In the past decade, a new research frontier emerges at the interface between physics and
renewable energy, termed as inelastic thermoelectric effects, where inelastic transport …

The temperature of a physical system is operationally defined in physics as “that quantity
which is measured by a thermometer” weakly coupled to, and at equilibrium with the system …

We describe nonlinear phonon-thermoelectric devices where charge current and electronic
and phononic heat currents are coupled, driven by voltage and temperature biases, when …

We present a general unified approach for the study of quantum thermal machines,
including both heat engines and refrigerators, operating under periodic adiabatic driving …

Mechanical resonators based on a single carbon nanotube are exceptional sensors of mass
and force. The force sensitivity in these ultralight resonators is often limited by the noise in …

Nanomechanical resonators are used with great success to couple mechanical motion to
other degrees of freedom, such as photons, spins and electrons,. The motion of a …

We study the statistical properties of charge and energy transport in electron conducting
junctions with electron-phonon interactions, specifically, the thermoelectric efficiency and its …

We discuss a quantum thermal machine that generates power from a thermally driven
double quantum dot coupled to normal and superconducting reservoirs. Energy exchange …

Recent breakthroughs in quantum-dot circuit-quantum-electrodynamics systems are
promising both from fundamental perspectives and from the point of view of quantum …

We consider a finite quantum system under slow driving and weakly coupled to thermal
reservoirs at different temperatures. We present a systematic derivation of the quantum …