Fundamental aspects of steady-state conversion of heat to work at the nanoscale

DOI10.1016/j.physrep.2017.05.008zbMath1370.82037arXiv1608.05595OpenAlexW3098449422WikidataQ59456452 ScholiaQ59456452MaRDI QIDQ2405345

Giulio Casati, Giuliano Benenti, Keiji Saito, Robert S. Whitney

Publication date: 25 September 2017

Published in: Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.05595

zbMATH Keywords

second law of thermodynamicsscattering theoryquantum Hall effectentropy productionOnsager relationsmaster equationsquantum thermodynamicsquantum point contactsquantum transportnon-equilibrium thermodynamicsAndreev reflectionquantum dotslinear responsethermoelectricitySeebeck effectfinite-time thermodynamicsthermal conductancestochastic thermodynamicsdynamical quantum systemsPeltier coolingthermoelectric figure of merit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Quantum dots, waveguides, ratchets, etc. (81Q37)

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