An open question of fundamental importance in thermodynamics is how to describe the
fluctuations of work for quantum coherent processes. In the standard approach, based on a …

Thermal operations are a generic description for allowed state transitions under
thermodynamic restrictions. However, the quest for simpler methods to encompass all these …

Recent years have enjoyed an overwhelming interest in quantum thermodynamics, a field of
research aimed at understanding thermodynamic tasks performed in the quantum regime …

Resource theories are a generic approach used to manage any valuable resource, such as
entanglement, purity, and asymmetry. Such frameworks are characterized by two main …

We investigate catalysis in the framework of elementary thermal operations, leveraging the
distinct features of such operations to illuminate catalytic dynamics. As groundwork, we …

Sadi Carnot's theorem regarding the maximum efficiency of heat engines is considered to be
of fundamental importance in thermodynamics. This theorem famously states that the …

Recent work using tools from quantum information theory has shown that for small systems
where quantum effects become prevalent, there is not one thermodynamical second law but …

Heat engines constitute the major building blocks of modern technologies. However,
conventional heat engines with higher power yield lesser efficiency and vice versa and …

Thermodynamics is traditionally constrained to the study of macroscopic systems whose
energy fluctuations are negligible compared to their average energy. Here, we push beyond …

In the study of thermodynamics for nanoscale quantum systems, a family of quantities known
as generalized free energies have been derived as necessary and sufficient conditions that …