Session U41: Dielectrics: Response Properties

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Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Serge M. Nakhmanson, Rutgers University
Baltimore Convention Center - 344


Thursday, March 16, 2006
8:00AM - 8:12AM

U41.00001: Enhanced performance in nanotemplated dielectric structures
Yun Peng , K. Kempa , M.J. Naughton

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
8:12AM - 8:24AM

U41.00002: Low temperature specific heat and Brillioun scattering in nano-oscillator arrays
Douglas Photiadis , Joseph Bucaro , Xiao Liu

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
8:24AM - 8:36AM

U41.00003: Determining the quantum phase coherence time of a NEMS resonator
Emily Pritchett

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
8:36AM - 8:48AM

U41.00004: Tunable Electronic Energy Transfer in Layered Inorganic Solids Codoped with Tb$^{3+}$ and Eu$^{3+}$
Christie Larochelle

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
8:48AM - 9:00AM

U41.00005: EPR and ENDOR of two axial Fe$^{3+}$ centers in stoichiometric lithium tantalate
Valentin Grachev , Galina Malovichko , Robert Petersen , Christoff Baeuman

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
9:00AM - 9:12AM

U41.00006: Near infrared emission properties of Nd doped Potassium Lead Halides
Jessica Freeman , Ei Nyein , Uwe Hommerich , Sudhir Trivedi , John Zavada

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
9:12AM - 9:24AM

U41.00007: Non-resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering and Energy-Resolved Wannier Function Investigation of Local Excitations in Transition Metal Monoxides NiO and CoO
B.C. Larson , J.Z. Tischler , Wei Ku , Chii-Cheng Lee , Oscar Restrepo , A.G. Eguiluz , P. Zschack , K.D. Finkelstein

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
9:24AM - 9:36AM

U41.00008: Self-consistent linear density response within the LDA+U method: Application to transition-metal oxides(*)
A. G. Eguiluz(1) , O. D. Restrepo(1) , J. Kunes , W. E. Pickett (3)

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
9:36AM - 9:48AM

U41.00009: Determining the Critical Dose Threshold of Electron-Induced Electron Yield for Minimally Charged Highly Insulating Materials
Ryan Hoffmann , J.R. Dennison , Jonathan Abbott

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
9:48AM - 10:00AM

U41.00010: Comparison of Methods for Determining Crossover Energies in Insulators
Jonathan Abbott , Ryan Hoffmann , J.R. Dennison , Sarah Barton

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
10:00AM - 10:12AM

U41.00011: Piezoelectric Coupling in Non-piezoelectric Materials due to Nonlocal Size Effects at the Nanoscale: Fundamental Solutions, Embedded Inclusions and Piezoelectric Composites without Electromechanical Constituents
Pradeep Sharma

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
10:12AM - 10:24AM

U41.00012: Ionic-Mode Contributions to the Refractive Index of Glasses
Carrie E. Black , E. Shiles , D. Y. Smith

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
10:24AM - 10:36AM

U41.00013: Enhanced fluorescence in rare earth doped sol-gel glasses containing Al$^{3+}$
Gregory Armstrong , Ann Silversmith , Daniel Boye

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
10:36AM - 10:48AM

U41.00014: Site-specific modification of oxide nanoclusters: Towards atomic-scale surface structuring
Kenneth M. Beck , Matthias Henyk , Chongmin Wang , Wayne P. Hess , Paolo E. Trevisanutto , Peter V. Sushko , Alexander L. Shluger

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Thursday, March 16, 2006
10:48AM - 11:00AM

U41.00015: Optical Spectroscopy of Low-k Dielectric Films
Joanna Atkin , Daohua Song , Srikanth Iyer , Nils Hoivik , Robert R. Rosenberg , Thomas M. Shaw , Robert B. Laibowitz , Tony F. Heinz

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