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Yuhua Xue is a leading researcher in the development of advanced soft materials for flexible electronics and bioinspired systems. Her work focuses on creating high-performance hydrogels and composites that mimic natural tissues, with a particular emphasis on strain sensors for underwater robotics and healthcare monitoring. Xue’s most impactful contribution is her 2023 paper on fatigue-resistant conducting polymer hydrogels, which has garnered over 208 citations. This work introduced a novel freeze-casting and salting-out strategy to fabricate hydrogels with anisotropic structures and exceptional mechanical durability, enabling reliable strain sensing in harsh underwater environments—a critical advance for soft robotics and human-machine interfaces. She further expanded this concept in a related publication (57 citations) and explored self-growing hydrogels inspired by natural materials (45 citations). More recently, Xue has developed flexible, three-dimensional pressure sensors using indium tin oxide/zinc aluminum oxide/copper composites for healthcare monitoring, demonstrating her versatility in bridging materials science with practical biomedical applications. Her research consistently pushes the boundaries of hydrogel mechanics and sensing performance, making her a rising authority in the field of soft electronics.