World’s first magnetic soap is produced and its magnetic properties are proven by neutron scattering

World’s first magnetic soap is produced and its magnetic properties are proven by neutron scattering: "The discovery could be used to create cleaning products that can be removed after application and used in the recovery of oil spills at sea" http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8179.html "As most magnets are metals, from a purely scientific point of view these ionic liquid surfactants are highly unusual, making them a particularly interesting discovery. From a commercial point of view, though these exact liquids aren’t yet ready to appear in any household product, by proving that magnetic soaps can be developed, future work can reproduce the same phenomenon in more commercially viable liquids for a range of applications from water treatment to industrial cleaning products. Professor Julian Eastoe"

also see: http://www.ill.eu/en/news-events/press-room/press-releases/uk-scientists-produce-worlds-first-magnetic-soap-23012012/