Stochastic thermodynamics lays down a broad framework to revisit the venerable concepts
of heat, work and entropy production for individual stochastic trajectories of mesoscopic …

We consider the optimization of a finite-time Carnot engine characterized by small
dissipations. We bound the power with a simple inequality and show that the optimal …

We develop a general framework to describe the thermodynamics of microscopic heat
engines driven by arbitrary periodic temperature variations and modulations of a mechanical …

A central task in finite-time thermodynamics is to minimize the excess or dissipated work W
diss when manipulating the state of a system immersed in a thermal bath. We consider this …

We derive a universal bound on generalized currents in Langevin systems in terms of the
mean-square fluctuations of the current and the total entropy production. This bound …

We extend a class of recently derived thermodynamic uncertainty relations to vector-valued
observables. In contrast to the scalar-valued observables examined previously, this …

According to the laws of thermodynamics, no heat engine can beat the efficiency of a Carnot
cycle. This efficiency traditionally comes with vanishing power output and practical designs …

When do nonequilibrium forms of disordered energy qualify as heat? We address this
question in the context of cyclically operating heat engines feeding on nonequilibrium …

We analyze the performance of slowly driven meso-and microscale refrigerators and heat
engines that operate between two thermal baths with a small temperature difference. Using …

The finite-time dynamics, apart from its fundamental importance in nonequilibrium
thermodynamics, is of great significance in designing heat engine cycles. We build an …