We present an extensive introduction to quantum collision models (CMs), also known as
repeated interactions schemes: a class of microscopic system–bath models for investigating …

The inexorable miniaturisation of technologies, the relentless drive to improve efficiency and
the enticing prospect of boosting performance through quantum effects are all compelling …

Open systems of coupled qubits are ubiquitous in quantum physics. Finding a suitable
master equation to describe their dynamics is therefore a crucial task that must be …

We introduce the idea of weakly coherent collisional models, where the elements of an
environment interacting with a system of interest are prepared in states that are …

Controlled quantum machines have matured significantly. A natural next step is to
increasingly grant them autonomy, freeing them from time-dependent external control. For …

The characterization and control of quantum effects in the performance of thermodynamic
tasks may open new avenues for small thermal machines working in the nanoscale. We …

Nonequilibrium effects may have a profound impact on the performance of thermal devices
performing thermodynamic tasks such as refrigeration or heat pum**. The possibility of …

Quantum coherence is one of the fundamental aspects distinguishing classical and quantum
theories. Coherence between different energy eigenstates is particularly important, as it …

All clocks, in some form or another, use the evolution of nature toward higher entropy states
to quantify the passage of time. Because of the statistical nature of the second law and …

We find necessary and sufficient conditions to determine the interconvertibility of quantum
systems under time-translation covariant evolution, and use it to solve several problems in …