A. M. Rather, S. Pillai, A. Nair, V. M. Pedireddi, Y. J. Kim, A. K. Kota, Programmable micropillars via laser texturing for on-demand wetting transitions, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026, 541, 177482.

A. M. Rather, H. J. Cantor, R. Rajasekaran, A. Aligwekweab, A. C. Brown, A. K. Kota, Influence of liquid repellency and slipperiness on blood-material interactions, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2026, 2026, 14, 5238.

A. M. Rather, S. Pillai, A. Nair, M. J. Zarei, Y. J. Kim, H. Nia, A. K. Kota, Liquid crystal elastomer-based reversible metamorphosis for loss-less droplet manipulation, Mater. Horiz., 2026, 2026, 3, 2946.

​A. M. Rather, M. Barrubeeah, M. J. Zarei, Y. J. Kim, S. Vallabhuneni, A. K. Kota*. 3D printing of superhydrophobic and multifunctional objects via simple and inexpensive vat photopolymerization, Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 6637.

A. M. Rather, S. Vallabhuneni, A. J. Pyrch, M. Barrubeeah, S. Pillai, A. Taassob, F. N. Castellano, A. K. Kota*. Color morphing surfaces with effective chemical shielding. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 3735. 

A. M. Rather, Y. Xu, Y.Chang, R. L. Dupont, A. Borbora, U. I. Kara, J. C. Fang, R. S. Mamtani, M. Zhang, Y. Yao, S. Adera, X. Bao, U. Manna, X. Wang*, Stimuli-Responsive Liquid-Crystal-Infused Porous Surfaces for Manipulation of Underwater Gas Bubble Transport and Adhesion, Adv. Mater, 2022, 34, 2110085.

A. M. Rather, Y. Xu,, Y. Yao, J. C. Fang, R. S. Mamtani, R. K. A. Bennett, R. G. Atta,    S. Adera, U. Tkalec, X. Wang*. Liquid crystal–based open surface microfluidics manipulate liquid mobility and chemical composition on demand, Science Advances, 2021, 7, eabi7607  

A. M. Rather, U. Manna*. Stretchable and Durable Superhydrophobicity that Acts both in Air and Under Oil. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 15208.

A. M. Rather, U. Manna*. Facile Synthesis of Tunable and Durable Bulk Superhydrophobic Material from Amine “Reactive” Polymeric Gel. Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 8689.

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35. M. Zuhra; K. Majid, A. M. Rather*, Bioinspired adaptive slippery surfaces: design strategies and emerging applications, Nanoscale, 2026, DOI: 10.1039/D6NR01580H.

34. A. M. Rather, S. Pillai, A. Nair, V. M. Pedireddi, Y. J. Kim, A. K. Kota, Programmable micropillars via laser texturing for on-demand wetting transitions, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026, 541, 177482.​

33.A. M. Rather, H. J. Cantor, R. Rajasekaran, A. Aligwekweab, A. C. Brown, A. K. Kota, Influence of liquid repellency and slipperiness on blood-material interactions, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2026, 2026, 14, 5238.

32. A. M. Rather, S. Pillai, A. Nair, M. J. Zarei, Y. J. Kim, H. Nia, A. K. Kota, Liquid crystal elastomer-based reversible metamorphosis for loss-less droplet manipulation, Mater. Horiz., 2026, 3, 2946.

31. M. J. Zarei, S. Pillai, A. M. Rather, M. S. Barrubeeah, T. Echekki, A. K. Kota, Ultra-stretchable superomniphobic surfaces via machine-learning-guided laser ablation, Matter, 2026, 9, 102610.

30. M. J. Zarei, S. Pillai, O. Eldaly, A. M. Rather, S. Vallabhuneni, M. A. Zikry, A. K. Kota. Hyperelastic superomniphobic surfaces via microprotrusion-induced stress redistribution. Mater. Horizons, 2025, 12, 9229.

29. Y. J. Kim, A. M. Rather, D. Parbat, N. Pandya, S. Park, A. K. Kota*. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2025 13, 15663. 

28. A. M. Rather, M. Barrubeeah, M. J. Zarei, Y. J. Kim, S. Vallabhuneni, A. K. Kota*. 3D printing of superhydrophobic and multifunctional objects via simple and inexpensive vat photopolymerization, Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 6637. 

27. M. S. Tanweer*, Z. Iqbal, A. M. Rather*, M. Alam, Zinc Oxide/Moringa Oleifera Gum-Grafted L-Methionine Functionalized Polyaniline Bionanocomposites for Water Purification, Water, 2024, 16, 2576.

26. A. M. Rather, S. Vallabhuneni, A. J. Pyrch, M. Barrubeeah, S. Pillai, A. Taassob, F. N. Castellano, A. K. Kota*. Color morphing surfaces with effective chemical shielding. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 3735. 

​​25. A. M. Rather, D. J. Sutherland, R. M. Sabino, S. Vallabhuneni, W. Wang, K. C. Popat, A. K. Kota*. Hemp-Based Sustainable Slippery Surfaces: Icephobic and Antithrombotic Properties. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 2397. 

24. A. M. Rather, Y. Xu, Y.Chang, R. L. Dupont, A. Borbora, U. I. Kara, J. C. Fang, R. S. Mamtani, M. Zhang, Y. Yao, S. Adera, X. Bao, U. Manna, X. Wang*, Stimuli-Responsive Liquid-Crystal-Infused Porous Surfaces for Manipulation of Underwater Gas Bubble Transport and Adhesion, Adv. Mater, 2022, 34, 2110085.

23. Y. Xu, Y. Chang, Y. Yao, M. Zhang, R. L Dupont, A. M Rather, X. Bao, X. Wang*, Modularizable Liquid‐Crystal‐Based Open Surfaces Enable Programmable Chemical Transport and Feeding using Liquid Droplets, Adv. Mater., 2022, 34, 2108788.

22. Y. Yao, R. K. Bennett, Y. Xu, A. M. Rather, S. Li, T. C. Cheung, A. Bhanji, M. J. Kreder, D. Daniel, S. Adera, J. Aizenberg. X. Wang*, Wettability-based ultrasensitive detection of amphiphiles through directed concentration at disordered regions in self-assembled monolayers. PNAS, 2022, 119, e2211042119.

21.  A. M. Rather, Y. Xu,, Y. Yao, J. C. Fang, R. S. Mamtani, R. K. A. Bennett, R. G. Atta,    S. Adera, U. Tkalec, X. Wang*. Liquid crystal–based open surface microfluidics manipulate liquid mobility and chemical composition on demand, Science Advances, 2021, 7, eabi7607  

20.  A. M. Rather, Y. Xu, S. Song, , J. C. Fang, , R. L. Dupont, U. I. Kara, , Y. Chang, J. A. Paulson, R. Qin, X. Bao, X. Wang*. Ultrasensitive and Selective Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Thermotropic Liquid Crystals and Image-Based Machine Learning, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2020, 1, 100276.

19.  A. Shome, A. M. Rather, A. Borbora, P. Srikrishnarka, A. Baidya, T. Pradeep, U. Manna*, Design of a Waste Paper‐Derived Chemically ‘Reactive’and Durable Functional Material with Tailorable Mechanical Property Following an Ambient and Sustainable Chemical Approach, Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2021, 16, 1988

18.  A. Shome, J. C. Moses, A. M. Rather, B. B Mandal, U. Manna*, Unconventional and facile fabrication of chemically reactive silk fibroin sponges for environmental remediation, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 24258.

17.  A. M. Rather, P. Srikrishnarka, A. Baidya, A. Shome, T. Pradeep*, U. Manna* "Evaluating the Impact of Tailored Water Wettability on Performance of CO2 Capture. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 11, 10541.

16.  A. Shome, A. Das, N. Rawat, A. M. Rather, U. Manna*. Reduction of Imine Based Cross-linkages to Achieve Sustainable Underwater Superoleophobicity That Performs at Challenging Conditions. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 15148

15. A. M. Rather, A. Shome, K. Maji, A. Yashwantha, D. K. Patel, U. Manna*. A Scalable Chemical Approach for Synthesis of Highly Tolerant and Efficient Oil Absorbent. Chem. Asian J., 2019, 14, 4732.

14. A. Shome, A. M. Rather, U. Manna*, Chemically Reactive Protein Nanoparticles in Synthesis of Durable and Deformable Superhydrophobicity—that performs in Severe Settings. Nanoscale Adv., 2019, 1, 1746.

13. A. Shome, A. M. Rather, Aindrilla Ghosal, B. K. Bhunia, B. B. Mandal, U. Manna*. Rational Chemical Engineering in Natural Protein Derived Functional Interface. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2019, 7, 7502.

12. A. Das, S. Sengupta, J. Deka, A. M. Rather, K. Raidongia, U. Manna*. Synthesis of Fish Scale and Lotus Leaf Mimicking, Stretchable and Durable Multilayers. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 15993.

11. A. Shome, A. M. Rather, U. Manna*, Aloe Vera Mucilage Derived Highly Tolerant Underwater Superoleophobic Coating. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 22465.

10. A. M. Rather, A. Shome, S. Kumar, B. K. Bhunia, B. B. Mandal, H. K. Srivastava, U. Manna*. Alkali Metal-ion Assisted Michael Addition Reaction in Controlled Tailoring of Topography in a Superhydrophobic Polymeric Monolith. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 17019.

9.  A. M. Rather, U. Manna*. Green and Rapid Synthesis of Durable and Super-Oil (under Water) and Water (in Air) Repellent Interfaces. ACS, Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 23451.

8. A. M. Rather, A. Shome, B. K. Bhunia, B. B. Mandal, U. Manna*. Simultaneous and Controlled Release of Two Different Bioactive Small Molecules from Nature Inspired Single Material. J. Mater. Chem. B, 2018, 6, 7692.

7. A. Das, J. Deka, A. M. Rather, B. K. Bhunia, P. P. Saikia, B. B. Mandal, K. Raidongia, U. Manna*. Strategic Formulation of Graphene Oxide Sheets for Flexible Monoliths and Robust Polymeric Coatings Embedded with Durable Bioinspired Wettability. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 42354.

6.  D. Parbat, S. Gaffar, A. M. Rather, A. Gupta, U. Manna*. A General and Facile Chemical Avenue for the Controlled and Extreme Regulation of Water Wettability in Air and Oil Wettability under Water. Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 6542.

5.  A. M. Rather, U. Manna*. Stretchable and Durable Superhydrophobicity that Acts both in Air and Under Oil. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 15208.

4.  A. M. Rather, N. Jana, P. Hazarika, U. Manna*. Sustainable Polymeric Material for the Facile and Repetitive Removal of Oil-Spills through the Complementary use of Both Selective-Absorption and Active-Filtration Processes. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 23339.

3. A. M. Rather, S. Mahato, K. Maji, Gogoi, N. Gogoi, U. Manna*. ‘Reactive’ Nano-Complex Coated Medical Cotton: A Facile Avenue for Tailored Release of Small Molecules. Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 16154.

2. A. M. Rather, N. Jana, S. Begum, H. K. Srivastava, U. Manna*. Exceptional Control on Physical Properties of a Polymeric Material through Alcoholic Solvent Mediated Environment-Friendly Michael Addition Reaction. Green Chem., 2017, 19, 4527.

1. A. M. Rather, U. Manna*. Facile Synthesis of Tunable and Durable Bulk Superhydrophobic Material from Amine “Reactive” Polymeric Gel. Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 8689.