We analyze the transient response of quantum dot thermal machines that can be driven by hyperfine interaction acting as a source of classical information. Our setup comprises a quantum dot coupled to two contacts that drive heat flow while coupled to a nuclear spin bath. The quantum dot thermal machines operate both as batteries and as engines, dep...
Solid state thermoelectric cooling is based on the electronic Peltier effect, which cools via an electronic heat current in the absence of an applied temperature gradient. In this work, we demonstrate that equivalently, a phonon Peltier effect may arise in the non-linear thermoelectric transport regime of a dissipative quantum dot thermoelectric se...
We discuss the general-relativisticcontributions which occur in the electromagneticproperties of a superconductor with a heat flow. Theappearance of a general-relativistic contribution to themagnetic flux through a superconducting thermoelectricbimetallic circuit is shown. The response of theJosephson junctions to a heat flow is investigated inthe ...