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20052025
most citedWeighted reciprocal of temperature, weighted thermal flux, and their applications in finite-time thermodynamics

42 citations · 100 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

physics.optics2025

Recursive Inverse Design Enables Hyper-spectral Photonic Integrated Circuits

Hao He, Zengji Tu, Yuanlei Wang +9

Spectrum manipulation is central to photonic systems, where advanced computing and sensing applications often demand highly complex spectral responses to achieve high throughput. C…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025★ 1 cited

A minimal model with stochastically broken reciprocity

Z. C. Tu

We introduce a minimal model consisting of a two-body system with stochastically broken reciprocity (i.e., random violation of Newton's third law) and then investigate its statisti…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024

Thermodynamic Geometric Control of Active Matter

Yating Wang, Enmai Lei, Yu-Han Ma +2

Active matter represents a class of non-equilibrium systems that constantly dissipate energy to produce directed motion. The thermodynamic control of active matter holds great pote…

quant-ph2019★ 4 cited

The Duality in Quantum Work

Bao-Ming Xu, Zhan-Chun Tu, Jian Zou

An open question of fundamental importance in quantum thermodynamics is how to describe the statistics of work for initial state with quantum coherence. In this paper, work statist…

cond-mat.stat-mech2013★ 42 cited

Weighted reciprocal of temperature, weighted thermal flux, and their applications in finite-time thermodynamics

Shiqi Sheng, Z. C. Tu

The concepts of weighted reciprocal of temperature and weighted thermal flux are proposed for a heat engine operating between two heat baths and outputting mechanical work. With th…

cond-mat.soft2007★ 29 cited

Concise theory of chiral lipid membranes

Z. C. Tu, U. Seifert

A theory of chiral lipid membranes is proposed on the basis of a concise free energy density which includes the contributions of the bending and the surface tension of membranes, a…