APS - 2005 APS March Meeting - Session Index MAR05

Session B1: Spin Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Naota Nagaosa, University of Tokyo
LACC - 152

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B1.00001: Dissipationless quantum spin current and the intrinsic spin Hall effect Invited Speaker: Shou-Cheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B1.00002: Numerical Studies of Anomalous Spin and Charge Transport Invited Speaker: Kentaro Nomura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B1.00003: Resonant spin Hall effect in two dimensional electron gas Invited Speaker: Shun-Qing Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B1.00004: Spin current and polarization in impure 2D electron systems with spin-orbit coupling Invited Speaker: Bertrand I. Halperin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B1.00005: Experimental observation of the spin-Hall effect in a two dimensional spin-orbit coupled semiconductor system Invited Speaker: Joerg Wunderlich Preview Abstract

Session B2: Novel Metal-like States in Two-Dimensions

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Sankar Das Sarma, Univ. of Maryland
LACC - 151

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B2.00001: Intermediate phases of the two dimensional electron fluid between the Fermi liquid and the Wigner crystal Invited Speaker: Boris Spivak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B2.00002: Incipient Superconductivity in Metallic and Insulating Phases of Indium Oxide Near the Superconductor-Insulator Transition Invited Speaker: Myles Steiner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B2.00003: Effect of in-plane Magnetic Field on Conductivity of Two Dimensional Electrons on Silicon Surface Invited Speaker: Sergey Vitkalov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B2.00004: Counterflow Conductivity of Bilayer 2D Hole Systems at Filling Factor 1 Invited Speaker: Emanuel Tutuc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B2.00005: Spin Dependent Onset of Exciton Condensation in Bilayer Quantum Hall Systems Invited Speaker: L.A. Tracy Preview Abstract

Session B3: DCMP/DMP Joint Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Samuel Bader, Argonne National Lab and Sidney Nagel, University of Chicago
LACC - 515B

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B3.00001: Valley Prize Talk Invited Speaker: Ivo Souza Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B3.00002: Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award Talk: Novel Magnetism and Transport in Complex Oxide Thin Films, Multilayers and Nanostructures Invited Speaker: Yuri Suzuki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B3.00003: Davisson-Germer Award Talk: Surface Electron Microscopy with Slow Electrons Invited Speaker: Ernst Bauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B3.00004: David Adler Lectureship Award Talk: Multifunctional Complex Oxide Heterostructures Invited Speaker: Ramamoorthy Ramesh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B3.00005: McGroddy Prize Talk: Competing orders and gigantic responses in transition-metal oxides with correlated electrons Invited Speaker: Yoshinori Tokura Preview Abstract

Session B4: Glassy Polymers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Alexei Sokolov, University of Akron
LACC - 515A

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B4.00001: The Distributions of Tg Values and Physical Aging across Thin and Ultrathin Polymer Films and within Polymer Nanocomposites Invited Speaker: John M. Torkelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B4.00002: Mechanical heterogeneity in bulk, thin-film, and nanocomposite polymeric glasses Invited Speaker: Juan de Pablo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B4.00003: Kinetics and Thermodynamics of the Glass Transition: Kovacs and Kauzmann Revisited Invited Speaker: Sindee Simon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B4.00004: Continuum and Meso-scopic Models for the Nonlinear Relaxation Behavior of Glassy Polymers Invited Speaker: James Caruthers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B4.00005: Nanostructure in amorphous poly(n-alkylmethacrylate) melt from dynamic NMR and scattering Invited Speaker: Hans Wolfgang Spiess Preview Abstract

Session B5: Einstein and Friends I

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Virginia Trimble, University of California-Irvine
LACC - 502B

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B5.00001: Einstein and Millikan Invited Speaker: Charlotte Erwin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B5.00002: Einstein and Lorentz (The Robert H. Dicke Lecture) Invited Speaker: A.J. Kox Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B5.00003: Einstein and Hilbert Invited Speaker: John Stachel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B5.00004: Emmy Noether on Conservation of Energy in the General Theory Invited Speaker: Nina Byers Preview Abstract

Session B6: Theoretical and Computational Studies of Water

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Giulia Galli/LLNL
LACC - 502A

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B6.00001: X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure Calculations of Water and Ice Invited Speaker: Lars G.M. Pettersson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B6.00002: Super-cooled and glassy water and liquid-liquid phase transitions: a computer simulation perspective Invited Speaker: Francesco Sciortino Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B6.00003: Ab-initio simulations of liquid water: dielectric and hydrophobic effects Invited Speaker: Roberto Car Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B6.00004: Structural and dynamical properties of water under ambient and high-pressure conditions Invited Speaker: Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B6.00005: Proton Solvation and Transport in Aqueous Environments Invited Speaker: Gregory Voth Preview Abstract

Session B7: Women at the Forefront of Biological Physics

Sponsoring Units: DBP CSWP
Chair: Aihua Xie, Oklahoma State University
LACC - 408B

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B7.00001: Computational Genomics Using Graph Theory Invited Speaker: Tamar Schlick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B7.00002: Crystal structures and molecular mechanism of light-induced signaling switches Invited Speaker: Ilme Schlichting Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B7.00003: Single Molecules Studies Using Optical Trapping and Fluorescence Techniques Invited Speaker: Michelle D. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B7.00004: Computational Studies of Proteins Invited Speaker: Marilyn Gunner Preview Abstract

Session B9: Magentic Recording/Exchange Bias/Magnetic Properties

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: William Egelhoff, NIST
LACC - 153A

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B9.00001: New Perpendicular Media by Engineering Thermal Stability and Writing Capability Separately Jian-Ping Wang , W.K. Shen , J.M. Bai , N.M. Khan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B9.00002: Improved Patterned Media for Probe-Based HAMR Emmanuelle Algre , Gilles Gaudin , Ahmad Bsiesy , Jean-Pierre Nozieres Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B9.00003: Domains and Magnetization Rotation in Exchange Biased Ni/FeF$_2$ Justin Olamit , Kai Liu , Elke Arenholz , Zhi-Pan Li , Oleg Petracic , Igor Roshchin , Ivan Schuller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B9.00004: Asymmetric Reversal in Exchange Bias: experiment and micromagnetic simulations Zhi-Pan Li , Oleg Petracic , Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B9.00005: Magnetization depth dependence and reversal processes in exchange coupled FeF$_{2}$/F (F=Fe,Ni,Py) bilayers R. Morales , Zhi-Pan Li , O. Petracic , X. Batlle , Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B9.00006: Intrinsic exchange bias effect in a charge-ordered manganite Dario Niebieskikwiat , Myron Salamon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B9.00007: Influence of the antiphase boundaries density on the anomalous magnetic behaviour of epitaxial Fe$_3$O$_4$ (111) thin films Alexandre M. Bataille , Jean-Baptiste Moussy , Susana Gota , Marie-Jo Guittet , Martine Gautier-Soyer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B9.00008: Improvements in magnetomechanical properties of highly magnetostrictive ferrites due to magnetic annealing Chester C.H. Lo , Andy P. Ring , John E. Snyder , David C. Jiles Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B9.00009: Magnetization and Phase Transitions in Single-Crystal Tb$_5$(Si$_{2.2}$Ge$_{1.8}$) Andrew Ring , Hattie Ziegler , T. Lograsso , D. Schlagel , John Snyder , David Jiles Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B9.00010: Magnetization-induced second-harmonic generation of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films grown by RF magnetron sputtering method Y.-M. Chang , Y. J. Hsu , T. M. Liu , S. L. Cheng , J. G. Lin , C. H. Chen Preview Abstract

Session B10: Focus Session: III-V Magnetic Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Nitin Samarth, Pennsylvania State University
LACC - 153B

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B10.00001: Effect of carrier concentration on Magnetic Circular Dichroism (MCD) in GaMnAs/ZnSe hybrid structures with Be and Si co-doping R. Chakarvorty , K. J. Yee , X. Liu , P. Redlinski , M. Kutrowski , L.V. Titova , T. Wojtowicz , J.K. Furdyna , B. Janko , M. Dobrowolska Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B10.00002: Magneto-optical Kerr Effect Studies of Magnetic Anisotropy in Tensile-Strained (Ga,Mn)As W. Fadgen , O. Maksimov , B. L. Sheu , G. Xiang , P. Schiffer , N. Samarth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B10.00003: Mid-infrared magneto-optical studies of Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_x$As random alloy films G. Acbas , S. Wang , M. Cheon , G.B. Kim , A. Markelz , H. Luo , B.D. Mccombe , J. Cerne , M. Cukr , V. Novak , J. Sinova , X. Liu , J.K. Furdyna , T. Wojtowicz , M.A. Scarpulla , O.D. Dubon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B10.00004: Frontiers for Ferromagnetism in GaMnAs Invited Speaker: Bryan Gallagher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B10.00005: Competition between cubic and uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in GaMnAs at low Mn concentrations L.V. Titova , M. Kutrowski , X. Liu , R. Chakarvorty , W.L. Lim , T. Wojtowicz , J.K. Furdyna , M. Dobrowolska Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B10.00006: Anisotropic properties of ferromagnetic GaMnAs thin films grown on misoriented GaAs substrates Konrad Dziatkowski , Weng-Lee Lim , Xinyu Liu , Zhiguo Ge , Shaoping Shen , Jacek K. Furdyna , Malgorzata Dobrowolska Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B10.00007: Effect of Sb/Ga flux ratio on magnetic properties in ferromagnetic Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$Sb random alloys G.B. Kim , M. Cheon , S. Wang , H. Luo , B.D. McCombe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B10.00008: Magnetotransport properties of ferromagnetic Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$Sb random alloys with different Sb/Ga flux ratio H. Luo , G.B. Kim , M. Cheon , S. Wang , B.D. McCombe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B10.00009: Low Temperature Magnetic Features in MnAs Films Grown on GaAs(001) Miyeon Cheon , Gibum Kim , Shumin Wang , Hong Luo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B10.00010: Induced magnetic ordering control in a digital (Ga,Mn)As structure Jisang Hong , Dingsheng Wang , Ruqian Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B10.00011: Magnetoelastic Measurements in a (Ga,Mn)As Nanoelectromechanical Resonator Sotirios Masmanidis , Edward Myers , Hongxing Tang , Mo Li , Michael Roukes , Kristiaan De Greve , Geert Vermeulen , Wim Van Roy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B10.00012: Dynamical Mean Field Study of Ferromagnetism in Mn Doped GaAs Karan Aryanpour Preview Abstract

Session B11: High Pressure I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMP
Chair: Matteo Cococcione, MIT
LACC - 153C

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B11.00001: Boron a frustrated element: ab-initio study of pressure induced amorphization Tadashi Ogitsu , Francois Gygi , Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B11.00002: Mechanical and thermodynamic properties of solid Zirconium using a tight-binding approach Ilan Schnell , Matthew Jones , Sven Rudin , Robert Albers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B11.00003: Universal transition state and transition path for the high-pressure zinc blende to rocksalt phase transition Maosheng Miao , Walter Lambrecht Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B11.00004: Searching for viable transition paths of pressure driven phase transition in solid xenon: First-principle study Eunja Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B11.00005: Classical Potential Describes Martensitic Phase Transformations in Titanium Thomas Lenosky , Richard Hennig , John Wilkins , Dallas Trinkle , Sven Rudin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B11.00006: A Model for Heterogeneous Materials Undergoing Phase Transitions JeeYeon Plohr , Bradford Clements , Francis Addessio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B11.00007: Theoretical Analysis of Stress-Induced Structural Response of Cubic Crystals Beyond the Onset of Elastic Instability Hadrian Djohari , Jianhua Zhao , Frederick Milstein , Dimitrios Maroudas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B11.00008: Ellipsometry of Shocked Crystals: Birefringence and Relaxation of LiF Reed Patterson , Jeffrey Nguyen , Neil Holmes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B11.00009: High Pressure Studies of PETN up to 74 GPa Michael Pravica , Krystyna Lapinska-Kalita , Hubertus Giefers , YongRong Shen , Malcolm Nicol , Maddury Somayazulu , Michael Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B11.00010: Pressure dependence of the first-order Raman frequency in isotopically mixed diamond Alexander Goncharov , Hisao Kanda , Sergei Stishov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B11.00011: High Pressure Structural Phase Transitions in Lithium Nitride Amy Lazicki , Choong-Shik Yoo , Warren Pickett , Richard Scalettar , Maddoury Somayazulu , Daniel Hausermann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B11.00012: Commensurate N2-O2 Alloys at High Pressures Bruce Baer , Jae-Hyun Park Klepeis , Choong-Shik Yoo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B11.00013: High Pressure Synthesis of a New 0201 type Oxychloride High Tc Superconductor by “Apical Oxygen Doping” Q. Q. Liu , X. M. Qin , C. Q. Jin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B11.00014: Impulsive stimulated scattering on metal and semiconductor interfaces under high pressure Eric Chronister , Bruce Baer , Masashi Yamaguchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B11.00015: Shear stresses in shock compressed covalent solids Ivan Oleynik , Sergey Zybin , Mark Elert , Carter White Preview Abstract

Session B12: Vortices in Superconductors II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Laura Greene, UIUC
LACC - 402A

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B12.00001: Investigation of vortex-matter states in Y$_{1-x}$Pr$_{x}$Ba$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$ B. J. Taylor , D. J. Scanderbeg , M. B. Maple , C. Kwon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B12.00002: Evolution of Depinning Force Density of $Y_{1-x}Pr_{x}Ba_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7-\delta}$ Single Crystals with Temperature and Magnetic Fields P. Gyawali , T. Katuwal , V. Sandu , C.C. Almasan , B.J. Taylor , M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B12.00003: Manipulating vortex motion by thermal and Lorentz force in high temperature superconductors Zhi Wang , Lei Shan , Yingzi Zhang , Fang Zhou , Jiwu Xiong , Wenxin Ti , Hai-Hu Wen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B12.00004: Magnetism near Vortex Cores of Cuprate Superconductors J.C. Lee , K. Prudchenko , B. Launspach , E.J. Ruiz , C. Boekema Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B12.00005: Correlation of Vortex Pinning with Topography in a Thin Film YBCO Sample N.C. Koshnick , O.M. Auslaender , J.E. Hoffman , E. Straver , K.A. Moler , R.A. Hughes , J.S. Preston Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B12.00006: Scanning hall probe microscopy of AC losses in YBCO coated conductors Rafael Dinner , George Daniels , David Larbalestier , Brady Gibbons , Vladimir Matias , Kathryn Moler , Malcolm Beasley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B12.00007: Comparative Study of Vortex Phase Transitions in Bi-2212 Single Crystals in Tilted Magnetic Fields Jovan Mirkovic , Atsushi Nakano , Hirokazu Sato , Takashi Yamamoto , Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B12.00008: Resonance-like behaviors of Josephson vortex flow resistance in mesoscopic intrinsic junctions of Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ Itsuhiro Kakeya , Miyako Iwase , Takuya Yamazaki , Takashi Yamamoto , Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B12.00009: Josephson flux flow resistance in single crystalline $\mathrm{Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta}}$ in various rectangular geometries Kazuo Kadowaki , Itsuhiro Kakeya , Miyako Iwase , Takuya Yamazaki , Takashi Yamamoto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B12.00010: Josephson Vortex State in Strongly Anisotropic Superconductor Bi-2212 Kazuto Hirata , Shuuichi Ooi , Shan Yu , El Hadi Smail Sadki , Takashi Mochiku Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B12.00011: Matching Effect of Vortex liquid in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+y}$ with Artificial Periodic Defects Shuuichi Ooi , Takashi Mochiku , Shan Yu , El hadi Smail Sadki , Kazuto Hirata Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B12.00012: Kosterlitz-Thouless phase of interlayer Josephson vortices in high-Tc superconductors Qing-hu Chen , Xiao Hu , Masashi Tachiki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B12.00013: Critical Currents and the Peak Effect in YBCO J.W. Farmer , D.L. Cowan , M. Kornecki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B12.00014: Enhanced Flux Pinning in YBCO Films by Nano-Scaled Substrate Surface Roughness Qiang Li , Zuxin Ye , Weidong Si , Yufeng Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B12.00015: Vortex Dynamics in Superconducting Ratchet in Niobium Thin Film Observed by Lorentz Microscopy Yoshihiko Togawa$^{1}$ , Ken Harada$^{1,2}$ , Tetsuya Akashi$^{2,3}$ , Hiroto Kasai$^{2}$ , Tsuyoshi Matsuda$^{1,4}$ , Atsutaka Maeda$^{1,5}$ , Akira Tonomura$^{1,2}$ Preview Abstract
	B12.00016: Flux turbulence in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ single crystals Zuxin Ye , Qiang Li , Genda Gu Preview Abstract

Session B13: Josephson Junctions and SQUIDs I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Malcolm Beasley, Stanford University
LACC - 402B

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B13.00001: Properties of Nb-MoSi$_{2}$-Nb Josephson Junctions Yonuk Chong , Paul D. Dresselhaus , Samuel P. Benz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B13.00002: Search for Second-Order Josephson tunneling in SFS Josephson junctions S.M. Frolov , D.J. Van Harlingen , V.A. Oboznov , V.V. Bolginov , A.K. Feofanov , V.V. Ryazanov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B13.00003: Non-equilibrium spin-transfer torque in voltage-biased SFS and SFNFS Josephson junctions Erhai Zhao , J. A. Sauls Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B13.00004: Ratchet effect in Josephson junction arrays: simulations vs experiments Veronica I. Marconi , Daniel Dominguez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B13.00005: Macroscopic quantum tunneling of phase-locked fluxons in coupled long Josephson junctions Ju Kim , Kyungsun Moon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B13.00006: Phase diagram of two capacitively coupled Josephson Guillermo Ramirez-Santiago , Jorge Jose V Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B13.00007: Long Josepshon Junction in a Resonant Cavity Ivan Tornes , David Stroud Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B13.00008: Effects of Coexistent Normal and Supercurrent in SNS Josephson Junctions M.S. Crosser , Norman O. Birge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B13.00009: Theory of a mesoscopic superconducting phase gradiometer David Pekker , Paul Goldbart , David Hopkins , Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B13.00010: Spin and Spin-Wave Dynamics in Josephson Junctions Zohar Nussinov , Alexander Shnirman , Dan Arovas , Alexander Balatsky , Jian-Xin Zhu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B13.00011: Floating phase in a dissipative Josephson junction array Sumanta Tewari , John Toner , Sudip Chakravarty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B13.00012: Half - h/2e - Oscillations of SQUIDs Jochen Mannhart , Christof Schneider , German Hammerl , Gennadij Logvenov , Thilo Kopp , John Kirtley , Peter Hirschfeld , Hel\`ene Raffy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B13.00013: Simulating one-dimensional Josephson junction arrays in the presence of dissipation Michael Zwolak , Guifre Vidal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B13.00014: Helical vortex phase in the non-centrosymmetric CePt$_3$Si Raminder Kaur , Daniel Agterberg , Manfred Sigrist Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B13.00015: Josephson Effect in Presence of Spin Berry Phase Hiroshi Kohno , Gen Tatara , Naoto Nagaosa , Alexander Balatsky Preview Abstract

Session B14: Focus Session: Molecular-Scale Electronics and Sensors II

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DCP
Chair: Carter White, Naval Research Lab
LACC - 403B

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B14.00001: Transport Through A Molecule Or A Dot: Capacitance, Hysteresis, DNA And Switching Invited Speaker: Mark Ratner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B14.00002: Scanning Tunneling Microscope Observation of Current Rectification by Self-Assembled Monolayers of Conjugated Organic Molecules Shashi Karna , Govind Mallick , Anubhav Srivastava , Sarah Lastella , Qingdong Zheng , Paras Prasad Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B14.00003: Scanned Probe Imaging of Nanoscale Conducting Channels in Pt/alkanoic acid monolayer/Ti Devices Chun Ning Lau , Duncan R. Stewart , Marc Bockrath , R. Stanley Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B14.00004: Modeling the Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectra of Molecular Wire Junctions Alessandro Troisi , Mark Ratner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B14.00005: First-principles study of the spin-polarized electron tunneling in a self-assembled molecular BDT monolayer Haiying He , Ranjit Pati , Ravindra Pandey , Shashi P. Karna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B14.00006: Non-equilibrium quantum transport properties of organic molecules on silicon Wenchang Lu , V. Meunier , J. Bernholc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B14.00007: Nanoparticle-Organic Composite Electronic Materials for Chemical Sensors Stephen Howell , Shawn Dirk , David Wheeler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B14.00008: Electrostatic force microscopy of DNA molecules Guoqiang Xia , Nina Markvoic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B14.00009: Single Protein Structural Analysis with a Solid-state Nanopore Sensor Jiali Li , Jene Golovchenko , David McNabb , Brian Thomas , Brad Ledden Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B14.00010: PH Dependence of Single DNA Molecules Translocation through a Nanopore Device Daniel Fologea , James Uplinger , David McNabb , Jene Golovchenko , Jiali Li Preview Abstract
	B14.00011: Electronic Coupling of Organics to Semiconductors Through Quantum Resonance Guilluame Dupont , Charles Musgrave Preview Abstract
	B14.00012: Spin Polarized Electron Transport in a Magnetically Coupled Molecular Wire L. Senapati , J. Schrier , K. B. Whaley Preview Abstract
	B14.00013: Detection of NO2 down to ppb levels using individual and multiple In2O3 nanowire devices Daihua Zhang , Zuqin Liu , Chao Li , Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract

Session B15: Focus Session: Inorganic Glasses

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: John Kieffer, University of Michigan
LACC - 405

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B15.00001: Ultrafast Laser Modification of Inorganic Glasses Invited Speaker: Denise Krol Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B15.00002: Novel methods for first principles modeling of glasses Invited Speaker: David Drabold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B15.00003: Structural transitions in vitreous B2O3 under pressure Liping Huang , John Kieffer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B15.00004: Dynamic Light Scattering in Strong Glass-forming Liquids David Sidebottom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B15.00005: Elastic phase diagrams of ternary Ge-P-S bulk glasses U. Vempati , P. Boolchand Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B15.00006: Raman pressure effects and internal stress in network glasses Fei Wang , S. Mamedov , P. Boolchand , B. Goodman , Meera Chandrasekhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B15.00007: The self-organization window in (Na$_{2}$O)$_{x}$(B$_{2}$O$_{3}$)$_{1-x}$ glasses Vamsikrishna Rompicharla , T. Qu , P. Boolchand , W. Huff Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B15.00008: Molecular structure of (AgPO3)$_{1-x}$ (AgI)$_{x}$ glasses \newline D. Novita , U. Vempati , P. Boolchand Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B15.00009: Optical Properties and ESR defects of amorphous GeTe, Sb$_2$Te$_3$ and Ge$_2$Sb$_2$Te$_5$ Tong Ju , Jared Olson , Janica Whitaker , John Viner , Heng Li , P. Craig Taylor Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B15.00010: Photon echo Measurement of Optical Decoherence in Er$^{3+}$-doped Silicate Fiber Roger M. Macfarlane , Yongchen Sun , Peter B. Sellin , Rufus L. Cone Preview Abstract

Session B16: Optics of Metallic Nanoshells and Nanoparticles

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Harry Attwater, Caltech
LACC - 404A

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B16.00001: Dielectric Sensitivity of Plasmon Resonances in Single Gold Nanorods Colleen Nehl , Hongwei Liao , Jason Hafner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B16.00002: Influence of dielectric function properties on the optical response of plasmon resonant metallic nanoparticles Nathaniel K. Grady , Naomi J. Halas , Peter Nordlander Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B16.00003: Coherent Oscillations of Vibrational Modes in Metal Nanoshells Arman S. Kirakosyan , Tigran V. Shahbazyan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B16.00004: Finite-difference time-domain studies of the optical properties of nanoshell dimers Chris Oubre , Peter Nordlander Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B16.00005: Splitting of Surface Plasmon Frequencies of Metal Nanoparticles by a Liquid-Crystal Coating David Stroud , Sung Yong Park Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B16.00006: Application of SERS Nanoparticles to Intracellular pH Measurements Ted Laurence , Chad Talley , Michael Colvin , Thomas Huser Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B16.00007: Plasmon hybridization in nanoparticles near metallic surfaces Peter Nordlander , Emil Prodan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B16.00008: Plasmon hybridization in nanoshells near conducting films Fei Le , Peter Nordlander Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B16.00009: Plasmon hybridization in nanoshell dimers Daniel Brandl , Chris Oubre , Peter Nordlander Preview Abstract
	B16.00010: Nanoparticle Material and Geometry Requirements for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Kevin Webb , Jia-Han Li Preview Abstract
	B16.00011: Negative Magnetic Response and Left-Handed Metamaterials in the Optical Domain Using Plasmonic Nanostructures Nader Engheta , Andrea Alu , Alessandro Salandrino Preview Abstract

Session B17: Focus Session: Materials and Device Physics for Quantum Computing I

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Henry Everitt, Army Research Office
LACC - 404B

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B17.00001: Optically Controlled Quantum Dots for Quantum Computing Invited Speaker: Daniel Gammon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B17.00002: Persistent optical charging of Electric-field tunable ensembles of Quantum Dots Kulvinder Gill , Nicholas Moskovitz , Mark Sherwin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B17.00003: Dynamic optical spin switch in a single quantum dot photodiode Jose M. Villas-Boas , Sergio Ulloa , Alexander Govorov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B17.00004: Coherent quantum states in functionalized semiconductor nanostructures Luis G.C. Rego , Sabas Abuabara , Victor S. Batista Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B17.00005: Coherent Optical Control of Spin-Spin Interaction in Doped Semiconductors Carlo Piermarocchi , Guillermo Quinteiro Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B17.00006: Tuning quantum entanglement in InGaAs/GaAs dot molecules with electric fields Gabriel Bester , Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B17.00007: Correlation, Mott-transition, and singlet-triplet splitting for two electrons in self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dot molecules Lixin He , Gabriel Bester , Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B17.00008: Encoding a qubit into multilevel subspaces Matthew Grace , Constantin Brif , Herschel Rabitz , Ian Walmsley , Robert Kosut , Daniel Lidar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B17.00009: Many-spin couplings in electron spin quantum computers Ryan Woodworth , Ari Mizel , Daniel Lidar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B17.00010: Dynamical decoupling by shaped pulses with partial local control Leonid Pryadko , Pinaki Sengupta , Daniel Lidar , Mark Dykman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B17.00011: Landau-Zener gates, errors, and refocusing Christian Hicke , Lea F. Santos , Mark Dykman Preview Abstract

Session B18: Quantum Dots, Wires, and QH Edge States

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Woowon Kang, University of Chicago
LACC - 406A

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B18.00001: Spatially resolved manipulation of single electrons in quantum dots using a scanned probe Alessandro Pioda , Slavo Kicin , Thomas Ihn , Martin Sigrist , Andreas Fuhrer , Klaus Ensslin , Andreas Weichselbaum , Sergio Ulloa , Matthias Reinwald , Werner Wegscheider Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B18.00002: Direct observation of edge state transport in a QPC via scanning gate microscopy Nobuyuki Aoki , Carlo DaCunha , David Ferry Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B18.00003: Imaging of resonant transport through single electron localized states in the quantum Hall effect Gary Steele , Ray Ashoori , Loren Pfeiffer , Ken West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B18.00004: The 0.7 structure in Cleaved Edge Overgrowth Wires Invited Speaker: Rafi de Picciotto , Loren Pfeiffer , Kirk Baldwin , Ken West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B18.00005: The 0.7 structure in undoped quantum wires J. A. Seamons , E. Bielejec , J. L. Reno , M. P. Lilly Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B18.00006: Influence of Magnetic Moment Formation on the Conductance of Coupled Quantum Wires V.I. Puller , L.G. Mourokh , J.P. Bird , Y. Ochiai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B18.00007: Tunneling and nonlinear transport in a vertically coupled GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum wire system Edward Bielejec , S. Lyo , J. Seamons , J. Reno , M. Lilly Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B18.00008: Nonlinear Vertical Resonant Tunneling in Double Quantum Wells in an In-Plane Magnetic Field S.K. Lyo , E. Bielejec , J.A. Seamons , J.L. Reno , M.P. Lilly , Yun-pil Shim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B18.00009: Anomalous Tunneling Characteristics of InGaAs/\\InAlAs Double-well Structures Y. Lin , J. Nitta , A.K.M. Newaz , W. Song , E.E. Mendez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B18.00010: Tunneling between Two Counterpropagating Quantum Hall Edge States through a Narrow Aperture in a Line Junction P. Jiang , C. Chien , W. Kang , L.N. Pfeiffer , K.W. Baldwin , K.W. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B18.00011: The role of Coulomb interactions in quantum Hall inter-edge tunneling Akakii Melikidze , Kun Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B18.00012: Universality of the Edge Tunneling Exponent of Fractional Quantum Hall Liquids Xin Wan , F. Evers , E. H. Rezayi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B18.00013: Observation of spin-charge separation and localization in a one-dimensional quantum wire Ophir M. Auslaender , Hadar Steinberg , Amir Yacoby , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Bertrand I. Halperin , Kirk W. Baldwin , Loren N. Pfeiffer , Kenneth W. West Preview Abstract
	B18.00014: Quantum Hall Line Junctions as Tunable One-Dimensional Electron Systems Emiliano Papa , Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract

Session B20: Phase Transitions and Excitations at Surfaces

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Roland Stumpf, Sandia Natl Lab Livermore
LACC - 407

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B20.00001: Multi-state tunneling conductance of Si (100) dimers at 4 K Yan Pennec , David Fortin , Mark Freeman , Michael Horn von Hoegen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B20.00002: Real-Time Microscopy of Second Order Phase Transitions on Pb/Ge(111) S. Chiang , Y. Sato Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B20.00003: Defect-induced period-doubling perturbation on Si(111)4x1-In Geunseop Lee , Sang-Yong Yu , Hanchul Kim , Ja-Yong Koo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B20.00004: Observation of Finite-Size Effects on a Structural Phase Transition of 2D Nano-Islands Ing-Shouh Hwang , Shih-Hsin Chang , Chung-Kai Fang , Tien T. Tsong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B20.00005: Cross-over to Mean Field Behavior in Small-World Nanomaterials Xingjun Zhang , M.A. Novotny , T. Dubreus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B20.00006: Direct Evidence of the Charge Ordered Phase Transition of Indium Nanowires on Si(111) Se Jun Park , Han-Woong Yeom , Suk-Hwa Min , Do-Hyang Park , In-Whan Lyo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B20.00007: Charge Order in Bi$_{0.4}$Ca$_{0.6}$MnO$_{3}$ Films C.S. Nelson , M. Rajeswari , M. Overby , V. Smolyaninova , R. Kennedy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B20.00008: Strain Phase Diagram of SrTiO$_3$ Thin Films Feizhou He , B.O. Wells , S.P. Alpay , S.M. Shapiro Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B20.00009: Phase Transitions in Hexane Physisorbed onto Graphite Carlos Wexler , Michael Roth , Cary Pint Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B20.00010: Vibrational recognition of adsorption sites for CO adsorbed on transition-metal surfaces Ismaila Dabo , Cody Friesen , Andrzej Wieckowski , Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B20.00011: The role of localization in interpreting laser-grating experiments on H diffusion on Pt(111) Stefan Badescu , Wone-Keun Han , See-Chen Ying Preview Abstract
	B20.00012: Atomic-scale Observation of Condensation and Fluctuation of Charge Density Wave in quasi-1D Metal-Insulator Transition Se Jun Park , Joung Real Ahn , Han-Woong Yeom , Eun-Young Choi , Woo-Jin Jung , In-Whan Lyo Preview Abstract
	B20.00013: Field-Induced Reversible Phase Manipulation in Metal-Insulator Transition using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Se Jun Park , Chang-Sub Byun , Do-Hyang Park , In-Whan Lyo Preview Abstract
	B20.00014: Scattering times of image-state electrons on flat and stepped bimetallic Ag/Pt surfaces Serban Smadici , Richard Osgood Jr. Preview Abstract

Session B21: Protein Metastability

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Denis Rousseau, Albert Einstein Medical
LACC - 409A

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B21.00001: A DFT-GGA based thermodynamic analysis of the secondary structure of proteins Lars Ismer , Joel Ireta , Matthias Scheffler , J{\"o}rg Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B21.00002: Continuum Theory of Beta-Sheet Ribbons. Rouzbeh Ghafouri Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B21.00003: Coarse-Grained Models of Entropic Allostery in Proteins Rhoda Hawkins , Tom McLeish Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B21.00004: Artificial Allosteric Control of Proteins Giovanni Zocchi , Brian Choi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B21.00005: Theoretical study of metal binding in the Prion protein Jianping Pan , Daniel Cox , Rajiv Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B21.00006: Kinetic and Stochastic Models of 1D yeast ``prions" Kay Kunes , Daniel Cox , Rajiv Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B21.00007: Solvent Effect on the Melting of Biopolymers Lingyun Zhang , An-Chang Shi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B21.00008: Coupling between Protein and Solvent Dynamics Taner E. Dirama , Gustavo A. Carri Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B21.00009: Conformational changes of adsorbed proteins Scott Allen , Rickey Yada , John Dutcher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B21.00010: Self-Assembly of Natural Silk Fibroin under Osmotic Stress Sungkyun Sohn , Tamako Hata , Helmut H. Strey , Samuel P. Gido Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B21.00011: Quantifying Stability-Flexibility Relationships in Proteins Donald Jacobs , Jeremy Hules , Shelley Green , Dennis Livesay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B21.00012: Low Frequency Light Scattering Spectroscopy of Lysozyme in Solution Alfons Schulte , Ronald Gebhardt , Walter Schirmacher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B21.00013: Terahertz Dielectric Response Measurements of the Protein Glass Transition R. Kao , J. -Y. Chen , J.R. Knab , A.G. Markelz Preview Abstract

Session B22: Focus Session: Fluctuations and Fluctuation Analysis in Biological Systems

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Peter Hanggi, University Augsburg
LACC - 409B

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B22.00001: Stochastic signalling in excitable ion channel clusters Invited Speaker: Gerhard Schmid Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B22.00002: The Dynamics of Small Excitable Systems Peter Jung , Jian-Wei Shuai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B22.00003: Langevin Formalism as the Basis for the Unification of Population Dynamics Harold P. de Vladar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:51PM	B22.00004: Ion current fluctuations in abiotic mimics of voltage-gated biochannels Invited Speaker: Zuzanna Siwy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B22.00005: Strong-coupling dynamics of chemotaxis Ramon Grima , Timothy Newman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B22.00006: Time-Delay Induced Oscillations in Gene-Regulatory Networks Dmitry Bratsun , Dmitri Volfson , Jeff Hasty , Lev Tsimring Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B22.00007: Single Enzyme Pathways and Substrate Fluctuations Marianne Stefanini , Alan McKane , Timothy Newman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B22.00008: The implications of microtubule dynamic instability on chromosome dynamics in metaphase David Lubin , Buddhapriya Chakrabarti , Alex J. Levine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B22.00009: Beyond Linear Decomposition: Maximizing Information Transmission with Curved Manifolds Tatyana Sharpee , William Bialek Preview Abstract

Session B24: Focus Session: Friction, Fracture, and Deformation I

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DMP
Chair: Martin Muser, Western Ontario
LACC - 411

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B24.00001: Simulation studies of ductile yield at finite temperature Robin Selinger , Matthew Davidson , Julie Kaufman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B24.00002: Analytical Study of Crack-Tip Plasticity Sergio Picozzi , Robin Selinger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B24.00003: Hierarchical Modeling of Failure Mechanisms and Grain-Boundary Effects in Nanocrystalline Aggregates Omid Rezvanian , Waeil Ashmawi , Toshirhio Kameda , Mohammed Zikry , Donald Brenner , A. Rajendran Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B24.00004: MD simulation of Deformation and Fracture in Nanocrystalline Ag and Nano-composite AgNi Yue Qi , Yang-Tse Cheng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B24.00005: Study of dislacation Ni-Cu interface interaction with Peierls-Nabarro model Wei Xiao , Nick Kioussis , Gang Lu , Nasr Ghoniem Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B24.00006: Numerical study of shock fronts in tin and silicon J. Matthew D. Lane , Michael P. Marder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B24.00007: Multiscale Modeling of Fracture Invited Speaker: W. A. Curtin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B24.00008: Fracture Strength of Multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes Weiqiang Ding Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B24.00009: In-situ testing of templated carbon nanotubes using an integrated MEMS testing stage Shaoning Lu , Dmitriy Dikin , Jaehyun Chung , Rodney S. Ruoff Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B24.00010: Mechanics of Nanoscale Clamps W. Ding Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B24.00011: Dynamics of Cutting Viscoelastic Materials Stephan Koehler , W. R. Matson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B24.00012: Instabilities and the intersonic nature of fracture in thin latex sheets Paul Petersan , Robert Deegan , Michael Marder , Harry Swinney Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B24.00013: Breakdown of disordered media by surface loads Jakob Knudsen , Ali Massih Preview Abstract
	B24.00014: Delayed fracture of porous media Daniel Bonn Preview Abstract
	B24.00015: A new diffuse interface approach to brittle fracture Veronica I. Marconi , Eduardo Jagla Preview Abstract
	B24.00016: Mechanics of Crystalline Boron Nanowires Weiqiang Ding , Lorenzo Calabri , Xinqi Chen , Rodney S. Ruoff* Preview Abstract

Session B25: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience II

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP DAMOP
Chair: Talat S. Rahman, Kansas State University
LACC - 501A

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B25.00001: Magic structures of binary metallic clusters Invited Speaker: Riccardo Ferrando Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B25.00002: Density functional study of structural properties of bimetallic Pt-Ni nanoparticles Luis A. Perez , Karo Michaelian , Ignacio L. Garzon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B25.00003: Origin of electric dipole moments in free niobium clusters Kristopher Andersen , Vijay Kumar , Yoshiyuki Kawazoe , Warren Pickett Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B25.00004: Saturation effects in silver-particle aggregates due to nonliearity A. Buin , P. DeChatel , H. Nakotte , V. Drachev2 , V. Shalaev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B25.00005: Size Dependence of the Static Polarizabilities and Absorption Spectra of Ag clusters Serdar Ogut , Juan C. Idrobo , Julius Jellinek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B25.00006: Metastability of a gold nano ring Qian Wang , Qiang Sun , Puru Jena Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B25.00007: Single-walled (5,3) gold nanotube-a theoretical study Chih-Kai Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B25.00008: First-principles study of structure and energetics of supported Ru/Pt clusters on C(0001) and BN(0001) surfaces Lin-Lin Wang , Duane D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B25.00009: Computational Study of Atomistic Strain Relaxation Mechanisms in Biaxially Strained Ultra-Thin Metallic Films M. Rauf Gungor , Dimitrios Maroudas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B25.00010: Comparative study of CO adsorption on nanostructured Cu and Au surfaces Faisal Mehmood , Abdelkader Kara , Talat S. Rahman , Claude R. Henry Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B25.00011: Interaction of O$_2$ with Silver Cluster Cations Seung Bum Suh , Bokwon Yoon , Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B25.00012: A DFT study of the effects of preparation conditions on the reactivity of Pt/$\alpha$-alumina catalysts Valentino R. Cooper , Andrew M. Rappe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B25.00013: First-principles study of ammonia synthesis on a supported iron nanocluster Zeljko Sljivancanin , Alfredo Pasquarello Preview Abstract
	B25.00014: Structure, Bonding, and Dynamics of Thiolates on Copper and Gold Clusters and Surfaces Martin Konopka , Roger Rousseau , Ivan Stich , Dominik Marx Preview Abstract

Session B26: Focus Session: Nanotubes and Nanowires: Synthesis and Properties of Nanowires

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Grace Jia Lu, University of California-Irvine
LACC - 501B

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B26.00001: Semiconducting and piezoelectric nanoarchitectures of ZnO Invited Speaker: Zhong Lin Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B26.00002: Magnetoresistive La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$MnO$_3$ Nanowires Chao Li , Bo Lei , Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B26.00003: Magnetite (Fe$_3$O$_4$) Core-Shell Nanowires and Nanotubes: Synthesis and Magnetoresistance Daihua Zhang , Zuqin Liu , Song Han , Chao Li , Bo Lei , Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B26.00004: CoZnO diluted magnetic semiconductor nanowires Hao Zhou , Song Han , Tao Tang , Daihua Zhang , Zuqin Liu , Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B26.00005: High Performance Ge/Si Core/Shell Nanowire Transistors with High-k Dielectrics Jie Xiang , Wei Lu , Yue Wu , Charles Lieber Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B26.00006: Si nanowire FET arrays: nano-scale logic and electron transport Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin , J.E. Green , R.A. Beckman , B.A. Sheriff , K. Beverly , A. Boukai , Y. Luo , J.R. Heath Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B26.00007: Electrolyte gating and the charge sensitivity measurements on Si nanowire transistors Jiwoong Park , Yeonghwan Ahn , James Dunning Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B26.00008: Surface passivation and high-k dielectrics in Si nano-FETs Jonathan E. Green , E. Johnston-Halperin , K. Beverly , R.A. Beckman , B.A. Sheriff , Y. Luo , J.R. Heath Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B26.00009: Scanning Photoconductivity Measurements on Silicon Nanowire FETs Yeonghwan Ahn , James Dunning , Jiwoong Park Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B26.00010: Optical Properties of Ge Nanowires Grown on Silicon (100) and (111) Substrates: Nanowire-substrate Heterointerfaces Leonid Tsybeskov , Boris Kamenev , Varun Sharma , Theodore Kamins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B26.00011: InAs Nanowire Josephson Field Effect Transistors Y.-J. Doh , J.A. van Dam , L.P. Kouwenhoven , S. De Franceschi , A.L. Roest , E.P.A.M. Bakkers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B26.00012: Electric Transport in MoSe molecular Nanowires Latha Venkataraman , Yeon Suk Hong , Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B26.00013: Space Radiation Resiliency of Carbon Nanotube and Semiconductor Nanowire Based Nanocircuits Benjamin Jacobs , Mark Englund , Virginia Ayres , Reg Ronningen , Al Zeller , Harry Shaw , Jeanette Benavides , Mihail Petkov , Joshua Halpern , Alan Kogut , Martin Crimp Preview Abstract

Session B27: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Optical Properties II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Vasili Perebeinos, IBM
LACC - 501C

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B27.00001: Photoconductivity of Single-Walled Nanotubes on Quartz Substrates O.M. Castellini , Matthew S. Marcus , J.M. Simmons , M.A. Eriksson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B27.00002: Interband Magneto-Optics in Carbon Nanotubes in Pulsed High Magnetic Fields S. Zaric , G.N. Ostojic , J. Kono , O. Portugall , P. Frings , G. Rikken , S.A. Crooker , M. Furis , X. Wei , H.U. Mueller , M. Von Ortenberg , V.C. Moore , J. Shaver , R.H. Hauge , R.E. Smalley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B27.00003: Carbon Nanotube- Polyvinylalcohol Composite Film as Nonlinear Optical Device: Application to Femtosecond Mode-Locked Fiber Laser Madoka Tokumoto , Aleksey Rozhin , Youichi Sakakibara , Yohji Achiba , Hiromichi Kataura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B27.00004: Chiral Dependent Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: John Mintmire Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B27.00005: Many-electron effects in the optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes Catalin D. Spataru , Sohrab Ismail-Beigi , Rodrigo B. Capaz , Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B27.00006: Optical Spectra and Excitonic Effect of Nanostructured Materials Young-Kyun Kwon , Catalin D. Spataru , James R. Chelikowsky , Marvin L. Cohen , Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B27.00007: Electron-electron interaction effects on the optical excitations of single-walled carbon nanotubes Sumit Mazumdar , Hongbo Zhao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B27.00008: Coulomb effect and nonlinear optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes Hongbo Zhao , Sumit Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B27.00009: Temperature Dependence of the Band Gap of Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes Rodrigo B. Capaz , Paul Tangney , Catalin D. Spataru , Marvin L. Cohen , Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B27.00010: The physics behind the family behavior of optical transition energies in single-wall carbon nanotubes Georgii Samsonidze , Riichiro Saito , Jie Jiang , Alexander Gr\"{u}neis , Ado Jorio , Shin Grace Chou , Gene Dresselhaus , Mildred Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
	B27.00011: Exciton Phonon Coupling and G-Band Resonance Observed by Photoluminescence Spectroscopy in Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Flavio Plentz , Henrique Ribeiro , Cristiano Fantine , Marcos Pimenta , Ado Jorio , Michael Strano Preview Abstract

Session B28: Polymer Surfaces II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Steve Hudson, NIST
LACC - 506

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B28.00001: Combined theoretical formulation of Energetic and Entropic driving forces of polymers towards surfaces and comparison with experiments Venkat Minnikanti , Lynden Archer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B28.00002: Formation and Properties of Molecular Loops at Polymeric Interfaces J. Kevin Rice , Mark Dadmun , Brandon Farmer , Haining Ji , Jimmy Mays Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B28.00003: Interfacial Segregation Driven by Architectural Asymmetry in Blends of Branched and Linear Polymers Jae S. Lee , Nam-heui Lee , Alexei P. Sokolov , Roderic P. Quirk , Mark D. Foster , Charles F. Majkrzak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B28.00004: Effect of sequence distribution on copolymer interfacial activity Michelle D. Lefebvre , Rachel L. McSwain , Christine M. Dettmer , Jonathan R. Davila , SonBinh T. Nguyen , Kenneth R. Shull , Chen Xu , Russell J. Composto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B28.00005: Towards a Universal Profile for Polymer Brushes: Effect of Surface Heterogeneity on Brush Structure S. Michael Kilbey, II , Peng Tian , Hiroshi Watanabe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B28.00006: Computational Modeling of the Temperature-Induced Structural Changes of Tethered Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) John G. Curro , Sergio Mendez , John D. McCoy , Gabriel P. Lopez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B28.00007: Random Copolymer Brushes on Silicon Carbide William Gibson , Jeremy Jarl , Eric Botello , Elizabeth Covington , Phillip Hartnet , Deborah Koeck , David Donnelly , Heather Galloway , Suresh Murugesan , Gary Beall , Chad Booth , Patrick Cassidy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B28.00008: Interface Roughness Correlations and Surface Fluctuations in Diblock Copolymer Brushes Synthesized by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Mark D. Foster , Bulent Akgun , William J. Brittain , Jin Wang , Xuefa Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B28.00009: Nested self-similar wrinkling patterns in skins Kirill Efimenko , Jan Genzer , Mindaugas Rackaitis , Evangelos Manias , Ashkan Vaziri , L. Mahadevan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B28.00010: Interaction of Peo-Ppo-Peo Block Copolymer with Model Lipid Membranes Guohui Wu , Jaroslaw Majewski , Canay Ege , Kristian Kjaer , Markus Weygand , Jyostana Lal , Ka Yee C. Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B28.00011: Detection of a thin depletion region of water on an extended hydrophobic surface using x-ray reflectivity Andrew Richter , Jason Van de Walker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B28.00012: Structure and electrical property of DNA molecules immobilized on the patterned self-assembled monolayers Yoichi Otsuka , Kaoru Ojima , Takuya Matsumoto , Hitoshi Tabata , Tomoji Kawai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B28.00013: Liquid crystals alignments on heterogeneous surfaces Jones Tsz-Kai Wan , Ophelia Tsui , Ping Sheng , Hoi-Sing Kwok Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B28.00014: Switchable Adhesion from Bicomponent Polymeric Brushes Haris Retsos , Ganna Gorodyska , Anton Kiriy , Mandred Stamm , Costantino Creton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B28.00015: Template-Induced Enhanced Ordering under Confinement Betul Yurdumakan , Kumar Nanjundiah , Gary Harp , Ali Dhinojwala Preview Abstract
	B28.00016: Correlation Between Interfacial Mositure Content and Adhesive Fracture Energy Emmett O'Brien , Bryan Vogt , Christopher White Preview Abstract

Session B29: Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: M. Muthukumar, Univ. of Massachusetts
LACC - 504

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B29.00001: Brownian Dynamics Studies of Morphology and Dynamics of Associative Ionomers Aniket Bhattacharya , Monojoy Goswami , Sanat K. Kumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B29.00002: Phase Behavior of Polyelectrolyte Solutions Chi-lun Lee , M. Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B29.00003: Phase diagram of solution of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes Rui Zhang , B. I. Shklovskii Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B29.00004: Influence of Neutralization on Amorphous-Phase Properties in Semicrystalline Ionomers Katsuyuki Wakabayashi , Richard A. Register Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B29.00005: Toward Reconciliation of STEM and SAXS Data from Ionomers by Investigating Gold Nanoparticles Nicholas Benetatos , Brian Smith , Paul Heiney , Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B29.00006: In-situ process for synthesis of monodispersed semiconducting nanoparticle in polyelectrolyte matrix Vivek Maheshwari , Ravi Saraf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B29.00007: Model for periodic pattern formation in salt precipitates during drop evaporation. Vladimir A Belyi , M Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B29.00008: Pattern Formation in Drying Drops of Polyelectrolyte - Salt Solutions Deniz Kaya , Vladimir A Belyi , M Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B29.00009: Counterion effect on rheology and morphology of polydimethylsiloxane ionomers Claude Coehn , Ashish Batra , Hansoo Kim , Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B29.00010: Miscibility of Polystyrene and Lighted Sulfonated Polystyrene Blends N.C. Zhou , W.R. Burghardt , R.J. Composto , K.I. Winey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B29.00011: The behavior of multivalent ions in binary polyelectrolyte mixtures Olena Zribi , Ramin Golestanian , Tannie Liverpool , Hee Kyung , Hyung S. Lee , Gerard C. L. Wong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B29.00012: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polyelectrolyte Networks De-Wei Yin , Juan J. de Pablo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B29.00013: Test-charge theory for the planar electric double layer Yoram Burak , David Andelman , Henri Orland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B29.00014: Spin Lattice Relaxation as a Probe of Carrier Dynamics in Conducting Polymer Poly-3-methyl-thiophene Gerard Gaidos , W.G. Clark , S.E. Brown , Reghu Menon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B29.00015: Capillary Force Driven Nanoactuator Gaurav Singh , Ravi Saraf Preview Abstract
	B29.00016: Diffusion of Labeled Polyelectrolytes in an Unlabeled Polyelectrolyte Matrix Solution Paul Russo , Rongjuan Cong , Elena Temyanko Preview Abstract

Session B30: Organic Field Effect Transistors I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY FIAP
Chair: George Malliaras, Cornell University
LACC - 505

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B30.00001: Nonlinear charge injection in organic thin-film field effect transistors Behrang Hamadani , Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B30.00002: Photocurrent Spectroscopy of Pentacene Thin Film Transistors Mihaela Breban , Danilo Romero , Sergey Mezhenny , Vincet Ballorotto , Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B30.00003: Photo-induced effects in Organic Field-Effect Transistors Vitaly Podzorov , Michael Gershenson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B30.00004: 2D Continuum Percolation in Single-Monolayer Pentacene Transistors Byoung-Nam Park , Soonjoo Seo , Paul Evans Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B30.00005: Photoinduced Memory Effects in Polymer Field Effect transistors K.S. Narayan , Soumya Dutta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B30.00006: Correlating structure development to performance enhancement in organic semiconductor films Eric Lin , Dean DeLongchamp , Sharadha Sambasivan , Daniel Fischer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B30.00007: New Strategies for Thin Film Organic Transistors Invited Speaker: Colin Nuckolls Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B30.00008: High Quality Organic Semiconductor Thin-film Transistors Printed on Plastic Substrates using Transfer Printing Y. Shao , S.A. Solin , D.R. Hines , V.W. Ballarotto , E.D. Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B30.00009: N-Type and Ambipolar Charge Transport in Polymer Field-Effect Transistors Jana Zaumseil , Lay-Lay Chua , Peter K.H. Ho , Richard H. Friend , Henning Sirringhaus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B30.00010: Water-Dispersible Polyaniline Electrodes for Thin-Film Transistors Kwangseok Lee , Yueh-Lin Loo , Graciela Blanchet , Feng Gao Preview Abstract
	B30.00011: One-Dimensional Transport in Polymer Nanofibers Y.W. Park , A.N. Aleshin , H.J. Lee , K. Akagi Preview Abstract

Session B32: Focus Session: Superconductivity: Theory and Computation I

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DCMP
Chair: Jens Kortus, IPCMS
LACC - 507

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B32.00001: Electron – lattice coupling in HTSC cuprates: Evidence for polaron formation from unconventional isotope and strain effects Annette Bussmann-Holder , Hugo Keller , Alan R. Bishop , Arndt Simon , Roman Micnas , K.A. M\"uller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B32.00002: Bethe -Salpeter Equation and Isotope Effect in Superconductivity Yuriy Malozovsky , J.D. Fan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B32.00003: On the Isotope Effect in Superconductivity J.D. Fan , Yuriy Malozovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B32.00004: Denstity Functional Theory of Superconductivity Invited Speaker: E.K.U. Gross Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B32.00005: Cooper Pairs in a spherical 2D electron system Jacques Tempere , Vladimir Gladilin , Isaac F. Silvera , Jozef T. Devreese Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B32.00006: Giant magnetization of superconductor - two-dimensional electron gas - superconductor structure. Eduard Bogachek , Igor Romanovsky , Uzi Landman , Ilya Krive Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B32.00007: On the magnetization of two-dimensional superconductors Vadim Oganesyan , David Huse , Shivaji Sondhi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B32.00008: Harmonic and anharmonic phonons in MgB$_2$ Invited Speaker: Matteo Calandra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B32.00009: Superconductivity with Unconventional Pair Symmetry in a 2D System with Inherent Gap Renyuan Liao , Khandker Quader Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B32.00010: A superconductor to superfluid phase transition in liquid metallic hydrogen Egor Babaev , Asle Sudbo , Neil Ashcroft Preview Abstract
	B32.00011: Particle-Hole Excitations and the BCS Ground State J.D. Fan , Yuriy Malozovsky Preview Abstract

Session B33: Quantum Entanglement and Entropy

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Gregor Weihs, University of Vienna
LACC - 511C

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B33.00001: Entanglement entropy of random quantum critical points in one dimension Gil Refael , Joel E. Moore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B33.00002: Entanglement entropy in a boundary impurity model Gregory Levine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B33.00003: Semiclassical position and momentum entropies for families of single-particle potentials Mark Coffey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B33.00004: Entanglement in Resonating Valence Bond states Weifei Li , Tommaso Roscilde , Stephan Haas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B33.00005: Entanglement controlling by a local manipulation Shi-Jian Gu , Hai-Qing Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B33.00006: Universal entanglement singularities in quantum critical spin chains Tzu-Chieh Wei , Dyutiman Das , Swagatam Mukhopadyay , Smitha Vishveshwara , Paul M. Goldbart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B33.00007: Entanglement and quantum phase transitions Hai-Qing Lin , Shi-Jian Gu , Guang-Shan Tian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B33.00008: Entanglement in quantum-critical spin systems Tommaso Roscilde , Stephan Haas , Paola Verrucchi , Andrea Fubini , Valerio Tognetti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B33.00009: Entanglement Under Restricted Operations: An Analogy to Mixed State Entanglement Stephen Bartlett , Andrew Doherty , Robert Spekkens , Howard Wiseman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B33.00010: Block-block entanglement and quantum phase transition in the one-dimensional extended Hubbard model at 1/2-filling Shusa Deng , Shi-Jian Gu , Hai-Qing Lin Preview Abstract
	B33.00011: Entanglement in the interaction between a linear and an angular momentum oscillator ILki Kim , Gerald J. Iafrate Preview Abstract

Session B34: Environmental Interfaces II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Vicki Grassian, University of Iowa
LACC - 511A

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B34.00001: Reactions at Interfaces in the Lower Atmosphere: Current Problems and Future Challenges Invited Speaker: Barbara Finlayson-Pitts Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B34.00002: Photodissociation action spectroscopy of ozonized films of undecylenic acid Anthony Gomez , Ao Li , Maggie Wlaser , Nicole Britigan , Sergey Nizkorodov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B34.00003: Structure of Aqueous Organic Nanodroplets from Density Functional Theory G. Wilemski , J.-S. Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:51PM	B34.00004: Uptake Kinetics of Trace Gases on Aqueous and Organic Droplets Invited Speaker: Charles Kolb Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B34.00005: An ambient FTIR study of small molecules on MgO(100) as a model for dust interactions in the troposphere Michelle Foster Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B34.00006: Wetting phenomena and lateral adhesion Rafael Tadmor , Prashant Bahadu , Preeti Yadav , Alexandra Azacor , Carl Jinkins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:51PM	B34.00007: Surface Chemistry at Size-Selected Nano-Aerosol Particles Invited Speaker: Jeffrey Roberts Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B34.00008: Heterogeneous Reactions in Atmospheric Aerosols Observed Using ATOFMS Sullivan Ryan , Sergio Guazzotti , John Holecek , Matthew Spencer , Kimberly Prather Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B34.00009: Nonlinear optical probe of molecular structure on colloidal particle surfaces Shih-Hui Jen , Heather Eckenrode , Jun Han , Hai-Lung Dai Preview Abstract

Session B35: Energy Landscapes in Clusters, Materials, and Biology II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: D. Leitner, University of Nevada - Reno
LACC - 511B

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B35.00001: Magnetic Dynamics of Co Nanoparticle Dispersions Invited Speaker: Meigan Aronson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B35.00002: What can global optimisation and coarse-graining reveal about energy landscapes? Invited Speaker: S.N. Yaliraki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B35.00003: Solid to liquid transition and the potential energy surface of sodium clusters Ignacio L. Garzon , Juan A. Reyes-Nava , Luis A. Perez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B35.00004: Driving force for the WO3 (001) surface relaxation Maciej Gutowski , Ivan Yakovkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B35.00005: Understanding the Low-Energy Dynamics of Inorganic Fullerene-Like WS$_2$ Nanoparticles R.D. Luttrell , S. Brown , J. Cao , J.L. Musfeldt , R. Rosentsveig , R. Tenne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B35.00006: Invited Speaker: Martin Jarrold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B35.00007: An Alternative Reaction Scheme for Calcium Phosphate Nucleation on Silica Glass Ceramics: Molecular Dynamics Simulations Bernard Delley , Rene Windiks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B35.00008: Heterogeneity in classical and non-classical nucleation Natali Gulbahce , W. Klein , Harvey Gould Preview Abstract

Session B36: Colloids I

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: David Grier, New York University
LACC - 510

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B36.00001: Complex phases from spherically-symmetric repulsive pair-potentials Matthew A. Glaser , Steven A. Kadlec , Julia M. Santos , Paul D. Beale , Noel A. Clark Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B36.00002: Phase Separation in Charge-Stabilized Colloids: Influence of Nonlinear Screening Alan R. Denton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B36.00003: Phase Separation in Charge-Stabilized Colloidal Suspensions: A Simulation Study Ben Lu , Alan R. Denton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B36.00004: The Role of Shear Bands in the Yielding of a Dense Colloidal Suspension Itai Cohen , David Weitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B36.00005: The effect of shearing on colloidal gels using small-angle light scattering Tahereh Mokhtari , Christopher Sorensen , Amit Chakrabarti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B36.00006: Dynamics in Polymer-Clay Gels as studied by Rheology and Scattering Gudrun Schmidt , Elena Loizou , Lionel Porcar , Paul Butler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B36.00007: Hydrodynamic Coupling Among Colloidal Spheres in a Holographic Optical Trap Array Marco Polin , Kosta Ladavac , Stephen Quake , Alan Sokal , David Grier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B36.00008: Use of Generalized Helical Modes of Light in Optical Trapping Steven Sundbeck , Ilya Gruzberg , David Grier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B36.00009: Microoptomechanical Pumps Assembled and Driven by Holographic Optical Vortex Arrays Kosta Ladavac , David Grier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B36.00010: Observation of Flux Reversal in a Symmetric Optical Thermal Ratchet Sang-Hyuk Lee , Kosta Ladavac , Marco Polin , David Grier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B36.00011: Self-diffusion of Colloidal Spheres and Ellipsoids in Nematic Phases of fd-virus J. Zhang , M.F. Islam , A.M. Alsayed , A.G. Yodh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B36.00012: Nematic and Smectic phases of hard rods in 2 dimensions Paul Chaikin , Kun Zhao , Christopher Harrison , Matthew Sullivan , Thomas Mason , William Russel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B36.00013: Orientational Anisotropy and Effective Electrostatic Interactions in Polyelectrolyte Star Solutions Hao Wang , Alan R. Denton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B36.00014: Effect of Polymer Compression on Demixing of Colloid-Polymer Mixtures: Gibbs Ensemble Monte Carlo Simulation Shrikant Shenoy , Alan R. Denton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B36.00015: Dynamic electrorheological effects due to rotational diffusion of microparticles Hing-wa Tsang , Hiu-ching Lee , Kin-wah Yu Preview Abstract

Session B37: Liquid Crystals II

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Luz J. Martinez-Miranda, U of Maryland
LACC - 512

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B37.00001: Structure within bent-core liquid crystals films at the air/water interface Lu Zou , Ji Wang , Elizabeth K. Mann , Antal J\'akli , Wolfgang Weissflog Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B37.00002: Investigation of the physical properties of banana liquid crystal fibers Christopher Bailey , Antal Jakli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B37.00003: Adiabatic Scanning Calorimetric Investigation of the Smectic-A to Hexatic-B Phase Transition in the Liquid Crystal 65OBC. Jan Thoen , Bert Van Roie , Katleen Denolf , Guido Pitsi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B37.00004: Optical Rotation of Layered Liquid Crystalline Phases in the Absence of Helical Winding of Molecular Orientation L.E. Hough , Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B37.00005: Subdiffusive Dynamics of Photo-Addressable Self-Assembled Monolayers Guanjiu Fang , Noel Clark , Joseph Maclennan , Matthew Farrow , David Walba , Youngwoo Yi , Thomas Furtak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B37.00006: Optical Tweezer Studies of Liquid Crystals Using Multiple Optical Traps Apichart Pattanaporkratana Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B37.00007: Measurement of strain birefringence in isotropic and liquid crystal elastomers and ferrogels Chris Bailey , Antonio M. Figueiredo Neto , Maria H. Godinho , Peter Palffy-Muhoray , Tibor Toth-Katona Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B37.00008: Modeling the Dynamics of Shape Change in Liquid Crystal Elastomers Peter Palffy-Muhoray , Roland Ennis , Luis Malacarne , Michael Shelley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B37.00009: Dynamics of the Growth of Twist Fingers in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals Clinton Braganza , Deng-Ke yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B37.00010: Dynamics of the acousto-optic effect in a nematic liquid crystal Jonathan V. Selinger , Viktoria A. Greanya , Anthony P. Malanoski , Brian T. Weslowski , Mark S. Spector Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B37.00011: Molecular simulation of nematic liquid crystals under acoustic fields Anthony P. Malanoski , Jonathan V. Selinger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B37.00012: Dynamics of pulse laser induced holographic grating in azo-dye doped nematic liquid crystal host Chie-Tong Kuo , Shuan-Yu Huang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B37.00013: The escape-configuration lattice near the nematic-isotropic transition: tilt analogue of blue phases Yashodhan Hatwalne , Buddhapriya Chakrabarti , N.V. Madhusudhana Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B37.00014: Bogomol'nyi, Prasad, Sommerfield Configurations in Smectics Christian Santangelo , Randall Kamien Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B37.00015: Density of States in Photonic Band Gap Liquid Crystals Wenyi Cao , Peter Palffy-Muhoray , Bahman Taheri Preview Abstract
	B37.00016: Freeze Fracture and AFM Studies of the Liquid Crystal Dark Conglomerate and B4 Phases L.E. Hough , M. Spannuth , H.J. Jung , J. Zasadzinski , D. Kruerke , G. Heppke , David Walba , Noel Clark Preview Abstract

Session B38: Metal-Insulator Transitions - Experiment I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: John Tranquada, Brookhaven NL
LACC - 513

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B38.00001: The metal-insulator transition in LaxWO3 and YxWO3 Michael Hoch , Charles Kasl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B38.00002: High Pressure Structure and Transport Studies of LaxMnO3 Zhiqiang Chen , Trevor Tyson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B38.00003: Metal-insulator transition and electronic structure of quasi-one-dimensional BaVS$_3$ studied by photoemission S.-K. Mo , J.W. Allen , H.D. Kim , E.-J. Cho , W. Tian , R. Jin , D. Mandrus , H. H\"{o}chst , M. Tsunekawa , A. Sekiyama , S. Suga Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B38.00004: Optical spectroscopy study on the electronic structure of Eu1-x Ca xB6 Jungho Kim , S. -J. Oh , Yongwoo Lee , M. G. Kim , E. J. Choi , Jong-Soo Rhyee , B. K. Cho , C. C. Homes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B38.00005: Direct observation of the mass renormalization in SrVO$_3$ by angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy Teppei Yoshida , Kiyohisa Tanaka , Hajime Yagi , Akihiro Ino , Hiroshi Eisaki , Atsushi Fujimori , Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B38.00006: Ultrafast evolution of the surface plasmon resonance in vanadium dioxide nanoparticles Matteo Rini , Andrea Cavalleri , Robert Schoenlein , Rene Lopez , Leonard Feldman , Richard Haglund , Lynn Boatner , Tony Haynes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B38.00007: Phonons and the metal-insulator transition in VO$_2$ Sung Chang , Y. Janssen , P. C. Canfield , J. W. Kim , B. Sieve , A. I. Goldman , R. J. McQueeney , A. Alatas , H. Sinn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B38.00008: Optical and microscopic studies on metal-insulator transition of the VO$_{2}$ thin film C. H. Koo , J. S. Lee , Y. J. Chang , T. W. Noh , B. G. Chae , H.-T. Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B38.00009: Fermi surfaces and band dispersions in 4$d$ compound Sr$_2$RhO$_4$ B.J. Kim , H. Koh , I. Nagai , S.I. Ikeda , J.J. Yu , H.-D. Kim , S. -J. Oh , C. Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B38.00010: Spatially Resolved Nano-Scale Characterization of Electronic States in Bi-layer Ruthenates by STM/STS K. Iwaya , T. Hanaguri , H. Takagi , S. Satow , Y. Kohsaka , J.P. He , R. Mathieu , Y. Kaneko , Y. Tokura , Y. Yoshida , S.I. Ikeda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B38.00011: Electronic structure and Evolution of Orbital State in Metallic Ca$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$RuO$_4$ Han-Jin Noh , S.-J. Oh , B.-G. Park , J.-Y. Kim , H.-D. Kim , J.-H. Park , T. Mizokawa , L. H. Tjeng , H.-J. Lin , C. T. Chen , S. Schuppler , S. Nakatsuji , H. Fukazawa , Y. Maeno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B38.00012: Optical Investigation on the Electronic Structures of Multi-band Ca$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$RuO$_{4}$ S. J. Moon , J. S. Lee , T. W. Noh , S. Nakatsuji , Y. Maeno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B38.00013: Low Frequency Conductivity Scaling in CaRuO$_3$ Saeid Kamal , Steve Dodge , Dong-Min Kim , Chang-Beom Eom Preview Abstract

Session B39: Heavy Fermion Superconductivity

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: John Sarrao, Los Alamos National Lab
LACC - 514

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B39.00001: BCS superconductivity in mixed valence and heavy fermion superconductors Lev P. Gor'kov , Victor Barzykin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B39.00002: Strong-Weak Coupling Self-Duality and Dimensional Reduction in the Two-Dimensional p+ip Superconducting Arrays and Frustrated Magnets Cenke Xu , Joel Moore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B39.00003: Two Superconducting Transitions in Heavy Fermion CePt3Si G.R. Stewart , J.S. Kim , P. Kumar , D.J. Mixson , D. Burnette Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B39.00004: Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in d-wave superconductivity K. Maki , H. Won , F. Weickert , P. Gegenwart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B39.00005: Local Structure Around Sn in CeCoIn$_{5-x}$Sn$_x$ Million Daniel , Eric D. Bauer , Sang-Wook Han , Corwin H. Booth , Andrew L. Cornelius , John L. Sarrao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B39.00006: Angle Resolved Photoemission study of CeMIn$_5$ (M = Co, Rh)$^*$ F. Wang , J.W. Allen , J.D. Denlinger , Kai Rossnagel , M.B. Maple , S. Elgazaar , P.M. Oppeneer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B39.00007: Scaling Behavior of Angular Magnetoresistivity of CeCoIn5 Single Crystals T. Hu , H. Xiao , C.C. Almasan , T.A. Sayles , M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B39.00008: Field dependence of low-temperature resistivity in CeIrIn5 Hamideh Shakeripour , Shiyan Li , Louis Taillefer , C Petrovic , Johnpierre Paglione Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B39.00009: Point Contact Spectroscopy Study of CeCoIn$_5$: Evidence for Unconventional Pairing in a Multi-Band Heavy Fermion Superconductor P. M. C. Rourke , C. S. Turel , M. A. Tanatar , C. Petrovic , J. Y. T. Wei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B39.00010: Angular Dependent Magnetoresistivity Studies of CeCoIn5 Single Crystals H. Xiao , T. Hu , T. Katuwal , P. Gyawali , C.C. Almasan , T.A. Sayles , M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B39.00011: Pressure Dependence of the Field-tuned Quantum Critical Point in CeCoIn5 Filip Ronning , Cigdem Capan , Roman Movshovich , Joe D. Thompson , Eric D. Bauer , John L. Sarrao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B39.00012: Giant Nernst effect in d-wave density waves Kazumi Maki , Balazs Dora , Attila Virosztek , Andras Vanyolos Preview Abstract

Session B40: Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures I: Contacts

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCP
Chair: A. Yu. Kasumov, Institute of Microelectronics
LACC - 408A

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B40.00001: Quantum properties of atomic-sized conductors: Single atoms, chains of atoms, and molecules Invited Speaker: Jan van Ruitenbeek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B40.00002: Electronic elastic and inelastic effects in atomic-sized structures and molecules Carlos Untiedt , Roel H. M. Smit , Gabino Rubio-Bollinger , Nicolas Agrait , Sebastian Vieira , Jan van Ruitenbeek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B40.00003: Theoretical study of the conductance through hydrogen decorated Pd nanojunctions K.H. Khoo , J.B. Neaton , Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B40.00004: Fermi surface studies of Ni nanowires through the proposed semi-metal-to-semiconductor transition T.E. Huber , A.A. Nikolaeva , M.J. Graf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B40.00005: A new expression for the conductance of quantum junctions within interacting {\it ab-initio} approaches Peter Bokes , Rex Godby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B40.00006: Transport in closed nanoscale systems Neil Bushong , Na Sai , Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B40.00007: Nonlocal Corrections to the DFT-LDA Electron Conductance in Nanoscale Systems Na Sai , Michael Zwolak , Giovanni Vignale , Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B40.00008: New density functional for molecular conductance Invited Speaker: Roi Baer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B40.00009: Quantum transport calculations using periodic boundary conditions and plane wave basis Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B40.00010: Persistent current in continuous one-dimensional quantum ring: Hartree-Fock and quantum Monte Carlo study. P. Vagner , R. N\'{e}meth , M. Mo\v{s}ko , L. Mitas Preview Abstract
	B40.00011: New Devices for Integrating Controlled Assembly, Imaging and Transport Measurements of Nanoscale Structures Michael Fischbein , Marija Drndic Preview Abstract

Session B41: Cooperative Phenomena: Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Mark Van Schilfgaarde, Arizona State University
LACC - 150A

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B41.00001: Magnetic properties of single crystal Pr$_5$Ni$_2$Si$_3$ R.W. McCallum$^{1,2}$ , Y. Janssen$^1$ , K.W. Dennis$^1$ , P.C. Canfield$^{1,3}$ Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B41.00002: Thermal Expansion and Magnetostriction in Pr5Ni2Si3 Single crystal S.H. Song , J.E. Snyder , D. Wu , T.A. Lograsso , K.W. Dennis , R.W. McCallum , Y. Janssen , D.C. Jiles Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B41.00003: Magnetic and transport properties of Fe1-xCoxSb2 Cedomir Petrovic , Yongjae Lee , Thomas Vogt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B41.00004: Thermal-expansion and elastic properties of CeRhIn$_5$ and YbInCu$_4$ in high magnetic fields Victor Correa , Jonathan Betts , Albert Migliori , John Sarrao , Alex Lacerda , Winston Okraku Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B41.00005: ESR of Gd$^{3+}$ in the Intermediate Valence YbAl$_{3}$ and its Reference Compound LuAl$_{3}$ R.R. Urbano , M.A. Pires , E.M. Bittar , C. Rettori , P.G. Pagliuso , B. Magill , S. Oseroff Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B41.00006: Magnon-Plasmon Interaction David Wisbey , Hae-Kyung Jeong , Ralph Skomski , Peter Dowben Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B41.00007: High energy magnetic excitations in Cr Hyungje Woo , E. Clementyev , P. B\"oni , M. Fujita , T.G. Perring , S.M. Hayden , G. Shirane Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B41.00008: On the noncollinear magnetic structure of UO2 Raquel Liz\'arraga , Massimiliano Colarieti-Tosti , Olle Eriksson , Lars Nordstr\"om , John Wills Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B41.00009: Hybrid functional description of the rhombohedrally distorted B1-structured MnO Cesare Franchini , Robin Hirshl , Georg Kresse , Veronika Bayer , Raimund Podloucky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B41.00010: Single field-induced phase in U(Ru1-xRhx)2Si2 at a Quantum Critical Point Alejandro Silhanek , Victor Fanelli , Marcelo Jaime , Neil Harrison , H. Amitsuka , John Mydosh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B41.00011: Theory of Paramagnetic Susceptibility of Heavy-Fermion Systems Prasanta Misra , B.G. Mahanty , Gouri Tripathi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B41.00012: Magnetic and Resistive Properties of Annealing of Radiation Damage in Pu and Pu Alloys Michael Fluss , Scott McCall , Brandon Chung , George Chapline , Michael McElfresh , Damon Jackson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B41.00013: Excess Magnetic Susceptibility Arising from Self damage in Alpha-Pu Scott McCall , Michael Fluss , Brandon Chung , George Chapline , Michael McElfresh , Damon Jackson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B41.00014: Magnetic X-ray Scattering from Cuprates Z. Islam , D. Haskel , J.C. Lang , G. Srajer , X. Liu , S.K. Sinha , B.W. Veal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B41.00015: Pressure Induced Valence Changes in YbAl$_3$ Studied by Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Emission Andrew Cornelius , Ravhi Kumar , Malcolm Nicol , Michael Hu , Eric Bauer , John Sarrao Preview Abstract

Session B42: Focus Session: Magnetic Nanoparticles, Nanostructures & Heterostructures I

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Axel Hoffmann, Argonne National Laboratory
LACC - 150B

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B42.00001: On the Life and Death of High Energy Surface Magnons Invited Speaker: Juergen Kirschner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B42.00002: Magnetic Anisotropy and Quantized Spin Waves in Hematite Nanoparticles S.N. Klausen , K. Lefmann , P.-A. Lindg{\aa}rd , L. Theil Kuhn , C. Frandsen , S. M{\O}rup Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B42.00003: Magnetic Switching In Permalloy Ellipses By Field Pulse Hyuk-Jae Jang , Pete Eames , E. Dan Dahlberg , Doug Stone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B42.00004: Current induced Spin Torque in a nanomagnet Xavier Waintal , Olivier Parcollet Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B42.00005: Multiple Reversal Paths in Magnetization Switching for Models of Iron Nanopillars S.H. Thompson , G. Brown , P.A. Rikvold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B42.00006: Switching field of ultra-thin films dependence on edge roughness and external magnetic field orientation Adebanjo Oriade , Siu-Tat Chui Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B42.00007: Effect of surface structure on the dynamic magnetic response in Ni-Zn ferrite nanoparticles P. Poddar , H. Srikanth , R. Swaminathan , M. E. McHenry Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B42.00008: Ferromagnetic resonance studies of Co and Pt/Cu/Co/Cu/Pt layered ultrathin films J.-M. L. Beaujour , A. D. Kent Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B42.00009: Spin Dynamics in Single Domain Structures J.P. Park , R.L. Compton , P.A. Crowell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B42.00010: Magnetization reversal in arrays of nanodots Randy Dumas , Kai Liu , Igor Roshchin , Chang-Peng Li , Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B42.00011: Paramagnetic iron spin dynamics simulations Xiuping Tao , D. P. Landau , T. C. Schulthess , G. M. Stocks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B42.00012: Thermally Randomized Magnetization Dynamics Ralph Skomski , Jian Zhou , David Sellmyer Preview Abstract

Session B43: Focus Session: Spin Transfer Effect II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Andrew Kent, New York University
LACC - 150C

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B43.00001: Effect of Lower Demagnetizing Field on Switching Currents of Magnetic Nanopillars Huseyin Kurt , Reza Loloee , William Pratt Jr. , Jack Bass Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B43.00002: The effect of temperature on the dynamics of spin transfer switching of a Py nanomagnet Nathan Emley , Ilya Krivorotov , Jack Sankey , Sergey Kiselev , Dan Ralph , Robert Buhrman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B43.00003: Thermal Effects on Precessional States in Nanomagnets Driven by DC Spin-Transfer Torques Jack Sankey , Sergey Kiselev , Ilya Krivorotov , Nathan Emley , Patrick Braganca , Kiran Thadani , Robert Buhrman , Daniel Ralph Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B43.00004: Current Induced Switching by Spin Torque Including the Effects of Temperature Invited Speaker: Pieter Visscher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B43.00005: Time dependence of spin currents in noncollinear magnetic multilayers:the diffusion equation approach Jianwei Zhang , Peter Levy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B43.00006: Enhanced Magnetic Damping in Spin-Transfer Excitation Eric Ryan , I. N. Krivorotov , N. C. Emley , E. Tan , P. M. Braganca , S. I. Kiselev , J.C. Sankey , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman , J. A. Katine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B43.00007: Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert simulations for nanoscale ferromagnetic Jiang Xiao , Andrew Zangwill , Mark Stiles Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B43.00008: Spin-Transfer Effect in Py/Al/Py Nanopillar Spin Valves A. G. F. Garcia , I. N. Krivorotov , P. M. Braganca , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B43.00009: Spin-transfer-induced magnetization reversal in bilayer nanopillars as a function of free layer thickness W. Chen , A.D. Kent , M.J. Rooks , J.Z. Sun Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B43.00010: Ab-initio theory of current induced switching Peter Weinberger , Andras Vernes , Laszlo Szunyogh , Balazs L. Gyorffy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B43.00011: Effect of Asymmetric Leads on Switching Currents in Magnetic Nanopillars Jack Bass , Huseyin Kurt , William Pratt Jr. , Albert Fert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B43.00012: Tunable spin-torque in magnetic tunnel junctions with two fixed layers G.D. Fuchs , I.N. Krivorotov , P.M. Braganca , O. Ozatay , N.C. Emley , A.G.F. Garcia , D.C. Ralph , R.A. Buhrman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B43.00013: Spin Transport and Spin Transfer in a Current-Perpendicular-to-the-Plane-Device with a Nanocontact Current Concentrator Ozhan Ozatay , Nathan C. Emley , Patrick M. Braganca , Gregory D. Fuchs , Robert A. Buhrman Preview Abstract

Session B44: X-ray and Neutron Scattering

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Bennett Larson, Oak Ridge National Lab
LACC - 518

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B44.00001: Crystal-field splitting in UO$_2$ Heinz Nakotte , R. Rajaram , S. Kern , R. McQueeney , G.H. Lander Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B44.00002: Efficient Single Crystal Diffuse Neutron Scattering with Elastic Discrimination S. Rosenkranz , R. Osborn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B44.00003: Placzek correction for neutron scattering from condensed matter Valentin Levashov , Maxim Lobanov , Takeshi Egami Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B44.00004: In-situ Neutron Diffraction Studies of the Reduction of a Model of an Oxidations Catalyst (ferric molybdate and bismuth molybdate) Ashfia Huq , R.G. Teller , J.W. Richardson , E.R. Maxey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B44.00005: A New Approach for Extracting the Pair Distribution Function of Liquds from X-Ray Scattering Experiments David Vaknin , Yaroslav Chushak , Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B44.00006: Multipole X-ray Spectroscopy Using Non-resonant X-ray Raman Scattering Tim Fister , Gerald Seidler , Adrienne Battle , Julie Cross , Albert Macrander , Qing Qian , Trevor Tyson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B44.00007: Direct Observation of X-ray Resonance Effects in Crystal Cavity Using Sub-meV Resolution Synchrotron Radiation Shih-Lin Chang , Yuriy P. Stetsko , Mau-Tsu Tang , Yen-Ru Lee , Wen-Hsien Sun , Hsueh-Hung Wu , Makina Yabashi , Tetsuya Ishikawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B44.00008: Sapphire Analyzers for Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) Hasan Yavas , Ercan Alp , Harald Sinn , Ruben Khachatryan , Yuri Shvyd’ko , Ahmet Alatas , Ayman Said , Simon Billinge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B44.00009: High-Efficiency High Energy Resolution Detecting System for X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Qing Qian , Trevor Tyson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B44.00010: Synchrotron X-ray Microdiffraction Study of Whisker Growth in Sn Films Wenjun Liu , Gene Ice , Bennett Larson , Wenge Yang , Jonathan Tischler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B44.00011: Relationship between pair and higher order correlations in solid solutions Don Nicholson , Rozaliya Barabash , Gene Ice , Cullie Sparks , Lee Robertson , Christopher Wolverton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B44.00012: Single crystal diamond study with rotating anode x-ray topography Yuncheng Zhong , Albert Macrander , Felix Krasnicki , Yong Chu , Joe Maj Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B44.00013: Multi-Layer Laue Lenses for Nanfocusing of Hard X-rays H-C Kang , G.B. Stephenson , C. Liu , R. Conley , A.T. Macrander , J. Maser Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B44.00014: X-ray optical limits of microdiffraction at arc second angular resolution and application to optoelectronic waveguides Alexander Kazimirov , Andrei Sirenko , Don Bilderback , Zhonghou Cai , Barry Lai , Rong Huang , A. Ougazzaden Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B44.00015: Convergent beam powder x-ray diffraction Wei Zhou , Carolyn MacDonald Preview Abstract
	B44.00016: Observation of defects in single crystal diamond with high resolution x-ray topography Yuncheng Zhong , Albert Macrander , Felix Kasnicki , Yong Chu , Joe Maj Preview Abstract

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2005 APS March Meeting