APS - 2008 APS March Meeting - Session Index MAR08

Session D1: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Neepa Maitra, Hunter College of the City University of New York
Morial Convention Center - LaLouisiane AB

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D1.00001: Nearsightedness in Density Functional Theory Invited Speaker: Walter Kohn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D1.00002: Density-functional theory of superconductivity Invited Speaker: E.K.U. Gross Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM	D1.00003: Remarks on Molecular Density Functional Theory Invited Speaker: Robert Parr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM	D1.00004: The Partition Problem; Insights from Density Functional Theory Invited Speaker: Morrel H. Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM	D1.00005: Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in a GGA for Solid and Surfaces Invited Speaker: John P. Perdew Preview Abstract

Session D2: New Developments in HTSC II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Erica Carlson, Purdue University
Morial Convention Center - LaLouisiane C

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D2.00001: Anomalous Electron-Phonon Coupling in Cuprates and its Doping Dependence Invited Speaker: Dmitry Reznik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D2.00002: Doping Dependent Anisotropic Electronic Scattering rate in LSCO Invited Speaker: Joel Mesot Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM	D2.00003: Fermi surface of underdoped cuprate revealed by quantum oscillations and Hall effect Invited Speaker: Cyril Proust Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM	D2.00004: Fermi orbits versus Fermi arcs Invited Speaker: Neil Harrison Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM	D2.00005: Fermi surface and anisotropic scattering in overdoped cuprates Invited Speaker: Nigel Hussey Preview Abstract

Session D3: Materials Physics in the Fast Lane

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Brian Schwartz, City University of New York
Morial Convention Center - RO2 - RO3

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D3.00001: The Art and Materials Physics of the Motorcycle Invited Speaker: Charles M. Falco Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D3.00002: Materials at 200 mph: Making NASCAR Faster and Safer Invited Speaker: Diandra Leslie-Pelecky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM	D3.00003: Sox and Drugs: Baseball, Steroids and Physics Invited Speaker: Roger Tobin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM	D3.00004: Zero CTE Glass in the Hubble Space Telescope Invited Speaker: John Wood Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM	D3.00005: The Materials Science of Superheroes Invited Speaker: James Kakalios Preview Abstract

Session D4: Probing Spin and Charge States in Semiconductor Quantum Dots and “Molecules”

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara
Morial Convention Center - 206

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D4.00001: Spin tunneling in optically excited quantum dot molecules: Controlling g-factors with electric field Invited Speaker: Matthew Doty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D4.00002: Universal Quantum Gates for Two- and Three-Spin Qubits in Coupled Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Guido Burkard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM	D4.00003: Nondestructive optical probe of coherent single spin dynamics in a quantum dot Invited Speaker: Jesse Berezovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM	D4.00004: Spin Decoherence and Maxwell Angels Invited Speaker: Lu J. Sham Preview Abstract

Session D5: Circuit QED: Superconducting Qubits Coupled to Cavities

Sponsoring Units: DCMP GQI
Chair: Raymond Simmonds, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder
Morial Convention Center - RO1

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D5.00001: Superconducting qubits coupled to resonant cavities Invited Speaker: Alexandre Blais Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D5.00002: Coherent manipulation of quantum information using two Josephson phase qubits coupled to a resonant cavity Invited Speaker: Mika Sillanpaa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM	D5.00003: Circuit QED: Coupling Superconducting Qubits via a Cavity Bus on a Chip Invited Speaker: Johannes Majer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM	D5.00004: Single artificial-atom maser Invited Speaker: Yasunobu Nakamura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM	D5.00005: Process Tomography of Quantum Memory in a Josephson Phase Qubit Invited Speaker: Matthew Neeley Preview Abstract

Session D6: Long-Distance Charge Transfer in Biological Systems

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DPOLY
Chair: Nikolai Sergueev, University of Texas at Austin
Morial Convention Center - RO4

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D6.00001: Theory of Electron Transfer and Transport Pathways in Biomolecules Invited Speaker: David Beratan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D6.00002: Long-Range Electron Transfer through Proteins and Solvents Invited Speaker: Jay Winkler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM	D6.00003: Correlated electron and proton transport in cytochrome c oxidase: Coulomb proton pump with kinetic gating Invited Speaker: Alexei Stuchebrukhov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM	D6.00004: Theoretical/Computational Probes of Homogeneous and Interfacial Electron Transfer: Electronic Structure and Energetics Invited Speaker: Marshall Newton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM	D6.00005: A nonadiabatic and nonlinear theory for electron transfer Invited Speaker: Serge Aubry Preview Abstract

Session D7: Locomotion in Complex Fluids

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DBP
Chair: Arshad Kudrolli, Clark University
Morial Convention Center - RO5

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D7.00001: Propulsion in viscoelastic fluids: waving, flapping Invited Speaker: Eric Lauga Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D7.00002: Theory of swimming filaments in viscoelastic media Invited Speaker: Henry Fu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM	D7.00003: Undulatory swimming in a viscoelastic fluid Invited Speaker: Lisa Fauci Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM	D7.00004: Large and limbless: the locomotion of snakes Invited Speaker: David Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM	D7.00005: Biological and robotic movement through granular media Invited Speaker: Daniel Goldman Preview Abstract

Session D8: Focus Session: Granular Flows: Vibrated

Sponsoring Units: DFD GSNP
Chair: Mark Shattuck, City University of New York
Morial Convention Center - RO6

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D8.00001: Particle kinematics in a 3-dimensional vibration-fluidized granular medium Hong-Qiang Wang , Narayanan Menon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D8.00002: Heating mechanism affects equipartition in a binary granular system Narayanan Menon , Hongqiang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D8.00003: Energy fluctuation, diffusivity and mobility in a 2D vibrated granular packing Eric Clement , Rim Harich , Nicolas Vandewalle , Geoffroy Lumay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D8.00004: ``Free Energy" in Vibrated Granular Non-Equilibrium Steady-States. Invited Speaker: Mark Shattuck Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D8.00005: Singular Energy Distributions in Granular Media Eli Ben-Naim , Annette Zippelius Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D8.00006: Breathing Phenomena in Driven, Confined, Granular Chains Robert Simion , Adam Sokolow , Surajit Sen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D8.00007: Numerical Study of Particle Damping Mechanism in Piston Vibration System via Particle Dynamics Simulation Xian-Ming Bai , Binoy Shah , Leon Keer , Jane Wang , Randall Snurr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D8.00008: Breaking of granular jams with mechanical shocks Ke Chen , Andrew Harris , John Draskovic , Peter Schiffer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D8.00009: Spreading of a granular droplet Eric Clement , Ivan Sanchez , Franck Raynaud , Jose Lanuza , Bruno Andreotti , Igor Aranson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D8.00010: 2D granular avalanches with imposed vibrations Brian Utter , Dan Amon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D8.00011: Bouncing trimer Stephane Dorbolo , Nicolas Vandewalle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D8.00012: Dynamics of a single particle on a 2D driven granular lattice Jeffrey Olafsen , Kristin Combs , G. William Baxter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D8.00013: Structure and dynamics of a vibrated granular bead-chain Kevin Safford , Arshad Kudrolli , Yacov Kantor , Mehran Kardar Preview Abstract

Session D9: Focus Session: Turbulence

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Haitao Xu, Gesellschaft fuer wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Goettingen
Morial Convention Center - RO7

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D9.00001: Turbulent Viscosity Coefficient in 3-Dimesional Turbulence Hiroshi Shibata Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D9.00002: Exploring the dynamics of the velocity gradient tensor Marco Martins Afonso , Charles Meneveau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D9.00003: The Generalized Fractal Dimensions of a 2-D Compressible Turbulence Jason Larkin , Walter Goldburg , Mahesh Bandi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D9.00004: Particle Dynamics in Turbulence Invited Speaker: Haitao Xu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D9.00005: Craig's XY-distribution and the statistics of Lagrangian power in two-dimensional turbulence. Colm Connaughton , Mahesh Bandi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D9.00006: Multiscale Sample Entropy of 2D Decaying Turbulence Ildoo Kim , Matthew Shtrahman , Xiao-Lun Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D9.00007: Conformal invariance in two-dimensional turbulence Guido Boffetta , Denis Bernard , Antonio Celani , Gregory Falkovich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D9.00008: Mixing and entrainment of oceanic overflows: Implications for global climate evolution Robert Ecke , Jun Chen , Philippe Odier , Michael Rivera Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D9.00009: Experimental Investigation of Homogeneity, Isotropy, and Circulation of the Velocity Field in Buoyancy-Driven Turbulence Quan Zhou , Chao Sun , Keqing Xia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D9.00010: Flow mode transitions in turbulent thermal convection Heng-Dong Xi , Ke-Qing Xia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D9.00011: The properties of elastic turbulence in semi-dilute polymer solutions Yonggun Jun , Victor Steinberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D9.00012: Geometry of plane Couette flow transitional turbulence Predrag Cvitanovic , John Gibson , Jonathan Halcrow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D9.00013: The heat transfer of water-based Al$_2$O$_3$ nanofluid in turbulent Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard convection Sheng-Qi Zhou , Rui Ni , Ke-Qing Xia Preview Abstract

Session D10: Focus Session: Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Lance Delong, University of Kentucky
Morial Convention Center - RO8

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D10.00001: Odd-frequency pairing state in superconducting junctions Invited Speaker: Yukio Tanaka Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D10.00002: Superfluid density in the ferromagnetic layers of superconductor-ferromagnet hybrid structures Thomas Lemberger , Michael Hinton , Adam Hauser , Julian Hetel , Fengyuan Yang , Julia Meyer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D10.00003: Study of Inverse Proximity Effect in Ferromagnet/ Superconductor Bilayers Using a Sagnac Interferometer Jing Xia , A. Palevski , A. Kapitulnik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D10.00004: Investigation of the role of Al/CoFe interface in proximity effect of Nb/Al/CoFe K. Char , Junhyung Kwon , Wenjian Lu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D10.00005: Magnetic property change by superconductivity in Py-Nb Hybrid system David Murakami , Michael Hetman , Jiyeong Gu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D10.00006: Proximity effect in MgB$_{2}$-Permalloy hybrid system April O'Brien , Jiyeong Gu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D10.00007: Spin-switch effect in Permalloy-Niobium hybrid system Jiyeong Gu , Michael Hetman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D10.00008: Anomalous transport property in the single-crystal Co nanowire with superconducting electrodes Jian Wang , Nitesh Kumar , Mingliang Tian , Qi Zhang , Jainendra Jain , Thomas Mallouk , Moses H.W. Chan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D10.00009: Transport properties of hybrid superconductor/ferromagnet nanowires fabricated by electrodeposition. Nitesh Kumar , Jian Wang , Qi Zhang , Mingliang Tian , Moses H.W. Chan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D10.00010: Ferromagnetic Josephson Resonance Ivana Petkovic , Marco Aprili Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D10.00011: Theory of spin wave excitation by Josephson current in a superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor junction Shin-ichi Hikino , Michiyasu Mori , Saburo Takahashi , Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract

Session D11: Inhomogeneous Superconductors and Transport

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Don Gubser, Naval Research Laboratory
Morial Convention Center - RO9

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D11.00001: Evidence of Spatially Inhomogeneous Pairing on the Insulating Side of a Disorder-Tuned Superconductor-Insulator Transition K. H. Sarwa B. Tan , Kevin A. Parendo , Yen-Hsiang Lin , Allen M. Goldman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D11.00002: Disorder, Metal-Insulator crossover and Phase diagram in high-T$_{c}$ cuprates Florence Rullier-Albenque , Henri Alloul , Fedor Balakirev , Cyril Proust Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D11.00003: Drag resistance in bilayer disordered superconducting thin films Yue Zou , Gil Refael , Jongsoo Yoon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D11.00004: Granularity-induced field-hysteresis of transport critical current in patterned coated conductors A. A. Gapud , A. Khan , D. K. Christen , F. A. List III , R. Feenstra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D11.00005: Disorder induced resitivity upturns in metallic cuprates Brian M. Andersen , Wei Chen , Peter J. Hirschfeld Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D11.00006: Interrelations between superconducting properties and defect evolution in neutron irradiated YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7}$. Viorel Sandu , Gheorghe Aldica , Elena Sandu , Petru Nita Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D11.00007: Negative Nernst effect in simulations of granular superconductors Andreas Andersson , Jack Lidmar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D11.00008: Large oxygen-isotope shift above the quantum critical point of Y$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$Ba$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$ John Mann , Pieder Beeli , Guo-meng Zhao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D11.00009: Isotope Effect in High-Tc Superconductors Dale Harshman , John Dow , Anthony Fiory Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D11.00010: Rich Behavior of the Critical Currents of Magnetically-Doped Superconducting Films in Applied Magnetic Fields Jeffrey Wasserman , Nina Markovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D11.00011: Analytic description of the transport $J_{c}(B)$ dependence of HTS thin films in small magnetic fields Jens H\"anisch , Francesco Grilli , Sebastian Engel , Bernhard Holzapfel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D11.00012: Investigation of Vortex Pinning Anisotropy in the High Temperature Superconductor YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta }$ Andra Petrean-Troncalli , Lisa Paulius , Heather Quantz , Valentina Tobos , Wai -K Kwok Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D11.00013: Conductance of d-wave superconductor/normal metal/d-wave superconductor junctions Dmytro Pesin , Anton Andreev , Boris Spivak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D11.00014: Interface superconductivity in bi-layers of insulating and overdoped metallic La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4 + \delta}$ Adrian Gozar , Gennady Logvenov , Anthony Bollinger , Ivan Bozovic Preview Abstract

Session D12: Theory of Ferroelectric, Multiferroic, and Other Structural Transitions

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Craig Fennie, Argonne National Laboratory
Morial Convention Center - 203

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D12.00001: Dynamics of domains switching in epitaxial BaTiO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ superlattices from first principles Sergey Lisenkov , Inna Ponomareva , Laurent Bellaiche Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D12.00002: Ferromagnetic-like closure domains in ferroelectric ultrathin films: First principles simulation Javier Junquera , Pablo Aguado-Puente Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D12.00003: The theory of domain patterns in ferroelastics Allan Jacobs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D12.00004: Peculiar ordering in flat ferroelectric nanoparticles driven by lattice misfit Ivan Naumov , Alex Bratkovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D12.00005: Static and Dynamic Properties of Ferroelectric Nanostructures and Multiferroic Bulk Systems: A Multiscale Approach T. Michael , S. Trimper , J.M. Wesselinowa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D12.00006: A new order parameter in complex dipolar structures Sergey Prosandeev , Laurent Bellaiche Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D12.00007: Microscopic origin of Magnetic Ferroelectrics in Non-collinear Multiferroics Chen Fang , Jiangping Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D12.00008: A theory for the multiferroic compound LiCu$_{2}$O$_{2}$ Trinanjan Datta , Chen Fang , Jiangping Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D12.00009: Phase-field model of strain-induced grain-boundary premelting Nan Wang , Robert Spatschek , Alain Karma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D12.00010: Incorporation of plasticity into the Landau-Ginzburg theory of martensitic phase transformations Roman Gr\"oger , Turab Lookman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D12.00011: Phonon Driven BCC to Orthorhombic Transformation in U-Nb Alloys Avadh Saxena , Turab Lookman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D12.00012: First-Principles Study of the Jahn-Teller Distortion in the Ti$_{1-X}$V$_{X}$H$_{2}$ and Zr$_{1-X}$Nb$_{x}$H$_{2}$ Alloys Ramiro Quijano , Romeo de Coss , David Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D12.00013: Density functional analysis of long range order T.R.S. Prasanna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D12.00014: Ab-initio study of the structural and magnetic properties for the fcc Fe-Co alloy. Filiberto Ortiz-Chi , Aar\'on Aguayo , Romeo de Coss Preview Abstract

Session D13: Computational Methods: Strongly Correlated and Many Body Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Mark Jarrell, University of Cincinnatti
Morial Convention Center - 204

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D13.00001: Maximally-localized Wannier functions for GW quasiparticles D.R. Hamann , David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D13.00002: Ab initio calculation of the excited state properties of spiropyran Emmanouil Kioupakis , Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D13.00003: All-electron GW calculation of vanadium dioxide Rei Sakuma , Takashi Miyake , Ferdi Aryasetiawan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D13.00004: GW-based \textit{ab initio} downfolding aiming at strongly correlated electron system Kazuma Nakamura , Taichi Kosugi , Yoshihide Yoshimoto , Ryotaro Arita , Masatoshi Imada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D13.00005: GW Study of Actinides: $\alpha$-Uranium and $\delta$-Plutonium R.C. Albers , A.N. Chantis , M. van Schilfgaarde , T. Kotani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D13.00006: The formation of stripes and the pairing of charge carriers in anisotropic materials K.J.E. Vos , C. Povey , J.M. Tipper Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D13.00007: Theory of the Normal State of the Copper-Oxide Superconductors Ting Pong Choy , Robert G. Leigh , Philip Phillips Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D13.00008: Imaginary-time formulation for strongly correlated transport in steady-state nonequilibrium Jong E. Han , Ryan J. Heary Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D13.00009: Electron fractionalization and statistics of holons in doped quantum dimer models Didier Poilblanc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D13.00010: Improvement on the STLS Approach and its Application to the Spin Fully-Polarized Low-Density Electron Gas Yasutami Takada , Kanako Yoshizawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D13.00011: Role of phonons and of finite temperature on the spectral function of a single hole in a quantum antiferromagnet Satyaki Kar , Efstratios Manousakis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D13.00012: The Green's Function of the 1D Breathing-Mode Polaron Glen Goodvin , Mona Berciu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D13.00013: Competition between pseudogap phase and d-wave superconductivity in the limit of large number of coupled 1D chains Enrico Perfetto , Jose Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D13.00014: Extensions of the Momentum Average approximation Mona Berciu , Lucian Covaci Preview Abstract

Session D14: Quantum Information Science in AMO

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP GQI
Chair: J. Y. Vaishnav, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Morial Convention Center - 205

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D14.00001: Quantum Information Aspects of Cold Fermi Systems Razvan Teodorescu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D14.00002: Coherent Control of Trapped Bosons Analabha Roy , Linda Reichl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D14.00003: Phase transitions, entanglement and quantum noise interferometry in cold atoms Florian Mintert , Indubala Satija , Ana Maria Rey , Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D14.00004: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SESSION W15 Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D14.00005: Topological Entropy of Quantum Hall states in rotating Bose gases Alexis Morris , David Feder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D14.00006: Mapping photonic entanglement into and out of a quantum memory Hui Deng , Kyung S. Choi , Julien Laurat , H. Jeff Kimble Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D14.00007: Broadband Multi-Spot Optical Beam Steering with Independent 2D Addressability for Quantum Information Processing Caleb Knoernschild , Changsoon Kim , Felix Lu , Jungsang Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D14.00008: Phonon-Mediated Detection of Trapped Atomic Ions David Hume , Till Rosenband , David Wineland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D14.00009: Towards a wire-mediated coupling of trapped ions Robert Clark , Tony Lee , Nikos Daniilidis , Sankaranarayanan S. , Hartmut H\"{a}ffner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D14.00010: Trapping and Detecting Polar Molecular Ions in a Closed-Cycle 4 K Ion Trap Gleb Akselrod , David Schuster , Paul Antohi , Ziliang Lin , Rob Schoelkopf , Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D14.00011: Microwave Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics in a Molecular Ion Trap David Schuster , Paul Antohi , Gleb Akselrod , Ziliang Lin , Isaac Chuang , David Demille , Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D14.00012: Cavity cooling of $^{88}Sr^+$ David Leibrandt , Yat Shan Au , Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D14.00013: Microfabrication of Surface Electrode Ion Traps for Quantum Information Experiments Yufei Ge , Jaroslaw Labaziewicz , Paul Antohi , Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D14.00014: Temperature dependence of decoherence in ion traps Jaroslaw Labaziewicz , Yufei Ge , Shannon X. Wang , Ruth Shewmon , Isaac L. Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D14.00015: Individual ion addressing using a magnetic field gradient in a surface-electrode ion trap Shannon Wang , Jaroslaw Labaziewicz , Yufei Ge , Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract

Session D15: Focus Session: Foundations of Quantum Theory I

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Howard Barnum, Los Alamos National Laboratory and GSCCM Chair
Morial Convention Center - 207

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D15.00001: LeRoy Apker Award Talk: Testing Hidden-Variable Theorems with Single-Photon Entangled States Invited Speaker: Bryce Gadway Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D15.00002: Weak values and the Leggett-Garg inequality in solid-state qubits Invited Speaker: Andrew Jordan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D15.00003: Negative probabilities and measurement disturbance Lars M. Johansen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D15.00004: The meaning of negative weak values James Troupe , Jeff Tollaksen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D15.00005: Frame representations of quantum mechanics and the necessity of negativity in quasi-probability representations Christopher Ferrie , Joseph Emerson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D15.00006: Towards Testing Quantum Mechanics with Micro-Optomechanical Systems Dustin Kleckner , Susanna Thon , Evan Jeffrey , Dirk Bouwmeester Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D15.00007: Decoherence and the Uncertainty Principle David Craig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D15.00008: Noncontextuality and the Kochen-Specker Theorem Brian La Cour Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D15.00009: Path detection and interference tradeoff in the double-slit experiment Julio Gea-Banacloche , Masanao Ozawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D15.00010: Exact mappings between quantum relativistic and quantum optical models A. Bermudez , M. A. Martin-Delgado , E. Solano Preview Abstract

Session D16: Biological Networks

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Eivind Almaas
Morial Convention Center - 208

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D16.00001: Cooperation of multiple copies of noisy genes Aleksandra Walczak , Peter Wolynes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D16.00002: Chaotic Gene Regulatory Networks Can Be Robust Against Mutations and Noise Volkan Sevim , Per Arne Rikvold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D16.00003: A quantitative model of DNA replication in \textit{Xenopus} embryos: reliable replication despite stochasticity Scott Cheng-Hsin Yang , John Bechhoefer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D16.00004: Exponential sensitivity of noise-driven switching in genetic networks Pankaj Mehta , Ranjan Mukhopadhyay , Ned Wingreen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D16.00005: Effects of coarse-graining on fluctuations in gene expression Juan Pedraza , Johan Paulsson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D16.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D16.00007: Regulatory control and the costs and benefits of biochemical noise Sorin Tanase-Nicola , Pieter Rein ten Wolde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D16.00008: Effects of time-delayed negative feedback loops on noise-induced oscillations on the NF-KappaB signaling network Jaewook Joo , Jean-Loup Faulon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D16.00009: How is the fitness landscaped upon which life evolves selected? Michael Deem Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D16.00010: Early life was a generalist: protein modularity increase as evolution proceeds Jiankui He , Jun Sun , Michael Deem Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D16.00011: Genetic recombination models in molecular evolution Enrique Munoz , Jeong-Man Park , Michael Deem Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D16.00012: A minimal stochastic model of cell death signaling Subhadip Raychaudhuri Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D16.00013: Temperature compensation model for the circadian clock of \textit{Neurospora crassa} Xiaojia Tang , Heinz-Bernd Sch\"uttler , Jonathan Arnold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D16.00014: Understanding the Role of Housekeeping and Stress-Related Genes in Transcription-Regulatory Networks Allison Heath , Lydia Kavraki , G\'abor Bal\'azsi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D16.00015: The re-design of a theophylline riboswitch for DNT sensing Yaroslav Chushak , Nancy Kelley-Loughnane , Svetlana Harbaugh , Morley Stone Preview Abstract

Session D17: Focus Session: Time-Resolved Structural Investigations on Protein Folding and Function

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Aihua Xie, Oklahoma State University
Morial Convention Center - 209

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D17.00001: Folding dynamics of a family of beta-sheet proteins Invited Speaker: Denis Rousseau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D17.00002: Ultrafast studies of flavins and flavoproteins Invited Speaker: Dongping Zhong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D17.00003: Coupled folding and binding kinetics in the intrinsically disordered peptide IA$_{3}$ Ranjani Narayanan , Omjoy Ganesh , Arthur Edison , Stephen Hagen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D17.00004: Impact of Salt and Water on Protein Structural Dynamics Anu Thubagere , Lorand Kelemen , Beining Nie , Sandip Kaledhonkar , Aihua Xie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D17.00005: Direct protein photoinduced conformational changes using porphyrins. Lorenzo Brancaleon , Ivan Silva , Nicholas Fernandez , Eric Johnson , Samuel Sansone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D17.00006: Computer simulations of the folding mechanism of the GCN4 Leucine zipper Yanxin Liu , Prem Chapagain , Jose Parra , Bernard Gerstman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D17.00007: Describing protein folding through the evolution of spatial density Xianghong Qi , John J. Portman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D17.00008: The trigger sequence in the protein folding and dimerization of the Leucine zipper coiled-coil motif Prem Chapagain , Yanxin Liu , Bernard Gerstman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D17.00009: Correlation functions of flexible macromolecules Donald Jacobs , Dennis Livesay , Oleg Vorov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D17.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D17.00011: Photocycle of a single photoactive yellow protein molecule studied by surface-enhanced Raman scattering Kaan Kalkan , Kushagra Singhal , Wouter Hoff , Aihua Xie Preview Abstract

Session D18: Polymers at Surfaces

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Alfred Crosby, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Morial Convention Center - 210

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D18.00001: Surface Segregation in Blends of Chains with Two Architectures Mark Foster , Sewoo Yang , Nam-Heui Lee , David Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D18.00002: Single chain mobility at an interface of a liquid polymer Jingfa Yang , Jiang Zhao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D18.00003: Molecular origin of oil resistance of polyacrylonitrile: CN interactions at the surface Veronique Lachat , Ali Dhinojwala , Dennis Peiffer , Mohsen Yeganeh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D18.00004: Effect of Hydrogen Bonding on Colloidal Nanocrystal Growth: The Case for PbS Lixin Zhang , Shengbai Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D18.00005: Conformational behavior of polymers adsorbed on nanotubes Simcha Srebnik , Inna Gurevitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D18.00006: Origin of glass transition temperature behavior in polymer nanocomposites Jamie Kropka , Venkat Ganesan , Peter Green Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D18.00007: Directed Self-Assembly of Gradient Concentric Carbon Nanotube Rings Suck Won Hong , Wonje Jeong , Hyunhyub Ko , Vladimir Tsukruk , Michael Kessler , Zhiqun Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D18.00008: Use of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy for Studying Polyelectrolyte-Nanoparticle Interaction in Aqueous Solution Nadia Edwin , Denis Pristinski , Chengqing Wang , Vivek Prabhu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D18.00009: Directed Nanoparticle Assembly onto Random Copolymer Templates: Kinetics and Surface Considerations Marla McConnell , Shu Yang , Russell Composto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D18.00010: Studies of the Dynamics of Alkane Nanoparticles S.-K. Wang , M. Bai , H. Taub , M. Rheinstadter , J. R. D. Copley , V. Garcia Sakai , G. Gasparovic , U. G. Volkmann , F. Y. Hansen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D18.00011: Hierarchically Ordered Plasmonic Mask for Photo-lithography Woo Soo Kim , Edwin L. Thomas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D18.00012: Dynamics of an Adsorbed Polymer Chain Joshua Kalb , Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D18.00013: Chasing drops: Following escaper and pursuer drop couple systems Aisha Leh , Rafael Tadmor , Preeti Yadav , Prashant Bahadur , Kumud Chaurasia , Lan Dang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D18.00014: The Measurement of Surface Rheological and Surface Adhesive Properties using Nanosphere Embedment Stephen Hutcheson , Gregory McKenna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D18.00015: Slip behavior of the confined polymer melt near periodically roughened surface: comparison between molecular dynamics and continuum simulations Anoosheh Niavarani , Nikolai Priezjev Preview Abstract

Session D19: Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Anderson Janotti, University of California, Santa Barbara
Morial Convention Center - 211

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D19.00001: Stability and Dynamics of Frenkel Pairs in Silicon Invited Speaker: Matthew J. Beck Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D19.00002: Defect Formation Energies without the Band-Gap Problem: Combining DFT and \textit{GW} for the Silicon Self-Interstitial P. Rinke$^1$ , A. Janotti , C.G. Van de Walle , M. Scheffler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D19.00003: Density functional study of charged self-interstitials in silicon Amita Wadehra , John W. Wilkins , Richard G. Hennig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D19.00004: Large scale ab initio calculations for shallow acceptor levels in bulk Si Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D19.00005: Relative stability of extended interstitial defects in silicon: large-scale classical MD and first-principles DFT. Hyoungki Park , John Wilkins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D19.00006: Ortho-para transition of interstitial H$_{2}$ in Si Michael Stavola , Chao Peng , Megan Lockwood Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D19.00007: Carbon Impurity Effects on Structural and Magnetic Properties of Manganese Doped Silicon Joshua LaRose , Roger Pink , Tara P. Das , Mengbing Huang , Jian-Qing Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D19.00008: Thermal Stability and Laser Annealing of Si$_{1-y}$C$_{y}$ alloys Stefan Zollner , P. Grudowski , V. Dhandapani , G. Spencer , A. Thean Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D19.00009: Chalcogen dopants for infrared optoelectronic Si Jeffrey Warrender , Brion Bob , Michael Aziz , Supakit Charnvanichborikarn , James Williams , Malek Tabbal , Atsushi Kohno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D19.00010: H-shuttling within a Hf-defect complex in Si/SiO2/HfO2 structures A.G. Marinopoulos , I. Batyrev , X. Zhou , R. Schrimpf , D. Fleetwood , S.T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D19.00011: Transition from high to low $1/f$ noise regimes in Field Oxide Field Effect Transistors (FOXFETs) Xing Zhou , Daniel Fleetwood , Ronald Schrimpf , Laura Gonella , Federico Faccio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D19.00012: Effects of Aging and Humidity on Low-Frequency Noise of Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) Transistors Aritra Dasgupta , S.A. Francis , D.M. Fleetwood Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D19.00013: Disorder--recrystallization effects following low-energy beam--solid interactions Matthew J. Beck , D. M. Fleetwood , R. D. Schrimpf , S. T. Pantelides Preview Abstract

Session D20: Focus Session: Growth and Properties of Novel Semiconductor and Related Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ray Phaneuf, University of Maryland
Morial Convention Center - 212

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D20.00001: Silicon Nanomembranes Invited Speaker: Max G. Lagally Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D20.00002: Controlled displacement of nanoscale structures using an electron wind force C.G. Tao , W.G. Cullen , E.D. Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D20.00003: Lateral alloy segregation in thin heteroepitaxial films Christian Ratsch , Jason Reich , Xiaobin Niu , YoungJu Lee , Russel Caflisch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D20.00004: Two Species Diffusion Model of Self-Organized Evolution on Patterned GaAs(001) Surfaces* Hung-Chih Kan , Erin Flanagan , Tabassom Tadayyon-Eslami , Subramaniam Kanakaraju , Chris Richardson , Ray Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D20.00005: Directed Matrix Seeding of Nitride Semiconductor Nanocrystals A.W. Wood , B.L. Cardozo , W. Ye , X. Weng , R.S. Goldman , Y.Q. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D20.00006: Nanofabrication of carbon materials Dinko Chakarov , Hans Fredriksson , Bengt Kasemo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D20.00007: Fabrication of Metallic Nanoporous Films by Selective Chemical Etching Shilpa Chava , Wei Jiang Yeh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D20.00008: Formation of Periodic 2D Metallic Nanostructures by Template-Assisted Electrodeposition Mu Wang , Bo Zhang , Yuyan Weng , Ruwen Peng , Naiben Ming Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D20.00009: Phase transition induced surface electronic states on Pb/Si(111) surface Hsing-Yi Chou , Wei-Bin Su , Chi-Lun Jiang , Ming-Chi Yang , Chun-Liang Lin , Chia-seng Chang , Tien-Tzou Tsong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D20.00010: Fabrication of High-Aspect-Ratio Nanogaps Alexandra Fursina , Sungbae Lee , Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D20.00011: Subtle role played by H in Si thin-film growth from radicals: key atomic-scale mechanisms revealed by DFT calculations F. Montalenti , S. Cereda , Leo Miglio , F. Zipoli , M. Bernasconi , M. Ceriotti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D20.00012: Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Plasma Deposition of Silicon Thin Films Sumeet Pandey , Dimitrios Maroudas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D20.00013: Isotropic interfaces in a structurally anisotropic organic thin film C. G. Tao , Q. Liu , B. Riddick , W. G. Cullen , D. Evans , J. Reutt-Robey , J. D. Weeks , E. D. Williams Preview Abstract

Session D21: Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Ulises Reveles, Virginia Commonwealth University
Morial Convention Center - 213

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D21.00001: From Superatoms to Cluster Assembled Materials Invited Speaker: A. Welford Castleman, Jr. Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D21.00002: From Designer Clusters to Synthetic Crystalline Nano-Assemblies Meichun Qian , S. Khanna , A. Reber , A. Castleman , A. Sen , A. Ugrinov , K. Davis , S. Peppernick , M. Merritt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D21.00003: Geometries and stabilities of Ag-doped Si$_{n}$ (n =1 - 13) clusters: a first-principles study Feng-chuan Chuang , Yun-Yi Hsieh , Chih-Chiang Hsu , Marvin Albao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D21.00004: Transition Metal Doped and Encapsulated ZnO Cages Marcela R. Beltran , Arthur Reber , Shiv N. Khanna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM	D21.00005: DFT study of a carotenoid-porphyrin-C$_{60}$ light-harvesting molecular triad Invited Speaker: Tunna Baruah Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM	D21.00006: Spin Accommodation and Reactivity of Superatoms. Invited Speaker: Arthur Reber Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D21.00007: Peierls distortion of endohedral atoms in clathrate I Hidekazu Tomono , Kazuo Tsumuraya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D21.00008: [Te$_{2}$As$_{2}$]$^{2-}$: A Planar Motif with Potential for Ferromagnetism Shiv Khanna , Arthur Reber , Meichun Qian , Angel Ugrinov , Ayusman Sen Preview Abstract

Session D22: Focus Session: Organic Electronics: Synthesis and Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY
Chair: Lynn Loo, Princeton University
Morial Convention Center - 214

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D22.00001: The role of symmetry and charge delocalization in two-dimensional molecules conjugated molecules for optoelectronic applications Invited Speaker: Mary Galvin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D22.00002: Ultra-pure organic semiconductors with improved charge carrier transport properties Clara Santato , Fabio Cicoira , Francesca Di Maria , Manuela Melucci , Giovanna Barbarella Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D22.00003: Side Chain Effects on the Structure and Dynamics of PPEs in different Complex Fluids Yunfei Jiang , Dvora Perahia , Yiqing Wang , Uwe H. F. Bunz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D22.00004: Thermal, structural, and electrical characterization of two high performance semiconducting polymers L.J. Richter , A.J. Moad , D.M. Delongchamp , R.J. Kline , D.J. Gundlach , D.A. Fischer , I. McCulloch , M. Heeney Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D22.00005: Synthesis and characterization of conducting polymer inserted carbon nanotubes A. Jeong Choi , Young Woo Nam , Yung Woo Park Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D22.00006: X-ray scattering Study of Ordering in Liquid Crystalline Semiconducting Polymers Michael Chabinyc , Michael Toney , Iain McCulloch , Martin Heeney Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D22.00007: Improving the Electrical Conductivity of Polyaniline Through Molecular and Structural Control Joung Eun Yoo , Kwang Seok Lee , Yueh-Lin Loo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D22.00008: Surface photoisomerization activity vs. functionalization of azobenzene derivatives Luis Berbil-Bautista , Jongweon Cho , Niv Levy , Matthew J. Comstock , Dan Poulsen , Jean M.J. Frechet , Michael F. Crommie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D22.00009: Electrical and Optical Properties of a Novel Nonconjugated Conductive Polymer, Polynorbornene Ananthakrishnan Narayanan , Aditya Kumar Palthi , Mrinal Thakur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D22.00010: Quadratic Electro-optic Measurements in the Nonconjugated Conductive Polymer, Poly($\beta $-pinene) at 800 nm and 1550 nm Jitto Titus , Ananthakrishnan Narayanan , Mrinal Thakur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D22.00011: Enantiotropic Polymorphism in Di-Indenoperylene Theo Siegrist , Michael Heinrich , Jens Pflaum , Ashutosh Tripathi , Wolfgang Frey , Michael Steigerwald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D22.00012: Direct Nanoscale Characterization of Submolecular Mobility in Complex Organic Non-linear Optical Systems Daniel Knorr , Tomoko Gray , Tae-Dong Kim , Jingdong Luo , Alex Jen , Rene Overney Preview Abstract

Session D23: Focus Session: Triangular Lattice and Spinels

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Art Ramirez, Lucent
Morial Convention Center - 215

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D23.00001: Magnetic ordering and structural transition in layered Li$_{2}$RuO$_{3}$ Devina Pillay , Michelle Johannes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D23.00002: Magnetic interactions in geometrically frustrated triangular lattice antiferromagnet CuFeO2 Jaime Fernandez-Baca , Feng Ye , Randy Fishman , H. J. Kang , J. W. Lynn , Tsuyoshi Kimura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D23.00003: Neutron scattering investigation of Lithium based spinels. Wouter Montfrooij , Marcus Petrovic , Michael Kraus , Alexander Schmets Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D23.00004: Elastic properties of the vanadate spinel MnV$_{2}$O$_{4}$ V. Keppens , Y. Luan , V.O. Garlea , R. Jin , D. Mandrus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D23.00005: Neutron Scattering Study of Magnetic and Orbital Order in MnV$_{2}$O$_{4}$ Stephen Nagler , Ovidiu Garlea , Ronying Jin , David Mandrus , Doug Abernathy , Bertrand Roessli , Martha Miller , Arthur Schultz , Qingzhen Huang , Chris Frost Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D23.00006: Magnetic and magnetoelastic properties of Ge-substituted cobalt ferrite Naresh Ranvah , Ikenna Nlebedim , Yevgen Melikhov , John Snyder , David Jiles , Anthony Moses , Paul Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM	D23.00007: Charge order and frustrated magnetism in the orbitally-degenerate triangular metallic antiferromagnet AgNiO2 Invited Speaker: Radu Coldea Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D23.00008: Electrical, Thermal, and Magnetic Properties of Single Crystal CaMn$_2$O$_4$ Marokite B.D. White , J.J. Neumeier , J.A. Souza , C. Chiorescu , J.L. Cohn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D23.00009: X-ray diffraction and reciprocal space mapping in ZnMnGaO$_{4}$ films with checkerboard nanostructures A.A. Sirenko , S.M. O'Malley , P.L. Bonanno , A. Kazimirov , S. Park , S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D23.00010: Magnetic coupling in CoCr$_2$O$_4$ and MnCr$_2$O$_4$: an LSDA+$U$ study Claude Ederer , Matej Komelj Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D23.00011: Crystal and Magnetic Structure of FeV$_{2}$O$_{4}$ with e$_{g}$ and t$_{2g}$ orbital degeneracies Sungdae Ji , J.-H. Kim , S.-H. Lee , Q. Huang , T. Katsufuji Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D23.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D23.00013: The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Anisotropy in Hyper-Kagome Lattice for $\mbox{Na}_4 \mbox{Ir}_3 \mbox{O}_8 $ Gang Chen , Leon Balents Preview Abstract

Session D24: Superlattices and Nanostructures: Electronic Properties I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Alexander Govorov, Ohio University
Morial Convention Center - 216

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D24.00001: Recent Progress on Modeling H Passivated CdS Nanocrystals using ab initio techniques Chad Junkermeier , Jinling Zhou , James P. Lewis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D24.00002: Measurements of Charge Transport in Arrays of Lead Selenide Nanocrystals Kenneth MacLean , Tamar Mentzel , Scott Geyer , Venda Porter , Moungi Bawendi , Marc Kastner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D24.00003: Structural and Electronic Properties of IV-VI Semiconductor Nanodots Roman Leitsmann , Friedhelm Bechstedt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D24.00004: Density functional theory studies of core-shell semiconductor nanoparticle quantum dots Brent Walker , Shaun Hendy , Richard Tilley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D24.00005: Conduction Mechanism in Arrays of Lead Selenide Nanocrystals Tamar Mentzel , Kenneth MacLean , Scott Geyer , Venda Porter , Moungi Bawendi , Marc Kastner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D24.00006: Quasi 1-D electronic structure of silver nanowires A. Sekharan , W. Zhao , F. Womack , F. Wang , O. Kizilkaya , R. Kurtz , P. Sprunger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D24.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D24.00008: Measurements of the conduction band energy surrounding individual InGaAs quantum dots by Cross-Sectional Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy (XBEEM) C. Marginean , J.P. Pelz , S.Y. Lehman , J.G. Cederberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D24.00009: Shifting the Reference: Co on Cu(775) M.B. Yilmaz , S. Wang , K.R. Knox , N. Zaki , J.I. Dadap , R.M. Osgood , T. Valla , P.D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D24.00010: Electronic nanoholography Christopher R. Moon , Laila S. Mattos , Brian K. Foster , Gabriel Zeltzer , Hari C. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D24.00011: Exploiting Resonances in Laser Photoemission J.I. Dadap , M.B. Yilmaz , K. Knox , N. Zaki , R.M. Osgood , P.D. Johnson Preview Abstract

Session D25: Theory and Simulations I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Arthi Jayaraman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Morial Convention Center - 217

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D25.00001: Thermodynamically Consistent Nonrandom Mixing on a Bethe Lattice Scott Milner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D25.00002: Mixture Properties of Flexible Chains: Comparisons between Experiment, Simulation and Theory; Contrasts between Lattice and Continuum Ronald White , Jane Lipson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D25.00003: A Multichain Self-Consistent Field Theory for Correlations in Polymers: Chain Swelling in Polymer Blends David Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D25.00004: Numerical Renormalization Group for Coarse Graining Field-Theoretic Fluid Models Michael Villet , Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D25.00005: Continuous translocations in connected chambers under pseudo-hydrodynamic force Erica Saltzman , Murugappan Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D25.00006: A two-scale-two-mode dynamic self-consistent theory of entangled interfaces in polymer fluids under flow. Yitzhak Shnidman , Ismael Yacoubou-Djima Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D25.00007: Twinkling Fractal Theory of the Glass Transition. Richard Wool Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D25.00008: Nascent Polymerized Chain Crystallization on Surface Simulated by the Growing Chain Molecular Dynamics Xiaozhen Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D25.00009: Modeling Vapor Deposition Polymerization: Kinetic Monte Carlo Approach Sairam Tangirala , Yiping Zhao , David P. Landau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D25.00010: Amphiphilic Systems under shear flow Hongxia Guo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D25.00011: Formation and structure of amorphous carbon char from polymer materials John Lawson , Deepak Srivastava Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D25.00012: Fluctuations in Confined Homopolymers Studied by Fast Off-Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations Yuhua Yin , Qiang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D25.00013: Computational Modeling of Aging Effects of Epoxy Polymers. Thomas Clancy , Sarah-Jane Frankland , Thomas Gates Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D25.00014: Conformation and collapse of a polymer chain in explicit solvent: A solvation potential approach Mark P. Taylor Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D25.00015: Statistical Mechanical Theory of Phase Separation and Structure in Dense Polymer-Particle Mixtures Lisa Hall , Ken Schweizer Preview Abstract

Session D26: Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Wolfgang Jaeger, University of Alberta
Morial Convention Center - 218

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D26.00001: Spectroscopy of large hydrogen clusters in He droplets and H$_{2}$ droplets. Invited Speaker: Takamasa Momose Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D26.00002: Hydrogen clusters that remained fluid Kirill Kuyanov-Prozument , Andrey Vilesov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D26.00003: Three-body interactions in liquid and solid hydrogen: Evidence from vibrational spectroscopy Robert Hinde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D26.00004: Rotational spectrum of small, doped $^{3}$He clusters Tatjana Skrbic , Saverio Moroni , Stefano Baroni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM	D26.00005: Quantum melting and superfluidity of molecular hydrogen clusters Invited Speaker: Massimo Boninsegni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D26.00006: Alkaline Earth Metal Atom Complexes with HCN Trapped On/In Helium Droplets: Vibrational Excitation Induced Solvation and Desolvation Gary Douberly Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D26.00007: Imaging Photoelectron Dynamics in Doped Helium Droplets Chia Wang , Oleg Kornilov , Darcy Peterka , Jeong Kim , Oliver Gessner , Daniel Neumark Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D26.00008: Interchange-Tunneling Splitting in HCl Dimer in Helium Nanodroplets Dmitry Skvortsov , Russell Sliter , Myong Yong Choi , Andrey F. Vilesov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D26.00009: Path integral studies of methane rotations in $^4$He clusters Nikolay Markovskiy , Chi Mak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D26.00010: Pump-probe spectroscopy of Rg-Br$_2$ linear isomers Jordan Pio , Craig Bieler , Wytze van der Veer , Kenneth Janda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D26.00011: Time-resolved photoionization of He droplets using high-harmonic Oleg Kornilov , Oliver Gessner , Mathew Leonard , Stephen Leone , Daniel Neumark , Chun-Te Peng , Chia Wang Preview Abstract

Session D27: Focus Session: Magnetic Nanowires and Nanodots I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota
Morial Convention Center - 219

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D27.00001: The anomalous exchange bias effect in core-shell Co/CoO nanoparticles Mikhail Feygenson , Yiu Yuen , KiSub Kim , Meigan Aronson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D27.00002: Artificial Nanomagnet with Lateral Confinement Lifeng Yin , Noppi Widjaja , Jian Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D27.00003: Magnetic Correlations In A Magnetite Nanoparticle Assembly Investigated Using Polarized SANS Kathryn Krycka , Charles Hogg , Yumi Ijiri , Ryan Booth , Julie Borchers , Wangchun Chen , Mark Laver , Thomas Gentile , Brian Maranville , Benjamin Breslauer , Sara Majetich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D27.00004: Magnetic Nanocheckerboards with Tunable Sizes in the Mn-Doped CoFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$ Spinel Chenglin Zhang , C.M. Tseng , C.H. Chen , S. Yeo , Y.J. Choi , S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D27.00005: Magnetic interactions among Co nanowires Hafsa Khurshid , Michael Bonder , Gearoge Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D27.00006: Memory Effects and Inter-particle Interactions in Co Nanoparticles Embedded in Carbon Matrix Peng Liu , Michael Bonder , George Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D27.00007: Probing the effect of interparticle interactions in ferrite nanoparticles using the reversible transverse susceptibility method M.B. Morales , P. Poddar , N.A. Frey , H. Srikanth , S.A. Morrison , E.E. Carpenter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D27.00008: Effects of magnetic interactions in Ni nanowire arrangements Ovidiu Trusca , Dorin Cimpoesu , Leonard Spinu , John B. Wiley , Jin Hee Lim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D27.00009: Fabrication of GaMnAs Magnetic Semiconductor Nanodot Arrays S. Bennett , L. Menon , D. Heiman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D27.00010: Synthesis of surface functionalized magnetic nanoparticles and their polymer nanocomposites M.J. Miner , M.B. Morales , P. Poddar , H. Srikanth , S.M. Skidmore , T.M. Weller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D27.00011: Magnetic behavior of PdNi nanowires and extended thinfilms as a function of the film thickness Juan-Carlos Gonzalez-Ponz , John Henderson , Enrique Del Barco , Barbaros \"Ozyilmaz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D27.00012: Synthesis and Characterization of Iron-Nickel (Fe$_{x}$Ni$_{1-x})$ Nanowires Rakesh Shah , Igor Dubenco , Amelia Church , Xianfeng Zhang , Shane Stadler , Saikat Talapatra , Naushad Ali Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D27.00013: Growth of Co nanoclusters on rutile TiO2 (110) surface En Cai , Xuewen Wang , Jiandi Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D27.00014: Tuning of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy in Co$_x$Fe$_{3-x}$O$_4$ nanoparticles through cobalt doping Ronald Tackett , Sudakar Chandran , Ratna Naik , Gavin Lawes , Corneliu Rablau , Prem Vaishnava Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D27.00015: Preparation of cobalt-ferrite nanoparticles within a biopolymer template Marco Garza , Virgilio Gonz\'alez , Alejandro Torres-Castro , Mois\'es Hinojosa , Ubaldo Ort\'iz Preview Abstract

Session D28: Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures III: Single Molecules

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ward Plummer, University of Tennessee
Morial Convention Center - 220

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D28.00001: Understanding the Conductance of Single-Molecule Junctions from First Principles Invited Speaker: Su Ying Quek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D28.00002: Single Molecule Conductance and Contact Chemistry Latha Venkataraman , Young Park , Adam Whalley , Masha Kamenetska , Michael Steigerwald , Colin Nuckolls , Mark Hybertsen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D28.00003: Conductance Trends in Single Molecule Junctions Formed Using Donor-Acceptor Links: Theoretical Analysis Max B. Koentopp , Latha Venkataraman , Michael L. Steigerwald , Mark S. Hybertsen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D28.00004: Molecular Conductance of oligophenylene-vinylene in Metallic Break Junctions Patrick Wheeler , Meng Lu , David Corley , James Tour , Doug Natelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D28.00005: Probing mechanisms of electrical conduction in single organic molecules Lyudmyla Adamska , Ivan Oleynik , Mortko Kozhushner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D28.00006: Single Molecule Junctions: Conductance, Formation and Persistence Statistics. Maria Kamenetska , Michael Frei , Mark Hybertsen , Latha Venkataraman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D28.00007: Tunneling Transport through Long Molecular Chains Emil Prodan , Roberto Car Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D28.00008: Transport properties of molecular wires from ab initio calculations Kenji Hirose , Nobuhiko Kobayashi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D28.00009: The molecular electronics of protein fragments David Cardamone , George Kirczenow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D28.00010: Ab initio studies of electronic transport through amine-Au-linked junctions of photoactive molecules David A. Strubbe , Su Ying Quek , Latha Venkataraman , Hyoung Joon Choi , J.B. Neaton , Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D28.00011: Electronic spectrum and orbital filling in a single-molecule junction Edgar A. Osorio , Kevin O'Neill , Maarten Wegewijs , Nicolai Stuhr-Hansen , Jens Paaske , Thomas Bjornholm , Herre van der Zant Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D28.00012: Gate effects on electronic transport in alkanedithiol single molecular junctions. Hyunwook Song , Takhee Lee , Youngsang Kim , Heejun Jeong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D28.00013: Modeling of N@C$_{60}$ single-molecule transistors Carsten Timm , Jacob E. Grose , Wolfgang Harneit , Daniel C. Ralph Preview Abstract

Session D29: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials IV: Graphene

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Igor Herbut, Simon Fraser University
Morial Convention Center - 221

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D29.00001: Electronic properties of Dirac fermions in epitaxial graphene Invited Speaker: Shuyun Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D29.00002: Electronic Confinement in Epitaxial Graphene As Seen by ARPES David Siegel , Shuyun Zhou , Alexei Fedorov , Andreas Schmid , Farid El Gabaly , Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D29.00003: Tuning the phonon self-energy of a graphene bilayer Jun Yan , Erik Henriksen , Philip Kim , Aron Pinczuk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D29.00004: Graphene on a graphite surface: effect of interlayer coupling. Adina Luican , Guohong Li , Eva Y. Andrei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D29.00005: Scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy studies of local electronic structure in Epitaxial Graphene Nikhil Sharma , Michael Sprinkle , Claire Berger , Walter DeHeer , Phillip First Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D29.00006: Transport in multilayered epitaxial graphene Claire Berger , Xiaosong Wu , Mike Sprinkle , Xuebin Li , Fan Ming , Walt de Heer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D29.00007: Electronic compressibility of a graphene bilayer Silvia Viola Kusminskiy , Johan Nilsson , David Campbell , Antonio Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D29.00008: Charge inhomogeneity in a single and bilayer graphene Hari Dahal , Tim Wehling , Kevin Bedell , Jian-Xin Zhu , Alexander Balatsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D29.00009: Interplay of Coulomb interactions and rippling of monolayer graphene: RG approach Oskar Vafek , Vladimir Juricic , Igor Herbut Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D29.00010: Graphene in a magnetic field and a superlattice potential J.M.B. Lopes dos Santos , N.M.R. Peres , A.H. Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D29.00011: Quenching of quantum Hall effect and the role of undoped planes in epitaxial graphene Pierre Darancet , Nicolas Wipf , Didier Mayou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D29.00012: Anomalous Thermoelectric Effect in Graphene Tomas Lofwander , Mikael Fogelstrom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D29.00013: Charge Carrier Interaction with a Purely Electronic Collective Mode: ``Plasmarons" and the Infrared Response of Semi-metal Bismuth N. Peter Armitage , Riccardo Tediosi , Enrico Giannini , Laszlo Forro , Dirk van der Marel Preview Abstract

Session D30: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials V: Nanotube Transport

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Oleg Prezhdo, University of Washington at Seattle
Morial Convention Center - 222

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D30.00001: Electrical, Mechanical, and Optical Studies of Carbon Nanotubes of Known Chiral Index. Invited Speaker: James Hone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D30.00002: Electron field emission from Carbon Nanotube Composites: Transport and Local Electric Fields David Carey , Thomas Connolly , Richard Smith , Jonathan Coleman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D30.00003: Metal-Semiconductor-Metal (MSM) Photodetectors with Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Film Schottky Electrodes on GaAs Ashkan Behnam , Jason Johnson , Yongho Choi , Leila Noriega , G\"unhan Ertosun , Zhuangchun Wu , Andrew Rinzler , Pawan Kapur , Krishna Saraswat , Ant Ural Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D30.00004: Anomalous Coulomb oscillation in crossed carbon nanotubes Seung Jae Baek , Dongsu Lee , Seung Joo Park , Yung Woo Park , Johannes Svensson , Mats Jonson , Eleanor E. B. Campbell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D30.00005: Strain Tuning of the Photocurrent Spectrum in Single wall Carbon Nanotubes Prasanth Gopinath , A. Mohite , H. Shah , J. Lin , B. Nagabhirava , T. Bansal , B. Alphenaar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D30.00006: Negative magneto resistance in carbon nanotubes: A first principle study Li Chen , Saroj Nayak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D30.00007: Observation of Spin-Orbit Coupling in Clean Carbon Nanotubes Ferdinand Kuemmeth , Shahal Ilani , Paul McEuen , Dan Ralph Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D30.00008: Infrared Photoconductivity of Individual Carbon Nanotubes Using Fourier-Transform Spectroscopy Sami Rosenblatt , Matthew Sfeir , Yang Wu , Hugen Yan , Christophe Voisin , Bhupesh Chandra , Robert Caldwell , Yuyao Shan , Tony F. Heinz , James Hone , G. Larry Carr , James A. Misewich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D30.00009: Conductance enhancement of carbon nanotubes through metallization Caterina Soldano , Li Chen , Swastik Kar , Saikat Talapatra , Robert Vajtai , Saroj Nayak , Pulickel Ajayan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D30.00010: Carbon nanotubes as tunable Luttinger liquids Wade DeGottardi , Tzu-Chieh Wei , Smitha Vishveshwara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D30.00011: Massively Parallel Imaging and Electrical Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Transistors with Scanning Thermocurrent Microscopy Adam Tsen , Huseyin Kurt , Luke Donev , LiHong Herman , Jiwoong Park Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D30.00012: Modeling Nanotube Networks For Semiconductor Channels and Sensors Meg Noah , Young-Kyun Kwon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D30.00013: The Control of Electron Transport Related Defects in \textit{In situ} Fabricated Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Devices Zhixian Zhou , Alaska Subedi , Gyula Eres , Rongying Jin , David Mandrus Preview Abstract

Session D31: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience II: Nanowires and Transport

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Serdar Ogut, University of Illinois at Chicago
Morial Convention Center - 223

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D31.00001: First Principles Studies of Tapered Silicon Nanowires: Fundamental Insights and Practical Applications Invited Speaker: Zhigang Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D31.00002: Structure and electronic properties of silicon nanowires grown along the [110] direction: role of surface reconstruction T. Akiyama , K. Nakamura , T. Ito Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D31.00003: Modeling of Polycrystalline and Wurtzite Si Nanowires with Symmetry-Adapted Objective Molecular Dynamics Traian Dumitrica , Dong-Bo Zhang , Ming Hua Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D31.00004: \textit{Ab initio} calculations for the electronic properties of zinc-doped indium phosphide nanowires Manuel Alemany , Xiangyang Huang , Murilo L. Tiago , L.J. Gallego , James R. Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D31.00005: Molecular-Dynamics Simulations of Nanowire Growth Tomorr Haxhimali , Dorel Buta , Mark Asta , Jeffrey Hoyt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D31.00006: First-principles study of the electronic and magnetic properties of Fe-Co nanowires Dangxin Wu , Ping Liu , Qiming Zhang , Ruqian Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D31.00007: Magnetic Co impurity in Gold Nanowires Edison da Silva , Renato Pontes , Antonio J.R. da Silva , Adalberto Fazzio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D31.00008: Transport in Carbon Nanotube Junctions K.H. Khoo , James R. Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D31.00009: Schottky Barrier Heights in CNT-Metal Junctions from First-principles Nicholas Singh-Miller , Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D31.00010: Transport properties of transition-metal-encapsulated Si cages Lingzhu Kong , James R. Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D31.00011: Transport Properties through Nanomaterials by First-principles Calculations Hiroshi Mizuseki , Rodion Belosludov , Sang Uck Lee , Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D31.00012: Ab initio non-equilibrium Green's function study on the growth of metallic bridge in mixed conductor atomic switch Tomofumi Tada , Zhongchang Wang , Tingkun Gu , Satoshi Watanabe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D31.00013: Ab initio transport properties of platinum chains calculated by taking into account spin orbit effects Victor Garcia-Suarez , David Zsolt Manrique , Colin Lambert , Jaime Ferrer Preview Abstract

Session D32: Focus Session: Spin Transfer Torque I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Bill Rippard, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder
Morial Convention Center - 225

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D32.00001: Switching behavior of a Stoner-Wohlfarth particle subjected to spin-torque effect Huy Pham , Dorin Cimpoesu , Alexandru Stancu , Leonard Spinu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D32.00002: Dynamical Coupling of Nanomagnets due to Spin Transfer Sergei Urazhdin , Weng-Lee Lim , Nicholas Anthony , Andrew Higgins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D32.00003: Magnetic propeller driven by spin transfer Weng Lee Lim , Nicholas Anthony , Andrew Higgins , Sergei Urazhdin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D32.00004: Coherence of spin-torque microwave oscillators Invited Speaker: Andrei Slavin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D32.00005: Magnetization excitations in magnetic nanopillars induced by a d.c. spin polarized current Nikoleta Theodoropoulou , Amit Sharma , William Pratt Jr. , Jack Bass Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D32.00006: Resonant Spin-Transfer-Driven Switching of Magnetic Spin Valves Assisted by Microwave Current Pulses Yong-Tao Cui , Jack C. Sankey , Chen Wang , Kiran V. Thadani , Zhi-Pan Li , Robert A. Buhrman , Daniel C. Ralph Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D32.00007: Phenomenological model for size-dependent switching behavior in spin transfer torque devices Venkatesh Chembrolu , Yves Acremann , John Paul Strachan , Xiaowei Yu , Ashwin Tulapurkar , Jordan Katine , Mathew Carey , Tolek Tyliszczak , Joachim Stohr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D32.00008: Linewidths of Spin-Torque-Driven Nanomagnetic Oscillators as a Function of Field Angle and Temperature Kiran V. Thadani , Z.-P. Li , O. Ozatay , J.C. Sankey , I.N. Krivorotov , Y.-T. Cui , R.A. Buhrman , D.C. Ralph , G. Finocchio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D32.00009: Enhancement in spin-torque efficiency by nonuniform spin current generated within a tapered nanopillar spin valve P.M. Braganca , O. Ozatay , A.G.F. Garcia , O.J. Lee , D.C. Ralph , R.A. Buhrman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D32.00010: Theory of Ferromagnetic Resonance in Perpendicularly Magnetized Nanodiscs; Excitation by Injected AC Current Rodrigo Arias , Douglas Mills Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D32.00011: Quantum transport in Spin Torque Transfer Devices Sayeef Salahuddin , Deepanjan Datta , Prabhakar Srivastava , Supriyo Datta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D32.00012: Spin Pumping of Current in Non-Uniform Conducting Magnets Wayne Saslow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D32.00013: First principles calculation of the spin transfer torques Ke Xia , Yuan Xu , Shuai Wang Preview Abstract

Session D33: Focus Session: Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors: III

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG FIAP
Chair: Chris Palmstrom, University of Minesota
Morial Convention Center - 224

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D33.00001: Theory of Current-Induced Domain Wall Creep in (Ga,Mn)As. Invited Speaker: Jun'ichi Ieda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D33.00002: Analyzing the influence of magnetic domain walls on longitudinal and transverse magnetoresistance in tensile strained (Ga,Mn)As Gang Xiang , Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D33.00003: Manipulation of Magnetic Domain Walls in Patterned (Ga,Mn)As Devices Andrew Balk , Meng Zhu , Nitin Samarth , David Awschalom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D33.00004: Spin valve effect in self-exchange biased ferromagnetic metal/semiconductor heterostructures Meng Zhu , Mark Wilson , Ben-Li Sheu , Partha Mitra , Peter Schiffer , Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D33.00005: The Influence of the Doping Profile on Spin Transport in Fe/GaAs Schottky Tunnel Barrier Heterostructures Q. Hu , E.S. Garlid , K.S.M. Reddy , J. Zhang , T. Kondo , P.A. Crowell , C.J. Palmstr$\O$m Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D33.00006: Single domain switching by spin-polarized current in GaMnAs nanodevice A. Chernyshov , M. Overby , L.P. Rokhinson , J.K. Furdyna , X. Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D33.00007: Magnetoresistance Enhancement through a Resonant Tunneling Diode based in the GaMnAs/AlGaAs Materials System Edward Likovich , Kasey Russell , Wei Yi , Venkatesh Narayanamurti , Keh-Chiang Ku , Meng Zhu , Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D33.00008: Dissipationless anomalous transport properties and Mott relation in Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$As Yong Pu , Jing Shi , Daichi Chiba , Fumihiro Matsukura , Hideo Ohno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D33.00009: Localization effects in ferromagnetic Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$Sb random alloys M. Eginligil , G. B. Kim , H. Luo , B. D. McCombe , Y. S. Yoon , J. P. Bird Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D33.00010: Huge tunneling magnetoresistance ($>$18300{\%}) in semiconductor based magnetic tunnel junctions with zinc-blende MnAs nanoparticles Pham Nam Hai , ByungHo Yu , Shinobu Ohya , Masaaki Tanaka Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM	D33.00011: Ultrafast Photoinduced Demagnetization in (III,Mn)V Ferromagnetic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Lukasz Cywinski Preview Abstract

Session D35: Focus Session: Negative Index Materials II

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Anatoly Zayats, Queen's University of Belfast
Morial Convention Center - 227

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D35.00001: Negative Index Metamaterials for Superlenses Based on Metal-Dielectric Nanocomposites Latika Menon , Wentao Lu , Adam Friedman , Steven Bennett , Donald Heiman , Srinivas Sridhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D35.00002: Anisotropic nanostructured metamaterials for broadband all-angle negative refractionand flat lens imaging Wentao Lu , Srinivas Sridhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D35.00003: Achieving sub-diffraction imaging through bound surface states in negative-refracting photonic crystals at the near-infrared Rohit Chatterjee , Nicolae Panoiu , Kai liu , Zachary Dios , Ming Bin Yu , My The Doan , Laura Kaufman , Richard Osgood , Chee Wei Wong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM	D35.00004: Optical Super Lens: from near-field to far field Invited Speaker: Xiang Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D35.00005: Surface plasmon polariton bound state and negative index imaging at the dielectric edge Igor Smolyaninov , Yu-Ju Hung , Ehren Hwang , Christopher Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D35.00006: Linear and nonlinear optical devices based on plasmonic negative index metamaterials. Igor Smolyaninov , Idan Mandelbaum , Louise Sengupta , Yu-Ju Hung , Ehren Hwang , Christopher Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D35.00007: Metaplasmonics and Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials for Optical Nanocircuits, Wave-Bending Tunneling Elements, and Nanoantennas Nader Engheta , Andrea Alu , Mario Silveirinha , Brian Edwards , Michael Young , Jingjing Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D35.00008: Quantum Josephson Junction Metamaterials Laura Adams , Hua Xu , Steven Anlage Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D35.00009: Experimental realization of a generalized superlens using negative refraction at infrared wavelengths Ravinder Banyal , B.D.F. Casse , W.T. Lu , Y.J. Huang , S. Selvarasah , M. Dokmeci , C.H. Perry , S. Sridhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D35.00010: An Experimental Near-Field Focusing Plate A. Grbic , L. Jiang , R. Merlin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D35.00011: Radiationless Electromagnetic Interference: Perfect Focusing with Evanescent-Field Plates R. Merlin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D35.00012: Contribution of electric quadrupole resonance in optical metamaterials David Cho , Feng Wang , Xiang Zhang , Y. Ron Shen Preview Abstract

Session D36: Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage I: Chemical Hydride and Complex Metal Hydride Materials I

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP
Chair: Chris G. Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara
Morial Convention Center - 228

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM	D36.00001: Nanoscale Hydrides in Porous Carbon Scaffolds Invited Speaker: John Vajo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D36.00002: A Study of the Structural and Dynamical Properties of Lithium Borohydride Confined within Nanoporous Framework Structures using Neutron Scattering Investigations Ceris Hamilton , Michael R. Hartman , Hui Wu , Terrence J. Udovic , John. J. Rush , Adam F. Gross , John J. Vajo , Theodore F. Baumann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D36.00003: Density Functional Screening of Metal Hydride Reactions Karl Johnson , Sudhakar Alapati , Bing Dai , Ki-Chul Kim , David Sholl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D36.00004: Reversible Hydrogen Storage in the Lithium Borohydride -- Calcium Hydride Coupled System Frederick Pinkerton , Martin Meyer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D36.00005: Structures and Bonding of Li-B-N-H Quaternary Hydrides Hui Wu , Wei Zhou , Terrence Udovic , John Rush , Taner Yildirim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D36.00006: Thermodynamic guidelines for the prediction of hydrogen storage reactions and their application to destabilized hydride mixtures Donald Siegel , C. Wolverton , V. Ozolins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D36.00007: Crystal Chemistry of the Perovskite-type Hydride NaMgH$_{3}$ Terrence Udovic , Hui Wu , Wei Zhou , John Rush , Taner Yildirim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D36.00008: Bonding changes in compressed NaBH$_{4}$ probed by inelastic X-ray scattering Andrew Cornelius , Ravhi Kumar , Malcolm Nicol , Michael Hu , Paul Chow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D36.00009: On the Formation of LaFe$_{5}$H$_{n}$ Jan Herbst , Louis Hector, Jr. Preview Abstract

Session D37: Optical Properties of Semiconductors (mostly nitrides)

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Mark Holtz, Texas Tech University
Morial Convention Center - 229

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D37.00001: Magnetooptic Ellipsometry: Determination of free charge carrier properties in semiconductor device structures Mathias Schubert , Tino Hofmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D37.00002: Cyclotron mass of two-dimensional holes in (100) oriented GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures T.M. Lu , Z.F. Li , D.C. Tsui , M.J. Manfra , L.N. Pfeiffer , K.W. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D37.00003: High-Gap Semiconductors and Their Absorption Mechanisms at Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelengths J.M. Dutta , C.R. Jones , V. Parshin , B. Garin , V. Polyakov , A. Rukovishnikov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D37.00004: Propagation of light in birefringent tilings Angelo Mascarenhas , Brian Fluegel , Lekhnath Bhusal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D37.00005: Properties of Bulk GaN Crystals grown from the Solution Madhu Murthy , Jaime A. Freitas Jr. , Micheal A. Mastro , Rachel M. Frazier , Boris N. Feigelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D37.00006: Optical properties of MOCVD selective area growth of GaN D.Y. Song , A. Chandolu , L. Tian , N. Stojanovic , S.A. Nikishin , M. Holtz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D37.00007: Insights into the Electronic Structure of Single-Crystal AlN with NRIXS Joseph Bradley , Gerald Seidler , Rafael Dalmau , Kenneth Nagle , Zlatko Sitar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D37.00008: Optical properties of AlN epilayers probed by polarization resolved photoluminescence A. Sedhain , N. Nepal , M.L. Nakarmi , J.Y. Lin , H.X. Jiang , J.H. Edgar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D37.00009: Excitons in AlN under pressure. Niels E. Christensen , Robert Laskowski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D37.00010: Dresselhaus Effect in Bulk Wurtzite Structures Wan-Tsang Wang , Yia-Chung Chang , Jih-Chen Chiang , Yu-Chi Hsu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D37.00011: Optical phonon decay in GaN and AlN D. Y. Song , P. Pandit , A. Chandolu , M. Basavaraj , S. A. Nikishin , M. Holtz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D37.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D37.00013: Large Optical Absorption Variation in Green GaInN/ GaN Multiply Quantum Well under High Charge Carrier Density. Wei Zhao , Mingwei Zhu , Yufeng Li , Yong Xia , Jayantha Senawiratne , Theeradetch Detchprohm , Christian Wetzel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D37.00014: The influence of O$_{2}$ on the properties of InN thin films A. Dixit , C. Sudakar , J.S. Thakur , V.M. Naik , R. Naik , G. Lawes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D37.00015: Effect of hydrogen on surface electron accumulation in InN films Rudra Bhatta , Brian Thoms , Mustafa Alevli , Nikolaus Dietz Preview Abstract

Session D38: Metals: Defects and Elastic Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: George M. Stocks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Morial Convention Center - 230

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D38.00001: Atomic short-range order effects on magnetostriction in Fe-rich Fe-Ga Yevgeniy Puzyrev , G. E. Ice , G. M. Stocks , R. McQueeney , Yingzhou Du Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D38.00002: First-principles study of helium bubble formation at a palladium lattice vacancy Pei Lin , Yan Wang , Mei-Yin Chou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D38.00003: Embedded Atom Method Potential for Titanium-Vanadium Alloys Michael R. Fellinger , John W. Wilkins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D38.00004: Atomistic dislocation simulation of aluminum using a tight-binding method Chee Gan , Siu-Sin Quek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D38.00005: First-principles calculation of dislocation properties of ductile rare-earth intermetallic compounds Min Ji , Cai-zhuang Wang , Kai-Ming Ho , Qian Chen , Xiang-Yang Liu , Bulent Biner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D38.00006: Effect of Chemistry on Dislocation Core Properties in $\alpha$-Fe: AN \emph{ab initio}-Based Approach Zhengzheng Chen , Nicholas Kioussis , Nasr Ghoniem , Tadashi Hasebe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D38.00007: Dependence of the Strain Rate Sensitivity of Crystalline Materials on the Distribution of Obstacles to Dislocation Motion Renge Li , Zhijie Xu , Catalin Picu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D38.00008: Elastic properties of $\gamma $-Pu by Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy Izabela Stroe , A. Trugman , J. Betts , A. Migliori , C. H. Mileke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D38.00009: The 50 K anomaly in the shear modulus of $\beta $-PdH$_{0.71}$ Douglas Safarik , Ricardo Schwarz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D38.00010: Field theoretical approach to deformation dynamics. Sanichiro Yoshida Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D38.00011: Where is the Simple Hexagonal Structure in Tin? Michael Mehl , Daniel Finkenstadt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D38.00012: {\em Ab initio} study of Fe-rich Fe-Cu alloys David Reith , Raimund Podloucky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D38.00013: Strain-induced interactions in size-mismatched alloys: A Kanzaki force approach Alejandro Diaz-Ortiz , Oleg Shchyglo , Vladimir Bugaev , Helmut Dosch , Alexander Udyansky , Harald Reichert , Ralf Drautz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D38.00014: New candidates for the Pt$_8$Ti structures in intermetallics Erin Gilmartin , Jacqueline Corbitt , Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D38.00015: Properties of the type I Ge-based clathrates Ba$_{8}$Al$_{13}$Ge$_{33}$ and Ba$_{8}$Al$_{16}$Ge$_{30}$ Emmanuel Nenghabi , Charles Myles Preview Abstract

Session D39: Focus Session: Econophysics and Applications Outside of Physics

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland
Morial Convention Center - 231

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D39.00001: Image Segmentation in Linear Time using the Potts Model Frank W. Bentrem Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D39.00002: Battles between an insurgent army and an advanced army - focus on strategy Surajit Sen , Linda Shanahan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D39.00003: Understanding individual human mobility patterns Marta C. Gonz\'{a}lez , Cesar A. Hidalgo , Albert-L\'{a}szlo Barab\'{a}si Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D39.00004: Epidemics with Multistrain Interactions: Cross Immunity and Antibody-Dependent Enhancement Simone Bianco , Leah Shaw Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D39.00005: Panic reactions and global disease dynamics Rafael Brune , Christian Thiemann , Bernd Blasius , Theo Geisel , Dirk Brockmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D39.00006: Fractal Hearts are Healthy Hearts---Are Fractal Companies Healthy Companies? Bronson Argyle , Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM	D39.00007: Economic Fluctuations and Statistical Physics: Quantifying Extremely Rare and Much Less Rare Events Invited Speaker: H. Eugene Stanley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D39.00008: Nonstationary increments and variable diffusion processes in financial markets Joseph L. McCauley , Kevin E. Bassler , Gemunu H. Gunaratne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D39.00009: A Model for Nonstationary Market Dynamics with Nontrivial Dynamical Scaling Min Liu , Kevin E. Bassler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D39.00010: path integral approach to closed form pricing formulas in the Heston framework. Damiaan Lemmens , Michiel Wouters , Jacques Tempere , Sven Foulon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D39.00011: Modeling income distribution as a sum of additive and multiplicative stochastic processes Anand Banerjee , Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D39.00012: Power-law behavior and condensation phenomena in disordered urn models: Analysis and its application to macro-economics Jun-ichi Inoue , Jun Ohkubo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D39.00013: The Macro Model of the Inequality Process and the Surging Relative Frequency of Large Wage Incomes John Angle Preview Abstract

Session D40: SPS Undergraduate Research and Outreach II

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

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM	D40.00001: Oxide Reliability of SiC MOSFETs Enrique Carrion , Moshe Gurfinkel , John Suehle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM	D40.00002: X-ray degradation studies of Nafion in a PEM fuel cell Rebecca Jenkins , Juan Fragoso Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM	D40.00003: Polymer Nanocomposite Gyroids Chris Knorowski , Joshua Anderson , Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM	D40.00004: Sol-gel synthesis and characterization of terbium doped tin-oxide Rebecca Sobel , Christie Larochelle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM	D40.00005: Generation of 279nm Light for Single Photon Ionization of Laser Cooled Rubidium Lucas Willis , Michael Lim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM	D40.00006: Bio-Photonic Detection of Various Cellular Cultures Patrick Hann , Maria Garzon , Erik Pfeiffer , Samuel Lofland , Ernst Knoesel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM	D40.00007: Epitaxial Thin Film Growth of CMR Manganites on Silicon: The Effect of Thermal Stress Sanjay Adhikari , Bao Ha , Grace Yong , David Schaefer , Rajeswari Kolagani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM	D40.00008: Synthesis and Characterization of CrAlC Thin Films Juan Roche , Jeffrey Hettinger , Samuel Lofland , Ted Scabarozi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM	D40.00009: Spatially resolved quasiparticle tunneling spectra in the vortex state of optimally hole-doped YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{x}$ (Y-123) M.S. Grinolds , A.D. Beyer , M.L. Teague , N.-C. Yeh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM	D40.00010: High Frequency Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Dobromir Kamburov , Beth Parks , Zhaohui Zhong , Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM	D40.00011: Current State of Research of Alternate Fuel Sources for Passenger Vehicles Lee Massey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM	D40.00012: Universal Properties of Population Dynamics with Fluctuating Resources Sayak Mukherjee , Hans-Karl Janssen , Beate Schmittmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM	D40.00013: First-principles density-functional theory investigation of FOX-7 Brian Vohaska , Michael Conroy , Ivan Oleynik , Carter White Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM	D40.00014: Variational Wavefunction Monte Carlo method applied to electrons in a two dimensional square lattice with zero doping Sunita Kannan , Courtney Lannert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM	D40.00015: Quantum Criticality and Neutron Scattering Solutions for a Spin-1/2 Ladder Model Justin Cohen , Jeremiah Barry , Mark Meisel Preview Abstract

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