Roadmap on Quantum Thermodynamics
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2504.20145,
title = {Roadmap on Quantum Thermodynamics},
author = {Steve Campbell and Irene D'Amico and Mario A. Ciampini and Janet Anders and Natalia Ares and Simone Artini and Alexia Auffèves and Lindsay Bassman Oftelie and Laetitia P. Bettmann and Marcus V. S. Bonança and Thomas Busch and Michele Campisi and Moallison F. Cavalcante and Luis A. Correa and Eloisa Cuestas and Ceren B. Dag and Salambô Dago and Sebastian Deffner and Adolfo Del Campo and Andreas Deutschmann-Olek and Sandro Donadi and Emery Doucet and Cyril Elouard and Klaus Ensslin and Paul Erker and Nicole Fabbri and Federico Fedele and Guilherme Fiusa and Thomás Fogarty and Joshua Folk and Giacomo Guarnieri and Abhaya S. Hegde and Santiago Hernández-Gómez and Chang-Kang Hu and Fernando Iemini and Bayan Karimi and Nikolai Kiesel and Gabriel T. Landi and Aleksander Lasek and Sergei Lemziakov and Gabriele Lo Monaco and Eric Lutz and Dmitrii Lvov and Olivier Maillet and Mohammad Mehboudi and Taysa M. Mendonça and Harry J. D. Miller and Andrew K. Mitchell and Mark T. Mitchison and Victor Mukherjee and Mauro Paternostro and Jukka Pekola and Martí Perarnau-Llobet and Ulrich Poschinger and Alberto Rolandi and Dario Rosa and Rafael Sánchez and Alan C. Santos and Roberto S. Sarthour and Eran Sela and Andrea Solfanelli and Alexandre M. Souza and Janine Splettstoesser and Dian Tan and Ludovico Tesser and Tan Van Vu and Artur Widera and Nicole Yunger Halpern and Krissia Zawadzki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.20145},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
24 perspectives across 65 pages. Submission to "Focus on Thermodynamics in Quantum Coherent Platforms" in Quantum Science and Technology. Comments related to individual contributions should be directed to the relevant authors. V2 Close to final published version