In recent years, the study of heat to work conversion has been re-invigorated by
nanotechnology. Steady-state devices do this conversion without any macroscopic moving …

Quantum thermodynamics addresses the emergence of thermodynamic laws from quantum
mechanics. The viewpoint advocated is based on the intimate connection of quantum …

Quantum thermodynamics supplies a consistent description of quantum heat engines and
refrigerators up to a single few-level system coupled to the environment. Once 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 …

Quantum Thermodynamics is a continuous dialogue between two independent theories:
Thermodynamics and Quantum Mechanics. Whenever the two theories have addressed the …

The most accepted version of the third law of thermodynamics, the unattainability principle,
states that any process cannot reach absolute zero temperature in a finite number of steps …

Classical thermodynamics is unrivalled in its range of applications and relevance to
everyday life. It enables a description of complex systems, made up of microscopic particles …

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

The performance characteristics of a heat rectifier and a heat pump are studied in a non-
Markovian framework. The device is constructed from a molecule connected to a hot and …

The third law of thermodynamics in the form of the unattainability principle states that exact
ground-state cooling requires infinite resources. Here, we investigate the amount of …