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 …

Simulating quantum mechanics is known to be a difficult computational problem, especially
when dealing with large systems. However, this difficulty may be overcome by using some …

Thermodynamics originated in the need to understand novel technologies developed by the
Industrial Revolution. However, over the centuries, the description of engines, refrigerators …

A quantum thermal machine is an open quantum system coupled to hot and cold thermal
baths. Thus, its dynamics can be well understood using the concepts and tools from non …

The seminal work by Sadi Carnot in the early nineteenth century provided the blueprint of a
reversible heat engine and the celebrated second law of thermodynamics eventually …

The permutational invariance of identical two-level systems allows for an exponential
reduction in the computational resources required to study the Lindblad dynamics of …

In apparent contradiction to the laws of thermodynamics, Maxwell's demon is able to
cyclically extract work from a system in contact with a thermal bath, exploiting the information …

Quantum heat engines are expected to outperform the classical counterparts due to
quantum coherences involved. Here we experimentally execute a single-ion quantum heat …

In order to describe quantum heat engines, here we systematically study isothermal and
isochoric processes for quantum thermodynamic cycles. Based on these results the …

Maxwell's demon was born in 1867 and still thrives in modern physics. He plays important
roles in clarifying the connections between two theories: thermodynamics and information …