Roadmap on quantum thermodynamics
Reviewartikel, 2026

The last two decades have 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.

Författare

Steve Campbell

University College Dublin

Mario A. Ciampini

Universität Wien

Janet Anders

Universität Potsdam

University of Exeter

Natalia Ares

University of Oxford

Simone Artini

Universita degli Studi di Palermo

Alexia Auffeves

Universiti Kebangsaan Singapura (NUS)

MajuLab

Lindsay Bassman Oftelie

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

Laetitia P. Bettmann

Trinity College Dublin

Marcus V. S. Bonanca

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Thomas Busch

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

Michele Campisi

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

Moallison F. Cavalcante

University of Maryland

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Luis A. Correa

Universidad de la Laguna

Eloisa Cuestas

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

Forschungszentrum Jülich

Ceren B. Dag

Indiana University

Harvard University

Salambo Dago

Universität Wien

Sebastian Deffner

University of Maryland

Adolfo Del Campo

Donostia International Physics Center

Université du Luxembourg

Andreas Deutschmann-Olek

Technische Universität Wien

Sandro Donadi

Universita degli Studi di Palermo

Emery Doucet

University of Maryland

Cyril Elouard

University of Lorraine

Klaus Ensslin

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH)

Paul Erker

Technische Universität Wien

Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Nicole Fabbri

Universita degli Studi di Firenze

Federico Fedele

University of Oxford

Guilherme Fiusa

University of Rochester

Thomas Fogarty

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

Joshua Folk

University of British Columbia (UBC)

Giacomo Guarnieri

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

Universita degli studi di Pavia

Abhaya S. Hegde

University of Rochester

Santiago Hernandez-Gomez

Universita degli Studi di Firenze

Chang-Kang Hu

Shenzhen International Quantum Academy (IQASZ)

Southern University of Science and Technology

Fernando Iemini

Universidade Federal Fluminense

Bayan Karimi

University of Chicago

Aalto-Yliopisto

Nikolai Kiesel

Universität Wien

Gabriel T. Landi

University of Rochester

Aleksander Lasek

University of Maryland

Sergei Lemziakov

Aalto-Yliopisto

Gabriele Lo Monaco

Universita degli Studi di Palermo

Eric Lutz

Universität Stuttgart

Dmitrii Lvov

Aalto-Yliopisto

Olivier Maillet

Université Paris-Saclay

Mohammad Mehboudi

Technische Universität Wien

Taysa M. Mendonca

Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP)

Harry J. D. Miller

University of Manchester

Andrew K. Mitchell

University College Dublin

Mark T. Mitchison

King's College London

Trinity College Dublin

Victor Mukherjee

Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER)

Mauro Paternostro

Universita degli Studi di Palermo

Queen's University Belfast

Jukka Pekola

Aalto-Yliopisto

Marti Perarnau-Llobet

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Ulrich Poschinger

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Alberto Rolandi

Technische Universität Wien

Dario Rosa

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Rafael Sanchez

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)

Alan C. Santos

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

Roberto S. Sarthour

Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis CBPF

Eran Sela

Tel Aviv University

Andrea Solfanelli

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Alexandre M. Souza

Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis CBPF

Janine Splettstösser

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Tillämpad kvantfysik

Dian Tan

Southern University of Science and Technology

Shenzhen International Quantum Academy (IQASZ)

Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale

Ludovico Tesser

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Tillämpad kvantfysik

Tan Van Vu

Kyoto University

Artur Widera

RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

Nicole Yunger Halpern

University of Maryland

Krissia Zawadzki

Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP)

Quantum Science and Technology

20589565 (eISSN)

Vol. 11 1 012501

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2025)

Annan fysik

Reglerteknik

DOI

10.1088/2058-9565/ae1e27

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2026-04-13