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2005 APS March Meeting

Monday–Friday, March 21–25, 2005; Los Angeles, CA

Session A1: Nuclear Spin Dynamics in Semiconductor Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Seigo Tarucha, University of Tokyo
LACC - 152

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A1.00001: Nuclear Spin Induced Oscillatory Current in Spin Blockaded Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Keiji Ono Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A1.00002: Electron-nuclear spin coupling in nano-scale devices: self-sustaining resistance oscillations and controlled multiple quantum coherences Invited Speaker: Go Yusa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A1.00003: Nuclear spin polarization and coherence in semiconductor nanostructures Invited Speaker: Xuedong Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A1.00004: Controlling Nuclear Spin Environment of Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract

Session A2: Quantum Criticality of Strongly Correlated Metals

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Brian Maple, University of California-San Diego
LACC - 151

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A2.00001: Hall effect indicates destruction of large Fermi surface at a heavy-fermion quantum critical point Invited Speaker: Silke Paschen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A2.00002: Emergent fluctuation hot spots on the Fermi surface of CeIn$_{3}$ in strong magnetic fields Invited Speaker: Marcelo Jaime Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A2.00003: Thermodynamic signature of quantum criticality: universally diverging Gr\"uneisen ratio Invited Speaker: Lijun Zhu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A2.00004: Thermoelectricity as a probe of non-Fermi liquid physics Invited Speaker: Kamran Behnia Preview Abstract

Session A3a: STM Manipulation of Single Atoms, Charges, and Spins

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Robert Celotta, NIST
LACC - 515B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A3a.00001: Single-Atom Spin-Flip Spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Andreas Heinrich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A3a.00002: Localization of Fractionally Charged Quasi-Particles Invited Speaker: Amir Yacoby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A3a.00003: Controlling the Dynamics of a Single Atom in Lateral Atom Manipulation Invited Speaker: Joseph A. Stroscio Preview Abstract

Session A3b: Superconductivity in Diamond

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Joe Thompson, LANL
LACC - 515B

Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A3b.00001: Superconductivity in Bulk, Hole-Doped Diamond Invited Speaker: Vladimir Sidorov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM	A3b.00002: Superconductivity in CVD Diamond Films Invited Speaker: Yoshihiko Takano Preview Abstract

Session A4: Chemical and Biological Sensing with Microcantilevers

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: A.T. Macrander, Argonne National Lab.
LACC - 515A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A4.00001: Cantilever Arrays as a platform for chemical and biological sensors Invited Speaker: Panos Datskos Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A4.00002: Attogram detection using nanoelectromechanical oscillators Invited Speaker: Harold Craighead Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A4.00003: Multifunctional self-sensing microcantilever arrays for detection of chemicals and explosives Invited Speaker: Jesse Adams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A4.00004: Diamond-based MEMS devices for biosensing based on electrochemical and gravimetric Invited Speaker: John Carlisle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM	A4.00005: Nano-mechanical Resonantor Sensors for Virus Detection Invited Speaker: Rashid Bashir Preview Abstract

Session A5: Physics of Emerging Organic Displays - OLEDs and PLEDs

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Geoffrey Nunes, Dupont
LACC - 502B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A5.00001: Polymer Based Light Emitting Diodes (PLEDs) and Displays Fabricated from Arrays of PLEDs Invited Speaker: Alan J. Heeger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A5.00002: Achieving High Efficiency OLEDs for Displays and Solid State Lighting Invited Speaker: Stephen Forrest Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A5.00003: Electron-hole capture in polymer heterojunction light-emitting diodes Invited Speaker: Neil Greenham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A5.00004: Industrialization of OLEDs for Lighting Applications and Displays Invited Speaker: Klemens Brunner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM	A5.00005: Organic Thin Film Transistors for Electronic Systems Invited Speaker: Michael Kane Preview Abstract

Session A6: Correlated Electrons

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Barry Schneider, NSF
LACC - 502A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A6.00001: Localization-delocalization transitions in strongly correlated electron systems Invited Speaker: Walter Temmerman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A6.00002: Magnetic to valence-bond-solid transition in an S=1/2 XY model with ring-exchange Invited Speaker: Anders Sandvik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A6.00003: Fast methods for evaluating molecular electron correlation energies Invited Speaker: Martin Head-Gordon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A6.00004: Correlation effects in the compressed rare earth metals Invited Speaker: Andrew McMahan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM	A6.00005: The Dynamical Cluster Approximation Invited Speaker: Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract

Session A7: From Egg to Adult: Patterning and Morphogenesis in Animal Development

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Boris Shraiman, UCSB
LACC - 408B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A7.00001: How to Make a Neurocrystal: Modeling the developmental patterning of the fly's retina Invited Speaker: David Lubensky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A7.00002: Axis definition during Hydra regeneration Invited Speaker: Albrecht Ott Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A7.00003: Force Regulation in Tissue Mechanics Invited Speaker: Glenn Edwards Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A7.00004: Topology and Robustness in the Drosophila Segment Polarity Network Invited Speaker: Nicholas Ingolia Preview Abstract

Session A9: Magnetic Domains and Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Mark Stiles, NIST
LACC - 153A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A9.00001: Magnetic Reversal Energy Loss and Dynamics in Permalloy Thin Films and Microstructures Corneliu Nistor , Eshel Faraggi , James L. Erskine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A9.00002: Ferromagnetic resonance modes of the vortex state in Permalloy dot arrays Chengtao Yu , Mark Zimmerman , Michael Pechan , Jordan Katine , Leisl Folks , Matthew Carey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A9.00003: Magnetic Vortex Interactions in Double Vortex Stadium Structures R.L. Compton , J.P. Park , P. Eames , P.A. Crowell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A9.00004: Atomic Spin Dynamics during reversal in composite media Sonali Mukherjee , Luc Berger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A9.00005: Fast magnetization switching of Stoner particles: A nonlinear dynamics picture Xiang Rong Wang , Zhouzhou Sun Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A9.00006: Barkhausen Noise, Domain Structure and Entropy in Magnetic Amorphous Ribbons Under Stress Alberto Guimaraes , Andre Gundel , Luciana Santi , Rubem Sommer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A9.00007: Spin-Torque Stimulated Barkhausen Jumps in a Thin-Film Permalloy Microstructure Shuqiang Yang , James Erskine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A9.00008: Magnetization reversal and anisotropy at the Fe/AlGaAs (001) interface Gunter Luepke , Haibin Zhao , Diyar Talbayev , Aubrey Hanbicki , Connie Li , Olaf van't Erve , George Kioseoglou , Berry Jonker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A9.00009: Imaging antiferromagnetic domains of GdNi2Ge2 by x-ray resonant magnetic scattering J.W. Kim , A. Kreyssig , L. Tan , B. Sieve , P.C. Canfield , S.L. Bud'ko , S. Law , D. Wermeille , A.I. Goldman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A9.00010: X-ray imaging of chiral domains in Dy metal J.C. Lang , A. Cady , D. Haskel , G. Srajer , D. McWhan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A9.00011: Domain Walls and Roughening Transition Possibilities in a Transverse-field Ising Model with Long-range Interactions George Mias , Steven Girvin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A9.00012: Imaging Antiferromagnetic Domain Walls with the Hall Effect R. Jaramillo , T. F. Rosenbaum , E. Isaacs , G. Aeppli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A9.00013: Domain Walls and Macroscopic Spin-Flip-Like States in Gd$_{x}$Co$_{1-x}$/Gd$_{y}$Co$_{1-y}$ Bilayers Jose I. Martin , R. Morales , J.M. Alameda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A9.00014: Putting a spin on speckle: the twisted way magnets remember Trieu Mai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A9.00015: Displacement Profile of Charge Density Waves and Domain Walls at Critical Depinning Thomas Nattermann , Andreas Glatz Preview Abstract

Session A10: Focus Session: Spin Transport Devices

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Roland Kawakami, UC Riverside
LACC - 153B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A10.00001: Magnetooptical Studies of Organic/Ferromagnetic Hybrid Structures Roland Kawakami , Richard Chiang , Ramesh Thamankar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A10.00002: Spin-Valves Incorporating Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Organic Semiconductors J.D. Bergeson , R. Shima Edelstein , K.I. Pokhodnya , A.J. Epstein , Joel S. Miller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A10.00003: Modification of ferromagnetism in semiconductors by molecular monolayers Itai Carmeli , Francisco Bloom , Cheyne Scoby , Elisabeth Gwinn , Ted Kreutz , Ron Naaman , Art Gossard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A10.00004: Spin Transport in Organic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Jing Shi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A10.00005: Magnetoresistance Anomalies Across Domain Walls in Tensile Strained (Ga,Mn)As G. Xiang , A.W. Holleitner , B.L. Sheu , F.M. Mendoza , O. Maksimov , P. Schiffer , D.D. Awschalom , N. Samarth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A10.00006: Hysteretic resistance spikes in magnetic 2DEGs J. Carlos Egues , Henrique Freire Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A10.00007: Fabrication of a Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Spin Bipolar Transistor Mark Field , Bobby Brar , Brian Pierce , Chad Gallinat , David Awschalom , Art Gossard , James Speck Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A10.00008: Spin Gunn Effect Yunong Qi , Zhi-Gang Yu , Michael E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A10.00009: Device Applications of Spin-Orbit Interaction in Semiconductor Heterostructures David Z.-Y. Ting , Xavier Cartoix\`{a} , Yia-Chung Chang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A10.00010: Self-Consistent Non-equilibrium Greens Function Description of Spin Transport in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors Alvaro S. Nu\~nez , Allan H. MacDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A10.00011: Photon assisted double quantum dot spin filter Ernesto Cota , Rafael Sanchez , Ramon Aguado , Gloria Platero Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A10.00012: Spin-polarized transport in a quantum wire controlled by a magnetic field Mahdi Zarea , Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
	A10.00013: Spin-sensitive transient absorption measurements in CdTe high above the bad gap P. Nemec , P. Nahalkova , D. Sprinzl , P. Horodysky , E. Belas , J. Franc , P. Maly Preview Abstract

Session A11: Earth and Planetary Materials I

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP GSCCM
Chair: Taku Tsuchiya, University of Minnesota
LACC - 153C

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A11.00001: Theoretical and experimental evidence for a post-perovskite phase of MgSiO$_3$ in Earth's D$''$ layer. Invited Speaker: Artem R. Oganov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A11.00002: Vibrational and thermodynamic properties of MgSiO$_3$ post-perovskite Jun Tsuchiya , Taku Tsuchiya , Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A11.00003: MgSiO3 post-perovskite at D'' conditions Renata Wentzcovitch , Taku Tsuchiya , Jun Tsuchiya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A11.00004: On the stability of perovskite and post-perovskite polymorphs of MgSiO$_3$ Jose Martins , Yaowen Liu , Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A11.00005: First principles study of liquid MgSiO$_3$ at conditions of the Earth's deep mantle Jones Tsz-Kai Wan , Roberto Car , Sandro Scandolo , Thomas S. Duffy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A11.00006: {\it Cmcm} post-perovskite: a new alumina polymorph Jun Tsuchiya , Taku Tsuchiya , Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A11.00007: Total energy and linear response computations for perovskite and post-perovskite phases in the MgSiO$_3$-FeSiO$_3$-Al$_2$O$_3$ system Razvan Caracas , Ronald Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A11.00008: Sub-lattice melting in hydrogen-rich alloys Simon Gravel , Neil Ashcroft Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:36AM	A11.00009: X-ray spectroscopy studies of liquid water Invited Speaker: Anders Nilsson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A11.00010: Pressure-induced Phase Transition of Confined Water from ab initio Molecular Dynamics Simulation Sheng Meng , E.G. Wang , Shiwu Gao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A11.00011: First principles investigation of the ice VII-VIII (order-disorder) phase boundary Koichiro Umemoto , Renata Wentzcovitch , Stefano de Gironcoli , Stefano Baroni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:00AM - 11:12AM	A11.00012: Dissociation of planetary ices at high P,T Jae-Hyun Klepeis , Magnus Lipp , Bruce Baer , Choong-Shik Yoo Preview Abstract

Session A12: Vortices in Superconductors I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Victor Gurarie, University of Colorado
LACC - 402A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A12.00001: Domain Regime in the 2D Disordered Vortex Matter Gergely Zimanyi , Mahesh Chandran , Richard Scalettar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A12.00002: Magnus Force in Discrete and Continuous Two-Dimensional Superfluids Zoltan Gecse , Sergei Khlebnikov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A12.00003: Density functional theory for freezing transition of interlayer Josephson vortex line liquid Xiao Hu , Mengbo Luo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A12.00004: Dissociation of vortex stacks into fractional-flux vortices Alvise De Col , Vadim Geshkenbein , Gianni Blatter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A12.00005: Density oscillation of flux lines induced by a single twin plane with point pins Yoshihiko Nonomura , Xiao Hu , David R. Nelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A12.00006: Dynamics of half-quantized vortices in nanoscale superconducting composite structures (d-dot) Masaru Kato , Msayuki Ako , Masahiko Machida , Tomio Koyama , Takekazu Ishida Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A12.00007: Off-equilibrium dynamics and effective temperature of flux lines with random pinning and the vortex glass phase S. Bustingorry , L.F. Cugliandolo , D. Dominguez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A12.00008: Does the Vortex Glass Exist in Two Dimensions? Charles E. Creffield , Jose P. Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A12.00009: Slow dynamics of an elastic string in a random potential Alejandro Kolton , Alberto Rosso , Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A12.00010: Phase diagram of the vortex system in layered superconductors with random pinning Chandan Dasgupta , Oriol T. Valls Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A12.00011: Dynamic properties of vortex states as modeled by the disordered 3D uniformly frustrated XY model Peter Olsson Preview Abstract
	A12.00012: Static and dynamic properties of pinned flux-line liquids A.M. Ettouhami Preview Abstract
	A12.00013: Interactions Effects and Effective Temperature in Driven Vortex Fluids with Random Pinning Alejandro Kolton , Daniel Dom\'{\i}nguez Preview Abstract

Session A13: Spectroscopic Properties of Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: David Tanner, University of Florida
LACC - 402B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A13.00001: Resonance properties in optimally and overdoped Y-123 - investigation of phonons and the electronic background M. Ruebhausen , S. Mueller , R. Maeser , B. Schulz , I. Mahns , D. Budelmann , M.V. Klein , D. Bonn , W. Hardy , R. Liang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A13.00002: Raman Spectroscopy of the electron-doped cuprates in magnetic field M. M. Qazilbash , R. L. Greene , A. Koitzsch , B. S. Dennis , A. Gozar , G. Blumberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A13.00003: Raman Investigation of Zn-Doped YB$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6.99}$ Single Crystals X. K. Chen , J. C. Irwin , R. Liang , D.A. Bonn , W. N. Hardy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A13.00004: Competing CDW and SC order parameters in NbSe$_2$ Aleksej Mialitsin , B.S. Dennis , Girsh Blumberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A13.00005: Understanding the totally symmetric intramolecular vibrations in $\kappa$-phase organic superconductors J.T. Haraldsen , R. Wesolowski , J. Cao , J.L. Musfeldt , I. Olejniczak , J. Choi , Y.J. Wang , J.A. Schlueter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A13.00006: Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering Study of the Model Superconductor HgBa$_2$CuO$_{4+\delta}$ Li Lu , Xudong Zhao , Guillaume Chabot-Couture , Nobuhisa Kaneko , Owen Vajk , Guichuan Yu , Stephane Grenier , Young-June Kim , Diego Case , Thomas Gog , Martin Greven Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A13.00007: Momentum-Structure of Remnant Mott-gap in Prototype Doped Cuprates Yinwan Li , Zahid Hasan , Dong Qian , Yi-De Chuang , H. Kisaki , S. Uchida , Y. Kaga , T. Sasagawa , H. Takagi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A13.00008: Direct measurement of charge transfer phenomena at ferromagnetic/superconducting oxide interfaces Maria Varela , Andrew R Lupini , Vanessa Pena , Zouhair Sefrioui , Ilke Arslan , Nigel D. Browning , Jacobo Santamaria , Stephen J. Pennycook Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A13.00009: Evidence for different spin-orbit interactions in the Ba and Cu layers of YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ at the Ba and Cu L2,3 edges. Juana Acrivos , Hizam Sahibudeen , Maria Angeles Navacerrada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A13.00010: Real time optical observation of precursor phases during YBCO thin film growth Gertjan Koster , Jeong-Uk Huh , Arturas Vailionis , Robert Hammond , Theodore Geballe , Malcolm Beasley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A13.00011: Electron irradiation induced oxygen ordering in YBCO twin-free crystals. H. W. Seo , Q. Y. Chen , M. N. Iliev , C. Wang , Wei-Kan Chu , U. Welp Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A13.00012: Optical Characterization and Superconducting Behavior of MgB2 Thin Films Jafar Amirzadeh , Michael Bleiweiss , Ming Yin , Timir Datta Preview Abstract
	A13.00013: Direct Observation of Cooperative Doping Mechanisms at Grain Boundaries in Ca-doped YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ Robert Klie , Maria Varela , Alberto Franceschetti , Yimei Zhu , Sokrates Pantelides , Stephen Pennycook Preview Abstract
	A13.00014: Search for the Coexistence of Magnetism and Superconductivity in Ce$_{1-x}$Gd$_x$Ru$_2$ using the Mossbauer Effect Michael De Marco , Ryan Heary , Dermot Coffey , Pe-Chun Ho , Todd Sayles , Brian Maple , Steve Toorongian , Michael Haka Preview Abstract

Session A14: Focus Session: Molecular-Scale Electronics and Sensors I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DCP
Chair: Vince McKoy, Caltech
LACC - 403B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A14.00001: Electronics at the molecular level Invited Speaker: Gerald J. Iafrate Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A14.00002: Constructing a Computer from Molecular Components Invited Speaker: James Tour Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A14.00003: CMOL: A New Concept for Nanoelectronics Konstantin Likharev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A14.00004: Simple, High Yield Nano-device Fabrication via SWNT Controlled Growth from a Catalytic Block Copolymer Sarah Lastella , Yung Joon Jung , P.M. Ajayan , Chang Y. Ryu , Dave Rider , Ian Manners , Govind Mallick , Shashi Karna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A14.00005: A nanodot lattice with molecular interconnects providing reconfigurable logic Carl Onnheim , Jonas Skoldberg , Goran Wendin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A14.00006: The Quantum Interference Transistor David Cardamone , Charles Stafford , Sumit Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A14.00007: Kondo Effect in Bare Electromigrated Break Junctions Andrew Houck , Jarek Labaziewicz , Emily Chan , Joshua Folk , Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A14.00008: Analysis of Nanocluster-Based Single-Electron Transistors Mario Ancona , Ronald Rendell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A14.00009: Water Soluble Conducting Polymer Field Effect Transistor for Sensor Application Swanand Vaidya , G.S. Khara , Jaewu Choi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A14.00010: Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Hybridization Kinetics of Surface-Grafted DNA Naida Lacevic , Arup Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A14.00011: An Optical Biosensor for Bacillus Cereus Spore Detection Chengquan Li , Harry W. K. Tom Preview Abstract

Session A15: Focus Session: THz Devices and Materials I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Mark Lee, Sandia National Labs
LACC - 405

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A15.00001: Progress and Perspectives of THz Astronomical Detectors Invited Speaker: Boris Karasik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A15.00002: Plasmon Based Grating Gate Terahertz Detector E.A. Shaner , Mark Lee , M.C. Wanke , Albert Grine , J.L. Reno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A15.00003: Ballistic tranport at finite frequencies in 2DEGs and quantum point contacts Sungmu Kang , Peter Burke , L.N. Pfeiffer , K. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A15.00004: Resonant response of a field-effect transistor to an ac signal Manvir Kushwaha Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A15.00005: MBE Growth of GaAs Based THz Lasers and Detectors Invited Speaker: John L. Reno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A15.00006: High performance THz Quantum Cascade Lasers in very high magnetic fields Lorenzo Sirigu , Giacomo Scalari , Christoph Walther , Nicolas Hoyler , Marcella Giovannini , J\'er\^ome Faist , Marcin Sadowski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A15.00007: Quantum Dot as High Frequency Noise Detector Eugen Onac , Franck Balestro , Udo Hartmann , Yuli Nazarov , Leo Kouwenhoven Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A15.00008: Intersubband lifetime magnetophonon oscillations in AlGaAs and InGaAs:InP quantum cascade lasers Dmitry Smirnov , Aaron Wade , Angela Vasanelli , Carlo Sirtori Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A15.00009: 1.9 THz Quantum Cascade Lasers in very high magnetic fields up to 27 T Giacomo Scalari , Lorenzo Sirigu , Christoph Walther , J\' er\^ome Faist , Marcin Sadowski , Harvey Beere , David Ritchie , Edmund Linfield , Giles Davies Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A15.00010: High Energy Intersubband Transitions in InAs/AlSb QWs Diane Larrabee , Jun Kono , Shigehiko Sasa , Yoji Nakajima , Masato Nakai , Masashi Furukawa , Masataka Inoue Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A15.00011: Polaritonics: bridging the gap between electronics and photonics David Ward , Thomas Feurer , Eric Statz , Joushua Vaughan , Keith Nelson Preview Abstract

Session A16: Focus Session: Nano-optical Plasmonics

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Gary Wiederrecht, Argonne National Labs
LACC - 404A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A16.00001: Surface Plasmon Rainbow Jets Alexandre Bouhelier , Gary Wiederrecht Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A16.00002: Subwavelength Focusing and Guiding of Surface Plasmon Polaritons U. Welp , V. Vlasko-Vlasov , L. Yin , A. Rydh , J. Pearson , S.-H. Chang , S.K. Gray , G.C. Schatz , D.E. Brown , C.W. Kimball Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A16.00003: Sub-wavelength confinement and the diffraction limit for surface plasmon waveguides Rashid Zia , Anu Chandran , Mark Selker , Mark Brongersma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A16.00004: Optical response of structured noble-metal nanoparticle aggregates Jun Jun Xiao , K. W. Yu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A16.00005: Omni-directional light emission via surface plasmons from a metal-polymer-metal structure John S.Q. Liu , Mark L. Brongersma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A16.00006: Plasmon Waveguides: Balancing Propagation, Localization, and Loss below the Diffraction Limit Jennifer Dionne , Luke Sweatlock , Harry Atwater , Albert Polman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A16.00007: Strongly coupled plasmon excitations in nanostructures and device applications Invited Speaker: Harry Atwater Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A16.00008: Tuning the Nanooptics of Metallic Nanorods: End Effects Garnett Bryant , Javier Aizpurua Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A16.00009: Optical propagation via dipolar coupling in metal nanoparticle chains Willes H. Weber , George W. Ford Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A16.00010: Adiabatic Nanoplasmonic Energy Concentration Mark Stockman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A16.00011: Green-function theory of confined plasmons in coaxial cylindrical geometries: finite magnetic field M.S. Kushwaha , B. Djafari-Rouhani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A16.00012: Plasmonic resonances, scattering cross section, and electromagnetic forces between two coupled Au nanowires Klaus Halterman , Merle Elson , Surendra Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A16.00013: Surface Plasmons in Anisotropic Metal-Dielectric Structures Arkadii Krokhin , Kemal Bagci , Arup Neogi Preview Abstract
	A16.00014: Near-field study of the perfect lens at visible wavelengths Pieter Kik , Grady Webb-Wood Preview Abstract

Session A17: Kondo Effect and Correlations in Quantum Dots

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Luis G. Dias da Silva, Ohio University
LACC - 404B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A17.00001: Kondo-Temperature Dependence of the Magnetic-Field Splitting of a Kondo Peak in a Single-Electron Transistor Sami Amasha , Ian J. Gelfand , Marc A. Kastner , Andrei Kogan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A17.00002: Two-Stage Kondo effect and singlet-triplet crossover in a four-electron artificial atom Ghislain Granger , Marc A. Kastner , Micah P. Hanson , Arthur C. Gossard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A17.00003: The Kondo effect of a magnetic impurity in an ultrasmall metallic grain Hubert Heersche , Zeger de Groot , Leo Kouwenhoven , Herre van der Zant Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A17.00004: Exotic Kondo States in GaAs Quantum Dots R. M. Potok , I. G. Rau , D. Goldhaber-Gordon , C. M. Marcus , H. Shtrikman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A17.00005: Two Kondo Impurity Spin Interactions in Quantum Dots Barbara Jones , Tzen Ong , David Goldhaber-Gordon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A17.00006: Numerical evidence of tunable long-range spin interactions between quantum dots G. Martins , E. Anda , K. Al-Hassanieh , C. Busser , A. Moreo , E. Dagotto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A17.00007: Out-of-equilibrium Kondo Effect in a Three Lead Quantum Dot I. G. Rau , R. M. Potok , D. Goldhaber-Gordon , H. Shtrikman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A17.00008: Interference Effects in the Conductance of Multi-Level Quantum Dots C.A. B\"usser , E. Dagotto , A. Moreo , K.A. Al-Hassanieh , G.B. Martins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A17.00009: Molecular Conductors with Center of Mass Motion Khaled Al-Hassanieh , G.B. Martins , C.A. B\"usser , E. Dagotto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A17.00010: Spin Chain QMC simulations of Mesoscopic Quantum Impurity Models Jaebeom Yoo , Shailesh Chandrasekharan , Ribhu K. Kaul , Denis Ullmo , Harold U. Baranger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A17.00011: Noise power spectrum for tunneling through a quantum dot in the Kondo Regime Avraham Schiller , Dotan Goberman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A17.00012: Unification of electromagnetic noise and Luttinger liquid via quantum-dot resonant level Karyn Le Hur , Mei-Rong Li Preview Abstract
	A17.00013: Transport properties of small Quantum rings in the Kondo regime C.A. B\"usser , E. Dagotto , S. Ulloa , E.V. Anda Preview Abstract
	A17.00014: Transport properties of coupled quantum dots in the presence of phonons G. Martins , K. Al-Hassanieh , C. Busser , A. Moreo , E. Dagotto Preview Abstract

Session A18: Focus Session: Semiconductor Characterization

Sponsoring Units: FIAP GIMS
Chair: David Seiler, NIST
LACC - 406A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A18.00001: Interface Sensitive Measurement of High k - silicon dioxide – silicon system using Optical Second Harmonic Generation Invited Speaker: Alain Diebold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A18.00002: Measurement of the Full State of Stress of Silicon with Micro-Raman Spectroscopy Stephen Harris , Ann O'Neill , Wen Yang , Peter Gustafson , James Boileau , W.H. Weber , Bhaskar Majumdar , Somnath Ghosh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A18.00003: UV-Raman deformation coefficients in Si and SiGe alloys Michael Canonico , Ran Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A18.00004: In-situ photovoltage shift measurements of hafnium oxides and silicates grown on Si(100) using femtosecond photoelectron spectroscopy Daeyoung Lim , Richard Haight Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A18.00005: An infrared probe of tunable dielectrics in metal-oxide-semiconductor structures Kevin Mikolaitis , Zhiqiang Li , Guangming Wang , Alan Heeger , Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A18.00006: High Resolution 2D Dopant Profiling of FinFET Structures using Scanning Probe Microscopy Alexander Khajetoorians , Jianlong Li , Li Shi , Xiang-Dong Wang , Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A18.00007: High-Resolution Microcalorimeters for X-ray Microanalysis B.L. Zink , G.C. Hilton , J.N. Ullom , K.D. Irwin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A18.00008: High-resolution characterization of advanced interconnect and packaging architectures Shriram Ramanathan , Evan Pickett , Patrick Morrow , Yongmei Liu , Rajen Dias Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A18.00009: Direct Imaging of Minority Carrier Drift in Luminescent Materials David Luber , Nancy Haegel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A18.00010: Contact-free approach for the determination of minority carrier diffusion length F.M. Bradley , Will Freeman , Nancy M. Haegel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A18.00011: Structural and morphological characterization of GaN(0001) layers grown on SiC by maskless pendeo-epitaxy via X-ray Microdiffraction R.I. Barabash , G.E. Ice , S. Einfeldt , D. Hommel , A.M. Roskovski , R.F. Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A18.00012: UHV Nanoworkbench and the `Roaming' Field Effect Transistor Olivier Guise , John T. Yates, Jr. , Joachim Ahner , Jeremy Levy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A18.00013: An investigation of dopping profile for a one dimensional heterostructure ZhaoHui Huang , Dragan Stojkovic , Paul Lammert , Vincent Crespi Preview Abstract

Session A19: Quantum Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: HongWen Jiang, UCLA
LACC - 406B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A19.00001: Empirical resistivity rule in the second Landau level of a two-dimensional electron system W. Pan , J.S. Xia , C.L. Vicente , E.D. Adams , N.S. Sullivan , H.L. Stormer , D.C. Tsui , L.N. Pfeiffer , K.W. Baldwin , K.W. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A19.00002: Spin-dependent resistivity at transitions between integer quantum Hall states Kamran Vakili , Yakov Shkolnikov , Emanuel Tutuc , Nathan Bishop , Etienne De Poortere , Mansour Shayegan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A19.00003: Landau quantization, Localization, and Insulator-quantum Hall Transition at Low Fields Tsai-Yu Huang , C.-T. Liang , Gil-Ho Kim , C.F. Huang , Chao-Ping Huang , D.A. Ritchie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A19.00004: Symmetries of the Resistance of Mesoscopic Samples in the Quantum Hall Regime Einat Peled , Dan Shahar , Yong Chen , Enrique Diez , Deborah L. Sivco , Alfred Y. Cho Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A19.00005: Lifetime of 2D electrons in AlxGa1-xAs-Al0.32Ga0.68As Heterostructures Wanli Li , Daniel Tsui , Loren Pfeiffer , Ken West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A19.00006: Interaction effect on quantum magnetooscillations in a two-dimensional electron gas Yury Adamov , Igor' Gornyi , Alexander Mirlin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A19.00007: Measurements of the Spin Susceptibility of 2D GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures into the Weak Interacting Region Y.-W. Tan , J. Zhu , H.L. Stormer , L.N. Pfeiffer , K.W. Baldwin , K.W. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A19.00008: Electron interferometer in the integer QH regime F.E. Camino , W. Zhou , V.J. Goldman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A19.00009: Bending the quantum Hall effect by 90 degrees: Evidence for a new kind of disordered one-dimensional superconductor M. Grayson , L. Steinke , D. Schuh , M. Bichler , G. Abstreiter , L. Hoeppel , J. Smet , K. von Klitzing , D. Maude Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A19.00010: Effect of disorder on modulated quantum Hall systems Mikito Koshino , Tsuneya Ando Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A19.00011: Integer Quantum Hall Effect versus Anderson Transition: Numerical Comparison for Eigensolutions Statistics I. Kh. Zharekeshev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A19.00012: Symmetry Breaking by Periodic Potentials and Randomness in Quantum Hall Systems Barry Friedman , Ben McCarty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A19.00013: Solitons and Quasielectrons in the Quantum Hall Matrix Model T. Hans Hansson , Janik Kailasvuori , Anders Karlhede , Rikard von Unge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A19.00014: Length Scale of Bulk Quantum Hall Effect Michael Bleiweiss , Ming Yin , Jafar Amirzadeh , Timir Datta Preview Abstract

Session A20: Multilayers, Thin Films, and Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Igor Roshchin, UCSD
LACC - 407

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A20.00001: Preparation and Friction Property of Dendritic Thin Film Qing Zhang , Lynden Archer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A20.00002: Mechanical Properties of Electrophoretically-Deposited CdSe Nanocrystal Films Shengguo Jia , Mohammad Islam , Yuqi Xia , Ben Smith , Sarbajit Banerjee , Yikang Deng , Joze Bevk , Jeffrey Kysar , Irving Herman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A20.00003: Growth and Characterization of Ultrathin Epitaxial Graphite films on Silicon Carbide Tianbo Li , Asmerom Ogbazghi , Xuebin Li , Zhimin Song , Claire Berger , Walt de Heer , Phillip First Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A20.00004: Transition Layers in Co Films on Cu with Oxygen as Interface Surfactant Probed by Soft-X-Ray Resonant Magnetic Scattering (SXRMS) Zhiwei Li , Eric Wiedemann , Don Savage , Max Lagally Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A20.00005: The role that varying nanocrystallinity plays in the thermodynamics of CoO films Daniel Queen , Frances Hellman , Yunjun Tang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A20.00006: Charge exchange of Si ions with clean and I-covered Al(100) Xiaojian Chen , Zdenek Sroubek , Jory Yarmoff Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A20.00007: Momentum and thickness-dependent evolution of quantum well states in the Cu/Co/Cu(001) system M.A. Van Hove , J.M. An , A. Canning , L.-W. Wang , E. Rotenberg , Y.Z. Wu , Z.Q. Qiu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A20.00008: Finite size effects on multilayer relaxations Erik Holmstr\"om , Anders Niklasson , Nicolas Bock , Sven Rudin , John Wills Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A20.00009: Noise in Half-Metallic Ferromagnetic Thin Films Siddhartha Ghosh , Karl Hultquist , Subhrangshu Mallik , Guoxing Miao , Arunava Gupta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A20.00010: Heteroepitaxial growth and electronic structure of LaVO$_{3}$ films on SrTiO$_{3}$ Yasushi Hotta , Yasushige Mukunoki , Tomofumi Susaki , Harold Y. Hwang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A20.00011: Suppressed Magnetization in La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$ / YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ superlattices S.G.E. te Velthuis , A. Hoffmann , Z. Sefrioui , J. Santamaria , M.R. Fitzsimmons , S. Park , M. Varela Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A20.00012: Microscopic magnetic structure of cuprate/manganite superlattices Jacques Chakhalian , Christian Bernhard , Jorg Strempfer , Bernhard Keimer , Jochen Stahn , Christof Niedermayer , Thomas Gutberlet , John Freeland , George Srajer , Julio Cezar Preview Abstract
	A20.00013: Crystalline $\gamma$-Al$_2$O$_3$ barrier for magnetite-based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Alexandre M. Bataille , Jean-Baptiste Moussy , Susana Gota , Marie-Jo Guittet , Martine Gautier-Soyer Preview Abstract

Session A21: Focus Session: Dynamics of Transcription

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Ken Dill, University of California-San Francisco
LACC - 409A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A21.00001: A double-ratchet mechanism of transcription elongation and its control Invited Speaker: Andrei Ruckenstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A21.00002: Direct imaging of LacI repressor protein sliding along DNA Yan-Mei Wang , Xiao-Juan Guan , Ling Guo , Edward Cox , Robert Austin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A21.00003: Thermodynamic DNA Looping by a Two-Site Restriction Endonuclease Studied using Optical Tweezers Gregory J. Gemmen , Rachel Millin , Douglas E. Smith Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A21.00004: Bubbles in DNA Yan Zeng , Giovanni Zocchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A21.00005: Single-molecule analysis of the full transcription cycle Invited Speaker: Terence Strick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A21.00006: The effect of sequence correlation on bubble conformation in double-stranded DNA Jae-Hyung Jeon , PyeongJun Park , Wokyung Sung Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A21.00007: Observing dynamics of chromatin fibers in Xenopus egg extracts by single DNA manipulation using a transverse magnetic tweezer setup Jie Yan , Dunja Skoko , John Marko , Tom Maresca , Rebecca Heald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:48AM	A21.00008: Electrostatics in Biomolecular Interactions: a Surface Charge Method Invited Speaker: Yi-Kuo Yu Preview Abstract
	A21.00009: On geometric measures of regulatory complexity Ilya Nemenman , Chris Wiggins Preview Abstract

Session A23: Focus Session: Biological Hydrodynamics I

Sponsoring Units: DFD DBP GSNP
Chair: Peter Lenz, Universitaet Marburg
LACC - 410

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A23.00001: Overview: Biological Hydrodynamics Peter Lenz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A23.00002: Vortex formation in Daphnia swarms J\"{u}rgen Vollmer , Bruno Eckhardt , Christoph Lange , Attila G. Vegh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A23.00003: The effect of shear flow on ordered suspensions of active particles Sudipto Muhuri , Madan Rao , Sriram Ramaswamy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A23.00004: Effects of the changes in the wall shear stresses (WSS) acting on endothelial cells (EC) during the enlargement of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) Anne-Virginie Salsac , Steven Sparks , Juan C. Lasheras , Jean-Marc Chomaz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A23.00005: Model Cilia - Experiments with Biomimetic Actuable Structures and Surfaces R. Lloyd Carroll , Dan Blum , Ben Evans , Rich Superfine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:36AM	A23.00006: Quorum polarity and the dynamics of the zooming bionematic phase Invited Speaker: John O. Kessler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A23.00007: Rheology and dynamics of active motor-filament mixtures M. Cristina Marchetti , Aphrodite Ahmadi , Tanniemola B. Liverpool Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A23.00008: Two Dimensional State Transition of a Swarming Model Yao-li Chuang , Daniel Marthaler , Maria D`Orsogna , Lincoln Chayes , Andrea Bertozzi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A23.00009: Dynamics of the Chemotactic Boycott Effect Luis Cisneros , Chris Dombrowski , John Kessler , Raymond Goldstein , Charles Wolgemuth , Idan Tuval Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A23.00010: A new parameter identification method to obtain change in smooth musclecontraction state due to mechanical skin irritation Daniela Bauer , Reinhard Grebe , Alain Ehrlacher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A23.00011: Bacteriophage-mediated indirect competition in B.bronchiseptica:Experiment and Theory Jaewook Joo , Reka Albert , Eric Harvill Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A23.00012: Collective motion, superdiffusion, and non-thermal noise in active bacterial baths Daniel T.N. Chen , L.A. Hough , M.F. Islam , A.W.C. Lau , T.C. Lubensky , A.G. Yodh Preview Abstract

Session A24: Focus Session: Structure, Dynamics and Resilience of Complex Networks

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Alessandro Vespignani, Indiana University
LACC - 411

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A24.00001: An information theoretic derivation of spectral graph partitioning Manuel Middendorf , Etay Ziv , Chris Wiggins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A24.00002: Traceroute-like exploration of unknown networks: a statistical analysis Alain Barrat , Luca Dall'Asta , Ignacio Alvarez-Hamelin , Alexei Vazquez , Alessandro Vespignani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A24.00003: Effects of Community Structure on Search and Ranking in Information Networks Huafeng Xie , Koon-Kiu Yan , Sergei Maslov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A24.00004: Community discovery and information flow in networks Invited Speaker: Bernardo A. Huberman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A24.00005: Voter Model on Heterogeneous Graphs. Vishal Sood , Sidney Redner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A24.00006: Anomalous Transport in Complex Networks Eduardo Lopez , Sergey Buldyrev , Shlomo Havlin , H. Eugene Stanley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A24.00007: Complex networks are self-similar Chaoming Song , Shlomo Havlin , Hernan Makse Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A24.00008: Interaction prediction using conserved network motifs in protein-protein interaction networks Invited Speaker: Reka Albert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A24.00009: Stability and topology of scale-free networks under attack and defense strategies Lazaros Gallos , Reuven Cohen , Panos Argyrakis , Armin Bunde , Shlomo Havlin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A24.00010: Modeling Cascading Failures in the North American Power Grid Ryan Kinney , Reka Albert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A24.00011: Avalanche dynamics in complex networks Byungnam Kahng , Kwang-il Goh , Deok-sun Lee , Eun-J Lee , Doochul Kim Preview Abstract
	A24.00012: Dynamical patterns of epidemic outbreaks in complex heterogeneous networks Alain Barrat , Marc Barth\'elemy , Romualdo Pastor-Satorras , Alessandro Vespignani Preview Abstract

Session A25: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience I

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP DAMOP
Chair: J.R. Manson, Clemson University
LACC - 501A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A25.00001: Future directions in the simulation of nanomaterials Invited Speaker: Marshall Stoneham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A25.00002: QMC with a Stochastic Poisson Solver: An application to realistic models of quantum dots Dyutiman Das , Jeongnim Kim , Richard Martin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A25.00003: Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of Exciton-Exciton Scattering in Quantum Wells John Shumway Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A25.00004: Quantum Perturbation Theory in O(N): Ab initio response theory for nanomaterials Anders Niklasson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A25.00005: Efficient Computational Methods to Treat Multiple Scattering in Electron Diffraction by Nanostructures G.M. Gavaza , Z.X. Yu , L. Tsang , C.H. Chan , S.Y. Tong , M.A. Van Hove Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A25.00006: New Theoretical Method for Molecular Systems and Nano-molecules Junho Jeong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A25.00007: Adaptive Quantum Design for Nanoscience Stephan Haas , Jason Thalken , Anthony Levi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A25.00008: A numerically tractable method for a non-uniform electron gas system with an atomic center Koichi Kusakabe , Masanori Takahashi , Naoshi Suzuki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A25.00009: Time-dependent quantum process for electrons assisted by oscillating electric field Masakazu Muraguchi , Kyozaburo Takeda , Yusuke Asari , Naoki Watanabe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A25.00010: Using quantum mechanics to synthesize electronic devices Petra Schmidt , Stephan Haas , Anthony Levi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A25.00011: Coupling Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Continuum Current and Heat Flow Equations: Application to Frictional and Resistive Heating of Nanoscale Metal Contacts Clifford Padgett , David Schall , Donald Brenner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A25.00012: The Solution of the Interior Eigenvalue Problem for Large Scale Nanosystems Andrew Canning , Lin-Wang Wang , Osni Marques , Julien Langou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A25.00013: Choosing a Classical Potential in Multi-Scale Modeling Aditi Mallik , Krishna Muralidharan , DeCarlos Talyor , Keith Runge , James Dufty Preview Abstract

Session A26: Focus Session: Nanotubes and Nanowires: Carbon Nanotube Transistors

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Jie Liu, Duke University
LACC - 501B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A26.00001: Double-wall carbon nanotube quasi-ballistic conduction Hisashi Kajiura , Houjin Huang , Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A26.00002: Directional growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Nanotube-on-Insulator Applications Song Han , Xiaolei Liu , Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A26.00003: Band Engineering of Partially Exposed Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors Xiaolei Liu , Zhicheng Luo , Song Han , Tao Tang , Daihua Zhang , Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A26.00004: Carbon nanotube electronics and opto-electronics Invited Speaker: Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A26.00005: Diameter dependence of carbon nanotube transistor performance Zhihong Chen , Joerg Appenzeller , Joachim Knoch , Yu-ming Lin , Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A26.00006: Dual-Gated Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors with Tunable Polarities Yu-Ming Lin , Joerg Appenzeller , Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A26.00007: Investigation of Schottky Barrier Behaviors between Semiconductive Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Different Metals Chenguang Lu , Jie Liu , Lei An Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A26.00008: Effect of Metal-Carbon Nanotube Interface in Carbon Nanotube Devices Zhengfan Zhang , Venkat Chandrasekhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A26.00009: Carbon-nanotube-based single electron memories processed by double self-assembly Vincent Bouchiat , Laetitia Marty , Cecile Naud , Aurore Bonhomme , Emmanuel Andre , Antonio Iaia , Emmanuelle Richard , Anne-Marie Bonnot Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A26.00010: High-frequency characterization of SWNT array FETs R. Caldwell , J. Hone , K. Shepard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A26.00011: Carbon Nanotube Devices for GHz to THz Applications Peter Burke , Zhen Yu , Shengdong Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A26.00012: Exploration of optical and electronic properties of SWNT networks for device applications Kai Xiao , Matthew Garrett , Ilia Ivanov , Alex Puretzky , Stephen Jesse , Phillip Britt , Douglas Lowndes , David Geohegan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A26.00013: Massive Nano-Assembly Method for Integrated Device Structures Based on Nanotubes and Nanowires Minbaek Lee , Seong Myung , Jiwoon Im , Sun Namkung , Kyung-Eun Byun , Seunghun Hong Preview Abstract

Session A27: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Optical Properties I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Marcus Freitag, IBM
LACC - 501C

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A27.00001: Optical Spectroscopy of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Rayleigh Scattering Invited Speaker: Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A27.00002: Temperature Dependence of Tunable Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Individual Suspended Carbon Nanotubes Stephen Cronin , Yan Yin , Andrew Walsh , Alexander Stolyarov , Anna Swan , M. Selim Unlu , Bennett Goldberg , Michael Tinkham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A27.00003: Auger Recombination of Excitons in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Feng Wang , Gordana Dukovic , Mark Hybertsen , Louis Brus , Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A27.00004: Observation of Carbon Nanotube Optical Bistability D. Milkie , C. Staii , S. Paulson , E. Hindman , A.T. Johnson , J.M. Kikkawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A27.00005: Stability of Excitons in Carbon Nanotubes under High Laser Excitations G.N. Ostojic , S. Zaric , J. Kono , V.C. Moore , R.H. Hauge , R.E. Smalley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A27.00006: NIR-luminescence mapping and Raman spectroscopy of single-walled carbon-13 nanotubes Yuhei Miyauchi , Shohei Chiashi , Shigeo Maruyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A27.00007: Low Temperature Photoluminescence of Surfactant-suspended SWNT’s Flavio Plentz , Henrique Ribeiro , Marcos Pimenta , Ado Jorio , Michael Strano Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A27.00008: Optical Characterization and Applications of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Michael S. Strano Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A27.00009: Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes in Semiconductor/NT Hybrids O. N. Torrens , D. E. Milkie , M. F. Islam , A. G. Yodh , J. M. Kikkawa , A. Khandekar , T. F. Kuech Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A27.00010: Polarization dependence of the optical absorption of single-walled carbon nanotubes Yoichi Murakami , Erik Einarsson , Tadao Edamura , Shigeo Maruyama Preview Abstract

Session A28: Polymer Surfaces I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Chang Yeol Ryu, Rensselaer Polytechnic
LACC - 506

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A28.00001: Surface Diffusion of Single Polymer Chain Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation Tapan Desai , Pawel Keblinski , Sanat Kumar , Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A28.00002: Single-Molecule Studies of Polymer Translational Diffusion at Surfaces Liang Hong , Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A28.00003: Wetting of Heterogeneous Surfaces by Polymer Nanodroplets David R. Heine , Gary S. Grest , Edmund B. Webb III Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A28.00004: Non-Spherical Droplets of Diblock Copolymer: Equilibrium Shape and Spreading Kinetics Andrew B. Croll , Michael V. Massa , Kari Dalnoki-Veress , Mark W. Matsen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A28.00005: Origin of surface ordered phase in poly(n-alkyl acrylates) above the bulk melting temperature (Tm) Shishir Prasad , Laurie Hanne , Ali Dhinojwala Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A28.00006: Functional gradients with controlled steepness on self-assembled aminosilane monolayers Ying Zou , Steve Story , Shane Harton , Harald Ade Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A28.00007: Measurement of Adhesion Energy and Young’s Modulus in Thin Polymer Films Using a Novel Axi-symmetric Peel Test Geometry Adam N. Raegen , Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A28.00008: Changes in the Molecular Orbitals during Photochemical Patterning of Polymers K. M. Pellerin , F. J. Himpsel , E. W. Edwards , P. F. Nealey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A28.00009: Water adsorption and desorption from crystalline P(VDF-TrFE) copolymers Jie Xiao , Luis Rosa , Peter Jacobson , Peter Dowben Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A28.00010: Polymer size and affinity effects on nanopore adsorption with a wide range of pore sizes Chansu Kim , Chang Yeol Ryu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A28.00011: Solvent-Assisted Formation of Nanostrand Networks of Supramolecular Diblock Copolymer-Surfactant Complexes at the Air-Water Interface C. Geraldine Bazuin , Qing Lu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A28.00012: Contact Mechanics Studies with the Quartz Crystal Microbalance F. Nelson Nunalee , Kenneth R. Shull Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A28.00013: Quantitative measurement of adhesion of ink on plastic films with a Nano Indenter and a Scanning Probe Microscope Weidian Shen , Bin Jiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A28.00014: Puzzles in Surface Force Apparatus (SFA) Experiments Janet Wong , Yingxi Zhu , Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A28.00015: Confocal Raman-AFM, A New Tool for Materials Research Ute Schmidt , Klaus Weishaupt , Wolfram Ibach , Matthias Kress , Olaf Hollricher Preview Abstract

Session A29: Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Andrey Dobrynin, University of Connecticut
LACC - 504

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A29.00001: Complexation between flexible polyelectrolytes and oppositely charged particles M. Muthukumar , C.Y. Kong , Abhijit Sarkar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A29.00002: Solvent effects on the dynamics of polyelectrolyte chains near a charged wall: Molecular dynamics simulations with explicit solvent Govardhan Reddy , Rakwoo Chang , Arun Yethiraj Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A29.00003: Self-Consistent Field Calculations of Polyelectrolytes on Flat Surfaces Qiang Wang , Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A29.00004: Forces of Interaction between Polyelectrolyte Brushes in the Presence of Multivalent Ions and Cationic Surfactant Matthew Tirrell , Feng Li , Akira Ishikubo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A29.00005: Ion Sensors based on Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels David Hoagland , Douglas W. Howie, Jr. Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A29.00006: Time Resolved Studies of Bundle Formation in Rod-Like Polyelectrolytes John C. Butler , Tommy Angelini , Gerard C. L. Wong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A29.00007: Computer Simulations of Aggregate Formation and Dynamics in Ionomers Monojoy Goswami , Sanat Kumar , Gerassimos Orkoulas , Aniket Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A29.00008: Langevin Dynamics Simulations of Counterion-mediated Complexation of Polyelectrolytes Zhaoyang Ou , M. Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A29.00009: Ionic Conductivity at the Ordinary-Extraordinary Transition in Polyelectrolyte Solutions Ryan Murphy , Murugappan Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A29.00010: Comments on Electrostatic Persistence Length Andrey Dobrynin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A29.00011: Influence of charge density and backbone rigidity on the structure and properties of polyelectrolyte solutions S.I. Yun , Y.B. Melnichenko , G.D. Wignall , K. Hong , J. Mays , R.M. Briber Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A29.00012: Liquid structure of flexible polyelectrolyte solutions James Donley , David Heine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A29.00013: Solid-State NMR Investigations of a Perfluorinated Ionomer (Nafion) Qiang Chen , Klaus Schmidt-Rohr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A29.00014: Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) Study of Perfluorinated Ionomer Membrane under In-situ Vapor Sorption Man-Ho Kim , Charles J. Glinka Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A29.00015: Structure of highly rigid ionic polymers from single molecules to membranes Lilin He , Dvora Perahia , Christopher J. Cornelius Preview Abstract

Session A30: Block Copolymers I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Eric Cochran, UCSB
LACC - 505

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A30.00001: Long-Lived Metastable bcc Phase during Ordering of Micelles Joona Bang , Timothy P. Lodge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A30.00002: Kinetics of BCC-FCC Transition in SI Diblock Copolymer Micelles in a Selective Solvent Rama Bansil , Yongsheng Liu , Huifen Nie , Milos Steinhart , Joona Bang , Timothy P. Lodge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A30.00003: Evolution of disordered micelles to hexagonally packed cylinders in a diblock copolymer studied by X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Amish Patel , Simon Mochrie , Suresh Narayanan , Alec Sandy , Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A30.00004: Twinning and Growth Kinetics of Lamellar Grains Thomas Chastek , Timothy Lodge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A30.00005: On elasticity of block-copolymer mesophases with glassy domains Kirill Katsov , Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A30.00006: The Fddd Network Phase in Triblock and Diblock Copolymer Melts Christopher Tyler , David Morse Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A30.00007: Order-disorder transition in 2-D sphere forming diblock copolymers Leopoldo R. G\'{o}mez , Daniel A. Vega , Enrique M. Vall\'{e}s Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A30.00008: Determination of Order-Disorder Transition of Polystyrene-block-poly(n-pentyl methacrylate) Copolymer by Temperature-dependent FTIR Spectroscopy Jin Kon Kim , Hye J. Kim , Young M. Jung , Seung B. Kim , Du Yeol Ryu , Kristopher Lavery , Thomas P. Russell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A30.00009: Phase Behavior of Poly(styrene-b-isoprene) Diblock Copolymers Loaded with \gamma-Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$ Nanoparticles Moon Jeong Park , Jongnam Park , Taeghwan Hyeon , Kookheon Char Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A30.00010: Nanocellular formation of supercritical CO$_2$ in block copolymer thin films Hideaki Yokoyama , Lei Li , Taichi Nemoto , Kenji Sugiyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A30.00011: Phase Transitions and Spatial Organization in Nanoparticle-Block Copolymer Mixtures Jaeup Kim , Ben O'Shaughnessy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A30.00012: Elastic Properties of Ordered Block Copolymer / Nanoparticle Composites Russell Thompson , Kim Rasmussen , Turab Lookman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A30.00013: On the influence of temperature and volume fraction on liquid crystalline block copolymer nanoscale architectures Kishore Tenneti , Christopher Li , Yingfeng Tu , Xinhua Wan , Qu-Feng Zhou , Carlos Avila-Orta , Benjamin Hsiao Preview Abstract
	A30.00014: The Effect of Segregation Strength on Network Formation in ABC Triblocks Thomas Epps , Joon Chatterjee , Frank Bates Preview Abstract
	A30.00015: Stability of Core-Shell-Cylinder Structure of Poly(styrene-b-1,3-cyclohexadiene) Diblock Copolymers Ashoutosh Panday , Samuel Gido , Kunlun Hong , Jimmy Mays Preview Abstract
	A30.00016: LDOT Diblock Copolymers: Specific Interactions, Compressibility, and Fluctuations Junhan Cho , Duyeol Ryu , Jin Kon Kim Preview Abstract

Session A31: Molecular Motion in Miscible Blends

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Sanat Kumar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
LACC - 503

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A31.00001: Dynamics in Miscible Blends: Recent Results and Open Questions Invited Speaker: Juan Colmenero Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A31.00002: Component Dynamics in Miscible Blends of PEO and PMMA Invited Speaker: Janna Maranas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A31.00003: Modelling the Segmental Relaxation Time Distribution of Miscible Polymer Blends Jane Lipson , Ralph Colby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A31.00004: Miscible Polyisoprene/Polystyrene Blends: An Unusual Combination of Heterogeneous Segmental Dynamics and Homogeneous Diffusion Yiyong He , Tom Lutz , Mark Ediger , Marinos Pitsikalis , Nikos Hadjichristidis , Ernst von Meerwall Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A31.00005: A molecular picture: How composition influences the dynamic and static properties in a polyolefin blend, as observed with molecular simulation Andrew May , Janna Maranas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A31.00006: Interdiffusion in a Polydisperse Polymer Blend Anna C. Balazs , Victor V. Yashin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A31.00007: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of the Alpha- and Beta-Relaxation Processes in a Realistic Model Polymer Dmitry Bedrov , Grant D. Smith Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A31.00008: Entropy Theory of Polymer Glass-Formation Revisted Jack Douglas , Jacek Dudowicz , Karl Freed Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A31.00009: Correlation between static and dynamic heterogenities in polymer mixtures Roland Faller , Florence Pon , Qi Sun Preview Abstract

Session A32: Focus Session: Novel Computational Algorithms: From Materials to the Universe I

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Mark Novotny, Mississippi State
LACC - 507

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A32.00001: The Geometric Cluster Algorithm: Rejection-Free Monte Carlo Simulation of Complex Fluids Invited Speaker: Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A32.00002: Efficient Cluster Algorithm for Resistively Shunted Josephson Junctions Philipp Werner , Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A32.00003: Schrodinger eigenstates for surface-confinement problems Morten Willatzen , Jens Gravesen , Lok C. Lew Yan Voon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A32.00004: Global optimization in surface structure determination by electron diffraction using generalized pattern search methods Zhengji Zhao , Juan Meza , Michel Van Hove Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A32.00005: Reciprocal space approach to finite size error in many-body simulations Simone Chiesa , David Ceperley , Richard Martin , Markus Holzmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A32.00006: Quantum spin glass and Sourlas codes Jun-ichi Inoue Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A32.00007: Comparison of energy minimization and variance minimization methods for optimizing variational parameters in many body wave functions C.J. Umrigar , Claudia Filippi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A32.00008: Monte Carlo Summation Technique Wenduo Zhou , R. Robinson , B. Sch\"uttler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A32.00009: Simple geometry optimization with Variational Quantum Monte Carlo method Dan Nissenbaum , B. Barbiellini , A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A32.00010: Accuracy and applicability of the finite temperature quasicontinuum method Laurent Dupuy , Ellad B. Tadmor , R. Miller , Rob Phillips Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A32.00011: Electronic structure code based on existing parallel AMR infrastructure Jean-Luc Fattebert , Rich Hornung , Andy Wissink , Francois Gygi Preview Abstract
	A32.00012: Fine-Lattice Discretization for Fluid Simulations: Convergence of Critical Parameters. Young C. Kim , Michael E. Fisher Preview Abstract
	A32.00013: Thermodynamically accurate particle-based mesodynamics Alejandro Strachan , Brad Holian Preview Abstract

Session A34: Environmental Interfaces I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Franz Geiger, Northwestern University
LACC - 511A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A34.00001: Creating Beakers without Walls: Formation of Deeply-Supercooled Binary Liquid Solutions from Nanoscale Amorphous Solid Films Invited Speaker: Bruce Kay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A34.00002: Growth-Melt Asymmetry in Ice A. Cahoon , M. Maruyama , J.S. Wettlaufer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:24AM	A34.00003: Surface structure of liquids and salt solutions: wetting, droplets and monolayers Invited Speaker: Miquel Salmeron Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A34.00004: Effect of Antifreeze Glycoprotein in contact with ice interface on the growth mechanism of an ice crystal Etsuro Yokoyama , Yohsinori Furukawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A34.00005: First Principles Simulations of Ice Nucleation at Metal Surfaces Angelos Michaelides , Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A34.00006: Grain Boundary Melting in Ice Erik Thomson , J.S. Wettlaufer , L.A. Wilen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A34.00007: Nucleation, condensation, wetting and dewetting of water on a silver surface Susan Dounce , Shih-Hui Jen , Minchul Yang , Hai-Lung Dai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A34.00008: Surface Segregation in Mixed Alkali Halide Solutions Sutapa Ghosal , John Hemminger , Hendrik Bluhm , B. Simon Mun , Guido Ketteler , Miquel Salmeron Preview Abstract

Session A35: Energy Landscapes in Clusters, Materials, and Biology I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: M. Gruebele, University of Illinois
LACC - 511B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A35.00001: Energy Landscapes and Beyond Invited Speaker: Peter G. Wolynes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A35.00002: Kinetics of an ultrafast folding protein analyzed with a free energy surface model Invited Speaker: William Eaton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A35.00003: What happens to a protein in a glassy environment? Vassiliy Lubchenko , Peter Wolynes , Hans Frauenfelder , Robert Silbey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A35.00004: Connection between the energy landscape and glass transition in a two-dimensional Lennard-Jones mixture Frank Somer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A35.00005: o-Terphenyl Self-Diffusion Near the Glass Transition Temperature Marie K. Mapes , Stephen F. Swallen , M.D. Ediger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A35.00006: Two aspects of water dynamics will be discussed; (1) intermittent collective motions and fluctuation, their experimental observation, (2) the role of these fluctuations in the water freezing process. Invited Speaker: Iwao Ohmine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A35.00007: Potential-Energy Surface of Infinite Helical Polypeptides Joel Ireta , Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A35.00008: The role of vibrations in the kinetics of conformational isomerization of biomolecules and clusters David Leitner , Johnson Agbo , David Evans , David Wales Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A35.00009: Amino acid and water molecules adsorbed on water clusters in a beam Ramiro Moro , Roman Rabinovitch , Vitaly Kresin Preview Abstract

Session A36: Focus Session: Novel States of Matter in Atomic Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP DCMP
Chair: Erich Mueller, Cornell University
LACC - 510

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A36.00001: Noise Correlations in one-dimensional ultra-cold atom systems Ludwig Mathey , Ashvin Vishwanath , Ehud Altman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A36.00002: Superfluidity of interacting bosons in one-dimension via strong disorder Noah Bray-Ali , Joel Moore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A36.00003: Novel Superfluidity of Trapped Fermi Atoms Loaded on Optical Lattices Masahiko Machida , Susumu Yamada , Yoji Ohashi , Hideki Matsumoto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A36.00004: Novel quantum phases of interacting fermionic atoms Invited Speaker: W. Vincent Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A36.00005: Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov paired atomic superfluids Daniel Sheehy , Leo Radzihovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A36.00006: Non-equilibrium dynamics of hard-core bosons on 1D lattices: short vs large time results Marcos Rigol , Alejandro Muramatsu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A36.00007: Solitons in Trapped Bose-Einstein condensates in one-dimensional optical lattices Richard Scalettar , Frederic Hebert , George Batrouni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A36.00008: Filling the Bose sea: clustered states and excitations Eddy Ardonne , Rinat Kedem , Michael Stone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A36.00009: Dynamical structure factor of one dimensional bosons in optical lattices Anibal Iucci , Miguel Cazalilla , Andrew Ho , Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A36.00010: Superfluid--Insulator Transition in Commensurate One-Dimensional Bosonic System with Off-Diagonal Disorder Kar\'en Balabanyan , Nikolay Prokof'ev , Boris Svistunov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A36.00011: Supersolid vs. phase separation in 2D Pinaki Sengupta , Leonid P. Pryadko , Fabien Alet , Matthias Troyer , Guido Schmid Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A36.00012: Crystalline phases of bosons in harmonic traps Igor Romanovsky , Constantine Yannouleas , Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
	A36.00013: Superfluid-insulator transition in moving boson lattice systems Ehud Altman , Anatoli Polkovnikov , Eugene Demler , Bertrand Halperin , Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
	A36.00014: Decay of superfluid currents in moving boson lattice systems Anatoli Polkovnikov , Ehud Altman , Eugene Demler , Bertrand Halperin , Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract

Session A37: Liquid Crystals I

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Antal Jakli, Kent State University
LACC - 512

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A37.00001: Spatially Periodic Alignment of Liquid Crystals by Patterned Photopolymerization Jian Zhou , David Collard , Jung Park , Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A37.00002: Quantitative study of the colloidal interaction forces and defect line tension in liquid crystals using optical trapping of polymer particles and defects Ivan Smalyukh , Oleg Lavrentovich , Andrey Kuzmin , Aleksandr Kachynski , Paras Prasad Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A37.00003: Effect of Magnetic Nanoparticles, Their Size and Functionalization on Liquid Crystal Order Luz J. Martinez-Miranda , Kevin McCarthy, Jr , Lynn K. Kurihara , Jason J. Harry , Robert L. Bruce Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A37.00004: Pattern formation by liquid crystal of colloidal gold nanorods Kyoungweon Park , Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A37.00005: Generalized Order Parameters for Systems of Orientationally Ordered Anisometric Particles Michael Shelley , Sharon C. Glotzer , Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A37.00006: Liquid crystals in random porous media: Disorder is stronger in low--density aerosils Dima Feldman , Robert Pelcovits Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A37.00007: The Effect of Aerosil Network on Liquid Crystal (4O.8) Phase Transition Mehmet Ramazanoglu , Simon Larochelle , Robert J. Birgeneau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A37.00008: Rf/ac-calorimetry on 8CB+aerosil dispersions Saimir Barjami , Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A37.00009: Structure and Phase Behavior of Smectic Liquid Crystals in Anisotropic Disorder Dennis Liang , Robert Leheny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A37.00010: Ordered Patterns of Liquid Crystal Toroidal Defects by Microchannel Confinement Youli Li , Myung Chul Choi , Thomas Pfohl , Jacob N. Israelachvili , Cyrus R. Safinya , Zhiyu Wen , Mahn Won Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A37.00011: Coarsening dynamics of a liquid crystal biosensor: Effects of adsorbed nanoparticles, flow and thermal fluctuations Orlando Guzman , Manan Chopra , Nicholas Abbott , Juan de Pablo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A37.00012: A Light Driven Artificial Goldfish J. Neal , H. Finkelmann , P. Palffy-Muhoray , M. Shelley , T. Toth-Katona Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A37.00013: Real-time microbe detection based on director distortions and light transmittance around growing immune complexes in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals Oleg Lavrentovich , Sergei Shiyanovskii , Tod Schneider , Ivan Smalyukh , Tomohiro Ishikawa , Gary Niehaus , Kathy Doane , Christopher Woolverton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A37.00014: Dielectric relaxation in confined liquid crystal: molecular and collective modes Manuel Rivera , Fouad Aliev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A37.00015: Dynamics of director relaxation in nanoconfined liquid crystal: dynamic light scattering investigation Sarmistha Basu , Fouad Aliev Preview Abstract

Session A38: Metal-Insulator Phase Transitions - Theory I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Wei Ku, Brookhaven National Lab
LACC - 513

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A38.00001: Dynamical Breakup of the Fermi Surface in a doped Mott Insulator Marcello Civelli , Massimo Capone , Srivenkateswara Kancharla , Olivier Parcollet , Gabriel Kotliar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A38.00002: Temperature dependent spin susceptibility in a two-dimensional metal Victor Galitski , Andrey Chubukov , Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A38.00003: Non-equilibrium properties of a Mott insulator in an external electric field Volodymyr Turkowski , James Freericks , Veljko Zlatic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A38.00004: On the X-ray-Problem in the Falicov-Kimball model in large dimensions at half-filling Gerd Czycholl , Frithjof B. Anders Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A38.00005: Phase diagram of the one dimensional extended Falikov-Kimbal model Philip Brydon , Miklos Gulacsi , Alan Bishop Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A38.00006: Hierarchical lattice models with evidence of metallic conductance: Implications for localization Brian Moritz , William Schwalm Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A38.00007: Non-linear quantum critical transport and the Schwinger Mechanism Andrew G. Green , Shivaji Sondhi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A38.00008: An Analytic Phase Diagram for Anderson Disorder Roger Haydock , Nigel Goldenfeld Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A38.00009: Many-body electronic structure calculations for Americium metal Sergej Savrasov , Gabriel Kotliar , Sahana Murthy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A38.00010: Coulomb Gas in the Large-N Limit: no Spin-Splitting of the Effective Mass Suhas Gangadharaiah , Dmitrii Maslov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A38.00011: Glass transition and the Coulomb gap in electron glasses Markus Mueller , Lev Ioffe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A38.00012: Noise at the Wigner Glass Transition and Implications for the 2D Metal-Insulator Transition Charles Reichhardt , Cynthia Olson Reichhardt Preview Abstract

Session A39: SPS: Undergraduate Research I

Chair: Jack Hehn, American Institute of Physics
LACC - 514

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A39.00001: Temperature Control During the Delivery of Laser Assisted Cancer Immunotherapy Robert Arnold , Pradip Bandyopadhyay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A39.00002: Laser Assisted Cancer Immunotherapy: Optical Dye Distribution in Tumors Ryan Swindle , Pradip Bandyopadhyay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A39.00003: Laser Assisted Cancer Immunotherapy: An Experimental Theraputic Approach in Balb/c Mice John Gray , Pradip Bandyopadhyay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A39.00004: The Effect of Heterogeneous Conductivity on Thermal Diffusion in Tissue Gregory Varner , Richard Rolleigh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A39.00005: Optical Microfluidic Control using induced Marangoni Effect Kyle Noble , Ken Kotz , Gregory Faris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A39.00006: An Empirical Charge Redistribution Model for Water Potentials in Biophysical Systems Robin Smith , Steve Valone , Susan Atlas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A39.00007: On the Landing of Rigid Cylinders Invited Speaker: Matthew Shanks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A39.00008: Measuring the High Frequency Response of Individual Carbon Nanotubes Anthony Annunziata , Beth Parks , Sami Rosenblatt , Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A39.00009: Development of a nanolithography package for local AFM oxidation Andrew T. McNamara , Hong Chen , J.J. Heremans , V. Soghomonian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A39.00010: Transport Measurements of Superconducting Zinc Nanowires at Low-Temperatures Brian Hult , John Free , William Neils , Michael Tinkham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A39.00011: Time-Resolved Photoluminesence of Undoped and Bismuth Doped CdWO$_{4}$ J.A. Kotonias , H.M. Yochum Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A39.00012: Lipid Films, Magnetic Lipid Films, and Their Mechanical Properties Alok Sahgal , Kezheng Chen , Wilfred Ngwa , Weili Luo Preview Abstract

Session A40: Focus Session: Morphology and Evolution at Surfaces: Structure and Organics

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Fulvio Ratto, Universite' de Que'bec
LACC - 408A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A40.00001: Reconstruction of the (0001) Surface of Graphite near Step Edges Edward Kintzel , Hong Luo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A40.00002: Relative stability of Si surfaces: a first-principles study Guang-Hong Lu , Minghuang Huang , Feng Liu , Martin Cuma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A40.00003: Atomic structure of the GaAs(001)-$c(4\times4)$ surface Peter Kratzer , Evgeni Penev , Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A40.00004: In-Rich Reconstructions of the InSb(100) Surface and Chemisorption of Lithium on the c (8x2) Surface - An Ab Initio Study.* Sridevi L. Ganapathy , A. K. Ray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A40.00005: SIESTA study of c-GaN(001)-4x1 surface reconstruction: Tetramers andtheir STM images. Nancy Sandler , Hamad Al-Brithen , Muhammad Haider , Arthur Smith , Pablo Ordejon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A40.00006: First Principles Study of Dihydride Chains on H-Terminated Si(100)-2$\times$1 Surface Yuji Suwa , Masaaki Fujimori , Seiji Heike , Yasuhiko Terada , Tomihiro Hashizume Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A40.00007: Application of a direct method to solve the structure of ($\surd $3x$\surd $3)Sb/Au (110) from surface x-ray diffraction measurements Russell Fung , Valentin Shneerson , Somendra Parihar , Harry Johnson-Steigelman , Paul Lyman , Dilano Saldin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A40.00008: STM study of azobenzene self-assembly at clean metal surfaces Jongweon Cho , Matthew J. Comstock , Niv Levy , Armen Kirakosian , Michael F. Crommie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A40.00009: Density-functional study of adsorption of isocyanides on the gold (111) surface. Yulia Gilman , Philip B. Allen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A40.00010: Synchrotron X-ray Specular Reflectivity Measurements of Dotriacontane Films Adsorbed on a Ag(111) Surface M. Bai , S. Trogisch , H. Mo , H. Taub , S.N. Ehrlich , D. Wermeille , U.G. Volkmann , F.Y. Hansen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A40.00011: Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of Topography and Friction in Dotriacontane Films Adsorbed on SiO$_2$ M. Simpson , S. Trogisch , H. Taub , U.G. Volkmann , M. Pino , S.N. Ehrlich , F.Y. Hansen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A40.00012: Furan Decomposition Mechanism on Vicinal Pd(111) Studied by STM and DFT A. Loui , C. Y. Fong , S. Chiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A40.00013: Evidence of surface reconstruction during inorganic crystal nucleation under Langmuir monolayers Sumit Kewalramani , Guennadi Evmenenko , Chungjong Yu , Kyungil Kim , Jan Kmetko , Pulak Dutta Preview Abstract

Session A42: Artificially Structured or Self-Assembled Magnetic Materials - I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: William Pratt, Michigan State University
LACC - 150B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A42.00001: Large scale and high density regular array of magnetic quantum dots by nanosphere lithography Jun Yuan , Peiweng Wu , Wei Peng , Xinling Tuo , Xiaogong Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A42.00002: Fabrication and structural characterization of ordered magnetic nanodot arrays over large area Chang-Peng Li , Igor V. Roshchin , Xavier Batlle , Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A42.00003: Studies of Lithographically Defined Geometrical Frustrated Magnetic Networks Ruifang Wang , K.C. Ku , R. Freitas , G. Xiang , O. Maksimov , N. Samarth , P. Schiffer , M.S. Lund , C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A42.00004: Structural and magnetic characterization of Co/NiFe dot arrays using soft x-ray resonant magnetic scattering Yongseong Choi , D.R. Lee , J.W. Freeland , G. Srajer , V. Metlushko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A42.00005: Tailoring size effects on the exchange bias of ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic nanodots Vincent Baltz , Jordi Sort , Stefan Landis , Bernard Rodmacq , Bernard Dieny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A42.00006: Spin waves in perpendicularly magnetized nanoscale permalloy dots Mark Zimmerman , Chengtao Yu , Michael Pechan , Jordan Katine , Liesl Folks , Matthew Carey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A42.00007: Ferromagnetic resonance force microscopy investigations of micron size permalloy dots Tim Mewes , Gleb Kakazei , Vidya Bhallamudi , Razvan Chirla , Palash Banerjee , Yuri Obukhov , Philip E. Wigen , P. Chris Hammel , Sharat Batra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A42.00008: Magnetism, NMR spectra, and optical transformations in Nafion with paramagnetic nano-structure E.M. Levin , Q. Chen , S.L. Bud'ko , K. Schmidt-Rohr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A42.00009: Nanoparticles studied by magnetic speckles Karine Chesnel , Steve Kevan , Jeffrey Kortright , Eric Fullerton , Shouheng Sun , Kannan Krishnan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A42.00010: Quantitative studies of the vortex state in sub-100 nm magnetic nanodots. Igor V. Roshchin , Chang-Peng Li , Xavier Batlle , S. Roy , S. K. Sinha , S. Park , R. Pynn , M. R. Fitzsimmons , J. Mejia Lopez , D. Altbir , A. H. Romero , F. Ott , M. Viret , Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A42.00011: Frustrated Vortices V. Rose , H. Ibach , V. Metlushko , S.-H. Chung , K. Buchanan , M. Grimsditch , V. Novosad , A. Hoffmann , S.D. Bader Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A42.00012: Exchange Biased Vortices J. Sort , J. Nogu\'es , M.D. Bar\'o , S.-H. Chung , K. Buchanan , M. Grimsditch , V. Novosad , A. Hoffmann , B. Dieny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A42.00013: Theoretical analysis of the transmission Phase Shift of a Quantum Dot in presence of Kondo correlations Andres Jerez , Pavel Vitushinsky , Mireille Lavagna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A42.00014: Kondo Effect in an Exactly Solvable Double Dot System with Singlet Groundstate Robert Konik Preview Abstract

Session A43: Focus Session: Spin Transfer Effect I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Robert Buhrman, Cornell University
LACC - 150C

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A43.00001: Time-Domain Measurements of Nanomagnet Dynamics Driven by Spin-Polarized Current Invited Speaker: Ilya Krivorotov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A43.00002: Current-driven excitations in symmetric magnetic nanopillars M. Tsoi , J. Z. Sun , S. S. P. Parkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A43.00003: Spin-transfer torque driven de-pinning of a domain-wall in a magnetic nano-wire Luc Thomas , Masamitsu Hayashi , Xin Jiang , Rai Moriya , Charles Rettner , Stuart Parkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A43.00004: Domain wall motion driven by an electric current Jiexuan He , Zhanjie Li , Shufeng Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A43.00005: Current-Driven Domain Wall Motion in Permalloy Nanowires Masamitsu Hayashi , Luc Thomas , Charles Rettner , Xin Jiang , Rai Moriya , Stuart Parkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A43.00006: Mobility of field and current-driven domain walls in magnetic nanowires G. S. D. Beach , C. Nistor , C. Knutson , M. Tsoi , J. L. Erskine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A43.00007: SEMPA measurements of trapped domain walls in thin film nanoconstrictions. W. Casey Uhlig , John Unguris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A43.00008: Nanometer Scale Observation of Current-Induced Narrow Domain Wall Depinning in Perpendicular Spin Valves Dafine Ravelosona , Daniel Lacour , Jordan Katine , Bruce Terris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A43.00009: Interaction of Spin-Transfer Oscillators With AC Currents and Fields M.R. Pufall , W.H. Rippard , S. Kaka , T.J. Silva , S.E. Russek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A43.00010: Current-Induced High Frequency Excitations in Py-based Nanopillars Mustafa AlHajDarwish , Irinel Chiorescu , William Pratt Jr. , Jack Bass Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A43.00011: Bipolar High Field Excitations in Co/Cu/Co Nanopillar Junctions B. \"{O}zyilmaz , W. Chen , A. D. Kent , M. J. Rooks , J. Z. Sun Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A43.00012: High Speed Spin-Transfer Switching Behavior of Low Critical Current Spin Valve Nanopillars P.M. Braganca , I.N. Krivorotov , O. Ozatay , A.G.F. Garcia , J.C. Sankey , N.C. Emley , D.C. Ralph , R.A. Buhrman Preview Abstract