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Roadmap on Quantum Thermodynamics

Steve Campbell·Irene D'Amico·Mario A. Ciampini·Janet Anders·Natalia Ares·Simone Artini·Alexia Auffèves·Lindsay Bassman Oftelie·Laetitia P. Bettmann·Marcus V. S. Bonança·Thomas Busch·Michele Campisi·Moallison F. Cavalcante·Luis A. Correa·Eloisa Cuestas·Ceren B. Dag·Salambô Dago·Sebastian Deffner·Adolfo Del Campo·Andreas Deutschmann-Olek·Sandro Donadi·Emery Doucet·Cyril Elouard·Klaus Ensslin·Paul Erker·Nicole Fabbri·Federico Fedele·Guilherme Fiusa·Thomás Fogarty·Joshua Folk·Giacomo Guarnieri·Abhaya S. Hegde·Santiago Hernández-Gómez·Chang-Kang Hu·Fernando Iemini·Bayan Karimi·Nikolai Kiesel·Gabriel T. Landi·Aleksander Lasek·Sergei Lemziakov·Gabriele Lo Monaco·Eric Lutz·Dmitrii Lvov·Olivier Maillet·Mohammad Mehboudi·Taysa M. Mendonça·Harry J. D. Miller·Andrew K. Mitchell·Mark T. Mitchison·Victor Mukherjee·Mauro Paternostro·Jukka Pekola·Martí Perarnau-Llobet·Ulrich Poschinger·Alberto Rolandi·Dario Rosa·Rafael Sánchez·Alan C. Santos·Roberto S. Sarthour·Eran Sela·Andrea Solfanelli·Alexandre M. Souza·Janine Splettstoesser·Dian Tan·Ludovico Tesser·Tan Van Vu·Artur Widera·Nicole Yunger Halpern·Krissia Zawadzki
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Abstract

The last two decades has seen quantum thermodynamics become a well established field of research in its own right. In that time, it has demonstrated a remarkably broad applicability, ranging from providing foundational advances in the understanding of how thermodynamic principles apply at the nano-scale and in the presence of quantum coherence, to providing a guiding framework for the development of efficient quantum devices. Exquisite levels of control have allowed state-of-the-art experimental platforms to explore energetics and thermodynamics at the smallest scales which has in turn helped to drive theoretical advances. This Roadmap provides an overview of the recent developments across many of the field's sub-disciplines, assessing the key challenges and future prospects, providing a guide for its near term progress.

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Steve Campbell, Irene D'Amico, Mario A. Ciampini, Janet Anders, Natalia Ares, Simone Artini, Alexia Auffèves, Lindsay Bassman Oftelie, Laetitia P. Bettmann, Marcus V. S. Bonança, Thomas Busch, Michele Campisi, Moallison F. Cavalcante, Luis A. Correa, Eloisa Cuestas, Ceren B. Dag, Salambô Dago, Sebastian Deffner, Adolfo Del Campo, Andreas Deutschmann-Olek, Sandro Donadi, Emery Doucet, Cyril Elouard, Klaus Ensslin, Paul Erker, Nicole Fabbri, Federico Fedele, Guilherme Fiusa, Thomás Fogarty, Joshua Folk, Giacomo Guarnieri, Abhaya S. Hegde, Santiago Hernández-Gómez, Chang-Kang Hu, Fernando Iemini, Bayan Karimi, Nikolai Kiesel, Gabriel T. Landi, Aleksander Lasek, Sergei Lemziakov, Gabriele Lo Monaco, Eric Lutz, Dmitrii Lvov, Olivier Maillet, Mohammad Mehboudi, Taysa M. Mendonça, Harry J. D. Miller, Andrew K. Mitchell, Mark T. Mitchison, Victor Mukherjee, Mauro Paternostro, Jukka Pekola, Martí Perarnau-Llobet, Ulrich Poschinger, Alberto Rolandi, Dario Rosa, Rafael Sánchez, Alan C. Santos, Roberto S. Sarthour, Eran Sela, Andrea Solfanelli, Alexandre M. Souza, Janine Splettstoesser, Dian Tan, Ludovico Tesser, Tan Van Vu, Artur Widera, Nicole Yunger Halpern, Krissia Zawadzki. 2026-02-01. Roadmap on Quantum Thermodynamics. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565%2Fae1e27

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