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 …

Electronic circuits operating at sub-kelvin temperatures are attractive candidates for studying
classical and quantum thermodynamics: their temperature can be controlled and measured …

Understanding the general principles underlying strongly interacting quantum states out of
equilibrium is one of the most important tasks of current theoretical physics. With …

Topological states of matter are characterized by topological invariants, which are physical
quantities whose values are quantized and do not depend on the details of the system (such …

Cyclical heat engines are a paradigm of classical thermodynamics, but are impractical for
miniaturization because they rely on moving parts. A more recent concept is particle …

Quantum thermodynamics is emerging both as a topic of fundamental research and as a
means to understand and potentially improve the performance of quantum devices,,,,,,,,–. A …

Quasiparticles with fractional charge and fractional statistics are key features of the fractional
quantum Hall effect. We discuss in detail the definitions of fractional charge and statistics …

Thermal transport in individual atomic junctions and chains is of great fundamental interest
because of the distinctive quantum effects expected to arise in them. By using novel, custom …

Energy dissipation is a fundamental process governing the dynamics of physical, chemical
and biological systems. It is also one of the main characteristics that distinguish quantum …

The quantum of thermal conductance of ballistic (collisionless) one-dimensional channels is
a unique fundamental constant. Although the quantization of the electrical conductance of …