APS - 2006 APS March Meeting

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, A. Brooks Harris, Paul C.W. Chu

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, Francis Starr, Paula Hammond, Jack Douglas, Lynn Walker

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, Mercouri Kanatzidis, 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, Joshua Shaevitz

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: Dionisios Margetis

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, Hans-Joachim Freund

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: Tobin Marks

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: Robert Meyer, 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: Mark Newman, 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: Atsushi Tsukazaki, Leonard Brillson, 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, Steve Fetter, 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, Jonathan Finley, 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, Susan Dexheimer

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: Alexander Burin

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: Michael Arnold

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: Tom Wu

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, Bernard M'Passi-Mabiala

Session D4 Organic Electronics Sponsor: DPOLY DMP Chair: Chang Yeol Ryu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308
Invited Speakers: Richard Friend, 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: Philippe Mendels, Roderich Moessner, Jason Gardner, Peter Schiffer, Peter Lunkenheimer

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: Marty Gregg

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: C.L. Chien

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, Gijs Wuite

Session D27 Focus Session: Novel Computational Algorithms I Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Francois Gygi, University of California, Davis Room: Baltimore Convention Center 324
Invited Speakers: Suxing Hu, Alan Aspuru-Guzik

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: Lucien Hardy

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, John L. Hall, 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, David Carlson

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: Catalin Spataru

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: Adam Cohen

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: Timothy Lezon, 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: E. Dan Dahlberg, 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: Christoph Lienau, Deborah Prezzi

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: Manfred Albrecht

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, H. Cao, 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, Eric Shaner, Alessandro Tredicucci

Session K6 Minorities in the Nanosciences Sponsor: COM Chair: James Dickerson, Vanderbilt University Room: Baltimore Convention Center 310
Invited Speakers: Nadya Mason, Conrad James, 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, Celeste Sagui, 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: Frances Ross, 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: Theo Rasing

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: Joachim Krug, 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

APS Meetings

2006 APS March Meeting