15) Probing the in-air growth of large area of 3D functional structures into a 2D supramolecular nanoporous network, R. Brisse, D. Guianvarc’h, C. Mansuy, S. Sagan, D. Kreher, L. Sosa-Vargas, L. Hamitouche, V. Humblot, I. Arfaoui, V. Labet, C. Paris, C. Petit, A.-J. Attias, Chem. Comm. 2018, Advance article.

14) Improved synthesis of non-peripherally alkyl-substituted tetrabenzotriazaporphyrinsA. Fujii, H. Itani, K. Watanabe, Q.-D. Dao, L. Sosa-Vargas, Y. Shimizu, M. Ozaki, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 2017, 653, (1), 22-26.

13) Charge transport in lead sulfide quantum dots/phthalocyanines hybrid nanocomposites C. Pal, L. Sosa-Vargas, J. J.Ojeda, A. K. Sharma, A. N. Cammidge, M. J. Cook, A. K.Ray. Org. Electron. 2017, 44,132-143.

12) Ordinary and Hot Electroluminescence from Single-Molecule Devices: Controlling the Emission Color by Chemical Engineering, M. C. Chong, L. Sosa-Vargas, H. Bulou, A. Boeglin, F. Scheurer, F. Mathevet,  G. Schull, Nano Lett., 201616 (10), pp 6480–6484.

11) Chemical engineering of donor–acceptor liquid crystalline dyads and triads for the controlled nanostructuration of organic semiconductors , Y. Xiao, X. Su, L. Sosa-Vargas, E. Lacaze, B. Heinrich, B. Donnio, D. Kreher, F. Mathevet, A.-J. Attias, Cryst. Eng.Comm, 2016, 18, 4787-4798.

10)  Solvent effect on columnar formation in solar-cell geometry, J. H. Park ; L. Sosa-Vargas ; Y. Takanishi ; K. H. Kim ; Y. S. Kim ; Y. W. Park ; J. Yamamoto ; M. Labardi ; J. P. F. Lagerwall ; Y. Shimizu ; G. Scalia; Proc. SPIE 9769, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XI, 97690T (2016).

9) Hybrid phthalocyanine/lead sulphide nanocomposite bistable memory switch Z. Khozaee, L. Sosa-Vargas,   A. N. Cammidge, M. J. Cook, A. Ray, Mater. Res. Express, 2015, 2, 096305.

8) Efficiency enhancement in solution processed small-molecule based organic solar cells utilizing various phthalocyanine-tetrabenzoporphyrin hybrid macrocycles, Q.-D. Dao, L. Sosa-Vargas, T. Higashi, M. Ohmori, H. Itani, A. Fujii, Y. Shimizu, M. Ozaki, Org. Electron. 2015, 23, 44-52.      

7) Liquid crystalline and charge transport properties of novel non-peripherally octasubstituted perfluoroalkylated phthalocyanines L. Sosa-Vargas, F. Nekelson, D. Okuda, M. Takahashi, Y. Matsuda, Q. Dao, Y. Hiroyuki, A. Fujii, M. Ozaki and Y. Shimizu, J. Mater. Chem. C. 2015, 3, 1757-1765.

6) Discotic liquid crystal functionalized gold nanorods: 2- and 3D self-assembly and macroscopic alignment as well as increased charge carrier mobility in hexagonal columnar liquid crystal hosts affected by molecular packing and π- π interactions, X. Feng, L. Sosa-Vargas, S. Umadevi, T. Mori, Y. Shimizu and T. Hegmann,  Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015, 8, 1161.

5) Octahexyltetrabenzotriazaporphyrin: A Discotic Liquid Crystalline Donor for High-performance Small-molecule Solar Cells, Q-D. Dao, K. Watanabe, H. Itani, L. Sosa-Vargas, A. Fujii, Y. Shimizu, M.Ozaki, Chem. Letts. 2014, 43, 1761-1763.

4) Miscibility and Phase Separation in LC Semiconductor Blends, Y. Shimizu, Y. Matsuda, T. Nakao, L. Sosa-Vargas, M. Takahashi, H. Yoshida, A. Fujii, M. Ozaki, Proc. SPIE 9004, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies IX, 2014, 900408.

3) Synthesis and characterization of some octaalkyl substituted lead phthalocyanines and unexpected variations in lead lability arising from the position of substituents and their chain length L. Sosa-Vargas, I. Chambrier, C. J. MacDonald, S. J. Coles, G. J. Tizzard, A. N. Cammidge, M. J. Cook  J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 2013, 17, 511-521.

2) Synthesis, characterisation, MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of copper metallated non-peripherally substituted octa-octyl derivatives of tetrabenzotriazaporphyrin, cis and trans tetrabenzodiazaporphyrin, tetrabenzomonoazaporphyrin and tetrabenzoporphyrin J. Mack, L, Sosa-Vargas, S. J. Coles, G. J. Tizzard, I. Chambrier, A. N. Cammidge, M. J. Cook, Kobayashi, N. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 12820-12833.

1) Phthalocyanine analogues: unexpectedly facile access to non-peripherally substituted octa-alkyl tetrabenzotriazaporphyrins, tetrabenzodiazaporphyrins,  tetrabenzomonoazaporphyrins and tetrabenzoporphyrins, I. Chambrier, M. J Cook, A. N. Cammidge, D. L. Hughes, M. Rahman, L. Sosa Vargas, Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 17, 3136 – 3146.

 

BOOK CHAPTER

Synthesis and Properties of the Hybrid Phthalocyanine-Tetrabenzoporphyrin Macrocycles A. N. Cammidge, I. Chambrier, M. J. Cook and L. Sosa-Vargas, Handbook of Porphyrin Science Vol. 16, 2012, K. M. Kadish, K. M. Smith, R. Guilard (Eds.) World Scientific, 331-404.

 

PATENTS

Preparation of phthalocyanine compounds as organic semiconductor materials Y. Shimizu, L. Sosa-Vargas, F. Nekelson, M. Ozaki, A. Fujii, Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho,2015, JP 2015089882 A 20150511

REVIEWS

Beyond “decorative” 2D-supramolecular self assembly; a new strategy towards functional surfaces for nanomaterials, L. Sosa-Vargas,  E. Kim, A.-J. Attias, Mater. Horiz, 2017, 4, 570-583.