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 …

In this Colloquium recent advances in the field of quantum heat transport are reviewed. This
topic has been investigated theoretically for several decades, but only during the past 20 …

Differential geometry offers a powerful framework for optimising and characterising finite-
time thermodynamic processes, both classical and quantum. Here, we start by a …

The full optimization of a quantum heat engine requires operating at high power, high
efficiency, and high stability (ie, low power fluctuations). However, these three objectives …

We adopt a geometric approach to describe the performance of adiabatic quantum
machines, operating under slow time-dependent driving and in contact with two reservoirs …

The optimal control of open quantum systems is a challenging task but has a key role in
improving existing quantum information processing technologies. We introduce a general …

The second law of thermodynamics dictates that heat simultaneously flows from the hot to
cold bath on average. To go beyond this picture, a range of works in the past decade show …

Understanding the thermodynamics of driven quantum systems strongly coupled to thermal
baths is a central focus of quantum thermodynamics and mesoscopic physics. A variety of …

The thermodynamic uncertainty relation, quantifying a trade-off among average current, the
associated fluctuation (precision), and entropy production (cost), has been formulated at …

The thermodynamic uncertainty relation, originally derived for classical Markov-jump
processes, provides a tradeoff relation between precision and dissipation, deepening our …