Project description
Turning tiny fluctuations into quantum fuel
At the nanoscale, thermodynamics becomes messy. Classical ideas based on average quantities, such as pressure or temperature, are no longer sufficient when quantum fluctuations take over. But what if these fluctuations could be harnessed? With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the FLUTE project explores how to use these unpredictable energy blips to power nanoscale quantum machines. FLUTE focuses on exotic materials, such as 2D conductors hosting strange particles known as anyons, and taps into unconventional energy sources. By combining expertise in quantum transport, thermodynamics, and condensed matter physics, the project paves the way for future quantum devices that run not only despite fluctuations, but also because of them.
Objective
Classical thermodynamics is a long-standing successful theory using macroscopic average quantities like pressure, volume, and temperature to describe the behaviour of everyday thermal machines. In nanophysics, it is often the case that fluctuations can become dominant over average quantities, which are therefore no longer sufficient for an accurate description of nanoscale and quantum systems. Advances in nanoelectronics have allowed researchers to engineer devices that can turn fluctuations from a nuisance into a resource to power nanoscale quantum machines. However, many questions on these fluctuation harvesting mechanisms are still open. With the theoretical project FLUTE, I will address these questions by investigating the impact of fluctuations on the performance of quantum thermal machines in nano-electronic conductors powered by unconventional resources and exhibiting topological properties. Specifically, I will consider nonthermal resources and exotic quasiparticles, called anyons, hosted in two-dimensional conductors. FLUTE seeks to generate a deeper understanding and provide novel insights on how the efficient harvesting of fluctuations at the nanoscale can be achieved. Crucially, it will bring together in a novel way the physics of anyons found in condensed matter systems with a thermodynamical analysis aimed at exploiting them as fuel for useful machines. This interdisciplinary project will combine techniques from quantum transport and strongly correlated systems, on which I am an expert, to stochastic thermodynamics and open quantum systems, on which I will receive further specific training at the host institution. FLUTE will unveil novel connections between different research fields in quantum physics. The outcomes of the project will be relevant for the design of novel types of quantum devices exploiting unconventional resources, thus contributing to the emerging field of quantum technologies, driven at the European level by the Quantum Flagship.
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- engineering and technology nanotechnology nanoelectronics
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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75007 Paris
France
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