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Zihang Peng is a leading researcher in the field of soft materials and flexible electronics, with a focus on developing advanced polymer composites for wearable technology and soft robotics. His work centers on creating materials that can stretch, sense, and actuate, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in bio-inspired devices and human-machine interfaces. Peng’s most influential contribution is his work on hierarchically structured stretchable conductive hydrogels, which has garnered over 208 citations. This research enabled high-performance wearable strain sensors and supercapacitors, offering a pathway to durable, skin-like electronics. He also made significant strides in dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs), developing a carbon nanotube-polymer bilayer electrode that dramatically improved actuation stability and strain—a key challenge in the field, cited 67 times. Additionally, Peng engineered a dual-stimuli-responsive polymer composite capable of ultrawide tunable stiffness, triggered by water and temperature, a breakthrough for reconfigurable devices and soft robotics. His work is characterized by its practical impact, addressing real-world limitations in material performance and multifunctionality. With a growing citation record, Peng is establishing himself as a key innovator in stimuli-responsive and stretchable materials.