchange material comprises a polyolefin substrate having a functional polymer layer disposed thereon. The polyolefin substrate has a pore structure with a pore size ranging from about 5 microns to about 250 microns. The functional polymer layer has a thickness ranging from about 1 micron to about 20 microns, and a layer pore structure having a pore size ranging from about 1 nm to about 100 nm. The functional polymer layer comprises an ion exchange layer.

A chromatographic medium having a separating agent layer, which is used to separate target substances, and a permeation layer, which is laminated so as to face the separating agent layer and which is used to enable permeation of the target substances separated by the separating agent layer, wherein a region in which the permeation layer is not laminated is present on a part of the separating agent layer, the separating agent layer exhibits a separating property for the target substances and exhibits an optical responsiveness to ultraviolet rays, and the permeation layer exhibits an optical responsiveness that is different from those of the target substances and the separating agent layer.

A chromatographic medium having a separating agent layer, which is used to separate target substances, and a permeation layer, which is laminated so as to face the separating agent layer and which is used to enable permeation of the target substances separated by the separating agent layer, wherein a region in which the permeation layer is not laminated is present on a part of the separating agent layer, the separating agent layer exhibits a separating property for the target substances and exhibits an optical responsiveness to ultraviolet rays, and the permeation layer exhibits an optical responsiveness that is different from those of the target substances and the separating agent layer.

A chromatographic medium having a separating agent layer, which is used to separate target substances, a filling agent layer, which is used to fix the target substances before the target substances are separated, and a permeation layer, which is used to enable permeation of the target substances separated by the separating agent layer, wherein the filling agent layer comes into contact with the separating agent layer via a plane that intersects the direction of development of the target substances in the chromatographic medium and is positioned on the upstream side in the direction of development, the separating agent layer exhibits separability of the target substances and optical responsiveness to ultraviolet rays, and the permeation layer exhibits an optical responsiveness that is different from those of the target substances and the separating agent layer.

A chromatographic medium having a separating agent layer, which is used to separate target substances, a filling agent layer, which is used to fix the target substances before the target substances are separated, and a permeation layer, which is used to enable permeation of the target substances separated by the separating agent layer, wherein the filling agent layer comes into contact with the separating agent layer via a plane that intersects the direction of development of the target substances in the chromatographic medium and is positioned on the upstream side in the direction of development, the separating agent layer exhibits separability of the target substances and optical responsiveness to ultraviolet rays, and the permeation layer exhibits an optical responsiveness that is different from those of the target substances and the separating agent layer.

The present disclosure is directed to a method for separating a biomolecule from a cell culture or from a biological solution, comprising the steps of: (a) providing magnetic particles comprising ligands capable of binding the biomolecule; (b) contacting a cell culture or a biological solution comprising the biomolecule with the magnetic particles to obtain magnetic particles comprising the bound biomolecule; (c) retaining the magnetic particles with a magnetic field in a magnetic separator; (d) optionally washing the magnetic particles with a washing liquid; (e1) providing a flow of an elution liquid through the magnetic separator to elute the bound biomolecule from the magnetic particles while retaining the magnetic particles with the magnetic field in the magnetic separator; (f1) forwarding the biomolecule eluted from the magnetic separator to a membrane chromatography device; (g1) separating the biomolecule from impurities and/or contaminants by membrane chromatography.

The present disclosure is directed to a method for separating a biomolecule from a cell culture or from a biological solution, comprising the steps of: (a) providing magnetic particles comprising ligands capable of binding the biomolecule; (b) contacting a cell culture or a biological solution comprising the biomolecule with the magnetic particles to obtain magnetic particles comprising the bound biomolecule; (c) retaining the magnetic particles with a magnetic field in a magnetic separator; (d) optionally washing the magnetic particles with a washing liquid; (e1) providing a flow of an elution liquid through the magnetic separator to elute the bound biomolecule from the magnetic particles while retaining the magnetic particles with the magnetic field in the magnetic separator; (f1) forwarding the biomolecule eluted from the magnetic separator to a membrane chromatography device; (g1) separating the biomolecule from impurities and/or contaminants by membrane chromatography.

To provide a preparative thin layer chromatography method capable of acquiring a target spot efficiently using a simple and convenient method without the possibility of decomposition of a component in a spot. The preparative thin layer chromatography method is a preparative method for dispensing a spot from a thin layer chromatography plate and includes a process 1 that forms a groove by removing the carrier at the circumferential edge of a spot to be dispensed, a process 2 that inserts a nozzle having a packing part at the tip thereof into the groove formed in the process 1, a process 3 that discharges a solvent through the nozzle, and a process 4 that sucks the solvent in which a spot component has been dissolved.

To provide a preparative thin layer chromatography method capable of acquiring a target spot efficiently using a simple and convenient method without the possibility of decomposition of a component in a spot. The preparative thin layer chromatography method is a preparative method for dispensing a spot from a thin layer chromatography plate and includes a process 1 that forms a groove by removing the carrier at the circumferential edge of a spot to be dispensed, a process 2 that inserts a nozzle having a packing part at the tip thereof into the groove formed in the process 1, a process 3 that discharges a solvent through the nozzle, and a process 4 that sucks the solvent in which a spot component has been dissolved.