Session A1 Spectroscopy of Two-Dimensional Electronic Systems
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Aron Pinczuk, Columbia University Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB
Invited Speakers: P. Hawrylak, Yann Gallais, Oliver Dial, Laurence Eaves
Session A2 New Developments in HTSC I
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Stephen Kivelson, Stanford University Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C
Invited Speakers: Chandra Varma, Elizabeth Schemm, Thierry Giamarchi, Jeff Sonier, H. Mook
Session A3 Frontiers in Computational Materials
Sponsor: DCOMP TMS Chair: Giulia Galli, University of California, Davis Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: M. Scheffler, Sergey Savrasov, J.B. Neaton, Vidvuds Ozolins, David Srolovitz
Session A4 Polymers at Surfaces: Adhesion, Tribology and Patterning
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Steve Granick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Jan Genzer, Ali Dhinojwala, Phillip Messersmith, Eugenia Kumacheva, Alfred Crosby
Session A5 Supersolid 4He: A New State of Matter
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: John Beamish, University of Alberta Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: Xi Lin, Ann Sophie C. Rittner, Yuki Aoki, Nikolay Prokof'ev, Philip Anderson
Session A6 Novel Channel Materials for CMOS Technology
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Matthew Copel, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: Matthias Passlack, Paul McIntyre, Justin R. Weber, Andrew Kummel, Massimo (Max) Fischetti
Session A7 Oscillations Without Transcription in Vivo and in Vitro
Sponsor: DBP GSNP Chair: Michal Zochowski, University of Michigan Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: David Lubensky, Markus Kollmann, Irina Mihalcescu
Session A8 Colloidal Self-Assembly I Sponsor: DFD Chair: Hans Wyss, Harvard University Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Session A9 Focus Session: Fluid Dynamics of Animal Motion
Sponsor: DFD DBP Chair: Kenny Breuer, Brown University Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Invited Speakers: John Dabiri
Session A10 Tunneling on Cuprate Superconductors Sponsor: DMP Chair: Igor Zutic, University at Buffalo Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Session A11 Focus Session: MgB2-like: Exotic Behavior in MgB2-like Materials
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Xiaoxing Xi, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Invited Speakers: G. Blumberg
Session A12 Strongly Correlated 1D Systems Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Gregory Fiete, California Institute of Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session A13 Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions I: Hydrogen Helium, and Planetary Materials
Sponsor: DCOMP GSCCM Chair: Burkhard Militzer, University of California, Berkeley Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Invited Speakers: David Ceperley
Session A14 Focus Session: Quantum Simulation of Condensed Matter Systems With Ultracold Atoms
Sponsor: GQI DAMOP Chair: Ivan Deutsch, University of New Mexico Room: Morial Convention Center 205
Invited Speakers: Ehud Altman
Session A15 Focus Session: Theory of Magnetization Dynamics
Sponsor: DCOMP DMP GMAG Chair: Allan MacDonald, University Of Texas, Austin Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Invited Speakers: Rembert Duine
Session A16 Dynamics of Nucleic Acids Sponsor: DBP DPOLY Chair: Igor Aronson, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Session A17 Cold Fusion Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Scott Chubb, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 209
Session A18 Focus Session: Multiscale Modeling: Polymers, Nanocomposites, and Biomacromolecules
Sponsor: DPOLY DCOMP DBP Chair: John Curro, University of New Mexico Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Invited Speakers: Gary Grest
Session A19 Magnetic and Superconducting Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Wenguang Zhu, University of Tennessee Room: Morial Convention Center 211
Session A20 Focus Session: Quantum Dots and Semiconductor Surface Nanostructures
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Kristen Fichthorn, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center 212
Invited Speakers: Jerry Tersoff
Session A21 Focus Session: Reversibly Associating Polymers: Theory and Experiments
Sponsor: DPOLY DBP Chair: Ken Shull, Northwestern University Room: Morial Convention Center 213
Invited Speakers: Mitchell Anthamatten
Session A22 Focus Session: Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanomaterials I: Patterning and Self Assembly
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: R Kannan, Wayne State Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Invited Speakers: James Watkins
Session A23 Focus Session: Manganites I
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: J. J. Neumeier, Montana State University Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Invited Speakers: Susan Cox
Session A24 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures I: STM and Atomic Control
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Nathan Guisinger, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Invited Speakers: Fumio Komori
Session A25 Block Copolymer Thin Films Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Alamgir Karim, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Session A26 Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Andrey Vilesov, University of Southern California Room: Morial Convention Center 218
Invited Speakers: Frank Stienkemeier, K. Birgitta Whaley
Session A27 Focus Session: Pyrochlores
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Jason Gardner, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Invited Speakers: Isabelle Mirebeau, Collin Broholm
Session A28 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures I: Carbon Nanotubes
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Riichiro Saito, Tohoku University Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Invited Speakers: Tony Heinz, Steven Louie, S. Maruyama, Phaedon Avouris
Session A29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials I: Graphene Transport
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Stephen Cronin, University of Southern California Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: Kostya Novoselov
Session A30 Electronic Properties of Graphene and Related Structures I Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Nicola Bonini, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Session A31 Focus Session: Oxide Interfaces I
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: D. Schlom, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Invited Speakers: H. Hilgenkamp
Session A32 Disordered Magnetic Materials Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Leonard Spinu, University of New Orleans Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Session A33 Focus Session: Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors: I
Sponsor: DMP GMAG FIAP Chair: Nitin Samarth, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Invited Speakers: Matthieu Jamet
Session A35 Focus Session: Negative Index Materials I
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Shih-Yuan Wang, Hewlett Packard Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Invited Speakers: A.M. Bratkovsky
Session A36 Focus Session: X-ray and Electron Optics and Microscopy
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Timothy Graber, University of Chicago Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Invited Speakers: Wenbing Yun
Session A37 Semiconductors I: Growth and Processing Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Max. G. Lagally, University of Wisconsin-Madison Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session A38 Focus Session: Biocompatibility
Sponsor: DBP DMP Chair: Eric Cochran, Iowa State University Room: Morial Convention Center 230
Invited Speakers: Buddy Ratner, SuPing Lyu
Session A39 Focus Session: Elasticity and Geometry of Thin Objects
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Pedro Reis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Invited Speakers: Arezki Boudaoud
Session A40 Phase Stability and Phase Transitions Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Session B1 Strongly Correlated Electrons in One Dimension
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Gil Refael, California Institute of Technology Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB
Invited Speakers: Leonid Levitov, Ophir Auslaender, Vikram Deshpande, Gregory Fiete, Konstantin Matveev
Session B2 Magnetism in Semiconductors: New Frontiers
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Scott Crooker, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C
Invited Speakers: Kenneth Burch, P. Crowell, Jigang Wang, Oscar Dubon
Session B3 Silicon Photonics
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Alex Bratkovsky, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Mario Paniccia, Michal Lipson, Yurii Vlasov, Mehdi Asghari, Attila Mekis
Session B4 Self-assembled Macromolecular Structures
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Spiros Anastasiadis, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas, Keraklion, Greece Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Daniel Savin, A. Karim, Martin Moeller, Christopher Ober, Paul Nealey
Session B5 Geometry and Elasticity
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Mark Bowick, Syracuse University Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: Thomas Witten, Vincenzo Vitelli, L. Mahadevan, Benoit Roman, Thomas Mason
Session B6 Quantum Simulation and Quantum Information Theory in Cold Atoms
Sponsor: GQI DAMOP Chair: Lincoln Carr, Colorado School of Mines Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: Ulrich Schollwoeck, Anatoli Polkovnikov, Ivan Deutsch, David Weiss, Murray Holland
Session B7 Gene Regulation
Sponsor: DBP GSNP Chair: Sima Setayeshgar, Indiana University Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: Steven Block, Alexandre Morozov, Daibhid Omaoileidigh, Gasper Tkacik, Jonathan Widom
Session B8 Colloidal Self-Assembly II Sponsor: DFD Chair: Eric Weeks, Emory University Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Session B9 Pattern Formation and Nonlinear Dynamics Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Vladimir Privman, Clarkson University Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Session B10 Gaps, Pseudogaps and Fermi Surfaces in Cuprates Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Laura Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Session B11 Magnetic Properties of Cuprate Superconductors Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Malcolm Beasly, Stanford University Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Session B12 Organic Conductors and Strongly Correlated 2D Systems Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session B13 Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions II: Beryllium, Carbon, and Metals Sponsor: DCOMP GSCCM Chair: Eric Schwegler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Session B14 Casimir Forces, Collisions and Atomic Structure Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Ho Bun Chan, University of Florida Room: Morial Convention Center 205
Session B15 Quantum Entanglement I Sponsor: GQI Chair: Dagmar Bruss, Heinrich-Heine-Universitae Duesseldorf Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Session B16 Nonlinear Dynamics of Neuronal and Cardiac Systems Sponsor: DBP Chair: John Beggs, Indiana University Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Session B17 Lipid Bilayers: Structure and Function Sponsor: DBP Chair: Linda Hirst, Florida State University Room: Morial Convention Center 209
Session B18 Focus Session: Mechanical Properties of Polymers: Fracture and Adhesion
Sponsor: DPOLY FIAP Chair: Theresa Hermel-Davidock, Dow Chemical Company Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Invited Speakers: Kenneth Shull, Michael Thoules
Session B19 Novel Surface Instrumentation and Techniques Sponsor: DCMP Chair: John Wendelken, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 211
Session B20 Focus Session: Growth, Kinetics and Quantum Effects in Metal Thin Films Sponsor: DMP Chair: Robert Bartynski, Rutgers University Room: Morial Convention Center 212
Session B21 Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Shiv Khanna, Virginia Commonwealth University Room: Morial Convention Center 213
Invited Speakers: Uzi Landman, Lai-Sheng Wang, Atsushi Nakajima
Session B22 Focus Session: Organic Electronics: FETs I
Sponsor: DMP DPOLY Chair: Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Invited Speakers: Zhenan Bao
Session B23 Focus Session: Perovskite Cobaltites Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Stephan Rosenkranz, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Session B24 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures II: Strong Correlations
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Sergio Ulloa, Ohio University Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Invited Speakers: Gleb Finkelstein, Eran Sela
Session B25 Polymer Blends Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Rick Register, Princeton University Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Session B26 Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Roland Wester, University of Freiburg Room: Morial Convention Center 218
Invited Speakers: Gerard Meijer, David DeMille, Hanns-Christoph Naegerl
Session B27 Focus Session: Molecular Magnets I
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Stephen Hill, University of Florida Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Invited Speakers: Axel Enders
Session B28 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures II: Graphene, Graphite and Related Materials Sponsor: DMP Chair: Shigeo Maruyama, University of Tokyo Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Session B29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials II: Graphene Transport
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Shan-Wen Tsai, University of California, Riverside Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: Michael Fuhrer
Session B30 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials III: Synthesis
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Chun Ning Lau, University of California, Riverside Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Invited Speakers: Morinobu Endo
Session B31 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience I: Electronic and Optical Properties of Nanoclusters
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: James R. Chelikowsky, University of Texas at Austin Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Invited Speakers: Juan Idrobo
Session B32 Focus Session: Nanocontacts and Inhomogeneous Magnetic States
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Andrei Slavin, Oakland University Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Invited Speakers: Evgeny Tsymbal, Robert Compton
Session B33 Focus Session: Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors: II Sponsor: DMP GMAG FIAP Chair: Mark van Schilfgaarde, Arizona State University Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Session B35 Focus Session: Emerging Materials and Devices I
Sponsor: FIAP DMP Chair: Stefan Zollner, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Invited Speakers: George I. Bourianoff
Session B36 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy I: Low Temperatures
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Joseph A. Stroscio, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Invited Speakers: Jens Wiebe
Session B37 FQHE in Higher Landau Levels Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Chetan Nayak, Microsoft Station Q Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session B38 Structure, Electronic Properties, Spectroscopy, and Ionic Transport in Insulators Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Sudakar Chandran, Wayne State University Room: Morial Convention Center 230
Session B39 Focus Session: Collective Dynamics of Self-Driven Particles
Sponsor: GSNP DFD Chair: Sriram Ramaswamy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Invited Speakers: M.C. Marchetti
Session B40 SPS Undergraduate Research and Outreach I Sponsor: SPS Chair: Gary White, Society of Physics Students/American Institute of Physics Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Session C1 Poster Session I: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sponsor: APS Room: Morial Convention Center Exhibit Hall A
Session D1 Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Neepa Maitra, Hunter College of the City University of New York Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB
Invited Speakers: Walter Kohn, E.K.U. Gross, Robert Parr, Morrel H. Cohen, John P. Perdew
Session D2 New Developments in HTSC II
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Erica Carlson, Purdue University Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C
Invited Speakers: Dmitry Reznik, J. Mesot, C. Proust, N. Harrison, Nigel Hussey
Session D3 Materials Physics in the Fast Lane
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Brian Schwartz, City University of New York Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Charles M. Falco, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, Roger Tobin, John Wood, James Kakalios
Session D4 Probing Spin and Charge States in Semiconductor Quantum Dots and “Molecules”
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Matthew Doty, Guido Burkard, J. Berezovsky, Lu Sham
Session D5 Circuit QED: Superconducting Qubits Coupled to Cavities
Sponsor: DCMP GQI Chair: Raymond Simmonds, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: A. Blais, Mika Sillanpaa, Johannes Majer, Yasunobu Nakamura, M. Neeley
Session D6 Long-Distance Charge Transfer in Biological Systems
Sponsor: FIAP DPOLY Chair: Nikolai Sergueev, University of Texas at Austin Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: David Beratan, Jay Winkler, Alexei Stuchebrukhov, Marshall Newton, Serge Aubry
Session D7 Locomotion in Complex Fluids
Sponsor: GSNP DBP Chair: Arshad Kudrolli, Clark University Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: Eric Lauga, Henry Fu, Lisa Fauci, Daniel Goldman
Session D8 Focus Session: Granular Flows: Vibrated
Sponsor: DFD GSNP Chair: Mark Shattuck, City University of New York Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Invited Speakers: Mark Shattuck
Session D9 Focus Session: Turbulence
Sponsor: DFD Chair: Haitao Xu, Gesellschaft fuer wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Goettingen Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Invited Speakers: Haitao Xu
Session D10 Focus Session: Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Lance Delong, University of Kentucky Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Invited Speakers: Yukio Tanaka
Session D11 Inhomogeneous Superconductors and Transport Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Don Gubser, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Session D12 Theory of Ferroelectric, Multiferroic, and Other Structural Transitions Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Craig Fennie, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session D13 Computational Methods: Strongly Correlated and Many Body Systems Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Mark Jarrell, University of Cincinnatti Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Session D14 Quantum Information Science in AMO Sponsor: DAMOP GQI Chair: J. Y. Vaishnav, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 205
Session D15 Focus Session: Foundations of Quantum Theory I
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Howard Barnum, Los Alamos National Laboratory and GSCCM Chair Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Invited Speakers: Bryce Gadway, Andrew Jordan
Session D16 Biological Networks Sponsor: DBP Chair: Eivind Almaas Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Session D17 Focus Session: Time-Resolved Structural Investigations on Protein Folding and Function
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Aihua Xie, Oklahoma State University Room: Morial Convention Center 209
Invited Speakers: Denis Rousseau, Dongping Zhong
Session D18 Polymers at Surfaces Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Alfred Crosby, University of Massachusetts - Amherst Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Session D19 Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Anderson Janotti, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Morial Convention Center 211
Invited Speakers: Matthew J. Beck
Session D20 Focus Session: Growth and Properties of Novel Semiconductor and Related Nanostructures
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Ray Phaneuf, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 212
Invited Speakers: Max Lagally
Session D21 Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Ulises Reveles, Virginia Commonwealth University Room: Morial Convention Center 213
Invited Speakers: A. Castleman, Tunna Baruah, A. Reber
Session D22 Focus Session: Organic Electronics: Synthesis and Materials
Sponsor: DMP DPOLY Chair: Lynn Loo, Princeton University Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Invited Speakers: Mary Galvin
Session D23 Focus Session: Triangular Lattice and Spinels
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Art Ramirez, Lucent Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Invited Speakers: Radu Coldea
Session D24 Superlattices and Nanostructures: Electronic Properties I Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Alexander Govorov, Ohio University Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Session D25 Theory and Simulations I Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Arthi Jayaraman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Session D26 Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Wolfgang Jaeger, University of Alberta Room: Morial Convention Center 218
Invited Speakers: Takamasa Momose, Massimo Boninsegni
Session D27 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanowires and Nanodots I Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Session D28 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures III: Single Molecules
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Ward Plummer, University of Tennessee Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Invited Speakers: Su Ying Quek
Session D29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials IV: Graphene
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Igor Herbut, Simon Fraser University Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: Shuyun Zhou
Session D30 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials V: Nanotube Transport
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Oleg Prezhdo, University of Washington at Seattle Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Invited Speakers: James Hone
Session D31 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience II: Nanowires and Transport
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Serdar Ogut, University of Illinois at Chicago Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Invited Speakers: Zhigang Wu
Session D32 Focus Session: Spin Transfer Torque I
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Bill Rippard, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Invited Speakers: Andrei Slavin
Session D33 Focus Session: Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors: III
Sponsor: DMP GMAG FIAP Chair: Chris Palmstrom, University of Minesota Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Invited Speakers: Jun'ichi Ieda, Lukasz Cywinski
Session D35 Focus Session: Negative Index Materials II
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Anatoly Zayats, Queen's University of Belfast Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Invited Speakers: Xiang Zhang
Session D36 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage I: Chemical Hydride and Complex Metal Hydride Materials I
Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: Chris G. Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Invited Speakers: John Vajo
Session D37 Optical Properties of Semiconductors (mostly nitrides) Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Mark Holtz, Texas Tech University Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session D38 Metals: Defects and Elastic Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: George M. Stocks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 230
Session D39 Focus Session: Econophysics and Applications Outside of Physics
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Invited Speakers: H. Eugene Stanley
Session D40 SPS Undergraduate Research and Outreach II Sponsor: SPS DBP Chair: Gary White, Society of Physics Students/ American Institute of Physics Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Session E1 APS Prize and Award Session Sponsor: APS Chair: Arthur Bienenstock, APS President, Stanford University Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Session F1 Welcome Reception Sponsor: APS Room: Morial Convention Center Exhibit Hall B2-1
Session G1 25 Years of Scanning Probe Microscopy
Sponsor: APS Chair: Julia Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories Room: New Orleans Marriott Carondelet (3rd floor)
Invited Speakers: Donald Eigler, Roland Wiesendanger, Sergei Sheiko
Session H1 Single-Ion Magnetic Moments in Semiconductors
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Flatte, University of Iowa Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB
Invited Speakers: Jian-Ming Tang, Ali Yazdani, R.C. Myers, Andrei Yakunin
Session H2 New Developments in HTSC III
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C
Invited Speakers: Steven Kivelson, Patrick A. Lee, Andrew Millis, Joerg Schmalian
Session H3 Polymer Physics Prize
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Mark Ediger, University of Wisconsin-Madison Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Kenneth Schweizer, John Curro, Charles Zukoski, Arun Yethiraj, K. Binder
Session H4 Selected Applications Using Materials Science
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Yvan Bruynseraede, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Jozef Devreese, P. Delsing, William Trogler, Gerbrand Ceder
Session H5 CeMIn5 (115 ) Heavy Electron Materials: A Rosetta Stone for the Kondo Lattice?
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Zachary Fisk, University of California, Irvine Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: J.W. Allen, Kristjan Haule, Wan Kyu Park, Yi-feng Yang
Session H6 Understanding Hurricanes and Severe Storms: Patterns, Prediction and Mitigation
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Andrew Post-Zwicker, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: Greg J. Holland, Harold Brooks, Donald T. Resio, Robert G. Dean
Session H7 Complex Active Biomaterials: Mechanics and Microrheology
Sponsor: DBP DPOLY Chair: John Crocker, University of Pennsylvania Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: Christoph Schmidt, Fred MacKintosh, Andreas Bausch, Alex Levine, Clifford Brangwynne
Session H8 Focus Session: Glassy Dynamics in Colloids
Sponsor: DFD Chair: David Weitz, Harvard University Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Invited Speakers: Johan Mattsson
Session H9 Instabilities and Fluid Dynamics Sponsor: DFD Chair: Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Yale University Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Session H10 Josephson Effects Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Chris Lobb, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Session H11 Focus Session: MgB2-like: Computational Design of Novel Superconductors
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Igor Mazin, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Invited Speakers: John S. Tze
Session H12 Lattice and Magnetic Properties of Multiferroics Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Andrei Sushkov, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session H13 Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions III: Classical MD, Potentials, and Energetic Materials
Sponsor: DCOMP GSCCM Chair: Carter White, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Invited Speakers: R. Ravelo
Session H14 Cold Gases: One Dimensional Phenomena Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Robert Cherng, Harvard University Room: Morial Convention Center 205
Session H15 Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits I
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Britton Plourde, Syracuse University Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Invited Speakers: Franco Nori
Session H16 Focus Session: Biochip Physics I
Sponsor: DBP DFD Chair: Peter Kiesel, Palo Alto Research Center Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Invited Speakers: Brian Haab, Amanda J. Haes
Session H17 Proteins: Structure and Function Sponsor: DBP Chair: Andrea Markelz, State University of New York at Buffalo Room: Morial Convention Center 209
Session H18 Block Copolymers in Solution and Blends Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ryan Hayward, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Session H19 Molecules on Surface: Structure Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Karsten Pohl, University of New Hampshire Room: Morial Convention Center 211
Session H20 Focus Session: Assembly of Nanowires and Related Structures
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Ken Shih, University of Texas at Austin Room: Morial Convention Center 212
Invited Speakers: Paul Snijders
Session H21 Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Roberto Rodrigues, Virginia Commonwealth University Room: Morial Convention Center 213
Invited Speakers: Jean-Pierre Bucher, Olle Eriksson, Grant Johnson
Session H22 Electrically and Optically Active Polymers Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Wesley Burghardt, Northwestern University Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Session H23 Focus Session: Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Craig Arnold, Princeton University Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Invited Speakers: Dana Dlott
Session H24 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures III: Functional Nanowires Sponsor: DMP Chair: Ramamurthy Ramprasad, University of Connecticut Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Session H25 Adsorption of Organics on Surfaces Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Kookheon Char, Seoul National University Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Session H26 Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules IV
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Jochen Kuepper, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Room: Morial Convention Center 218
Invited Speakers: Jun Ye, Wolfgang Jaeger
Session H27 Correlated Electrons: Heavy Fermions and Exotic Magnets Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Johnpierre Paglione, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Session H28 Photonic Crystals Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Mark Sherwin, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Session H29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials VI: Graphene Transport
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Alessandra Lanzara, University of California, Berkeley Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: Philip Kim
Session H30 Electronic Properties of Graphene and Related Structures II Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Giovanni Cantele, Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Session H31 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience III: Ferroelectrics, Surfaces, and Water
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Eric Schwegler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Invited Speakers: Inna Ponomareva
Session H32 Focus Session: Magnetic Imaging
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Sergei Urazhdin, West Virgina University Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Invited Speakers: Stefan Krause
Session H33 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Magnetic Semiconductors
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Jim Allen, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Invited Speakers: Alexander Efros
Session H35 Focus Session: Negative Index Materials III
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Igor Smolyaninov, BAE Systems Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Invited Speakers: Anatoly Zayats
Session H36 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy II: Force Methods
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Andreas Heinrich, IBM Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Invited Speakers: Hans J. Hug
Session H37 Optical Properties of Semiconductors (mostly oxides) Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Matthias Schubert, University of Nebraska at Lincoln Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session H39 Student Prize Session followed by Focus Session: Friction Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Cristina Marchetti, University of Syracuse Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Session H40 Focus Session: Earth and Planetary Materials I
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Robert Liebermann, COMPRES Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Invited Speakers: Jonathan Crowhurst
Session J1 Pake Prize, McGroddy Prizes, Buckley Prize Session
Sponsor: DCMP FIAP DMP Chair: Allen Goldman, University of Minnesota Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB
Invited Speakers: Mildred Dresselhaus, Julia Phillips, Arthur Hebard, Robert Haddon, Jun Akimitsu
Session J2 50th Anniversary of Physical Review Letters
Sponsor: FHP Chair: Reinhardt Schuhmann Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C
Invited Speakers: Saad E. Hebboul, H. Eugene Stanley, Marvin Cohen, Charles P. Slichter, Jack Sandweiss
Session J3 Kondo Screening and Quantum Criticality from the Spatial Limit: From Single Spins to Droplets to Lattices
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: James Davis, Cornell University Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Andreas Heinrich, H.C. Manoharan, Dirk Morr, John Saunders, Catherine Pepin
Session J4 Panel Discussion: Making the Invisible Scientist Visible: Science in Emergent Countries
Sponsor: FIP Chair: Anita Mehta, SN Bose National Centre Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Ayse Erzan, V. Narayanamurti, Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Anita Mehta
Session J5 Where is the Center of Mass for Family, Career, and Self?
Sponsor: CSWP FGSA Chair: Peter Sheldon, Randolph College Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: Archana Dubey, Suzanne Amador Kane, K. Renee Horton, Nina Markovic
Session J6 Effective Potentials and Force Fields for Simulating Biological Macromolecules
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Ronald Levy, Rutgers University Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: Thomas Cheatham, Alexander MacKerell, Emilio Gallicchio, Carlos L. Simmerling, Adrian Roitberg
Session J7 Undergraduate Nanotechnology and Materials Physics Education I
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Lawrence Woolf, General Atomics Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: R. Chang, Greta M. Zenner, Jeffrey Collett, Fiona Goodchild, Pradeep Haldar
Session J8 Granular Flows Sponsor: DFD GSNP Chair: Wolfgang Losert, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Session J9 Fluid Structure and Properties Sponsor: DFD Chair: Nikolai Priezjev, Michigan State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Session J10 Superconductivity: Vortex I Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Wai Kwok, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Session J11 Focus Session: MgB2-like: Novel Non-Boride Superconductors
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Vladimir Butko, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Invited Speakers: Yasujiro Taguchi
Session J12 Experimental Studies of the Heavy Fermion 115 Compounds Sponsor: DCMP Chair: N. Peter Armitage, The Johns Hopkins University Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session J13 Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions IV: Crystalline Solids, Liquids, and Methods Sponsor: DCOMP GSCCM Chair: Ann Mattsson, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Session J14 Focus Session: Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Regime and Rotating Quantum Gases
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Hui Zhai, University of California, Berkeley Room: Morial Convention Center 205
Invited Speakers: Zoran Hadzibabic
Session J15 Quantum Computation Sponsor: GQI Chair: Gerardo Ortiz, Indiana University Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Session J16 Focus Session: Biochip Physics II
Sponsor: DBP DFD Chair: David Nolte, Purdue University Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Invited Speakers: Max Sonnleitner, George Hong
Session J17 Focus Session: General Biological Patterns
Sponsor: DBP DMP Chair: Shane Hudson, Vanderbilt University Room: Morial Convention Center 209
Invited Speakers: Gabor Forgacs, Emmanuel Farge
Session J18 Frank J. Padden Award Symposium Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Russell Composto, University of Pennsylvania Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Session J19 Focus Session: How to Develop an Education Component for an NSF Proposal
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Greg Topasna, Virginia Military Institute Room: Morial Convention Center 211
Invited Speakers: Randy Ruchti
Session J20 Focus Session: Electronic and Lattice Properties of Surfaces and Thin Films Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Saw-Wai Hla, Ohio University Room: Morial Convention Center 212
Session J21 Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials IV
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Meichun Qian, Virginia Commonwealth University Room: Morial Convention Center 213
Invited Speakers: George Schatz
Session J22 Organic Electronics, Photonics and Magnetics: Theory Sponsor: DMP DPOLY Chair: Zhiqiang Li, University of California, San Diego Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Session J23 Focus Session: Cuprates and Nickelates
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: John Tranquada, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Invited Speakers: J.C. Davis
Session J24 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures IV: Quantum Dots Sponsor: DMP Chair: Ado Jorio, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Session J25 Focus Session: Biopolymers: Molecules, Solutions and Networks I
Sponsor: DPOLY DBP Chair: Paula Hammond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Invited Speakers: Ting Xu
Session J26 Focus Session: Quantum Control I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Vlasta Bonacic-Koutecky, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin Room: Morial Convention Center 218
Invited Speakers: Gustav Gerber, Marcus Motzkus, Roland Mitri\'c
Session J27 Focus Session: Triangular Lattice Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Andrew Cornelius, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Session J28 Focus Session: Thermoelectricity in Semiconductor Nanostructures Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: Li Shi, University of Texas, Austin Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Session J29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials VII: Electronic Properties
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Philip Kim, Columbia University Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: Nuno Peres
Session J30 Optical Properties and Experimental Characterization of Graphene and Related Structures Sponsor: DMP Chair: Marco Fornari, Central Michigan University Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Session J31 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience IV: Nanocrystals
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Igor Vasiliev, New Mexico State University Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Invited Speakers: Giulia Galli
Session J32 Focus Session: Damping and Spin Relaxation
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Casey Miller, University of South Florida Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Invited Speakers: Keith Gilmore
Session J33 Focus Session: Mostly Spins in Group IV Semiconductors and Organics Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Jiwei Lu, University of Virginia Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Session J35 Focus Session: Emerging Materials and Devices II
Sponsor: FIAP DMP Chair: Leonid Tsybeskov, New Jersey Institute of Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Invited Speakers: Axel Scherer
Session J36 Focus Session: Materials for Photovoltaics and Photocatalysis I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Matthias Batzill, University of South Florida Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Invited Speakers: Michael Henderson
Session J37 QHE: Bilayers and Graphene Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Herb Fertig, Indiana University Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session J39 Focus Session: Friction and Contact
Sponsor: DMP GSNP Chair: Mark Robbins, Johns Hopkins University Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Invited Speakers: Jay Fineberg
Session J40 Focus Session: Earth and Planetary Materials II
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Boris Kiefer, New Mexico State University Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Invited Speakers: John Brodholt
Session K1 Poster Session II: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Room: Morial Convention Center Exhibit Hall A
Session L1 Nobel Prize Session followed by Onsager Prize Session
Sponsor: APS DAMOP Chair: Arthur Beinenstock, APS President, Stanford University, followed by Ivan Schuller, University of California, San Diego Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB
Invited Speakers: A. Fert, Peter Gruenberg, Christopher Pethick, Gordon Baym, Tin-Lun Ho
Session L2 The Physics of Next Generation Photovoltaics
Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Arthur Nozik, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C
Invited Speakers: P. Craig Taylor, Antonio Luque, Sarah Krutz, Michael Graetzel
Session L3 The Physics of Climate and Climate Change
Sponsor: DFD Chair: John Wettlaufer, Yale University Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Daniel Rothman, Brad Marston, Annalisa Bracco, Antonello Provenzale, Stephen Griffies
Session L4 Bosonic Modes in HTSC
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Mike Norman, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Vidya Madhavan, Thomas Timusk, Abhay Pasupathy, Alain Sacuto
Session L5 Phase Transitions in Disordered Magnets
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Raymond Bishop, University of Manchester Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: Moshe Schechter, D.M. Silevitch, Bernard Barbara, Michael Moore, A.P. Young
Session L6 Minorities in Condensed Matter Physics
Sponsor: COM Chair: James Dickerson, Vanderbilt University Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: Pedro Derosa, Theda Daniels-Race, Stephen C. McGuire, Tabbetha Dobbins
Session L7 Multiscale Phenomena in Biological Physics
Sponsor: DBP GSNP Chair: Jianpeng Ma, Rice University/Baylor College of Medicine Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: Michael L. Klein, Jhih-Wei Chu, Jianpeng Ma, Jin Wang, Benoit Roux
Session L9 Colloidal Self Assembly and Interactions Sponsor: DFD Chair: Eric Dufresne Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Session L10 Focus Session: Electronic and Vortex Mechanisms for Higher Performing Superconductors
Sponsor: DMP Chair: John Sarrao, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Invited Speakers: A. Gurevich, Leonardo Civale
Session L11 Superconductivity: Transport and Fermi Pockets Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Richard Greene, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Session L12 Heavy Fermion Theory and Strong Correlations Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jiangping Hu, Purdue University Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session L13 Ground State Density Functional Theory: Theory Development Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Andreas Savin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Session L14 Focus Session: Foundations of Quantum Theory II
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Julio Gea-Banacloche, University of Arkansas Room: Morial Convention Center 205
Invited Speakers: Jonathan Barrett, Matthew Leifer
Session L15 Focus Session: Progress toward Scalable Quantum Information Processing
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Dana Berkeland, IARPA Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Invited Speakers: Klaus Molmer, Paul Kwiat
Session L16 Focus Session: Brownian Motors
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Martin Bier, East Carolina University Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Invited Speakers: Ilya Nemenman, Dean Astumian
Session L17 Solid Helium Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Tony Clark, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center 209
Session L18 Focus Session: John H. Dillon Medal Symposium
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Gregory McKenna, Texas Tech University Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Invited Speakers: Kari Dalnoki-Veress
Session L19 Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Stavola, Lehigh University Room: Morial Convention Center 211
Invited Speakers: Mike Thewalt
Session L20 Focus Session: Self-Assembled Organic Overlayers
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Philip Cohen, University of Minnesota Room: Morial Convention Center 212
Invited Speakers: Steven De Feyter
Session L21 Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials V Sponsor: DCP Chair: Penee Clayborne, Virginia Commonwealth University Room: Morial Convention Center 213
Session L22 Confinement-Induced Structures in Block Copolymers Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Eric Cochran, Iowa State University Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Session L23 Focus Session: Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Daniel Bubb, Rutgers University, Jagdish Narayan, North Carolina State University Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Invited Speakers: Saulius Juodkazis
Session L24 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures IV: 2DES, Dots, and QPCs
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Misha Fogler, University of California, San Diego Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Invited Speakers: Lindsay Moore
Session L25 Semi-crystalline Polymers Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ben Hsiao, Stony Brook University Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Session L26 Focus Session: Quantum Control II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Vlasta Bonacic-Koutecky, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin Room: Morial Convention Center 218
Invited Speakers: Herschel Rabitz, Albert Stolow, Robert J. Levis, David J. Tannor
Session L27 Focus Session: Low-dimensional Spin Systems Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Christopher Wiebe, Florida State University Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Session L28 Material Issues for Superconducting Qubits Sponsor: DCMP Chair: John Martinez, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Session L29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials VIII: Electronic Structure of Graphene
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: Taisuke Ohta
Session L30 Metallic and Semiconducting Nanotubes Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Alex Efros, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Session L31 Graphene: Atomic Structure and Lattice Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Dan Finkenstadt, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Session L32 Focus Session: Spin Transfer Torque II
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Jordan Katine, Hitachi Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Invited Speakers: Dimitri Houssameddine
Session L33 Focus Session: Spins in Quantum Dots Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Alexander Efros, Naval Reseach Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Session L35 Optoelectronic Devices and Applications Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Fatima Toor, Princeton University Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Session L36 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage II: Chemical Hydride and Complex Metal Hydride Materials II
Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: Frederick E. Pinkerton, GM R&D Center Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Invited Speakers:
Session L37 Semiconductors II: Structure and Phase Diagrams Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Alex Zunger, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session L39 Focus Session: Deformation and Fracture
Sponsor: GSNP DMP Chair: Christopher Schuh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Invited Speakers: Phillip Duxbury
Session L40 High Pressure Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Renata Wentzcovitch, University of Minnesota Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Session M15 GQI Business Meeting Sponsor: GQI Chair: Lorenza Viola, Dartmouth College Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Session M16 DBP Business Meeting Sponsor: DBP Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Session M18 DPOLY Business Meeting Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Mark Ediger, U Wisconsin, Madison Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Session M23 GSCCM Business Meeting Sponsor: GSCCM Chair: David Funk, Los Alamos National Laboratory and GSCCM Chair Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Session M27 GMAG Business Meeting Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Daniel Reich, Johns Hopkins University Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Session M29 GSNP Business Meeting Sponsor: GSNP Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Session M35 FIAP Business Meeting Sponsor: FIAP Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Session M36 GIMS Business Meeting Sponsor: GIMS Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Session M37 DCP Business Meeting Sponsor: DCP Chair: Will Castleman, Pennsylvania State University Room: New Orleans Marriott, Beauregard Room
Session M38 DCOMP Business Meeting Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Mei-Yin Chou, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: New Orleans Marriott, Galvez Room
Session M39 DMP Business Meeting Sponsor: DMP Chair: Ivan Schuller, University of California, San Diego Room: New Orleans Marriott, Audubon Room
Session M40 DCMP Business Meeting Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Allen Goldman, University of Minnesota Room: New Orleans Marriott, Jackson Room
Session P1 Is There Pairing Glue in Cuprate Superconductors?
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: C.C. Tsuei, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB
Invited Speakers: Douglas Scalapino, Gabriel Kotliar, D.M. Newns, M. Randeria, Masatoshi Imada
Session P2 Controlling Electron Spins: Propagation and Dynamics
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Joseph Orenstein, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C
Invited Speakers: B.A. Bernevig, J.D. Koralek, Scott Crooker
Session P3 Simple Views on Bulk Polymers: Symposium Honoring P G de Gennes
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Tom Witten, University of Chicago Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Philip Pincus, Ralph Colby, Ludwik Leibler, Mohamed Daoud, Mark Warner
Session P4 Fluctuations and Rare Events in Physical, Chemical, and Biological Systems
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Mark Dykman, Michigan State University Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Alex Kamenev, Wonho Jhe, H.B. Chan, Baruch Meerson, Timothy Newman
Session P5 Quantum Information Meets Gravitation
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Matthew Leifer, Institute for Quantum Computing Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: Dave Bacon, John Preskill, Ivette Fuentes-Schuller, Paul M. Alsing, Fotini Markopoulou
Session P6 Fluid Dynamics and Biology
Sponsor: DFD Chair: Silas Alben, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: Charles Wolgemuth, Anette Hosoi, David Saintillan, Roman Stocker, Silas Alben
Session P7 Optical Lattices
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Charles Clark, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: Johannes Hecker Denschlag, Immanuel Bloch, Ana Maria Rey, Christian Ospelkaus
Session P8 Glassy Dynamics Sponsor: DFD Chair: Itai Cohen, Cornell University Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Session P9 Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Devices Sponsor: DFD Chair: Patrick Tabeling, City of Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Session P10 Superconducting Nanostructures I Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Bleiweiss, Naval Academy Prep School Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Session P11 Focus Session: MgB2-like: Disorder in Novel Superconductors
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Alex Gurevich, Florida State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Invited Speakers: Paul Voyles
Session P12 Skutterudites and Other Heavy Fermions Sponsor: GFC Chair: John Wei, University of Toronto Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session P13 Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: E.K.U. Gross, Freie Universitat Berlin Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Session P14 High-Bandwidth Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy
Sponsor: DBP BPS FIAP Chair: Brian Salzberg, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Room: Morial Convention Center 205
Invited Speakers: Brian M. Salzberg, Paul Hansma, Levent Degertekin, T. Ando
Session P15 Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits II
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Frank Wilhelm, University of Waterloo Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Invited Speakers: Adrian Lupascu
Session P16 Focus Session: Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Motility I
Sponsor: DBP DPOLY DFD Chair: Greg Huber, University of Connecticut Health Center Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Invited Speakers: Anders Carlsson
Session P17 Quantum Fluids and Solids I Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Garry Williams, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Morial Convention Center 209
Session P18 Polymer Nanocomposites I Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Venkat Ganesan, University of Texas at Austin Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Session P20 Focus Session: Engineering Interfaces for New Materials I: Internal Interfaces
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Yue Qi, General Motors R&D Room: Morial Convention Center 212
Invited Speakers: David Seidman
Session P21 Focus Session: Fundamental Issues in Catalysis I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Francisco Zaera, University of California, Riverside Room: Morial Convention Center 213
Invited Speakers: Gabor A. Somorjai, David Goodman, Hajo Freund, Matthew Neurock
Session P22 Focus Session: Organic Electronics: FETs II
Sponsor: DMP DPOLY Chair: Michael Chabinyc, Palo Alto Research Center Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Invited Speakers: David Gundlach
Session P23 Focus Session: Multifunctional Oxides: BiFeO3 and Thin Films
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Karin Rabe, Rutgers University Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Invited Speakers: Chang-Beom Eom
Session P24 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures V: Plasmonics and Metallic Nanostructures Sponsor: DMP Chair: Nicholas Fang, University of Illinois Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Session P25 Focus Session: DNA and Protein Analysis with Micro and Nanofluidics
Sponsor: DPOLY DBP Chair: Ron Larson, University of Michigan Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Invited Speakers: Robert Austin
Session P26 Focus Session: Quantum Control III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Vlasta Bonacic-Koutecky, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Room: Morial Convention Center 218
Invited Speakers: Jean-Pierre Wolf, Tamar Seideman, Martin Zanni
Session P27 Focus Session: Low-dimensional Magnetism
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Jian Shen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Invited Speakers: Y.Z. Wu, Ruqian Wu
Session P28 Superlattices and Nanostructures (Wires, Dots, etc.): Optical Properties I Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Eric Stinaff, Ohio University Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Session P29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials IX: Graphene Electronic Structure
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Eli Rotenberg, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: Vladimir Falko
Session P30 Electronic Properties of Graphene and Related Structures III Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Antonio Castro Neto, Boston University Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Session P31 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience V: Mechanical Properties and General Methods
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Murilo L. Tiago, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Invited Speakers: Eduardo M. Bringa
Session P32 Focus Session: Magnetic Media and Hard Magnetic Materials
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP Chair: Ping Liu, University of Texas at Arlington Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Invited Speakers: Hao Zeng, D. Suess
Session P33 Focus Session: Mostly Spin Injection in Si
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Darrell Schlom, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Invited Speakers: Berend Jonker, Ian Appelbaum
Session P35 Focus Session: Materials for Photovoltaics and Photocatalysis II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Ulrike Diebold, Tulane University Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Invited Speakers: Andreas W. Bett, Oleg Prezhdo
Session P36 Focus Session: X-ray and Neutron Instrumentation and Science
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: George Srajer, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Invited Speakers: Douglas Abernathy
Session P37 Semiconductors III: Electronic and Optical Properties I Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Willes H. Weber, The Physical Review Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session P38 Relaxor Ferroelectrics and Piezoelectrics Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Nicola Spaldin, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Morial Convention Center 230
Session P39 Applications of Complex Networks Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Narayan Menon, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Session P40 Surface Effects, Thermodynamics and Fabrication Sponsor: DCMP Chair: David Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Session P34 Tutorial for Authors and Referees of Physical Review Room: Morial Convention Center 226
Session Q1 Ballistic Charge and Spin Transport in Graphene
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Shan-Wen Tsai, University of California, Riverside Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB
Invited Speakers: Bart Van Wees, Alberto Morpurgo, Chun Ning Lau, Mikhail Titov
Session Q2 The Physics of Self-Assembled Protein Cages
Sponsor: DBP DMP Chair: Bogdan Dragnea, Indiana University Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C
Invited Speakers: Charles Knobler, Adam Zlotnick, Michael Hagan, Robijn Bruinsma, M. Muthukumar
Session Q3 Simple Views on Polymer Dynamics: Symposium Honoring P G de Gennes
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: A. Grosberg, University of Minnesota Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Julia Higgins, Eric Shaqfeh, William Graessley, Michael Rubinstein, Jacob Klein
Session Q4 Pairing Fluctuations Near the Superconductor-Insulator Transition
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Subir Sachdev, Harvard University Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: N. Peter Armitage, Markus Mueller, Kamran Behnia, Ashvin Vishwanath
Session Q5 Panel Discussion: How Can Industry Best Support the Innovative Research That It Needs?
Sponsor: AIP APS Chair: Robert Doering, Texas Instruments Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: Matthew W. Ganz, Paul Horn, Darlene J.S. Soloman, Mark R. Pinto
Session Q6 Artificial and Tunable Realizations of Spin Systems
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Roderich Moessner, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: P. Schiffer, John Cumings, Gunnar Moller, Cynthia Olson Reichhardt, Maciej Lewenstein
Session Q7 Undergraduate Nanotechnology and Materials Physics Education II
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Peter Collings, Swarthmore College Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: Emily Allen, Gregory Salamo, Chris Hughes, Janet Tate
Session Q8 Colloidal Phase Behavior Sponsor: DFD Chair: Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Yale University Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Session Q9 Focus Session: DNA and Biofluid Analysis with Micro and Nanofluidic Devices
Sponsor: DFD Chair: Dorian Liepmann, University of California, Berkeley Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Invited Speakers: Susan Muller
Session Q10 Superconductivity: Vortex II Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Milind Kunchur, University of South Carolina Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Session Q11 Focus Session: Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Anand Bhattacharya, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Invited Speakers: Oded Millo
Session Q12 Focus Session: Hidden Order and Heavy Fermions
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Lia Krusin-Elbaum, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Invited Speakers: Y. Matsuda
Session Q13 Ground State Density Functional Theory: Applications Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Kieron Burke, University of California, Irvine Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Session Q14 Bosons in Optical Lattices Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Theja De Silva, State University of New York, Binghamton Room: Morial Convention Center 205
Session Q15 Focus Session: Semiconductor Qubit Approaches I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Mark Eriksson, University of Wisconsin Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Invited Speakers: Christie Simmons
Session Q16 Focus Session: Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Motility II
Sponsor: DBP DPOLY DFD Chair: Jay Tang, Brown University Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Invited Speakers: Ben Fabry
Session Q17 Focus Session: Hydrophobic Interactions at Multiple Scales in Biology
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Margaret Cheung, University of Houston Room: Morial Convention Center 209
Invited Speakers: Thomas Truskett, Henry S. Ashbaugh, B. Montgomery Pettitt, Shekhar Garde
Session Q18 Polymer Nanocomposites II Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Erik Hobbie, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Session Q19 Physics Education: In and Out of the Classroom Sponsor: FEd Chair: Shelly Hynes, Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts Room: Morial Convention Center 211
Session Q20 Focus Session: Engineering Interfaces for New Materials II: Surfaces Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Ted Einstein, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 212
Session Q21 Focus Session: Fundamental Issues in Catalysis II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Wilfred Tysoe, University of Wisconsin-Madison Room: Morial Convention Center 213
Invited Speakers: Andrzej Wieckowski, U. Diebold, Wilfred Tysoe
Session Q22 Focus Session: New Methods in Polymer Physics
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Carson Meredith, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Invited Speakers: Michael Fasolka
Session Q23 Focus Session: Bilayer Manganites Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Ray Osborn, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Session Q24 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures V: Optics, Mechanics, and Networks Sponsor: DMP Chair: Douglas Natelson, Rice University Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Session Q25 Physical Properties of Melts and Solutions Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Mitchell Anthamatten, University of Rochester Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Session Q26 Advances in Spectroscopy Sponsor: DCP Chair: Kyrill Kuyanov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 218
Session Q27 Focus Session: One-dimensional Spin Chains Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Christopher Landee, Clark University Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Session Q28 Focus Session: Thermoelectricity in Bulk Materials
Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: Joshua Zide, University of Delaware Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Invited Speakers: Sriram Shastry
Session Q29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials X: p-n Junctions and Mesoscopic Effects in Graphene
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Zhenyu Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: Charles Marcus
Session Q30 Nanotubes and Nanowires I: Electronic and Transport Properties Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Session Q31 Computational Nanoscience: Nanotubes and Graphene Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: David Prendergast, Molecular Foundary, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Session Q32 Focus Session: Molecular Magnets II Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Andrew Kent, New York University Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Session Q33 Focus Session: Spin Polarization in Compound Semiconductors
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Stu Wolf, University of Virginia Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Invited Speakers: Inanc Adagideli
Session Q35 Focus Session: Emerging Materials and Devices III
Sponsor: FIAP DMP Chair: Jeff Welser, IBM Almaden Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Invited Speakers: Maciej Wiatr
Session Q36 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy III: Force Methods
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Eric Hudson, IBM Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Invited Speakers: U.D. Schwarz
Session Q37 Magnetotransport in 2DEGs Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Mansour Shayegan, Princeton University Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session Q38 Focus Session: Ferroelectric Films and Finite Size Effects
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Max Stengel, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Morial Convention Center 230
Invited Speakers: Hannes Lichte
Session Q39 Focus Session: Models and Materials Far from Equilibrium
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Michel Pleimling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Invited Speakers: Frederic van Wijland
Session Q40 Metals: Nanoparticles, Compounds and Thermodynamics Sponsor: DCMP Chair: William H. Butler, University of Alabama Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Session R1 Poster Session III: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Sponsor: APS Room: Morial Convention Center Exhibit Hall A
Session S1 Diamond-based Quantum Information Processing
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB
Invited Speakers: R. Hanson, Mikhail Lukin, Steven Prawer, C. Santori, Joerg Wrachtrup
Session S2 Can Power Dissipation in a Switch Be Significantly Lowered?
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Jeff Welser, SRC Nanoelectronics Research Initiative Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C
Invited Speakers: E. Yablonovitch, Sayeef Salahuddin, Mikael Bjork, Marc Baldo, Joerg Appenzeller
Session S3 Aging, Shear and Rejuvenation: Mechanics of Glasses, Colloids and Granular Matter
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Criag Maloney, Carnegie Mellon University Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Tom Haxton, Michael Falk, Eric R. Weeks, Joerg Rottler, Karen Daniels
Session S4 Keithley Award Symposium
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: James Matey, Sarnoff Corporation Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Bjorn Wannberg, J.C. Campuzano, Dan Dessau, Zhi-Xun Shen
Session S5 Theory of Orbital Magnetization and Related Properties
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Raffaele Resta, University of Trieste Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: Junren Shi, Ivo Souza, T. Thonhauser, Davide Ceresoli, E.K.U. Gross
Session S6 Superfluid Density in Underdoped Cuprates
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Mohit Randeria, Ohio State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: Thomas Lemberger, David Broun, Antoine Georges, Senthil Todadri
Session S7 Panel Discussion: Non-traditional Careers for Physicists
Sponsor: FGSA Chair: Gavi Begtrup, University of California, Berkeley Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: Don Engel, Manolis Antonoyiannakis, Daniel Ucko, Frankie Wood-Black, C. Santori, Suzanne Gronemeyer
Session S8 Colloidal Rheology Sponsor: DFD Chair: David Weitz, Harvard University Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Session S9 Optical Properties of Superconductors Sponsor: DCMP Chair: David Tanner, University of Florida Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Session S10 Superconductors: Synthesis and Physical Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Carmen Almasan, Kent State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Session S11 Theory of Superconductivity in Cuprates I Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Alexander Balatsky, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Session S12 Strongly Correlated Quantum Phases Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Shailesh Chandrasekharan, Duke University Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session S13 Focus Session: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory I
Sponsor: DCOMP DCP Chair: Andrew Rappe, University of Pennsylvania Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Invited Speakers: Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl
Session S14 Fermions in Optical Lattices Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Ana Maria Rey, Harvard University Room: Morial Convention Center 205
Session S15 Superconducting Qubits III Sponsor: GQI Chair: Franco Nori, University of Michigan & RIKEN Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Session S16 Focus Session: General Techniques and Radiation Therapies in Biological Physics
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Paul Gueye, Hampton University Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Invited Speakers: Nicholas Detorie, Jatinder Palta, James McDonough
Session S17 Quantum Fluids and Solids II Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Henry Glyde, University of Delaware Room: Morial Convention Center 209
Session S18 Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanomaterials II: Assembly and Fabrication Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Hendrik Heinz, University of Akron Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Session S19 Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors III
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Eugene Haller, University of California, Berkeley Room: Morial Convention Center 211
Invited Speakers: A.K. Ramdas
Session S20 Focus Session: Engineering Interfaces for New Materials III: Heterogeneous Interfaces
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Eduardo Saiz, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 212
Invited Speakers: Manfred Rühle
Session S21 Focus Session: Fundamental Issues in Catalysis III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Steve Overbury, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 213
Invited Speakers: Steven H. Overbury, Brian Hayden, Francisco Zaera
Session S22 Focus Session: Organic Electronics: Contacts and Interfaces
Sponsor: DMP DPOLY Chair: Dave Gundlach, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Invited Speakers: Antoine Kahn, Zhiqiang Li
Session S23 Focus Session: Nanostructured Oxides and Thin Films
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Grace Lu, University of Southern California Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Invited Speakers: A.K. Raychaudhuri
Session S24 Fullerenes (not nanotubes) Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Dan Finkenstadt, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Session S25 Gels and Elastomers Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Hiroshi Watanabe, University of Kyoto Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Session S26 Focus Session: Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Kevin Wilson, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 218
Invited Speakers: Douglas Worsnop, Neil Donahue, Paul Shepson
Session S27 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanowires and Nanodots II
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Daniel Ralph, Cornell University Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Invited Speakers: Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin
Session S28 Superlattices and Nanostructures (Wires, Dots, etc.): Optical Properties II Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Scheibner, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Session S29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XI: Optical Spectroscopy
Sponsor: DMP Chair: James Hone, Columbia University Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: Stephen Cronin
Session S30 Nanotubes, Transport, and Other Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Vincent Crespi, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Session S31 Focus Session: Multiferroics I: 113 and 125 Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Valery Kiryukhin, Rutgers University Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Session S32 Focus Session: Magnetic Tunneling
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Jack Bass, Michigan State University Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Invited Speakers: Christian Heiliger
Session S33 Focus Session: Mostly III-V Semiconductors Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Steve von Molnar, Florida State University Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Session S35 Focus Session: Nanotechnology I Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Keith Williams, University of Virginia Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Session S36 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage III: Novel Porous and Sorbent Materials
Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: Hui Wu, NIST Center for Neutron Research Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Invited Speakers: Craig Brown
Session S37 Effect of Strain on Ferroelectrics Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Maitri Warusawithana, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session S39 Systems Far From Equilibrium and Other Topics in Statistical Physics Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Robert Ziff, University of Michigan Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Session S40 History of Physics Sponsor: FHP Chair: George Zimmerman, Boston University Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Session T16 Town Hall Meeting: Materials Physics at Gigabar Pressures
Sponsor: GSCCM Chair: Russell Hemley, Carnegie Institution for Science Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Invited Speakers: Raymond Jeanioz, David J. Stevenson, Richard Martin
Session T1 Quarks to Cosmos: Breaking News at the Interface of Particle, Nuclear and Astrophysics
Chair: Arthur Bienenstock, APS President, Stanford University Room: New Orleans Marriott Carondelet (3rd floor)
Invited Speakers: Joseph Lykken, Michael Wiescher
Session U1 Isakson Prize, Adler Award, Nicholson Medal Session
Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: David Pine, New York University Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB
Invited Speakers: Mitchell Feigenbaum, Joseph Orenstein, Z. Valy Vardeny, Karin Rabe, David Landau
Session U2 Electron Nematics
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jan Zaanen, University of Leiden Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C
Invited Speakers: Y. Ando, Eun-Ah Kim, A. Mackenzie, Hae-Young Kee, Bill Buyers
Session U3 Simple Views on Polymers at Surfaces and Interfaces: Symposium Honoring P G de Gennes
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: E. Raphael Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Jean-Francois Joanny, Ekaterina Zhulina, Hugh Brown, Liliane Leger, Francoise Brochard-Wyart
Session U4 Interferometry in the Quantum Hall Regime
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Steven Simon, Lucent Tech/Bell Labs-Murray Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Vladimir J. Goldman, Bernd Rosenow, Woowon Kang, Kirill Shtengel
Session U5 Epitaxial Oxide/Semiconductor Systems
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Alex Demkov, University of Texas at Austin Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: Charles Ahn, Jean Fompeyrine, Na Sai, Paul Salvador, A. Zaslavsky
Session U6 Computational and Theoretical Challenges in Predicting Climate Change
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: David Bader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: Venkatachalam Ramaswamy, Brian Soden, Benjamin Santer, Michael Ghil
Session U7 Physics Demonstrations and Strategies for Teaching and Public Outreach
Sponsor: FEd Chair: James McGuire, Tulane University Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: Wendy Crone, Murty Akundi, Stephen Collins, John Thacker, Robert McGuire
Session U8 Colloidal Manipulation Techniques Sponsor: DFD Chair: Vinothan Manoharan, Harvard University Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Session U9 Fluctuations, Phase Transitions and the Polar Kerr Effect Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jeff Tallon, Industrial Research Ltd., New Zealand Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Session U10 Superconductivity: Magnetic Field Effects Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Neil Sullivan, University of Florida Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Session U11 Focus Session: MgB2-like: Enhancement of Superconducting Properties
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Alex Koshelev, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Invited Speakers: Hai-hu Wen
Session U12 Strongly Correlated Electron Systems: Quantum Phase Transitions Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Andrew Millis, Columbia University Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session U13 Focus Session: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory II
Sponsor: DCOMP DCP Chair: Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl, University of Leoben-Austria Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Invited Speakers: Valentino Cooper, Roberto D'Agosta, Adam Wasserman
Session U14 Focus Session: Exotic Phases in Ultracold Fermi Gases
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Mehmet Oktel, Bilkent University Room: Morial Convention Center 205
Invited Speakers: Sungkit Yip
Session U15 Focus Session: Open Quantum Systems and Decoherence
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Sergio Boixo, University of New Mexico Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Invited Speakers: Lieven Vandersypen
Session U16 Focus Session: Medical Physics and Radiation Biology
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Richard Britten, Eastern Virginia Medical School Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Invited Speakers: Jeffrey Williamson, Eric Hall, Paul Gueye
Session U17 Proteins in Membranes and the Cytoskeleton Sponsor: DBP Chair: Robijn Bruinsma, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Morial Convention Center 209
Session U18 Focus Session: Polymer Collapse and Protein Folding
Sponsor: GSNP DPOLY Chair: Tom Truskett, University of Texas at Austin Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Invited Speakers: M. Scott Shell
Session U19 Computational Methods: Dynamics, Transport, and Plasma Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Michael Zachariah, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 211
Session U20 Focus Session: Metal Surfaces, Interfaces, and Thin Films Sponsor: DMP Chair: Mina Yoon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 212
Session U21 Surfaces and Interfaces I Sponsor: DCP Chair: Arthur Reber, Virginia Commonwealth University Room: Morial Convention Center 213
Session U22 Focus Session: Nonequilibrium Fluctuations in Biomolecules
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Christy Landes, University of Houston Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Invited Speakers: Dmitrii Makarov
Session U23 Focus Session: Manganite Thin Films
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Amlan Biswas, University of Florida Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Invited Speakers: H. Srikanth
Session U24 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures VI: Nonequilibrium Phenomena and Noise
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Jeff Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Invited Speakers: Petro Maksymovych
Session U25 Theory and Simulation II Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Marina Guenza, University of Oregon Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Session U26 Focus Session: Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Ruth Signorell, University of British Columbia Room: Morial Convention Center 218
Invited Speakers: Alexander Laskin, Yinon Rudich
Session U27 Correlated Electrons: Theory, Actinides, and Ising Systems Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Makariy Tanatar, University of Sherbrooke Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Session U28 Focus Session: Semiconductor Qubit Approaches II
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Malcolm Carroll, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Invited Speakers: Wayne Witzel
Session U29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XII: Graphene Transport
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: Andre Geim
Session U30 Electronic Properties of Graphene and Related Structures IV Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Mike Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Session U31 Focus Session: Multiferroics II: Theory and LuFe2O4 Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Nicola Spaldin, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Session U32 Focus Session: Magnetic Multilayers and Nanostructures Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Ilya Krivorotov, University of California, Irvine Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Session U33 Focus Session: Theory and Simulations of Magnetism I
Sponsor: DCOMP DMP GMAG Chair: Xiaoguang Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laborattory Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Invited Speakers: I. Zutic
Session U35 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage IV: Theoretical Predictions Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: Karl Johnson, University of Pittsburgh Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Session U36 Nanoinstrumentation for Biological and Other Applications Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Robert Guertin, Tufts University Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Session U37 Transport Properties of Semiconductors: 2-D Systems Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Giti Khodaparast, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session U38 Focus Session: Ferroelectric Oxide Superlattices and Oxide Thermoelectrics
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jean-Mare Triscone, University of Geneva Room: Morial Convention Center 230
Invited Speakers: Xifan Wu
Session U39 Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Sidney Redner, Boston University Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Invited Speakers: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
Session U40 Biomolecular Computation Sponsor: DBP Chair: Margaret Cheung, University of Houston Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Session V1 Recent Advances in Soft Complex Materials Using Neutron Scattering
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Alan J. Hurd, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB
Invited Speakers: Thomas Russell, Luka Pocivavsek, Jenny Glusker, Sow-Hsin Chen, Pappannan Thiyagarajan
Session V2 Facilities for Meeting Grand Challenges
Sponsor: DCMP GIMS Chair: Gwyn Williams, Thomas Jefferson Laboratory National Accelerator Facility Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C
Invited Speakers: George Neil, Jerome Hastings, Wendy Flavell, J. Singleton
Session V3 Industrial Physics History
Sponsor: FHP Chair: Gloria B. Lubkin, American Institute of Physics Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Paul Horn, James Hollenhorst, Robert Frosch, David Bishop, Robert Doering
Session V4 Electronic Excitations in Organic Molecular Crystals/Fluctuating Fronts: Beyond a Popular Mean-Field Theory
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Vitaly Podzorov, Rutgers University Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Kazuyuki Sakamoto, Frank Hegmann, Simone Fratini, Ute Ebert, J.F. Douglas
Session V5 Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned from Katrina: How to Prepare a Department for Catastrophic Events
Sponsor: FPS FGSA Chair: Andrew Post-Zwicker, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: Murty Akundi, Shirley Laska, Jim McGuire, C. Greg Seab, Natalia Sidorovskaia, David Hoagland
Session V7 Oscillations and Segmentation: Dynamical Genetic Regulation in Time and Space
Sponsor: DBP GSNP Chair: Mogens Jensen, Niels Bohr Institute Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: Olivier Pourqui\'e, Mogens Jensen, Gemunu Gunaratne, Sandeep Krishna, Preethi Gunaratne
Session V8 Liquid Crystals I: Structure and Defects Sponsor: DFD Chair: Oleg Lavrentovich, Kent State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Session V9 Computational Methods: Multiscale Modeling Sponsor: DFD Chair: Kathie Newman, University of Notre Dame Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Session V10 Proximity Effect, Electron-doped Cuprates, STM Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Thomas Lemberger, Ohio State Universtiy Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Session V11 Quasiparticle Dispersion and Coupling in Cuprates Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Dan Dessau, University of Colorado at Boulder Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Session V12 Metal Insulator Transition I: Vanadium Oxides and Others Sponsor: DCMP Chair: M. Brian Maple, University of California, San Diego Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session V13 Focus Session: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory III
Sponsor: DCP DCOMP Chair: Wei Ku, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Invited Speakers: Feliciano Giustino
Session V14 BEC-BCS Crossover Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Meera Parish, Princeton University Room: Morial Convention Center 205
Session V15 Quantum Error Correction and Control Sponsor: GQI Chair: Lorenza Viola, Dartmouth College Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Session V16 Focus Session: Medical Imaging and Related Technologies
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Christopher Njeh, Tyler Cancer Center Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Invited Speakers: William Hendee, Stan Majewski, Robert Gould
Session V17 Focus Session: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Small Systems
Sponsor: GSNP DBP Chair: Chris Jarzynski, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 209
Invited Speakers: Christian Van den Broeck
Session V18 Focus Session: Properties of Block Copolymers
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Thomas Epps, University of Delaware Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Invited Speakers: Nitash Balsara
Session V19 New Frontiers for Biological Physics
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Ali Mohazab, University of British Columbia Room: Morial Convention Center 211
Invited Speakers: Zev Bryant, Evan Evans, Steven Plotkin, Kerwyn Huang, Edo Kussell
Session V20 Phase Transitions: Structural, Electronic, and Magnetic Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Ted Einstein, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 212
Session V21 Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers I Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Jodie Lutkenhaus, Yale University Room: Morial Convention Center 213
Session V22 Focus Session: Organic Electronics: Molecular Junctions
Sponsor: DPOLY DMP Chair: James Kushmerick, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Invited Speakers: R. Segalman
Session V23 Focus Session: Charge/Orbital Ordering in Complex Oxides
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Jeff Lynn, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Invited Speakers: R. McQueeney
Session V24 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures VII: Si Interfaces and Carbon Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Session V25 Focus Session: Interfaces and Adhesion I
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Karl Freed, University of Chicago Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Invited Speakers: Jane Lipson
Session V26 Focus Session: Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Daniel Knopf, State University of New York Room: Morial Convention Center 218
Invited Speakers: Jim Smith
Session V27 Focus Session: Frustrated Theory
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns Hopkins University Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Invited Speakers: R. Moessner
Session V28 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures VI: Nanoscale Metamaterials
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue University Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Invited Speakers: Harry Atwater
Session V29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XIII: Synthesis
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Vasili Perebeinos, IBM Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: Arkady Krasheninnikov
Session V30 Nanotubes and Nanowires II: Other Properties I Sponsor: DMP Chair: Tony Heinz, Columbia University Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Session V31 Focus Session: Oxide Interfaces II
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Arunava Gupta, University of Alabama Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Invited Speakers: Jean-Marc Triscone
Session V32 Focus Session: Magnetic Semiconductors and Novel Magnetic Materials
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Kenneth Burch, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Invited Speakers: Dale Kitchen
Session V33 Focus Session: Theory of Spin Phenomena in Semiconductors
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Michael Flatte, University of Iowa Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Invited Speakers: Kazunori Sato
Session V34 Panel Discussion: International Gender Issues in Physics
Sponsor: FIP CSWP Chair: Beverly Hartline Room: Morial Convention Center 226
Invited Speakers: Arthur Bienenstock, Barbara Sandow, L.H. Greene, Ling-An Wu, Dalia Satkovskiene
Session V35 Focus Session: Thermoelectric Phenomena in Nanostructured Materials
Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: Chris Vineis, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Invited Speakers: G. Jeffrey Snyder
Session V36 Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy IV: Optical and High Frequency Methods Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Phillip First, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Session V37 QHE and FQHE Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Wei Pan, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session V38 Focus Session: Multiferroics and Multiferroic Composites
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Claude Ederer, Trinity College, Ireland Room: Morial Convention Center 230
Invited Speakers: Craig Fennie
Session V39 Focus Session: Jamming I: Theory
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Wouter Ellenbroek, University of Pennsylvania Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Invited Speakers: Gregg Lois
Session V40 Nucleic Acids: Structure and Function Sponsor: DBP Chair: Noel Clark, University of Colorado Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Session W2 Electronic Structure, Magnetism and Superconductivity of Sodium Cobaltate
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michelle Johannes, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C
Invited Speakers: Igor Mazin, Guo-qing Zheng, Takashi Imai, Ziqiang Wang
Session W3 Dislocation Patterns and Avalanches
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Charles Reichardt, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Richard LeSar, Paul Chaikin, Gergely Zimanyi, L.P. Kubin
Session W4 Dynamics of Polymers
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ralph Colby, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Hiroshi Watanabe, Shi-Qing Wang, V. Ganesan, Richard Register, Lynden Archer
Session W5 Sensing Science and Sensors for Industrial Applications
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Mohsen Yaganeh, Exxon Mobil Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: Boris Mizaikoff, Patricia Nieva, Mark Disko, Mehran Mehregany , Ruby Ghosh
Session W6 Strong Interacting Fermi Gases with Spin Asymmetry
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Roberto Diener, Ohio State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: Christian Schunck, Erich Mueller, Guthrie Partridge, Chris H. Greene, Florian Schreck
Session W7 Nonlinear Dynamics of Neural Systems: A Statistical Mechanics of the Brain
Sponsor: DBP GSNP Chair: John Beggs, Indiana University Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: Michael Berry, Jonathon Shlens, John Beggs, Sara A. Solla, Rob de Ruyter van Steveninck
Session W8 Liquid Crystals II: Dynamics and Topology Sponsor: DFD Chair: Robin Selinger, Kent State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Session W9 Theoretical Methods and Applications Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Alexander Tchernatinsky, University of Minnesota Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Session W10 Focus Session: Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems III
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Ilya Vekhter, Louisiana State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Invited Speakers: Jose G. Rodrigo
Session W11 Theory of Superconductivity in Cuprates II Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Mohit Randeria, Ohio State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Session W12 Metal Insulator Transition II: Theory Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jim Freericks, Georgetown University Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session W13 Quantum Monte Carlo Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Matthias Troyer, ETH Zurich Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Session W14 Quantum Optics Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Mark Edwards, Georgia Southern University Room: Morial Convention Center 205
Session W15 Quantum Entanglement II Sponsor: GQI Chair: Ian Durham, Saint Anselm College Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Session W16 Focus Session: Novel Biomedical Techniques
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Paul Gueye, Hampton University Room: Morial Convention Center 208
Invited Speakers: Richard Britten, Paul Gueye
Session W17 General Biological Physics Sponsor: DBP Chair: Dean Astumian, University of Maine Room: Morial Convention Center 209
Session W18 Focus Session: Dynamics of Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions
Sponsor: DPOLY DBP Chair: Ferenc Horkay, National Institutes of Health Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Invited Speakers: Christy Landes
Session W19 Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors IV Sponsor: DMP Chair: Matthew McCluskey, Washington State University Room: Morial Convention Center 211
Session W20 Oxide Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Arthur Smith, Ohio University Room: Morial Convention Center 212
Session W21 Surfaces and Interfaces II Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Will Castleman, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center 213
Session W22 Focus Session: Organic Photovoltaics and LEDs
Sponsor: DMP DPOLY Chair: Chang Ryu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Invited Speakers: Fabio Cicoira
Session W23 Focus Session: Manganites II Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Session W24 Glassy and Amorphous Systems Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Bruno Uchoa, Boston University Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Session W25 Focus Session: Biopolymers: Molecules, Solutions and Networks II
Sponsor: DPOLY DBP Chair: Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Invited Speakers: Joel Schneider
Session W26 Focus Session: Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science IV
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Laura Voss, Bowdoin College Room: Morial Convention Center 218
Invited Speakers: Christopher Sorensen, Ruth Signorell, Athanasios Nenes
Session W27 Focus Session: Spin Glasses and SrCu2(BO3)2 Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Matt Stone, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Session W28 Superlattices and Nanostructures: Electronic Properties II Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jong Han, State University of New York at Buffalo Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Session W29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XIV: Theory and Sensing
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Sankar Das Sarma, University of MarylandBob Haddon, University of California, Riverside Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: Vasili Perebeinos
Session W30 Nanotubes and Nanowires III: Other Properties II Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Session W31 Focus Session: New Materials and Properties of Complex Oxides
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Amos Sharoni, University of California, San Diego Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Invited Speakers: Ichiro Terasaki
Session W32 Focus Session: Domain Wall Motion and Itinerant Magnetism
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Rembert Duine, Utrecht University Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Invited Speakers: G. Meier
Session W33 Focus Session: Spins in Narrow Gap Semiconductors Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Berry Jonker, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Session W35 Focus Session: Nanotechnology II
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Curt Richter, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Invited Speakers: Marija Drndic
Session W36 Focus Session: Materials for Photovoltaics and Photocatalysis III
Sponsor: DMP Chair: David Ginley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Invited Speakers: Darin Laird
Session W37 Focus Session: Multiferrocity in BiFeO$_3$-based films
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Craig Fennie, Argonne National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Invited Speakers: J. Fontcuberta
Session W39 Focus Session: Jamming II: Packing and Force Networks Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Gregg Lois, Yale University Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Session W40 Focus Session: Networks, Regulation, and Pathways in Cell Biology
Sponsor: DBP GSNP Chair: Rahul Kulkarni, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Invited Speakers: Eivind Almaas, Gurol Suel
Session X3 Interface Phenomena in Oxides
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: James Eckstein, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Nicolas Reyren, Alexander Brinkman, G. Koster
Session X4 Approaching Quantum Limits in Optomechanical Systems
Sponsor: DCMP GQI Chair: Konrad Lehnert, JILA, NIST/University of Colorado Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Cindy Regal, Jack Harris, Florian Marquardt, Thomas Corbitt, Markus Aspelmeyer
Session X5 Superconducting Sources of THz-Radiation
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Kazuo Kadowaki, University of Tsukuba Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: N.F. Pedersen, U. Welp , Lev Bulaevskii, Huabing Wang, Masashi Tachiki
Session X6 Tunnel Magnetoresistance: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Igor Zutic, State University of New York at Buffalo Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: Sadamichi Maekawa, Stuart Parkin, Xiaoguang Zhang, Jean-Marie George, J. Moodera
Session X7 Understanding Strongly Correlated Materials with Dynamical Mean Field Theory Methods
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Matthias Troyer, Theoretische Physik, ETH Zurich Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: A.M.S. Tremblay, Philipp Werner, Marcello Civelli, M. Jarrell, Chris Marianetti
Session X8 Focus Session: Wormlike Micellar Fluids and Vesicles
Sponsor: DFD Chair: Andrew Belmonte, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Invited Speakers: Paul Callaghan, Gareth McKinley
Session X9 Focus Session: Spinor Condensates and Dipolar Gases
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Chris Greene, University of Colorado Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Invited Speakers: Mikhail Baranov
Session X10 Superconducting Devices and Applications Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Constantine Vlahacos, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Session X11 Focus Session: MgB2-like: Properties of Exotic Superconductors Sponsor: DMP Chair: Peihong Zhang, University of Buffalo Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Session X12 Charge Density Wave and Charge Order Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session X13 Quantum Monte Carlo Methods and Strongly Correlated Systems Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Anders Sandvik, Boston University Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Session X15 Emerging Nano-based Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Approaches to Cancer Treatment
Sponsor: DBP FIAP Chair: Larry Nagahara, National Cancer Institute Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Invited Speakers: Yilder Tseng, Raoul Kopelman, Thomas Thundat, Chris Earhart, Scott Manalis
Session X18 Focus Session: Dynamics and Structures in Polymer Melts, Gels and Glasses
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Lynden Archer, Cornell University Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Invited Speakers: Julia Kornfield
Session X22 Organic Magnetics and Bio-Electronics Sponsor: DMP DPOLY Chair: Fabio Cicoira, Cornell University Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Session X23 Focus Session: Multiferroics III: Other Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Sam Lofland, Rowan University Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Session X24 Nanotubes: Transport, Synthesis and Growth Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Vincent Crespi, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Session X25 Block Copolymer Phase Behavior Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Session X27 Focus Session: Exchange Bias and Magnetic Interactions Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Christian Binek, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Session X28 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures VII: Surface Plasmons and Periodic Arrays Sponsor: DMP Chair: Ho-Bun Chan, University of Florida Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Session X29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XV: Electronic Structure and Optical Properties
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Eva Andrei, Rutgers University Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Invited Speakers: S. Tretiak
Session X30 Composite and Porous Media Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Session X31 Focus Session: Ruthenates
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Igor Mazin, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Invited Speakers: Satoru Nakatsuji
Session X32 Focus Session: Magnetic Sensors Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Thomas Crawford, University of South Carolina Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Session X33 Focus Session: Magnetic Resonance in Magnetic Semiconductors Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Roland Kawakami, University of California, Riverside Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Session X35 Semiconducting Devices and Applications Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Tom Oder, Youngstown State University Room: Morial Convention Center 227
Session X36 Advances in Instrumentation and Measurements Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Charles Agosta, Clark University Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Session X37 Semiconductors IV: Electronic and Optical Properties II Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Udo Pernisz, Dow Corning Corp. Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session X39 Miscellaneous Topics in Statistical Physics Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Bill Klein, Boston University Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Session X40 Self Assembled Protein Cages Sponsor: DBP Chair: William Klug, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Morial Convention Center 232
Session Y3 Novel Physics and Quantum Interference in Weakly Disordered Graphene Devices
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Alberto Morpurgo, Technical Univerisity of Delft Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3
Invited Speakers: Edward McCann, Xiaosong Wu, Alexander Savchenko, Ying Liu, Andrew Iyengar
Session Y4 New Symmetries and Excitations in Multiferroics
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Dennis Drew, University of Maryland Room: Morial Convention Center 206
Invited Speakers: Manfred Fiebig, S.W. Cheong, Nicola Spaldin, N. Nagaosa, Andrei Sushkov
Session Y5 Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers II
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ron Hedden, Pennsylvania State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO1
Invited Speakers: Paula Hammond, Karl Freed, Evangelos Manias, Victor Breedveld, Ference Horkay
Session Y6 Industrial Advanced Characterizations
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Mark Disko, Exxon Mobile Research and Engineering Co. Room: Morial Convention Center RO4
Invited Speakers: Michael Hecker, Anne Dailly, Martin Dominik Hürlimann, Mohsen Yeganeh, Christian Lavoie
Session Y7 Control of Light with Bacteriorhodopsin
Sponsor: DBP DCP Chair: Gopal Rao, University of Massachusetts-Boston Room: Morial Convention Center RO5
Invited Speakers: Steven Boxer, Robert Birge, Chandra Yelleswarapu, Frank Vollmer, Jian Xu, Sukhdev Roy
Session Y8 Hydrodynamics of Surfaces and Films Sponsor: DFD Chair: Elizabeth Mann, Kent State University Room: Morial Convention Center RO6
Session Y9 BEC/Matter Optics/Atom Interferometry Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Conjung Wu, University of California, San Diego Room: Morial Convention Center RO7
Session Y10 Superconducting Nanostructures II Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Timir Datta, University of South Carolina Room: Morial Convention Center RO8
Session Y11 Oxide Spectroscopy Sponsor: DCMP Chair: J. Steven Dodge, Simon Fraser University Room: Morial Convention Center RO9
Session Y12 General Theory Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Anne Chaka, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 203
Session Y13 Classical Molecular Dynamics and Fluids Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Brian Good, NASA GRC Room: Morial Convention Center 204
Session Y15 Focus Session: Quantum Metrology and Control: Fundamental Limits and Applications
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Lorenza Viola, Dartmouth College Room: Morial Convention Center 207
Invited Speakers: Seth Lloyd
Session Y18 Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Peter Green, University of Michigan Room: Morial Convention Center 210
Session Y22 Interfaces and Adhesion II Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Alexei Sokolov, University of Akron Room: Morial Convention Center 214
Session Y23 Focus Session: Electronic Structure of Complex Oxides
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Bill Butler, University of Alabama Room: Morial Convention Center 215
Invited Speakers: Jan Kunes
Session Y24 Nanotube Devices and Applications Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Gary Pennington, Army Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 216
Session Y25 Theory and Simulations III Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Hank Ashbaugh, Tulane University Room: Morial Convention Center 217
Session Y27 Focus Session: Kagome Magnets Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Ying Chen, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: Morial Convention Center 219
Session Y28 Superlattices and Nanostructures: Electronic Properties III Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Xuedong Hu, University at Buffalo SUNY Room: Morial Convention Center 220
Session Y29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XVI: Mechanical and Thermal Properties Sponsor: DMP Chair: David Tomanek, Michigan State University Room: Morial Convention Center 221
Session Y30 Low Dimensional Systems Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 222
Session Y31 Focus Session: Sodium Cobaltites
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: David Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Morial Convention Center 223
Invited Speakers: Henri Alloul
Session Y32 Focus Session: Theory and Simulations of Magnetism II
Sponsor: DCOMP DMP GMAG Chair: Peter Dederichs, IFF Research Center Juelich Room: Morial Convention Center 225
Invited Speakers: Stefan Blugel, Balazs Ujfalussy
Session Y33 Focus Session: Diluted Magnetic Oxides
Sponsor: GMAG FIAP DMP Chair: Stuf Wolf, University of Virginia Room: Morial Convention Center 224
Invited Speakers: Dan Gamelin, Dmitri Yakovlev
Session Y36 Focus Session: Artificial Neurons
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Unil Perera, Georgia State University Room: Morial Convention Center 228
Invited Speakers: Donald Edwards, Ranu Jung
Session Y37 Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Semiconductors Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Terry Alford, Arizona State University Room: Morial Convention Center 229
Session Y39 Other Topics in Statistical Physics Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Harvey Gould, Clark University Room: Morial Convention Center 231
Session Y40 Bionanotechnology Sponsor: DBP FIAP Chair: David Nolte, Purdue University Room: Morial Convention Center 232