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Most efficient quantum thermoelectric at finite power output by Whitney, Robert S

“…Machines are only Carnot efficient if they are reversible, but then their power output is vanishingly small. Here we ask, what is the maximum efficiency of an…”
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Fundamental aspects of steady-state conversion of heat to work at the nanoscale by Benenti, Giuliano, Casati, Giulio, Saito, Keiji, Whitney, Robert S.

“…In recent years, the study of heat to work conversion has been re-invigorated by nanotechnology. Steady-state devices do this conversion without any…”
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Non-Markovian quantum thermodynamics: laws and fluctuation theorems by Whitney, Robert S.

“…This work brings together thermodynamics and nonequilibrium quantum theory, by showing that a real-time diagrammatic technique on the Keldysh contour is an…”
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Nonequilibrium System as a Demon by Sánchez, Rafael, Splettstoesser, Janine, Whitney, Robert S

“…Maxwell demons are creatures that are imagined to be able to reduce the entropy of a system without performing any work on it. Conventionally, such a Maxwell…”
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Signature of the transition to a bound state in thermoelectric quantum transport by Jussiau, Étienne, Hasegawa, Masahiro, Whitney, Robert S.

“…We study a quantum dot coupled to two semiconducting reservoirs, when the dot level and the electrochemical potential are both close to a band edge in the…”
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Quantum Coherent Three-Terminal Thermoelectrics: Maximum Efficiency at Given Power Output by Whitney, Robert S

“…This work considers the nonlinear scattering theory for three-terminal thermoelectric devices used for power generation or refrigeration. Such systems are…”
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Non-equilibrium system as a demon by Whitney, Robert S, Sánchez, Rafael, Splettstoesser, Janine, Whitney, Robert S.

“…Maxwell demons are creatures that are imagined to be able to reduce the entropy of a system without performing any work on it. Conventionally, such a Maxwell…”
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Finding the quantum thermoelectric with maximal efficiency and minimal entropy production at given power output by Whitney, Robert S.

“…We investigate the nonlinear scattering theory for quantum systems with strong Seebeck and Peltier effects, and consider their use as heat engines and…”
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Multiple perfectly transmitting states of a single level at strong coupling by Jussiau, Étienne, Whitney, Robert S.

“…We study transport through a single-level system placed between two reservoirs with band-structure, taking strong level-reservoir coupling of the order of the…”
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Reservoir-Free Decoherence in Flying Qubits by Piccione, Nicolò, Bresque, Léa, Jordan, Andrew N, Whitney, Robert S, Auffèves, Alexia

“…An effective time-dependent Hamiltonian can be implemented by making a quantum system fly through an inhomogeneous potential, realizing, for example, a quantum…”
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Temperature can enhance coherent oscillations at a Landau-Zener transition by Whitney, Robert S, Clusel, Maxime, Ziman, Timothy

“…We consider sweeping a system through a Landau-Zener avoided crossing, when that system is also coupled to an environment or noise. Unsurprisingly, we find…”
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Comment on "Inconsistency of the conventional theory of superconductivity" by Hirsch J. E by Basko, Denis M., Whitney, Robert S.

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Fit for Purpose Assessment: A New Direction for IACUCs by Kinter, Lewis B, Johnson, David K, Weichbrod, Robert H, Prentice, Ernest D, Simmonds, Richard C, Houghton, Paul W, Whitney, Jr, Robert A, DeGeorge, Joseph, DeHaven, W Ron, Kramer, Klaas, DeTolla, Louis

“…The organization and function of the institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) is the key component of government regulation and oversight of…”
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Coherent thermoelectric effects in mesoscopic Andreev interferometers by Jacquod, Ph, Whitney, Robert S

“…We investigate thermoelectric transport through quantum chaotic, ballistic mesoscopic Andreev interferometers. We show that the ratio of the thermal and the…”
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Limitations in Quantum Computing from Resource Constraints by Fellous-Asiani, Marco, Chai, Jing Hao, Whitney, Robert S., Auffèves, Alexia, Ng, Hui Khoon

“…Fault-tolerant schemes can use error correction to make a quantum computation arbitrarily ac- curate, provided that errors per physical component are smaller…”
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Origins of US Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training by Johnson, David K, DeTolla, Louis J, Houghton, Paul W, Clarke, George L, Taylor, James F, Whitney, Jr, Robert A

“…The US Government Principles for the use of animals in research are a landmark statement of ethical values and guidance for the biomedical research community…”
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Thermoelectric coefficients and the figure of merit for large open quantum dots by Whitney, Robert S, Saito, Keiji

“…We consider the thermoelectric response of chaotic or disordered quantum dots in the limit of phase-coherent transport, statistically described by random…”
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Shot noise in semiclassical chaotic cavities by Whitney, Robert S, Jacquod, Ph

“…We construct a trajectory-based semiclassical theory of shot noise in clean chaotic cavities. In the universal regime of vanishing Ehrenfest time tau(E), we…”
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Huge conductance peak caused by symmetry in double quantum dots by Whitney, Robert S, Marconcini, P, Macucci, M

“…We predict a huge interference effect contributing to the conductance through large ultraclean quantum dots of chaotic shape. When a double-dot structure is…”
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Adiabatic almost-topological pumping of fractional charges in noninteracting quantum dots by Hasegawa, Masahiro, Jussiau, Étienne, Whitney, Robert S.

“…We use exact techniques to demonstrate theoretically the pumping of fractional charges in a single-level non-interacting quantum dot, when the dot-reservoir…”
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