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 seminal work by Sadi Carnot in the early nineteenth century provided the blueprint of a
reversible heat engine and the celebrated second law of thermodynamics eventually …

Quantum heat engines are subjected to quantum fluctuations related to their discrete energy
spectra. Such fluctuations question the reliable operation of thermal machines in the …

Engines are systems and devices that convert one form of energy into another, typically into
a more useful form that can perform work. In the classical setup, physical, chemical, and …

We introduce the multipartite collision model, defined in terms of elementary interactions
between subsystems and ancillas, and show that it can simulate the Markovian dynamics of …

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 …

We consider a micromaser model of a quantum battery, where the battery is a single mode
of the electromagnetic field in a cavity, charged via repeated interactions with a stream of …

We consider a finite-time quantum Otto cycle with single-and two spin-1/2 systems as its
working medium. To mimic adiabatic dynamics at a finite time, we employ a shortcut-to …

Real quantum heat engines lack the separation of time and length scales that is
characteristic for classical engines. They must be understood as open quantum systems in …

Theoretical treatments of periodically driven quantum thermal machines (PD-QTMs) are
largely focused on the limit-cycle stage of operation characterized by a periodic state of the …