Epitome
Mar 12 2006 3:00PM, Sunday
Session 1B GSCCM Business Meeting Sponsor: GSCCM Room: Marriot Waterfront Hotel Falkland
Mar 12 2006 7:30PM, Sunday
Session 1A NRC/NAS Town Meeting Room: Marriot Waterfront Hotel Grand Ballroom Salon V
Mar 13 2006 8:00AM, Monday
Session A1 Quantum Properties of Superconducting Nanowires
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Nina Markovic, Johns Hopkins University Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Subir Sachdev, Mingliang Tian, Andrey Rogachev, Sergei Khlebnikov, Konstantin Arutyunov
Session A2 Magnetic-Ferroelectric Coupling in Multiferroics
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jeffrey Lynn, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: S.W. Cheong, Owen Vajk
Session A3 Bilayer 2D Systems: Interlayer Drag and Spontaneous Coherence
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jim Eisenstein, CalTech Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Ravi Pillarisetty, Sankar Das Sarma, Steven Kivelson, Steven H. Simon
Session A4 Particle Self Assembly
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Maria Santore, University of Massachusetts Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: John Crocker, Paula Hammond, Jack Douglas
Session A5 Advanced Materials for Energy Applications
Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Invited Speakers: M.S. Dresselhaus, Claus Hviid Christensen, E. Fred Schubert
Session A6 Frontiers of Computational Materials
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 310
Invited Speakers: Mark Asta, Duane Johnson, Nicola Marzari, Aleksey Kolmogorov
Session A7 Bacterial Flagellar Dynamics, Polymorphism, and Conformational Spread
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Phil Nelson, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Thomas Powers, Holger Stark, Nicholas Darnton
Session A8 Pattern Formation and Nonlinear Dynamics Sponsor: DFD GSNP Chair: P. Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Session A9 Electronic Structure on Surfaces and in Reduced Dimensions Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Hanno Weitering, University of Tennessee Room: Baltimore Convention Center 301
Session A10 Focus Session: Physical Chemistry of Nanoscale Systems I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Tim Lian, Emory University; Ken Kuno, University of Notre Dame Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Invited Speakers: David Nesbitt
Session A11 Focus Session: Promises and Challenges in Chemical Dynamics I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Malcolm Bersohn, University of Toronto Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303
Invited Speakers: Sheng-Hsien Lin
Session A12 Focus Session: Steps, Growth, and Smoothing
Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Mina Yoon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Invited Speakers:
Session A13 Focus Session: Spectroscopy of Biomolecules from Isolated Molecules to Cell Environment I
Sponsor: DCP DBP Chair: David Pratt, University of Pittsburgh Room: Baltimore Convention Center 305
Invited Speakers: Philip Anfinrud, Megan Spence
Session A15 Metals: 1D, 2D, 3D Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Duane Johnson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Room: Baltimore Convention Center 311
Session A16 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage I
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Louis G. Hector, General Motors Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Invited Speakers: Frederick Pinkerton
Session A17 Focus Session: Structure and Properties of Nanoscale Oxide Films
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Gennadi Bersuker, SEMATECH Room: Baltimore Convention Center 313
Invited Speakers: Stephen Pennycook
Session A18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Growth I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Arnold, Northwestern University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Invited Speakers: Kenji Hata
Session A19 Focus Session: Optical and Electrical Spin Generation in Semiconductors
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Invited Speakers:
Session A20 Focus Session: Complex Oxide Thin Films Surfaces and Interfaces I: Superlattice Fabrication and Properties
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: John Mitchell, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Invited Speakers: Maria Varela
Session A21 Colloids I: Emulsions, Foams, and Suspensions Sponsor: DFD Chair: P. Chaikin, New York University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318
Session A22 Focus Session: Current Driven Magnetization Dynamics I
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Andrew Kent, New York University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers: Matthew Pufall
Session A23 Strongly Correlated Electrons I Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Chris Stock, John Hopkins University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Session A24 Semi-Crystalline and Structured Polymers Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: N. Sanjeeva Murthy, University of Vermont Room: Baltimore Convention Center 321
Session A25 Focus Session: Organic Field Effect Transistors
Sponsor: DPOLY DMP Chair: David Martin, University of Michigan Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322
Invited Speakers:
Session A26 Biomolecular Computation Sponsor: DBP Chair: Thomas Darden, National Institute of Health Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Session A28 Polymer Blends Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Kalman Migler, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Session A29 Experimental Techniques in Biophysics Sponsor: DBP Chair: J. P. Landry, University of California, Davis Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Session A30 Focus Session: Block Copolymer Dynamics
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327
Invited Speakers: David Morse
Session A31 Metallic Nanostructures Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Haftel, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328
Session A32 Fullerenes Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Tunna Baruah, University of Texas, El Paso Room: Baltimore Convention Center 329
Session A33 Focus Session: Econophysics
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Mark Newman, University of Michigan Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Invited Speakers: Victor Yakovenko
Session A35 Focus Session: Nanoscale Thermal, Thermoelectric and Mass Transport: Measurement and Characterization
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Heiner Linke, University of Oregon Room: Baltimore Convention Center 338
Invited Speakers: Warren Fon
Session A36 Structural, Optical, and Electronic Properties of Nanostructures Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Stefan Badescu, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 339
Session A38 Superconductivity-Vortex Matter Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Wai Kwok, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Session A39 Focus Session: Magnesium Diboride and Related Compounds: Multi Gap Superconductivity Sponsor: DMP Chair: Lance Cooley, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Session A40 Quantum Entanglement Sponsor: TGQI DCMP Chair: Christopher Fuchs, Bell Labs & Lucent Technologies Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Session A41 Quantum Fluids and Solids Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Haruo Kojima, Rutgers University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 344
Session A42 Focus Session: Planetary Materials I
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Renata Wentzcovitch, University of Minnesota Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345
Invited Speakers: Stefano de Gironcoli, Jung-Fu Lin
Session A43 Focus Session: Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases and the BCS-BEC Crossover I
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: C. Chin, University of Chicago Room: Baltimore Convention Center 346
Invited Speakers: Johannes Hecker Denschlag
Session A45 Cuprates and Nickelates Sponsor: GMAG Chair: John Tranquada, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session A46 Focus Session: Wide Bandgap Semiconductors I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Mary Ellen Zvanut, University of Alabama Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Invited Speakers:
Mar 13 2006 11:15AM, Monday
Session B1 DCMP/DCOMP Prize Session
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Susan Coppersmith, University of Wisconsin Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Noel Clark, Roberto Merlin, David Vanderbilt
Session B2 Solid Helium
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Ma, University of Cincinnati Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Anthony Clark, John Beamish, Luciano Reatto, David Ceperley
Session B3 Uncovering the Structure of Complex Networks
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, University of Notre Dame Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Roger Guimera, Tamas Vicsek, Miguel A. Mu\~{n}oz, Eivind Almaas
Session B4 Advances in ZnO Materials Physics and Applications
Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: Tom Myers, West Virginia University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Julia W.P. Hsu, David Norton
Session B5 Nuclear Proliferation & Nuclear Terrorism
Sponsor: FPS Chair: David Hafemeister, California Polytechnic State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Invited Speakers: Joseph Cirincione, Brent Park, Mike Carter
Session B6 Spin-Based Quantum Computing
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jason Petta, Harvard University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 310
Invited Speakers: Sayantani Ghosh, Michael Flatte, Guido Burkard
Session B7 Bionanotechnology: Application and Fundamental Aspects of Processes at Nano-scale
Sponsor: DBP DCMP Chair: Zuzanna S. Siwy, University of California, Irvine Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Robert Eisenberg, Ioan Kosztin, Derek Stein, Clare Yu, Punit Kohli
Session B8 Focus Session: Granular Materials Near Jamming
Sponsor: GSNP DFD Chair: Bob Behringer, Duke University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Invited Speakers: Charles Campbell, Karen Daniels
Session B9 Phase Transitions, Dynamics, and Excitations Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Alberto Pimpinelli, Université Blaise Pascal Room: Baltimore Convention Center 301
Session B10 Focus Sessions: Physical Chemistry of Nanoscale System II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Haw Yang, University of California, Berkeley; Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Invited Speakers: Mostafa El-Sayed
Session B11 Focus Session: Promises and Challenges in Chemical Dynamics II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Jim Valentini, Columbia University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303
Invited Speakers: Joshua Jortner, Louis Brus
Session B12 Quantum Metal Films and Overlayer Structures Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Zhenyu Zhang, Oak Ridge Natinoal Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Session B13 Focus Session: Spectroscopy of Biomolecules from Isolated Molecules to Cell Environment II
Sponsor: DCP DBP Chair: Philip Anfinrud, National Institutes of Health Room: Baltimore Convention Center 305
Invited Speakers: Mattanjah de Vries, Rebecca Jockusch
Session B15 Metals: Lattice, Low D, Phonons
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Larry Boyer, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 311
Invited Speakers:
Session B16 Focus Session: Molecular-Scale Electronics I
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Udo Pernisz, Dow Corning Corporation, Midland MI Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Invited Speakers: Alexandre Champagne
Session B17 Focus Session: Phase Transitions and Domains in Ferroelectric Nanostructures I
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Alex Bratkovsky, Hewlett-Packard Room: Baltimore Convention Center 313
Invited Speakers: Arkadi Levanyuk
Session B18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Processing and Characterization
Sponsor: DMP Chair: David Luzzi, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Invited Speakers:
Session B19 Focus Session: Transition Metal Oxide Ferromagnetic Semiconductors
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Stephan von Molnar, Penn State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Invited Speakers: Satishchandra Ogale
Session B20 Focus Session: Phase Competition and Separation in Pervoskite Oxides
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Chris Leighton, University of Minnesota Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Invited Speakers:
Session B21 Colloids II: Colloidal Crystals, Gels, and Glasses Sponsor: DFD Chair: Maria Kilfoil, McGill University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318
Session B22 Focus Session: Current Driven Magnetization Dynamics II
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Mark Stiles, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers: Geoffrey Beach
Session B23 Quantum Spin Chains I Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Christopher Landee, Clark University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Session B26 Focus Session: Single Molecule Biophysics: DNA & RNA
Sponsor: DBP DPOLY Chair: Ching-Hwa Kiang, Rice University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Invited Speakers: David Nelson
Session B28 Experimental Techniques in Biomaterials Science Sponsor: DBP Chair: Kevin Hewitt, Dalhousie University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Session B29 Focus Session: Micro-Organism Motility
Sponsor: DBP GSNP Chair: Udo Erdman, Humboldt University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Invited Speakers: Eberhard Bodenschatz
Session B31 Insulating Nanostructures Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Babak Nikoobakht, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328
Session B32 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience I
Sponsor: DCOMP DMP Chair: Andrew Canning, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 329
Invited Speakers: David Roundy
Session B33 Financial Markets and Other Applications of Statistical Physics Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Session B35 Focus Session: Nanoscale Thermal, Thermoelectric and Mass Transport: Theory and Simulation
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Joel E. Moore, University of California, Berkeley Room: Baltimore Convention Center 338
Invited Speakers:
Session B36 Electronic Properties of Nanowires Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Lars Samuelson, Lund University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 339
Session B37 High-Tc: STM and Pseudogap Sponsor: DCMP Chair: J. Y. T. Wei, University of Toronto Room: Baltimore Convention Center 340
Session B38 Superconducting Devices and AppIications Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Bleiweiss, Naval Academy Prep School Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Session B39 Superconductivity-Magnetic Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Daniel Agterberg, University of Wisconsin Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Session B40 Topics in Quantum Foundations Sponsor: TGQI DCMP Chair: Terry Rudolph, Imperial College London Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Session B42 SPS Undergraduate Research I Chair: Gary White, Society of Physics Students Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345
Session B43 BEC in Trapped Atomic Gases Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Henry Glyde, University of Delaware Room: Baltimore Convention Center 346
Session B46 Focus Session: Wide Band Gap Semiconductors II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Paul Klein, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Invited Speakers:
Mar 13 2006 1:30PM, Monday
Session B34 Author Workshop: Submitting to the APS Journals Room: Baltimore Convention Center 337
Mar 13 2006 2:00PM, Monday
Session C1 Poster Session I Room: Baltimore Convention Center Exhibit Hall 2:00pm - 5:00pm (DPOLY session: 11:15am - 2:15pm)
Mar 13 2006 2:30PM, Monday
Session D1 Fluctuation and Relaxation Near Jamming
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: J.S. Langer, Hernan Makse, Adam Abate, Leonardo Silbert, Wolfgang Losert
Session D2 Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Gene Mele, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Philip Kim, Andre Geim, Sergei Sharapov
Session D3 Scientists from Developing Countries: is There an Effective Way to Support Meaningful Research?
Sponsor: FIP Chair: Katepalli Sreenivasan, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Timoleon Crepin Kofane, Zohra Ben Lakdar, Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz
Session D4 Organic Electronics
Sponsor: DPOLY DMP Chair: Chang Yeol Ryu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Yueh-Lin Loo, Eric Lin
Session D5 Catalysis and Complexity: Ken Hass Memorial
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Willes Weber, Caltech Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Invited Speakers: William Schneider, Christopher Wolverton, L. Craig Davis
Session D6 Simulating Hydrogen Storage: From Current Challenges to Future Promises
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Shengbai Zhang, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 310
Invited Speakers: Yufeng Zhao, Puru Jena, William Goddard
Session D7 New Results in Geometrically Frustrated Magnets
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Arthur Ramirez, Lucent Technologies Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Roderich Moessner, Jason Gardner, Peter Schiffer
Session D8 Patterns and Instabilities I Sponsor: DFD GSNP Chair: Brian Hunt, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Session D9 Methods in Nanobiotechnology
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Ido Braslavsky, Ohio University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 301
Invited Speakers: Michael Roukes, Robert Austin, Josef Michl, Paul Wiseman, Saw-Wai Hla
Session D10 Focus Session: Physical Chemistry of Nanoscale System III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Yiping Zhao, University of Georgia Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Invited Speakers: Stephen Leone, Sunney Xie
Session D11 Focus Session: Promises and Challenges in Chemical Dynamics III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Laurie Butler, University of Chicago Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303
Invited Speakers: Masahiro Kawasaki
Session D12 Morphological Evolution and Instabilities Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Ted Einstein, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Session D13 Focus Session: Spectroscopy of Biomolecules from Isolated Molecules to Cell Environment III
Sponsor: DCP DBP Chair: Megan Spence, University of Pittsburgh Room: Baltimore Convention Center 305
Invited Speakers: Taekjip Ha
Session D15 Focus Session: Atomic Tunneling, Films, Nanostructures
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Daniel Finkenstadt, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 311
Invited Speakers: Christian Enss
Session D16 Focus Session: Negative Refractive Index I
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Vladimir M Shalaev, Purdue University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Invited Speakers: Steven Brueck
Session D17 Focus Session: Phase Transitions and Domains in Ferroelectric Nanostructures II
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Alex Demkov, The University of Texas Room: Baltimore Convention Center 313
Invited Speakers:
Session D18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Growth II Sponsor: DMP Chair: Robert Hauge, Rice University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Session D19 Focus Session: Semiconductor Spin Injection and Detection
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Berry Jonker, Naval Research Laboratoy Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Invited Speakers: P.A. Crowell
Session D20 Focus Session: Multiferroics I Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Nicola Spaldin, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Session D21 Colloids III: Particles at Interfaces and in Confined Geometries Sponsor: DFD Chair: Charles Reichhardt, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318
Session D22 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanopatterns
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Laura Lewis, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers:
Session D23 Focus Session: MAG.THY I / Spin Structures and Dynamics
Sponsor: GMAG DMP DCOMP Chair: Dale Koelling, Department of Energy Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Invited Speakers: V.V. Dobrovitski
Session D25 Focus Session: Particle Dynamics and Organization; Polymer Tethers and Interfacial Segregation
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Francis Starr; Wesleyan University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322
Invited Speakers: Grant Smith
Session D26 Focus Session: Dynamics of Nuclei Acid-Protein Interaction: Single Molecule
Sponsor: DBP DPOLY Chair: Mark C. WiIliams, Northeastern University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Invited Speakers: Michelle Wang
Session D27 Focus Session: Novel Computational Algorithms I
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Francois Gygi, University of California, Davis Room: Baltimore Convention Center 324
Invited Speakers:
Session D28 Block Copolymer Thin Films Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Travis Bailey, Colorado State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Session D29 Molecular Machines and Motors
Sponsor: DBP GSNP Chair: Dean Astumian, University of Maine Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Invited Speakers: Amar Flood, Yale E. Goldman
Session D30 Multiphase Polymer Materials Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ali Dhinojwala, University of Akron Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327
Session D31 Properties of Semiconducting Nanostructures Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Steve Erwin, Navel Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328
Session D32 Focused Session: Computational Nanoscience II Sponsor: DCOMP DMP Chair: Joshua Schrier, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 329
Session D33 Focus Session: Friction, Fracture and Deformation I
Sponsor: DMP GSNP Chair: H.G.E. Henstchel, Emory University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Invited Speakers: J. Thomas Dickinson
Session D35 Focus Session: Thermal Transport and Thermoelectricity in Nanotubes and Graphene
Sponsor: DMP Chair: B.C. Regan, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Baltimore Convention Center 338
Invited Speakers: Li Shi
Session D38 Focus Session: Superconductivity-Properties of Doped and Irradiated Magnesium Diboride and Related Compounds
Sponsor: DMP Chair: David Larbalestier, University of Wisconsin Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Invited Speakers:
Session D39 Spin Properties of Superconductors Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jeff Lynn, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Session D40 Focus Session: Foundations of Quantum Theory
Sponsor: TGQI DCMP Chair: Daniel Greenberger, City College of the City University of New York Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Invited Speakers:
Session D42 SPS Undergraduate Research II Sponsor: SPS Chair: Gary White, Society of Physics Students Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345
Session D43 Focus Session: Vortices and Vortex Lattices in Fermi and Bose Superfluid Gases
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: D. Feder, University of Calgary Room: Baltimore Convention Center 346
Invited Speakers: Martin Zwierlein
Session D45 Strongly Correlated Electrons on Triangular Lattices Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Cedomir Petrovic, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session D46 Focus Session: Wide Band Gap Semiconductors III
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Robert Nemanich, North Carolina State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Invited Speakers:
Mar 13 2006 5:45PM, Monday
Session E5 APS Award Session Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Mar 13 2006 6:45PM, Monday
Session E6 Welcome Reception Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom II
Mar 13 2006 8:00PM, Monday
Session F50 Emerging Emergent Phenomena
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Leo Kadanoff, University of Chicago Room: Marriot Waterfront Hotel Grand Salons V-VI
Invited Speakers: Edward Witten, Susan J. Lolle, Bernard Sadoulet
Mar 14 2006 8:00AM, Tuesday
Session G1a Nobel Prize Symposium
Chair: John Hopfield, Princeton University, APS President Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Theodor W. Haensch, Roy J. Glauber
Session G1b Special Prize Session
Chair: Charles Clark, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Q. Charles Su, Rainer Grobe
Session G2 Quantum Criticality in Cuprates
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Lia Krusin-Elbaum, IBM Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Claudio Chamon, Jeffery Tallon
Session G3 Coupled Superconducting Qubits
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Steven Girvin, Yale University Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Alexander Shnirman, John Martinis, David Schuster, Jelle Plantenberg
Session G4 Polymer Physics Prize
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Murugappan Muthukumar, University of Massachusetts Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Ludwik Leibler, Glenn Fredrickson, Jean Sauveur Candau, Ralph Colby
Session G5 Advanced Materials for Solar Energy Utilization
Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: Julia Hsu, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Invited Speakers: Nathan Lewis, Sarah Kurtz, Pei-Dong Yong, Thomas Moore
Session G7 Shear-Induced Patterns in Complex Fluids and Granular Matter
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: David Weitz, Harvard University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Wim van Saarloos, David Reichmann, Richard Register, Benjamin Davidovitch, Heinrich Jaeger
Session G8 Patterns and Instabilities II Sponsor: DFD GSNP Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Session G10 Focus Sessions: Physical Chemistry of Nanoscale System IV
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Jin Zhang, University of California, Santa Cruz Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Invited Speakers: Peidong Yang, Younan Xia
Session G11 Focus Session: Promises and Challenges in Chemical Dynamics IV
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Sunita Satyapal, Department of Energy Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303
Invited Speakers: Neil Shafer-Ray
Session G12 Self-Assembled Nanostructures: Growth and Patterning Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Christian Ratsch, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Session G13 Focus Session: Spectroscopy of Biomolecules from Isolated Molecules to Cell Environment IV
Sponsor: DCP DBP Chair: Tobias Baumgart, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 305
Invited Speakers: Timothy Zwier, Michel Mons
Session G15 Mechanical Properties of Metals Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael J. Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 311
Session G16 Focus Session: Negative Refractive Index II
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Gennady Shvets, University of Texas Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Invited Speakers: Evgenii Narimanov
Session G17 Focus Session: Emerging Research Devices and Materials for Microelectronics Industry I
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Mike C. Garner, Intel Corporation Room: Baltimore Convention Center 313
Invited Speakers: Eric Vogel
Session G18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Electronic and Optical Properties I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Tobias Hertel, Vanderbilt University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Invited Speakers:
Session G19 Focus Session: III-V Magnetic Semiconductors I
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Mark van Schilfgaarde, Arizona State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Invited Speakers: Martino Poggio
Session G20 Focus Session: Complex Oxide Thin Films Surfaces and Interfaces II: Surfaces and Theory Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Maria Varela, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Session G21 Colloids IV: Polymeric and Colloid-Polymer Systems Sponsor: DFD Chair: Cynthia Olson Reichhardt, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318
Session G22 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanoparticles I
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Hariharan Srikanth, University of South Florida Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers: Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
Session G23 Focus Session: MAG.THY II / Transport & General
Sponsor: GMAG DMP DCOMP Chair: Wei Cai, Standford University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Invited Speakers: Yugui Yao
Session G24 Polymer Nanomaterials I Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Kookheon Char, Seoul National University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 321
Session G25 Structure and Dynamics of Functional Macromolecules Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Xinyan Cui, University of Pittsburgh Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322
Session G26 Focus Session: Trapping of Nanoscale Biological Objects
Sponsor: DBP Chair: W. E. Moerner, Stanford University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Invited Speakers:
Session G27 Focus Session: Novel Computational Algorithms II
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Barry Schneider, National Science Foundation Room: Baltimore Convention Center 324
Invited Speakers: Stefano Baroni
Session G28 Focus Session: Microphysical Properties of Block Copolymer Aggregates I
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Erik Hobbie, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Invited Speakers: Dennis Discher
Session G29 Focus Session: Physical and Engineering Constraints on the Function of Biological Systems
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Partha Mitra, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Invited Speakers: John Doyle
Session G30 Focus Session: Electronic Transport in Organic Films
Sponsor: DPOLY DMP Chair: Denis Fichou, CNRS CEA-Saclay Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327
Invited Speakers: Fabrice Charra
Session G31 Focus Session: Simulation of Complex Materials I
Sponsor: DCOMP DMP Chair: Jeff Grossman, University of California, Berkeley Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328
Invited Speakers:
Session G32 Focus Session: Orbital/Charge Order in Complex Oxides
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Ray Osborn, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 329
Invited Speakers: Feng Ye
Session G33 GSNP Student Award Session and Glasses Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Narayanan Menon, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Session G34 Glassy Dynamics and Jamming Sponsor: DFD Chair: Eric Weeks, Emory University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 337
Session G35 Nanoparticles, Nanotubes and Nanocrystals: Optical and Structural Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Alexander Efros, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 338
Session G37 Focus Session: Nanoscale Materials Physics of Phase Transitions I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Richard Haglund, Vanderbilt University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 340
Invited Speakers:
Session G38 Focus Session: Superconductivity-Carbon Alloying of Magnesium Diboride and Related Compounds
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Paul Canfield, Iowa State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Invited Speakers: Rudeger H.T. Wilke
Session G39 Focus Session: Superconductivity: Theory and Computation I
Sponsor: DCMP DCOMP Chair: Alexander Balatsky, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Invited Speakers: Douglas Scalapino
Session G40 Focus Session: Materials for Quantum Computing I Sponsor: DMP Chair: Jason Petta, Harvard University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Session G41 Supersolid Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Norbert Mulders, University of Delaware Room: Baltimore Convention Center 344
Session G42 Physics Education Research and Undergraduate Education Sponsor: FEd Chair: Paula Heron, University of Washington Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345
Session G44 Charge-Density Waves Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Robert Thorne, Cornell University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 347
Session G45 Phase Transitions in Ruthenates Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Sung Chang, Ames Lab Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session G46 QHE, Including Graphene Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Mar 14 2006 11:15AM, Tuesday
Session H1 Quantum Information, Concepts and Computation
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Barry Sanders, University of Calgary Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Mark Raizen, Nicolas Gisin
Session H2 Spin Liquids in 2D Frustrated Quantum Magnets
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Matthew Fisher, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Radu Coldea, Jason Alicea, Olexei Motrunich
Session H3 Soft Interfaces
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Thomas Powers, Brown University Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: David Quere, Wendy Zhang, Kathleen Stebe, Sascha Hilgenfeldt, Ajay Gopal
Session H4a Physics for Everyone
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Ivan Schuller, University of California, San Diego Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Charles Falco
Session H5 Forum: What Has Actually Changed in Physics Departments in the Situation for Women, Graduate Students and Other People? Sponsor: FEd FGSA FPS and CSWP Chair: Anthony Nero, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Session H6 The Response of Extended Systems to Electrical and Magnetic Fields: Novel, Theoretical, and Computational Methods
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Nicola Marzari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 310
Invited Speakers: Timo Thonhauser, Allan H. MacDonald, Wei Cai, Paolo Umari, Philippe Ghosez
Session H7 Nanopore Biophysics
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Xinsheng Sean Ling, Brown University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: J.J. Kasianowicz, Cees Dekker, Jiali Li
Session H8 Focus Session: Jamming in Glasses, Grains, and Gels I
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Invited Speakers: Craig Maloney
Session H10 Focus Session: Frontiers in Computational Chemical Physics I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Eugene Mele, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Invited Speakers: Xi Lin, Rubio Angel
Session H11 Focus Session: Chemical and Spectroscopic Applications of Nonlinear Optics I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Peer Fischer, Harvard University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303
Invited Speakers: Kenneth Eisenthal, Mary Jane Shultz
Session H12 Thin Film Growth and Interfaces Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Michael Scarpulla, University of California, Berkeley Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Session H13 Colloid and Polymer Interfaces Sponsor: DCP Chair: Hai-Lung Dai, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 305
Session H15 Metals: Electronic Structure, Fermiology, Transport Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Wei Ku, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 311
Session H16 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage II
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Gregory P. Meisner, General Motors Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Invited Speakers: Channing Ahn
Session H17 Focus Session: Emerging Research Devices and Materials for Microelectronics Industry II
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Bruce White, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Room: Baltimore Convention Center 313
Invited Speakers: Hans Coufal
Session H18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Electronic and Optical Properties II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Vasili Perebeinos, IBM Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Invited Speakers:
Session H19 Focus Session: III-V Magnetic Semiconductors II
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Nitin Samarth, Pennsylvania State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Invited Speakers: Kenneth Burch
Session H20 Frustration in 3D Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Sarah Dunsiger, McMaster University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Session H21 Focus Session: Microfluidic Physics I
Sponsor: DFD Chair: Patrick Doyle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318
Invited Speakers:
Session H22 Focus Session: Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Meigan Aronson, University of Michigan Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers: Jian-Ping Wang
Session H23 GMR and AMR Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Pete Eames, NVE Corporation Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Session H24 Polymers at Interfaces Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Chris Soles, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 321
Session H25 Focus Session: Particle Dynamics and Organization Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Lynn Walker, Carnegie Mellon University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322
Session H27 Computational Methods: Multiscale Modeling Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Jean-Luc Fattebert, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 324
Session H28 Focus Session: Energetics and Transport in Conjugated Organics
Sponsor: DPOLY DMP Chair: David Gundlach, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Invited Speakers: Denis Fichou
Session H29 Focus Session: Physical Aspects of Morphogenesis: Computational Approaches
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Invited Speakers: Yi Jiang
Session H30 Padden Award Symposium Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Anne Mayes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327
Session H31 Focus Session: Simulation of Complex Materials II
Sponsor: DCOMP DMP Chair: Giulia Galli, University of California, Davis Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328
Invited Speakers: Tadashi Ogitsu
Session H32 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience III
Sponsor: DCOMP DMP Chair: Byounghak Lee, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 329
Invited Speakers: Zhenyu Zhang
Session H33 Focus Session: Friction, Fracture and Deformation II
Sponsor: DMP GSNP Chair: Udo D. Schwarz, Yale University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Invited Speakers: Enrico Gnecco
Session H35 Electronic Properties of Quantum Wells and Superlattices Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Joe Tischler, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 338
Session H36 Focus Session: Single Molecule Conductance
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Doug Natelson, Rice University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 339
Invited Speakers: Heiko Weber
Session H37 Focus Session: Nanoscale Materials Physics of Phase Transitions II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Eric Mazur, Harvard University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 340
Invited Speakers:
Session H38 Superconductivity-Disordered Thin Films and Quantum Phenomena Sponsor: DCMP Chair: A. M. Goldman, University of Minnesota Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Session H39 Focus Session: Superconductivity-Josephson Junctions and Pairing State Symmetry
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Mac Beasley, Stanford University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Invited Speakers: Richard Klemm
Session H40 Focus Session: Materials for Quantum Computing II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Britton Plourde, Syracuse University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Invited Speakers: Robert Buhrman
Session H41 Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides I Sponsor: DMP Chair: Eugene Tsiper, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 344
Session H42 Focus Session: Dynamic Compression
Sponsor: GSCCM DCMP Chair: Hector Lorenzana, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345
Invited Speakers: Dennis Hayes
Session H43 Focus Session: Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases and the BCS-BEC Crossover II
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Murray Holland, University of Colorado Room: Baltimore Convention Center 346
Invited Speakers: Cindy Regal
Session H44 Quantum Phase Transitions Sponsor: DCMP Chair: T. Vojta, University of Missouri, Rola Room: Baltimore Convention Center 347
Session H45 Theoretical Methods in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems Sponsor: DCMP Chair: A.J. Millis, Columbia University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session H46 Focus Session: Wide Band Gap Semiconductors IV
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Stavola, Lehigh University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Invited Speakers: Fang Qian
Mar 14 2006 1:03PM, Tuesday
Session H4b Depletion Forces In Vitro and Out of Equilibrium
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: John Crocker, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Jennifer Lewis
Mar 14 2006 2:00PM, Tuesday
Session J1 Poster Session II Room: Baltimore Convention Center Exhibit Hall, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Mar 14 2006 2:30PM, Tuesday
Session K1 Optical Frequency Clocks and Experimental Quantum Optics
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: David Weiss, Penn State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Patrick Gill, Thomas Udem, Jun Ye
Session K2 Exotic Ordering in Spinels
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Sang-Wook Cheong, Rutgers University Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Mark Croft, Daniel Khomskii, Andrei Sushkov, P.G. Radaelli
Session K3 Electron Doped High Tc Superconductors
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Martin Greven, Stanford University Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Girsh Blumberg, Hiroaki Matsui, Eugene Motoyama
Session K4 DMP/CSWP Prize Symposium
Sponsor: DMP CSWP Chair: Lynn Boatner, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: James Chelikowsky, Hongjie Dai, A. Zettl
Session K5 Microelectronics for Mid-Infrared through Terahertz
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Mark Lee, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Invited Speakers: Claire Gmachl, Daniel Prober
Session K6 Minorities in the Nanosciences
Sponsor: COM Chair: James Dickerson, Vanderbilt University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 310
Invited Speakers: Nadya Mason, Juan Noveron
Session K7 New Methods and Algorithms for Biomolecular Modeling
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Christopher Roland, North Carolina State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Eric Darve, Michael Thorpe, Mark Tuckerman, Weitao Yang
Session K8 Focus Session: Jamming in Glasses, Grains and Gels II
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Corey O'Hern, Yale University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Invited Speakers: Daniel Blair
Session K10 Focus Session: Frontiers in Computational Chemical Physics II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Rigoberto Hernandez, Georgia Tech Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Invited Speakers: Karsten Reuter
Session K11 Focus Session: Chemical and Spectroscopic Applications of Nonlinear Optics II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Alexander V. Benderskii, Wayne State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303
Invited Speakers: Garth Simpson, Akihiro Morita
Session K12 Focus Session: Magnetic Thin Films and Narrow Gap Semiconductors
Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Juliet Correa, University of Muenster Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Invited Speakers:
Session K13 Atomic And Molecular Processes at Solid Surfaces Sponsor: DCP Chair: Eric Borguet, Temple University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 305
Session K16 Focus Session: Molecular-Scale Electronics II
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Ravindra Pandey, Michigan Technological University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Invited Speakers: Shashi Karna
Session K17 Focus Session: Si, Ge and SiGe Nanostructures
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Leonid Tsybeskov, New Jersey Institute of Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 313
Invited Speakers: Theodore Kamins
Session K18 Focus Session: Dillon Medal Symposium
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Hiroshi Watanabe, Kyoto University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Invited Speakers: Kenji Urayama
Session K19 Focus Session: III-V Magnetic Semiconductors III
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Brian Kirby, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Invited Speakers: Mark van Schilfgaarde
Session K20 Focus Session: Multiferroics II - Hexagonal Systems
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Alois Loidl, Augsburg University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Invited Speakers: Craig Fennie
Session K21 Colloids V Sponsor: DFD Chair: D. Grier, New York University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318
Session K22 Focus Session: Magnetization Dynamics
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers:
Session K23 Quantum Magnets: BEC and 2D Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Collin Broholm, Johns Hopkins University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Session K24 Polymer Nanomaterials II Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Azar Alizadeh, General Electric Room: Baltimore Convention Center 321
Session K25 Polymer Electrolytes and Conduction Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Bulent Ozbas; Princeton University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322
Session K26 Focus Session: Single Molecule Biophysics I
Sponsor: DBP DCMP Chair: David Nelson, Harvard University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Invited Speakers: Steven Chu
Session K27 Density Functional Theory Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Kieron Burke, Rutgers University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 324
Session K28 Focus Session: Microphysical Properties of Block Copolymer Aggregates II
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Dennis Discher, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Invited Speakers: Maria Santore
Session K29 Proteins Structure and Function Sponsor: DBP Chair: F. A. Ferrone, Drexel University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Session K30 Carbon Nanotubes: Applications and Novel Phenomena Sponsor: DMP Chair: Jun Kono, Rice University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327
Session K31 Focus Session: Simulation of Complex Materials III
Sponsor: DCOMP DMP Chair: Alberto Franceschetti, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328
Invited Speakers: Volker Blum
Session K32 Focused Session: Computational Nanoscience IV Sponsor: DCOMP DMP Chair: Milen Kostev, North Carolina State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 329
Session K33 Novel Moving Boundary Problems
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Wim Saarloos, Leiden University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Invited Speakers: David Kessler, Raymond Goldstein
Session K34 Panel Discussion with PR/PRL Editors Room: Baltimore Convention Center 337
Session K35 Electronic Properties and the Kondo Effect in Quantum Dots Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Scheibner, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 338
Session K36 Magnetic Domains and Applied Magnetic Materials Sponsor: GMAG Chair: John Unguris, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 339
Session K37 Superconductivity-Time Resolved Optical and Inelastic x-ray Scattering in Cuprates Sponsor: DCMP Chair: David Tanner, University of Florida Room: Baltimore Convention Center 340
Session K38 Superconductivity-Mesoscopics and Theory Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Timir Datta, University of South Carolina Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Session K39 Focus Session: Superconductivity: Theory and Computation II
Sponsor: DCOMP DCMP Chair: Richard Klemm, Kansas State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Invited Speakers: Michele Fabrizio
Session K40 Focus Session: Materials for Quantum Computing III
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Seongshik Oh, National Institute of Standards and Technology-Boulder Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Invited Speakers:
Session K41 Focus Session:Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Darrell Schlom, Penn State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 344
Invited Speakers: Eugene Venturini
Session K42 Focus Session: Planetary Materials II Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Eric Schwegler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345
Session K43 Trapped Fermi Gases Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: C. Sa de Melo, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 346
Session K44 Transport in Disordered Electronic Systems Sponsor: DCMP Chair: A. Punnose, University of Wisconsin Room: Baltimore Convention Center 347
Session K45 Heavy Fermions: Experiment Sponsor: DCMP Chair: M. Aronson, University of Michigan Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session K46 Spectroscopy of Semiconductors Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Giti Khodaparast, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Mar 14 2006 5:30PM, Tuesday
Session L9 GIMS Business Meeting Sponsor: GIMS Room: Baltimore Convention Center 301
Session L10 DCP Business Meeting Sponsor: DCP Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Session L16 FIAP Business Meeting Sponsor: FIAP Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Session L18 DPOLY Business Meeting Sponsor: DPOLY Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Session L23 GMAG Business Meeting Sponsor: GMAG Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Session L29 DBP Business Meeting Sponsor: DBP Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Session L33 GSNP Business Meeting Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Daniel Lathsop, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Session L40 TGQI Business Meeting Sponsor: TGQI Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Session L48 FIP Business Meeting Sponsor: FIP Room: Marriot Waterfront Hotel Galena
Mar 14 2006 5:45PM, Tuesday
Session L7 Flexible Molecular Recognition: The New Paradigm
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Jin Wang, Stony Brook University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: C. Robert Matthews, Dorothee Kern, Susan S. Taylor, Patricia A. Jennings, Jin Wang
Mar 14 2006 7:00PM, Tuesday
Session L49 DCMP Business Meeting Sponsor: DCMP Room: Marriot Waterfront Hotel Dover A
Session L50 DMP Business Meeting Sponsor: DMP Room: Marriot Waterfront Hotel Dover B
Mar 14 2006 7:30PM, Tuesday
Session M50 Intelligent Design: Its Impact and Responses to It
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Robert Eisenstein Room: Marriot Waterfront Hotel Grand Salon V
Invited Speakers: Jeremy Gunn, Francis Slakey, Cornelia Dean
Mar 15 2006 8:00AM, Wednesday
Session N1 Topological Phases and Quantum Computing
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Alexei Kitaev, Michael Hermele, Michael Freedman, Ady Stern, Paul Fendley
Session N2 Nanoscale Crystals
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Dmitri Talapin, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Nathaniel Craig, Marija Drndic, Todd Krauss
Session N3 Insulating Cobaltates: Mottness on a Triangular Lattice
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Philip Phillips, University of Illinois Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Goran Gasparovic, M.Z. Hasan, Henny Zandbergen, L. Balicas
Session N4 Polymer Crystallization
Sponsor: DPOLY DMP Chair: Freddy Khoury, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Stephen Cheng, Benjamin Hsiao, Murugappan Muthukumar, Laszlo Granasy
Session N5 Pake and AIP Industrial Physics Prizes
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Thomas Theis, IBM Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Invited Speakers: Charles Duke, Hratch Semerjian, Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Michael S. Lubell
Session N6 Fermi Superfluid Gases : Non-equal Spin Polarization (FFLO State) and p-Wave pairing
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Erich Mueller, Cornell University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 310
Invited Speakers: Sungkit Yip, Roberto Diener
Session N7 Recent Advances in the Computation of Optical and Transport Properties of Nanostructures
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, North Carolina State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Gabriel Bester, Ralph Gebauer, Stefano Sanvito, Alessandro Pecchia
Session N8 Granular Flows Sponsor: DFD Chair: Erin Rericha, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Session N10 Focus Session: Frontiers in Computational Chemical Physics III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Jeffrey Saven, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Invited Speakers:
Session N11 Focus Session: Aerosols, Clusters, Droplets: Physics and Chemistry of Nanoobjects I: Helium Nanodroplets I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Giacinto Scoles, Princeton University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303
Invited Speakers: Josef Tiggesbaumker
Session N12 Focus Session: Alloy and Interface Composition
Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Karsten Pohl, University of New Hampshire Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Invited Speakers: James Hannon
Session N13 Focus Session: Ultrafast and Ultrahigh Field Chemistry I: Strong Field Phenomena
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Robert Levis, Temple University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 305
Invited Speakers: Kaoru Yamanouchi
Session N16 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage III
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Jan F. Herbst, General Motors Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Invited Speakers: Taner Yildirim
Session N17 Focus Session: Semiconductors for THz and IR I
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: K. K. Choi, Army Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 313
Invited Speakers:
Session N18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Transport I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Jun Kono, Rice University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Invited Speakers:
Session N19 Semiconductor Spin Transport Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Jim Chelikowsky, University of Texas Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Session N20 Focus Session: Complex Oxide Thin Films Surfaces and Interfacess III: New Materials, New Techniques, and Effects of Strain Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Anand Bhattacharya, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Session N21 Microfluidic Physics II Sponsor: DFD Chair: Patrick Tabeling, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318
Session N22 Focus Session: Magnetic Vortices and Exchange Biased Thin Films
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Jian Shen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers: Igor V. Roshchin
Session N23 Focus Session: MAG.THY III: Oxides and Phase Transitions
Sponsor: GMAG DMP DCOMP Chair: Bruce Harmon, Ames Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Invited Speakers: Thomas Schulthess
Session N24 Structure and Dynamics in Polymer Thin Films Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Steve Granick, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Room: Baltimore Convention Center 321
Session N25 Focus Session: Organic Photovoltaics
Sponsor: DPOLY DMP Chair: Max Shtein, University of Michigan Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322
Invited Speakers: Olle Inganas
Session N26 Focus Session: DNA and Protein Analysis with Micro and Nano Fluidics
Sponsor: DBP DFD Chair: Steven Quake, Stanford University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Invited Speakers: Robert Riehn, Carl Hansen
Session N27 Electronic Structure I Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Michael Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 324
Session N28 Polymer Adsorption and Surface Modification Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Eric Lin, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Session N29 Focus Session: Physical Models of Ion Channel Function
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Bob Eisenberg, Rush University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Invited Speakers:
Session N30 Block Copolymer Phase Behavior Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Thomas Epps, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327
Session N31 Carbon Nanotubes: Theory Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Dimitrios Papaconstantopoulos, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328
Session N32 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Composites and Applications
Sponsor: DMP DPOLY Chair: Andrew Rinzler, University of Florida Room: Baltimore Convention Center 329
Invited Speakers: R.H. Baughman
Session N33 Focus Session: Instabilities & Turbulence in Complex Fluids
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Daniel Lathrop, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Invited Speakers: R. Sureshkumar
Session N35 Focus Session: Organization of Complex Networks
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Sidney Redner, Boston University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 338
Invited Speakers: Jos\'e Mendes
Session N36 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures with S, Se, Te, and Ge Sponsor: DMP Chair: Janica Whitaker, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 339
Session N37 Focus Session: Nanoscale Fabrication, Assembly and Semiconductor Nanowires
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Latha Venkataraman, Columbia University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 340
Invited Speakers:
Session N38 Transport Properties of High-Tc Superconductors Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Patrick Fournier, University of Sherbrooke Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Session N39 Focus Session: Superconductivity-Thin Films and Junctions Magnesium Diboride and Related Compounds
Sponsor: DMP Chair: John Rowell, Arizona State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Invited Speakers: Xiaoxing Xi
Session N41 Insulating and Dielectric Oxides Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Seong Gon Kim, Mississippi State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 344
Session N42 Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions I
Sponsor: DCOMP GSCCM DMP Chair: Larry Fried, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345
Invited Speakers:
Session N43 Quantum Optics and Strong Field Physics Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: V. Jacobs, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 346
Session N44 Quantum Criticality and Nematic Ordering Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Q. Si, Rice University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 347
Session N45 Exotic Phases in Strongly Correlated Systems Sponsor: DCMP Chair: A. Sandvik, Boston University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session N46 Semiconductor Devices / Semiconductors General Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Andrei Sergeev, University at Buffalo Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Mar 15 2006 9:30AM, Wednesday
Session N34 Referee Training Session Room: Baltimore Convention Center 337
Mar 15 2006 11:15AM, Wednesday
Session P1 Electron Transport in Single Molecules
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas at Austin Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Zhen Yao, Karsten Flensberg, I. Bar-Joseph
Session P2 The Electronic Properties of Overdoped Cuprates: The Clean Gateway to High-Tc Superconductivity
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Andy Mackenzie, University of St. Andrews Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Nigel Hussey, James Slezak, Louis Taillefer
Session P3 Physics Teacher Preparation at a Crisis: Innovative Programs Addressing a National Need
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Ramon Lopez, Florida Institute of Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Paula Heron, Michael Marder, Gay Stewart, Noah Finkelstein, Warren Hein
Session P4 Keithley Award Session
Sponsor: GIMS Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Frances Hellman, Albert Migliori
Session P5 Shedding Light on the Enigma of the Transition to Turbulence in Pipes and other Shear Flows
Sponsor: DFD Chair: Tom Mullin, DFD; R.R. Kerswell, Bristol University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Invited Speakers: Tom Mullin, Dan Henningson, Fabian Waleffe, Rich Kerswell, Anatoli Tumin, Bruno Eckhardt
Session P6 Quantum Spin Dynamics in Molecular Nanomagnets
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Andrew Kent, New York University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 310
Invited Speakers: Oliver Waldmann, Eugene Chudnovsky, Bruce Harmon, Kyungwha Park
Session P7 Focus Session: Physics of Transcriptional Regulatory Networks
Sponsor: GSNP DBP Chair: Joshua Socolar, Duke University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Linchong You, Hao Li
Session P8 Focus Session: Jets, Shocks & Splashes
Sponsor: DFD GSNP Chair: Wendy Zhang, University of Chicago Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Invited Speakers: Lei Xu, Detlef Lohse
Session P10 Focus Session: Frontiers in Computational Chemical Physics IV
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Andrew Rappe, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Invited Speakers: Todd Martinez
Session P11 Focus Session: Aerosols, Clusters, Droplets: Physics and Chemistry of Nanoobjects II: Helium Nanodroplets II, Aerosols, and Miscellaneous
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Geoffrey Smith, University of Georgia Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303
Invited Speakers:
Session P12 Metal Islands and Clusters Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Jim Hannon, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Session P13 Focus Session: Ultrafast and Ultrahigh Field Chemistry II: Quantum Control
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Kenji Ohmori, Institute of Molecular Science Japan Room: Baltimore Convention Center 305
Invited Speakers: Yaron Silberberg
Session P16 Focus Session: Molecular-Scale Electronics III
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Shashi Karna, Army Research Laboratories Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Invited Speakers:
Session P18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Opto-Electronics
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Vasili Perebeinos, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Invited Speakers:
Session P19 Focus Session: Spin Interference and Spin Hall Effect
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Jairo Sinova, Texas A&M University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Invited Speakers: Vanessa Sih
Session P20 Focus Session: Cobaltites, Nickelates and Vanadates Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Owen Vajk, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Session P21 Microfluidic Physics III Sponsor: DFD Chair: Mark Robbins, John Hopkins University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318
Session P22 Focus Session: Spin Transport in Metals
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Branislav Nikolic, University of Delaware Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers: Samir Garzon
Session P23 Quantum Spin Chains II Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Matthew Stone, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Session P26 Focus Session: Protein Dynamics in Folding and Function
Sponsor: DBP DCP Chair: Robert Callendar, Albert Einstein College Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Invited Speakers: Albert Mildvan, Eva de Alba, Anne-Frances Miller, Michael F. Summers, Sharon Campbell, Kathleen Hall, Richard Pastor, Alfred Redfield
Session P27 Electronic Structure II Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Anne Chaka, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 324
Session P29 Biomolecular Structure and Functions Sponsor: DBP Chair: Suzanna Zsiwy, University of California at Irvine Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Session P30 Focus Session: Organic Interfaces
Sponsor: DPOLY DMP Chair: Lynn Loo, University of Texas, Austin Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327
Invited Speakers:
Session P31 Nanotubes: Theory and Experiment Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Nicholas Kioussis, California State, Northridge Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328
Session P32 Spin Glasses Sponsor: GMAG Chair: G. Luke, McMaster University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 329
Session P33 Focus Session: Friction, Fracture and Deformation III
Sponsor: DMP GSNP Chair: Yue Qi, General Motors Research and Development Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Invited Speakers: Michael Falk
Session P35 Nanostructure Fabrication, Quantum Point Contacts, and Single Electron Transistors Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Ilya Ponomarev, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 338
Session P36 Focus Session: Plasmon Resonances in Nanostructures Sponsor: DMP Chair: Zachary Levine, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 339
Session P38 Superconductivity-Optical Spectroscopy of Cuprates Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Tomas Timusk, McMaster University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Session P39 Focus Session: Superconductivity-Theory and Computation (Mainly First Principles)
Sponsor: DCOMP DCMP Chair: Ole Andersen, Max Planck Institute Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Invited Speakers: Igor Mazin
Session P40 Focus Session: Pathways to Practical Quantum Computing I
Sponsor: DCOMP TGQI Chair: Gerardo Ortiz, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Invited Speakers:
Session P41 Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides III
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Nicola Spaldin, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Baltimore Convention Center 344
Invited Speakers: Volkmar Dierolf
Session P42 Focus Session: Planetary Materials III Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Lars Stixrude, University of Michigan Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345
Session P43 Novel Phases in Quantum Gases Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: B. Svistunov, University of Massachusetts Room: Baltimore Convention Center 346
Session P44 Organic Conductors Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Naughton, Boston College Room: Baltimore Convention Center 347
Session P45 Structural and Ferroelectric Phase Transitions Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Pavel Krotkov, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session P46 FQHE Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Dmitri Feldman, Brown University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Mar 15 2006 1:00PM, Wednesday
Session Q1 Poster Session III Room: Baltimore Convention Center Exhibit Hall, 1:00pm - 4:00pm (DPOLY session: 11:15am - 2:15pm)
Mar 15 2006 2:30PM, Wednesday
Session R1 Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Mechanics
Sponsor: DCMP DBP Chair: Gerard Wong, University of Illinois Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Tatyana Svitkina, Ajay Gopinathan, Margaret Gardel
Session R2 Fractional Quantum Hall Systems
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Horst Stormer, Columbia University Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Yann Gallais, Eun-Ah Kim, Fritz Schulze-Wischeler
Session R3 Lateral Spin Transport
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Chia-Ling Chien, Johns Hopkins University Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Yi Ji, Sergio O. Valenzuela, Yoshichika Otani
Session R4 Ionic, Dipolar and H-bonding Polymers
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Sanat Kumar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Victor Breedveld, Darrin Pochan, Paul Cremer, Vivek Prabhu
Session R5 Paths from Academics to Employment
Sponsor: FGSA FIAP Chair: John L. Orrell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Invited Speakers: Bernard Silbernagel, David Seiler
Session R6 U.S. Women in Physics: Perspectives on Race and Gender
Sponsor: CSWP Chair: Kimberly Budil, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 310
Invited Speakers: Ariel Michelman-Ribeiro, Barbara L. Whitten, Mia Ong, Apriel K. Hodari
Session R7 The Experimental and Theoretical Foundations of Evolution
Sponsor: DBP FEd FPS Chair: Herbert Levine, University of California, San Diego Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Michael Deem, James Shapiro, Paul Sniegowshi
Session R8 Monolayers, Membranes & Microemulsions Sponsor: DFD Chair: Mark Bowick, Syracuse University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Session R9 Imaging, Signal Detection and Processing Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Karen Waldrip, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Baltimore Convention Center 301
Session R10 Focus Session: Surfaces and Interfaces in Electronic Materials I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Eric Borguet, Temple University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Invited Speakers: Andrzej Wieckowski, Jay Switzer
Session R11 Focus Session: Aerosols, Clusters, Droplets: Physics and Chemistry of Nanoobjects III: Molecular Clusters
Sponsor: DCP Chair: David Nesbit, University of Colorado Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303
Invited Speakers: Mark Johnson
Session R12 Dynamics at silicon surfaces Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Paul G. Evans, University of Wisconsin-Madison Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Session R13 Focus Session: Ultrafast and Ultrahigh Field Chemistry III: Ultrafast Processes
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Yaron Silberberg, Weizmann Institute Room: Baltimore Convention Center 305
Invited Speakers: David Villeneuve, Yoshiyasu Matsumoto
Session R16 Thermoelectrics Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Joseph P. Heremans, Ohio State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Session R17 Focus Session: Semiconductors for THz and IR II
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: A. G. U. Perera, Georgia State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 313
Invited Speakers: X.C. Zhang
Session R18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Transport II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Brian LeRoy, TU Delft Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Invited Speakers:
Session R19 Focus Session: Spin Hall Effect and Spin Transport
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Invited Speakers: Hans-Andreas Engel
Session R20 Focus Session: Multiferroics III: Perovskites Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Craig Fennie, Rutgers University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Session R21 Focus Session: Biological Hydrodynamics
Sponsor: DFD DBP Chair: Ray Goldstein, University of Arizona Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318
Invited Speakers: Igor Aranson
Session R22 Focus Session: Biomagnetism and Exchange Biased Thin Films
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: David Lederman, West Virginia University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers: Axel Hoffmann
Session R23 Focus Session: Theory and Simulation for Information Storage Applications
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP Chair: Andreas Berger, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Invited Speakers: Thomas Schrefl
Session R24 Block Copolymer Applications Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ting Xu, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 321
Session R25 Adhesion and Viscoelasticity in Polymer Thin Films Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Karen Winey, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322
Session R26 Focus Session: Counterion Dynamics in Charged Biopolymer Systems
Sponsor: DBP DPOLY Chair: Alex Travesset, Ames Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Invited Speakers: Gerard Wong
Session R27 Many-Body/Strongly Correlated Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Gerardo Ortiz, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 324
Session R28 Focus Session: Biological Networks: Structure, Dynamics and Function
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Chao Tang, University of California, San Francisco Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Invited Speakers: Hana El-Samad
Session R29 Biomolecular Structure and Function Sponsor: DBP Chair: Sonya Bahar, University of Missouri, St. Louis Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Session R30 Polymer Nanocomposites Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Alamgir Karim, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327
Session R31 Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Nicola Marzari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328
Session R32 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience V
Sponsor: DCOMP DMP Chair: Wenchang Lu, North Carolina State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 329
Invited Speakers: Paul Tangney
Session R33 Focus Session: Friction, Fracture and Deformation IV
Sponsor: DMP GSNP Chair: Stefan Koehler, Emory University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Invited Speakers: Jack E. Houston
Session R34 Turbulence Sponsor: DFD Chair: Walter Goldburg, University of Pittsburg Room: Baltimore Convention Center 337
Session R36 Focus Session: Optical and X-ray Properties of Nanostructures
Sponsor: DMP Chair: John Rehr, University of Washington Room: Baltimore Convention Center 339
Invited Speakers: Igor Vasiliev
Session R37 Focus Session: Nanoscale Conductance Theory I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Mark Hybertsen, Columbia University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 340
Invited Speakers: Harold Baranger
Session R38 Superconductivity-Optical Spectroscopy of Cuprates: IR Hall Effect Sponsor: DCMP Chair: John Cerne, University at Buffalo, SUNY Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Session R39 Superconductivity-Sodium Cobaltate Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Igor Mazin, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Session R40 Focus Session: Pathways to Practical Quantum Computing II
Sponsor: DCOMP TGQI Chair: Juan Pablo Paz, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Invited Speakers:
Session R41 Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides IV
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Maitri Warusawithana, Penn State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 344
Invited Speakers:
Session R42 Focus Session: Plasticity and Phase Transitions
Sponsor: DCMP GSCCM Chair: Ricky Chau, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345
Invited Speakers: Christopher Robinson, Thomas Lorenz
Session R43 One Dimensional Bose Gases Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: A.B. Kuklov, The College of Staten Island, CUNY Room: Baltimore Convention Center 346
Session R44 Experimental Studies of 115 Materials Sponsor: DCMP Chair: J. Sarrao, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 347
Session R45 Strong Correlation in Metals: Mott Transition Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Sergej Savrasov, University of California, Davis Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session R46 Electronic and Optical Properties of Semiconductors: First Principals Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Hai Ping Cheng, University of Florida Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Mar 15 2006 5:30PM, Wednesday
Session S48 FED Business Meeting & Reception Sponsor: FEd Room: Marriot Waterfront Hotel Grand Ballroom Salon III
Mar 15 2006 5:45PM, Wednesday
Session T7 Physics, Chemistry and Biology of the Hydrophobic Effect
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Chao Tang, University of California, San Francisco Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Je-Luen Li, Benjamin Widom, David Chandler
Mar 15 2006 6:30PM, Wednesday
Session S49 DCOMP Business Meeting Sponsor: DCOMP Room: Marriot Waterfront Hotel Dover C
Mar 15 2006 7:30PM, Wednesday
Session T50 Perspectives on our Energy Future
Room: Marriot Waterfront Hotel Grand Salon V
Invited Speakers: Steven Koonin, Patricia Dehmer
Mar 16 2006 8:00AM, Thursday
Session U1 Spin Liquids and Superconductivity near the Mott Transition
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Dunghai Lee, University of California, Berkeley Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Joerg Schmalian, Andre-Marie Tremblay, Herb A. Mook
Session U2 Quantum Magnets in High Magnetic Fields
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Igor Zaliznyak, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: C. Broholm, Andrey Zheludev
Session U3 Nanomechanical Architecture of Strained Thin Films
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Max Lagally, University of Wisconsin-Madison Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Victor Prinz, Feng Liu, Oliver G. Schmidt, Robert Blick
Session U4 Lithography
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Vivek Prabhu, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Polymers Division Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Grant Willson, Ralph Dammel, Paul Nealey, Ronald Jones
Session U5 Low Temperature Physics, A Historical Perspective
Sponsor: FHP Chair: George O. Zimmerman, Boston University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Invited Speakers: Robert Wheeler, Russell Donnelly
Session U6 Strong Electronic Correlation in Solids: Applications of the LDA+U method
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Nicola Spaldin, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Baltimore Convention Center 310
Invited Speakers: Steven G. Louie, Anderson Janotti, A.I. Lichtenstein, Jan Kunes, M. Cococcioni
Session U7 Nanoscale Pattern Generation and Lithography
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Ya-Hong Xie, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Obert Wood, Thomas Russell
Session U8 Granular Materials Sponsor: DFD Chair: Wolfgang Losert, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Session U9 Scanning Probe Microscopy Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Karen Waldrip, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Baltimore Convention Center 301
Session U10 Focus Session: Surfaces and Interfaces in Electronic Materials II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Marcus Lay, University of Georgia Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Invited Speakers: Jillian Buriak, Juen-Kai Wang
Session U11 Focus Session: Aerosols, Clusters, Droplets: Physics and Chemistry of Nanoobjects IV: Metal Clusters I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Knut Asmis, Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303
Invited Speakers: Ludger Woeste
Session U12 Focus Session: Electrochemical and Related Growth
Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Shirley Chiang, University of California, Davis Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Invited Speakers: Mu Wang
Session U16 Nanotechnology: Applications and Measurements Sponsor: FIAP Chair: S. Sridhar, Northeastern University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Session U17 Physics and Imaging in Medicine
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Steven Avery, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 313
Invited Speakers: Howard Amols, Christopher Soares, Richard Baird, Paul Gueye
Session U18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Transport III
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Angel Rubio, DIPC San Sebastian Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Invited Speakers:
Session U19 Focus Session: Semiconductor Spin Nanostructures for Quantum Computing
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Jay Kikkawa, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Invited Speakers: Ari Mizel
Session U20 Focus Session: Metal-Insulator Transition and Electron Phonon Coupling in Perovskites
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Michael Hayward, University of Oxford Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Invited Speakers: Gonzalo Alvarez
Session U21 Liquid Crystals I Sponsor: DFD Chair: P. Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318
Session U22 Focus Session: Magnetic Tunneling I
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Jonathan Sun, IBM Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers: Hyunsoo Yang
Session U23 Frustration in 2D Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Bruce Gaulin, McMaster University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Session U24 Liquid-Crystalline Polymers Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Matteo Pasquali, Rice University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 321
Session U25 Focus Session: Oligoacene Semiconductors Sponsor: DPOLY DMP Chair: John Rogers, University of Illinois Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322
Session U26 Focus Session: Cytoskeletal Dynamics
Sponsor: GSNP DBP DPOLY Chair: Christina Marchetti, Syracuse University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Invited Speakers: Gaudenz Danuser
Session U27 Computational Methods: Monte Carlo/Molecular Dynamics I Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Andrew Williamsom, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 324
Session U28 Focus Session: Biological Hydrodynamics II
Sponsor: DBP DFp Chair: Steve Quake, Stanford University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Invited Speakers: Michael Brenner
Session U29 Focus Session: Nonequilibrium Fluctuation in Biomolecules and Artificial Nanodevices
Sponsor: DBP DPOLY Chair: Ioan Kosztin, University of Missouri, Columbia Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Invited Speakers:
Session U30 Focus Session: Mechanical Properties: Deformation, Rupture and Failure
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Teri Hermel-Davidock, Dow Chemical Company Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327
Invited Speakers: Michael Marder
Session U31 Nanotubes, Experiment Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Chris Kendziora, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328
Session U33 Dynamics and Systems Far From Equilibrium Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Harvey Gould, Clark University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Session U35 Nanowires Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Hyun Park, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 338
Session U36 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nano-Dots, Holes, and Wires Sponsor: DMP Chair: Connie Li, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 339
Session U37 Focus Session: Nanowire and Nanodot Quantum Devices
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Alexey Bezryadin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Room: Baltimore Convention Center 340
Invited Speakers: Yong-Joo Doh
Session U38 1-D Superconductors and Organics Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Andrei Lebed, University of Arizona Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Session U39 Superconducting Proximity Effect-S/N and S/F
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: James Eckstein, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Invited Speakers: Matthias Eschrig
Session U40 Focus Session: Pathways to Practical Quantum Computing III
Sponsor: DCOMP TGQI DAMOP Chair: Fernando M. Cucchietti, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Invited Speakers: Ignacio Cirac
Session U41 Dielectrics: Response Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Serge M. Nakhmanson, Rutgers University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 344
Session U42 Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions II
Sponsor: DCOMP GSCCM DMP Chair: Sandro Scandolo, ICTP, Trieste Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345
Invited Speakers: Neil Ashcroft
Session U43 Focus Session: Novel Phases in Low Dimensional Quantum Gases
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: M. Olshanii, University of Southern California Room: Baltimore Convention Center 346
Invited Speakers: J.V. Porto
Session U44 Models of Strongly Correlated Electrons Sponsor: DCMP Chair: S.-W. Tsai, University of California, Riverside Room: Baltimore Convention Center 347
Session U45 Structural, Surface and other Phase Transitions Sponsor: DCMP Chair: P. Riseborough, Temple University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session U46 Optical Properties of Semiconductors: Excitons and Phonons Sponsor: FIAP Chair: David Reitze, University of Florida Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Mar 16 2006 11:15AM, Thursday
Session V1 Quantum Hall Edges
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Woowon Kang, University of Chicago Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Inseok Yang, Emiliano Papa
Session V2 Excitons in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Sumitendra Mazumdar, University of Arizona Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Guglielmo Lanzani, Chuan-Xiang Sheng, Hongbo Zhao
Session V3 Nonequilibrium Nano-oscillators
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: B. Golding, Michigan State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Ho Bun Chan, Mark Dykman, Rajamani Vijayaraghavan, Aashish Clerk
Session V4 Dynamics and Non-equilbrium Phenomena in Optical Lattices
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Eugene Demler, Harvard University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: George Batrouni, Anatoli Polkovnikov, Marcos Rigol
Session V5 Surfaces and Interfaces of Correlated Oxides
Sponsor: DMP Chair: James Eckstein, University of Illinois Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Invited Speakers: Charles Ahn, Jacobo Santamaria, I. Bozovic, Jochen Mannhart
Session V7 Noise in Biological Systems
Sponsor: GSNP DBP Chair: Alex van Oudenaarden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Herbert Levine, Sima Setayeshgar
Session V8 Focus Session: Simulations Using Particles
Sponsor: DCOMP DFD Chair: Lorena Barba, University of Bristol Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Invited Speakers: Joel Koplik
Session V9 Magnetic Force Microscopies Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Albert Macrander, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 301
Session V10 Focus Session: Surfaces and Interfaces in Electronic Materials III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Yuh-Lin Wang, IAMS Taiwan Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Invited Speakers: Ching-Ming Wei
Session V11 Focus Session: Aerosols, Clusters, Droplets: Physics and Chemistry of Nanoobjects V: Metal Clusters II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Michael Duncan, University of Georgia Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303
Invited Speakers: Detlef Schooss
Session V12 Focus Session: Wetting and Hard-Soft Interfaces
Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: E. Kaxiras, Harvard University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Invited Speakers: Giancarlo Cicero
Session V16 Nanotechnology: Biological and Polymer Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Robert Austin, Princeton University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Session V17 Medical Physics Panel Discussion Sponsor: DBP Chair: Paul Gueye, Hampton College Room: Baltimore Convention Center 313
Session V18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Transport IV
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Invited Speakers: David Hecht
Session V19 The Changing Dynamics of Industrial Research as a Consequence of Global Trends
Sponsor: APS AIP Chair: Mark Bernius, The Dow Chemical Company Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Invited Speakers: Alan Taub, Hans Stork, Mark Durcan, Abel Weinrib, Thomas Feist
Session V20 Focus Session: Semiconductor Spin Dynamics: Optics
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Dimitri Basov, University of California, San Diego Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Invited Speakers: Kimberley Hall
Session V21 Liquid Crystals II: Nano & Bio Sponsor: DFD Chair: P. A. Heiney, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318
Session V22 Focus Session: Magnetic Tunneling II Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Alex Panchula, Grandis Inc. Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Session V23 Spin Waves Sponsor: GMAG Chair: James J. Rhyne, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Session V24 Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers: Properties Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ralph Colby, Penn State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 321
Session V25 Polymer Composites - Nanotubes and Nanoclays
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Rick Beyer, Army Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322
Invited Speakers: Ali Dhinojwala
Session V26 Cellular Biomechanics Sponsor: DBP Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Session V27 Computational Methods:Monte Carlo/Molecular Dynamics II Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Lee Collins, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 324
Session V28 Rheology of Biopolymer Solutions Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Daniel Savin, University of Vermont Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Session V29 Nonlinear Phenomena & Pattern Formation in Biology Sponsor: DBP DCMP Chair: Igor Aronson, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Session V30 Focus Session: Mechanical Properties: Microscale Deformation and Failure
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Jae Hyun Kim, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327
Invited Speakers:
Session V31 Nanotubes: Transport Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Laxmidhar Senapati, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328
Session V33 Focus Session: Social Networks
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Alessandro Vespignani, Indiana University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Invited Speakers: Sidney Redner
Session V35 Photonic Crystals Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Xiaomei Jiang, University of Texas at Dallas Room: Baltimore Convention Center 338
Session V36 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and C60
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Eric Shirley, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 339
Invited Speakers:
Session V38 Superconductivity-Thermodynamics and Structure Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jeff Tallon, Industrial Research Limited Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Session V39 Focus Session: Superconductivity-Theory and Computation III Sponsor: DCOMP DCMP Chair: Alex Gurevich, University of Wisconsin-Madison Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Session V40 Focus Session: Linear Optics Quantum Computation
Sponsor: TGQI DCMP Chair: Jonathan Dowling, Louisiana State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Invited Speakers: Terry Rudolph
Session V41 Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides V
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Eric Cockayne, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 344
Invited Speakers: Maitri Warusawithana
Session V42 History and Physics Outreach Sponsor: FHP FEd Chair: Bill Evenson, Utah Valley State College Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345
Session V43 Atomic/Molecular Structure and AMO Processes on Surfaces and in Condensed Matter Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: M. Safronova, University of Delaware Room: Baltimore Convention Center 346
Session V44 Kondo Physics and Luttinger liquids Sponsor: DCMP Chair: K. Ingersent, University of Florida Room: Baltimore Convention Center 347
Session V45 Spin Structure and Phase Transitions: Theory Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Donald J. Priour, Jr., University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session V46 Defects and Impurities in Si/Ge Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Torgny Gustafsson, Rutgers University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Session V47 Spectroscopy and Transport in 2D Semiconductors Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Emilio Mendez, SUNY at Stony Brook Room: Baltimore Convention Center 350
Mar 16 2006 2:30PM, Thursday
Session W1 ARPES in High Tc Superconductors
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Peter Johnson, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: T. Valla, Andrey Chubukov
Session W2 Imaging Charge and Spin and Semiconductors
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Robert Westervelt, Harvard University Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Gary Steele, Brian LeRoy, Yukio Hasegawa
Session W3 Topological Aspects of Electron Transport in Solids
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Shoucheng Zhang, Stanford University Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I
Invited Speakers: Naoto Nagaosa, F.D.M. Haldane, B. Andrei Bernevig
Session W4 Carbon Nanotube Dispersions
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ramanan Krishnamoorti, University of Houston Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Philippe Poulin, Karen Winey
Session W5 A Century of Critical Phenomena
Sponsor: FHP Chair: Pierre Hohenberg, New York University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Invited Speakers: Alexander Voronel, Guenter Ahlers, Michael E. Fisher, Leo Kadanoff
Session W6 New Applications of Silicon in Photonics and Biomedicine
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Sharon Weiss, Vanderbilt University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 310
Invited Speakers: Bahram Jalali, Michal Lipson
Session W7 Physics of Cell Elasticity, Interactions and Tissue Formation
Sponsor: DBP DPOLY Chair: Philip Nelson, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Daniel Riveline, Robijn Bruinsma, S.A. Safran, Subra Suresh
Session W8 Focus Session: Nonlinear Electrokinetics
Sponsor: GSNP DFD Chair: Martin Bazant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Invited Speakers:
Session W9 X-ray, Light, and Particle Scattering and Diffraction Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Carolyn MacDonald, University at Albany, SUNY Room: Baltimore Convention Center 301
Session W10 Focus Session: Surfaces and Interfaces in Electronic Materials IV
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Shaowei Chen, University of California, Santa Cruz Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302
Invited Speakers: Reginald M. Penner, Ulrich Goesele
Session W11 Focus Session: Aerosols, Clusters, Droplets: Physics and Chemistry of Nanoobjects VI: Nanocatalysis, Supported Clusters
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Peter Lievens, Leuven University, Belgium Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303
Invited Speakers:
Session W12 Molecules on Surfaces Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Michael Altman, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Session W16 Semiconductor Applications Sponsor: FIAP Chair: James Levine, Kodak Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Session W18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Electronic and Optical Properties III
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Gordana Dukovic, Columbia University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Invited Speakers: Shigeo Maruyama
Session W19 Focus Session: Semiconductor Spin Transport: Noise/Theory Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Gerrit Bauer, TU Delft Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Session W20 Focus Session: Multiferroics IV
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Sang-Wook Cheong, Rutgers University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Invited Speakers: Alois Loidl
Session W21 Liquid Crystals III Sponsor: DFD Chair: P. Collings, Swarthmore College Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318
Session W22 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanoparticles II
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Dimitris Kechrakos, Institute for Materials Science, Greece Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers: Joseph Dvorak
Session W23 Focus Session: MAG.THY IV / ab initio Studies
Sponsor: GMAG DMP DCOMP Chair: Renat Sabiryanov, University of Nebraska, Omaha Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Invited Speakers: Valeriy Stepanyuk
Session W24 Focus Session: Lithography
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ronald Jones, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 321
Invited Speakers: Christopher Soles, Alain Jonas
Session W25 Gels and Networks Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Vijay Tirumala, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322
Session W26 Focus Session: Biological Photophysics
Sponsor: DBP Chair: J. Timothy Sage, Northeastern University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Invited Speakers: Andrea Markelz
Session W28 Focus Session: Ordered Optoelectronic Organics Sponsor: DPOLY DMP Chair: Howard Katz, Johns Hopkins University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Session W29 Biological Networks and System Biology Sponsor: DBP Chair: Alexander Neiman, Ohio University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Session W30 Focus Session: Biopolymers at Interfaces
Sponsor: DPOLY DBP Chair: Darrin Pochan, University of Delaware Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327
Invited Speakers: Christopher Ober
Session W31 Nanotubes: Devices Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Kris Andersen, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328
Session W32 Glassy and Amorphous Systems Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 329
Session W33 Nonequilibrium and Templated Assembly Sponsor: DFD Chair: Srinivasa R Raghavan, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Session W34 Fluid Structure & Properties Sponsor: DFD Chair: Steve Granick, University of Illinois Room: Baltimore Convention Center 337
Session W36 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures of Si & GaAs
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Matt Doty, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 339
Invited Speakers: M.Y. Chou
Session W37 Nanoscale Conductance Theory II Sponsor: DMP Chair: Harold Baranger, Duke University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 340
Session W38 Flux Pinning and Critical Currents Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Judy Wu, University of Kansas Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Session W39 Superconductivity-Josephson Junctions and Qubits Sponsor: DCMP Chair: J. Robert Anderson, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Session W40 Quantum Communication, Cryptography and Computation Sponsor: TGQI DAMOP Chair: Steven H. Simon, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Session W41 Cold Fusion Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Scott Chubb, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 344
Session W42 Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions III
Sponsor: DCOMP GSCCM DMP Chair: Stephane Mazevet, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345
Invited Speakers:
Session W43 Focus Session: Cold Atoms in Optical Lattices
Sponsor: DAMOP GQI Chair: S. das Sarma, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 346
Invited Speakers: Eugene Demler
Session W45 Spin Structure in Magnetic Materials Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Mike Fitzsimmons, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session W46 Compound Semiconductor Defects and Dopants Sponsor: FIAP Chair: H. T. Johnson, University of Illinois, Champagne Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Session W47 Quantum Transport in Semiconductors: Theory and Experiment Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Andrey Kiselev, North Carolina State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 350
Mar 17 2006 8:00AM, Friday
Session Y1 Engineering Biomolecules and Circuits by Rational Design and Genetic Selection
Sponsor: DCMP DBP Chair: Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Terry Hwa, Calin Guet, Mark Goulian, James Liao
Session Y2 Electrostatic Levitation and High Energy X-rays
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Kenneth F. Kelton, Washington University Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Jan Rogers, Robert Hyers, Alan Goldman, Tien-Lin Lee
Session Y4 High TMR MgO Tunneling and Spin Momentum Transfer Materials, Physics, and Devices
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Robert Buhrman, Cornell University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Stuart Parkin, Shinji Yuasa, Yiming Huai, Jonathan Sun
Session Y5 New Functionalities in Glasses and Nanomaterials
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Punit Boolchand, University of Cincinatti Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309
Invited Speakers: Dipankar Chakravorty, Venkataran Gopalan, John Kieffer
Session Y6 Is the Hubbard/t-J Model a High Temperature Superconductor?
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Steven Kivelson, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Baltimore Convention Center 310
Invited Speakers: Leonid P. Pryadko, Matthias Troyer, Masao Ogata
Session Y7 Challenges and Issues in Nanowire Nanodevices
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Paul S. Weiss, Pennsylvania State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Robin Friedman, David Cobden, Masakazu Aono
Session Y8 General Fluid Dynamics
Sponsor: DFD Chair: John Labenski, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314
Invited Speakers:
Session Y12 Oxide Surface and Interfaces Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Jiandi Zhang, Florida International University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304
Session Y16 Optics and Optoelectronics Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Stuart A Solin, Washington University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312
Session Y18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Adsorption and Gas Surface Interactions with Carbon Nanotubes Sponsor: DMP Chair: Aleksey Kolmogorov, Duke University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Session Y19 Focus Session: Novel Ferromagnetic Semiconductors I
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Chris Palmstrom, University of Minnesota Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Invited Speakers: Hidekazu Saito
Session Y20 Focus Session: Ruddlesden-popper Phase Manganites
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Jeff Lynn, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Invited Speakers: Michael Hayward
Session Y22 Focus Session: Coupled Thin-Film Structures for Magnetic Recording
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP Chair: Axel Hoffmann, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers:
Session Y23 Single Molecule Magnets Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Mark Pederson, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Session Y24 Polymer Melts & Solutions: Structure & Solubility Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ferenc Horkay, National Institutes of Health Room: Baltimore Convention Center 321
Session Y25 Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers: Computation Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Cameron Abrams, Drexel University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322
Session Y26 Focus Session: Physics of Physiological Systems
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Peter Jung, Ohio University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Invited Speakers:
Session Y28 Focus Session: Magnetic and Doping Effects in Cojugated Organics Sponsor: DPOLY DMP Chair: Maria Nikolou, Cornell University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Session Y29 Focus Session: Noise and Fluctuation in Biological Systems
Sponsor: DBP DPOLY Chair: Gabor Balazsi, Boston University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326
Invited Speakers: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Session Y30 Focus Session: Biopolymers I: Phase Transitions
Sponsor: DPOLY DBP Chair: Jose Onuchic, University of California, San Diego Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327
Invited Speakers: Jose Onuchic
Session Y31 Quasicrystals, Adsorption on Quasicrystals, Porous and Random Materials Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 329
Session Y33 Statistical Physics:Dynamics and Transitions Sponsor: GSNP Chair: AlfredHubler, University of Illinois Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Session Y37 Focus Session: Probing Novel Nanostructures
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Daniel Ralph, Cornell University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 340
Invited Speakers: Stefan Folsch
Session Y38 Superconductivity-Vortex Lattices and Pinning Center Arrays Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Ulrich Welp, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Session Y39 Superconductivity-Materials and Processing Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Doug Kirven, Sigma-K Corporation Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Session Y40 Solid State Quantum Computing I Sponsor: TGQI DCMP Chair: John Martinis, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Session Y45 Magnetic Phase Transitions Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Julie Borchers, National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session Y46 Bilayers,Wigner Crystals Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Alan Dorsey, University of Florida Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349
Mar 17 2006 11:15AM, Friday
Session Z1 Strong Interaction Effects in Small Conductors
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Leon Balents, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV
Invited Speakers: Jason Petta, Konstantin Matveev, Gregory Fiete
Session Z2 Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering in Complex Oxides
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Trevor Tyson, New Jersey Institute of Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III
Invited Speakers: Young-June Kim, Jason Hancock, Kenji Ishii, Yinwan Li
Session Z4 Biopolymers
Sponsor: DPOLY DBP Chair: Michael Lang and Zuowei Wang, University of North Carolina Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Ferenc Horkay
Session Z7 Synchrony and Complexity in Brain Activity and Function
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Michael Zochowski, University of Michigan; Eshel Ben-Jacob, Tel Aviv University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307
Invited Speakers: Vernon L. Towle, Suhita Nadkarni, Klaus Lehnertz, Michal Zochowski
Session Z18 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Double Wall Nanotubes, Sheets and Chains
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Feng Wang, University of California, Berkeley Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315
Invited Speakers: Hans Kuzmany
Session Z19 Focus Session: Spin Dynamics in Quantum Dots
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Ari Mizel, Pennsylvania State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316
Invited Speakers:
Session Z20 Focus Session: Novel Ferromagnetic Semiconductors II Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Jacek Furdyna, University of Notre Dame Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317
Session Z22 Focus Session: FePt Nanoparticles for Information Storage
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP Chair: Kai Liu, University of California, Davis Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319
Invited Speakers: D. Weller
Session Z23 Strongly Correlated Electrons II Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Patrick Morales, University of Toronto Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320
Session Z24 Polymer Melts & Solutions: Rheology & Dynamics Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Yonathan Thio, Georgia Tech Room: Baltimore Convention Center 321
Session Z25 Molecular Dynamics: Theory and Simulation Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Eric Cochran, Iowa State University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322
Session Z26 Radiation Therapy and Medical Imaging Techniques Sponsor: DBP Chair: Paul Gueye, Hampton University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323
Session Z28 Methods of Statistical Physics, Population Dynamics and Epidemiology
Sponsor: DBP GSNP Chair: Vadim Smelyanskiy, NASA Ames Research Center Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325
Invited Speakers: Dirk Brockmann
Session Z31 Complexed Structured Materials, Glasses and Clathrates Sponsor: DCMP Chair: M. J. Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 329
Session Z33 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Kurt Wiesenfeld, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336
Session Z37 Focus Session: Nanoscale Conductance Theory III Sponsor: DMP Chair: Jeffrey Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 340
Session Z38 High Tc Cuprates: ARPES Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michelle Johannes, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341
Session Z39 Focus Session: Superconductivity-Theory and Computations (Mostly Phonons) Sponsor: DCOMP DCMP Chair: Boldizsar Janko University of Notre Dame Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342
Session Z40 Solid State Quantum Computing II Sponsor: TGQI DCMP Chair: Mark Gyure, HRL Laboratories Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343
Session Z45 Mostly Spinels Sponsor: GMAG Chair: S H Lee, University of Virginia Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348
Session Z46 2D Multi-Valley Systems: QHE Experiment Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Bruce Kane, University of Maryland Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349