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Xiujuan Zhang is a leading researcher in the fields of bioinspired electronics, flexible organic devices, and intelligent sensory systems. Her work focuses on emulating biological sensory functions—such as tactile feedback and vision—using organic semiconductors and novel device architectures. In her highly cited 2024 paper, she reported the first artificial organic afferent nerves capable of closed-loop tactile feedback for intelligent robots, integrating sensory and synaptic functions to enable advanced proprioception and AI-driven interaction. Her 2022 study on ultra-sensitive, low-power organic phototransistors achieved bionic mesopic vision, allowing devices to perceive low-light environments akin to the human eye. Earlier, she pioneered the use of everyday Sellotape as a multifunctional substrate for high-performance flexible organic single-crystal nanowire transistors, demonstrating a low-cost route to wearable electronics and robotic sensory skin. With over 78 citations across these key works, Zhang’s innovations are shaping next-generation prosthetics, soft robotics, and neuromorphic computing. Her achievements highlight a rare ability to bridge materials science, device engineering, and bioinspired design, making her a rising figure in organic electronics and intelligent systems.