Chemical reaction networks:
M. Bilancioni and M. Esposito, "Energy Transduction in Complex Networks with Multiple Resources: The Chemistry Paradigm", J. Chem. Phys. 163, 044106 (2025) [2505.01176].
M. Bilancioni and M. Esposito, "Gears in chemical reaction networks for optimizing energy transduction efficiency", Nature Communications 16, 5765 (2025) [2405.17960].
F. Avanzini, T. Aslyamov, E. Fodor and M. Esposito, "Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Non-Ideal Reaction-Diffusion Systems: Implications for Active Self-Organization", J. Chem. Phys. 161, 174108 (2024) [2407.09128].
S. G. Marehalli Srinivas, F. Avanzini, M. Esposito, "Thermodynamics of Growth in Open Chemical Reaction Networks", Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 268001 (2024) [2310.08336].
F. Avanzini, N. Freitas and M. Esposito, "Circuit Theory for Chemical Reaction Networks", Phys. Rev. X 13, 021041 (2023) [2210.08035].
E. Penocchio, F. Avanzini and M. Esposito, "Information Thermodynamics for Deterministic Chemical Reaction Networks", J. Chem. Phys. 157, 034110 (2022) [2204.02815].
R. Rao and M. Esposito, "Conservation Laws and Work Fluctuation Relations in Chemical Reaction Networks", J. Chem. Phys. 149, 245101 (2018) [1805.12077].
G. Falasco, R. Rao and M. Esposito, "Information Thermodynamics of Turing Patterns", Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 108301 (2018) [1803.05378].
R. Rao and M. Esposito, "Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Chemical Reaction Networks: Wisdom from Stochastic Thermodynamics", Phys. Rev. X 6, 041064 (2016) [1602.07257] (PhysOrg).
Electronics circuits:
N. Freitas, K. Proesmans and M. Esposito, "Reliability and entropy production in non-equilibrium electronic memories", Phys. Rev. E 105, 034107 (2022) [2103.01184].
N. Freitas, J-C. Delvenne and M. Esposito, "Stochastic Thermodynamics of Non-Linear Electronic Circuits: A Realistic Framework for Computing Around kT", Phys. Rev. X 11, 031064 (2021) [2008.10578].
N. Freitas, J-C. Delvenne and M. Esposito, "Stochastic and Quantum Thermodynamics of Driven RLC Networks", Phys. Rev. X 10, 031005 (2020) [1906.11233].
Fundamental bounds:
T. Aslyamov, K. Ptaszynski and M. Esposito, "Nonequilibrium Fluctuation-Response Relations: From Identities to Bounds", Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 157101 (2025) Editors' Suggestion [2410.17140].
K. Ptaszynski, T. Aslyamov, and M. Esposito, "Dissipation bounds precision of current response to kinetic perturbations", Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 227101 (2024), Editors' Suggestion [2406.08361].
T. Aslyamov and M. Esposito, "A General Theory of Static Response for Markov Jump Processes", Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 107103 (2024) [2402.13990].
N. Freitas and M. Esposito, "Emergent second law for non-equilibrium steady states", Nature Communications 13, 5084 (2022) [2109.04906].
G. Falasco and M. Esposito, "The dissipation-time uncertainty relation", Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 120604 (2020) [2002.03234] (PhysOrg).
G. Falasco, M. Esposito and J.-C. Delvenne, "Unifying Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relations", New J. Phys. 22, 053046 (2020) [1906.11360].
Stochastic Thermodynamics:
G. Falasco and M. Esposito, "Macroscopic Stochastic Thermodynamics", Rev. Mod. Phys. 97, 015002 (2025) [2307.12406].
D. Forastiere, F. Avanzini, and M. Esposito, "Dissipation in Hydrodynamics from Micro- to Macroscale: Wisdom from Boltzmann and Stochastic Thermodynamics", New J. Phys. 26, 063022 (2024) [2306.00911].
D. Forastiere, R. Rao and M. Esposito, "Linear Stochastic Thermodynamics", New J. Phys. 24, 083021 (2022) [2205.15974].
R. Rao and M. Esposito, "Detailed Fluctuation Theorems: A Unifying Perspective", Entropy 20, 635 (2018) [1807.09242].
R. Rao and M. Esposito, "Conservation Laws shape Dissipation", New J. Phys. 20, 023007 (2018) [1709.01951].
P. Strasberg and M. Esposito, "Stochastic thermodynamics in the strong coupling regime: An unambiguous approach based on coarse-graining", Phys. Rev. E 95, 062101 (2017) [1703.05098].
C. Van den Broeck and M. Esposito, "Ensemble and trajectory thermodynamics: A brief introduction", Physica A 418, 6 (2015) [1403.1777].
M. Esposito, "Stochastic thermodynamics under coarse-graining", Phys. Rev. E 85, 041125 (2012) [1112.5410].
C. Van den Broeck and M. Esposito, "The Three Faces of the Second Law: II.Fokker-Planck Formulation", Phys. Rev. E 82, 011144 (2010) [1005.1686].
M. Esposito and C. Van den Broeck, "The Three Faces of the Second Law: I.Master Equation Formulation", Phys. Rev. E 82, 011143 (2010) [1005.1683].
M. Esposito, U. Harbola and S. Mukamel, "Entropy fluctuation theorems for driven open systems: Application to electron counting statistics", Phys. Rev. E 76, 031132 (2007) [cond-mat/0707.0962].
Information Thermodynamics:
K. Ptaszynski and M. Esposito, "Dissipation enables robust extensive scaling of multipartite correlations", Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 057401 (2025) [2410.13375].
S. Amano, M. Esposito, E. Kreidt, D. A. Leigh, E. Penocchio and B. M. W. Roberts, "Insights from an information thermodynamics analysis of a synthetic molecular motor", Nature Chemistry 14, 530 (2022) [ChemRxiv].
N. Freitas and M. Esposito, "A Maxwell demon that can work at macroscopic scales", Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 120602 (2022) [2204.09466].
K. Ptaszynski and M. Esposito, "Thermodynamics of Quantum Information Flows", Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 150603 (2019) [1901.01093].
P. Strasberg, G. Schaller, T. Brandes and M. Esposito, "Quantum and Information Thermodynamics: A Unifying Framework based on Repeated Interactions", Phys. Rev. X 7, 021003 (2017) [1610.01829].
J. M. Horowitz and M. Esposito, "Thermodynamics with continuous information flow", Phys. Rev. X 4, 031015 (2014) [1402.3276].
P. Strasberg, G. Schaller, T. Brandes and M. Esposito, "Thermodynamics of a physical model implementing a Maxwell demon", Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 040601 (2013) [1210.5661] (PhysOrg, Scientific American, ScienceNews).
M. Esposito and G. Schaller, "Stochastic thermodynamics for 'Maxwell demon' feedbacks" EPL 99, 30003 (2012) [1204.5671].
M. Esposito and C. Van den Broeck, "Second law and Landauer principle far from equilibrium", EPL 95, 40004 (2011) [1104.5165].
Nonequilibrium phase transitions:
J. Meibohm and M. Esposito, "Minimum-dissipation principle for synchronised stochastic oscillators far from equilibrium", Phys. Rev. E 110, L042102 (2024) [2401.14982].
J. Meibohm and M. Esposito, "Finite-time dynamical phase transition in non-equilibrium relaxation", Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 110603 (2022) [2111.07681].
Z. Fei, N. Freitas, V. Cavina, H. T. Quan and M. Esposito, "Work statistics across a quantum phase transition", Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 170603 (2020) [2002.07860].
T. Herpich, J. Thingna and M. Esposito, "Collective Power: Minimal Model for Thermodynamics of Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions", Phys. Rev. X 8, 031056 (2018)[1802.00461] (Press).
Quantum thermodynamics:
V. Cavina, A. Soret, T. Aslyamov, K. Ptaszyński, M. Esposito, "Symmetry shapes thermodynamics of macroscopic quantum systems", Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 130401 (2024) [2402.04214].
A. Usui, K. Ptaszyński, M. Esposito and P. Strasberg, "Microscopic contributions to the entropy production at all times: From nonequilibrium steady states to global thermalization", New J. of Phys. 26, 023049 (2024) [2309.11812].
J. Tabanera, J. M. R. Parrondo, M. Esposito and F. Barra, "Thermalization and dephasing in collisional reservoirs", Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 200402 (2023) [2302.06429].
A. Soret, V. Cavina and M. Esposito, "Thermodynamic consistency of quantum master equations", Phys Rev. A 106, 062209 (2022) [2207.05719].
S. L. Jacob, M. Esposito, J. M. R. Parrondo and F. Barra, "Thermalization induced by quantum scattering", PRX Quantum 2, 020312 (2021) [2012.01062].
K. Ptaszynski and M. Esposito, "Entropy Production in Open Systems: The Predominant Role of Intra-Environment Correlations", Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 200603 (2019) [1905.03804] (Editors' Suggestion, featured in Physics).
F. Barra and M. Esposito, "Dissipation in small systems: A Landau-Zener approach", Phys. Rev. E 93, 062118 (2016) [1602.01905].
M. Esposito, U. Harbola and S. Mukamel, "Nonequilibrium fluctuations, fluctuation theorems and counting statistics in quantum systems", Rev. Mod. Phys. 81, 1665 (2009) [0811.3717].
M. Esposito, K. Lindenberg and C. Van den Broeck, "Entropy production as correlation between system and reservoir", New J. Phys. 12, 013013 (2010) [0908.1125].
Efficiency of nanomachines:
S. Corra, M. Tranfic Bakic, J. Groppi, M. Baroncini, S. Silvi, E. Penocchio, M. Esposito and A. Credi, "Kinetic and energetic insights in the dissipative non-equilibrium operation of an autonomous light-powered supramolecular pump", Nature Nanotechnology 17, 746 (2022) [ChemRxiv].
M. Polettini, G. Verley and M. Esposito, "Efficiency statistics at all times: Carnot limit at finite power", Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 050601 (2015) [1409.4716].
G. Verley, M. Esposito, T. Willaert and C. Van den Broeck, "The unlikely Carnot efficiency", Nature Communications 5, 4721 (2014) [1404.3095]. PhysOrg
N. Golubeva, A. Imparato and M. Esposito, "Entropy-generated power and its efficiency", Phys. Rev. E 88, 042115 (2013) [1305.1534].
M. Esposito, R. Kawai, K. Lindenberg and C. Van den Broeck, "Efficiency at maximum power of low dissipation Carnot engines", Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 150603 (2010) [1008.2464]. (Physics Update in Physics Today)
M. Esposito, R. Kawai, K. Lindenberg and C. Van den Broeck, "Quantum-dot Carnot engine at maximum power", Phys. Rev. E 81, 041106 (2010) [1001.2192].
M. Esposito, K. Lindenberg and C. Van den Broeck, "Universality of efficiency at maximum power", Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 130602 (2009) [0901.2600]. (Editors suggestion, PhysOrg)
Open quantum systems:
M. Esposito, U. Harbola and S. Mukamel, "Fluctuation theorems for counting-statistics in electron transport through quantum junctions", Phys. Rev. B 75, 155316 (2007) [cond-mat/0702376].
U. Harbola, M. Esposito and S. Mukamel, "Quantum master equation for electron transport through quantum dots and single molecules", Phys. Rev. B 74, 235309 (2006) [cond-mat/0610004].
M. Esposito and F. Haake, "Overdamping by weakly coupled environments", Phys. Rev. A 72, 063808 (2005) [quant-ph/0510164].
M. Esposito and P. Gaspard, "Emergence of diffusion in finite quantum systems", Phys. Rev. B 71, 214302 (2005).
M. Esposito and P. Gaspard, "Spin relaxation in a complex environment", Phys. Rev. E 68, 066113 (2003) [cond-mat/0308140].
M. Esposito and P. Gaspard, "Quantum master equation for a system influencing its environment", Phys. Rev. E 68, 066112 (2003) [cond-mat/0306433].