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Shougen Yin is a leading figure in the development of advanced flexible and stretchable electronics, with a focus on wearable sensors, soft robotics, and smart materials. His research centers on creating novel conducting fibers and composites that maintain high performance under mechanical deformation. Yin’s most impactful contribution is the invention of downsized sheath–core conducting fibers, which combine a buckled carbon nanotube sheath with a rubber core to achieve superelasticity and high conductivity. This foundational work, cited over 159 times, enabled the creation of weavable wires, biosensors, supercapacitors, and strain sensors. He further advanced the field by developing hierarchically buckled Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene/carbon nanotube strain sensors with improved linearity, sensitivity, and strain range for soft robotics and epidermal monitoring (82 citations). His recent high-linearity, low-hysteresis self-healing strain sensor, modulated by dynamic disulfide and hydrogen bonds (88 citations), represents a major step toward stable, durable wearable devices. Yin’s work also includes a general approach for buckled bulk composites and transformable thin-film robots capable of crawling, rolling, and oscillation. His innovative strategies for integrating buckled structures and self-healing mechanisms have significantly impacted the design of next-generation flexible electronics.