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Roles of quantum coherences in thermal machines

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Some of the oldest and most important applications of thermodynamics are operations of refrigeration as well as production of useful energy. Part of the efforts to understand and develop thermodynamics in the quantum regime have been focusing on harnessing quantum effects to such operations. In this review, we present the recent developments regarding the role of quantum coherences in the performances of thermal machines—the devices realising the above thermodynamic operations. While this is known to be an intricate subject, in part because being largely model-dependent, the review of the recent results allows us to identify some general tendencies and to suggest some future directions.

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This work is based on research supported by the South African Research Chair Initiative, Grant No. UID 64812 of the Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of South Africa and National Research Foundation of the Republic of South Africa.

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  1. Quantum Research Group, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 4001, South Africa

    Camille L. Latune, Ilya Sinayskiy & Francesco Petruccione

  2. National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP), Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 4001, South Africa

    Camille L. Latune & Francesco Petruccione

  3. School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea

    Francesco Petruccione

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Latune, C.L., Sinayskiy, I. & Petruccione, F. Roles of quantum coherences in thermal machines. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 230, 841–850 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00085-1

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