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 …

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

Thermoelectric effects in metals are typically small due to the nearly perfect particle–hole
symmetry around their Fermi surface. Furthermore, thermo-phase effects and linear …

We review the use of hybrid thin films composed of superconductors and ferromagnets for
creating non-reciprocal electronic components and self-biased detectors of electromagnetic …

Not so long ago, thermoelectricity in superconductors was believed to be possible only by
breaking explicitly the particle-hole (PH) symmetry. Recently, it has been theoretically …

We theoretically investigate a quantum heat diode based on two interacting flux qubits
coupled to two heat baths. Rectification of heat currents is achieved by asymmetrically …

We propose a passive single-photon detector based on the bipolar thermoelectric effect
occurring in tunnel junctions between two different superconductors thanks to spontaneous …

Superconducting tunnel junctions constitute the units of superconducting quantum circuits
and are massively used both for quantum sensing and quantum computation. In previous …

Superconductors are excellent thermal insulators at low temperatures owing to the presence
of an energy gap in their density of states. Through the so-called proximity effect …

Technologies operating on the basis of quantum mechanical laws and resources such as
phase coherence and entanglement are expected to revolutionize our future. Quantum …