In this Colloquium recent advances in the field of quantum heat transport are reviewed. This
topic has been investigated theoretically for several decades, but only during the past 20 …

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 present an experimental realization of an autonomous Maxwell's demon, which extracts
microscopic information from a system and reduces its entropy by applying feedback. It is …

Classical and quantum electronic circuits provide ideal platforms to investigate stochastic
thermodynamics, and they have served as a stepping stone to realize Maxwell's Demons …

Coherent laser radiation has enabled many scientific and technological breakthroughs
including Bose–Einstein condensates, ultrafast spectroscopy, superresolution optical …

We demonstrate high-temperature thermoelectric conversion in InAs/InP nanowire quantum
dots by taking advantage of their strong electronic confinement. The electrical conductance …

We present a simple on-chip electronic thermometer with the potential to operate down to 1
mK. It is based on transport through a single normal-metal–superconductor tunnel junction …

We investigate the electrical and thermal transport properties of the α− T3 based normal
metal–insulator–superconductor (NIS) junction using Blonder–Tinkham–Klapwijk theory. We …

A. Svilans et al./CR Physique 17 (2016) 1096–1108 1097 est de disposer de méthodes pour
imposer des gradients thermiques aux échelles nanométriques. Nous rappelons brièvement …

Self-oscillation is a phenomenon studied across many scientific disciplines, including the
engineering of efficient heat engines and electric generators. We investigate the single …