Engines are systems and devices that convert one form of energy into another, typically into
a more useful form that can perform work. In the classical setup, physical, chemical, and …

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 …

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

We review recent progress in optimal control in stochastic thermodynamics. Theoretical
advances provide in-depth insight into minimum-dissipation control with either full or limited …

Thermodynamic uncertainty relations express a trade-off between precision, defined as the
noise-to-signal ratio of a generic current, and the amount of associated entropy production …

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

Stochastic thermodynamics has revolutionized our understanding of heat engines operating
in finite time. Recently, numerous studies have considered the optimal operation of …

Tremendous research efforts have been invested in exploring and designing so-called
shortcuts to adiabaticity. These are finite-time processes that produce the same final states …

Starting from the observation that the reduced state of a system strongly coupled to a bath is,
in general, an athermal state, we introduce and study a cyclic battery–charger quantum …