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Jinkun Sun is a leading researcher in soft robotics, smart materials, and flexible electronics, whose work bridges the gap between fundamental material science and practical device applications. His major contributions include pioneering photothermal bimorph actuators with an in-built cooler, achieving fast response and large bending amplitude with minimal temperature change—a breakthrough that enabled light mills, frequency switches, and soft robots (142 citations). Sun also developed a strategy to tune the reversibility of hair artificial muscles through disulfide cross-linking, allowing precise control of twist preservation for use in biocompatible sensors and robotics (92 citations). More recently, he engineered a high-linearity, low-hysteresis Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene/AgNW/liquid metal self-healing strain sensor, modulated by dynamic disulfide and hydrogen bonds, which offers stable interfaces for human–computer interaction and health monitoring (88 citations). His work on intrinsic elastic conductors with internal buckled electron pathways has further advanced flexible electromagnetic interference shielding and tumor ablation. With over 348 citations across his top papers, Sun’s innovations are shaping the future of adaptive, responsive, and biocompatible soft robotic systems.