We present an overview of recent advances in the study of energy dynamics and
mechanisms for energy conversion in qubit systems with special focus on realizations in …

Heat engines convert thermal energy into mechanical work and generally involve a large
number of particles. We report the experimental realization of a single-atom heat engine. An …

An open question of fundamental importance in thermodynamics is how to describe the
fluctuations of work for quantum coherent processes. In the standard approach, based on a …

This article sets up a new formalism to investigate stochastic thermodynamics in the
quantum regime, where stochasticity and irreversibility primarily come from quantum …

Two topics, evolving rapidly in separate fields, were combined recently: the out-of-time-
ordered correlator (OTOC) signals quantum-information scrambling in many-body systems …

Energy storage is a basic physical process with many applications. When considering this
task at the quantum scale, it becomes important to optimise the non-equilibrium dynamics of …

One of the most important goals in quantum thermodynamics is to demonstrate advantages
of themodynamic protocols over their classical counterparts. For that, it is necessary to (i) …

For closed quantum systems driven away from equilibrium, work is often defined in terms of
projective measurements of initial and final energies. This definition leads to statistical …

Generalized measurements may allow the control of its back-action on the quantum system
by interpolating from a very weak to strong projective action. Such a measurement can fuel a …

The thermodynamics of quantum systems driven out of equilibrium has attracted increasing
attention in the last decade, in connection with quantum information and statistical physics …