The calculation of trajectories for sedimenting diamagnetic particles shows that superconducting matter in the Meissner or vortex state can be captured sidewise to a ferromagnetic wire magnetized perpendicular to its length. Capture is possible for externally applied fields lower than typical critical fields H c1 (c), H c1 (a, b) of cuprates. For single crystalline particles in the vortex state, the magnetic anisotropy may reduce the capture force because of alignment. Theoretical predictions were confirmed experimentally for suspensions of polycrystalline and single crystalline particles of YBa 2 Cu 3 O x (size range: 2-125 µm) in liquid nitrogen. As a general conclusion we find that for the extraction of superconducting particles out of combinatorial ceramic reaction mixtures, separation in the Meissner state might be most effective because of the presence of an excess of normal state matter featuring a much lower diamagnetic susceptibility.

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