“…In this connection, it seems to be interesting to study the effect of light on the AOT-BZ reaction. Several photochemical pathways have been proposed to account for the effect of light on the BZ reaction in the homogeneous aqueous medium: for example, the catalyst in its reduced form is photoexcited to produce HBrO 2 or Br - , which enhances or inhibits, respectively, the autocatalytic oxidation of the catalyst. ,,,− Schemes in which the catalyst in its oxidized form is photoexcited have also been proposed. ,, For the ultraviolet illumination, bromomalonic acid has been proposed to account for the photoinhibition of oscillations . In this paper, we study the photoresponse of the ferroin-catalyzed AOT-BZ system and try to elucidate which process is responsible for the primary photochemical reaction in the reverse micelle system.…”