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Jincong Chen is a rising researcher in the field of smart materials and soft robotics, with a focused expertise in photothermal soft actuators. His work centers on overcoming the fundamental trade-off between reversible deformation and output force in soft actuation systems. Chen’s major contributions lie in the design and fabrication of high-performance bilayer composite actuators, particularly those integrating graphene and PDMS. His most cited paper (2023, 46 citations) introduced a multifunctional actuator with shape programmability and high photothermal conversion, addressing the limitation of low carbon material content. Building on this, his subsequent studies (2025) developed carbon fiber skeleton-reinforced graphene@PDMS composites, achieving enhanced actuation performance for biomimetic applications. This innovative approach of using a carbon fiber skeleton to reinforce the graphene network represents a significant step toward practical soft robotics and wearable devices. Chen’s work demonstrates a clear trajectory from material design to performance optimization, establishing him as an important contributor to the development of next-generation photoresponsive actuators.