Arun Kumar Kota
Associate Professor
- Phone: (919) 515-5241
- Email: akota2@ncsu.edu
- Office: Engineering Building III (EB3) 3286
- Website: https://mae.ncsu.edu/kota/
Publications
- Liquid crystal elastomer-based reversible metamorphosis for loss-less droplet manipulation
- Rather, A. M., Pillai, S., Nair, A., Zarei, M. J., Kim, Y. J., Ni, H., & Kota, A. K. (2026, January 1), Materials Horizons, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mh01295c
- Ultra-stretchable superomniphobic surfaces via machine-learning-guided laser ablation
- Zarei, M. J., Pillai, S., Rather, A. M., Barrubeeah, M. S., Echekki, T., & Kota, A. K. (2026, February 1), Matter. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2025.102610
- 3D printing of superhydrophobic and multifunctional objects via simple and inexpensive vat photopolymerization
- Rather, A. M., Barrubeeah, M., Zarei, M. J., Kim, Y. J., Vallabhuneni, S., & Kota, A. K. (2025, January 1), Nanoscale, Vol. 2. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4nr05135a
- Enhancing soft robots with chemical shielding for harsh corrosive liquid environments
- Qing, H., Vallabhuneni, S., Chi, Y., Zarei, M. J., Sharbati, P., Sun, H., … Kota, A. K. (2025, December 10), Materials Horizons. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mh01593f
- Hyperelastic superomniphobic surfaces via microprotrusion-induced stress redistribution
- Zarei, M. J., Pillai, S., Eldaly, O., Rather, A. M., Vallabhuneni, S., Zikry, M. A., & Kota, A. K. (2025, January 1), Materials Horizons, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mh01250c
- Valorization of Corn Waste: Oil–Water Separation and Fuel Enhancement
- Kim, Y. J., Rather, A. M., Parbat, D., Pandya, N., Park, S., & Kota, A. K. (2025, September 9), ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c06566
- Color morphing surfaces with effective chemical shielding
- Rather, A. M., Vallabhuneni, S., Pyrch, A. J., Barrubeeah, M., Pillai, S., Taassob, A., … Kota, A. K. (2024, May 3), Nature Communications, Vol. 15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48154-y
- On‐Demand, Contact‐Less and Loss‐Less Droplet Manipulation via Contact Electrification
- Wang, W., Vahabi, H., Taassob, A., Pillai, S., & Kota, A. K. (2024, January 17), Advanced Science, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202308101
- Eu3+ Complex-Based Superhydrophobic Fluorescence Sensor for Cr(VI) Detection in Water
- Ding, W., Vallabhuneni, S., Liu, J., Wang, X., Zhao, Y., Wang, Y., … Tang, J. (2023, September 17), Nanomaterials, Vol. 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13182574
- Hemp-Based Sustainable Slippery Surfaces: Icephobic and Antithrombotic Properties
- Sutherland, D. J., Rather, A. M., Sabino, R. M., Vallabhuneni, S., Wang, W., Popat, K. C., & Kota, A. K. (2023, February 2), ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Vol. 2, pp. 2397–2403. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06233
