SEPARATORY MATERIAL AND SEPARATION METHOD USING THE SAME

摘要

A material for use in separation, characterized in that it comprises a composite which is composed of a polymer responsive to stimulation and a substance specifically interacting with a substance to be separated and in which the polymer responsive to stimulation undergoes a structural change through a physical stimulation and the change of the polymer causes a change of chemical or physical environments for the interaction of the substance specifically interacting with a substance to be separated, and thus the strength of the interaction thereof with the substance to be separated can b e reversibly changed by the change of a physical stimulation, and the polymer responsive to stimulation has no affinity for the substance to be separated.