Electrophoresis (from the Greek signifying "to endure electrons") is the movement of scattered particles comparative with a liquid affected by a spatially uniform electric field. Electrophoresis of emphatically charged particles (cations) is some of the time called cataphoresis, while electrophoresis of adversely charged particles (anions) is once in a while called anaphoresis.The electrokinetic marvel of electrophoresis was watched without precedent for 1807 by Russian educators Peter Ivanovich Strakhov and Ferdinand Frederic Reuss at Moscow State University,who saw that the utilization of a consistent electric field caused mud particles scattered in water to move. It is at last brought about by the nearness of a charged interface between the molecule surface and the encompassing liquid. It is the reason for investigative strategies utilized in science for isolating atoms by size, charge, or restricting fondness.