APS - 2008 APS March Meeting - Session Index MAR08

Session B1: Strongly Correlated Electrons in One Dimension

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Gil Refael, California Institute of Technology
Morial Convention Center - LaLouisiane AB

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B1.00001: Narrow-gap Luttinger liquid in carbon nanotubes Invited Speaker: Leonid Levitov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B1.00002: Observation of spin-charge separation and localization in one-dimensional quantum wires Invited Speaker: Ophir Auslaender Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B1.00003: The One-Dimensional Wigner Crystal in Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Vikram Deshpande Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B1.00004: Fermi-Edge Singularity in a Spin-Incoherent Luttinger Liquid Invited Speaker: Gregory A. Fiete Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B1.00005: Transition from a one-dimensional to a quasi-one-dimensional state in interacting quantum wires Invited Speaker: Konstantin Matveev Preview Abstract

Session B2: Magnetism in Semiconductors: New Frontiers

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Scott Crooker, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Morial Convention Center - LaLouisiane C

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B2.00001: Optical Properties of III-Mn-V Ferromagnetic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Kenneth Burch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B2.00002: Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures Invited Speaker: Paul Crowell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B2.00003: Ultrafast Photoinduced Non-thermal Phenomena in (III, Mn)V Ferromagnetic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Jigang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B2.00004: Ferromagnetism and localization in Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$As, Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$P, and in between Invited Speaker: Oscar Dubon Preview Abstract

Session B3: Silicon Photonics

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Alex Bratkovsky, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Morial Convention Center - RO2 - RO3

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B3.00001: Silicon lasers, integration, interconnect, etc. at Intel Invited Speaker: Mario Paniccia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B3.00002: Ultrafast Silicon Photonics Modulators Invited Speaker: Michal Lipson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B3.00003: Silicon integrated nanophotonics for on-chip interconnects Invited Speaker: Yurii Vlasov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B3.00004: Silicon Detectors, Sensors and Ultrafast Interconnect. Invited Speaker: Mehdi Asghari Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B3.00005: Monolithic Integration of Photonic and Electronic Circuits in a CMOS Process Invited Speaker: Attila Mekis Preview Abstract

Session B4: Self-assembled Macromolecular Structures

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Spiros Anastasiadis, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas, Keraklion, Greece
Morial Convention Center - 206

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B4.00001: Stimuli Responsive Vesicles, Micelles and Rods from Polypeptide-based Block Copolymers Invited Speaker: Daniel Savin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B4.00002: Templated Self Assembly of Block Copolymer Thin Films Invited Speaker: Alamgir Karim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B4.00003: Single Molecules and Surface Induced Nanopattern in Ultrathin Blockcopolymer Films - Scanning Force Microscopy Invited Speaker: Martin Moeller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B4.00004: Using block copolymer assembly to tailor surface properties. Invited Speaker: Christopher Ober Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B4.00005: Integration of block copolymers into lithographic processes Invited Speaker: Paul Nealey Preview Abstract

Session B5: Geometry and Elasticity

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Mark Bowick, Syracuse University
Morial Convention Center - RO1

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B5.00001: Generalized Crumpling: induced singularities in gently deformed elastic sheets Invited Speaker: Thomas Witten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B5.00002: Columnar and crystalline monolayers on curved substrates Invited Speaker: Vincenzo Vitelli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B5.00003: The shape, stability and dynamics of elastic surfaces Invited Speaker: L. Mahadevan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B5.00004: Elasticity and capillarity: wet hairs and origami Invited Speaker: Benoit Roman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B5.00005: Folding and swirling instabilities of viscous fluid threads in microchannels Invited Speaker: Thomas Mason Preview Abstract

Session B6: Quantum Simulation and Quantum Information Theory in Cold Atoms

Sponsoring Units: GQI DAMOP
Chair: Lincoln Carr, Colorado School of Mines
Morial Convention Center - RO4

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B6.00001: Cold atoms in 1D Invited Speaker: Ulrich Schollwoeck Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B6.00002: Probing Phase Transitions in Cold Atoms Invited Speaker: Anatoli Polkovnikov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B6.00003: Quantum Control with Ultracold Atoms Invited Speaker: Ivan Deutsch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B6.00004: Imaging single atoms in a three dimensional array Invited Speaker: David Weiss Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B6.00005: Atomtronics Invited Speaker: Murray Holland Preview Abstract

Session B7: Gene Regulation

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Sima Setayeshgar, Indiana University
Morial Convention Center - RO5

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B7.00001: Max Delbruck Biological Physics Prize Talk: The Biophysics of Gene Regulation, Studied One Molecule at a Time Invited Speaker: Steven Block Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B7.00002: Using DNA mechanics to predict intrinsic and extrinsic nucleosome positioning signals Invited Speaker: Alexandre Morozov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B7.00003: Towards a Quantitative Understanding of Single-Gene Transcription Invited Speaker: D\'aibhid \'O Maoil\'eidigh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B7.00004: Information flow and optimization in transcriptional regulation Invited Speaker: Gasper Tkacik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B7.00005: The Genomic Code for Nucleosome Positioning Invited Speaker: Jonathan Widom Preview Abstract

Session B8: Colloidal Self-Assembly II

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Eric Weeks, Emory University
Morial Convention Center - RO6

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B8.00001: Orthogonal Tracking Microscopy for Nanofabrication Research Matthew McMahon , Andrew Berglund , Peter Carmichael , Jabez McClelland , J. Alexander Liddle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B8.00002: Self-Assembly of Colloidal Membranes Edward Barry , Zvonimir Dogic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B8.00003: Self-Assembled 3D Ordered Macroporous Structures for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Wen-tau Juan , Kuo-yuan Chung , Narayan Mishra , Keng-hui Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B8.00004: Five-fold attractor in two-dimensional diffusion processes. Guillermo Ramirez-Santiago , Carlos I. Mendoza Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B8.00005: Template-Guided Langmuir-Blodgett Deposition of Colloidal Particles Jaehyun Hur , You-Yeon Won Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B8.00006: Clustering in Hard Core/Soft Shoulder Lattice Gas Models Paul D. Beale , Charles A. Sievers , Matthew A. Glaser Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B8.00007: Elastic Theory of Defects in Toroidal Crystals Luca Giomi , Mark Bowick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B8.00008: Two-dimensional hopping of aqueous colloidal clusters on commensurate surface wells. Minsu Kim , Stephen Anthony , Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B8.00009: Complexity from Specificity: Light Scattering and Colloidal Studies of Dscam Self-Association Jesse Collins , Natalie Arkus , Guangnan Meng , Michael Brenner , Dietmar Schmucker , Vinothan Manoharan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B8.00010: Non-spherical Depletants in Colloidal Suspensions Stephen Barr , Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B8.00011: Magnetically assembled ``ring-shaped'' colloidal particle structures Hui Son , Randall Erb , Bappaditya Samanta , Vincent Rotello , Benjamin Yellen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B8.00012: Effects of surface biotin density on lipid monolayer-assisted 2D crystallization of streptavidin at the aqueous solution-vapor interface Masafumi Fukuto , Matthew Lohr , Suntao Wang , Sumit Kewalramani , Lin Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B8.00013: Self-Assembly of 2D TMV Arrays on Substrate-Supported and Langmuir Lipid Monolayers Suntao Wang , Antonio Checco , Zhongwei Niu , Qian Wang , Masafumi Fukuto , Lin Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B8.00014: Non-equilibrium dynamics of virus capsid assembly Artem Levandovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B8.00015: Thermal transport in colloidal silica system: effect of particle size and aggregation Gang Chen , Fan Jiang , Wenhua Yu , Jules Routbort Preview Abstract

Session B9: Pattern Formation and Nonlinear Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Vladimir Privman, Clarkson University
Morial Convention Center - RO7

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B9.00001: Intermediate State in Type-I Superconducting Strip with Current Jacob Hoberg , Ruslan Prozorov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B9.00002: Generation of dynamic self-propelled structures by symmetry breaking mechanism in driven magnetic layers on the surface of liquid Alexey Snezhko , Maxim Belkin , Igor Aranson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B9.00003: Collective dynamics and pattern formation in 2D regular arrays of spherical particles in Stokes flow between two parallel walls Jerzy Blawzdziewicz , Eligiusz Wajnryb , Matthew Baron , Nidhi Khurana Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B9.00004: Theory of slope-dependent disjoining pressure with application to Lennard-Jones liquid films Taeil Yi , Harris Wong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B9.00005: The effects of chaotic mixing on patterns and fronts in an advection-reaction-diffusion system Tom Solomon , Jeffrey Boehmer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B9.00006: Spatial Forcing in Thermal Convection Gabriel Seiden , Stephan Weiss , Eberhard Bodenschatz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B9.00007: Renormalization group method for predicting frequency clusters in a chain of nearest-neighbor Kuramoto oscillators. Oleg Kogan , Gil Refael , Michael Cross , Jeffrey Rogers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B9.00008: Pattern morphology and dynamical scaling in the Cahn Hilliard model Timothy Sullivan , Pushkar Dahal , Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B9.00009: Experimental Evidence for Mixed Reality States Vadas Gintautas , Alfred Hubler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B9.00010: Classical dynamics simulations on pattern formation by metallic spheres with induced electrostatic interactions Peter Fleck , Alfred Hubler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B9.00011: Hopping Conduction and Bacteria: Transport Properties of Disordered Reaction-Diffusion Systems Andrew Missel , Karin Dahmen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B9.00012: Efficient Desalination with Fractal Absorbers Martin Singleton , Gregor Heiss , Alfred Hubler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B9.00013: Static and Dynamical Properties of Polar Fluids Girija S. Dubey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B9.00014: Statistical Light in Nonlinear Media as Photonic Plasma Dmitry Dylov , Jason Fleischer Preview Abstract

Session B10: Gaps, Pseudogaps and Fermi Surfaces in Cuprates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Laura Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Morial Convention Center - RO8

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B10.00001: Revealing pseudogap physics using lanthanide substituted Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{1.6}$Ln$_{0.4}$CuO$_{6+\delta}$ Daniel Garcia , Jeff Graf , Chris Jozwiak , Shuyun Zhou , Hiroshi Eisaki , Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B10.00002: A Laser Based ARPES Study of the Nodal Region of the Cuprates J.D. Rameau , H.-B. Yang , G.D. Gu , P.D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B10.00003: Evidence for pairing above Tc from the electronic dispersion in the pseudogap phase of cuprates A. Kanigel , U. Chatterjee , M. Randeria , M.R. Norman , J.C. Campuzano Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B10.00004: Possible Explanation of the Fermi Arcs in Cuprates, based on a clustered superconducting state above Tc Gonzalo Alvarez , Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B10.00005: Understanding the Protected Nodes and the Fermi Arcs in the Cuprate Superconductors Qijin Chen , K. Levin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B10.00006: Pseudogap correlations inside the superconducting dome Elena Bascones , Belen Valenzuela Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B10.00007: Pseudogap and Superconducting Gap - Same or Different? W.S. Lee , I.M. Vishik , K. Tanaka , R. Moore , D.H. Lu , T. Sasagawa , N. Nagaosa , T.P. Devereaux , Z. Hussain , Z.X. Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B10.00008: Different temperature evolution of electronic states in superconducting state and normal state in underdoped Bi2212 high-Tc superconductor Kiyoshisa Tanaka , W.S. Lee , D.H. Lu , R. Moore , T. Sasagawa , Z. Hussain , Z.-X. Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B10.00009: Temperature and doping dependent ARPES study of the gaps in Bi2212 H.-B. Yang , J.D. Rameau , P.D. Johnson , T. Valla , G.D. Gu , A.T. Tsvelik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B10.00010: Fermi arcs and phase diagram of the high-T$_{c}$ cuprates: Insights from Raman and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopies. James Storey , Jeffery Tallon , Grant Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B10.00011: Hall Effect Signature of Fermi Surface Reconstruction in High-$T_{c}$ Superconductors F.F. Balakirev , J.B. Betts , A. Migliori , I. Tsukada , Yoichi Ando , G.S. Boebinger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B10.00012: Energy gaps in failed superconductor La$_{1.875}$Ba$_{0.125}$CuO$_{4}$ R.-H. He , K. Tanaka , S.-K. Mo , T. Sasagawa , M. Fujita , N. Mannella , K. Yamada , Z. Hussain , Z.-X. Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B10.00013: Quantum Oscillations in the mixed state of d-wave superconductors Ashot Melikyan , Oskar Vafek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B10.00014: Quantum Oscillations in the Underdoped Cuprate YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{4}$O$_{8}$ Edward Yelland , John Singleton , Chuck Mielke , Neil Harrison , Fedor Balakirev , Bogdan Dabrowski , Marcin Matusiak , John Cooper Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B10.00015: Fermi surface pockets in the underdoped cuprate YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{4}$O$_{8}$, - are they present in low magnetic fields? J. R. Cooper , M. Matusiak , J. W. Loram , E. A. Yelland , B. Dabrowski Preview Abstract

Session B11: Magnetic Properties of Cuprate Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Malcolm Beasly, Stanford University
Morial Convention Center - RO9

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B11.00001: Disappearance of antiferromagnetic spin excitations in overdoped La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ John Tranquada , S. Wakimoto , K. Yamada , C.D. Frost , R.J. Birgeneau , H. Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B11.00002: Spin Susceptibility of Underdoped Cuprates: Insight from Stripe-Ordered $\bf La_{1.875}Ba_{0.125}CuO_4$ Markus H\"ucker , Gen D. Gu , John M. Tranquada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B11.00003: Magnetic correlations on full chains of ortho-II YBCO6.5 Wei Chen , Peter J. Hirschfeld Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B11.00004: Normal state magnetic susceptibility measurements in underdoped YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ Brigitte Leridon , Philippe Monod , Doroth\'ee Colson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B11.00005: The Persistence of High-Frequency Spin Fluctuations in Overdoped Superconducting La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ ($x$=0.22) O.J. Lipscombe , B. Vignolle , S.M. Hayden , D.F. McMorrow , T.G. Perring Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B11.00006: Conditions for magnetically induced singlet d-wave superconductivity on the square lattice S.R. Hassan , B. Davoudi , B. Kyung , A.-M.S. Tremblay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B11.00007: Finite size effects in NMR $T_2$ relaxation by vortex vibrations Rachel Wortis , Eric Brown , Sinan Bulut Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B11.00008: Evolution of the spin dynamics in electron-doped high-transition temperature superconductor Pr$_{0.88}$LaCe$_{0.12}$CuO$_{4-\delta}$( Tc=24K, 27K) Jun Zhao , Pengcheng Dai , Shiliang Li , Hye Jung Kang , Louis-Pierre Regnault , Paul Steppens , Arno Hiess , Stephen Wilson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B11.00009: Incompatibility of Checkerboard Patterns with the Resonance Peak in Cuprate Superconductors Erica Carlson , Daoxin Yao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B11.00010: High field, low temperature 17O Knight shift in an underdoped High-Tc cuprate: La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4) for x =0.115, 0.15 Greg Boebinger , Robert Smith , Philip Kuhns , Arneil Reyes , Takashi Imai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B11.00011: Static Magnetic Order in Underdoped HgBa$_{2}$CuO$_{4+\delta }$ Yuan Li , Victor Baledent , Neven Barisic , Philippe Bourges , Yongchan Cho , Benoit Fauque , Yvan Sidis , Guichuan Yu , Xudong Zhao , Martin Greven Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B11.00012: Quantum Spin Excitations through the metal-to-insulator crossover in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6+y}$ Shiliang Li , Zahra Yamani , Hye-Jung Kang , Kouji Segawa , Yoichi Ando , Xin Yao , H.A. Mook , Pengcheng Dai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B11.00013: Magnetic excitations in the high-temperature superconductors HgBa$_{2}$CuO$_{4+\delta }$ and Nd$_{1.845}$Ce$_{0.155}$CuO$_{4}$ Guichuan Yu , Yuan Li , Eugene Motoyama , Philippe Bourges , Klaudia Hradil , Richard Mole , Martin Greven Preview Abstract

Session B12: Organic Conductors and Strongly Correlated 2D Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland
Morial Convention Center - 203

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B12.00001: The metal insulator transition in correlated quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors Claude Bourbonnais , Abdelouahab Sedeki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B12.00002: Numerical Study of Finite-Temperature Phase Transitions in Quasi-One-Dimensional Molecular Conductors Yuichi Otsuka , Hitoshi Seo , Yukitoshi Motome , Takeo Kato Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B12.00003: High field ESR on tau phase conductor --from GHz to THz-. Takahisa Tokumoto , J. van Tol , L.-C. Brunel , D. Graf , J.S. Brooks , Y. Oshima , G. Papavassiliou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B12.00004: First principles study of the charge transfer salt $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu(CN)$_3$ Harald O. Jeschke , Hem C. Kandpal , Roser Valenti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B12.00005: Charge frustration and novel electron-lattice coupled phase transition in organic conductor DI-DCNQI$_2$Ag Hitoshi Seo , Yukitoshi Motome Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B12.00006: Finite size effects in micro- and nanocrystals of (TMTSF)$_{2}$ClO$_{4}$ P. Dhakal , J.I. Oh , M.J. Naughton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B12.00007: Pulsed-field study of the interference commensurate effect in quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors J. Roy , J.I. Oh , H. Yoshino , P. Dhakal , M.J. Naughton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B12.00008: Acoustic properties of quasi-one-dimensional organic conductor (TMTSF)$_{2}$ClO$_{4}$ in the relaxed state: Superconductivity and FISDW anomalies. Alexandre Langlois , Mario Poirier , Claude Bourbonnais , Klaus Bechgaard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B12.00009: Spin dynamics of the field-induced spin density wave phases in (TMTSF)$_2$ClO$_4$ in tilted magnetic fields L.L. Lumata , J.S. Brooks , A.P. Reyes , P.L. Kuhns , S.E. Brown , H.B. Cui , J.-I. Yamada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B12.00010: Interlayer Cooperon correction to angular-dependent magnetoresistance in layered metals Malcolm Kennett , Ross McKenzie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B12.00011: Coulomb drag at zero temperature Alex Levchenko , Alex Kamenev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B12.00012: Collective modes in quantum electron glasses and electron-assisted hopping Markus Mueller , Lev Ioffe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B12.00013: Hall effect on the triangular lattice Gladys Leon , Christophe Berthod , Thierry Giamarchi , Andrew Millis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B12.00014: Quantum Phase Transition in a Cold Atomic Spin-Boson Mixture Peter P. Orth , Ivan Stanic , Karyn Le Hur Preview Abstract

Session B13: Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions II: Beryllium, Carbon, and Metals

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GSCCM
Chair: Eric Schwegler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Morial Convention Center - 204

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B13.00001: The Role of Anharmonicity in the Beryllium Equation of State Lorin X. Benedict , Andrea Trave , Christine Wu , Tadashi Ogitsu , Phil Sterne , Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B13.00002: Quantum molecular dynamics simulations of beryllium at high pressures Michael Desjarlais , Marcus Knudson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B13.00003: Equation of state of beryllium from first-principles calculations Andrea Trave , Lorin Benedict , Tadashi Ogitsu , Christine J. Wu , Philip A. Sterne , Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B13.00004: Construction of a multi-phase equation of state for carbon at extreme pressures Alfredo A. Correa , Lorin X. Benedict , Stanimir A. Bonev , David A. Young , Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B13.00005: Clustering in dense molten lithium Isaac Tamblyn , Jean-Yves Raty , Stanimir A. Bonev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B13.00006: Lithium at ultra-high pressures Andre Kietzmann , Ronald Redmer , Michael P. Desjarlais , Thomas R. Mattsson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B13.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B13.00008: Optical Properties of LiH From Mixing Rules Daniel Horner , Joel Kress , Lee Collins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B13.00009: First principles investigation of the dielectric function of gold under ultrafast laser excitation Tadashi Ogitsu , David Prendergast , Eric Schwegler , Yuan Ping , Andrew Ng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B13.00010: High pressure lattice dynamics and elasticity of transition metals Daniel Orlikowski , Lorin Benedict , John Klepeis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B13.00011: A new wide-range equation of state for tungsten John H. Carpenter , Michael P. Desjarlais , Ann E. Mattsson , Kyle R. Cochrane Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B13.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B13.00013: Pressure Induced Solidification of Ta and Cu: A Comparison David Richards , James Glosli , Frederick Streitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B13.00014: New Phase Diagram of Ta: Bridging Laser Heated Diamond-Anvil Cell and Shock Melting Christine J. Wu , Per A. S\"oderlind , James N. Glosli , John E. Klepeis Preview Abstract

Session B14: Casimir Forces, Collisions and Atomic Structure

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Ho Bun Chan, University of Florida
Morial Convention Center - 205

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B14.00001: Measurement of near-field radiative heat transfer and implications for Casimir force measurements Arvind Narayanaswamy , Sheng Shen , Gang Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B14.00002: Casimir interactions between cold atoms and corrugated surfaces Diego A.R. Dalvit , Paulo A. Maia Neto , Astrid Lambrecht , Serge Reynaud Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B14.00003: Orientation dependence of Casimir force between uniaxial crystals Mark Romanowsky , Federico Capasso Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B14.00004: Measurements of the Casimir interaction between a sphere and a rectangular corrugated plate Yiliang Bao , H. B. Chan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B14.00005: Numerical Evaluation of the Casimir Force in Concave Piston Geometries Martin Schaden Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B14.00006: Measurements of the Casimir-Lifshitz force between a metal and a dielectric in fluid Jeremy Munday , Federico Capasso Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B14.00007: On the repulsive Casimir force using metamaterials. Felipe Da Rosa , Diego Dalvit , Peter Milonni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B14.00008: Spin depolarisation of N$_{2}^{+}$ ($^{2}\Sigma ^{+})$ in collisions with $^{3}$He and $^{4}$He in a magnetic field Thierry Stoecklin , Gr\'egoire Guillon , Anatoli Voronin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B14.00009: Depolarization of Ne*(2p$_{i}$ [J=1]) atoms induced by collisions with He(1s$^{2}$) at 10 K $<$ T $<$ 3,000 K Cristian Bahrim , Vaibhav Khadilkar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B14.00010: Observation of the n($^3$He,t)p Reaction by Detection of Far-Ultraviolet Radiation Charles W. Clark , Alan K. Thompson , Michael A. Coplan , John W. Cooper , Patrick Hughes , Robert E. Vest Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B14.00011: Photo-Fragmentation of Lithium Atoms in FEL Radiation Fields Matthew Foster , J. Colgan , M.S. Pindzola , Alexander Dorn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B14.00012: Long range anions:diatomic, triatomic and polyatomic molecules Edward C. Chen , Edward S. Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B14.00013: The Effect of Birth Location in an Intense Laser Focus on the Non-Sequential Double Ionization Yield Jay Paquette , Jan Chaloupka Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B14.00014: Modeling Plasma Induced Dispersion in a Modified Nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger Equation Jeremy Gulley , William Dennis Preview Abstract

Session B15: Quantum Entanglement I

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Dagmar Bruss, Heinrich-Heine-Universitae Duesseldorf
Morial Convention Center - 207

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B15.00001: Hyperentanglement-assisted dense coding: Beating the channel-capacity ``limit'' Julio T. Barreiro , Tzu-Chieh Wei , Paul G. Kwiat Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B15.00002: Testing Quantum Devices: Practical Entanglement Verification in Bipartite Optical Systems Hauke Haseler , Tobias Moroder , Norbert Lutkenhaus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B15.00003: Transmission of photonic Bell states over a 2x32dB, 144km free-space link Alessandro Fedrizzi , R. Ursin , T. Herbst , M. Nespoli , R. Prevedel , T. Scheidl , F. Tiefenbacher , T. Jennewein , Anton Zeilinger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B15.00004: Correlated photon generation via four-wave mixing in a birefringent semiconductor waveguide Daniel Rogers , Julius Goldhar , Christopher Richardson , Alessandro Restelli , Joshua Bienfang , Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B15.00005: Macroscopic quantum memories get entangled from far away Zhen-Sheng Yuan , Yu-Ao Chen , Shuai Chen , J\"{o}rg Schmiedmayer , Jian-Wei Pan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B15.00006: Long-distance atom-photon entanglement and its coherence properties H. Weinfurter , M. Weber , J. Volz , W. Rosenfeld , M. Krug , F. Hocke , F. Henkel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B15.00007: Entanglement dynamics in a qubit-nanomechanical resonator system Dian Wahyu Utami , Aashish Clerk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B15.00008: Generation of Entanglement Outside of the Light Cone James Franson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B15.00009: Towards single time-bin entangled photons from a quantum dot. Christophe Couteau , Gregor Weihs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B15.00010: Teleportation and Broadcasting of continuous variable entanglement Archan S. Majumdar , Satyabrata Adhikari , N. Nayak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B15.00011: Entanglement structure of two-mode squeezed states in absorbing and amplifying environment Phoenix S.Y. Poon , C.K. Law Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B15.00012: Quantum Second Law with Entanglement Ladislav Andrey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B15.00013: Entanglement and Standard Thermodynamic Relations Inti Sodemann , Alonso Botero Preview Abstract

Session B16: Nonlinear Dynamics of Neuronal and Cardiac Systems

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: John Beggs, Indiana University
Morial Convention Center - 208

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B16.00001: Quantitative universality and non-local interactions in neural pattern formation Matthias Kaschube , Michael Schnabel , Siegrid Loewel , David Coppola , Leonard White , Fred Wolf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B16.00002: Spike-timing dependent plasticity in integrate-and-fire networks Chun-Chung Chen , David Jasnow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B16.00003: A Maximum Entropy Model Applied to Temporal Correlations in Cortical Networks Wei Chen , Aonan Tang , Jon Hobbs , Jodi L. Smith , Hema Patel , Anita Prieto , John Beggs , David Jackson , Dumitru Petrusca , Matthew I. Grivich , Alexander Sher , Alan M. Litke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B16.00004: Effective connectivity in a network of spiking cortical neurons Aonan Tang , Jon Hobbs , Wei Chen , Dumitru Petrusca , Matthew Grivich , Alexander Sher , Alan Litke , John Beggs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B16.00005: Inhibition is Needed to Learn Precise Multimodal Integration J. Leo van Hemmen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B16.00006: Distinguishing Similar Odor Stimuli in Nonlinear Recurrent Networks Stuart Wick , Martin Wiechert , Rainer Friedrich , Hermann Riecke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B16.00007: A low dimensional description of globally coupled heterogeneous neural networks of excitatory and inhibitory neurons Roxana A. Stefanescu , Viktor K. Jirsa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B16.00008: A Neuron-Based Model of Sleep-Wake Cycles Svetlana Postnova , Achim Peters , Hans Braun Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B16.00009: Interdependencies of Neural Impulse Pattern and Synchronization Hans Braun , Svetlana Postnova , Horst Schneider Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B16.00010: Mosaics of retinal cells that transmit maximal information Tatyana Sharpee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B16.00011: Phase synchronization analysis of voltage-sensitive dye imaging during drug-induced epileptic seizures. Daisuke Takeshita , Vassiliy Tsytsarev , Sonya Bahar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B16.00012: Information transfer in ampullary electroreceptors Alexander Neiman , Tatiana Engel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B16.00013: Spike-time-variability in stochastic Hodgkin-Huxley type neural models Peter Rowat Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B16.00014: Ca$^{2+}$ Dynamics and Propagating Waves in Neural Networks with Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons. Vladimir E. Bondarenko Preview Abstract

Session B17: Lipid Bilayers: Structure and Function

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Linda Hirst, Florida State University
Morial Convention Center - 209

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B17.00001: Zoology of giant unilamellar vesicles Yan Yu , Stephen M. Anthony , Sung Chul Bae , Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B17.00002: Adhesion induces and localizes phase separation in lipid membranes Markus Deserno , Vernita Gordon , Caroline Andrew , Stefan Egelhaaf , Wilson Poon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B17.00003: Cholesterol Effect on Phase Behavior in Ternary Lipid Membrane---X-ray Diffraction and AFM. Jing Yuan , Alex Kiss , Yohanes Pramudya , Lam Nguyen , Linda Hirst Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B17.00004: Thermodynamic properties of planar membranes: applications to stripped phases Francisco J. Solis , Chloe Funkhouser , Katsuyo Thornton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B17.00005: Phospholipid Membranes Restructure Locally Where Nanoparticles Bind Bo Wang , Yan Yu , Stephen Anthony , Sung Chul Bae , Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B17.00006: Multiscale Modeling of supported lipid bilayers Roland Faller , Chenyue Xing , Matthew Hoopes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B17.00007: Synergy of Membrane Curvature-Stabilization and Electrostatic Interaction leads to Formation of Block Liposomes by Colossal Charged Lipids Alexandra Zidovska , Kai K. Ewert , Cyrus R. Safinya , Joel Quispe , Bridget Carragher , Clinton S. Potter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B17.00008: Photo-induced Phase Separation Phenomena in Lipid Tubules Linda Hirst , Jing Yuan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B17.00009: Dynamics of Multi-Component Model Membranes Studied via Light and X-Ray Scattering Kevin Johnson , Maikel Rheinst\"adter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B17.00010: The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes Maikel Rheinstadter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B17.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B17.00012: Effect of anesthetics on bending elasticity of lipid membranes Zheng Yi , Nagao Michihiro , Dobrin Bossev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B17.00013: Interactions between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and lipid membranes Mohan Boggara , Ramanan Krishnamoorti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B17.00014: Calorimetric and Optical Studies of Cholesterol-Rich Filamentous, Helical Ribbon, and Crystal Microstructures Klaida Kashuri , Germano S. Iannacchione , Yekaterina A. Miroshnikova , Yevgeniya V. Zastavker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B17.00015: Structural and dynamical properties of water at the bilayer DPPC membrane interface Jianping Gao , Charles Cleveland , Uzi Landman Preview Abstract

Session B18: Focus Session: Mechanical Properties of Polymers: Fracture and Adhesion

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY FIAP
Chair: Theresa Hermel-Davidock, Dow Chemical Company
Morial Convention Center - 210

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B18.00001: High Strain Deformation and Fracture of Self-Assembled Polymer Gels Invited Speaker: Kenneth Shull Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B18.00002: Reinforcement of Epoxies Using Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Ramanan Krishnamoorti , Jitendra Sharma , Tirtha Chatterjee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B18.00003: Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Organogels with Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Mohammad Moniruzzaman , Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B18.00004: Identification of key deformation mechanisms of polyethylene materials via in-situ x-ray scattering Theresa Hermel-Davidock , Brian Landes , Mehmet Demirors Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B18.00005: Brittle-tough transitions during crack growth in toughened adhesives Invited Speaker: Michael Thoules Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B18.00006: Controlling polymer adhesion with surface wrinkles Edwin Chan , Erica Smith , Ryan Hayward , Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B18.00007: Soft-soft nanocomposite adhesives made from colloidal particles Costantino Creton , Fanny Deplace , Michael Rabjohns , Andrew Foster , Peter Lovell , Chunghong Lei , Joseph Keddie , Keltoum Ouzineb , Jeanne Marchal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B18.00008: Dangling chain effect on the modulus of polyurethane networks Bruno Fayolle , Julie Diani , Pierre Gilormini Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B18.00009: Morphological Determinants of Yield Stress for Semicrystalline Ethylene / Methacrylic Acid Copolymers Robert Scogna , Richard Register Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B18.00010: On the statistics of Gaussian two and three-dimensional networks: Fluctuations of junctions and collapse driven by structure. Michael Lang , Sergey Panyukov , Michael Rubinstein , Jens-Uwe Sommer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B18.00011: Physical understanding of the bulk modulus of polyisoprene by molecular dynamics simulations Julie Diani , Bruno Fayolle , Pierre Gilormini Preview Abstract

Session B19: Novel Surface Instrumentation and Techniques

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: John Wendelken, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Morial Convention Center - 211

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B19.00001: Spectromicroscopic characterization of Ag surfaces by energy-filtered LEEM Y. Fujikawa , T. Sakurai , R.M. Tromp Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B19.00002: Enhanced depth-resolution in multilayer nanostructures from standing-wave excited photoemission Sven Doering , Mihaela Gorgoi , Ruslan Ovsyannikov , See-Hun Yang , Mark Huijben , Franz Schaefers , Daniel Buergler , Claus Schneider , Charles S. Fadley , Walter Braun , Carsten Westphal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B19.00003: Interface characterization using atomic core-level shifts Erik Holmstrom , Weine Olovsson , Igor Abrikosov , Anders Niklasson , M. Gorgoi , Olof Karis , Svante Svensson , F. Schafers , W. Braun , G. Ohrwall , G. Andersson , B. Johansson , M. Marcellini , W. Eberhardt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B19.00004: Manifestation of Work Function Difference in High Order Gundlach Oscillation Chun-Liang Lin , Shin-Ming Lu , Wei-Bin Su , Hwa-Te Shih , Bi-Fen Wu , Yeong-Der Yao , Chia-Seng Chang , Tien-Tzou Tsong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B19.00005: Application of Gundlach Oscillation in Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy on Nano-Scale Imaging Shin-Ming Lu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B19.00006: Standing Friedel waves Jun-Qiang Lu , X.-G. Zhang , SokratesT. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B19.00007: Molecular Etching of Pure and Mn Intercalated TiSe$_{2}$ using an STM Tim Kidd , Brett Gamb , Polina Skirtachenko , Laura Strauss Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B19.00008: Effect of Surface Stress on the Stiffness of Cantilever Plates John Sader , Michael Lachut Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B19.00009: Direct determination of transient heating in a nanoconfined environment by ultrafast electron diffraction Ryan A. Murdick , Ramani K. Raman , Yoshie Murooka , Richard J. Worhatch , Chong-Yu Ruan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B19.00010: Surface Femtochemistry with Hyperthermal Energy Ion Beams M.P. Ray , R.E. Lake , C.E. Sosolik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B19.00011: Hyperthermal Energy Ion Scattering as a Time Resolved Probe of Pico- to Femtosecond Surface Excitations R.E. Lake , M.P. Ray , C.E. Sosolik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B19.00012: An Investigation of Nitride Formation on InP Surface After Nitrogen Ion implantation Mohammad Reza Hantehzadeh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B19.00013: Sputter Deposition System for High Throughput Fabrication of Composition Spread Thin Films John Gregoire , Frank DiSalvo , Hector Abruna , Robert Bruce van Dover Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B19.00014: Discharging Optics in Vacuum Mark Girard , Dennis Ugolini Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B19.00015: Ordering process in metallic thin films investigated with angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy Dah-An Luh , Cheng-Maw Cheng , Chi-Ting Tsai , Ku-Ding Tsuei , Jian-Ming Tang Preview Abstract

Session B20: Focus Session: Growth, Kinetics and Quantum Effects in Metal Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Robert Bartynski, Rutgers University
Morial Convention Center - 212

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B20.00001: Growth instabilities and adsorbed impurities: Nanostructuring of vicinal surfaces controlled by adsorbates Ajmi BHadj Hamouda , T.L. Einstein , P.E. Hoggan , A. Pimpinelli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B20.00002: Effects of deposition angle in metal(100) epitaxial growth Jacques G. Amar , Valery Borovikov , Yunsic Shim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B20.00003: Shape fluctuations of small Pb(111) islands at low temperatures. M. Hupalo , M.C. Tringides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B20.00004: Connector Model for Many-Body Interactions at Surfaces from First Principles Yogesh Tiwary , Kristen Fichthorn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B20.00005: Double-layer island decay on Ag(111): A molecular dynamic simulation Berk Onat , Sondan Durukanoglu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B20.00006: Kinetics of Facile Bilayer Island Formation for Ag on NiAl(110) J.W. Evans , Yong Han , D.-J. Liu , Baris Unal , F. Qin , D. Jin , C.J. Jenks , P.A. Thiel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B20.00007: Self-organization and pattern selection under nanosecond pulsed laser-induced melting of ultrathin metal films Ramki Kalyanaraman , Christopher Favazza , Justin Trice , Radhakrishna Sureshkumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B20.00008: Quantum engineering of apparent tunneling height in ultra thin Pb films Jungdae Kim , Shengyong Qin , Chih-Kang Ken Shih Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B20.00009: Why Is The Size Dependence Of the Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Workfunction Order Of Magnitude Larger Than That Of Photoemission ? Wei-Xue Li , Xin Liu , S.B. Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B20.00010: Tuning Surface Energy Landscapes in Metallic Quantum Films using Alkali Adsorbates Alexander Khajetoorians , Shengyong Qin , Wenguang Zhu , Holger Eisele , Zhenyu Zhang , Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B20.00011: Super-oscillations in the Interlayer Lattice Relaxation of Quantum Pb Films. Yu Jia , Biao Wu , T.L. Einstein , H.H. Weitering , Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B20.00012: Modifying the Adsorption of Molecules at Metal Surfaces by Quantum Confinement of Electrons Levan Tskipuri , Robert Bartynski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B20.00013: Crystal structure and height selection for Indium growth on Si(111) interfaces J. Chen , M. Hupalo , M. Ji , C.Z. Wang , K.M. Ho , M.C. Tringides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B20.00014: Non-classical scaling in the Pb/Si(111) coarsening at low temperature Myron Hupalo , R. Feng , E.H. Conrad , C. A. Jeffrey , P. F. Miceli , S. Hayden , M. Gramlich , P. J. Ryan , C. Kim , M.C. Tringides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B20.00015: Surface, quantum well, and bulk states in Ag films Nathan Speer , Ching Wei , Tom Miller , Tai Chiang Preview Abstract

Session B21: Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Shiv Khanna, Virginia Commonwealth University
Morial Convention Center - 213

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B21.00001: Physical and chemical properties of supported, suspended and trapped clusters Invited Speaker: Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B21.00002: Electric Dipole Moments of Neutral Sodium Clusters John Bowlan , Anthony Liang , Walt de Heer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B21.00003: Enhanced magnetic moments of Sc, Ti and V doped Na$_{n }$(n =4, 5, 6) clusters J. Ulises Reveles , Kalpataru Pradhan , Prasenjit Sen , Shiv N. Khanna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B21.00004: Structure, Growth and Optical Properties of Si$_{n}$O$_{m}$ Nanoparticles: From SiO molecules to Silicates in Circumstellar Space Selvarengan Paranthaman , Arthur Reber , Penee Clayborne , Shiv Khanna , A. Welford Castleman Jr. Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B21.00005: Cage Clusters of Gold and Tin: Golden Buckyballs and Stannaspherene Invited Speaker: Lai-Sheng Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM	B21.00006: Cooperative effect between electronic and geometric structures in binary clusters of superatoms Invited Speaker: Atsushi Nakajima Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B21.00007: Stability and Magnetic Coupling between Mn doped Stannaspherenes Anil Kandalam , Gang Chen , Puru Jena Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B21.00008: Structural and electronic properties of chiral gold nanoclusters Ignacio Garzon , Itzel Santizo , Luis Perez Preview Abstract

Session B22: Focus Session: Organic Electronics: FETs I

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY
Chair: Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley
Morial Convention Center - 214

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B22.00001: In-crystal carriers in organic single crystal transistors Jun Takeya , Y. Tominari , M. Yamagishi , Y. Iwasaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B22.00002: Defect healing at room temperature in pentacene thin films and improved transistor performance. Wolfgang Kalb , Fabian Meier , Kurt Mattenberger , Bertram Batlogg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B22.00003: Impurities and carrier trap formation in rubrene Leonidas Tsetseris , Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM	B22.00004: Organic Field Effect Transistors Based on Micro and Nano-sized Single Crystalline Semiconductors. Invited Speaker: Zhenan Bao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B22.00005: Field-effect modulated Seebeck coefficient in pentacene and rubrene K.P. Pernstich , B. Roessner , B. Batlogg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B22.00006: Contact-correlated bias stress instability in pentacene thin film transistors K. Tsukagoshi , S.D. Wang , T. Minari , T. Miyadera , Y. Aoyagi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B22.00007: Negative Magnetoresistnace of Organic Field Effect Transistors Masaya Nishioka , Yeonbae Lee , Allen Goldman , Yu Xia , Daniel Frisbie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B22.00008: Pentacene Thin-Film Transistors With Organophosphonate Self-Assembled Monolayer Modified Gate Dielectrics Ian Hill , Matthew McDowell , Joseph McDermott , Jeffrey Schwartz , Steven Bernasek , Jaehyung Hwang , Antoine Kahn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B22.00009: Percolative Effects on Noise in Pentacene Transistors Brad Conrad , William Cullen , Winston Yan , Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B22.00010: Surface-Treatment Effects on the Pentacene-Based Organic Field-Effect Transistors with Anodized Gate Dielectrics Yeon Taek Jeong , Christopher Lombardo , Davianne Duarte , Ananth Dodabalapur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B22.00011: Drift mobility and frequency response of diode connected organic field effect transistors Brian Cobb , Ananth Dodabalapur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B22.00012: Field-induced polymorphous disorder and bias-stress instability of pentacene organic thin-film transistors Masahiko Ando , Claudia Duffy , Jessica Winfield , Takashi Minakata , Henning Sirringhaus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B22.00013: Prediction of the absolute charge mobility of molecular crystals Alessandro Troisi Preview Abstract

Session B23: Focus Session: Perovskite Cobaltites

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Stephan Rosenkranz, Argonne National Laboratory
Morial Convention Center - 215

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B23.00001: Direct Electron Spectroscopy Investigation of the Spin State of LaCoO$_3$ J. Stanley , J. Hinton , N. Sundaram , B. S. Mun , A. Bostwick , E. Rotenberg , D. P. Belanger , G.-H. Gweon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B23.00002: Field Effect on Spin Correlations in La$_{1-x}$Sr$_x$CoO$_3$ Daniel Phelan , Despina Louca , Seunghun Lee , Stine Ancona , Stephan Rosenkranz , John Mitchell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B23.00003: Ionic Size Effects and Magnetic Incommensurability in Cobaltite Juan Yu , Despina Louca , Daniel Phelan , K. Yamada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B23.00004: Electronic structure of La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3}$ investigated from doping evolution of its soft x-ray spectra Yinwan Li , David Ederer , Thomas CallCott , J. W. Freeland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B23.00005: Thickness dependent magnetotransport properties of epitaxial La$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$CoO$_{3}$(001) films M. Sharma , M. Torija , C. Leighton , M. Varela Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B23.00006: Heat capacity investigation of phase separation and spin-state transitions in La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3}$ Chunyong He , Heng Zheng , John Mitchell , C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B23.00007: Phase separation and inhomogeneity in La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3}$ single crystals W.G. Moulton , Robert Smith , Michael Hoch , Phillip Kuhns , Arneil Reyes , Gregory Bobinger , John Mitchell , Chris Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B23.00008: Strongly Inhomogeneous Conduction in Cobaltite Films. Vladimir Orlyanchik , Michael Weissman , Maria Torija , Manish Sharma , Chris Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B23.00009: The spin state issue in the $R$BaCo$_2$O$_{5.5}$ cobaltates Hua Wu , Z. Hu , T. Burnus , D. I. Khomskii , L. H. Tjeng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B23.00010: Magnetic anisotropy and switching in Pr$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$CoO$_{3}$ using RF transverse susceptibility N.A. Frey , H. Srikanth , D.D. Stauffer , C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B23.00011: Influence of cation and oxygen vacancy ordering on magnetic properties of RE$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3-\delta }$ (RE=Ho, La) S. Kolesnik , B. Dabrowski , O. Chmaissem , J. Mais , A. Baszczuk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B23.00012: Orbital Ordering in Room Temperature Ferromagnet Sr$_3$YCo$_4$O$_{10.5}$ Studied by a Resonant X-ray Scattering Hironori Nakao , Tetsuya Murata , Daisuke Bizen , Youich Murakami , Shintaro Ishiwata , Wataru Kobayashi , Ichiro Terasaki Preview Abstract

Session B24: Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures II: Strong Correlations

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Sergio Ulloa, Ohio University
Morial Convention Center - 216

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B24.00001: Symmetries and interaction effects in carbon nanotube quantum dots Invited Speaker: Gleb Finkelstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B24.00002: SU(4) Kondo effect in coupled quantum dots in parallel: Evidence of marginal fixed point Mikio Eto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B24.00003: Exact-diagonalization treatment of the non-universal transport regime in few-electron quantum dots Leslie O. Baksmaty , Constantine Yannouleas , Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B24.00004: Quantum dot in a Aharonov-Bohm interferometer: magnetic flux-dependent pseudogap in the Kondo regime. Pascal Simon , Luis Dias da Silva , Nancy Sandler , Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B24.00005: Two-particle processes in quantum dots Invited Speaker: Eran Sela Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B24.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B24.00007: Finite-temperature conductance signatures of a quantum-critical transition in a double quantum-dot device Nancy Sandler , Luis Dias da Silva , Kevin Ingersent , Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B24.00008: Conductance signatures of quantum phase transitions in asymmetric double quantum dots W. Brian Lane , Kevin Ingersent , Luis Dias da Silva , Nancy Sandler , Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B24.00009: Symmetries and conductance in Kondo quantum dots Edson Vernek , Carlos B\"usser , Enrique V. Anda , Nancy Sandler , Sergio E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B24.00010: Kondo correlations and transport in single and triple quantum dots with damped lead hoppings: a tDMRG study. Luis Dias da Silva , Fabian Heidrich-Meisner , Adrian Feiguin , Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B24.00011: Comparative Study of Quantum Monte Carlo and GW methods of treating electronic correlations in nanoscale junctions Catalin D. Spataru , Xin Wang , Mark S. Hybertsen , Andrew J. Millis Preview Abstract

Session B25: Polymer Blends

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Rick Register, Princeton University
Morial Convention Center - 217

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B25.00001: Effective Coordination Number and Interaction Parameter In Simple Models of Polymer Blends David Morse Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B25.00002: Nucleation in Polymer Blends Edward Feng , Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B25.00003: Molecular dynamics simulations of constraint release effects in entangled binary blends of linear polymers Zuowei Wang , Ronald G. Larson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B25.00004: Flory Theorem for Structurally Asymmetric Mixtures Andrey Dobrynin , Frank Sun , David Shirvanyants , Gregory Rubinstein , Michael Rubinstein , Sergei Sheiko , Hyung-Il Lee , Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B25.00005: The Molecular Weight and Composition Dependence of Measured Flory-Huggins Interaction Parameters for Blends of Model Polyolefins Alisyn Nedoma , Megan Robertson , Nisita Wanakule , Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B25.00006: Porod SAXS Studies of Shear-Induced Droplet Deformation in a Concentrated Immiscible Polymer Blend Wesley Burghardt , Kristin Brinker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B25.00007: Measurements of the Onsager coefficient in a phase-separating polymer blend Amish Patel , Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B25.00008: Structure And Dynamics Of Semi-crystalline Polyethylene Oxide / Polyvinyl Acetate Blends James Runt , Daniel Fragiadakis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B25.00009: The Structure and Thermodynamics of Cellulose Acetates. Mark Dadmun , Rujul Mehta , Gary Lynn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B25.00010: Effect of solvent evaporation and coagulation on morphology development of asymmetric membranes Neelakandan Chandrasekaran , Thein Kyu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B25.00011: The Glass Transition and Dynamics in Athermal Poly(a-Methyl Styrene)/Oligomer Blends Wei Zheng , Sindee Simon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B25.00012: Effect of compositional heterogeneity on the phase structure and crystallization behavior of polypropylene in-reactor alloys. Dujin Wang , Haijin Zhu , Benjamin Monrabal , Charles C. Han Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B25.00013: Mesoscopic drop dynamics and rheological modeling for polymer blends Yuanze Xu , Wei Yu , Jianmao Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B25.00014: Self Similar Growth of Polyolefin Blends On a Micro-Nano Granule Reactor Charles Han , Jiang Du , Kun Meng , Xia Dong , Jin-yong Dong , Dujin Wang Preview Abstract

Session B26: Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Roland Wester, University of Freiburg
Morial Convention Center - 218

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B26.00001: Molecular collision studies with Stark-decelerated beams Invited Speaker: Gerard Meijer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B26.00002: Magnetoelectrostatic trapping of neutral OH molecules Brian Sawyer , Benjamin Stuhl , Benjamin Lev , Mark Yeo , Dajun Wang , Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B26.00003: Photodissociation of SO$_2$ as a way to cold atoms and molecules Lisdat Christian , Oleg Bucicov , Marcin Nowak , Sebastian Jung , Eberhard Tiemann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B26.00004: Alternating gradient focusing and deceleration of large molecules Kirstin Wohlfart , Fabian Gr\"atz , Frank Filsinger , Gerard Meijer , Jochen K\"upper Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM	B26.00005: Production and Trapping of Ultracold Polar RbCs Molecules Invited Speaker: David DeMille Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B26.00006: Multistage Zeeman deceleration of hydrogen S.D. Hogan , A. Wiederkehr , M. Andrist , H. Schmutz , B. Lambillotte , F. Merkt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B26.00007: Kinetics of Cold Molecule Production in ``Kinematic'' Cooling Jeffrey Kay , Kevin Strecker , David Chandler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B26.00008: A new source for quantum optics with biomolecules and biomolecular clusters Markus Marksteiner , Philipp Haslinger , Hendrik Ulbricht , Markus Arndt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM	B26.00009: Collisions of ultracold molecules Invited Speaker: Hanns-Christoph Naegerl Preview Abstract

Session B27: Focus Session: Molecular Magnets I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Stephen Hill, University of Florida
Morial Convention Center - 219

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B27.00001: Self-Assembled Growth and Magnetism of Ordered Cluster Arrays Invited Speaker: Axel Enders Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B27.00002: Transition linewidth of Mn12-Acetate Beth Parks , Kurt Andresen , Christopher Beedle , David Hendrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B27.00003: Low temperature relaxation crossover in one dimensional chain-like molecular magnet [Fe$^{II}(\Delta)$Fe$^{II}(\Lambda)$(ox)$_{2}$(phen)$_{2}$]$_{n}$ J.L. Her , C.P. Sun , S. Taran , C.C. Chou , C.L. Chan , C.C. Lin , L.L. Li , K.J. Lin , H.D. Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B27.00004: A novel experiment using rotating magnetic fields to study the pumping spin states in molecular magnets Alberto Hernandez-Minguez , Ferran Macia , Joan Manel Hernandez , Carla Carbonell , Roger Amig\'o , Javier Tejada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B27.00005: Anomalous magnetic relaxation in 2D layered organic-based magnet [Fe(TCNE)(NCMe)$_2$][FeCl$_4$] Jung-Woo Yoo , V. N. Prigodin , K. I. Pokhodnya , Joel S. Miller , A. J. Epstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B27.00006: Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) of a room temperature organic based mixed valent Vanadium Hexacyanochromate magnet K$_{1.54}$V$^{II}_{0.77}$V$^{III}_{0.08}$[Cr$^{III}$(CN)$_{6}$](SO$_{4})_{0.16}$3.1H$_{2}$O. N.P. Raju , J.W. Yoo , Amber C. McConnell , William W. Shum , Kendric J. Nelson , Joel S. Miller , A.J. Epstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B27.00007: Origin of edge magnetism in zig-zag graphene nanoribbons Jeil Jung , Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B27.00008: Magnetic Properties and Inelastic Neutron Scattering for a Spin Hexamer: Application to the V$_{6}$ Molecular Magnets J. T. Haraldsen , T. Barnes , J. Sinclair , J. Thompson , R. Sacci , J. Turner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B27.00009: Can large magnetic anisotropy and high spin really coexist? Claudia Loose , Eliseo Ruiz , Jordi Cirera , Joan Cano , Santiago Alvarez , Jens Kortus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B27.00010: Time Evolution of Electric Properties of Mn$_{12}$-Acetate Film Measured with Self-assembled Tunneling Junction Lianxi Ma , Chi Chen , Glenn Agnolet Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B27.00011: Bottom-up creation and adsorption of hybrid organic-inorganic magnetic molecules on metal substrates Daniel Wegner , Ryan Yamachika , Yayu Wang , Michael F. Crommie , Mark Pederson , Bart M. Bartlett , Jeffrey R. Long Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B27.00012: Temperature- and field dependent Raman spectra of the single-molecule magnet Mn$_{12}$-acetate. Robert Furstenberg , Christopher A. Kendziora , Javier Macossay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B27.00013: Order from disorder in the molecular-based spin ladder Cu(Qnx)Br$_{2}$ Christopher Landee , Chris Sataline , Brian Keith , Igor Partola , Mark Turnbull Preview Abstract

Session B28: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures II: Graphene, Graphite and Related Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Shigeo Maruyama, University of Tokyo
Morial Convention Center - 220

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B28.00001: Optical studies of multilayer graphene in magnetic fields Hsiang-Lin Liu , G. L. Carr , K. A. Worsley , M. E. Itkis , E. Bekyarova , R. C. Haddon , A. N. Caruso Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B28.00002: Edge states and optical transition energies in carbon nanoribbons Jie Jiang , Wenchang Lu , Jerry Bernholc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B28.00003: Raman Studies of Electron-Phonon Coupling in Graphene and Graphite Intercalated Compounds J. Camacho , M. Y. Sfeir , A. T. Bollinger , A. C. Walters , C. A. Howard , M. Ellerby , J. A. Misewich , T. Valla Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B28.00004: Optical Selection Rule from Inversion Symmetry Breaking and Valley Optoelectronics in Graphene Wang Yao , Di Xiao , Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B28.00005: Gate-Variable Optical Transitions in Graphene Feng Wang , Yuanbo Zhang , Chuanshan Tian , Caglar Girit , Alex Zettl , Michael Crommie , Y. Ron Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B28.00006: Filling-Factor-Dependent Magnetophonon Resonance in Graphene Kostyantyn Kechedzhi , Mark Goerbig , Jean-Noel Fuchs , Vladimir Falko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B28.00007: Raman Spectrum of Strained Single Layer Graphene Minsheng Wang , Song Han , Kang L. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B28.00008: Infrared probe of charge dynamics in graphene transistors Zhiqiang Li , Erik Henriksen , Zhigang Jiang , Zhao Hao , Michael Martin , Philip Kim , Horst Stormer , Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B28.00009: The G-band phonon frequency in single layer graphene Hyungbin Son , Alfonso Reina , Mildred Dresselhaus , Jing Kong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B28.00010: Spatially resolved and polarized Raman spectroscopy of graphene Duhee Yoon , Hyerim Moon , Hyeonsik Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B28.00011: Probing Edge defects in \textit{n} (\textit{n}=1,2..) Graphene Layer system via Raman Scattering Humberto Gutierrez , Awnish Gupta , Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B28.00012: X-ray absorption spectroscopy of graphite oxides Hae-Kyung Jeong , Leyla Colakerol , Han-Jin Noh , Yun Pyo Lee , Mei Hua Jin , Per-Anders Glans , Jae-Young Kim , Kevin E. Smith , Chong Yun Park , Young Hee Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B28.00013: Symmetry breaking in epitaxial graphene probed by ARPES Aaron Bostwick , Taisuke Ohta , Jessica McChesney , K. V. Emtsev , Th. Seyller , Karsten Horn , Eli Rotenberg Preview Abstract

Session B29: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials II: Graphene Transport

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Shan-Wen Tsai, University of California, Riverside
Morial Convention Center - 221

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B29.00001: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Limits of Mobility in Graphene Invited Speaker: Michael S. Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B29.00002: Intrinsic and Extrinsic performance limits of graphene device on SiO$_{2}$ Jianhao Chen , Chaun Jang , Shudong Xiao , Masa Ishigami , Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B29.00003: Single-particle relaxation time versus scattering time in 2D graphene layers Euyheon Hwang , Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B29.00004: The Coulomb Impurity Problem in Graphene Vitor Pereira , Johan Nilsson , Antonio Casto Neto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B29.00005: Coulomb Impurity Screening in Graphene Valeri Kotov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B29.00006: MagnetoResistance of Graphene-based spin valves. Luis Brey , Herbert Fertig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B29.00007: Spin transport in graphene strongly coupled to ferromagnetic leads Jelena Trbovic , Hagen Aurich , Gunnar Gunnarsson , Christian Schoenenberger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B29.00008: Interference of Electron Waves in a Ballistic Graphene Transistor. Sungjae Cho , Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B29.00009: Local Gating of Graphene Devices via Contactless Top Gates Jairo Velasco Jr. , Gang Liu , Chun Ning Lau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B29.00010: Current-Voltage Characteristics of Electrolyte-Gated Graphene Field-Effect Transistors Inanc Meric , Sebastian Sorgenfrei , Melinda Han , Barbaros Oezyilmaz , Philip Kim , Kenneth Shepard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B29.00011: Fabrication of gated suspended graphene devices Kirill Bolotin , Martin Klima , Kenneth Sikes , Geoff Fudenberg , James Hone , Philip Kim , Horst Stormer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B29.00012: High resolution, temperature dependent Raman spectroscopy of graphene Sebastian R\'emi , Constanze Metzger , Billy Hubbard , Claire Thomas , Bennett B. Goldberg , Anna Swan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B29.00013: Studies of limitations on the mobility and mean free paths in graphene devices. Xu Du , Ivan Skachko , Eva Y. Andrei Preview Abstract

Session B30: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials III: Synthesis

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Chun Ning Lau, University of California, Riverside
Morial Convention Center - 222

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B30.00001: Novel Functions in Double Walled Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Morinobu Endo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B30.00002: Electron Spin Resonance in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes W. D. Rice , J. Kono Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B30.00003: IPS verification of the integrity of CNTs walls after purification. Patricio Haberle , Samuel Hevia , Rodrigo Segura , Manish Chhowalla Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B30.00004: High surface area, porous nanotube film supercapacitors. Rajib K. Das , Ryan M. Walczak , John R. Reynolds , Andrew G. Rinzler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B30.00005: Controlled Fabrication of Single Electron Transistors from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Paul Stokes , Saiful I. Khondaker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B30.00006: Nanotube enabled thin film transistors utilizing low mobility organic semiconductors. Bo Liu , Mitchell McCarthy , Youngki Yoon , Doyoung Kim , Zhuangchun Wu , Franky So , Paul H. Holloway , John R. Reynolds , Jing Guo , Andrew G. Rinzler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B30.00007: Structural and Electronic Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Heterojunctions Joydeep Bhattacharjee , Young Woo Son , Bhupesh Chandra , James Hone , Jeffrey B. Neaton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B30.00008: Synthesis and Structure of Carbon Nanotube Junctions and Co$_{9}$S$_{8}$ Nanowire-filled Carbon Nanotubes Wenzhi Li , Gaohui Du Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B30.00009: Adsorption of Alcohols and Alkanes on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Erik Alldredge , Stefan Badescu , Thomas Reinecke , Navdeep Bajwa , F. Keith Perkins , Eric Snow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B30.00010: Adsorption of neon and tetrafluoromethane on carbon nanohorn aggregates: differences in specific surface area values Vaiva Krungleviciute , Masako Yudasaka , Sumio Iijima , Aldo Migone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B30.00011: Application of nanohorns to anti-cancer drug carriers Masako Yudasaka , Minfang Zhang , Kumiko Ajima , Jin Miyawaki , Tatsuya Murakami , Kunihioro Tsuchida , Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B30.00012: Building Physical Carbon Nanoparticles from Small-World Networks: Density Functional Theory Calculations Jeremy A. Yancey , M.A. Novotny , Steven R. Gwaltney Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B30.00013: First-Principles Study of Carbon Nanoframeworks Tailored for Hydrogen Storage Eunja Kim , Philippe Weck , Balakrishnan Naduvalath , Hansong Cheng , Boris Yakobson Preview Abstract

Session B31: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience I: Electronic and Optical Properties of Nanoclusters

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: James R. Chelikowsky, University of Texas at Austin
Morial Convention Center - 223

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B31.00001: Optical Properties of Free and Embedded Small Nanoparticles Invited Speaker: Juan Idrobo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B31.00002: Ab initio calculation of temperature effects in the optical response of open-shell sodium clusters Marie Lopez del Puerto , Murilo Tiago , James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B31.00003: Bethe-Salpeter and Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations of the Optical Properties of Carbon Fullerenes P.R.C. Kent , M.L. Tiago , F.A. Reboredo , Randolph Q. Hood Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B31.00004: Efficient first principles quasiparticle states using optimal Brillouin zone sampling David Prendergast , Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B31.00005: First Principles Absorption Spectra of Intermediate Size Ag$_n$ ($n=10-20$) Clusters Kopinjol Baishya , Juan Carlos Idrobo , Serdar Ogut , Mingli Yang , Koblar A. Jackson , Julius Jellinek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B31.00006: Trends in the Electronic Structure and Vibrational Dynamics of 34 atom Ag-Cu Nanoalloy (Ag$_{n}$-Cu$_{34-n}$) H. Yildirim , A. Kara , T.S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B31.00007: Static dipole polarizabilities of icosahedral fullerenes from C$_{60}$ to C$_{2160}$ by all-electron density-functional theory Rajendra Zope , Tunna Baruah , Mark Pederson , Brett Dunlap Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B31.00008: Heusler clusters Alexey Zayak , Scott Beckman , Murilo Tiago , Peter Entel , James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B31.00009: Tangential Ligand-Induced Strain in Icosahedral Au13 Leeor Kronik , Olga Guliamov , Anatoly Frenkel , Laurent Menard , Ralph Nuzzo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B31.00010: Structural Properties and Phase Transitions in Small Gold Nanoclusters Yanting Wang , Sergey Rashkeev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B31.00011: The peculiar distribution pattern of Pd on the PdAu bimetallic nanoclusters Dingwang Yuan , Xingao Gong , Ruqian Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B31.00012: Computational model for the production of monodisperse silver spheres in solution Daniel Robb , Ionel Halaciuga , Vladimir Privman , Dan Goia Preview Abstract

Session B32: Focus Session: Nanocontacts and Inhomogeneous Magnetic States

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Andrei Slavin, Oakland University
Morial Convention Center - 225

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B32.00001: Theory of magnetic interactions and transport in tunnel junctions and point contacts Invited Speaker: Evgeny Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B32.00002: Fabrication of point contacts by FIB patterning B. O'Gorman , M. Tsoi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B32.00003: Electronic excitations in four structurally similar but magnetically different Nickel chain compounds V.C. Long , Y.H. Chou , I.A. Cross , A.C. Kozen , L.A. LaViolet , C.A. Miller-Shelley , J.R. Montague , E.P. Plumb , S.A. McGill , X. Wei , B.R. Landry , K.R. Maxcy-Pearson , M.M. Turnbull , C.P. Landee , R.D. Willett Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B32.00004: Theory and application for chain formation in break junctions Yuriy Mokrousov , Alexander Thiess , Stefan Bluegel , Stefan Heinze Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B32.00005: Anderson model of local magnetism at a break junction nanocontact Paola Gentile , Michele Fabrizio , Giuseppe E. Santoro , Erio Tosatti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 1:15PM	B32.00006: Dynamics of a pinned magnetic vortex Invited Speaker: Robert Compton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B32.00007: Angular Dependence of Vortex Annihilation Field in Asymmetric Co Nanodots$^{\ast }$ Randy Dumas , Kai Liu , Thomas Gredig , Chang-peng Li , Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B32.00008: Influence of excitation fields on vortex core dynamics in micron-sized magnetic disks Xuemei Cheng , David Keavney , Kristen Buchanan , Ralu Divan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B32.00009: Direct Observation of Magnetic Vortex Cores using Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis (SEMPA) Seok-Hwan Chung , Daniel Pierce , John Unguris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B32.00010: Transition states of magnetization reversal in ferromagnetic nanorings Gabriel Chaves-O'Flynn , Andrew Kent , Daniel Stein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B32.00011: Probing a SET nanomagnet with shot noise. L.D. Contreras-Pulido , J. Fernandez-Rossier , R. Aguado Preview Abstract

Session B33: Focus Session: Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors: II

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG FIAP
Chair: Mark van Schilfgaarde, Arizona State University
Morial Convention Center - 224

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B33.00001: Imaging Drift and Diffusion of Accumulation from the Spin Hall Effect N.P. Stern , D.W. Steuerman , S. Mack , A.C. Gossard , D.D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B33.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B33.00003: Fractional Charge and Topological Pumping in the Quantum Spin Hall Insulators Taylor Hughes , Xiao-Liang Qi , Shoucheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B33.00004: Topological Field Theory of Time-Reversal Invariant Insulators Xiao-Liang Qi , Taylor Hughes , Shou-Cheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B33.00005: A many-body generalization of the $Z_2$ topological invariant for the quantum spin Hall effect Sung-Sik Lee , Shinsei Ryu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B33.00006: Shot noise in the mesoscopic spin Hall effect Ralitsa Dragomirova , Liviu Z\^arbo , Branislav Nikoli\' c Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B33.00007: Beyond the spin-Hall effect Dimitrie Culcer , Roland Winkler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B33.00008: Universal quantized spin-Hall conductance fluctuation in graphene Zhenhua Qiao , Jian Wang , Yadong Wei , Hong Guo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B33.00009: Spin-Hall edge spin polarization in a ballistic 2D electron system Eugene Mishchenko , Vladimir Zyuzin , Peter Silvestrov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B33.00010: Network Model for $Z_2$ Quantum Spin-Hall Effects with Disorder Hideaki Obuse , Akira Furusaki , Shinsei Ryu , Christopher Mudry Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B33.00011: Intrinsic spin-Hall effect in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field Luyao Wang , ChonSaar Chu , Anatoly Malshukov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B33.00012: Phase transition between quantum spin Hall and ordinary insulating phases Shuichi Murakami , Satoshi Iso , Yshai Avishai , Masaru Onoda , Naoto Nagaosa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B33.00013: A voltage probe of the spin Hall effect Yuriy Pershyn , Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B33.00014: Spin-charge Separated Excitations in a Topological Insulator Dung-Hai Lee , Ying Ran , Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract

Session B35: Focus Session: Emerging Materials and Devices I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Stefan Zollner, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Morial Convention Center - 227

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B35.00001: The Nanoelectronics Research Initiative and Beyond CMOS Research Activities in the US Invited Speaker: George I. Bourianoff Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B35.00002: Diamond Nanoelectronics Igor Altfeder , Jacqueline Krim , Andrey Voevodin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B35.00003: Low frequency Noise in Top-Gated Ambipolar Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors Guangyu Xu , Fei Liu , Song Han , Koungmin Ryu , Alexander Badmaev , Chongwu Zhou , Kang L. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B35.00004: Nanopositioning of Individual Vertical Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on Interconnects Reginald C. Farrow , Amit Goyal , Sheng Liu , Zafar Iqbal , Gordon A. Thomas , Linus A. Fetter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B35.00005: Impact Ionization in Photocurrent Measurements of Carbon Nanotube p-n Junctions Nathaniel Gabor , Z. Zhong , K. Bosnick , J. Park , P.L. McEuen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B35.00006: High Performance Silicon Nanowire Field Effect Transistor Qiliang Li , Xiaoxiao Zhu , Yang Yang , Dimitris Ioannou , John Suehle , Curt Richter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B35.00007: Effects of Non-Ideal Edges in Graphene Nanoribbons D. Basu , M.J. Gilbert , L.F. Register , S.K. Banerjee , A.H. MacDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B35.00008: Determination of Non-Accumulative Effects in PCMO Resistive Switches Stephen Tsui , Nilanjan Das , Y.Q. Wang , Y.Y. Xue , C.W. Chu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B35.00009: A Physical Model for Resistive Switching In Metal-Oxide Interface Nilanjan Das , Stephen Tsui , Yaqi Wang , Yuyi Xue , Ching-Wu Chu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B35.00010: Percolative model for resistance switching S. H. Chang , S. C. Chae , J. S. Lee , S. B. Lee , D.-W. Kim , B. Khang , T. W. Noh Preview Abstract

Session B36: Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy I: Low Temperatures

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Joseph A. Stroscio, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Morial Convention Center - 228

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B36.00001: Subkelvin spin polarized STM: measuring magnetization curves of individual adatoms Invited Speaker: Jens Wiebe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B36.00002: Investigation of Acceptor States and Landau Levels in (In,Mn)As by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Young Jae Song , Nikolai Zhitenev , Joseph Stroscio , Gregory Rutter , Phillip First Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B36.00003: Atomic manipulation and tunneling spectroscopy on vacancy of Ag(111) surface studied with LT-STM Danda P. Acharya , Kai F. Braun , Saw W. Hla Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B36.00004: Direct detection of force gradient using atomic force microscopy with very small oscillation amplitude Toshu An , Atsushi Nomura , Takahiro Nishio , Toyoaki Eguchi , Kotone Akiyama , Yukio Hasegawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B36.00005: Low-Temperature Nanotribology of Au and Pb using a Quartz Tunning-Fork Carlos Untiedt , Giovanni Saenz-Arce Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B36.00006: A Nano-Scale Scanning SQUID Susceptometer for the Measurement of Isolated Magnetic Moments Nicholas C. Koshnick , Martin E. Huber , Julie Bert , Hendrik Bluhm , Jeffrey Large , Hal Edwards , Kathryn A. Moler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B36.00007: Absolute in-situ calibration piezoelectric quartz tuning fork force Sensors. Sanjay Bidasaria , Alexei Marchenkov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B36.00008: A UHV-LT-STM System for Optical Experiments David R. Daughton , Donghun Lee , Jay A. Gupta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B36.00009: Photon-induced Molecular Motion Probed by STM Jun Zhang , Kevin Kelly Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B36.00010: Using a Geophone for Vibration Cancellation in a STM Alan Fang , Zhanybek Alpichshev , Aharon Kapitulnik Preview Abstract

Session B37: FQHE in Higher Landau Levels

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Chetan Nayak, Microsoft Station Q
Morial Convention Center - 229

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B37.00001: Evolution of the Fractional Quantum Hall States in the Second Landau Level H.C. Choi , W. Kang , S. Das Sarma , L.N. Pfeiffer , K.W. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B37.00002: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect and Electron Correlations in Partially Filled First Excited Landau Level George Simion , John J. Quinn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B37.00003: Fractional quantum Hall effect in higher Landau levels Michael R. Peterson , S. Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B37.00004: Spin Order in Paired Quantum Hall States Ivailo Dimov , Bertrand Halperin , Chetan Nayak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B37.00005: Confinement of fractional quantum Hall states in the first excited Landau level Michael Manfra , Robert Willett , Loren Pfeiffer , Kenneth West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B37.00006: Confinement of Fractional Quantum Hall States Robert Willett , Michael Manfra , Ken West , Loren Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B37.00007: Fractional Quantum Hall Hierarchy and the Second Landau Level Parsa Bonderson , J.K. Slingerland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B37.00008: Edge States and Interferometers in the Pfaffian and anti-Pfaffian States Waheb Bishara , Chetan Nayak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B37.00009: Spectrum of Quantum Entanglement in Fractional Quantum Hall States Hui Li , F.D.M. Haldane Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B37.00010: Model Wavefunctions For Non-Abelian Quasiparticles B. Andrei Bernevig , F.D.M. Haldane Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B37.00011: Jack Polynomials, Exclusion Statistics, and non-Abelian FQHE States at $\nu$ = $k/(km+r)$ F. D. M. Haldane , B. Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B37.00012: Searching for anyons in a realistic model of fractional quantum Hall liquids Zi-Xiang Hu , Xin Wan , Peter Schmitteckert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B37.00013: Probing Non-Abelian Statistics in $\nu=12/5$ Quantum Hall State Kam Tuen Law Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B37.00014: Effect of Landau Level Mixing on Braiding Statistics Steven H. Simon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B37.00015: Studying topological order in quantum Hall states using entanglement entropy calculations. Masud Haque , Oleksandr Zozulya , Kareljan Schoutens , Ed Rezayi , Nicolas Regnault Preview Abstract

Session B38: Structure, Electronic Properties, Spectroscopy, and Ionic Transport in Insulators

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Sudakar Chandran, Wayne State University
Morial Convention Center - 230

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B38.00001: Perturbed Angular Correlation Study of ZrSiO$_{4}$ and HfSiO$_{4}$ Herbert Jaeger , Sean McBride Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B38.00002: Stability and lattice dynamics of SiO$_2$ cristobalite Sinisa Coh , David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B38.00003: First Principles Modeling of BaCeO$_{3}$: Stabilization of O Vacancies Joseph Bennett , Andrew Rappe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B38.00004: Dynamical structure factor of LiF for all wave vector transfers: New results and insights Q. Kou , M.C. Troparevsky , A.G. Eguiluz(1) , B.C. Larson , J.Z. Tischler , P. Zschack Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B38.00005: Simulation of Li ion diffusion near electrolyte-metal interface -- Li$_3$PO$_4$ and Li Yaojun Du , Xiao Xu , N.A.W. Holzwarth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B38.00006: QNS study on superprotonic conductor Yutaka Ikedo , Hiroshi Nozaki , Masahiko Harada , Jun Sugiyama , Taku Sato , Yasumitsu Matsuo , Yiming Qiu , John Copley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B38.00007: Proton Transport in Mixed Rare-Earth/Alkaline Earth Metaphosphate Glasses Gabriel Harley , Lutgard C. De Jonghe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B38.00008: Evidence of structure dependence of hyperpolarizability in octupolar molecules Claudia Cardoso , Paulo Abreu , Fernando Nogueira Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B38.00009: UV Spectra of rutile and anatase phases of TiO$_2$ using ABINIT2NBSE H.M. Lawler , J.J. Rehr , S. Dalosto , Z.H. Levine , E.L. Shirley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B38.00010: Zeeman Effect in TiO$_{2}$:Cr$^{3+}$ Michael Crawford , Xing Wei , Stan Tozer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B38.00011: Raman electronic paramagnetic resonance (Raman-EPR) of Cr$^{3+}$ in ruby X. Lu , S. Venugopalan , Hyunjung Kim , M. Grimsditch , S. Rodriguez , A.K. Ramdas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B38.00012: Trivalent chromium probes in mixed dicyanoargentate-dicyanoaurate single crystals C.L. Larochelle , J.K. Krebs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B38.00013: Ce/Cr:YAG Based Yellow/Red Phosphors Jinke Tang , Wendong Wang , Sheng Teng Hsu , Brian Sullivan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B38.00014: Spectral Intensities of Transitions Between Stark Levels of Er$^{3+}$(4f$^{11})$ in Single Crystal, Ceramic, and Nanocrystalline Y$_{2}$O$_{3}$ Kelly Nash , John Gruber , Dhiraj Sardar , Uygun Valiev , Nikolai Ter-Gabrielyan , Larry Merkle , Arockiasamy Michael Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B38.00015: Judd-Ofelt analysis and crystal-field modeling of Er$^{3+}$ transitions in YAlO$_{3}$ Sree R. Chandrasekharan Preview Abstract

Session B39: Focus Session: Collective Dynamics of Self-Driven Particles

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD
Chair: Sriram Ramaswamy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Morial Convention Center - 231

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM	B39.00001: Polar and apolar active matter Invited Speaker: M. Cristina Marchetti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B39.00002: Swarming and swirling in self-propelled polar granular rods Arshad Kudrolli , Geoffroy Lumay , Dmitri Volfson , Lev Tsimring Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B39.00003: Rectification of Swimming Bacteria and Self Driven Particle Systems by Arrays of Asymmetric Barriers Charles Reichhardt , Mew Bing Wan , Cynthia Olson Reichhardt , Zohar Nussinov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B39.00004: Delay induced instabilities in self-propelling swarming particles Eric Forgoston , Ira Schwartz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B39.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B39.00006: From Cannibalism to Active Motion of Groups Pawel Romanczuk , Lutz Schimansky-Geier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B39.00007: Spatial instability and bioturbulence in highly concentrated bacterial suspensions Andrey Sokolov , Igor Aranson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM	B39.00008: Non-Coalescent, Self-Assembling Water Drops: Phase transitions, flows and hydrodynamics Mohan Srinivasarao , Vivek Sharma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM	B39.00009: Active nematics: fluctuations and coarsening Sriram Ramaswamy , Shradha Mishra , Francesco Ginelli , Hugues Chate , Sanjay Puri Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM	B39.00010: Long-range correlations in simulations of suspensions of swimming microorganisms Patrick Underhill , Juan Hernandez-Ortiz , Michael Graham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM	B39.00011: Simulated Flocking Dynamics of 2D Self-propelled Hard Particles Donald Blair Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM	B39.00012: Cell swarming leads to vortex flow in early embryo formation Ariel Balter , James A. Glazier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM	B39.00013: Active elastic dimers: self-propulsion and current reversal on a featureless track Vijay Kumar Krishna Murthy , Sriram Ramaswamy , Madan Rao Preview Abstract

Session B40: SPS Undergraduate Research and Outreach I

Sponsoring Units: SPS
Chair: Gary White, Society of Physics Students/American Institute of Physics
Morial Convention Center - 232

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM	B40.00001: Summer 2007: My SPS intern experience and working with ComPADRE Andrew Coughlin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM	B40.00002: Demonstrating Levitation and Suspension of a Superconductor on a Magnetic Track Charles P. Strehlow , M.C. Sullivan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM	B40.00003: Comprehensive study on deformation of metal samples based on measurements of temperature, in-plane displacement and stress-strain characteristics John Gaffney , Christopher Schneider , Sanichiro Yoshida Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM	B40.00004: Low-temperature calorimeter for magnetocaloric-effect measurements in high magnetic fields Travis Miller , Yasumasa Takano Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM	B40.00005: Driven Intrinsic Localized Modes in a Coupled Pendulum Array. Ritoban Basu Thakur , Lars English , Albert Sievers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM	B40.00006: Quartz tuning fork as a viscometer for Helium liquids J. Jhaveri , M. Gonzalez , P. Bhupathi , Y. Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM	B40.00007: Demonstrating the Principle of an rf Paul Ion Trap Andrew Johnson , James Rabchuk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM	B40.00008: Experimental characterization of piezoelectric THUNDER actuator shape Paul Harris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM	B40.00009: A Relativistic Understanding of Rotating Reference Frames Kacey Meaker , Tom Michalik Preview Abstract

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