BACKGROUND Levitation of large objects has become a widely used technique in science
and engineering, and the control of levitated nano-and micro-objects in vacuum has gained …

Recent years have seen tremendous progress in the theoretical understanding of quantum
systems driven dissipatively by coupling to different baths at their edges. This was possible …

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 …

Optomechanics is concerned with the use of light to control mechanical objects. As a field, it
has been hugely successful in the production of precise and novel sensors, the …

The ability of the internal states of a working fluid to be in a coherent superposition is one of
the basic properties of a quantum heat engine. It was recently predicted that in the regime of …

Heat engines convert thermal energy into mechanical work and generally involve a large
number of particles. We report the experimental realization of a single-atom heat engine. An …

This topical review article gives an overview of the interplay between quantum information
theory and thermodynamics of quantum systems. We focus on several trending topics …

Can collective quantum effects make a difference in a meaningful thermodynamic
operation? Focusing on energy storage and batteries, we demonstrate that quantum …

Thermodynamics is a science concerning the state of a system, whether it is stable,
metastable or unstable, when interacting with the surroundings. In this overview …

The study of open quantum systems often relies on approximate master equations derived
under the assumptions of weak coupling to the environment. However when the system is …