[The advances of the study on the optical chromatography]

This review is mainly concerned with the recent developments in (1) the differences between the optical tweezer and optical chromatography; (2) the principle of optical chromatography separation; (3) the theory studies on the optical chromatography, especially the relationship between the particle radius with the intensity of the applied laser radiation force and the relationship between the particle retention distance with the particle radius; (4) the application of the optical chromatography technique to the separation of polymers, biological macromolecules and biological cells. The application of optical chromatography to the immunoassy and molecular biology is highlighted.