Open Quantum Systems & Thermodynamics

The Gelbwaser-Klimovsky Group

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Research

We are a theoretical group exploring how the principles of thermodynamics apply to a wide range of systems. Our research unveils fundamental mechanisms of nature spanning through physics, chemistry, biology and nanotechnology.

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Featured Publications

How to use Casimir forces and non-reciprocal materials to build a nano heat engine without contact among its part?​

Physical Review Letters 126, 170401 (2021);

What are the fundamental differences between a quantum and a classical heat machine?

Physical Review Letters 120, 170601 (2018);

How can population oscillations occur without quantum coherences? How do systems that violate detailed balance thermalize?

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 16, 4066 (2025);

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Collaborations

Casimir Engines: Prof. Mehran Kardar, MIT, USA

Casimir Engines: Prof. Matthias Kruger, University of Gottingen, Germany 

Casimir Engines: Prof. Noah Graham, Middlebury College, USA

Thermal Cycles for Solar Cells: Prof. Elizabeth von Hauff Fraunhofer FEP/TU Dresden 

Thermal Cycles for Solar Cells: Prof. Robert Alicki, Gdansk University, Poland 

Thermal Cycles For Solar Cells: Prof. Alejandro Jenkins, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Passive States and Chemical Potential: Prof. Uri Peskin, Technion, Israel

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Dr. David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky

David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky is an Assistant Professor at the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology. He is also a member of the Helen Diller Quantum Center and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute.

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