Mar 10 2008 8:00AM, Monday

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,  Eldon Emberly,  Markus Kollmann,  Irina Mihalcescu,  Otger Campas 

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

Mar 10 2008 11:15AM, Monday

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,  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

Mar 10 2008 2:00PM, Monday

Session C1 Poster Session I: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sponsor: APS Room: Morial Convention Center Exhibit Hall A

Mar 10 2008 2:30PM, Monday

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,  David Hu,  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

Mar 10 2008 5:45PM, Monday

Session E1 APS Prize and Award Session Sponsor: APS Chair: Arthur Bienenstock, APS President, Stanford University Room: Morial Convention Center 206

Mar 10 2008 6:45PM, Monday

Session F1 Welcome Reception Sponsor: APS Room: Morial Convention Center Exhibit Hall B2-1

Mar 10 2008 8:00PM, Monday

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 

Mar 11 2008 8:00AM, Tuesday

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 

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:  R. Wester,  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 

Mar 11 2008 11:15AM, Tuesday

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 

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 

Mar 11 2008 2:00PM, Tuesday

Session K1 Poster Session II: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Room: Morial Convention Center Exhibit Hall A

Mar 11 2008 2:30PM, Tuesday

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,  Diola Bagayoko,  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:  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:  C.G. Van de Walle 

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

Mar 11 2008 5:45PM, Tuesday

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

Mar 11 2008 7:00PM, Tuesday

Session M37 DCP Business Meeting Sponsor: DCP Chair: Will Castleman, Pennsylvania State University Room: New Orleans Marriott, Beauregard Room

Session M38