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most citedFinite-time thermodynamics: A journey beginning with optimizing heat engines

17 citations · 28 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Fluctuation theorems for autonomous work in the quantum regime

Xiu-Hua Zhao, H. T. Quan

Fluctuation theorems for work provide universal constraints on nonequilibrium fluctuations, yet their quantum generalizations often rely on externally prescribed classical driving…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025★ 2 cited

Finite-time and Finite-size scalings of coercivity in dynamic hysteresis

Miao Chen, Xiu-Hua Zhao, Yu-Han Ma

The coercivity panorama for characterizing the dynamic hysteresis in interacting systems across multiple timescales is proposed by Chen et al. in a companion paper. For the stochas…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025★ 3 cited

Coercivity Landscape Characterizes Dynamic Hysteresis

Miao Chen, Xiu-Hua Zhao, Yu-Han Ma

Hysteresis, with rich dynamical behaviors-especially in interacting systems-has drawn broad research interest. Yet its dynamic scalings across time scales lack a unified descriptio…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 2 cited

Revisiting Endo-reversible Carnot engine: Extending the Yvon engine

Xiu-Hua Zhao, Yu-Han Ma

A famous paper [Am. J. Phys. 43, 22 (1975)] unveiled the efficiency at maximum power (EMP) of the endo-reversible Carnot heat engine, now commonly referred to as the Curzon-Ahlborn…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 17 cited

Finite-time thermodynamics: A journey beginning with optimizing heat engines

Yu-Han Ma, Xiu-Hua Zhao

In this paper, we summarize the historical development of finite-time thermodynamics and review the current state of research over the past two decades in this field, focusing on f…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 4 cited

Engineering Ratchet-Based Particle Separation via Shortcuts to Isothermality

Xiu-Hua Zhao, Z. C. Tu, Yu-Han Ma

Microscopic particle separation plays vital role in various scientific and industrial domains. In this Letter, we propose a universal non-equilibrium thermodynamic approach, employ…