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Session Q1: Ballistic Charge and Spin Transport in Graphene

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Shan-Wen Tsai, University of California, Riverside
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q1.00001: Electronic spin transport and spin precession in single graphene layers at room temperature. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q1.00002: Phase coherent transport in graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q1.00003: Phase Coherent Charge Transport in Graphene Quantum Billiards Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q1.00004: Ballistic Transport in Graphene. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q2: The Physics of Self-Assembled Protein Cages

Sponsoring Units: DBP DMP
Chair: Bogdan Dragnea, Indiana University
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q2.00001: Packaging of Polyelectrolytes in Viral Capsids: The Interplay Between Polymer Length and Capsid Size Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q2.00002: Diversity in virus assembly: biology makes things complicated Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q2.00003: Dynamic Models for Templated Viral Capsid Assembly Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q2.00004: Self-Assembly of the HIV Virus Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q2.00005: Menagerie of Viruses: Diverse Chemical Sequences or Simple Electrostatics? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q3: Simple Views on Polymer Dynamics: Symposium Honoring P G de Gennes

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: A. Grosberg, University of Minnesota
Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q3.00001: Quasielastic scattering -- theory and experiment hand in hand Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q3.00002: The Coil-Stretch Transition after more than 30 years Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q3.00003: Dynamics of Polymer Solutions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q3.00004: Dynamics of Entangled Polymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q3.00005: Interdiffusion and disentanglement of polymer brushes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q4: Pairing Fluctuations Near the Superconductor-Insulator Transition

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Subir Sachdev, Harvard University
Room: Morial Convention Center 206

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q4.00001: Survival of superconducting correlations across the two-dimensional superconductor-insulator transition: A finite-frequency study Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q4.00002: Theory of the Nernst effect near quantum phase transitions in condensed matter, and in dyonic black holes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q4.00003: Observation of the Nernst signal generated by fluctuating Cooper pairs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q4.00004: Nernst effect and diamagnetism in phase fluctuating superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q5: Panel Discussion: How Can Industry Best Support the Innovative Research That It Needs?

Sponsoring Units: AIP APS
Chair: Robert Doering, Texas Instruments
Room: Morial Convention Center RO1

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q5.00001: Leveraging R\&D Resources via the Joint LLC Model Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q5.00002: The Value of Long Range R\&D in the Information Technology Industry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q5.00003: Creating Value with Long Term R\&D: The life science industry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q5.00004: TBD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q5.00005: Panel Discussion: How can industry best support the innovative research that it needs? Abstract APS Preview Abstract

Session Q6: Artificial and Tunable Realizations of Spin Systems

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Roderich Moessner, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Room: Morial Convention Center RO4

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q6.00001: Frustration in a patterned array of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands: Artificial Spin Ice Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q6.00002: Artificial Kagome Spin Ice Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q6.00003: Thermodynamics and dynamics of artificial square ice and related dipolar nanoarrays Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q6.00004: Realizing Colloidal Artificial Ice on Arrays of Optical Traps Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q6.00005: Ultracold atomic gases in optical lattices: mimicking condensed matter and beyond Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q7: Undergraduate Nanotechnology and Materials Physics Education II

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Peter Collings, Swarthmore College
Room: Morial Convention Center RO5

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q7.00001: The Role of Engineering Design in Materials Science and Engineering Curricula Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q7.00002: What Quantum Dots Can Do for You Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q7.00003: An Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science at James Madison University. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q7.00004: Use of clickers and sustainable reform in upper-division physics courses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q7.00005: Thinking like a physicist: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics in the \textit{Paradigms in Physics} Curriculum at Oregon State University Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q8: Colloidal Phase Behavior

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Yale University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO6

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q8.00001: Studies of colloids on spherical interfaces using digital holographic microscopy Jerome Fung, Ryan J. McGorty, Vinothan N. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q8.00002: Confinement Finds a Length Scale for the Colloidal Glass Transition Kazem Edmond, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q8.00003: Dislocation nucleation and motion observed in a 2D Yukawa triangular lattice V. Nosenko, S. Zhdanov, G. Morfill Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q8.00004: Low-electric-field phase behaviour of Brownian colloidal suspensions in sedimentation equilibrium Amit Agarwal, Ning Li, Anand Yethiraj Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q8.00005: Benchmarks for simulations of colloidal suspensions Tony Ladd Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q8.00006: Non-equilibrium Crystallization Kinetics of an Induced Transition Observed in a Nano-Colloidal Liquid Crystal-Aerosil Dispersions Dipti Sharma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q8.00007: Phase separation in asymmetric 2D binary hard-sphere mixtures Camilo Guaqueta, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q8.00008: Experiments on a two dimensional lattice of charged colloids above a water-oil interface William Irvine, Yael Roichmann, Andrew Hollingsworth, David Grier, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q8.00009: Nematic Order on Foams Bryan Chen, Randall Kamien Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q8.00010: Restricted Defect Dynamics in Colloidal Peanut Crystals Sharon Gerbode, Stephanie Lee, Bettina John, Angie Wolfgang, Chekesha Liddell, Fernando Escobedo, Itai Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q8.00011: Two-dimensional Dimer System Xiaochao Xu, David Pine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q8.00012: Observing liquid-gas nucleation in a colloid-polymer solution using digital holographic microscopy Ryan McGorty, Vinothan N. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q8.00013: Soft Spheres Make More Mesophases Christian Santangelo, Matthew Glaser, Gregory Grason, Randall Kamien, Andreij Kosmrlj, Primoz Ziherl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q8.00014: Correlations between Dynamical Heterogeneities and Visco-elastic properties of Confined Colloidal Thin Films Prasad Sarangapani, Y. Elaine Zhu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q8.00015: Direct Imaging of the Collapsed Langmuir Monolayers and Multilayer Formation Doseok Kim, Sangjun Seok, Tae Jung Kim, Young Dong Kim, David Vaknin Preview Abstract

Session Q9: Focus Session: DNA and Biofluid Analysis with Micro and Nanofluidic Devices

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Dorian Liepmann, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Morial Convention Center RO7

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q9.00001: Using hydrodynamics to control DNA conformation for genotyping, sorting, and analysis Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q9.00002: Droplet-based microfluidics for high-throughput scanning of a large probe library. Adam Abate, Dave Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q9.00003: Distant-ion dragging of polarizable nanodroplets and solvated DNA on nanotubes Boyang Wang, Petr Kral Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q9.00004: Spontaneous and coherent Raman spectroscopy of microfluidic flows Rajan Arora, Georgi Petrov, Vladislav Yakovlev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q9.00005: Detection of Kinase Translocation Using Microfluidic Electroporative Flow Cytometry Chang Lu, Jun Wang, Ning Bao, Leela Paris, Hsiang-Yu Wang, Robert Geahlen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q9.00006: DNA/Protein Concentration and Identification by Nano-Channel Electrokinetics Gilad Yossifon, Hsueh-Chia Chang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q9.00007: DNA dynamics in sub-persistence length confinement Yeng-Long Chen, Arsen Grigoryan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q9.00008: Learning from the Jersey Turnpike:Cell Lysis, Labeling and Washing with Microfluidic Metamaterials Kevin Loutherback, Keith Morton, David Inglis, Opheli Tsui, James Sturm, Stephen Chou, Robert Austin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q9.00009: Scaling of Polymer Diffusivity in Confined Colloid-Polymer Systems Amir Amini, Marc Robert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q9.00010: Dynamics of Individual Flexible Biopolymers in a Microvortex Flow Chao-Min Cheng, Philip LeDuc Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q9.00011: Microfluidic devices for separation of human blood samples Virginia VanDelinder, Alex Groisman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q9.00012: Cheaters and Cooperators: A Study of Bacterial Conflict on a Chip Guillaume Lambert, Peter Galajda, Juan Keymer, Robert Austin Preview Abstract

Session Q10: Superconductivity: Vortex II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Milind Kunchur, University of South Carolina
Room: Morial Convention Center RO8

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q10.00001: Vortex ratchets from asymmetric weak-pinning channels K. Yu, T.W. Heitmann, C. Song, M.P. DeFeo, B.L.T. Plourde, M.B.S. Hesselberth, P.H. Kes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q10.00002: Vortex dynamics in a single weak-pinning superconducting channel with a Corbino geometry. T.W. Heitmann, K. Yu, C. Song, M.P. DeFeo, B.L.T. Plourde, M.B.S. Hesselberth, P.H. Kes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q10.00003: Spontaneous Transverse Voltage and Amplified Switching in Superconductors with Honeycomb Pinning Arrays Cynthia Olson Reichhardt, Charles Reichhardt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q10.00004: Anisotropic properties of superconducting niobium wire-networks J. Hua, Z.L. Xiao, A. Imre, U. Patel, L.E. Ocola, V. Novosad, U. Welp, W.K. Kwok Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q10.00005: Vortex Matter in Magnet --Superconductor Hybrids Igor Lyuksyutov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q10.00006: Comparing computer simulations to measurements of slow moving vortices in NbSe$_2$ Michael Dreyer, Jonghee Lee, Hui Wang, Barry Barker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q10.00007: Towards ordered flux flow in A15 superconductor V$_{3}$Si at high fields R. Khadka, A.A. Gapud, A.P. Reyes, L. Lumata, P.L. Kuhns, D.K. Christen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q10.00008: Time-resolved infrared spectroscopy of superconducting NbTiN film near H$_{c2}$ Jungseek Hwang, Haidong Zhang, David H. Reitze, Christopher J. Stanton, D.B. Tanner, G. Lawrence Carr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q10.00009: Imaging the dynamics of single vortices on grain boundaries in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6+x}$ thin films B. Kalisky, B. Nowadnick, S. Wenderich, E. Zeldov, J. Kirtley, A. Ariando, H. Hilgenkamp, K. A. Moler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q10.00010: Imaging the Vortex Density of States in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+x}$ Yi Yin, M. Zech, T. L. Williams, Genda Gu, J. E. Hoffman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q10.00011: Single Vortex Imaging and Shaking in a YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6.991}$ Single Crystal Lan Luan, O. M. Auslaender, E. Zeldov, K. A. Moler, D. A. Bonn, Ruixing Liang, W. N. Hardy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q10.00012: Tunneling of an extended object in a dissipative environment: suppression of tunneling of vortices caused by a remote gate. Karen Michaeli, Alexander Finkel'stein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q10.00013: Dynamics of vortices driven by magnetic field changes observed by LT-STM Jonghee Lee, Michael Dreyer, Hui Wang, Barry Barker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q10.00014: h/e-Flux Periodicity in Superconducting Loops Arno Kampf, Florian Loder, Thilo Kopp, Jochen Mannhart, Christof Schneider, Yuri Barash Preview Abstract

Session Q11: Focus Session: Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Anand Bhattacharya, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center RO9

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q11.00001: Proximity Effects and crossed Andreev reflections in Perovskite Superconductor-Ferromagnet Bilayers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q11.00002: Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Study of Bi-Layer La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$/YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ Thin Films I. Fridman, P. Morales, J.Y.T. Wei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q11.00003: Anomalous Sub-Gap features in Nb/Ni Tunneling DOS Paul SanGiorgio, Malcolm Beasley, Junhyung Kwon, Kookrin Char Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q11.00004: Spin Polarization And Inelastic Scattering In High And Low Transparency Ferromagnet/Superconductor Point Contacts Paul J. Dolan, Jr., Charles W. Smith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q11.00005: Electrical properties of interfaces in high-T$_{c}$ superconducting heterostructures Maarten van Zalk, Jos Boschker, Menno Veldhorst, Alexander Brinkman, Hans Hilgenkamp Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q11.00006: All-oxide inverse superconducting spin switch Jacobo Santamaria, Norbert Nemes, Cristina Visani, Javier Garcia-Barriocanal, Zouhair Sefrioui, Diego Arias, Carlos Leon, Mar Garcia-Hernandez, Suzanne te Velthuis, Axel Hoffmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q11.00007: Covalent Bonding and Orbital Reconstruction at an Oxide Interface. Jak Chakhalian, John Freeland, Hans-Ulrich Habermeier, Georg Cristiani, G. Khaliullin, Michel van Veenendaal, Bernhard Keimer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q11.00008: Spin-triplet correlations in clean superconductor-ferromagnet multilayers Zoran Radovic, Zorica Pajovic, Milos Bozovic, Jerome Cayssol, Alexander Buzdin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q11.00009: Properties of Hybrid Superconductor/Half-metal Systems Matthias Eschrig, Tomas Lofwander Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q11.00010: Novel Josephson junctions of high-$T_c$ cuprate using magnetic islands: Fabrication and Properties A. Maeda, L. Gomez, S. Kitamura Preview Abstract

Session Q12: Focus Session: Hidden Order and Heavy Fermions

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Lia Krusin-Elbaum, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Room: Morial Convention Center 203

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q12.00001: Exotic Superconducting State Embedded in the Hidden Order Phase of URu$_2$Si$_2$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q12.00002: Neutron scattering studies of the quantum critical point of CeAuSb2 John Janik, Chris Wiebe, Haidong Zhou, Ben Ueland, Ying Chen, Jeff Lynn, Zachary Fisk, H. Le, Wei Bao, Youn-Jung Jo, Luis Balicas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q12.00003: Magnetic and electrical transport study of single crystal YbAu$_{2}$ H. Ryu, E.D. Mun, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q12.00004: A Novel Low-Temperature Phase in Strongly Correlated CePd$_{3}$Ga$_{8}$ Qing'An Li, J.F. Mitchell, K.E. Gray, Robin Macaluso Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q12.00005: Is the Low-Temperature Phase in CePd$_{3}$Ga$_{8}$ Fascinating or Just Novel? K.E. Gray, J.F. Mitchell, H. Claus, Qing'An Li, Robin Macaluso Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q12.00006: Field-induced magnetic phase transition in antiferromagnetic YbPtSi Yuri Janssen, Yuen Yiu, Peter Khalifah, Meigan Aronson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q12.00007: Magnetic Order in single-crystalline YbPtSi Yuen Yiu, Yuri Janssen, Peter Khalifah, Meigan Aronson, Moosung Kim, Marcus Bennett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q12.00008: Angle resolved photoemission studies of YbRh$_2$(Si$_{1-x}$Ge$_x$)$_2$ S.-K. Mo, K. Tanaka, N. Mannella, C. Capan, D.J. Kim, Z. Fisk, Z. Hussain, Z.-X. Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q12.00009: High Pressure Studies of CeIn$_{3}$ in High Magnetic Fields Kenneth Purcell, Jason Cooley, Rongwei Hu, Ross McDonald, Cedomir Petrovic, Stanley Tozer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q12.00010: Effects of Rhenium doping on the high magnetic field versus temperature phase diagram of URu$_{2}$Si$_{2}$ Sonia Francoual, Neil Harrison, Marcello Jaime, Chuck Mielke, Alex Lacerda, Frederik Fabris, Nicholas Butch, Brian Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q12.00011: Unconventional Magnetic Scaling Exponents near a $T=0$ Transition in URu$_{2-x}$Re$_{x}$Si$_{2}$ Nicholas P. Butch, Benjamin T. Yukich, M. Brian Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q12.00012: The linear and non-linear magnetic susceptibility of $\mathrm{URu_{2}Si_{2}}$ in hydrostatic pressure G.J. MacDougall, G.M. Luke, T. Goko, J.D. Garrett Preview Abstract

Session Q13: Ground State Density Functional Theory: Applications

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Kieron Burke, University of California, Irvine
Room: Morial Convention Center 204

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q13.00001: Polarizabilities and Hyperpolarizabilities of Hydrogen Chains: Is Self-Interaction Correction the Key? A. Ruzsinszky, J.P. Perdew, G.I. Csonka, G.E. Scuseria, O.A. Vydrov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q13.00002: Improved Description of Stereoelectronic Effects Using Semi-local Density Functional Theory Gabor I. Csonka, John P. Perdew, Adrienn Ruzsinszky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q13.00003: Approximations in local hybrid density functionals Benjamin Janesko, Gustavo Scuseria Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q13.00004: The role of middle-range Hartree-Fock-type exchange in hybrid functionals Thomas Henderson, Artur Izmaylov, Gustavo Scuseria, Andreas Savin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q13.00005: Molecular Crystals, a test system for weak bonding. Bernard Delley, Teodora Todorova Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q13.00006: Surface Stress and Energy of Metal Nanoclusters Igor Vasiliev, Bharat Medasani, Young Ho Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q13.00007: Applying Density Functional Theory for Atomic Vacancies in Solids Xiaolan Zhou, John P. Perdew Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q13.00008: Generalized LDA$+$U$+$V functional in DFT calculations for covalent systems Vivaldo Campo, Matteo Cococcioni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q13.00009: Comparative Study of the Performance of DFT B3PW91 for the Prediction of Electronic Properties of Molecules Jasma Batham, Pedro Derosa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q13.00010: Relativistic Density Functional Theory Calculations of the Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Parameters for Vanadyl Acetyl Acetonate and Copper Acetyl Acetonate Laxman Mainali, Indra Sahu, Keith Earle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q13.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q13.00012: Functional minimization scheme for first-principles electronic structure calculations with bi-orthogonal interpolating wavelets William Garber, Dmitri Volja, Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q13.00013: An implementation of LDA+DMFT within the PAW framework: Application to SrVO3. Bernard Amadon, Frank Lechermann, Antoine Georges Preview Abstract

Session Q14: Bosons in Optical Lattices

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Theja De Silva, State University of New York, Binghamton
Room: Morial Convention Center 205

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q14.00001: Control of Decoherence of Many-Body Excitations in a Bose-Einstein Condensate Nir Bar-Gill, Eitan Rowen, Nir Davidson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q14.00002: Investigating Universal Few-body Physics based on Bose-Einstein Condensates of Cesium Atoms in Optical Lattices Nathan Gemelke, Chen-Lung Hung, Xibo Zhang, Cheng Chin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q14.00003: Temperature effects when adiabatically ramping up the optical lattice Lode Pollet, Corinna Kollath, Kris Van Houcke, Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q14.00004: Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity in optical lattices and periodic porous media; a path integral Monte Carlo study Ali Shams, Henry Glyde Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q14.00005: Superfluid-Insulator and Roughening Transitions in Domain Walls Sebnem Gunes Soyler, Barbara Capogrosso-Sansone, Nikolay Prokof'ev, Boris Svistunov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q14.00006: Ground state properties of one- and two-component Bose-Hubbard model Barbara Capogrosso-Sansone, Sebnem Gunes Soyler, Nikolay Prokof'ev, Boris Svistunov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q14.00007: Mott-insulator mediated Josephson physics Courtney Lannert, Smitha Vishveshwara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q14.00008: Radio frequency spectra of interacting bosons in an optical lattice trap Kuei Sun, Smitha Vishveshwara, Courtney Lannert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q14.00009: Bosons with three-body interactions on optical lattices Stefan Wessel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q14.00010: Supersolidity from defect-condensation in the extended boson Hubbard model Yu-Chun Chen, Roger G. Melko, Stefan Wessel, Ying-Jer Kao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q14.00011: Bose Hubbard model in the presence of Ohmic dissipation Denis Dalidovich, Malcolm Kennett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q14.00012: Incommensurate superfluidity of bosons in the optical lattice of double-well potentials Vladimir M. Stojanovic, Congjun Wu, W. Vincent Liu, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q14.00013: Superfluid-insulator transition in Fermi-Bose mixtures and the orthogonality catastrophe Gil Refael, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q14.00014: Novel few- and many-body lattice methods for cold atoms Dean Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q14.00015: Cat state production with ultracold bosons in rotating ring superlattices Andreas Nunnenkamp, Ana Maria Rey, Keith Burnett Preview Abstract

Session Q15: Focus Session: Semiconductor Qubit Approaches I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Mark Eriksson, University of Wisconsin
Room: Morial Convention Center 207

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q15.00001: Spin Dependent Transport in Si/SiGe Few-Electron Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q15.00002: Coulomb Blockade in Double Top Gated Si MOS Nano-Structures Eric Nordberg, Malcolm Carroll, Mike Lilly, Kent Childs, Lisa Tracy, Kevin Eng, Robert Grubbs, Joel Wendt, Jeff Stevens, Mark Eriksson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q15.00003: Dephasing of exchange coupled spin qubits by electron-phonon coupling in Silicon Xuedong Hu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q15.00004: Decoherence and Relaxation in Two-electron Si Quantum Dots Marta Prada, Mark Friesen, Robert Joynt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q15.00005: Spin singlet-triplet relaxation times in Si double quantum dots Anton Vorontsov, Maxim Vavilov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q15.00006: Spin resonance of 2D electrons in silicon MOS structures S. Shankar, A. M. Tyryshkin, S. A. Lyon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q15.00007: Valley Splitting in Electrostatically Confined Structures at the Si/SiO$_2$ Interface L.A. Tracy, E.P. Nordberg, K. Eng, M.P. Lilly, M.S. Carroll Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q15.00008: Substrate orientation dependence of valley-splitting in Silicon nanostructures Neerav Kharche, Seongmin Kim, Timothy Boykin, Gerhard Klimeck Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q15.00009: Why the Long-term Charge Offset Drift in Si SET Transistors is Much Better than Metal-Based Ones: TLF Stability Neil Zimmerman, William Huber, Stuart Martin, Brian Simonds, Emmanouel Hourdakis, Akira Fujiwara, Yukinori Ono, Yasuo Takahashi, Hiroshi Inokawa, Christian Hof, Miha Furlan, Mark Keller, Jose Aumentado Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q15.00010: Vertically coupled Al and Si SETs for characterization of MOS structures at low temperature Luyan Sun, B.E. Kane Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q15.00011: Gate control of single-electron spins: a multi-scale numerical simulation approach Sanjay Prabhakar, James Raynolds Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q15.00012: Negative-result evolution from continuous noisy measurement of a double-dot spin qubit Rusko Ruskov, Viatcheslav V. Dobrovitski, Bruce N. Harmon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q15.00013: Atomistic calculation of electronic and optical properties of a single InAs quantum dots M. Zielinski, M. Korkusinski, W. Sheng, P. Hawrylak Preview Abstract

Session Q16: Focus Session: Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Motility II

Sponsoring Units: DBP DPOLY DFD
Chair: Jay Tang, Brown University
Room: Morial Convention Center 208

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q16.00001: Cell migration through connective tissue in 3-D Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q16.00002: Dynamics of active cellular response under stress Rumi De, Assaf Zemel, Samuel Safran Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q16.00003: Observation of Non-local Mechanical Responses to Locally Applied Forces in Cells using Magnetic Micropost Arrays Corinne Lamb, Yaohua Liu, Daniel Reich, Nathan Sniadecki, Christopher Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q16.00004: Substrate Stiffness Detection by Cellular Stress and Strain Shang-You Tee, Paul Janmey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q16.00005: Probing Eukaryotic Chemotaxis with Optically Manipulated Biomimetic Microparticles. Holger Kress, Cecile Mejean, Jin Gyu Park, Tarek Fahmy, Eric Dufresne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q16.00006: Quantifying \textit{Dictyostelium discoideum} Aggregation Colin McCann, Paul Kriebel, Carole Parent, Wolfgang Losert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q16.00007: Cell motility as a persistent random walk Simon Norrelykke, Frank Julicher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q16.00008: Role of receptor patch geometry for cell adhesion in hydrodynamic flow Christian Korn, Ulrich Schwarz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q16.00009: Dynamic friction measurements on living HeLa cells Marc-Antoni Goulet, Marie-Jos\'ee Colbert, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q16.00010: AFM method to study mechanics of biological cells with real brushy surface. Igor Sokolov, Swaminathan Iyer, Ravi Gaikwad, Venkatesh Subba-Rao, Craig Woodworth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q16.00011: Dynamical measurement of the physical properties of single cells Marie-Josee Colbert, Cecile Fradin, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q16.00012: Computational modeling of cell-cell adhesion and cell-endothelium peeling Keng-Hwee Chiam, Raymond Quek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q16.00013: Implications of Cytoplasmic Streaming for Intracellular Transport and Micro-scale Mixing Jan-Willem van de Meent, Idan Tuval, Wim van Saarloos, Ray Goldstein Preview Abstract

Session Q17: Focus Session: Hydrophobic Interactions at Multiple Scales in Biology

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Margaret Cheung, University of Houston
Room: Morial Convention Center 209

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q17.00001: Water, Hydrophobic Interactions, and Polymer Collapse Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q17.00002: Contrasting Nonaqueous against Aqueous Solvation on the Basis of Scaled-Particle Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q17.00003: Protein folding, stability, and solvation structure in osmolyte solutions hydrophobicity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q17.00004: Effects of lengthscales and attractions on the collapse of hydrophobic polymers in water Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q17.00005: Depletion when Water meets a Hydrophobic Surface Adele Poynor, Steve Granick, Paul Fenter, Ian Robinson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q17.00006: Profile of the Interface between a Hydrophobic Surface and Water Ursula Perez-Salas, Johan Stalgren, Charles Majkrzak, Frank Heinrich, Michael Toney, David Vanderah Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q17.00007: Reconstructing the dynamics of water near a model charged surface using inelastic x-ray scattering Nathan Schmidt, Robert Coridan, Ghee Hwee Lai, Peter Abbamonte, Gerard Wong Preview Abstract

Session Q18: Polymer Nanocomposites II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Erik Hobbie, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Morial Convention Center 210

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q18.00001: Cluster Dominated Rheology of SWNTs based Polymer Nanocomposites Tirtha Chatterjee, Ramanan Krishnamoorti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q18.00002: Preparation and Characterization of Polypropylene / MWCNT Dispersions Saswati Pujari, Wesley Burghardt, Thillaiyan Ramanathan, L. Catherine Brinson, Kosmas Kasimatis, John Torkelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q18.00003: Improving the Dispersion and Interfaces in Polymer-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites by Sample Preparation Choice Chang-Uk Lee, Mark Dadmun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q18.00004: Enhancing Dispersion and Properties of SWNT-polymer Nanocomposites by Controlled Non-covalent Interactions Dias Linton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q18.00005: Spectroscopic Investigations on Polypropylene -- Carbon Nanofibers Composites Mircea Chipara, Jones Brian, Karen Lozano, John R. Villareal, Alin Cristian Chipara, Anna Hernandez, Magdalena Dorina Chipara, David J. Sellmyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q18.00006: Simulation of Electrical Conductivity of Composites Containing Uniaxially-Aligned, Finite Rods above the Percolation Threshold Sadie White, Brian Didonna, Lai-Ching Chou, Tom Lubensky, Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q18.00007: Polymer Dynamics in Single Wall Carbon Nanotube / Polystyrene Nanocomposites Minfang Mu, Russell Composto, Nigel Clarke, Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q18.00008: Periodic Patterning of Polyethylene Block Copolymers Directed by Carbon Nanotubes Bing Li, Lingyu Li, Christopher Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q18.00009: Clay dispersion and interaction effects in supercritical CO2 processed polystyrene-clay nanocomposites. R. Kannan, R. Bellair, M. Manitou, S. Horsch, E. Gulari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q18.00010: Surface characterization of Laponite-Poly(ethylene oxide) nanocomposite films Eduard A. Stefanescu, Ioan I. Negulescu, William H. Daly, Bogdan C. Donose, Anh V. Nguyen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q18.00011: Viscoelastic Behavior of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsequioxane (POSS)-Filled Epoxy Matrices Qingxiu Li, Stephen Hutcheson, Gregory McKenna, Kadine Mohomed, Sindee Simon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q18.00012: Spectacular Improvements in Toughness of Poly(lactide-co- glycolide), PLG, Nanocomposites Haris Retsos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q18.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q18.00014: Rheological Studies on the Quasi-quiescent Crystallization of Polypropylene Nanocomposites Xia Dong, Tongchen Sun, Fenghua Chen, Ke Wang, Qiang Fu, Charles C. Han Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q18.00015: Effect of additive particles on the crystallization of homopolymers Ashok Dasmahapatra, Guruswamy Kumaraswamy, Hemant Nanavati Preview Abstract

Session Q19: Physics Education: In and Out of the Classroom

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Shelly Hynes, Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts
Room: Morial Convention Center 211

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q19.00001: Changes in Student Models of Electric Current and Electric Potential in Activity-Based Physics C. Trecia Markes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q19.00002: Do physics undergraduate students understand their strengths and weaknesses? R. Michalak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q19.00003: Experimenting with the virtual environment Moodle in Physics Education Maria In\^es Martins, Adriana Dickman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q19.00004: Writing and representation in liquid crystal physics research Chad Wickman, Christina Haas, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q19.00005: Modeling cell membrane action potentials with RC circuits in a general physics teaching laboratory M.S. Rzchowski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q19.00006: Two new experiments in physics based on electrospun polymer nanofibers Nicholas Pinto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q19.00007: Animation of Early Cosmological Models Gregory Topasna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q19.00008: Revitalizing the Advanced Lab Course David Marx Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q19.00009: Teaching a laboratory-intensive online introductory electronics course* Mark Markes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q19.00010: Harnessing the Efficiencies of Industry-Standard Tools in the Electronics Laboratory Matthew Vonk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q19.00011: The Complete Undergraduate Research Experience Inspired by NASA's Microgravity University Timothy Ritter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q19.00012: Imhotep's Legacy After School Science Enrichment Program for African Nova Scotian Learners Kevin Hewitt, Emmanuel Nfonoyim, Barb Hamilton-Hinch, Margo Hampden, Wayn Hamilton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q19.00013: Teaching About Variables in Magnetism to Fifth and Sixth Graders Michael Birnkrant, Matthew Cathell, Priscilla Blount, Jean Robinson, Adam Fontecchio, Eli Fromm Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q19.00014: Use of media in introductory physics courses and public outreach Khazhgery Shakov, Zalimgery Shakov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q19.00015: Analytical Animations: New Views of Physics Doug Sweetser Preview Abstract

Session Q20: Focus Session: Engineering Interfaces for New Materials II: Surfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Ted Einstein, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 212

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q20.00001: Impurity Decoration for Crystal Shape Control: C$_{60}$ on Ag(111) T.J. Stasevich, C.G. Tao, W.G. Cullen, E.D. Williams, T.L. Einstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q20.00002: Optical, Structural and Electrochemical Properties of CeO$_2$--Al$_2$O$_3$--SiO$_2$ Thin Films Dursen Saygin Hinczewski, Michael Hinczewski, Idris Sorar, Esat Pehlivan, Fatma Z. Tepehan, Galip G. Tepehan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q20.00003: Organic coverage of the silicon (100) surface: first-principles calculations Giovanni Cantele, Ivo Borriello, Domenico Ninno Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q20.00004: {\it Ab initio} calculations of BaTiO$_3$, PbTiO$_3$ and SrTiO$_3$ (001) and (011) surfaces Roberts Eglitis, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q20.00005: Structure of the rutile TiO$_2$(011)-(2x1) surface Navid Khorshidi, Andreas Stierle, Vedran Vonk, Claus Ellinger, Helmut Dosch, Ulrike Diebold, Xueqing Gong, Annabella Selloni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q20.00006: Structure, Reactivity, and Lead Sorption of Hydrated Alumina and Hematite Surfaces Sara Mason, Anne Chaka Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q20.00007: Development of the EAM Potential for Fe-C Alloy Systems Bohumir Jelinek, Jeff Houze, Sungho Kim, Amitava Moitra, Laalitha Liyagne, Mark Horstemeyer, Seong-Gon Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q20.00008: Embedded Atom Method (EAM) interatomic potential for Zinc (Zn) Amitava Moitra, Sungho Kim, Jeffry Houze, Bohumir Jelinek, Laalitha Liyanage, Mark F. Horstemeyer, Seong-Gon Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q20.00009: Calculation of Absorption Energies Using EAM Potential for Al-Mg alloy systems Laalitha Liyanage, Bohumir Jelinek, Sungho Kim, Mark F. Horstemeyer, Seong Gon Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q20.00010: Ab initio study of the plutonium dioxide surfaces: role of electronic correlations Gerald Jomard, Francois Bottin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q20.00011: Effect of Mg doping on the Structure and Reflectivity of Alumina surfaces Timothy Pennycook, Juan C. Idrobo, Kalman Varga, Sokrates T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q20.00012: Down the primrose path of dalliance: how iterative structural determination routines for thin films may lead to partial or false solutions Naji Husseini, Codrin Cionca, Yizhak Yacoby, Roy Clarke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q20.00013: Effect of surface nanostructure on temperature programmed reaction spectroscopy Michael Rieger, Jutta Rogal, Karsten Reuter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q20.00014: NMR Evidence of Cage-to-Cage Diffusion of H$_{2}$ in H$_{2}$-Clathrates Lasitha Senadheera, Mark Conradi Preview Abstract

Session Q21: Focus Session: Fundamental Issues in Catalysis II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Wilfred Tysoe, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: Morial Convention Center 213

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q21.00001: "Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis" Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q21.00002: Tailoring Surface Reactivity of Metal Oxides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q21.00003: "Understanding Reaction Pathways on Model Catalyst Surfaces" Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q21.00004: Modulating the reactivity of Pt-based catalysts for PEMFC: A First Principles Study Hai-Yan Su, Xin-He Bao, Wei-Xue Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q21.00005: Surface Site Characterization of CO$_{ads}$ on Platinum Patrick McGrath, Aurora Marie Fojas, Elton Cairns, Jeffrey Reimer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q21.00006: Does Pauli repulsion induce the dissociation energy barriers? A first principles study Masato Ito, Shigeyuki Takagi, Hidekazu Tomono, Kazuo Tsumuraya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q21.00007: O$_{2}$ Dissociative Adsorption on Cu$_{2}$O(100) with O Vacancies Duy Le, Sergey Stolbov, Talat Rahman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q21.00008: Modeling the effects of the oxide substrate on O$_{2}$ dissociative adsorption on Au nanostructures Sergey Stolbov, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q21.00009: A Density Functional Theory study of Cobalt nanoparticle catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Chandana Ghosh Preview Abstract

Session Q22: Focus Session: New Methods in Polymer Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Carson Meredith, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Morial Convention Center 214

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q22.00001: Combinatorial Methods for Polymer Physics: Tools for discovery that enable knowledge generation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q22.00002: In-situ Liquid Accessible Volume Measurement of Polymer Films Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Yibing Zhang, Mohsen Yeganeh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q22.00003: Interface and dynamic indentation of crosslinked polyester films Suresh Ahuja Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q22.00004: Prediction of Zeolite Types Based on Structural Data. M. Lach-hab, D.A. Carr, I. Vaisman, E. Blaisten-Barojas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q22.00005: Adaptable Polymer Microsrolls Kyriaki Kalaitzidou, Alfred J. Crosby Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q22.00006: Resonant soft x-ray GISAXS on block copolymer films Cheng Wang, T. Araki, B. Watts, H. Ade, A. Hexemer, S. Park, T.P. Russell, W.F. Schlotter, G.E. Stein, C. Tang, E.J. Kramer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q22.00007: Orientation Distribution for Thin Film Block Copolymers Ronald Jones, Xiaohua Zhang, Sangcheol Kim, Alamgir Karim, Robert Briber, Ho-cheol Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q22.00008: Unusual Domain Morphology in PS-b-PFS Block Copolymer Films Seth Darling, Muruganathan Ramanathan, Elizabeth Nettleton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q22.00009: Using Functional Small Molecules to Control Self-Assembly and Patterning in Block Copolymer Thin Films C. Geraldine Bazuin, David Gaspard, Ximin Chen, Damien Mauran, Robert E. Prud'homme, Christian Pellerin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q22.00010: Combinatorial Studies of Free Surface Effects on Block Copolymer Thin Films Thomas Epps, Julie Lawson, Thomas Scherr, Michael Fasolka Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q22.00011: Self-assembly of Cylindrically Confined Block Copolymers in Core-Shell Electrospun Fibers Minglin Ma, Gregory Rutledge Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q22.00012: A Generalized Method for the Preparation of Neutral Brushes from Homopolymer Mixtures Shengxiang Ji, Guoliang Liu, Fan Zheng, Franz Himpsel, Paul Nealey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q22.00013: Centrifugal adhesion balance (CAB) : A novel surface characterization technique Rafael Tadmor, Lan Dang, Aisha Leh, Prashant Bahadur, Kumud Chaurasia Preview Abstract

Session Q23: Focus Session: Bilayer Manganites

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Ray Osborn, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 215

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q23.00001: Doping dependence of the bilayered colossal magnetoresistive manganites La(2-x)Sr(1+2x)Mn(2)O(7): Angle Resolved Photoemission studies Norman Mannella, Kiyohisa Tanaka, Sung-Kwan Mo, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q23.00002: Non-monotonic Fermi surface geometry and its correlation with real-space ordering in the bilayer magnetoresistive oxide La$_{2-2x}$Sr$_{1+2x}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Zhe Sun, J.F. Douglas, Q. Wang, Y.D. Chuang, A.V. Fedorov, H. Lin, S. Sahrakorpi, B. Barbiellini, R.S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil, H. Zheng, J.F. Mitchell, D.S. Dessau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q23.00003: Doping evolution of bilayered colossal magnetoresistive manganites: bilayer splitting and c-axis coupling Chris Jozwiak, Jeff Graf, Shuyun Zhou, Aaron Bostwick, Eli Rotenberg, Hong Zheng, John Mitchell, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q23.00004: Calculated properties of the La$_{2-2x}$Sr$_{1+2x}$Mn$_2$O$_7$ bilayer manganites, $0.30\leq x\leq0.50$ Rolando Saniz, Arthur Freeman, Michael Norman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q23.00005: Magnetic State of La$_{1.36}$Sr$_{1.64}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7}$Probed by Magnetic Force Microscopy Junwei Huang, Changbae Hyun, Tien-Ming Chuang, Jeehoon Kim, Alex de Lozanne, J.B. Goodenough, J.S. Zhou, John Mitchell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q23.00006: Thermal Expansion, Heat Capacity and Magnetization Measurements of La$_{1.2}$Sr$_{1.8}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Richard K. Bollinger, J. J. Neumeier, H. Zheng, J. F. Mitchell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q23.00007: Thermal conductivity of layered La$_{1.2}$Sr$_{1.8}$Mn$_2$O$_7$ Filip Ronning, Namjung Hur, Nobuyuki Kurita, J.D. Thompson, Roman Movshovich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q23.00008: Temperature Dependent Raman Scattering in Layered Manganites Rajeev Gupta, D. N. Patel, S. L. Gupta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q23.00009: Optical Measurements of Transition from Insulator to Metallic Phases in LaxMnO3:Evidence for Mixed Phases Below Tp Michael Deleon, Peng Gao, Trevor A. Tyson, Zhenxian Liu, Catherine Dubourdieu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q23.00010: Experimental Evidence for an Energy Gap in the Magnetic Insulator SrRu$_{.06}$Mn$_{.94}$O$_3$ M. DeMarco, D. Coffey, B. Dabrowski, S. Kolesnik, M. Maxwell, S. Toorongian, M. Haka Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q23.00011: Elastic properties of the transition metal oxides Ca$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$RuO$_{4}$ Yanbing Luan, Veerle Keppens, Rongying Jin, David Mandrus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q23.00012: Synthesis and Physical Properties of Double Perovskite Pb$_{2}$FeReO$_{6}$ Kousuke Nishimura, Masaki Azuma, Mikio Takano, Yuichi Shimakawa Preview Abstract

Session Q24: Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures V: Optics, Mechanics, and Networks

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Douglas Natelson, Rice University
Room: Morial Convention Center 216

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q24.00001: Simultaneous measurements of single-molecule electrical conduction and Raman response Daniel Ward, Naomi Halas, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q24.00002: Local luminescence characterizations of ZnO nanostructures and their electrical transport characteristics Ji-Yong Park, Young Mu Oh, Kyung Moon Lee, Kyung Ho Park, Yongsun Kim, Y.H. Ahn, Soonil Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q24.00003: Transport properties of a novel molecular rotor Mei Xue, K.L. Wang, Sanaz Kabehie, Jeffrey I. Zink Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q24.00004: Simultaneous Measurements of Force and Conductance through Single Molecular Junctions Michael Frei, Maria Kamenetska, Mark S. Hybertsen, Latha Venkataraman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q24.00005: Dielectrophoretic Trapping of Au Nanoparticles using High Quality Nanogap Electrodes Ye Lu, Danvers E. Johnston, Douglas R. Strachan, Beth S. Guiton, Peter K. Davies, Tae-Hong Park, Michael J. Therien, A. T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q24.00006: Nanomechanical Shuttling of Electrons E. M. Weig, D. R. Koenig, J. P. Kotthaus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q24.00007: Measuring the momentum of a nanomechanical oscillator using tunnel junctions Charles Doiron, Bjoern Trauzettel, Christoph Bruder Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q24.00008: Vibronic enhancement of phonon heat conductance Yoshihiro Asai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q24.00009: Anisotropic Phonon Propagation in Nanoporous Alumina Akihiro Sato, George Fytas, Bahram Djafari-Rouhani, Yan Pennec, Martin Steinhart, Wolfgang Knoll Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q24.00010: Phononic Properties of Periodic 1D Multilayer Polymer Films Nikolaos Gomopoulos, Wei Cheng, George Fytas, Taras Gorishnyy, Edwin Thomas, Anne Hiltner, Eric Baer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q24.00011: Dephasing of the weak localization correction in networks of quantum dots Joern N. Kupferschmidt, Piet W. Brouwer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q24.00012: Fractal conductance fluctuations of classical origin Holger Hennig, Ragnar Fleischmann, Lars Hufnagel, Theo Geisel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q24.00013: Electron Transport through Models for Small-World Nanomaterials Lazarus Solomon, Mark Novotny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q24.00014: Atomic scale contact formation: A combined Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) study Till Hagedorn, Mehdi El Ouali, Yoichi Miyahara, Peter Gr\"utter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q24.00015: Dissipation in metallic nano-mechanical resonators at millikelvin temperatures. A. Venkatesan, K. Lulla, M.J. Patton, A.D. Armour, C.J. Mellor, J.R. Owers-Bradley Preview Abstract

Session Q25: Physical Properties of Melts and Solutions

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Mitchell Anthamatten, University of Rochester
Room: Morial Convention Center 217

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q25.00001: Structure and Assembly of Dense Solutions and Melts of Polymer Tethered Nanoparticles Arthi Jayaraman, Kenneth S. Schweizer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q25.00002: Line shape analysis of dynamic light scattering results on polymeric microgel nanoparticles Kiril A Streletzky, Imaan Benmerzouga, John McKenna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q25.00003: Neutron Flow-Mapping of Controlled-Architecture Polymer Melts Tom McLeish, Nigel Clarke, Pierre Chambon, Edoardo De Luca, John Embery, Christine Fernyhough, Tim Gough, Richard Graham, Isabelle Grillo, Lian Hutchings, Kamakshi Jagannathan, Harley Klein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q25.00004: Chain dynamics in a semidilute polymer solution under steady shear Prasanth Jose, Grzegorz Szamel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q25.00005: Investigation of Extensional Flow-induced Crystallization in Entangled Polymer Melts Jong Kahk Keum, Yimin Mao, Feng Zuo, Benjamin S. Hsiao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q25.00006: Transport and rheology in block copolymer mesophases Xusheng Zhang, Jorge Vi\~{n}als Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q25.00007: Universal Scaling of Linear and Nonlinear Rheological Properties of Semidilute and Concentrated Polymer Solutions Ronald Larson, Youngsuk Heo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q25.00008: The linear rheological responses of cyclic polyoctenamer melt Miao Hu, Gregory McKenna, Yan Xia, Robert Grubbs, Julie Kornfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q25.00009: Rheology and birefringence of Fomblin YR at very high shear rates. Khaled Mriziq, Hank Cochran, Mark Dadmun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q25.00010: Rheo-Dielectric Studies of Concentrated Polyisoprene Solutions Jai Pathak, Riccardo Casalini, C. M. Roland, Simone Capaccioli, Nikos Hadjichristidis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q25.00011: Isothermal and Self-Seeding Crystallization from Polyethylene Solution Howard Wang, Narayan Ch Das, Kaikun Yang, Boualem Hammouda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q25.00012: Retention behavior of star-shaped polymers near the chromatographic critical condition Jesse Ziebarth, Yongmei Wang, Kyuhyun Im, Hae-Woong Park, Youngtak Kim, Sunyoung Ahn, Taihyun Chang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q25.00013: Mechanical Hole Burning Spectroscopic Investigation Qian Qin, Gregory McKenna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q25.00014: Linking number of linear chain in polymer solution and melts Qi Liao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q25.00015: Computer simulation study on the shear-induced phase separation in semi-dilute polymer solutions by using Ianniruberto-Marrucci model Shotaro Nishitsuji, Mikihito Takenaka, Takashi Taniguchi, Hirokazu Hasegawa Preview Abstract

Session Q26: Advances in Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Kyrill Kuyanov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Morial Convention Center 218

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q26.00001: IR and Raman spectroscopy of water and ice by ab initio simulations Manu Sharma, Davide Donadio, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q26.00002: Infrared spectra of ice and water from first principles: intra vs. intermolecular dipole correlations Wei Chen, Manu Sharma, Raffaele Resta, Giulia Galli, Roberto Car Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q26.00003: Nuclear quantum effects in water Joseph Morrone, Roberto Car Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q26.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q26.00005: Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy with Gaussian-Lorentzian volumes Michele Marrocco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q26.00006: Studying hydrogen bond by Quantum Monte Carlo: binding energy and dispersion curve of the water dimer Leonardo Spanu, Fabio Sterpone, Luca Ferraro, Sandro Sorella, Leonardo Guidoni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q26.00007: Hydrogen bond network ordering of liquid water confined between two metallic plates studied by ab initio molecular dynamics Marivi Fernandez-Serra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q26.00008: Quasiparticle lifetime and edge localized states of graphite studied by high-resolution ARPES Katsuaki Sugawara, Takafumi Sato, Seigo Souma, Takashi Takahashi, Hirohito Suematsu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q26.00009: Fully ab-initio study of the optical response of charged rare gas clusters Fernando Nogueira, Micael Oliveira, Miguel Marques Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q26.00010: Continuous fluorescence from single colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals Xiaoyong Wang, Megan Hahn, Todd Krauss, Keith Kahen, Xiaofan Ren, Manju Rajeswaran Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q26.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q26.00012: Cubic Nonlinearity of Ag/Au Coreshells Seongmin Ma, JaeTae Seo, Qiguang Yang, Bagher Tabibi, Doyle Temple, Wanjoong Kim, Jinha Heo, Wan Soo Yun, Sungsoo Jung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q26.00013: Tracking Nanocars Using Single Molecule Spectroscopy Stephan Link, Saumyakanti Khatua, Kevin Claytor, Jason Guerrero, James Tour Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q26.00014: Time-resolved photoluminescence Studies of CdSe Core and CdSe/ZnS Core/Shell colloidal nanoparticles as function of temperature and concentration M. Yasar, A. Antipov, M. Bell, V. Mitin, A. Verevkin, A. Petrou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q26.00015: Photon-Correlation Fourier Spectroscopy on CdSe Nanocrystals Lisa Marshall, Xavier Brokmann, Moungi Bawendi Preview Abstract

Session Q27: Focus Session: One-dimensional Spin Chains

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Christopher Landee, Clark University
Room: Morial Convention Center 219

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q27.00001: From geometry and characteristic length scales to different relaxation regimes in Single-Chain Magnets Alessandro Vindigni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q27.00002: Dynamical correlations of spin-1/2 chains Rodrigo Pereira, Steven White, Ian Affleck Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q27.00003: Finite-temperature lineshapes in gapped quantum spin chains Robert Konik, Fabian Essler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q27.00004: A topological classification of gapped spin chains by quantized Berry phases: VBS picture and the fractionalization Takaaki Hirano, Hosho Katsura, Yasuhiro Hatsugai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q27.00005: Correlation amplitude and entanglement entropy in random spin chains Jos\'e Hoyos, Andr\'e Vieira, Nicolas Laflorencie, Eduardo Miranda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q27.00006: Electronic and magnetic properties of the chain compounds K$_3$T$_2$O$_4$ (T=Ni, Pd, Pt) Klaus Koepernik, Deepa Kasinathan, Walter Schnelle, Helge Rosner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q27.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q27.00008: muSR study on quasi-one-dimensional cobalt/rhodium oxides Peter Russo, Jun Sugiyama, H. Nozaki, Y. Ikedo, K. Mukai, T. Takami, H. Ikuta, Daniel Andreica, Alex Amato Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q27.00009: Magnetic field versus temperature phase diagram of the spin-1/2 bond-alternating-chain antiferromagnet F$_{5}$PNN Yasuo Yoshida, Tatsuya Kawae, Bohdan Andraka, Yasumasa Takano, Yuko Hosokoshi, Katsuya Inoue, Nobuya Maeshima, Kouichi Okunishi, Kiyomi Okamoto, Toru Sakai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q27.00010: $^{51}$V NMR Study of a quasi-1D XXZ spin chain system BaCo$_{2}$V$_{2}$O$_{8}$ K.-Y. Choi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q27.00011: Spin Supersolid in Anisotropic Spin-One Heisenberg Chain Pinaki Sengupta, Cristian Batista Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q27.00012: Interacting vs. free quasiparticle description for the spin-1/2 chain Sebastian Eggert, Michael Bortz, Michael Karbach, Imke Schneider Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q27.00013: Magnetic Susceptibilities of Finite Ising Chains in the Presence of Defect Sites Serguei Goupalov, Daniel Mattis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q27.00014: Excitation spectrum and magnetic properties of the new Haldane-gap material NENB Sergei Zvyagin, E. \v{C}i\v{z}m\'{a}r, M. Ozerov, O. Ignatchik, T. Papageorgiou, J. Wosnitza, J. Krzystek, Z. Zhou, J.L. Wikaira, C.P. Landee, M.M. Thurnbull Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q27.00015: Direct comparison of hole doping effects due to cation and to oxygen content on magnetic properties of the spin-chain system Ca$_{2+x}$Y$_{2-x}$Cu$_5$O$_{10-\delta}$ Keeseong Park, Theodore Cackowski, John Markert Preview Abstract

Session Q28: Focus Session: Thermoelectricity in Bulk Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP
Chair: Joshua Zide, University of Delaware
Room: Morial Convention Center 220

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q28.00001: Thermoelectric Transport Coefficients in Correlated Condensed Matter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q28.00002: Enhancing figure-of-merit of n-type Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3-x}$Se$_{x}$ Xiao Yan, Jian Yang, Yi Ma, Bed Poudel, Yucheng Lan, Dezhi Wang, Zhifeng Ren, Qing Hao, Gang Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q28.00003: High pressure transport studies on Sb$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ and BiSbTe$_{3}$ Matthew Jacobsen, Andrew Cornelius Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q28.00004: Inelastic scattering on antimony bearing thermoelectric materials: rattlers revisited R. P. Hermann, W. Schweika, H.-C. Wille Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q28.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q28.00006: Lattice thermal conductivity of AgSbTe$_{2}$ Donald Morelli, Vladimir Jovovic, Suraj Thiagarajan, Joseph Heremans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q28.00007: Galvanomagnetic and thermomagnetic properties of AgSbTe$_{2}$ Vladimir Jovovic, Joseph Heremans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q28.00008: De Haas - van Alphen quantum oscillations in AgSbTe$_{2}$ Joseph Heremans, Vladimir Jovovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q28.00009: Precipitation anneals in the PbTe-PbS system Christopher Jaworski, Vladimir Jovovic, Joseph Heremans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q28.00010: High-Resolution $^{125}$Te NMR of Novel Thermoelectric Materials E.M. Levin, K. Schmidt-Rohr, B.A. Cook, Mi-Kyung Han, M.G. Kanatzidis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q28.00011: Substitution effects on the thermoelectric properties of Sr$_{2}$IrO$_{4}$ Yannick Klein, Ichiro Terasaki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q28.00012: Temperature - Concentration Phase Diagram from First Principles Calculations in P2-Na$_{x}$CoO$_{2}$ Ying S. Meng, Yoyo Hinuma, Gerbrand Ceder Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q28.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session Q29: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials X: p-n Junctions and Mesoscopic Effects in Graphene

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Zhenyu Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 221

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q29.00001: Quantized transport in graphene p-n junctions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q29.00002: Local-Gating of Graphene Nanostructures James Williams, Charles Marcus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q29.00003: Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of graphene. Guohong Li, Adina Luican, Eva Y. Andrei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q29.00004: Electronic properties of one-dimensional graphene bilayer ribbons Bhagawan Sahu, Hongki Min, Allan MacDonald, Sanjay Banerjee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q29.00005: Strong Coulomb interactions and weak disorder in graphene Matthew Foster, Igor Aleiner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q29.00006: Electric Field Effect in Epitaxial Graphene Devices Xuebin Li, Xiaosong Wu, Michael Sprinkle, Fan Ming, Claire Berger, Raghunath Murali, Farhana Zaman, James Meindl, Walter de Heer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q29.00007: Free-Standing 2-D Graphene Carbon Nanostructures Brian Holloway, Ronald Quinlan, Kun Hou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q29.00008: Superconducting Proximity Effect in Graphite Films Masahiko Hayashi, Hideo Yoshioka, Akinobu Kanda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q29.00009: Superconducting proximity effect in thin graphite films A. Kanda, T. Sato, S. Tanaka, H. Goto, Y. Ootuka, K. Tsukagoshi, H. Miyazaki, S. Odaka, Y. Aoyagi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q29.00010: Supercurrent in Graphene Josephson Transistors Wenzhong Bao, Feng Miao, Gang Liu, Chunning Lau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q29.00011: Conductance behaviors of point-contact graphite junctions with normal metal and superconducting tips W. K. Park, S. Wolin, C. Chialvo, N. Mason, L. H. Greene Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q29.00012: Josephson Current and Multiple Andreev Reflections in Graphene SNS Junctions Ivan Skachko, Xu Du, Eva Y. Andrei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q29.00013: Electric field effect modulation and hysteresis in thin graphite using ferroelectric gate oxides X. Hong, K. Zou, J. Zhu, A. Posadas, J. Reiner, C. H. Ahn Preview Abstract

Session Q30: Nanotubes and Nanowires I: Electronic and Transport Properties

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 222

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q30.00001: Correlations in carbon nanotubes: A DMRG approach Alexander Struck, Sebastian A. Reyes, Sebastian Eggert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q30.00002: First-Principles Electronic Structure Calculations of N$_{2}$H$_{4}$ Adsorbed on Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes M. Yu, W.Q. Tian, C.S. Jayanthi, S.Y. Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q30.00003: First-principles calculations of effects of metallic electrode contacts on transport properties of carbon nanotubes Nobuhiko Kobayashi, Taisuke Ozaki, Kenji Hirose Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q30.00004: Effect of Phase-Breaking Events on Electron Transport in Single-Wall Nanotubes Thushari Jayasekera, Pavan Pillalamarri, J.W. Mintmire, Vincent Meunier Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q30.00005: Local Gating in Carbon Nanotubes Joseph Sulpizio, Charis Quay, David Goldhaber-Gordon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q30.00006: Distinguishing the mechanisms of transistor-like switching in single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) Steven Hunt, Brett Goldsmith, Philip G. Collins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q30.00007: Probing Vapor Phase Analytes with Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Biopolymer Hybrid Devices. Samuel Khamis, Michelle Chen, A.T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q30.00008: Selective Chemical Functionalization for the Fabrication of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Devices George Tulevski, Ali Afzali, Phaedon Avouris, James Hannon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q30.00009: Electric Field Modulation of Thermoelectric Transport in Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene in the Quantum Transport Limit Yuri M. Zuev, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q30.00010: Thermal Conductivity of Single-Wall and Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Nihar Pradhan, Huanan Duan, Jianyu Liang, Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q30.00011: Efficient excitation energy transfer in single-walled carbon nanotube/porphyrin complexes John P. Casey, Sergei M. Bachilo, R. Bruce Weisman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q30.00012: Heat Treatments In Situ and Noise Reduction in Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) Alexander Kane, Philip Collins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q30.00013: Dependence of the Raman G' band intensity on metallicity of single-wall carbon nanotubes Ki Kang Kim, Jin Sung Park, Sung Jin Kim, Hong Zhang Geng, Kay Hyeok An, Cheol-Min Yang, Kentaro Sato, Riichiro Saito, Young Hee Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q30.00014: Stability of finite single-walled carbon nanotubes adsorbed on Si(001) Walter Orellana Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q30.00015: Brownian Dynamics Simulations of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube (SWNT) Separation by Type using Dielectrophoresis Manuel J. Mendes, Noe Alvarez, Howard Schmidt, Matteo Pasquali Preview Abstract

Session Q31: Computational Nanoscience: Nanotubes and Graphene

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: David Prendergast, Molecular Foundary, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 223

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q31.00001: Possible Precursors for Boron Nanotubes: A Novel Bonding Picture in Boron Sheets and Nanotubes Hui Tang, Sohrab Ismail-Beigi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q31.00002: Boron Nanotubes: Characterization Through Theory Abhishek Singh, Arta Sadrzadeh, Boris Yakobson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q31.00003: On the Electronic and Geometric Structures of Armchair GeC Nanotubes: A Hybrid Density Functional Study Somilkumar Rathi, Asok Ray Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q31.00004: Water in nanoscale confinement: Insights into structure, dynamics, and $^{1}$H-NMR chemical shifts from first-principles theory Patrick Huang, Eric Schwegler, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q31.00005: First-Principles Studies of Metal-Graphene and Metal-Nanotube Heterostructures Alejandro Lugo-Solis, Igor Vasiliev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q31.00006: Linear plasmon dispersion in graphene and single-wall carbon nanotubes and the influence of interlayer interactions R. Hambach, C. Giorgetti, F. Sottile, L. Reining, C. Kramberger, M.H. R{\"u}mmeli, M. Knupfer, J. Fink, B. B{\"u}chner, T. Pichler, E. Einarsson, S. Maruyama, K. Hannewald, V. Olevano, A.G. Marinopoulos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q31.00007: Tuning Field-Induced Energy Gap of Bilayer Graphene via Interlayer Spacing Yufeng Guo, Wanlin Guo, Changfeng Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q31.00008: Role of Surface Defects in the Carboxylation of Carbon Nanotubes: An \textit{Ab Initio} Study Nabil Al Aqtash, Igor Vasiliev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q31.00009: An ab initio description of cleaning of SWNT with UV light Abram Van Der Geest, Kathrine Hurst, Mark T. Lusk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q31.00010: Modeling and simulation of adhesion between carbon nanotubes and surfaces Alper Buldum, Naba Raj Paudel, Toshiyuki Ohashi, Liming Dai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q31.00011: Monte Carlo simulations of the effect of nanotube length distribution on the percolation resistivity in single-walled carbon nanotube films Jeremy Hicks, Ashkan Behnam, Ant Ural Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q31.00012: Mechanism for Superelongation of Carbon Nanotubes at High Temperature Chun Tang, Wanlin Guo, Changfeng Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q31.00013: Mesoscopic model for CNT-based materials Alexey Volkov, Kiril Simov, Leonid Zhigilei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q31.00014: First-principles studies of the switching performance of [2]rotaxane molecules and monolayers Kinyip Phoa, J.B. Neaton, Vivek Subramanian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q31.00015: Structure-property relations in electronic switches based on the rotaxane and catenane supramolecular family Yong-Hoon Kim Preview Abstract

Session Q32: Focus Session: Molecular Magnets II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Andrew Kent, New York University
Room: Morial Convention Center 225

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q32.00001: Strongly Correlated Electrons in the $\mathbf{\left[Ni(hmp)(ROH)X\right]_4}$ Single Molecule Magnet: A DFT+U Study Chao Cao, Stephen Hill, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q32.00002: Spin excitations in the molecule Mn$_{19}$ with a record ground-state spin $S$ = 83/2 B. Burger, O. Waldmann, A.M. Ako, A.K. Powell, H. Mutka, T. Unruh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q32.00003: Looking for higher anisotropy barriers in single-molecule magnets Saiti Datta, Constantinos Milios, Euan Brechin, Stephen Hill Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q32.00004: Theory of tunneling spectroscopy in a $Mn_{12}$ single-electron transistor by DFT methods Lukasz Michalak, Carlo M. Canali, Mark R. Pederson, Vincenzo G. Benza Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q32.00005: First-principles study of a monolayer of single-molecule magnets Mn$_{12}$ on a gold surface Salvador Barraza-Lopez, Michael C. Avery, Kyungwha Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q32.00006: Ignition of magnetic deflagration in Mn$_{12}$ acetate Sean McHugh, R. Jaafar, M.P. Sarachik, Y. Myasoedov, A. Finkler, H. Shtrikman, E. Zeldov, R. Bagai, G. Christou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q32.00007: Quantum Interference in the Longitudinal Oscillations of the Total Spin of a Dimeric Molecular Nanomagnet Christopher Ramsey, Enrique Del Barco, Stephen Hill, Sonali Shah, Christopher Beedle, David Hendrickson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q32.00008: EPR Studies of Magnetically Dilute Ga-Doped Single Crystals of Fe$_{18}$ Antiferromagnetic Molecular Wheels John Henderson, Christopher Ramsey, Enrique Del Barco, Theocharis Stamatatos, George Christou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q32.00009: Spin-Jahn-Teller effect in the antiferromagnetic molecular wheel CsFe8 O. Waldmann, L. Schnelzer, B. Pilawa, M. Horvatic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q32.00010: Magneto-infrared investigations of [Mo$^{V}_{12}$O$_{30}$($\mu_2$-OH)$_{10}$ H$_2$\{Ni$^{II}$(H$_2$O)$_3$\}$_4$] J. Cao, J.L. Musfeldt, M. Pederson, R. Klemm, P. Kogerler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q32.00011: Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions and multiferroic behavior in high-symmetry single molecule magnets Richard Klemm, Dmitri Efremov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q32.00012: Spin echo experiments on dilute ensembles of single molecule magnets Gr\'egoire de Loubens, Andrew D. Kent, Vladimir Krymov, Gary J. Gerfen, Chris C. Beedle, David N. Hendrickson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q32.00013: Transition Metal Dimers and Physical Limits on Magnetic Anisotropy Tor Olof Strandberg, Carlo M. Canali, Allan H. MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q32.00014: Magnetic anisotropies of late transition metal atomic clusters Jaime Ferrer, Lucas Fernandez-Seivane Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q32.00015: Dirac Equation for Electrodynamic Model Particle J.X. Zheng-Johansson Preview Abstract

Session Q33: Focus Session: Spin Polarization in Compound Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG FIAP DMP
Chair: Stu Wolf, University of Virginia
Room: Morial Convention Center 224

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q33.00001: Boundaries Between Current Carrying Semiconductors and Metallic Contacts Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q33.00002: Current-Induced Spin Polarization in Gallium Nitride W. Koehl, C. Poblenz, M.H. Wong, U. Mishra, J. Speck, D.D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q33.00003: Spin polarization in quantum point contact structures Anh Ngo, Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q33.00004: All-Electric Quantum Point Contact Spin Polarizer Philippe Debray, Saydur Rahman, Steven Herbert, Marc Cahay, Richard Newrock Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q33.00005: Nanomechanical spin-polarizer Alexey Kovalev, Liviu Z\^arbo, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak, Gerrit Bauer, Jairo Sinova Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q33.00006: Generation and Decay of Spin Flip Waves in a CdMnTe Quantum Well P. Jacobs, R. Merlin, C. Aku-Leh, F. Perez, G. Karczewski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q33.00007: Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in HgMnTe Quantum Wells Chaoxing Liu, Xiaoliang Qi, Xi Dai, Zhong Fang, Shoucheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q33.00008: The Effect of Detector Bias on Non-Local Measurements of Spin Transport E.S. Garlid, T. Kondo, R. Mohr, K.S.M. Reddy, Q. Hu, P.A. Crowell, C.J. Palmstr{\O}m Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q33.00009: Growth and Characterization of VLS-type (Zn,Mn)Se nanowires Benjamin Cooley, Trevor Clark, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q33.00010: Enhancement of In-Plane Magnetic Anisotropy Through Compensation in Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$P:S P.R. Stone, O.D. Dubon, K.M. Yu, J.W. Beeman, C. Bihler, M.S. Brandt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q33.00011: Deposition and characterization of highly spin-polarized Co$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$S$_{2}$ thin films. Michael Manno, C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q33.00012: Spin-filtering properties of ultra thin Eu chalcogenide films Martina Mueller, Marius Costache, Jagadeesh Moodera Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q33.00013: Resonant spin dipole induced by an in-plane potential gradient spin-orbit interaction C. S. Chu, K. Y. Chen, A. G. Mal'shukov Preview Abstract

Session Q35: Focus Session: Emerging Materials and Devices III

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Jeff Welser, IBM Almaden
Room: Morial Convention Center 227

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q35.00001: Advanced SOI CMOS transistor technology for high performance microprocessors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q35.00002: Elastically strained silicon/silicon dioxide nano-layers Leonid Tsybeskov, Andrei Sirenko, David Lockwood, John McCaffrey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q35.00003: Electronic Structure of Conduction Bands in Strained Si Nanomembranes C. Euaruksakul, Z. Li, C.S. Ritz, B. Tanto, D.M. Cottrill, M.-H. Huang, F. Chen, D.E. Savage, F. Liu, F.J. Himpsel, M.G. Lagally Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q35.00004: Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy Study of MOS Diodes Based on High-$\kappa $ Gate Dielectrics S.L. You, C.C. Huang, C.J. Wang, H.C. Ho, J. Kwo, W.C. Lee, K.Y. Lee, Y.D. Wu, Y.J. Lee, M. Hong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q35.00005: On the role of Al doping at the SiO$_{2}$/HfO$_{2}$ interface Onise Sharia, A.A. Demkov, G. Bersuker, B.H. Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q35.00006: Oxide charge and band alignments in Pt/epi-Lu$_{2}$O$_{3}$/Si (111) structures studied by Internal Photoemission and C-V measurements W. Cai, J.P. Pelz, C. Adamo, D.G. Schlom Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q35.00007: Electrical and optical properties of PtSi thin films Hendrik Bentmann, A.A. Demkov, Stefan Zollner, Rich Gregory Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q35.00008: \textit{Ab-initio} study of early stages of III-V epitaxy on Si : direct \textit{vs.} buffer deposition on vicinal surfaces A.A. Demkov, Onise Sharia, Hendrik Bentmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q35.00009: Atomic-layer-deposited HfO$_{2}$ on In$_{0.53}$Ga$_{0.47}$As -- passivation and energy-band parameters Y.C. Chang, K.Y. Lee, M.L. Huang, Y.J. Lee, T.D. Lin, M. Hong, J. Kwo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q35.00010: Interfacial-layers-free Ga$_{2}$O$_{3}$(Gd$_{2}$O$_{3})$/Ge MOS Diodes C.H. Lee, T.D. Lin, K.Y. Lee, M.L. Huang, L.T. Tung, M. Hong, J. Kwo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q35.00011: Aspect Ratio Study of Microstructures Formed using an Adaptable Photomask Anna Fox, Adam Fontecchio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q35.00012: Characterization of surface and pore morphologies on nanoporous organosilicate films Jeeun Kim, Heeju Lee, Sanghoon Song, Wonsuk Cha, Hyunjung Kim, Gunwoo Park, Sungkyu Min, Taehoon Lee, Heewoo Rhee, Gwangwoo Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q35.00013: Trap densities in porous low-k dielectric thin films as determined by optical and electrical measurements Joanna Atkin, Daohua Song, Robert Laibowitz, Eduard Cartier, Thomas Shaw, Tony Heinz Preview Abstract

Session Q36: Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy III: Force Methods

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Eric Hudson, IBM
Room: Morial Convention Center 228

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q36.00001: Three-Dimensional Force Imaging and Quantification with Atomic Resolution Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q36.00002: Tuning the instability in Static Mode Atomic Force Spectroscopy by applying electric field Soma Das, P.A. Sreeram, Arup K. Raychaudhuri Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q36.00003: Theoretical simulation of tapping mode AFM in water Masaru Tsukada, Naoki Watanabe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q36.00004: Functional probes for scanning probe microscopy Yukio Hasegawa, Kotone Akiyama, Masayuki Hamada, Toyoaki Eguchi, Toshu An, Yasunori Fujikawa, Toshio Sakurai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q36.00005: Fabrication of a NEMS Resonator Over-shield for Mass Sensing Vincent T.K. Sauer, Mark R. Freeman, Wayne K. Hiebert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q36.00006: Ferromagnetic Resonance Investigation of an Individual Permalloy Dot Using Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy J. Kim, I.H. Lee, D. Pelekhov, Yu. Obukhov, P. Banerjee, I. Martin, P. Wigen, P.C. Hammel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q36.00007: Detecting Few Electron Spins by Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy with Potential Application for Donor Mapping in Semiconductor Kin Chung Fong, Palash Banerjee, Yuri Oboukhov, Denis Pelekhov , P. Chris Hammel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q36.00008: Force detected electron spin resonance from N@C$_{60}$ thin films Palash Banerjee, K.C. Fong, D.V. Pelekhov, P.C. Hammel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q36.00009: Development of a $^3$He Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Force Microscope* Mark Monti, Han-Jong Chia, Yong Lee, John Markert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q36.00010: NMR Force Microscopy on Co/Cu interface Yu. Obukhov, D. V. Pelekhov, P. Banerjee, J. Martindale, K. C. Fong, P. C. Hammel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q36.00011: Micromagnetic Modeling of Localized Ferromagnetic Resonance Detected with Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy Denis V. Pelekhov, Ivar Martin, Yuri Obukhov, Jongjoo Kim, Inhee Lee, Evgueni Nazaretski, Roman Movshovich, P. Chris Hammel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q36.00012: Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy System Design for the Study of Organic Materials Doran Smith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q36.00013: Applications of scanning Kelvin probe microscopy in the characterization of photovoltaic materials and devices Chunsheng Jiang, Helio Moutinho, Mowafak Al-Jassim Preview Abstract

Session Q37: Magnetotransport in 2DEGs

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Mansour Shayegan, Princeton University
Room: Morial Convention Center 229

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q37.00001: Effective mass suppression in interacting, fully spin-polarized 2D electron systems in wide AlAs quantum wells Medini Padmanabhan, T. Gokmen, N.C. Bishop, M. Shayegan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q37.00002: Effective mass suppression in interacting, fully spin-polarized 2D electron systems in narrow AlAs quantum wells Tayfun Gokmen, Medini Padmanabhan, K. Vakili, M. Shayegan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q37.00003: Effects of mass anisotropy, thickness and disorder on the spin susceptibility of the 2DEG in AlAs QWs Mariapia Marchi, Stefania De Palo, Gaetano Senatore, Saverio Moroni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q37.00004: Heat Transport Measurements on 2D Electron Systems at Zero Magnetic Field using Quantum Point Contacts D.A. Nichols, G. Granger, J.P. Eisenstein, J.L. Reno, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q37.00005: Observation of Chiral Heat Transport in the Quantum Hall Regime G. Granger, D.A. Nichols, J.P. Eisenstein, J.L. Reno, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q37.00006: Momentum resolved transport spectroscopy of quantum Hall edges in a bent quantum well Lucia Steinke, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, M. Bichler, G. Abstreiter, M. Grayson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q37.00007: From insulating behavior to quantum Hall liquid at low magnetic fields T.-Y. Huang, Chi-Te Liang, Gil-Ho Kim, Chun Feng Huang, C.-P. Huang, J.-Y. Lin, H.-S. Goan, D.A. Ritchie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q37.00008: In-plane field induced anisotropy in the microwave/rf resonances of 2D electrons at the second excited Landau level Han Zhu, G. Sambandamurthy, L. Engel, D. C. Tsui, L. Pfeiffer, K. West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q37.00009: Microwave modes of two dimensional electron systems near macroscopic ferromagnets Brenden Magill, L. W. Engel, M. P. Lilly, J. A. Simmons, J. L. Reno Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q37.00010: Radiation-induced decay of Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in the regime of the radiation-induced zero-resistance states in GaAs/AlGaAs devices Ramesh Mani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q37.00011: Floquet Theory of Magneto-Resistivity Oscillations in Microwave Irradiated 2DEGs Assa Auerbach, G. Venketeswara Pai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q37.00012: The origin of the stripes observed in scanning single-electron transistor and in mesoscopic transport measurements of quantum Hall samples Chenggang Zhou, Mona Berciu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q37.00013: External Field Effecting Excitonic Superfluid in Drag Geometry Jung-Jung Su, Allan H. MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q37.00014: Supersolid of indirect excitons in electron-hole quantum Hall systems Chang-hua Zhang, Yogesh N. Joglekar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q37.00015: Insulating, Metallic, and Superconducting Transport regimes of 2D Amorphous Superconducting Films in B-T-Disorder Space Yize Li, Jongsoo Yoon Preview Abstract

Session Q38: Focus Session: Ferroelectric Films and Finite Size Effects

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Max Stengel, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Morial Convention Center 230

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q38.00001: Imaging ferroelectric polarization by electron holography Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q38.00002: Intrinsic Bipolar Carrier (e$^{-}$/h$^{+}$) Layer on Clean Surface of Insulating BaTiO$_{3}$ Y. Watanabe, D. Matsumoto, Y. Urakami, S. Kaku Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q38.00003: Contrast in ultrathin film ferroelectric behavior between air and vacuum environments A. P. Baddorf, P. Maksymovych, S. V. Kalinin, R. Ramesh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q38.00004: X-ray Studies of Chemical Switching of PbTiO$_{3}$ on SrRuO$_{3}$ Carol Thompson, R.-V. Wang, D.D. Fong, F. Jiang, S.K. Streiffer, P.H. Fuoss, J.A. Eastman, G.B. Stephenson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q38.00005: First-principles prediction of switchable stoichiometry at interfaces Sergey V. Levchenko, Andrew M. Rappe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q38.00006: Phase Field Modeling of Ferroelectric Thin Films with Space Charge Rajeev Ahluwalia, Nathaniel Ng, Haibin Su, Freddy Boey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q38.00007: One-dimensional polydomains in Ferroelectric thin films Matias Nunez, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q38.00008: Theory of Electric Polarization Induced by Inhomogeneity in Crystals Di Xiao, Junren Shi, Dennis Clougherty, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q38.00009: Ferroelectric Thin Films Under Inhomogeneous Electric Fields - Lateral Size and Thickness Dependence Nathaniel Ng, Rajeev Ahluwalia, Haibin Su, Freddy Boey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q38.00010: Critical thickness for memory in thin ferroelectric films A.M. Bratkovsky, A.P. Levanyuk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q38.00011: Transport properties of epitaxial ferroelectric trilayer heterostructures with BaTiO$_{3}$ barriers D.A. Felker, H.W. Jang, C.B. Eom, M.S. Rzchowski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q38.00012: $^{17}$O Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Chemical Shielding Calculations of PZT Solid Solutions Daniel L. Pechkis, Eric J. Walter, Henry Krakauer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q38.00013: First-principles calculation of phonon dispersions for Ba$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$TiO$_{3}$ Taichi Kosugi, Shinji Tsuneyuki Preview Abstract

Session Q39: Focus Session: Models and Materials Far from Equilibrium

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Michel Pleimling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: Morial Convention Center 231

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q39.00001: Self-Organized Porous Nanostructures in Anodized Metal Oxide Liam Stanton, Alexander Golovin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q39.00002: Intercalation of Li Ions into a Graphite Anode Material: Molecular Dynamics Simulations Ibrahim Abou Hamad, Mark Novotny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q39.00003: Aging processes in reversible diffusion-limited reactions Vlad Elgart, Michel Pleimling Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q39.00004: Lyapunov modes in coupled map lattices Guenter Radons, Hongliu Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q39.00005: Simulation of nonlinear pattern formation dynamics in photoinduced structure change Kunio Ishida, Keiichiro Nasu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q39.00006: A study of some non-equilibrium driven models and their contribution to the understanding of molecular motors Irina Mazilu, Joshua Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q39.00007: Controlling surface morphologies by time-delayed feedback Beate Schmittmann, Michael Block, Eckehard Schoell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q39.00008: Schwinger-Keldysh Formalism for Non-Hermitian Quantum Problems: A Case Study on Non-Equilibrium Steady State Transport Paata Kakashvili, C.J. Bolech Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q39.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q39.00010: Caliber approach for non-equilibrium systems with a small number of states Jeremy Schmit, Kingshuk Ghosh, Ken Dill Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q39.00011: Transition rates for a Blume-Capel model coupled to a phonon bath Kyungwha Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q39.00012: Statistical mechanics far from equilibrium: prediction and test for a sheared system A. Baule, R. M. L. Evans, R. A. Simha, P. D. Olmsted Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q39.00013: Dynamic phase transitions in model glass formers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Q40: Metals: Nanoparticles, Compounds and Thermodynamics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: William H. Butler, University of Alabama
Room: Morial Convention Center 232

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q40.00001: Sintering Behavior of Metallic Nanoparticles Martin Fendrich, Ralf Meyer, Ruslan Zinetullin, Dietrich E. Wolf, Peter Entel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q40.00002: Molecular Dynamics Study of Phase Transitions of Transition Metal Alloy Nanoparticles Lijun Meng, Kaiwang Zhang, Lizhong Sui, Chao Tang, Huaping Xiao, G. Malcolm Stocks, Jianxin Zhong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q40.00003: Computer simulation of nanoparticle aggregate fracture Brian Henz, Takumi Hawa, Michael Zachariah Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q40.00004: Preparation and Characterization of Chemically Prepared Fe-Ag Nanocomposites Thomas Ekiert, Gerald Poirier, Karl Unruh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q40.00005: Creation of low-energy twin lamellae for thermal stability in nanostructured materials Christopher Saldana, Tejas Murthy, Ravi Shankar, Srinivasan Chandrasekar, Eric Stach Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q40.00006: Electron-Phonon Interaction and High-Temperature Thermodynamics in Vanadium Alloys and Compounds Olivier Delaire, Max Kresch, Matthew Lucas, Jorge Munoz, Jiao Lin, Brent Fultz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q40.00007: Remarkably large field dependences of the thermodynamic and transport properties of PtSn$_{4}$ P.C. Canfield, S.L. Bud'ko, E.D. Mun, H. Ko, G.D. Samolyuk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q40.00008: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Atomic Resolution of Uranium Compound Marilyn Hawley, Shao-Ping Chen, Phillip Van Stockum Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q40.00009: Ab initio thermodynamics of LaB$_{6}$ and CeB$_{6}$ Tanju Gurel, Resul Eryigit Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q40.00010: Structure of Boron Carbide: Where's the Carbon? David Marx, Gerald Seidler, Timothy Fister, Kenneth Nagle, Carlo Segre Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q40.00011: Electronic structure and properties of lanthanum Lane Nixon, Dimitrios Papaconstantopoulos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q40.00012: High-Level Correlated Approach to the Jellium Surface Energy, Without Uniform-Electron-Gas Input Lucian Constantin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q40.00013: Magnetic, thermodynamic and transport properties of GdFe$_{2}$(Al$_{x}$Zn$_{1-x})_{20}$ M. Lampe, N. Ni, S. Jia, G.D. Samolyuk, A.S. Sefat, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q40.00014: Magnetic properties of RT$_2$Al$_{20}$ (R = Gd, Eu and Yb, T = Ti, V and Cr) J. Frederick, Shuang Jia, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield Preview Abstract