APS - 2006 APS March Meeting - Session Index MAR06

Session B1: DCMP/DCOMP Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Susan Coppersmith, University of Wisconsin
Baltimore Convention Center - Ballroom IV

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B1.00001: Curvature, chirality, and polar symmetry in liquid crystals Invited Speaker: Robert Meyer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B1.00002: Liquid Crystal Phases of Molecular Bananas: Polarity and Chirality as Broken Symmetries Invited Speaker: Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B1.00003: Generating Coherent Phonons and Spin Excitations with Ultrafast Light Pulses Invited Speaker: Roberto Merlin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B1.00004: Berry Phases and Curvatures in Electronic-Structure Theory. Invited Speaker: David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract

Session B2: Solid Helium

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Michael Ma, University of Cincinnati
Baltimore Convention Center - Ballroom III

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B2.00001: Observation of superfluidity in solid helium and solid hydrogen Invited Speaker: Anthony Clark Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B2.00002: Pressure-driven Flow of Solid Helium Invited Speaker: John Beamish Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B2.00003: Theory for supersolid 4He: Vacancy condensation facilitated by a low-energy bound state Invited Speaker: Xi Dai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B2.00004: Off diagonal long range order in solid 4He Invited Speaker: Luciano Reatto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B2.00005: Path Integral Simulations of Solid $^4$He Invited Speaker: David Ceperley Preview Abstract

Session B3: Uncovering the Structure of Complex Networks

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, University of Notre Dame
Baltimore Convention Center - Ballroom I

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B3.00001: Modularity and community structure in networks Invited Speaker: Mark Newman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B3.00002: Modular structure of flat and hierarchial networks Invited Speaker: Roger Guimera Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B3.00003: Uncovering the overlapping modules of complex networks Invited Speaker: Tamas Vicsek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B3.00004: Spectral methods and Network Communities Invited Speaker: Miguel A. Mu\~{n}oz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B3.00005: Changes in metabolic modules under environmental variations Invited Speaker: Eivind Almaas Preview Abstract

Session B4: Advances in ZnO Materials Physics and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP
Chair: Tom Myers, West Virginia University
Baltimore Convention Center - 308

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B4.00001: Theory of defects and doping in ZnO Invited Speaker: Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B4.00002: Key Materials Aspects for Valence Control of ZnO. Invited Speaker: Atsushi Tsukazaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B4.00003: Localized States and Charge Transfer at ZnO Surfaces and Interfaces Invited Speaker: Leonard Brillson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B4.00004: Growth, Assembly, and Characterization of ZnO Nanostructures on Ag Films Invited Speaker: Julia W. P. Hsu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B4.00005: Charge- and Spin-Based Devices in ZnO Thin Films and Nanostructures Invited Speaker: David Norton Preview Abstract

Session B5: Nuclear Proliferation & Nuclear Terrorism

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: David Hafemeister, California Polytechnic State University
Baltimore Convention Center - 309

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B5.00001: Preventing Nuclear Terrorism Invited Speaker: Joseph Cirincione Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B5.00002: National Academy of Sciences Study on Monitoring Nuclear Weapons and Materials Invited Speaker: Steve Fetter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B5.00003: Advances in Nuclear Monitoring Technologies Invited Speaker: Brent Park Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B5.00004: Monitoring Illicit Nuclear Materials Invited Speaker: Mike Carter Preview Abstract

Session B6: Spin-Based Quantum Computing

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jason Petta, Harvard University
Baltimore Convention Center - 310

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B6.00001: Spin Readout and Hyperfine Interaction in Few-Electron Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Ronald Hanson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B6.00002: Enhancement of Spin Coherence Using \textit{Q}-factor Engineering in Semiconductor Microdisk Lasers Invited Speaker: Sayantani Ghosh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B6.00003: Teleportation of electronic many-qubit states via single photons Invited Speaker: Michael Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B6.00004: Optically probing charge and spin states in quantum dots and molecules Invited Speaker: Jonathan Finley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B6.00005: Production and Detection of Spin-Entangled Electrons in Mesoscopic Conductors Invited Speaker: Guido Burkard Preview Abstract

Session B7: Bionanotechnology: Application and Fundamental Aspects of Processes at Nano-scale

Sponsoring Units: DBP DCMP
Chair: Zuzanna S. Siwy, University of California, Irvine
Baltimore Convention Center - 307

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B7.00001: Ion Channels as Nanodevices Invited Speaker: Robert Eisenberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B7.00002: Fluctuation driven active molecular transport in passive channel proteins Invited Speaker: Ioan Kosztin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B7.00003: Pressure-driven DNA polymer transport in microfluidic and nanofluidic channels Invited Speaker: Derek Stein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B7.00004: The Transportation System Inside a Living Cell Invited Speaker: Clare Yu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B7.00005: Bio-functionalized Nanotube Membranes For DNA Separation Invited Speaker: Punit Kohli Preview Abstract

Session B8: Focus Session: Granular Materials Near Jamming

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD
Chair: Bob Behringer, Duke University
Baltimore Convention Center - 314

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B8.00001: Elastic Granular Flows Invited Speaker: Charles Campbell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B8.00002: Force distributions and stress fluctuations in a triangular lattice of rigid bars Brian Tighe , Joshua Socolar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B8.00003: Measurement of Forces inside Three-Dimensional, Frictionless, Disordered Matter Jing Zhou , Anthony Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B8.00004: Effects of Particle Size Dispersity on the Response to Compressive Strains Meenakshi Dutt , Bruno Hancock , Craig Bentham , James Elliott Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B8.00005: Measurements of the Yield Stress in Repulsive Athermal Systems Ning Xu , Corey O'Hern Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B8.00006: Experiment test of a Janssen formula in a dense granular column Kevin Facto , Tom Schicker , Narayanan Menon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B8.00007: Impact of Particle Elasticity on Granular Force Networks John Wambaugh , Annie Thebprasith , Robert Hartley , Robert Behringer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B8.00008: Freezing and Melting in Granular Materials Invited Speaker: Karen Daniels Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B8.00009: Plastic Failure Events in 2D Sheared Granular Systems Trush Majmudar , Robert Behringer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B8.00010: Statistical Properties of Granular Solid to Liquid Transition in Small Systems under Shear Martin Melhus , Igor Aranson , Dmitry Volfson , Lev Tsimring Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B8.00011: Granular shear flow with imposed vibrations Brian Utter , Eric Hoppmann Preview Abstract

Session B9: Phase Transitions, Dynamics, and Excitations

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Alberto Pimpinelli, Université Blaise Pascal
Baltimore Convention Center - 301

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B9.00001: Competing periodicities in fractionally filled quasi-1D bands P.C. Snijders , S. Rogge , H.H. Weitering Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B9.00002: Order-disorder phase transitions: a DFT - (Wang-Landau) MC study Mira Todorova , Mikael Borg , Catherine Stampfl , Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B9.00003: Bose Einstein condensation of magnons in mesoscopic ferromagnets. L.H. Bennett , E. Della Torre , R.E. Watson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B9.00004: Bose-Einstein Condensation of Ni spin degrees of freedom observed from susceptibility measurements at high magnetic field in NiCl$_{2}$-4SC(NH$_2$)$_2$ Catalin Martin , Kenneth Purcell , Timothy Murphy , Eric Palm , Stan Tozer , Vivien Zapf , Alex Lacerda , Armando Paduan-Filho Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B9.00005: Spin Density Wave Suppression in Thin Films of Cr. Daniel Queen , Zoe Boekelheide , David Cooke , Frances Hellman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B9.00006: Phase transitions in metal-oxide particulate-surface interactions: insights through ab initio study Daniel Freedman , Tomas Arias Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B9.00007: Optical Measurements of Grain Boundary Melting Erik Thomson , John Wettlaufer , Larry Wilen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B9.00008: Photoelectron Emission Microscopy at the Manganese L-edge of Thin La$_{1-x}$ Sr$_{x}$ Mn O$_{3}$ Films through the Phase Transition M.A. DeLeon , T. Tyson , C. Dubourdieu , A. Scholl , A. Doran Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B9.00009: Thermodynamic Investigation of n-Hexane and Cyclohexane on MgO (100) Surfaces Peter N. Yaron , John Z. Larese Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B9.00010: Complex Conductance Measurements of Ultra-thin MoGe films near the Superconductor-Insulator Transition Lukas Urban , Michael Callahan , Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B9.00011: Crystallization behaviors of $n$-nonadecane in confined space: observation of metastable phase induced by surface freezing Dujin Wang , Baoquan Xie , Haifeng Shi , Xia Dong , Ying Zhao , Charles C. Han , Duanfu Xu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B9.00012: Ordering and Dynamics of CN$^{-}$/Cu(001) Surfaces Erkan Ciftlikli , Ian Shuttleworth , Alexei Ermakov , Jane Hinch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B9.00013: Theoretical treatment of non-vibrationally-relaxed electron transfer in organic solar cells Kuo Kan Liang , Chih-Kai Lin , Huan-Cheng Chang , Michitoshi Hayashi , Sheng Hsien Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B9.00014: Investigating chemicurrent production from hyperthermal-energy ion impacts S.A. Moody , M.P. Ray , C.E. Sosolik Preview Abstract

Session B10: Focus Sessions: Physical Chemistry of Nanoscale System II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Haw Yang, University of California, Berkeley; Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University
Baltimore Convention Center - 302

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B10.00001: Potential Application of the Enhanced Absorption and the Enhanced Scattering Processes of Plasmonic (Gold and Silver) Nanoparticles of Different Shapes Invited Speaker: Mostafa El-Sayed Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B10.00002: Studying Photoluminescence Dynamics of Single Quantum Dots Photon by Photon Haw Yang , Kai Zhang , Aihua Fu , Paul Alivisatos , Carl Hayden Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B10.00003: Photothermal properties of gold nanocages studied by time-resolved spectroscopy Min Hu , Jingyi Chen , Younan Xia , Xingde Li , Hristina Petrova , Gregory Hartland , Manuel Marquez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B10.00004: Photoluminescence and Dynamics Measurements of Individual CdSe Quantum Wires John Glennon , Rui Tang , William Buhro , Richard Loomis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B10.00005: Photo-Induced Single Molecule Electron Transfer at the Molecule-Nanoparticle Interface Tianquan Lian , Wanhee Goh , Jianchang Guo , Xi Liu , Michael Ahrens , Emilie Schierloh , Michael Wasielewski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 1:15PM	B10.00006: Dynamics of photoexcitations in quasi-one-dimensional systems Invited Speaker: Susan Dexheimer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B10.00007: Dynamics of the heat transfer at the interface of diamond {\{}111{\}} nanosurfaces. Oleg A. Mazyar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B10.00008: The Static and Dynamic Wetting of Si Nanorod Arrays Jianguo Fan , Yiping Zhao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B10.00009: Inorganic Nanotubes, Nanofluidic Transistors and DNA Translocation Peidong Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B10.00010: Monitoring Gold Nanorod Synthesis based on their Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Amneet Gulati , Hongwei Liao , Jason Hafner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B10.00011: Desorption and Dissociation of Water Induced by Photoexcitation of Silver Nanoparticles Dinko Chakarov , Hans Fredriksson Preview Abstract

Session B11: Focus Session: Promises and Challenges in Chemical Dynamics II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Jim Valentini, Columbia University
Baltimore Convention Center - 303

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B11.00001: Adventures in Cluster Dynamics Invited Speaker: Joshua Jortner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B11.00002: Isomer morphology and vibrational mode dependence of the coupling between an excess electron and small water networks. Mark Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B11.00003: Vibrational energy at interfaces Dana Dlott Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B11.00004: Atomic Beam Scattering as a Probe of the Glass Transition of Polymer Thin Films Miriam Freedman , Aaron Rosenbaum , Steven Sibener Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B11.00005: Optical Spectroscopy and Photophysics of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Louis Brus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B11.00006: First hyperpolarizability ($\beta )$ of bare and polymer protected copper nanoparticles Puspendu Das , Manabendra Chandra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B11.00007: RRKM Theory at the Gas-Surface Interface: Hydrogen Dissociation Dynamics on Cu(111) Heather Abbott , Ian Harrison Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B11.00008: An STM and Theoretical Study of the Interaction of hexabenzocorone on a Ru(0001) Surface Kwang Taeg Rim , Li Liu , Chaochin Su , Shengxiong Xiao , Michael Steigerwald , Mark Hybertsen , Colin Nuckolls , George Flynn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B11.00009: Single-molecule vibrational spectroscopy of water molecules using an LT-STM Chikako Matsumoto , Yousoo Kim , Kenta Motobayashi , Maki Kawai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B11.00010: A Novel Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of a Single Molecule using an STM -- Measurement and Selection rules of Action spectroscopy Yousoo Kim , Yasuyuki Saino , Toshiro Okawa , Tadahiro Komeda , Hidemi Shigekawa , Maki Kawai Preview Abstract

Session B12: Quantum Metal Films and Overlayer Structures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMP
Chair: Zhenyu Zhang, Oak Ridge Natinoal Laboratory
Baltimore Convention Center - 304

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B12.00001: Growth of Pb nanowires on the Si(111)-In (4x1) a combined STM and SPALEED study Myron Hupalo , Michael Yakes , Michael Tringides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B12.00002: Novel Phase Separation for Pb/Ge(111) Shirley Chiang , Yu Sato , Norman Bartelt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B12.00003: Hard superconductivity of a soft metal in the quantum regime M.M. Ozer , J.R. Thompson , H.H. Weitering Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B12.00004: Modification of the Quantum Electronic Stability of Thin Films by Interfactants T. Miller , D. A. Ricci , M. H. Upton , T.-C. Chiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B12.00005: Novel Coarsening Behavior of Pb nanocrystals on Si(111) P. F. Miceli , C. A. Jeffrey , R. Feng , E. H. Conrad , M. Hupalo , M. C. Tringides , C. Kim , P. J. Ryan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B12.00006: The formation of a sharp metal-semiconductor interface for the growth of Quantum Size Effect islands C.A. Jeffrey , P.F. Miceli , E.H. Conrad , R. Feng , C. Kim , P.J. Ryan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B12.00007: The Pb corrugation on Si(111) Pb $\alpha -\surd $3x$\surd $3 as a probe of the island crystallography Michael Yakes , Myron Hupalo , Jizhou Chen , Michael Tringides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B12.00008: Restructuring Due to Quantum Size Effects During Annealing in Ultrathin Films of Ag/Si(111) K.R. Kimberlin , D.C. Ludois , S.M. Binz , K.R. Roos , J. Lozano , P.W. Wang , J.H. Craig, Jr. Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B12.00009: Kelvin Force Microscopy of $1 \times 1$ and $\sqrt 3 \times \sqrt 3$ phases of Pb/Si(111) E. D. Williams , W. G. Cullen , Masa Ishigami Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B12.00010: Fluctuations of Pb/Si(111) Domain Boundaries William Cullen , Daniel Dougherty , Masa Ishigami , Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B12.00011: Influence of Band Structure and Pb/Si Interfacial Property on Transmission Resonance of Thin Pb Films by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy S.M. Lu , M.C. Yang , C.L. Jiang , H.T. Shih , W.B. Su , C.S. Chang , Tien T. Tsong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B12.00012: Thin Film Fractal Morphology and the Enhancement of Superconducting Critical Parameters J. Krim , M. Highland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B12.00013: Binding site H3 to T4 occupation switching and the Pb/Si(111) ``Devil's Staircase'' phase diagram V. Yeh , M. Yakes , M. Hupalo , M.C. Tringides , Z. Chvoj Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B12.00014: Quantum Size Effects in $\delta $ -- Pu (111) and (110) Films* Haoran Gong , Asok Kumar Ray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B12.00015: Novel Atomic Rearrangement in the Pb Monolayer on Si(111) surfaces Induced by Atomic Hydrogen Adsorption. Chung-Kai Fang , Ing-Shouh Hwang , Shih-Hsin Chang , Lih-Juann Chen , Tien-Tzou Tsong Preview Abstract

Session B13: Focus Session: Spectroscopy of Biomolecules from Isolated Molecules to Cell Environment II

Sponsoring Units: DCP DBP
Chair: Philip Anfinrud, National Institutes of Health
Baltimore Convention Center - 305

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B13.00001: Structure and Interactions of Isolated Biomolecular Building Blocks. Invited Speaker: Mattanjah de Vries Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B13.00002: TBA Invited Speaker: Martin Jarrold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B13.00003: Folding an infinitely long polypeptide into a helical conformation Joel Ireta , Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B13.00004: The Effect of Terminal Truncation on the Folding Dynamics of Coiled-coil GCN4-p1 Michelle Bunagan , Lidia Cristian , William DeGrado , Feng Gai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B13.00005: Fast Events in Protein Folding following Ultrarapid Mixing Lisa Lapidus , Kimberly Cooper , Emily Tubmann , David Hertzog , Juan Santiago , Olgica Bakajin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B13.00006: Fast diffusive folding dynamics of Tryptophan Zipper peptides Stephen Hagen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:51PM	B13.00007: Sugars in the gas phase Invited Speaker: Rebecca Jockusch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B13.00008: 2D IR measurements of the coupling in transmembrane helix dimers Chong Fang , Lidia Cristian , Alessandro Senes , William Degrado , Robin Hochstrasser Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B13.00009: Solvent and Peptide Conformational Fluctuations Revealed with Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy Ziad Ganim , Andrei Tokmakoff Preview Abstract

Session B15: Metals: Lattice, Low D, Phonons

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Larry Boyer, Naval Research Laboratory
Baltimore Convention Center - 311

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B15.00001: Anomalous equilibrium volume change of magnetic Fe-Al crystals Martin Fri\'{a}k , J\"{o}rg Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B15.00002: Internal stress generation during electrochemically deposited Volmer-Weber thin films. Tianzhi Luo , Robert Cammarata Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B15.00003: Anomalous Magnetic Particle Distribution in Annealed Granular CuCo Thin Films Jian-Qing Wang , Nam H. Kim , Jardon Peck Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B15.00004: Metal Diffusion in Granular Bismuth Thin Films John Sadleir Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B15.00005: Temperature effect on structure of copper phthalocyanine thin films Kedar Manandhar , Kenneth Park , Zhen Song , Tanhong Cai , Jan Hrbek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B15.00006: Lattice defects and electronic properties of graphene Francisco Guinea , Nuno M.R. Peres , Antonio H. Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B15.00007: Electron-phonon coupling at the Be(0001) Surface Timur Kim , Philip Hofmann , TeYu Chien , Hong Liu , Ward Plummer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B15.00008: Wannier-Stark Ladders in Torsional Waves Guillermo Monsivais , Rafael M\'{e}ndez-S\'{a}nchez , Alfredo Diaz-de-Anda , Jorge Flores , Luis Guti\'{e}rrez , Alejandro Morales Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B15.00009: Resonant frequency shifts of Al micro-resonator by electric currents and nonlinear oscillation Seong Soo Kim , Jung Ho Kim , Kookrin Char Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B15.00010: Collective Excitations in a Molten Early transition Metal Ayman Said , Harald Sinn , Ahmet Alatas , Clement Burns , David Price , Marry Saboungi , Walter Schirmacher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B15.00011: Modified Debye spectra in disordered solids J.C. Lashley , D.J. Safarik , M.F. Hundley , R.B. Schwarz , A. Planes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 2:03PM	B15.00012: Effect of nuclear quadrupole interactions on the dynamics of two-level systems in glasses Invited Speaker: Alexander Burin Preview Abstract

Session B16: Focus Session: Molecular-Scale Electronics I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Udo Pernisz, Dow Corning Corporation, Midland MI
Baltimore Convention Center - 312

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B16.00001: Mechanically-Adjustable and Electrically-Gated Single-Molecule Transistors Invited Speaker: Alexandre Champagne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B16.00002: Spontaneous oscillation of current in fullerene molecular junctions Chao-Cheng Kaun , Ryan Jorn , Tamar Seideman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B16.00003: Nano-electromechanical structures for single molecule transport studies and position sensing Shawn Tanner , Charles Rogers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B16.00004: Gold Nanogap Junctions Fabricated by Temperature-Controlled Electromigration G. Esen , M.S. Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B16.00005: Electron transport through OPE-based molecules in junctions formed by electromigration Xueqing Liu , Wei Chen , Zhongkui Tan , Konstantin K. Likharev , James Lukens , Andreas Mayr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B16.00006: Electronic Quantum Interference in Molecular Devices Feng Miao , Douglas Ohlberg , R. Stanley Williams , C.N. Lau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B16.00007: Molecular conductance measurements through printed Au nano-dots. Weirong Jiang , Nikolai Zhitenev , Zhenan Bao , David Abusch-Magder , Don Tennant , Eric Garfunkel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B16.00008: Single-Molecule STM Studies on Atomically-Flat Nanoparticles D.H. Dahayanaka , D.W. Kelle , D.J. Wasielewski , E.S. Day , D.R. White , L.A. Bumm , C.M. Waite , J.L. Moore , R.L. Halterman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B16.00009: Theory of Molecular Conformational Switching Shashi Karna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B16.00010: Comparison of Transport and Switching Characteristics of Ti/Molecule/Pt and Cr/Molecule/Pt Devices Michael Taber , Feng Miao , Douglas Ohlberg , R. Stanley Williams , C.N. Lau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B16.00011: Controlling Negative Differential Resistance in Molecular Electronic Devices by Means of Designer Transition Metal Interfaces Hugh Dalgleish , George Kirczenow Preview Abstract

Session B17: Focus Session: Phase Transitions and Domains in Ferroelectric Nanostructures I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Alex Bratkovsky, Hewlett-Packard
Baltimore Convention Center - 313

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B17.00001: Ferroelectric phase transitions in BaTiO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ superlattices studied by ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy Dmitri A. Tenne , X.X. Xi , A. Soukiassian , W. Tian , Y.L. Li , L.Q. Chen , D.G. Schlom , A. Bruchhausen , A. Fainstein , X.Q. Pan , A. Cantarero , R.S. Katiyar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B17.00002: Interlayer Coupling and Dielectric Anomaly in Ferroelectric Bilayers and Multilayer Heterostructures S. Pamir Alpay , Shan Zhong , Alexander L. Roytburd , Joseph V. Mantese Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 12:15PM	B17.00003: Phase Transitions and Domain Structures in Nanoferroelectrics. Invited Speaker: Arkadi Levanyuk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B17.00004: Ferrolectric nanodots and nanowires under different electrical and mechanical boundary conditions Inna Ponomareva , Ivan Naumov , Laurent Bellaiche Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B17.00005: Self-assembled Nanoscale Domain Structures in Ferroelectrics: Formation and Evolution Vladimir Shur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B17.00006: Potential distribution and domain structure of metal-ferroelectric-semiconductor-metal heterostructures Rene Meyer , Paul McIntyre Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B17.00007: Fabrication and Electrical Measurements of CoFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$ Nanopillars in a BiFeO$_{3}$ matrix Scott Rutherford , Rasmi Das , Xianglin Ke , Dmitry Ruzmetov , Dong-Min Kim , Seung Hyub Baek , Mark Rzchowski , Chang-Beom Eom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B17.00008: Structure and electronic properties of GeTe nanoparticles from ab initio calculations. Gregory Hammad , Philippe Ghosez , Jean-Yves Raty Preview Abstract

Session B18: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Processing and Characterization

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: David Luzzi, University of Pennsylvania
Baltimore Convention Center - 315

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B18.00001: Density gradient ultracentrifugation of single-walled nanotubes Invited Speaker: Michael Arnold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B18.00002: Determination of Diameter, Helicity, and Handedness of Carbon Nanotubes by Electron Diffraction Zejian Liu , Lu-Chang Qin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B18.00003: Diameter Recognition of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Water-Soluble Proteins Koji Matsuura , Takeshi Saito , Toshiya Okazaki , Satoshi Ohshima , Kohei Mizuno , Don Futaba , Kenji Hata , Motoo Yumura , Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B18.00004: Structure determination of a nine-wall carbon nanotube by nanobeam electron diffraction. Qi Zhang , Zejian Liu , Lu-Chang Qin , Xinluo Zhao , Yoshinori Ando Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B18.00005: Quantitative Characterization of Defect Densities in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Yuwei Fan , Brett Goldsmith , Philip Collins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B18.00006: Shape Engineerable Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Solid as a Flexible Conducting Mesoporous Material Don N. Futaba , Kenji Hata , Tatsuki Hiraoka , Takeo Yamada , Kohei Mizuno , Yuhei Hayamizu , Tatsunori Namai , Yozo Kakudate , Osamu Tanaike , Hiroaki Hatori , Koji Miyake , Shinya Sasaki , Motoo Yumura , Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B18.00007: Filtration Patterning of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Films David A. Daly , Zhuangchun Wu , Andrew G. Rinzler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B18.00008: The Order in Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays Howard Wang , Zhiyong Xu , Gyula Eres Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B18.00009: Physical properties of self-assembled monolayers of carbon nanotubes V.A. Samuilov , J. Galibert , V. Ksenevich , N.A. Poklonski , L. Forro , J. Koo , K. Yoon , M. Rafailovich , J. Sokolov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B18.00010: Linear Dichroic Cell Based on Magnetic Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes Y. J. Lee , J. Shaver , S. Zaric , J. Kono Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B18.00011: The Conformation of Polymers Dispersing Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Water. Yael Dror , Yachin Cohen , Wim Pyckhout-Hintzen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B18.00012: High performance field emission in hybrid carbon nanotube-PDMS composite Caterina Soldano , Swastik Kar , Yung J. Jung , Saroj K. Nayak , Omkaram Nalamasu , Pulickel M. Ajayan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B18.00013: Thermal Oxidation Profiling of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Brian Landi , Cory Cress , Chris Evans , Ryne Raffaelle Preview Abstract

Session B19: Focus Session: Transition Metal Oxide Ferromagnetic Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Stephan von Molnar, Penn State University
Baltimore Convention Center - 316

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B19.00001: Oxide Ferromagnetic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Satishchandra Ogale Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B19.00002: Model for vacancy-induced ferromagnetism in ``d0" magnetic oxides Timothy Ziman , Georges Bouzerar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B19.00003: Anisotropic magnetic properties of Co-doped SnO$_{2}$ thin films Jun Zhang , Ralph Skomski , Yongfeng Lu , David Sellmyer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B19.00004: Defect compensation determined magnetism in wide gap dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS) Lin-Hui Ye , A.J. Freeman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B19.00005: Room temperature ferromagnetism in highly-resistive Ni-doped TiO$_2$ films prepared by sol-gel method DongHo Kim , JongHo Cho , YoungGull Joh , KeeJoo Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B19.00006: Niobium doping effects on the ferromagnetism and microstructure of anatase Co: TiO$_{2}$ films Shixiong Zhang , Satish Ogale , Sankar Dhar , Darshan Kundaliya , Wegdan Ramadan , Joshua Higgins , Richard Greene , Thirumalai Venkatesan , Lianfeng Fu , Nigel Browning Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B19.00007: Correlation between ferromagnetism and film structure in Co-doped ZnO films Sebastiaan van Dijken , R. Bauerschmidt , V. Karthik , J.M.D. Coey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B19.00008: Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Transition Metal Doped CVD-Grown ZnO Films and Nanostructures D.H. Hill , R. Gateau , R.A. Bartynski , P. Wu , Y. Lu , L. Wielunski , V. Poltavets , M. Greenblatt , D.A. Arena , J. Dvorak , S. Calvin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B19.00009: Defect activated room temperature ferromagnetism in Co:ZnO films - micro-Raman studies P. Kharel , C. Sudakar , G. Lawes , R. Naik , R. Suryanarayanan , V.M. Naik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B19.00010: Annealing Temperature Dependence of the Magnetic Moment Observed in ZnO Nanotips Implanted with Mn Jeremy Raley , Jean Wei , Yung Kee Yeo , Robert Hengehold , Michael Marciniak , Pan Wu , Yicheng Lu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B19.00011: Characterization of Mn and Fe diffusion into ZnO Films and single crystals for diluted magnetic semiconductor applications. R. Gateau , D.H. Hill , R.A. Bartynski , P. Wu , Y. Lu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B19.00012: Magnetic Properties of Co-doped HfO2 Y.S. Chang , W.C. Lee , M.L. Huang , Z.K. Yang , M. Hong , S.F. Lee , L. Goncharova , T. Gustafsson , M.C. Hang , Y.L. Soo , J. Kwo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B19.00013: Local Environment Surrounding Co in MBE-grown HfO$_{2}$:Co Thin Films Probed by EXAFS and XMCD Y.L. Soo , S.C. Weng , W.H. Sun , S.L. Chang , W.C. Lee , Y.S. Chang , M. Hong , J. Kwo , Z.S. Yang , H.-J. Lin , D.G. Liu , J.F. Lee , C.T. Chen , Y.H. Kao , J.M. Ablett , C-. C. Kao Preview Abstract

Session B20: Focus Session: Phase Competition and Separation in Pervoskite Oxides

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Chris Leighton, University of Minnesota
Baltimore Convention Center - 317

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B20.00001: Phase Competition and Magnetotransport Phenomena in Manganite Films and Mesoscopic Structures Invited Speaker: Tom Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B20.00002: Mapping nanometer-sized phase separation in La1-xCaxMnO3 Jing Tao , M. Varela , S.J. Pennycook , D. Niebieskikwiat , M.B. Salamon , J.M. Zuo , W.D. Luo , S.T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B20.00003: Implications of a dimeron magnetic pair model for CMR manganites. Frank Bridges , Lisa Downward Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B20.00004: Microscopic Ferromagnetic and Antiferromagnetic Clusters in Pr${0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$ Hao Sha , Jiandi Zhang , Feng Ye , Jaime Fernandez-Baca , Pengcheng Dai , Y. Tomioka , Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B20.00005: Phase separation in magnetic spinels induced by Jahn-Teller distortions Sunmog Yeo , Chenglin Zhang , Yoichi Horibe , Sabya Guha , Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B20.00006: Photoinduced phase-coexistence in Bi$_{0.4}$Ca$_{0.6}$MnO$_{3}$ thin films. Vera Smolyaninova , R. Kennedy , E. Talanova , L. Aldaco , R.M. Kolagani , M. Overby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B20.00007: Electron-correlation induced phase separation in Li$_x$FePO$_4$ Gerbrand Ceder , Fei Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B20.00008: The electric field effect on the electronic soft matter in the manganite (L$_{1-y}$Pr$_{y})_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3 }(y$=0.4, 0.5 and 0.6) Tara Dhakal , Jacob Tosado , SungHee Yun , Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B20.00009: High Temperature EXAFS Studies of La$_{1-x}$Ca$_x$MnO$_3$: New Evidence for Magnetic Dimers L. Downward , F. Bridges , T.A. O'Brien , J.J. Neumeier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B20.00010: Origin of the non-thermal photoresponse in thin films of two-phase manganites Anthony Davidson III , Mason Overby , Rajeh Mundle , Grace Yong , David Cox , Elena Talanova , Vera Smolyaninova , David Schaefer , Rajeswari M. Kolagani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B20.00011: Charge Separation and Pre-percolation Regime in Manganites Zsolt Marton , Takeshi Egami , Rinat Mamin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B20.00012: Magnetic Phase Diagram of (NaMn$_3$)Mn$_4$O$_{12}$ A. Prodi , F. Bolzoni , F. Licci , E. Gilioli , M. Marezio , M. Affronte , A. Gauzzi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B20.00013: Magnetic ordering of rare-earth compounds: first-principles studies Chun-gang Duan , R. F. Sabirianov , L Liu , W.N. Mei , P.A. Dowben , E.Y. Tsymbal Preview Abstract

Session B21: Colloids II: Colloidal Crystals, Gels, and Glasses

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Maria Kilfoil, McGill University
Baltimore Convention Center - 318

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B21.00001: Phase diagram and direct mechanical measurements of colloidal gels Na Wang , Maria Kilfoil Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B21.00002: Real Time Observations of Decaying Colloidal Clusters Marco Polin , Sang-Hyuk Lee , Willem Kegel , Andrew Hollingsworth , David Grier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B21.00003: Length scale dependent relaxation in colloidal gels Emanuela Del Gado , Walter Kob Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B21.00004: Crossover from Intermittent to Continuum Dynamics for Locally Driven Colloids Charles Reichhardt , Cynthia J. Olson Reichhardt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B21.00005: Evolving Bulk Properties of Collapsing Colloidal Gels Stephen Kamp , Maria Kilfoil Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B21.00006: Experimental characterization of the interface of a colloidal suspension. Jessica Hernandez-Guzman , Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B21.00007: Freezing and Melting of Colloidal Crystals with Short-Range Attractive Potential J.R. Savage , D.W. Blair , R.A. Guyer , A.D. Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B21.00008: Melting of Temperature-Sensitive 3D Colloidal Crystals Ahmed Alsayed , Yilong Han , Arjun Yodh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B21.00009: Evolution of Particle-Scale Dynamics in Suspensions of Weakly Attractive Colloids Undergoing Structural Arrest H. Guo , D. Liang , S. Ramakrishnan , C.F. Zukoski , J.L. Harden , R.L. Leheny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B21.00010: Microstructure and micromechanics of hard spheres with short-range attraction Myung Han Lee , Eric M. Furst Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B21.00011: Deformation of Colloidal Glasses Peter Schall , Itai Cohen , Frans Spaepen , David Weitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B21.00012: Rotational perturbations of colloidal suspensions near the colloidal glass transition. Piotr Habdas , Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B21.00013: Microscopy studies of the re-entrant glass transition. Andrzej Latka , Nora Graneto , Piotr Habdas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B21.00014: Scaling of non-linear viscoelastic transitions in soft colloidal glasses Matthew Helgeson , Norman Wagner , Dimitris Vlassopoulos Preview Abstract

Session B22: Focus Session: Current Driven Magnetization Dynamics II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG FIAP DMP
Chair: Mark Stiles, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Baltimore Convention Center - 319

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B22.00001: Reduction of the FMR damping in the nonlinear regime. Olivier Klein , Gregoire de Loubens , Vladimir V. Naletov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B22.00002: The Periodic Table of Damping in Doped Permalloy Thin Films James Rantschler , Deepthi Pulugurtha , Lawrence Matthew Connors , Andrew Chen , Audi Castillo , Alexander Shapiro , William Egelhoff, Jr. , Robert McMichael , Brian Maranville Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B22.00003: Enhanced Magnetic Damping in Spin-Transfer Excitation E. M. Ryan , P. M. Braganca , J. C. Read , N. C. Emley , G. D. Fuchs , J. C. Sankey , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B22.00004: Field and Current-Driven Domain Wall Motion in Permalloy Nanowires Invited Speaker: Geoffrey Beach Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B22.00005: Direct observation of current driven domain wall distortions, transitions, and propagation in ferromagnetic wires. W. Casey Uhlig , John Unguris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B22.00006: Spin Transfer Torque for Continuously Variable Magnetization Jiang Xiao , Andrew Zangwill , Mark Stiles Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B22.00007: Nonlinear regimes of current-induced domain wall motion Ya. B. Bazaliy , M. Hayashi , B. A. Jones , S. S. P. Parkin , A. Joura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B22.00008: Interactions between domain walls and spin currents M. Klaui , M. Laufenberg , D. Backes , W. Buhrer , U. Rudiger , L. Vila , C. Vouille , G. Faini Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B22.00009: Current-Driven Resonance of Single Domain Wall in Permalloy Nanowires Seok-Hwan Chung , Frank Y. Fradin , Axel Hoffmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B22.00010: Spin accumulation and resistance due to a moving domain wall J. Ieda , S. Takahashi , S. E. Barnes , S. Maekawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B22.00011: Theory of Antiferromagnetic Metal Spintronics Rembert Duine , Alvaro Nunez , Paul Haney , Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B22.00012: Towards ab-initio calculations for antiferromagnetic metal spintronic devices. Paul Haney , Derek Waldron , Alvaro Nunez , Rembert Duine , Hong Guo , Derek Waldron Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B22.00013: Nonequilibrium Green's function calculations for antiferromagnetic metal spintronic nanocircuits Alvaro Nunez , Rembert Duine , Paul Haney , Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract

Session B23: Quantum Spin Chains I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Christopher Landee, Clark University
Baltimore Convention Center - 320

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B23.00001: Calculated And Experimental Exchange Interactions In A Strong-rail Spin Ladder; Christopher Landee , A. Shapiro , M. M. Turnbull , J. Novoa , J. Ribas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B23.00002: Novel Raman resonance in ladder spin systems Alexander Donkov , Andrey Chubukov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B23.00003: Theory of spin gaps in the dimerized quarter-filled two-leg rectangular ladder Yongguo Yan , Sumit Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B23.00004: Magnetic and electrical properties of the double chain-type compounds NaRh$_2$O$_4$ and NaMn$_2$O$_4$ K. Yamaura , Q. Huang , M. Moldovan , D.P. Young , E. Takayama-Muromachi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B23.00005: Spinless Fermionic ladders in a magnetic field Sam Carr , Boris Narozhny , Alexander Nersesyan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B23.00006: Magnetic Susceptibility and Heat Capacity of Single Crystal CaV$_2$O$_4$ Containing $S=1$ $J_1$-$J_2$ Antiferromagnetic Spin Chains A. Niazi , D. C. Johnston , S. Bud'ko , D. L. Schlagel , T. A. Lograsso , A. Honecker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B23.00007: Profiles of magnons and spinons in a spin ladder David Clarke , Oleg Tchernyshyov , Jean-Baptiste Fouet , Fr\'ed\'eric Mila Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B23.00008: Ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic alternating exchange spin-dynamics in the low-dimensional quantum magnet DMACuCl$_{3}$ Matthew Stone , Wei Tian , Mark Lumsden , Garrett Granroth , David Mandrus , Jae-Ho Chung , Stephen Nagler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B23.00009: Copper Phenazine Dichloride, a S=1/2 Heisenberg Antiferromagnetic Chain R. T. Schneider , C. P. Landee , M. M. Turnbull , F. F. Awwadi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B23.00010: Real-Space Treatment of Spin-Peierls Transitions: Gap Equation of the S = 1/2 Heisenberg Antiferromagnetic Chain Zoltan Soos , Sharon Bewick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B23.00011: Phonon spectra in Spin-Peierls transitions Franz Michel , Hans Gerd Evertz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B23.00012: Spin excitations in $S=1/2$ AFM chains with alternating $g$-tensor and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. S.A. Zvyagin , J. Wosnitza , A.K. Kolezhuk , J. Krzystek , R. Feyerherm Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B23.00013: Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in LiCu$_2$O$_2$ Laszlo Mihaly , Helmuth Berger , Laszlo Forro Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B23.00014: Meron and Haldane-Shastry spin chain states in quantum dots Milica Milovanovic , Aleksandra Petkovic Preview Abstract

Session B26: Focus Session: Single Molecule Biophysics: DNA & RNA

Sponsoring Units: DBP DPOLY
Chair: Ching-Hwa Kiang, Rice University
Baltimore Convention Center - 323

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B26.00001: Dynamics of molecular motors with finite processivity on heterogeneous tracks Invited Speaker: David Nelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B26.00002: DNA electrophoresis in Pluronic F127 Seungyong You , David Van Winkle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B26.00003: Model for passage time of polymer trough a pore (weak external forces limit) Stanislav Kotsev , Anatoly Kolomeisky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B26.00004: Driven DNA translocation through thin and long nanopores Aniket Bhattacharya , William H. Morrison Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B26.00005: Conformational Analysis of Single DNA Molecules Undergoing Entropically Induced Motion in Nanochannels. John Mannion , Christian Reccius , Joshua Cross , Harold Craighead Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B26.00006: The Physics of Nanoconfined DNA Walter Reisner , Keith Morton , Robert Riehn , Yang Mei Wang , Stephen Chou , Jonas Tegenfeldt , Robert Austin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B26.00007: DNA entropic elasticity for short molecules Jinyu Li , Philip C. Nelson , M. D. Betterton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B26.00008: Single Molecule Visualization of DNA in Wicking Flows Chad DeLong , David Hoagland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B26.00009: Abundance of pseudoknots in the RNA world Daniel Aalberts , Evan Miller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B26.00010: DNA sequencing via transverse electronic transport Johan Lagerqvist , Michael Zwolak , Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B26.00011: Polymer effects in forced passage of DNA and macromolecules through nanopores Francisco Solis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B26.00012: Mapping the phase diagram of DNA force-induced melting in the presence of DNA intercalators Ioana Vladescu , Micah McCauley , Megan Nunez , Ioulia Rouzina , Mark Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B26.00013: DNA and RNA unzipping using nanopore force spectroscopy Amit Meller , Jerome Mathe , Meni Wanunu , Barak Akabayov , Irit Sagi Preview Abstract

Session B28: Experimental Techniques in Biomaterials Science

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Kevin Hewitt, Dalhousie University
Baltimore Convention Center - 325

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B28.00001: Dual-beam Oscillating Optical Tweezers-Based 3-D Confocal Microrheometer Jing Wang , Chuan Pu , H. Daniel Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B28.00002: Integrated Fiber-optic Dipping-probe Microfluorometer Robert W. Gammon , Vildana Hodzic , Christopher C. Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B28.00003: Characterization of RNase Immobilization at Surfaces by NEXAFS Xiaosong Liu , Chang-Hyun Jang , Fan Zheng , Astrid Jurgensen , Nicholas L. Abbott , F.J. Himpsel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B28.00004: Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of a hydrophilic ligand (tiopronin) adsorbed on gold nanoparticles. Joel St.Aubin , Kevin Hewitt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B28.00005: Employing Grating Couplers in Biosensors Amal Kasry , Wolfgang Knoll Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B28.00006: 15nm diameter upconversion nanophosphors as bio-labels. Shuang Fang Lim , Robert Riehn , Chih-kuan Tung , Robert H. Austin , Nora Khanarian , William S. Ryu , David Tank Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B28.00007: Thermal Stability, and Curvature Dependence of Bovine Serum Albumin on Gold Nanoparticles Using Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Jonathan Teichroeb , James Forrest , Valentina Ngai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B28.00008: High Q RF Resonant Cavity for Detecting Biological Tissue Nonlinearities Vildana Hodzic , Robert W. Gammon , Quirino Balzano , Christopher C. Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B28.00009: Micromachined piconewton force sensor for biophysics investigations Steven Koch , Gayle Thayer , Alex Corwin , George Bachand , Maarten de Boer Preview Abstract

Session B29: Focus Session: Micro-Organism Motility

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Udo Erdman, Humboldt University
Baltimore Convention Center - 326

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B29.00001: Direct measurement of the propulsion efficiency of bacterium Escherichia Coli Suddhashil Chattopadhyay , Radu Moldovan , Chuck Yeung , Xiao-lun Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B29.00002: Modeling the motion of microscale synthetic swimmers Alexander Alexeev , Victor Yashin , Rolf Verberg , Anna Balazs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B29.00003: Detecting the gravitational sensitivity of \textit{Paramecium caudatum} using magnetic forces Karine Guevorkian , James M Valles Jr. Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B29.00004: Precise adaptation in chemotaxis through ``assistance neighborhoods" Robert Endres , Ned Wingreen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B29.00005: Cellular individuality in the gradient sensing response of \textit{Dictyostelium} Azadeh Samadani , Jerome Mettetal , Alexander van Oudenaarden Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B29.00006: How does Dicty find its way? Erin Rericha , Carole Parent , Wolfgang Losert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B29.00007: Dictyostelium discoideum chemotaxis: threshold for directed motion Invited Speaker: Eberhard Bodenschatz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B29.00008: Impact of Helicobacter Pylori on Mucus Rheology Jonathan Celli , Sarah Keates , Ciaran Kelly , Bradley Turner , Rama Bansil , Shyamsunder Erramilli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B29.00009: The effect of viscosity on the contraction of the stalk of \textit{Vorticella Convallaria} Deependra Kantha , David Van Winkle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B29.00010: Optimal Foraging Strategy: Angle Matters Udo Erdmann , Sebastian G\"oller , Igor M. Sokolov , Lutz Schimansky-Geier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B29.00011: Nonlinear electromagnetic responses of active molecular motors in live cells and organelles Dharmakirthi Nawarathna , Jeffrey Gardner , Gustavo Cardenas , David Warmflash , John Miller , William Widger , James Claycomb Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B29.00012: Mechanism of formin-associated actin filament elongation Dimitrios Vavylonis , David R. Kovar , Ben O'Shaughnessy , Thomas D. Pollard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B29.00013: Spreading of neutrophils: from activation to migration Helim Aranda-Espinoza , Kheya Sengupta , Lee Smith , Paul Janmey , Daniel Hammer Preview Abstract

Session B31: Insulating Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Babak Nikoobakht, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Baltimore Convention Center - 328

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B31.00001: Structural and electronic properties of aluminate nanotubes Kee Joo Chang , Yong-Ju Kang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B31.00002: Formation of SiOx nanoflowers during the VLS growth of silicon nanowires Joonho Bae , Rebecca Thompson-Flagg , Michael Marder , John Ekerdt , Chih-Kang Ken Shih Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B31.00003: Ferromagnetism of MnO and Mn3O4 nanowires Myung-Hwa Jung , Jeunghee Park Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B31.00004: Metal-insulator transition in vanadium oxide nanowires Jiang Wei , Zenghui Wang , Yujie Xiong , Younan Xia , David Cobden Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B31.00005: Magnetoresistive Core-Shell Nanowires Bo Lei , Chao Li , Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B31.00006: Table Salt's New Application in High Throughput Growth of Zinc Oxide Nanowires from Zinc Powder Jian Yang , Wenzhong Wang , Yi Ma , D.Z. Wang , Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B31.00007: Growth of Ultra-long Horizontally Grown Zno NWs, their Photoluminescence and Electrical Properties Babak Nikoobakht , Michael Beversluis , Mark Vaudin , Stephan Stranick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B31.00008: W$_{3}$O Nanowires as Gas Sensors Sharvil Desai , Biswapriya Deb , Gamini Sumanasekera , Mahendra Sunkara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B31.00009: Semiconducting Oxide Nanobelt Field Effect Transistors: Characteristics and Applications Yi Cheng , P. Xiong , Lenwood Fields , J.P. Zheng , R. Yang , Z.L. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B31.00010: Electromechanical Properties of GaN Nanowires Chang-Yong Nam , Papot Jaroenapibal , Douglas Tham , David E. Luzzi , John E. Fischer , Stephane Evoy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B31.00011: Electronic and Transport Characteristics of Two-Phase Coaxial Gallium Nitride Nanowires V.M. Ayres , B.W. Jacobs , M.A. Crimp , R.E. Stallcup , A. Hartman , M.A. Tupta , J.B. Halpern , M.Q. He Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B31.00012: In-situ STM-TEM Studies of Individual GaN Nanowires Mitra Taheri , Blake Simpkins , Pehr Pehrsson , Rhonda Stroud Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B31.00013: Spatially Resolved Luminescence from CdSe Nanowires Yong-Joo Doh , Kristin N. Maher , Lian Ouyang , Jiwoong Park , Hongkun Park Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B31.00014: Compositional and magnetic ordering in Mo$_{6}$S$_{9-x}$I$_{x}$ nanowires Teng Yang , Shinya Okano , David Tomanek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B31.00015: Dielectric properties and band gap determination of individual nanostructures via valence electron energy loss spectroscopy Shaul Aloni , David Okawa , Michael Johnson , Michael Rousseas , Alex Zettl Preview Abstract

Session B32: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience I

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DMP
Chair: Andrew Canning, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Baltimore Convention Center - 329

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B32.00001: Losses due to phonon-phonon interactions in nanotube oscillators: from classical potentials through one-dimensional elasticity and many-body perturbation theory Invited Speaker: David Roundy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B32.00002: Scalable Linear Electronic Structure Method for Free Standing Clusters Kab Seok Kang , James Davenport , David Keyes , James Glimm Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B32.00003: ONETEP: linear-scaling density-functional theory with plane waves Peter Haynes , Chris-Kriton Skylaris , Arash Mostofi , Mike Payne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B32.00004: Acceleration of the Convergence in {\it ab initio} Atomic Relaxations Zhengji Zhao , Lin-Wang Wang , Juan Meza Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B32.00005: Electric field polarization calculations using charge patching method Lin-Wang Wang , Xavier Cartoixa Soler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B32.00006: A divide and conquer method for Bader decomposition Jun-ichi Hoshino , Kazuo Tsumuraya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B32.00007: Direct enumeration of alloy configurations for semiconductor electronic structure properties Sirichok Jungthawan , Sukit Limpijumnong , Peter A. Graf , Kwiseon Kim , Wesley B. Jones , Gus L. W. Hart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B32.00008: Surface passivation optimization using DIRECT Kwiseon Kim , Peter A. Graf , Wesley B. Jones , Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B32.00009: Non-linear dynamics of the electron wave packet propagating through the resonant tunneling structure under the presence of the electron-photon and inter-electron interactions Masakazu Muraguchi , Kyozaburo Takeda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B32.00010: Multi-Scale Modeling of Carbon Nanotube/Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Lamina S.J.V. Frankland , J.C. Riddick , T.S. Gates Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B32.00011: Tight binding models derived from k-dot-p theory C. E. Pryor , M.-E. Pistol Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B32.00012: Mobility of Lithium and Hydrogen Ions in Nanotubes in Terms of Fokker-Plank Equation Andrew Kinchen , Yuriy Malozovsky Preview Abstract

Session B33: Financial Markets and Other Applications of Statistical Physics

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland
Baltimore Convention Center - 336

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B33.00001: What physicists should learn about finance (if they want to) Anatoly Schmidt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B33.00002: Relation between bid-ask spread and volatility in financial markets Jean-Philippe Bouchaud , J. Kockelkoren , M. Potters , M. Wyart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B33.00003: An equation of state for the financial markets: connecting order flow to price formation. Austin Gerig , Szabolcs Mike , J. Doyne Farmer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B33.00004: An empirical analysis of waiting times for price changes and orders in a financial market Naoya Sazuka Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B33.00005: Dynamics of the return distribution in the Korean financial market Jae-Suk Yang , Seungbyung Chae , Woo-Sung Jung , Hie-Tae Moon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B33.00006: Grouping in the stock markets of Japan and Korea Woo-Sung Jung , Okyu Kwon , Taisei Kaizoji , Seungbyung Chae , Woong Lee , Hie-Tae Moon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B33.00007: Dynamical Structures of High-Frequency Financial Data Kyungsik Kim , Seong-Min Yoon , Soo Yong Kim , Yup Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B33.00008: Systematic Analysis of Group Identification in Stock Markets Dong-Hee Kim , Hawoong Jeong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B33.00009: Virtual Volatility, an Elementary New Concept with Surprising Stock Market Consequences Richard Prange , A. Christian Silva Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B33.00010: Volatility, Persistence, and Survival in Financial Markets Magdalena Constantin , Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B33.00011: Comparing Extremal and Hysteretic Optimization on the Satisfiability Problem Bruno Gon\c{c}alves , Stefan Boettcher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B33.00012: What is the most interesting team sport? Federico Vazquez , Eli Ben-Naim , Sidney Redner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B33.00013: Diagnosis of weaknesses in modern error correction codes: a physics approach Mikhail Stepanov , Michael Chertkov , Vladimir Chernyak , Bane Vasic Preview Abstract

Session B34: Author Workshop: Submitting to the APS Journals

Baltimore Convention Center - 337

Monday, March 13, 2006
1:30PM - 3:30PM

B34.00001: Submitting to the APS Journals
Donavan Hall , Brant Johnson , Julie Kim-Zajonz , Daniel Ucko

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Session B35: Focus Session: Nanoscale Thermal, Thermoelectric and Mass Transport: Theory and Simulation

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Joel E. Moore, University of California, Berkeley
Baltimore Convention Center - 338

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B35.00001: Electromigration Forces on Ions in Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Stefan Heinze Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B35.00002: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Thermal Conductivities of Group IV Bulk Materials and Nanowires John Reed , Andrew Williamson , Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B35.00003: The Nanocomposite Approach to Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance G. Chen , R. Yang , H. Lee , Q. Hao , M. Tang , M. S. Dresselhaus , D. Wang , Z. Ren , J. P. Fleurial , P. Gogna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B35.00004: Theory of the thermoelectric properties of semiconductor-matrix nanocomposites Natalio Mingo , David Broido Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B35.00005: Molecular dynamics simulation of shock-induced chemical, mechanical and thermal processes in Ni/Al nanolaminates Shijin Zhao , Timothy Germann , Alejandro Strachan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B35.00006: Vibrations and thermal conductivity in inorganic and polymeric glasses. Sergei Shenogin , Arun Bodapati , Pawel Keblinski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B35.00007: Anomalous thermal transport in the low-conductivity phase of granular metals Vikram Tripathi , Yen Lee Loh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B35.00008: Molecular heat pump Dvira Segal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B35.00009: Transport and Noise in Mesoscopic Conductors Coupled to Quantized Electro-Magnetic Fields. A.D. Stone , M.G. Vavilov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B35.00010: Elastomeric Network/Air Structures for Mechanically Tunable Hypersonic Phononic Crystals Taras Gorishnyy , Ji-Hyun Jang , Chaitanya K. Ullal , Edwin L. Thomas Preview Abstract

Session B36: Electronic Properties of Nanowires

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Lars Samuelson, Lund University
Baltimore Convention Center - 339

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B36.00001: 1D-1D Tunneling in Vertically Coupled Quantum Wires E. Bielejec , S. K. Lyo , J. A. Seamons , J. L. Reno , M. P. Lilly Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B36.00002: Tunable double quantum dots in InAs nanowires defined by local gate electrodes. Carina Fasth , Andreas Fuhrer , Lars Samuelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B36.00003: Orbital and Spin Effects in Single- and Double-Quantum Dots Defined in InAs/InP Nanowire Heterostructures. Andreas Fuhrer , Linus Froberg , Lars Samuelsson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B36.00004: Ultra-dense nanowire arrays Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin , J.E. Green , D.W. Wang , E. DeIonno , J.W. Choi , Y. Luo , A. Boukai , Y. Bunimovich , B.A. Sheriff , J.R. Heath Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B36.00005: Ag nanowires on Cu(110) and Ni(110): atomic structure and electronic dimensionality Richard Kurtz , Phillip Sprunger , Weichang Zhao , Yaroslav Losovyi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B36.00006: Electronic structure of self-assembled Si nanowires on Ag(110) surfaces Taisuke Ohta , Eli Rotenberg , Karsten Horn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B36.00007: One-dimensional Pt induced chains on Si(337) Jessica McChesney , A. Bostwick , E. Rotenberg , Gerald Lapeyre Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B36.00008: The Coulomb blockade regime in disordered AlAs cleaved-edge overgrown quantum wires Joel Moser , Dieter Schuh , Max Bichler , Matthew Grayson , Stefano Roddaro , Vittorio Pellegrini Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B36.00009: The transition from a one-dimensional to a quasi-one-dimensional state in interacting quantum wires Julia S. Meyer , Konstantin A. Matveev , Anatoly I. Larkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B36.00010: Exciton Energy Transfer between Asymmetric Quantum Wires S.K. Lyo , K.F. Karlsson , H. Weman , K. Leifer , A. Rudra , E. Kapon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B36.00011: Spin excitation velocities in multi-channel quantum wires Eugene Pivovarov , Michael Fogler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B36.00012: Junctions of Three Quantum Wires of spin-1/2 Electron System Chang-Yu Hou , Claudio Chamon , Masaki Oshikawa , Ian Affleck Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B36.00013: Effect of electron-electron interaction on linear and nonlinear optical phenomena in quantum dot systems in interlevel resonance region Victor Bondarenko , Miroslaw Zaluzny , Yang Zhao Preview Abstract

Session B37: High-Tc: STM and Pseudogap

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: J. Y. T. Wei, University of Toronto
Baltimore Convention Center - 340

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B37.00001: Signatures of strong correlations in the tunneling spectra of superconducting doped Mott insulators Tiago C. Ribeiro , Xiao-Gang Wen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B37.00002: Controlling hole concentration in superconducting YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta }$ thin films for spectroscopic studies$^{\ast }$ Matthew Brinkley , Wan Kyu Park , Xiaofang Zhai , James Eckstein , Laura Greene Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B37.00003: Point-contact spectroscopy of the electron-doped cuprate superconductor Pr$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_4$ in magnetic fields up to 32 tesla Sunghee Yun , Tara Dhakal , Jacob Tosado , Amlan Biswas , Bing Liang , Richard Greene Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B37.00004: Density of state correlations in pseudogap systems Marianna Maltseva , Piers Coleman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B37.00005: Observation of the pseudogap features in overdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d by breakjunction tunneling spectroscopy Y. Xuan , H. J. Tao , Z. Z. Li , B. R. Zhao , Z. X. Zhao , C.T. Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B37.00006: Gap Inhomogeneity-Induced Electronic States in Superconducting $\rm Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta}$ Alan Fang , Luca Capriotti , Doug Scalapino , Steve Kivelson , Nobu Kaneko , Martin Greven , Aharon Kapitulnik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B37.00007: Electronic modulations in the pseudogap state of $Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+d}$ and $Ca_{2-x}Na_{x}CuO_{2}Cl_{2} $ Abhay Pasupathy , Aakash Pushp , Kenjiro Gomes , Shimpei Ono , Yasushi Abe , Yoichi Ando , Hiroshi Eisaki , Kyung Hee Kim , Hye Kyong Lee , Sung-Ik Lee , Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B37.00008: Influence of vortex quantum fluctuations on the electronic spectra of superconductors Lorenz Bartosch , Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B37.00009: Local effects of impurities on the Pseudogap State of~Bi-2212 Kenjiro Gomes , Aakash Pushp , Abhay Pasupathy , Shimpei Ono , Yasushi Abe , Yoichi Ando , Hiroshi Eisaki , Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B37.00010: Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Studies of Current-Carrying Superconductors J. Ngai , P. Morales , J. Y. T. Wei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B37.00011: High Precision Spectroscopic Imaging of Single Layer Cuprate: Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{1.6}$La$_{0.4}$CuO$_{6+x}$ A.M. Wang , J. Lee , J. Slezak , K. Fujita , H. Eisaki , S. Uchida , J.C. Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B37.00012: Atomic-resolution tunneling asymmetry mapping in Ca$_{2-x}$Na$_x$CuO$_2$Cl$_2$: charge distribution, crystal distortion and superconducting electronic structure properties of glassy electronic nanodomains Y. Kohsaka , C. Taylor , C. Lupien , T. Hanaguri , H. Takagi , M. Azuma , M. Takano , J. C. Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B37.00013: Low energy spectroscopic mapping study on (Ca,Na)$_2$CuO$_2$Cl$_2$ T. Hanaguri , Y. Kohsaka , J. C. Davis , I. Yamada , M. Azuma , M. Takano , K. Ohishi , H. Takagi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B37.00014: Many-Impurity Effects in Fourier Transform Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy William Atkinson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B37.00015: Atomic-resolution Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy studies of doping dependence of electron-boson interaction in Bi-2212 Jinho Lee , K. McElroy , J. Slezak , K. Fujita , J.-X. Zhu , A.V. Balatsky , S. Uchida , H. Eisaki , J.C. Davis Preview Abstract

Session B38: Superconducting Devices and AppIications

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Michael Bleiweiss, Naval Academy Prep School
Baltimore Convention Center - 341

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B38.00001: Transition-edge sensors based on superconducting nanowires. Matthew Bell , Andrei Sergeev , Gregory Goltsman , Jonathan Bird , Aleksandr Verevkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B38.00002: Frequency Noise in Superconducting Thin-Film Resonators Shwetank Kumar , Peter Day , Henry LeDuc , Benjamin Mazin , Megan Eckart , Jiansong Gao , Jonas Zmuidzinas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B38.00003: Measurement of environmental impedance at plasma frequency of Josephson junctions with microwave induced escapes Bo Mao , Siyuan Han Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B38.00004: Probing superconducting samples using a two-superconducting-nanowire device David Pekker , Alexey Bezryadin , David S. Hopkins , Paul M. Goldbart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B38.00005: Measurement of superconducting phase gradients using a DNA-templated nanowire interference device David S. Hopkins , David Pekker , Paul M. Goldbart , Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B38.00006: Impedance matching using superconducting planar spiral inductors Utku Kemiktarak , Keith Schwab , Kamil L. Ekinci Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B38.00007: Microstrip SQUID amplifiers with cooling fins Darin Kinion , John Clarke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B38.00008: RF Amplifiers Based on DC SQUID for 3-4 GHz Band G.V. Prokopenko , K.D. Osborn , S.V. Shitov , M. Maezawa , A.J. Sirois , K. Cicak , R.W. Simmonds Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B38.00009: SQUID-detected magnetic resonance imaging in zero static magnetic field N. Kelso , S-K. Lee , L. Bouchard , V. Demas , A. Pines , J. Clarke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B38.00010: Fast Non-Destructive Evaluation of Superconducting Magnet Wires using a Flow-Through SQUID Microscope John Matthews , Frederick Wellstood , Harold Weinstock Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B38.00011: Low-field SQUID MRI: To tune or not to tune? Michael Hatridge , Whittier Myers , Michael M\"{o}{\ss}le , Nathan Kelso , John Clarke , Ben Inglis , Andreas Trabesinger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B38.00012: SQUID-detected microtesla MRI: a new modality for tumor detection? Michael M\"o{\ss}le , Sarah Busch , Michael Hatridge , Whittier Myers , Alexander Pines , John Clarke , Lars Schmitt , Jeff Simko Preview Abstract

Session B39: Superconductivity-Magnetic Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Daniel Agterberg, University of Wisconsin
Baltimore Convention Center - 342

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B39.00001: Low temperature penetration depth measurements as a probe of anisotropic superconductivity in NbSe$_2$ Antony Carrington , Jon Fletcher , Pierre Rodiere Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B39.00002: Phase-sensitive measurements of harmonic response in high-Tc superconducting thin films by means of local microwave microscopy Dragos Mircea , Steven Anlage Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B39.00003: Doping Dependence of the Magnetic Penetration Depth and Coherence Length in YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{y}$ Jeff Sonier , Fergal Callaghan , Jess Brewer , Walter Hardy , Doug Bonn , Ruixing Liang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B39.00004: A magnetic analog of the isotope effect in cuprates Rinat Ofer , Galina Bazalitsky , Amit Kanigel , Amit Keren , Assa Auerbach , James Lord , Alex Amato Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B39.00005: Magnetization curves in underdoped cuprates measured at low T in fields up to 45 Tesla Lu Li , Yayu Wang , Mike Naughton , S. Ono , Yoichi Ando , Nai Phuan Ong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B39.00006: Superconductivity and Glassiness in Strongly Underdoped Y$_{1-x}$Pr$_{x}$Ba$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ C. C. Almasan , V. Sandu , P. Gyawali , B. J. Taylor , M. B. Maple Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B39.00007: FFLO surface bound state Shi-Hsin Lin , Pawel Redlinski , Boldizsar Janko , Daniel Agterberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B39.00008: Current driven FFLO state in unconventional superconductors Matthew Song , Hyeonjin Doh , Hae-Young Kee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B39.00009: Formation of non-unitary state near the upper-critical field of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ Masafumi Udagawa , Youichi Yanase , Masao Ogata Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B39.00010: Conductance characteristics between a normal metal and a two-dimensional Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov superconductor Qinghong Cui , Chia-Ren Hu , J.Y.T. Wei , Kun Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B39.00011: A novel homogeneous superconducting state to compete with the inhomogeneous FFLO states in conductors with exchange or Zeeman split Fermi surfaces Chia-Ren Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B39.00012: The Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in two-dimensional $s$-wave and $d$-wave superconductors Qian Wang , Hongyi Chen , Chia-Ren Hu , Chin-Sen Ting Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B39.00013: Quantum fluctuations in LOFF superconductors Kirill Samokhin , Maxim Mar'enko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B39.00014: Helical phases in broken parity superconductors Raminder Kaur , Daniel Agterberg , Kaori Tanaka , Paolo Frigeri , Manfred Sigrist Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B39.00015: Superconductivity in PrRu$_{4}$As$_{12}$ single crystals W. M. Yuhasz , P. -C. Ho , T. A. Sayles , T. Yanagisawa , N. A. Frederick , M. B. Maple Preview Abstract

Session B40: Topics in Quantum Foundations

Sponsoring Units: TGQI DCMP
Chair: Terry Rudolph, Imperial College London
Baltimore Convention Center - 343

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B40.00001: Bell's inequalities: derivation, violation, and implications Louis Sica Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B40.00002: Correlated observables in field theoretic terms: single- and multi-particle systems Ian Durham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B40.00003: Differences between the Measurement Process and Schr$\ddot{\mbox{o}} $dinger Evolution Steiner Michael Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B40.00004: Inference of Schr\"{o}dinger Equation from Classical-Mechanics Solution JX Zheng-Johansson , P-I Johansson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B40.00005: Aton, Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics Alfred Phillips, Jr. Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B40.00006: Vortex Theory and Photon Acceleration Effect Konstantin Gridnev , Russell Moon , Victor Vasiliev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B40.00007: The classical -- quantum border at 10$^{11}$ Hz and Cosmic Microwave Background Simon Berkovich Preview Abstract

Session B42: SPS Undergraduate Research I

Chair: Gary White, Society of Physics Students
Baltimore Convention Center - 345

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B42.00001: Interferometric studies of a piano soundboard Sarah Zietlow , Thomas Moore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B42.00002: Acoustical study of the Nigerian slit log gong. Jacob Skubal , Zach Hackett , Thomas Moore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B42.00003: Visualizing the sound field of an acoustic fire extinguisher Dmitriy Plaks , Elizabeth Nelson , Nesha Hyatt , Zade Coley , Gary Hunter , Patricia Saponari , James Espinosa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B42.00004: Construction and Investigation of three HTSC diamagnetic devices John Jones , Adam Reed , Aziza Dang , Taha Ferozpuri , Pooya Azar , Daniel Gordon , Steven Hendrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B42.00005: Construction of an apparatus to characterize the early evolution of ultracold neutral plasma Lucas Willis , Michael Lim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B42.00006: Mode shapes of the American five-string banjo Laurie Stephey , Isaac Codrey , Thomas Moore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:51PM	B42.00007: Electrical Characterization of Organic Conducting Polymers Lindsay Windsor Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:15PM	B42.00008: Contact Potential Difference Measurements of Self Assembled Monolayers Bridger Anderson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B42.00009: Nonlinear Optical Properties of CdSe Quantum Dots Charles Anderson , Sean Bentley , John Dooher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B42.00010: Bond Angles in the Crystalline Silicon/Silicon Nitride Interface Robert H. Leonard , Martina E. Bachlechner Preview Abstract

Session B43: BEC in Trapped Atomic Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Henry Glyde, University of Delaware
Baltimore Convention Center - 346

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B43.00001: Superfluidity without Symmetry-Breaking: The Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock Approximation H.A. Fertig , Chang-hua Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B43.00002: Number-of-Particle Fluctuations and Stability of Bose-Condensed Systems Chang-hua Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B43.00003: Measuring Correlations by Single Atom Detection in Quantum Degenerate Gases Anton \"{O}ttl , Stephan Ritter , Tobias Donner , Thomas Bourdel , Michael K\"{o}hl , Tilman Esslinger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B43.00004: Casimir-like drag force in a slow-moving superfluid David Roberts , Yves Pomeau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B43.00005: Berry Phase Effect on Semiclassical Dynamics of Bogoliubov Quasiparticles Chuanwei Zhang , Artem Dudarev , Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B43.00006: Collective modes of a spherical shell condensate Courtney Lannert , Tzu-Chieh Wei , Smitha Vishveshwara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B43.00007: Expansion of spherical shell condensates Smitha Vishveshwara , Tzu-Chieh Wei , Courtney Lannert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B43.00008: Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity in finite sized systems. Ali Shams , Henry Glyde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B43.00009: Bose Einstein Condensation in a Box Trap: A Monte Carlo Study Chongshan Zhang , Kwangsik Nho , D. P. Landau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B43.00010: Transistor like behavior of a Bose Einstein condensate in triple well potential James Stickney , Dana Anderson , Alex Zozulya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B43.00011: Phase ordering kinetics of a spinor condensate Subroto Mukerjee , Cenke Xu , Joel Moore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B43.00012: The three-body recombination of a condensed Bose gas near a Feshbach resonance Lan Yin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B43.00013: The Vortex Phase Qubit: Generating Arbitrary, Counter-Rotating, Coherent Superpositions in Bose-Einstein Condensates via Optical Angular Momentum Beams Kishor Kapale , Jonathan Dowling Preview Abstract

Session B46: Focus Session: Wide Band Gap Semiconductors II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Paul Klein, Naval Research Laboratory
Baltimore Convention Center - 349

Monday, March 13, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B46.00001: Interaction of the N vacancy with H and Mg acceptors in $p$-type GaN Invited Speaker: A.F. Wright Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B46.00002: First Principles Green's Function Calculations of the Electronic and Optical Properties of Point Defects in GaN Sohrab Ismail-Beigi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B46.00003: Electron paramagnetic resonance of a donor in aluminum nitride crystals. Sean Evans , Nancy Giles , Larry Halliburton , Glen Slack , Sandra Schujman , Leo Schowalter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B46.00004: Comparison of point defects in 4H SI SiC grown by halide chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor transport M.E. Zvanut , H.J. Chung , Alexander Polyakov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B46.00005: Observation of a three-site defect in SI 4H-SiC N.Y. Garces , W.E. Carlos , E.R. Glaser , M.A. Fanton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B46.00006: Defects Controlling the Minority Carrier Lifetime in n$^{-}$ 4H-SiC epitaxial layers . P.B. Klein , B.V. Shanabrook , S.W. Huh , A.Y. Polyakov , M. Skowronski , J.J. Sumakeris , M.J. O'Loughlin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B46.00007: Transition metal doped SiC: defect levels and magnetism M.S. Miao , Walter R.L. Lambrecht Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B46.00008: Heat Capacity of ZnO: Isotope Effects Manuel Cardona , Jorge Serrano , Reinhard K. Kremer , Gisela Siegle , Aldo H. Romero , Rudolf Lauck Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B46.00009: Unambiguous identification of an OH-Li center in ZnO: Experiment G.A. Shi , M. Stavola , W.B. Fowler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B46.00010: Unambiguous identification of an OH-Li center in ZnO: Theory W.B. Fowler , G.A. Shi , M. Stavola Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B46.00011: Vibrational properties of a Li -- OH complex in ZnO K. R. Martin , P. M. Blaney , G. A. Shi , M. Stavola , W. B. Fowler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B46.00012: Oxygen vacancies and titanium interstitials in rutile and anatase John Jaffe , Michael Henderson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B46.00013: Electron Distributions in Pure TiO$_{2}$ in Anatase Phase and with Hydrogen Impurities* S. Byahut , Sudha Srinivas , Lee Chow , R.H. Scheicher , Junho Jeong , R.H. Pink , T.P. Das** Preview Abstract

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