Biomolecular machines are protein complexes that convert between different forms of free
energy. They are utilized in nature to accomplish many cellular tasks. As isothermal …

We consider the optimization of a finite-time Carnot engine characterized by small
dissipations. We bound the power with a simple inequality and show that the optimal …

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 study a relationship between optimal transport theory and stochastic thermodynamics for
the Fokker-Planck equation. We show that the lower bound on the entropy production is the …

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 …

The dissipation generated during a quasistatic thermodynamic process can be
characterised by introducing a metric on the space of Gibbs states, in such a way that …

Active constituents burn fuel to sustain individual motion, giving rise to collective effects that
are not seen in systems at thermal equilibrium, such as phase separation with purely …

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 …

A fundamental result of thermodynamic geometry is that the optimal, minimal-work protocol
that drives a nonequilibrium system between two thermodynamic states in the slow-driving …