At the dawn of thermodynamics, Carnot's constraint on efficiency of heat engines stimulated
the formulation of one of the most universal physical principles, the second law of …

We retrospect three abstract models for heat engines which include a classic abstract model
in textbook of thermal physics, a primary abstract model for finite-time heat engines, and a …

The efficiency of quantum heat engines is a stochastic quantity owing to the presence of
thermal and quantum fluctuations. We here extend the standard two-projective …

It is investigated whether non-Markovianity, ie, the memory effects resulting from the
coupling of the system to its environment, can be beneficial for the performance of quantum …

We calculate analytically the stochastic thermodynamic properties of an isothermal
Brownian engine driven by a duo of time-periodic forces, including its Onsager coefficients …

Fluctuations of thermodynamic quantities become non-negligible and play an important role
when the system size is small. We develop finite-time thermodynamics of fluctuations in …

We study the heat transfer between two nanoparticles held at different temperatures that
interact through nonreciprocal forces, by combining molecular dynamics simulations with …

We study experimentally and theoretically the steady-state dynamics of a simple stochastic
electronic system featuring two resistor-capacitor circuits coupled by a third capacitor. The …

Microorganisms such as bacteria are active matter which consume chemical energy and
generate their unique run-and-tumble motion. A swarm of such microorganisms provide a …

Nanoscale machines are strongly influenced by thermal fluctuations, contrary to their
macroscopic counterparts. As a consequence, even the efficiency of such microscopic …