Some of the oldest and most important applications of thermodynamics are operations of
refrigeration as well as production of useful energy. Part of the efforts to understand and …

The advantages of quantum effects in several technologies, such as computation and
communication, have already been well appreciated. Some devices, such as quantum …

A comprehensive approach to modeling open quantum systems consistent with
thermodynamics is presented. The theory of open quantum systems is employed to define …

The introduction of the quantum analogue of a Carnot engine based on a bath comprising of
particles with a small amount of coherence initiated an active line of research on the …

We consider thermal machines powered by locally equilibrium reservoirs that share
classical or quantum correlations. The reservoirs are modeled by the so-called collisional …

We analyze the performance of a quantum Otto cycle, employing a time-dependent
harmonic oscillator as the working fluid undergoing sudden expansion and compression …

One of the principal objectives of quantum thermodynamics is to explore quantum effects
and their potential beneficial role in thermodynamic tasks like work extraction or …

We present an exact analytical solution of the anisotropic Hopfield model, and we use it to
investigate in detail the spectral and thermometric response of two ultrastrongly coupled …

The appearance of steady-state coherence (SSC) from system-bath interactions proves that
quantum effects can appear without an external drive. Such SSC could become a resource …

In this study we investigate how correlations of a multipartite quantum system affect its
thermodynamics when subsystems of which interact with a thermal reservoir in a cascaded …