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 …

This is a graduate level textbook in nanoscale heat transfer and energy conversion that can
also be used as a reference for researchers in the developing field of nanoengineering. It …

Thermodynamics at the nanoscale is known to differ significantly from its familiar
macroscopic counterpart: The possibility of state transitions is not determined by free energy …

The study shows that presence of the quantum coherent, unitary component of the evolution
of the system can improve constancy of heat engines, ie, decrease fluctuations of the output …

With rising science contents of the engineering research and education, we give examples
of the quest for fundamental understanding of heat transfer at the atomic level. These …

The efficiency of a thermal engine working in the linear response regime in a multi-terminal
configuration is discussed. For the generic three-terminal case, we provide a general …

Microscopic heat engines are microscale systems that convert energy flows between heat
reservoirs into work or systematic motion. We have experimentally realized a minimal …

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 …

We generalize the theory of thermoelectrics to include coherent electron systems under
adiabatic ac driving, accounting for quantum pumping of charge and heat, as well as for the …

We introduce a general framework for analyzing the thermodynamics of small systems that
are driven by both a periodic temperature variation and some external parameter …