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Session V1: Recent Advances in Soft Complex Materials Using Neutron Scattering

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Alan J. Hurd, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V1.00001: Neutron and X-ray Characterization of Nanostructured Polymeric Materials Invited Speaker: Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V1.00002: Beyond Wrinkles: Stress and Fold Localization in Thin Elastic Membranes Invited Speaker: Luka Pocivavsek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V1.00003: Complex Protein Structures by Neutron Scattering Invited Speaker: Jenny Glusker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V1.00004: Observation of a Fragile-to-Strong Dynamic Crossover Phenomenon in Confined Water and Its Relation to the Existence of a Liquid-Liquid Critical Point in Supercooled Water Invited Speaker: Sow-Hsin Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V1.00005: Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer/Inorganic Nanoparticle Composites Invited Speaker: Pappannan Thiyagarajan Preview Abstract

Session V2: Facilities for Meeting Grand Challenges

Sponsoring Units: DCMP GIMS
Chair: Gwyn Williams, Thomas Jefferson Laboratory National Accelerator Facility
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V2.00001: A Green Field Fourth Generation Light Source Invited Speaker: George Neil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V2.00002: Science Driven the Parameters of 4th Generation Light Sources Invited Speaker: Jerome Hastings Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V2.00003: The Science Motivating the UK's Fourth Generation Light Source Project Invited Speaker: Wendy Flavell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V2.00004: The proposed BigLight fourth-generation light source at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Invited Speaker: John Singleton Preview Abstract

Session V3: Industrial Physics History

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Gloria B. Lubkin, American Institute of Physics
Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V3.00001: Industrial Research at IBM Invited Speaker: Paul Horn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V3.00002: Reflections on Three Corporate Research Labs: Bell Labs, HP Labs, Agilent Labs Invited Speaker: James Hollenhorst Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V3.00003: Application Oriented R{\&}D: Aphorisms {\&} Anecdotes (The John Bardeen Lecture) Invited Speaker: Robert Frosch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V3.00004: The History of Science and Technology at Bell Labs Invited Speaker: David Bishop Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V3.00005: 50 Years of ``Scaling'' Jack Kilby's Invention Invited Speaker: Robert Doering Preview Abstract

Session V4: Electronic Excitations in Organic Molecular Crystals/Fluctuating Fronts: Beyond a Popular Mean-Field Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Vitaly Podzorov, Rutgers University
Room: Morial Convention Center 206

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V4.00001: Photoemission study on the charge transport mechanism in pentacene thin film Invited Speaker: Kazuyuki Sakamoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V4.00002: Bandlike transport in organic molecular crystals revealed by subpicosecond transient photoconductivity Invited Speaker: Frank Hegmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V4.00003: Polarons and Coulomb interactions in organic transistors Invited Speaker: Simone Fratini Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V4.00004: Particle versus density models in spark formation: X-rays from pulled fronts? Invited Speaker: Ute Ebert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V4.00005: Fluctuation Effects on Propagating Waves of Self-Assembly in Organosilane Monolayers. Invited Speaker: Jack Douglas Preview Abstract

Session V5: Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned from Katrina: How to Prepare a Department for Catastrophic Events

Sponsoring Units: FPS FGSA
Chair: Andrew Post-Zwicker, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center RO1

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:30AM		V5.00001: Lessons Learnt From Hurricane Katrina. Invited Speaker: Murty Akundi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:30AM - 11:45AM		V5.00002: TBD Invited Speaker: Shirley Laska Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:45AM - 12:00PM		V5.00003: Hurricane Katrina at Tulane. Invited Speaker: Jim McGuire Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:00PM - 12:15PM		V5.00004: Invited Speaker: C. Greg Seab Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:30PM		V5.00005: Academic environment and dynamics in response to extreme events: Theory and Practice (Katrina Lessons) Invited Speaker: Natalia Sidorovskaia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:30PM - 12:45PM		V5.00006: Hosting a Katrina Evacuee. Invited Speaker: David Hoagland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:45PM - 2:15PM		V5.00007: Panel Discussion

Session V7: Oscillations and Segmentation: Dynamical Genetic Regulation in Time and Space

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Mogens Jensen, Niels Bohr Institute
Room: Morial Convention Center RO5

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V7.00001: Building the Vertebrate Spine Invited Speaker: Olivier Pourqui\'e Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V7.00002: Modelling Ultradian Oscillations and Segmentation Invited Speaker: Mogens Jensen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V7.00003: Spatial Patterns of Recurved Sensory Organs in Drosophila Invited Speaker: Gemunu Gunaratne Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V7.00004: Similarities and differences in the p53-mdm2 and NF-kB feedback loops Invited Speaker: Sandeep Krishna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V7.00005: Dynamic Changes in microRNAs may Regulate Robustness of Wnt/Notch Signaling Invited Speaker: Preethi Gunaratne Preview Abstract

Session V8: Liquid Crystals I: Structure and Defects

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Oleg Lavrentovich, Kent State University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO6

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V8.00001: Effect of Concentration Variations on the Interaction of a Sm-A Liquid Crystal and a Nanoparticle Luz J. Martinez-Miranda , Lynn K. Kurihara , Rahina S. Rabiu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V8.00002: Simulating defect structures in nematic liquid crystal shells Lena Lopatina , Andrew Konya , Jonathan Selinger , Robin Selinger , Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V8.00003: String defects in smectic-C monolayers and hybrid nematic films Fangfu Ye , Zhao Lu , Lena Lopatina , Jonathan Selinger , Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V8.00004: Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering polarized microscopy of 3D director structures in liquid crystals Ivan Smalyukh , Alexander Kachynski , Andrey Kuzmin , Paras Prasad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V8.00005: Light Scattering Study of Biaxiality in Nematic Liquid Crystal Tetrapodes Krishna Neupane , Shinwoong Kang , Sunil Sharma , D. Carney , T. Meyer , George H. Mehl , David W. Allender , Satyendra Kumar , Samuel Sprunt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V8.00006: Effects of dielectric relaxation on the director dynamics of uniaxial nematic liquid crystals Mingxia Gu , Ye Yin , Sergij V. Shiyanovskii , Oleg D. Lavrentovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V8.00007: Condensation of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals by additives Luana Tortora , H.-S. Park , S.-W. Kang , S. Kumar , K.V. Kaznatcheev , O.D. Lavrentovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V8.00008: Interactions in the NOBOW and 8CB Mixtures Dong Chen , Chenhui Zhu , Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V8.00009: Effect of Solvent Concentration on the Liquid Crystal Phase Transitions of Octylcyanobiphenyl-Hexane Mixtures Krishna Sigdel , Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V8.00010: Landau potential of polymer stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals Paul Archer , Ingo Dierking Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V8.00011: Varying the optical properties of cholesteric liquid crystals Sabrina Relaix , Michele Moreira , Peter Palffy-Muhoray , Michel Mitov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V8.00012: Three-dimensional imaging of chemical bond orientation in liquid crystals by coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy. Oleg D. Lavrentovich , Heung-Shik Park , Brian G. Saar , X. Sunney Xie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V8.00013: Low electric field induced phase transition of the B1 bent-core liquid crystal phase to a switching phase J. Kirchhoff , L.S. Hirst Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V8.00014: Evidence of Broken Reciprocity in Chiral Liquid Crystals Michele Moreira , Nithya Venkataraman , Bahman Taheri , Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract

Session V9: Computational Methods: Multiscale Modeling

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Kathie Newman, University of Notre Dame
Room: Morial Convention Center RO7

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V9.00001: Step decoration studied with first-principles statistical mechanics Yongsheng Zhang , Karsten Reuter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V9.00002: Non-Adiabatic Transition Path Sampling: Application to a Model Proton-Transfer Reaction Laura J. Kinnaman , Steven A. Corcelli , Kathie E. Newman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V9.00003: First-passage Monte Carlo for materials under irradiation Aleksandar Donev , Vasily Bulatov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V9.00004: OPAL: A New Multiscale Software Architecture Based on MPI-2 Yun-Wen Chen , Chao Cao , Ming Zhang , Erik Deumens , Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V9.00005: MP2 calculations for solid state systems Martijn Marsman , Georg Kresse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V9.00006: New approaches to the prediction of thermodynamic stability of crystal structures Johannes Voss , Tejs Vegge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V9.00007: Solidifying semiconductor nanocrystals from melts: Molecular dynamics simulations Tianshu Li , Davide Donadio , Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V9.00008: Ab-Initio Density Functional Calculation of Interatomic Potentials for Large-scale Atomistic Material Simulations. G.L. Zhao , S. Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V9.00009: A New Look at the Evaluation of Embedded Atom Potential Models. James N. Glosli , Kyle J. Caspersen , David F. Richards , Robert E. Rudd , Fred H. Streitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V9.00010: Electronic structure from Maximum Entropy optimization: Applications to band energy and electronic force computation Hiro Shimoyama , Parthapratim Biswas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V9.00011: Lagrangian Time-Reversible Born-Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics Anders Niklasson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V9.00012: First-principles calculation combined with multicanonical simulation Yoshihide Yoshimoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V9.00013: Topological Properties of Microstructures in Nanocrystalline Materials. Tao Xu , Mo Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V9.00014: XML Tools for First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations Francois Gygi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V9.00015: Approximating Densities of States with Gaps using Maximally Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry Roger Haydock , C.M.M. Nex Preview Abstract

Session V10: Proximity Effect, Electron-doped Cuprates, STM

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Thomas Lemberger, Ohio State Universtiy
Room: Morial Convention Center RO8

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V10.00001: Superconducting proximity effect and Majorana fermions at the surface Liang Fu , Charles Kane Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V10.00002: Giant proximity effect in a phase-fluctuating superconductor Dominic Marchand , Lucian Covaci , Mona Berciu , Marcel Franz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V10.00003: Search for Proximity Effect in the Local Pairing Temperature of Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+x}$ Colin Parker , Aakash Pushp , Kenjiro K. Gomes , Abhay Pasupathy , Genda Gu , Shimpei Ono , Yoichi Ando , Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V10.00004: Superconducting Proximity Effect in Thin Semiconducting Films Michael Vissers , Soren Flexner , Paul Welander , Kevin Inderhees , Tim McArdle , Jim Eckstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V10.00005: Charge leakage in superconducting $\rm La_{2}CuO_{4}-La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4}$ superlattices S. Smadici , P. Abbamonte , J. Lee , S. Wang , C.D. Cavellin , A. Gozar , G. Logvenov , I. Bozovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V10.00006: Long range proximity effect in High Tc Josephson NanoJunctions: a quantitative study Jerome Lesueur , Nicolas Bergeal , Marco Aprili , Takis Kontos , Martin Sirena , Giancarlo Faini , Jean-Pierre Contour Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V10.00007: The Superconducting State of Pr$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_4$ : Tunneling study Yoram Dagan , Roy Beck , Richard Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V10.00008: Local tunneling spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy of the electron-doped cuprate Sm$_{2-x}$Ce$_{x}$CuO$_4$ A. Zimmers , Y. Noat , T. Cren , W. Sacks , D. Roditchev , B. Liang , R. L. Greene , R. P. S. M. Lobo , N. Bontemps Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V10.00009: Spin correlations and magnetic excitation spectrum of electron-doped Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_{4\pm\delta}$ Eugene Motoyama , Guichuan Yu , Yuan Li , Inna Vishik , Patrick Mang , Martin Greven , Owen Vajk , Klaudia Hradil , Richard Mole Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V10.00010: EXAFS study of the role of apical oxygen on superconductivity in Pr$_{0.88}$LaCe$_{0.12}$CuO$_4$ S. Rosenkranz , D. Haskel , M. Balasubramanian , S. Heald , S. Li , P. Dai , Y. Ando Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V10.00011: High pressure study on Pr$_{1.85}$Ce$_{0.15}$CuO$_{4-\delta }$ single crystals Costel R. Rotundu , Viktor V. Struzhkin , Alexander Goncharov , Richard L. Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V10.00012: Recent ARPES results on electron-doped high-Tc superconductors and comparison to their hole-doped counterparts Pierre Richard , Zihui Pan , Madhab Neupane , Yiming Xu , Patrick Fournier , Shiliang Li , Pengcheng Dai , Ziqiang Wang , Hong Ding Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V10.00013: Point contact tunnelling as a probe for the superconducting properties of Niobium RF cavities T. Proslier , J. Moore , J. Zasadzinski , M. Pellin , J. Norem Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V10.00014: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Defect-Induced Superstructure in 2H-NbSe$_{2}$ Hui Wang , Jonghee Lee , Michael Dreyer , Barry Barker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V10.00015: STM Investigation of Bosonic Modes and a Superconducting Gap in the Electron Doped Cuprate Pr$_{1-x}$LaCe$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ Francis Niestemski , Shankar Kunwar , Sen Zhou , Shiliang Li , Hong Ding , Ziqiang Wang , Pengcheng Dai , Vidya Madhavan Preview Abstract

Session V11: Quasiparticle Dispersion and Coupling in Cuprates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Dan Dessau, University of Colorado at Boulder
Room: Morial Convention Center RO9

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V11.00001: Evidence of Electron Coupling to High Energy Excitations in a High Temperature Superconductor Xingjiang Zhou , Wentao Zhang , Guodong Liu , Lin Zhao , Haiyun Liu , Jianqiao Meng , Xiaoli Dong , Wei Lu , Zhongxian Zhao , Guiling Wang , Hongbo Zhang , Yong Zhou , Zuyan Xu , Yong Zhu , Xiaoyang Wang , Chuangtian Chen , J.S. Wen , Z.J. Xu , Genda Gu , T. Sasagawa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V11.00002: High energy kink in the single particle spectra of the two-dimensional Hubbard model Alexandru Macridin , Mark Jarrell , Thomas Maier , Douglas Scalapino Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V11.00003: Theory of quasiparticle excitations in cuprates: universal Fermi velocity and high energy anomalies Qiang-Hua Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V11.00004: Dispersion and Spectral weight analysis of ``waterfall'' structure in Pb doped Bi2212. Qiang Wang , Zhe Sun , Eli Rotenberg , Helmut Berger , Daniel Dessau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V11.00005: Magnon Corrections to Cuprate Self Energy Robert Markiewicz , Tanmoy Das , Arun Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V11.00006: Aspects of the electron-phonon interaction in the Cuprates Steve Johnston , Wei-Sheng Lee , Thomas Devereaux , Z.X. Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V11.00007: Phonon anomaly in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$* Jiandong Guo , Huajun Qin , Kehui Wu , R. G. Moore , E. W. Plummer , J. Wen , G. D. Gu , Jiandi Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V11.00008: Isotope effect on the nodal kink energy in Bi2212 J.F. Douglas , H. Iwasawa , K. Satou , H. Eisaki , Y. Yoshida , H. Bando , T. Saitoh , A. Ino , M. Taniguchi , M. Arita , K. Shimada , H. Namatame , T. Masui , S. Tajima , S. Uchida , Y. Aiura , D.S. Dessau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V11.00009: Theory of Kink Structure of Quasi-Particle Energy Dispersion in Photoemission Spectra of High Temperature Superconducter Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ via Dipolon Mediated Electron-Electron Pairing Mechanism Ram Sharma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V11.00010: Fermi Surface Topology Effects on the Electron-Phonon Coupling in Electron-doped Cuprates S.R. Park , D.J. Song , C.S. Leem , Chul Kim , C. Kim , B.J. Kim , H. Eisaki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V11.00011: Theoretical fits of laser-ARPES energy distribution curves of the high Tc superconductor Bi2212 N.C. Plumb , P.A. Casey , J.D. Koralek , J.F. Douglas , Z. Sun , Y. Aiura , K. Oka , H. Eisaki , P.W. Anderson , D.S. Dessau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V11.00012: Properties of high-T$_C$ superconductors from spin-phonon coupling and band models. Thomas Jarlborg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V11.00013: Universal dispersion anomalies revealed by DQMC simulations of the Hubbard model B. Moritz , S. Johnston , W. Meevasana , C. Kim , T. P. Devereaux , R. T. Scalettar , Z.-X. Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V11.00014: Local effects of apical oxygen on superconductivity in high-$T_{\rm c}$ cuprates Michiyasu Mori , Takami Tohyama , Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V11.00015: Variable Temperature Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Inhomogeneous High Temperature Superconductors E.W. Hudson , M. C. Boyer , W.D. Wise , Kamalesh Chatterjee , Yayu Wang , Takeshi Kondo , Tsunehiro Takeuchi , Hiroshi Ikuta Preview Abstract

Session V12: Metal Insulator Transition I: Vanadium Oxides and Others

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: M. Brian Maple, University of California, San Diego
Room: Morial Convention Center 203

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V12.00001: Electrical measurements at the metal-insulator phase boundary in VO$_{2}$ nanobeams David Cobden , Jiang Wei , Zenghui Wang , Wei Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V12.00002: Metal-insulator coexistence in VO$_{2}$ nanobeams Jiang Wei , Zenghui Wang , Wei Chen , David Cobden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V12.00003: Correlation between metal-insulator transition characteristics and electronic structure changes in vanadium oxide thin films D. Ruzmetov , V. Narayanamurti , S. Ramanathan , S.D. Senanayake Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V12.00004: Mott transition in vanadium dioxide (VO$_2$) observed by infrared spectroscopy and nano-imaging M.M. Qazilbash , G.O. Andreev , D.N. Basov , P.-C. Ho , M.B. Maple , M. Brehm , F. Keilmann , A. V. Balatsky , Byung-Gyu Chae , Bong-Jun Kim , Sun Jin Yun , Hyun-Tak Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V12.00005: Avalanches in the Metal-Insulator transition in Vanadium Oxide nano-scaled junctions Amos Sharoni , Gabriel Ram\'Irez , Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V12.00006: Micro X-Ray Diffraction Study of VO$_{2}$ Films -- Separation between Metal-Insulator Transition and Structural Phase Transition Kim Hyun-tak , Kim Boung-jun , Lee Yong wook , Yun Sun Jin , Lim Jung-wook , Shin Tae-ju , Youn Hwa-sick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V12.00007: Lateral V/VO$_{x}$/V Tunnel Junctions Formed by Anodic Oxidation David Kirkwood , Kevin West , Jiwei Lu , Stuart Wolf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V12.00008: The metal to insulator transition in correlated materials -- exchange of low and high energy spectral weight Stefan G. Singer , B. Schulz , I. Mahns , M. Bastjan , G. Neuber , A. Goos , P. Saichu , S. Binder , A. Rusydi , K. Horn , S. Eller , M. R\"ubhausen , G. Stryganyuk , L. Cooper , G.A. Sawatzky , O. Sushkov , H. Eisaki , Y. Fujimaki , S. Uchida , K. D\"orr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V12.00009: Metal-insulating transition and Zhang-Rice singlets in one-dimensional cuprates: the case of Ca$_{2+x}$Y$_{2-x}$Cu$_5$O$_{10}$ Alessio Filippetti , Vincenzo Fiorentini Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V12.00010: EXAFS and XANES in Fe$_{3-x}$M$_x$O$_4$, M = Zn, Ti, Al with 0 $\leq$ x $<$ 0.065. J. Sabol , D. Owoc , Z. Kakol , C. Kapusta , A. Kozlowski , J. Honig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V12.00011: Nonequilibrium Relaxations and Aging Effects near a Metal-Insulator Transition in Two Dimensions Dragana Popovi\'c , Jan Jaroszy\'nski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V12.00012: Photo-induced Metallic States in a Mott Insulator Takashi Oka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V12.00013: I3+-Ir4+ Charge Disproportionation of Spinel CuIr2S4 investigated by Synchrotron Radiaton Photoemission Han-Jin Noh , E.-J. Cho , H.-D. Kim , J.-Y. Kim , C.-H. Min , B.-G. Park , S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V12.00014: Local structural aspects of the metal-insulator transition in CuIr$_{2}$S$_{4}$ from total scattering x-ray study E. Bozin , A.S. Masadeh , H.J. Kim , P. Juhas , S.J.L. Billinge , J.F. Mitchell Preview Abstract

Session V13: Focus Session: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory III

Sponsoring Units: DCP DCOMP
Chair: Wei Ku, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 204

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V13.00001: Dielectric Properties of Ice and Liquid Water from First Principle Calculations Deyu Lu , Francois Gygi , Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V13.00002: Strong hybridization of Frenkel excitons in Mott insulators: a novel Wannier function perspective* Chi-Cheng Lee , H. C. Hsueh , Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V13.00003: Propagation of strongly bound Frenkel excitons in LiF: An effective two-particle kinematic approach of super-atom in ab initio Wannier basis Chen-Lin Yeh , Hung-Chung Hsueh , Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V13.00004: Ab-initio Total Energy Calculation for Full-potential Multiple Scattering Theory Methods Yang Wang , Aurelian Rusanu , Malcolm Stocks , Don Nicholson , Markus Eisenbach Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V13.00005: A quantum chemistry roadmap towards highly accurate adsorption energies at ionic surfaces Bo Li , Angelos Michaelides , Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V13.00006: Surface energies of semiconductors by the energy density method Min Yu , Richard M. Martin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V13.00007: Electron-phonon interaction using Wannier functions: from single-layer graphene to cuprate superconductors Invited Speaker: Feliciano Giustino Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V13.00008: Ensemble density functional theory, the atom-in-molecule problem, and reactive charge transfer Susan Atlas , Steven Valone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V13.00009: Correction of Finite Size Errors in Many-body Electronic Structure Calculations Hendra Kwee , Shiwei Zhang , Henry Krakauer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V13.00010: Embedding quantum-mechanics in an interatomic potential simulation using local energies Noam Bernstein , Gabor Csanyi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V13.00011: The search for minimum-energy atomic configurations on a lattice: Lamarckian twist on Darwinian Evolution Mayeul d'Avezac , Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V13.00012: Using genetic algorithms to find from first-principles the minimum-energy crystal structure starting from random cell vectors and random atomic positions. G. Trimarchi , M. D'Avezac , Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V13.00013: From grand-canonical density functional theory towards rational compound design Anatole von Lilienfeld Preview Abstract

Session V14: BEC-BCS Crossover

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Meera Parish, Princeton University
Room: Morial Convention Center 205

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V14.00001: Properties of a few-body trapped two-component Fermi gas at unitarity Javier von Stecher , Doerte Blume , Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V14.00002: Quantum and thermal fluctuations in the BCS-BEC crossover with unequal mass fermions Roberto Diener , Qi Zhou , Mohit Randeria Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V14.00003: Critical temperature and thermodynamics of the BEC-BCS crosssover Evgeni Burovski , Evgeny Kozik , Nikolay Prokof'ev , Boris Svistunov , Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V14.00004: First- and second-sound-like modes at finite temperature in trapped Fermi gases from BCS to BEC Yan He , Chih-chun Chien , Qijin Chen , Kathryn Levin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V14.00005: Transport Properties of a Fermi gas with attractive interactions in the BEC-BCS crossover Chih-Chun Chien , Yan He , Qijin Chen , Kathryn Levin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V14.00006: Probing two-fluid hydrodynamics in a trapped Fermi superfluid at unitarity Edward Taylor , Allan Griffin , Hui Hu , Xia-Ji Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V14.00007: Shear Viscosity and the Perfectness of Fluid Gautam Rupak , Thomas Schaefer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V14.00008: Spectroscopic Signatures of Nonequilibrium Pairing in Atomic Fermi Gases Maxim Dzero , Emil Yuzbashyan , B.L. Altshuler , Piers Coleman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V14.00009: Mean Frequency Shift and Finite Width of RF Spectrum of Paired Fermions Zhenhua Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V14.00010: Final-state effects in radio-frequency spectrum of ultracold Fermions Sourish Basu , Erich Mueller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V14.00011: Molecular production at a broad Feshbach resonance in Fermi-gas of cooled atoms Deqiang Sun , Artem Abanov , Valery Pokrovsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V14.00012: Bistability in Resonant Fermi Superfluid Lei Jiang , Han Pu , Andrew Robertson , Hong Ling Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V14.00013: Collective spin modes in a Fermionic atomic gas John Feldmann , Hari Dahal , Sergio Gaudio , Kevin Bedell Preview Abstract

Session V15: Quantum Error Correction and Control

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Lorenza Viola, Dartmouth College
Room: Morial Convention Center 207

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V15.00001: The structure of preserved information in quantum processes Hui Khoon Ng , Robin Blume-Kohout , David Poulin , Lorenza Viola Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V15.00002: Decoherence-free subspaces and incoherently generated coherences Raisa Karasik , Karl-Peter Marzlin , Barry C. Sanders , K. Birgitta Whaley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V15.00003: Methods for Producing Decoherence-free States and Noiseless Subsystems Using Photonic Qutrits C. Allen Bishop , Mark Byrd Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V15.00004: Bounded-strength dynamical control of qubit coherence based on Eulerian cycles Lea F. Santos , Taylor S. Smith , Wenxian Zhang , Lorenza Viola Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V15.00005: Model-independent dynamical decoupling to combat dephasing decoherence Wayne Witzel , Benjamin Lee , Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V15.00006: Encoding One Logical Qubit Into Six Physical Qubits Bilal Shaw , Mark Wilde , Ognyan Oreshkov , Isaac Kremsky , Daniel Lidar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V15.00007: Second-order self-refocusing pulse shapes for arbitrary rotation angles Leonid P. Pryadko , Pinaki Sengupta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V15.00008: Encoded Dynamical Recoupling with Shaped Pulses Yunfan Li , Daniel A. Lidar , Leonid P. Pryadko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V15.00009: Generating Novel Spin Echoes Using the Internal Structure of Strong Pi-Pulses Rona Ramos , Yanqun Dong , Dale Li , Sean Barrett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V15.00010: A New Approach to Spin Coherence Control: Extreme Line-narrowing and MRI of Solids Yanqun Dong , Rona Ramos , Dale Li , Sean Barrett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V15.00011: Robustness of operator quantum error correction against imperfect initialization Ognyan Oreshkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V15.00012: Quantum Convolutional Coding with Entanglement Assistance Mark Wilde , Todd Brun Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V15.00013: ``Slow'' and ``Fast'' Gate Limits In Resilient Quantum Computation Eduardo Novais , Eduardo R. Mucciolo , Harold U. Baranger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V15.00014: Optimal Control of Large Spin-Atomic Systems with Coherent Electromagnetic Fields Seth Merkel , Souma Chaudhury , Poul Jessen , Ivan Deutsch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V15.00015: Towards a Quantum Predictive Control Mathematical Formulation Yasser A. Davizon-Castillo Preview Abstract

Session V16: Focus Session: Medical Imaging and Related Technologies

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Christopher Njeh, Tyler Cancer Center
Room: Morial Convention Center 208

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V16.00001: Overview of Medical Imaging Invited Speaker: William Hendee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V16.00002: PET Imaging - from Physics to Clinical Molecular Imaging Invited Speaker: Stan Majewski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V16.00003: Room temperature STM imaging in air can damage DNA, even at low tunneling biases and currents John Bechhoefer , Philip Grant , Yuekan Jiao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V16.00004: Tomography of biological interfaces using defocusing microscopy Oscar Mesquita Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V16.00005: Terahertz spectroscopy of human skin constituents in suspension Cecil Joseph , Anna Yaroslavsky , Munir Al-Arashi , Andrew Gatesman , Thomas Goyette , Robert Giles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V16.00006: Advances in Medical X-Ray Imaging Invited Speaker: Robert Gould Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V16.00007: Inverse Participation Ratio (IPR) Analysis of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Images: Quantification of Optical Disorder Strength Due to Nanoscale Refractive Index Fluctuations of Tissues/Cells P. Pradhan , V. Turzhitsky , H. Subramanian , A. Heifetz , D. Damania , J. L. Hoogheem , M. J. Jung , H. K. Roy , V. Backman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V16.00008: Imaging Stem Cell Aggregation Using Digital Holographic Microscopy Emily J. Gardel , Yonas Yemane , Debra Auguste , Vinothan N. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V16.00009: Magnetomotive Optical Coherence Elastography for Measuring Biomechanical Properties of Tissue using Magnetic Nanoparticles V. Crecea , A.L. Oldenburg , X. Liang , T.S. Ralston , M.B. Orescanin , M.F. Insana , S.A. Boppart Preview Abstract

Session V17: Focus Session: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Small Systems

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DBP
Chair: Chris Jarzynski, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 209

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V17.00001: Beyond the second law. Invited Speaker: Christian Van den Broeck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V17.00002: Dynamics of Microtubule Growth and Catastrophe Sidney Redner , Tibor Antal , Paul Krapivsky , Mitch Mailman , Bulbul Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V17.00003: Work fluctuations in modulated systems: what is and what is not universal in the steady state Mark Dykman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V17.00004: Recognizing the role of microscopic reversibility in stochastic systems with optical trapping experiments as an example Ross Brody Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V17.00005: What Do We Measure With Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy? Ching-Hwa Kiang , Nolan Harris , Eric Botello , Wei-Hung Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V17.00006: Holographic microrheology of biofilms Fook Chiong Cheong , Simone Duarte , David Grier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V17.00007: Fluctuation relations in a micromechanical oscillator driven far from thermal equilibrium Corey Stambaugh , Ho Bun Chan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V17.00008: Effect of charge distribution on the translocation of an inhomogeneously charged polymer through a nanopore Aruna Mohan , Anatoly Kolomeisky , Matteo Pasquali Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V17.00009: Heat Transport in spin chains Jinshan Wu , Mona Berciu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V17.00010: Athermal dynamics of strongly coupled stochastic three-state oscillators Lev Tsimring , Bastien Fernandez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V17.00011: Entropy-driven hysteresis in a model of DNA overstretching Stephen Whitelam , Sander Pronk , Phillip Geissler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V17.00012: Replica and extreme-value analysis of the Jarzynski free-energy estimator Matteo Palassini , Felix Ritort Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V17.00013: Hand-Over-Hand Binding in a Tethered-Particle Method Study of DNA Hybridization Marie T. Ung , John C. Crocker Preview Abstract

Session V18: Focus Session: Properties of Block Copolymers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Thomas Epps, University of Delaware
Room: Morial Convention Center 210

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V18.00001: Thermodynamics, Structure and Transport in Model Fuel Cell Membranes Invited Speaker: Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V18.00002: Water Uptake and Proton Conductivity of Asymmetric Poly(styrenesulfonate-block-methylbutylene) Copolymers Xin Wang , Moon Jeong Park , Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V18.00003: Temperature dependent charge transport properties of poly(3-hexylthiophene) block poly(styrene) copolymer field-effect transistor Firoze Haque , Paul Stokes , Lei Zhai , Saiful I. Khondaker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V18.00004: Morphology and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Styrene Containing Tri-Block Copolymers for Electromagnetic Wave Interaction Applications S. Peddini , K. Mauritz , D. Nikles , J. Weston Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V18.00005: The Lyotropic Phase Behavior of Diblock Copolymers Swollen with Ionic Liquids Peter Simone , Timothy Lodge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V18.00006: Structure and Thermodynamics of Block Copolymers Doped with Ionic Liquids J.M. Virgili , N.P. Balsara , R.A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V18.00007: Controlling the morphology of liquid crystalline block copolymers: interfacial and liquid crystal content effects. Eric Verploegen , Tejia Zhang , Paula Hammond Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V18.00008: Self-assembly of side chain liquid crystalline block copolymers Manas Shah , Victor Pryamitsyn , Venkat Ganesan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V18.00009: Structural Formation Process of Microphase Separated Films with Liquid Crystalline Phase Transition Motonori Komura , Tomokazu Iyoda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V18.00010: Rod-to-Coil Transition in Polypeptide/$\pi$-Conjugated Polymer/Polypeptide Triblock Copolymers Raffaele Mezzenga , Laurent Rubatat , Xiangxing Kong , Samson Jenekhe , Janne Ruokolainen , Mohamad Hojeij Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V18.00011: The effect of chain stiffness on the morphology of diblock copolymers G. Leuty , J. Bedard , Mesfin Tsige Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V18.00012: Self-assembled OLEDs from rod-coil block copolymers Y. Tao , R.A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V18.00013: Self-assembly of linear rod-coil block copolymers Li-jia An , Ji-zhong Chen , Zhao-yan Sun , Cheng-xiang Zhang Preview Abstract

Session V19: New Frontiers for Biological Physics

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Ali Mohazab, University of British Columbia
Room: Morial Convention Center 211

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V19.00001: Mechanochemistry of Molecular Motors Invited Speaker: Zev Bryant Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V19.00002: Rare returns on lost effort! Dynamic refolding (after unfolding) of protein domains. Invited Speaker: Evan Evans Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V19.00003: Generalization of distance to higher dimensional objects, and its application to protein folding Invited Speaker: Steven Plotkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V19.00004: Getting into shape: the physics of bacterial morphology Invited Speaker: Kerwyn Huang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V19.00005: Sensing and Selection in Bacteria Invited Speaker: Edo Kussell Preview Abstract

Session V20: Phase Transitions: Structural, Electronic, and Magnetic

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

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V20.00001: Inequivalent Down Atom (3x3) structure in Sn/Ge(111). R. Cortes , A. Tejeda , J. Lobo-Checa , C. Didiot , B. Kierren , D. Malterre , E.G. Michel , A. Mascaraque Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V20.00002: Formation of $\surd $3$\times \surd $3 structure by depositing Si on Si(111)-(5$\times $2)/Au F.-K. Men , A.-L. Chin , C.-F. Jan , J.-L. Guo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V20.00003: Temperature-induced Self-pinning and Nano-layering of AuSi Eutectic Droplets Nicola Ferralis , Roya Maboudian , Carlo Carraro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V20.00004: Adsorbate-Induced Faceting of Ir and Re Surfaces Payam Kaghazchi , Timo Jacob , Matthias Scheffler , Wenhua Chen , Hao Wang , Theodore Madey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V20.00005: Oxygen-induced nanoscale pyramidal faceting of Rh(210) surface Govind . , W. Chen , H. Wang , Theodore E. Madey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V20.00006: Order-disorder phase transition of the Cu(001) surface under equilibrium oxygen pressure H. Iddir , D.D. Fong , P. Zapol , P.H. Fuoss , L.A. Curtiss , G.-W. Zhou , J.A. Eastman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V20.00007: Ab initio phase diagram of oxygen adsorption on W(110) Markus St\"{o}hr , Stefan M\"{u}ller , Raimund Podloucky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V20.00008: Lattice gas transition of xenon on a fullerite surface Silvina Gatica , Milton Cole Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V20.00009: Stability of the commensurate monolayer solid of xenon/graphite L.W. Bruch , A.D. Novaco Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V20.00010: Molecular dynamics simulations of hexane on graphite at various coverages: the difference explicit hydrogens make M.W. Roth , M.J. Connolly , Paul A. Gray , Carlos Wexler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V20.00011: Molecular Dynamics study of tetracosane monolayers adsorbed on graphite L. Firlej , B. Kuchta , M.W. Roth , Paul A. Gray , Carlos Wexler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V20.00012: Test of the universality of the scaling energy in alkanes using melting transition of layer adsorbed on graphite B. Kuchta , L. Firlej , M.W. Roth , Paul A. Gray , Carlos Wexler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V20.00013: Heisenberg Spin Systems with Long Ranged Couplings Ute L\"ow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V20.00014: Hysteresis in the anomalous Hall effect of MnAs thin films Felix T. Jaeckel , Andreas Stintz , Abdel-Rahman A. El-Emawy , Kevin J. Malloy Preview Abstract

Session V21: Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Jodie Lutkenhaus, Yale University
Room: Morial Convention Center 213

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V21.00001: Nano-Patterns in Gels of Charged Chains with Self-Attracting Interactions Monica Olvera de la Cruz , Juan J. de Pablo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V21.00002: Interactions in Ion-containing Polymers Probed by ab initio Methods Wenjuan Liu , Ralph Colby , Michael Janik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V21.00003: Conformation transition and counterion distribution of single polyelectrolyte chains in aqueous solution Jiang Zhao , Shengqin Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V21.00004: Unifying Self-Consistent Field Theory for Weak Polyelectrolytes Kevin Witte , You-Yeon Won Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V21.00005: Composition and Structure Changes of the Ionic Aggregates with Acid Content and Neutralization Level in Poly (styrene-\textit{co}-methacrylic acid) Ionomers Wenqin Wang , Tsung-Ta Chan , Andrew Perkowski , Shulamith Schlick , Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V21.00006: Multiple Nanoscale Morphologies of Poly(Ethylene-\textit{co}-Acrylic Acid) Ionomers Christopher D. Chan , Travis W. Baughman , Kathleen L. Opper , Kenneth B. Wagener , Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V21.00007: Conduction, Ion Association and Dynamics in Polyethylene Oxide-based Polyester Ionomers Daniel Fragiadakis , Shichen Dou , Ralph Colby , James Runt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V21.00008: Correlation between structure and conductivity in stretched Nafion Elshad Allahyarov , Philip Taylor Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V21.00009: Morphology study in block copolymer electrolytes Scott Mullin , Nisita Wanakule , Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V21.00010: Increased Water Retention in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes Assisted by Capillary Condensation Moon Jeong Park , Nitash P. Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V21.00011: Engineering polyelectrolyte multilayer structure at the nanometer length scale by tuning polymer solution conformation. Soheil Boddohi , Christopher Killingsworth , Matt Kipper Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V21.00012: Layer Thickness and Charge Compensation of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Qiang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V21.00013: pH-Induced Release of Polyanions from Multilayer Films Svetlana Sukhishvili , Eugenia Kharlampieva , John Ankner , Michael Rubinstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V21.00014: Properties of Polyelectrolytes in an Ionic Liquid John Harner , David Hoagland Preview Abstract

Session V22: Focus Session: Organic Electronics: Molecular Junctions

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DMP
Chair: James Kushmerick, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Morial Convention Center 214

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V22.00001: Molecular Thermoelectrics Invited Speaker: Rachel Segalman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V22.00002: Chemical Structure and Molecular Switches. Amy Blum , David Long , Martin Moore , James Kushmerick , James Tour , Banahalli Ratna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V22.00003: Inelastic electron spectroscopy of single alkanedithiol molecules Nicolas Agrait , Carlos R. Arroyo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V22.00004: A Molecular Switch Made of Charge Transfer Complexes on Au (111) U.G.E. Perera , F. J\"ackel , V. Iancu , K.-F. Braun , N. Koch , J.P. Rabe , S.-W. Hla Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V22.00005: Correlating Structure and Conductivity of Pentathiopene Monolayers Bas Hendriksen , Yabing Qi , Florent Martin , Frank Ogletree , Miquel Salmeron Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V22.00006: Direct measurement of photomechanical switching cross-sections of single-molecules on a surface Jongweon Cho , Matthew J. Comstock , Niv Levy , Luis Berbil-Bautista , Frank Lauterwasser , Jean M. J. Frechet , Michael F. Crommie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V22.00007: Many-body treatment of quantum transport through single molecules Justin Bergfield , Charles Stafford Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V22.00008: Single molecule characterization with well-defined contacts Alex Neuhausen , Frank Jaeckel , Jeremy Hiatt , Joseph Sulpizio , David Goldhaber-Gordon , Chris Chidsey , W. E. Moerner , Zhenan Bao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V22.00009: Transport Fluctuations in Metal-Molecule Junctions Jonathan Malen , Kanhayalal Baheti , Peter Doak , Rachel Segalman , Arun Majumdar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V22.00010: Electronic transport through single-molecule- and monolayer-based molecular junctions Luis Agapito , Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
		V22.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V22.00012: Substrate-Dependent Electronic Behavior of Polydiacetylene Nanowires Rajiv Giridharagopal , K. F. Kelly Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V22.00013: Organic memory devices using the negative differential resistance effect R. Osterbacka , J.K. Baral , H.S. Majumdar , F. Jansson , A. Laiho , R.H.A. Ras , J. Ruokolainen , O. Ikkala , H. Jiang , E. Kauppinen Preview Abstract

Session V23: Focus Session: Charge/Orbital Ordering in Complex Oxides

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Jeff Lynn, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Morial Convention Center 215

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V23.00001: Evolution of the `Orbital Peierls State' with doping C. Ulrich , G. Khaliullin , B. Keimer , M. Reehuis , K. Schmalzl , A. Ivanov , K. Hradil , J. Fujioka , Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V23.00002: Magnetic interactions and orbital physics in RVO$_{3}$ perovskites J.-Q. Yan , S. Chang , C. Brown , M. Hehlen , F. Trouw , R.J. McQueeney Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V23.00003: Pressure-temperature phase diagram for orbital and spin states in $R$VO$_{3}(R$=Y,Tb) Daisuke Bizen , Keisuke Nakatsuka , Tetsuya Murata , Hironori Nakao , Kazuaki Iwasa , Youichi Murakami , Toyotaka Osakabe , Shigeki Miyasaka , Yoshinori Tokura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V23.00004: Stabilization of Charge Ordering by Magnetic Exchange Invited Speaker: Robert McQueeney Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V23.00005: Electronic Raman Scattering in Magnetite: Spin vs. Charge gap Lev Gasparov , G. Guntherodt , H. Berger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V23.00006: Electrically-driven phase transition in magnetite nanostructures D. Natelson , S. Lee , A. Fursina , J.T. Mayo , C.T. Yavuz , V.L. Colvin , R.M.S. Sofin , I.V. Shvets Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V23.00007: Pressure-Induced Intermetallic Valence Transition in BiNiO$_{3}$ Masaki Azuma , Masahiko Tsujimoto , Shintaro Ishiwata , Seiji Isoda , Yuichi Shimakawa , Mikio Takano , Sandra Carlsson , Jennifer Rodgers , J. Paul Attfield , Matthew G. Tucker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V23.00008: Phonon Anomaly across Charge/Orbital Ordering Transition in Pr$_{0.65}$Ca$_{0.35}$MnO$_{3}$. Jiandi Zhang , Hao Sha , F. Ye , M.D. Lumsden , P.C. Dai , J. A. Fernandez-Baca , Y. Tomioka , Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V23.00009: Charge Ordering in Half-Doped Manganites: Small Charge Disproportion and Leading Mechanisms Dmitri Volja , Wei-Guo Yin , Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V23.00010: Orbital ordered phases of Mn$_3$O$_4$ and MnV$_2$O$_4$ investigated by NMR Jeong Hyun Shim , Soonchil Lee , Takuro Katsufuji Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V23.00011: Orbital Order and Metal-Insulator Transition in PbRuO$_{3}$ Simon Kimber , Jennifer Rodgers , J. Paul Attfield , Dimitri Argyriou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V23.00012: Incommensurate Magnetic Structure of ZnCr$_{2}$Se$_{4}$ and ZnCr$_{2}$S$_{4}$ Fabiano Yokaichiya , Heloisa Nunes Bordallo , Dimitri Argyriou , A Krimmel , A Loidl , V Tsurkan Preview Abstract
		V23.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session V24: Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures VII: Si Interfaces and Carbon

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 216

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V24.00001: Leakage current in deca-nano MOSFET by surface state hopping Hassan Raza , Edwin Kan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V24.00002: Tunneling properties of ultra-thin SiO$_2$ barriers: a first-principles study Eunjung Ko , Hyoung Joon Choi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V24.00003: C$_{60}$-based devices: large scale simulations and design X. H. Zheng , W. Lu , T. A. Abtew , V. Meunier , J. Bernholc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V24.00004: Quasiparticle Gaps of Nanostructures Weakly-Coupled to their Environments: The Case of C60/Metal Interfaces Jay Sau , Jeffrey Neaton , Hyoung-Joon Choi , Steven G. Louie , Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
		V24.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V24.00006: Electron-phonon scattering effects on transport properties of carbon nanotube devices using time-dependent wave-packet approach Hiroyuki Ishii , Nobuhiko Kobayashi , Kenji Hirose Preview Abstract
		V24.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V24.00008: Electron transport through functionalized carbon nanotubes Nicolas Bruque , Rajeev Pandey , Md. Khalid Ashraf , Roger Lake Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V24.00009: Multiple Quantum Well Structures of Graphene Haldun Sevincli , Mehmet Topsakal , Salim Ciraci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V24.00010: Direct measurement of electric-field-screening length in thin graphite film H. Miyazaki , K. Tsukagoshi , S. Odaka , Y. Aoyagi , T. Sato , S. Tanaka , H. Goto , A. Kanda , Y. Ootuka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V24.00011: Surface Potentials and Layer Charge Distributions in Few-Layer Graphene Sujit Datta , Douglas Strachan , Eugene Mele , A.T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V24.00012: Valley contrasting physics in graphene: magnetic moment and topological transport Qian Niu , Di Xiao , Wang Yao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V24.00013: Quantum transport of 2D Dirac fermions: the 2D symplectic symmetry class of Anderson localization and the Z2 topological term Shinsei Ryu , Christopher Mudry , Hideaki Obuse , Akira Furusaki Preview Abstract

Session V25: Focus Session: Interfaces and Adhesion I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Karl Freed, University of Chicago
Room: Morial Convention Center 217

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V25.00001: A model for glass transitions in polymer thin films. Invited Speaker: Jane Lipson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V25.00002: Creating defect free structures by directed photochemical reaction in a ternary phase separating system Pratyush Dayal , Olga Kuksenok , Anna Balazs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V25.00003: Entropic Effects in the Phase Behavior of Athermal Nanoparticle/Homopolymer Thin Film Mixtures Luciana Meli , Abraham Arceo , Peter Green Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V25.00004: Mechanism of Interfacial Instability in Thin Polymer Film in Controlled Solvent Atmosphere Parvaneh Mokarian-Tabari , Jonathan. R. Howse , Sasha Y. Heriot , Mark Geoghegan , Richard A.L. Jones Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V25.00005: Spanning Trees and the Dynamics of Compact Polymers Armin Rahmani , Andrea Velenich , Claudio Chamon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V25.00006: Uper Limit of Superheating in Polymer Crystals Revealed from Linear Heating Covering Seven Orders of Magnitude in Heating Rate Christoph Schick , Alexander Minakov , Andreas Wurm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V25.00007: Molecular simulation of crystal nucleation of an n-alkane Peng Yi , Gregory Rutledge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V25.00008: Entropically Driven Layering Near a Substrate: A Fluids DFT Study Erin McGarrity , Amalie Frischknecht , Michael Mackay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V25.00009: Properties of Ferroelectric Polyvinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene Nanorods Jodie Lutkenhaus , Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V25.00010: Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Crystallization of Flexible Molecules Bernhard Wunderlich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V25.00011: UV-convergent One-loop Theory of Binary Homopolymer Blends Jian Qin , Frank Bates , David Morse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V25.00012: Effect of intensity gradient profiles on crystal growth subject to holographic free radical photopolymerization Thein Kyu , Pankaj Rathi , Soojeoung Park Preview Abstract

Session V26: Focus Session: Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Daniel Knopf, State University of New York
Room: Morial Convention Center 218

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V26.00001: Measurements of the Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Nanoparticles Invited Speaker: Jim Smith Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V26.00002: Laboratory-Measured Nucleation Rates of Sulfuric Acid and Water from the SO$_{2}$ + OH Reaction David R. Benson , Li-Hao Young , Shan-Hu Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V26.00003: The enhancement of aqueous aerosol formation by ions and radicals Samuel Keasler , Ricky Nellas , Hyunmi Kim , Joseph Francisco , Bin Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V26.00004: Scaled Nucleation in a Lennard-Jones System Barbara Hale , Tom Mahler , Jerry Kiefer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V26.00005: The Nucleation Rate and the Gibbs Free Formation Energy of a Cluster H.R. Kobraei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V26.00006: Dynamical investigation of water clusters in atmospheric conditions Francesca Baletto , Mal-Soon Lee , Uguette F.T Ndonmgouo , Sandro Scandolo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V26.00007: Modeling the Growth of H$_{2}$O-D$_{2}$O Nanodroplets Somnath Sinha , Barbara E. Wyslouzil , Gerald Wilemski Preview Abstract

Session V27: Focus Session: Frustrated Theory

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns Hopkins University
Room: Morial Convention Center 219

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V27.00001: Path Integral Approach to Geometrically Frustrated Quantum Antiferromagnets Miraculous Bhaseen , John Chalker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V27.00002: Contractor-Renormalization approach to frustrated magnets in a magnetic field Andreas Abendschein , Sylvain Capponi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V27.00003: Spin-orbital liquid state on the square lattice with emergent Majorana fermions and Z$_2$ topological order Ashvin Vishwanath , Fa Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V27.00004: Magnetic monopoles in spin ices and spin excitations in other pyrochlores Invited Speaker: Roderich Moessner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V27.00005: Vortex Berry phases and the magnetization of quantum magnets Akihiro Tanaka , Keisuke Totsuka , Xiao Hu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V27.00006: Kinetic ferromagnetism on frustrated lattices Frank Pollmann , Kirill Shtengel , Peter Fulde Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V27.00007: Magnetic Fluctuations in the Hubbard Model on Kagome-based Frustrated Lattices Masafumi Udagawa , Yukitoshi Motome Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V27.00008: Study of the $U(1)-Z_4$ cross-over in 2D valance-bond-solids Jie Lou , Anders Sandvik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V27.00009: Dimerized Bond-Disordered Quantum Spin Models and Harris Criterion Jonas Gustafsson , Daoxin Yao , Erica Carlson , Anders W. Sandvik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V27.00010: Spontaneous parity breaking of Dirac spin liquid in a magnetic field Ying Ran , Wing-Ho Ko , Patrick Lee , Xiao-Gang Wen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V27.00011: Two-step spin flop transition in quantum spin ladders Toru Sakai , Kiyomi Okamoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V27.00012: Spin and Singlet Dynamics of the S=1/2 Quantum Kagome Antiferromagnet Andreas Lauchli , Claire Lhuillier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V27.00013: Pseudo-Dirac Hamiltonians and Flux Phases of SU(N) magnets F.J. Burnell , S.L. Sondhi , R. Shankar Preview Abstract

Session V28: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures VI: Nanoscale Metamaterials

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue University
Room: Morial Convention Center 220

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V28.00001: Plasmonic Metamaterials and Devices Invited Speaker: Harry Atwater Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V28.00002: Backward-wave optical parametric amplification and mirrorless oscillations in negative-index materials Alexander Popov , Sergey Myslivets , Vladimir Shalaev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V28.00003: Tunable photonic crystals with nonlinear composite materials Kin Wah Yu , J. P. Huang , G. Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V28.00004: Enhanced and Resonant Transmission of Light through Dielectric-filled Subwavelength Waveguides Huizhong Xu , Pangshun Zhu , Harold G. Craighead , Watt W. Webb Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V28.00005: Transmission of images with subwavelength resolution to distances of several wavelengths in microwave, terahertz and infrared ranges Pavel Belov , Mario Silveirinha , Pekka Ikonen , Constantin Simovski , Sergei Tretyakov , Yan Zhao , Yang Hao , Clive Parini Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V28.00006: All Optical Method for Positioning Single Quantum Dots in Photonic Crystal Nanocavities Susanna Thon , Matthew Rakher , Jan Gudat , Hyochul Kim , William Irvine , Dirk Bouwmeester , Nick Stoltz , Pierre Petroff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V28.00007: Effect of Shape Parameters on NanoOptronic Circuit Element Optical Response Timothy Corrigan , Dominic Britti , Paul Kolb , Andrie Sushkov , Dennis Drew , Shyhuah Guo , Raymond Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V28.00008: Photon-photon correlations from a resonantly driven quantum dot in a microcavity Edward Flagg , Andreas Muller , John Robertson , Thai Tran , Dennis Deppe , Wenquan Ma , Jaiyu Zhang , Gregory Salamo , Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V28.00009: Pitfalls of nano-spectroscopy Andrew Walsh , Wolfgang Bacsa , A. Nickolas Vamivakas , Anna Swan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V28.00010: Wavefront Analysis as a Predictive Tool for Polymer/Liquid Crystal Composites with Nanostructures Jared Coyle , Sameet Shriyan , Adam Fontecchio Preview Abstract

Session V29: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XIII: Synthesis

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Vasili Perebeinos, IBM
Room: Morial Convention Center 221

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V29.00001: High-Resolution Nanofabrication Using a Highly-Focused Electron Beam Thomas Aref , Mikas Remeika , Matthew Brenner , Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V29.00002: Optical Patterning of Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanotube Microstructures Wei-Husuan Hung , Rajay Kumar , Adam Bushmaker , Michael J. Bronikowski , Stephen B. Cronin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V29.00003: A Real Time Detection System for Dielectrophoretic Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes Sebastian Sorgenfrei , Inanc Meric , Austin Akey , Sarbajit Banerjee , Sami Rosenblatt , Irving P. Herman , Kenneth Shepard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V29.00004: Irradiation-induced phenomena in carbon nanomaterials Invited Speaker: Arkady Krasheninnikov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V29.00005: Syntheses and characterization of SWCNT assemblies prepared on silicon substrates with different methods of patterning catalyst particles Irma Kuljanishvili , Venkat Chandrasekhar , Owen Loh , Dmitriy Dikin , Horacio Espinosa , Richard Piner , Rodney S. Ruoff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V29.00006: \textit{In-situ} calorimetric studies of SWCNT growth Oleg Kuznetsov , Toshio Tokune , Elena Mora , Gugang Chen , Avetik Harutyunyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V29.00007: The role of carbon solubility in Fe-C nano-clusters on the growth of small single-walled carbon nanotubes Stefano Curtarolo , Neha Awasthy , Wahyu Setyawan , Elena Mora , Toshio Tokune , Kim Bolton , Avetik Harutyunyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V29.00008: Air assisted growth of long aligned carbon nanotube films Xianfeng Zhang , Rakesh Shah , Saikat Talapatra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V29.00009: Boron-Doped Carbon Nanotube Films Xiao Ming Liu , H.E. Romero , H.R. Gutierrez , P.C. Eklund Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V29.00010: \textit{In situ} Transient Growth Kinetics of Vertically-Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays Jeremy Jackson , Alex Puretzky , Gyula Eres , Christopher Rouleau , Hui Hu , Bin Zhao , David Geohegan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V29.00011: Chirality-resolved kinetic analysis of single-walled carbon nanotube growth by \textit{in-situ} Raman spectroscopy Takashi Uchida , Masaya Tazawa , Hiroshi Sakai , Akira Yamazaki , Yoshihiro Kobayashi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V29.00012: DC Anhydrous Electrodeposition of Carbon Nanotubes Masahito Sano , Takanori Matsumoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V29.00013: Understanding the Growth of Carbon Nanotubes by Catalyst-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Elif Ertekin , Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract

Session V30: Nanotubes and Nanowires II: Other Properties I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Tony Heinz, Columbia University
Room: Morial Convention Center 222

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V30.00001: Reversible Charge Induced Separation Between Singlewalled Carbon Nanotubes Sangeeta Sahoo , Ravi Maranganti , Sarah Lastella , Govind Mallick , Shashi Karna , Pradeep Sharma , Pulickel M. Ajayan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V30.00002: Self-Assembly of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes from Quench-Condensed CNi$_{3}$ Films Philip Adams , David Young , Amar Karki , Jayne Garno , Johnpeter Ngunjiri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V30.00003: Self-assembly of Carbon Nanotube Based Devices on Programmable DNA Crystals Hareem Maune , Si-Ping Han , Robert Barish , Marc Bockrath , William Goddard , Erik Winfree Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V30.00004: Diameter-dependent conductance oscillations in carbon nanotubes upon torsion. Nagapriya K.S. , Tzahi Cohen-Karni , Lior Segev , Onit Srur-Lavi , Sidney Cohen , Ernesto Joselevich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V30.00005: Nanomechanical properties of carbon nanotubes determined using a scanning laser vibrometer Laura Biedermann , Ryan Tung , Arvind Raman , Ronald Reifenberger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V30.00006: Mechanical Sensing with Flexible Metallic Nanowires Vladimir Dobrokhotov , Mehdi Yazdanpanah , Santosh Pabba , Abdelilah Safir , Robert Cohn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V30.00007: c-axis GaN nanowires for high-quality-factor mechanical oscillators Jason Gray , Kris Bertness , Norman Sanford , Charles Rogers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V30.00008: Self-detecting mechanical resonators made from suspended carbon nanotubes Benoit Witkamp , Menno Poot , Andreas K. H\"uttel , Herre S.J. van der Zant Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V30.00009: Characterization and wear resistance of carbon nanotube-based tips for AFM local anodic oxidation nanolithography Lishan Weng , Mark Strus , Arvind Raman , Leonid Rokhinson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V30.00010: Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Interfaced with Silicon Surfaces Peter Albrecht , Joseph Lyding Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V30.00011: Cavity-controlled, electrically-induced infrared emission from a single single-wall carbon nanotube Fengnian Xia , Mathias Steiner , Yu-ming Lin , Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V30.00012: Fluorination and Defluorination of Double-wall Carbon Nanotubes JungHo Kang , Merlyn Pulikkathara , Valery Khabashesku , Kevin Kelly Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V30.00013: Magnetic studies of multi-walled carbon nanotube mats: Ultra-high temperature ferromagnetism or superconductivity? Pieder Beeli , Guo-meng Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V30.00014: A quadruply twinned core for the growth of nanotetrapods and related structures. S.K. Hark , Z. Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V30.00015: Individual carbon nanotubes on trench vs. substrate: A Raman study Mathias Steiner , Marcus Freitag , James Tsang , Ageeth Bol , Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract

Session V31: Focus Session: Oxide Interfaces II

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Arunava Gupta, University of Alabama
Room: Morial Convention Center 223

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V31.00001: Field effect tuning of superconductivity at the LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ interface Invited Speaker: Jean-Marc Triscone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V31.00002: Stabilization mechanisms at LaXO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ (X=Ti, Al, V) Heterointerfaces R. Pentcheva , W. Pickett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V31.00003: Charge accumulation in nonpolar perovskite quantum well sandwiched by polar Mott-insulating perovskites Cheng-Ching Wang , Sahu Bhagawan , Hongki Min , Wei-Cheng Lee , MacDonald Allan. H. Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V31.00004: A First Principle Study of the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ Heterointerface Hanghui Chen , Sohrab Ismail-Beigi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V31.00005: Electrostatic doping in oxide heterostructures Jaekwang Lee , Alexander A. Demkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V31.00006: Electronic and magnetic properties of two-dimensional electron gas formed at LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ and LaTiO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ interfaces Karolina Janicka , Julian Velev , Evgeny Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V31.00007: Fabrication and characterization of complex oxide \textit{RE}NiO3/LaAlO3 superlattices M. Kareev , J.W. Freeland , J. Liu , B. Kirby , B. Keimer , J. Chakhalian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V31.00008: Band gap engineering in digital manganite-titanate superlattices Xiaofang Zhai , Chandra Mohapatra , Amish Shah , Jian-Min Zuo , Zoran Popovic , Sashi Satpathy , Anand Bhattacharya , James Eckstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V31.00009: Charge leakage and effective doping of atomically flat (LaMnO$_{3}$)$_{2n}$ / (SrMnO$_{3}$)$_{n}$ superlattice interfaces J.J. Kavich , J.W. Freeland , A. Bhattacharya , M.P. Warusawithana , J.N. Eckstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V31.00010: Structural Basis of Conduction at LaAlO$_{3}$-SrTiO$_{3}$ Interfaces Roy Clarke , D. Kumah , C. Cionca , P.R. Willmott , R. Herger , C.M. Schlepuetz , S.A. Pauli , D. Martoccia , B.D. Patterson , B. Delley , Y. Yacoby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V31.00011: Signatures of Enhanced Ordering Temperatures in Digital Superlattices of (LaMnO3)m/(SrMnO3)2m A. Bhattacharya , S. J. May , L. Robertson , P. Ryan , X. Zhai , J. N. Eckstein , S. D. Bader Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V31.00012: Nanoscale Control of an Interfacial Metal-Insulator Transition at Room Temperature Cheng Cen , Jeremy Levy , Stefan Thiel , German Hammerl , Christof W. Schneider , Jochen Mannhart , Kristopher E. Anderson , C. Stephen Hellberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V31.00013: Theory of the Switchable Interfacial Metal-Insulator Transition in LaAlO$_3$ thin films on SrTiO$_3$ C. Stephen Hellberg , Kristopher Andersen , Cheng Cen , Jeremy Levy , Stefan Thiel , German Hammerl , Christof Schneider , Jochen Mannhart Preview Abstract

Session V32: Focus Session: Magnetic Semiconductors and Novel Magnetic Materials

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Kenneth Burch, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 225

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V32.00001: Structural and chemical ordering and spin polarization in epitaxial films of Co$_{x}$Mn$_{y}$Ge$_{1-x-y}$ and Co$_{x}$Mn$_{y}$Si$_{1-x-y}$ B.A. Collins , L. He , F. Tsui , Y.S. Chu , Y. Zhong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V32.00002: Control of selforganized magnetic nanocrystals aggregation in (Ga,Fe)N by co-doping with shallow donors and acceptors A. Bonanni , A. Navarro-Quezada , T. Li , M. Kiecana , M. Sawicki , T. Dietl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V32.00003: Giant anisotropic magnetoresistance in ultra thin (Ga,Mn)As Rashid Gareev , Markus Schlapps , Janusz Sadowski , Werner Wegscheider , Dieter Weiss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V32.00004: Atom-byatom substitution of Mn in GaAs and visualization of their hole-mediated interactions Invited Speaker: Dale Kitchen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V32.00005: Ferromagnetism in CuO-ZnO multilayers Sudakar Chandran , B.J. Kirby , K. Padmanabhan , G. Lawes , R. Naik , Sanjiv Kumar , V.M. Naik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V32.00006: Role of Donor defects in stabilizing room temperature ferromagnetism in Co doped ZnO Lubna Shah , Yuan-Qiang Song , Huai-Wu Zhang , Weigang Wang , Zhu Hao , John Xiao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V32.00007: Ferromagnetism in Rutile Structure Cr doped VO$_{2}$ Thin Films prepared by Reactive Bias Target Ion Beam Deposition Kevin G. West , Jiwei Lu , Li He , David M. Kirkwood , Wei Chen , T. Paul Adl , Michael S. Osofsky , Syed B. Qadri , Robert Hull , Stuart A. Wolf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V32.00008: Phase transition temperatures and magnetic entropy change in Ni-Mn-In-B based Heusler alloys Arjun Pathak , Bhoj Gautam , Igor Dubenko , Naushad Ali Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V32.00009: Magnetic excitations in a quantum spin dimer system Ba$_{3}$Cr$_{2}$O$_{8}$ Maiko Kofu , Jung-Hwa Kim , Seung-Hun Lee , Bella Lake , Yiming Qiu , Hiroaki Ueda , Yutaka Ueda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V32.00010: Understanding Magnetic Frustration on the Diamond Lattice of Transition Metal Oxide Spinels Brent Melot , Katharine Page , Ram Seshadri , Doron Bergman , Thomas Proffen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V32.00011: Half-,metallic Silicon Nanowires Engin Durgun , Deniz Cakir , Nurten Akman , Salim Ciraci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V32.00012: Spin dynamics in single-molecule magnets combining surface acoustic waves and high frequency electron paramagnetic resonance Stephen Hill , Jonathan Lawrence , Ferran Macia , Joan Manel Hernandez , Javier Tejada , Paulo Santos , Christos Lampropoulos , George Christou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V32.00013: Crystal Growth and High Field Magnetization of the Spin Dimer Compound Ba$_{3}$Cr$_{2}$O$_{8}$ Adam Aczel , Hanna Dabkowska , Graeme Luke , Eun-Sang Choi Preview Abstract

Session V33: Focus Session: Theory of Spin Phenomena in Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG FIAP DMP
Chair: Michael Flatte, University of Iowa
Room: Morial Convention Center 224

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V33.00001: Design of dilute magnetic semiconductors with room temperature ferromagnetism by controlling spinodal decompostion Invited Speaker: Kazunori Sato Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V33.00002: Defect-induced intrinsic magnetism in wide-gap III-nitrides Peihong Zhang , Pratibha Dev , Yu Xue Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V33.00003: Design of Colossal Solubility of Magnetic Impurities for Semiconductor Spintronics by the Co-doping Method Tetsuya Fukushima , Kazunori Sato , Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V33.00004: Suppresion of ferromagnetism in Zn$_x$Cr$_{1-x}$Te: A DFT study Juarez L.F. Da Silva , Gustavo M. Dalpian , Su-Huai Wei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V33.00005: Eight-band model of the dilute magnetic semiconductor GaMnAs A. Nili , M. A. Majidi , J. Moreno , P. Kent , M. Jarrell , R. S. Fishman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V33.00006: Spin relaxation of two-dimensional excitons in a strong magnetic field O. Olendski , T. V. Shahbazyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V33.00007: Theory of xchange splittings of bands in diluted magnetic semiconductors Tomasz Dietl , Cezary Sliwa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V33.00008: Computational Nano-materials Design for Spin-Currents Control in Semiconductor Nano-spintronics Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida , Tetsuya Fukushima , Van An Dinh , Kazunori Sato Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V33.00009: Effect of Fermi level on Microstructure and Magnetism in (Ga,Mn)N Alloys Jennifer Chan , Zhe Liu , Stephan Lany , Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V33.00010: First-Principles Study on Electronic Structure of TiO$_2$-Based Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors Hidetoshi Kizaki , Masayuki Toyoda , Kazunori Sato , Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V33.00011: Ferromagnetism in GaN:Gd: A density functional theory study Lei Liu , Peter Yu , Z.X. Ma , Sam Mao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V33.00012: Thermodynamics of carrier-mediated magnetism in semiconductors A.G. Petukhov , L. Makinistian , S.C. Erwin , R. Abolfath , I. Zutic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V33.00013: Electronic structure and magnetism of Fe$_{4-x}$Mn$_{x}$N compounds Li Chen Preview Abstract

Session V34: Panel Discussion: International Gender Issues in Physics

Sponsoring Units: FIP CSWP
Chair: Beverly Hartline
Room: Morial Convention Center 226

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:25AM		V34.00001: Session Introduction Beverly Hartlline Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:25AM - 11:44AM		V34.00002: The APS 2007 Meeting on Gender Equity in Physics Invited Speaker: Arthur Bienenstock Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:44AM - 12:03PM		V34.00003: Promoting Positive Images of Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Barbara Sandow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:22PM		V34.00004: She's a Physicist!? Invited Speaker: Laura H. Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:22PM - 12:41PM		V34.00005: Women in Physics in a Rapidly Changing China Invited Speaker: Ling-An Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:41PM - 1:15PM		V34.00006: Marshak Lectureship Talk: Women in Physics in the Baltic States Region: Problems and Solutions Invited Speaker: Dalia Satkovskiene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 2:15PM		V34.00007: Panel Discussion

Session V35: Focus Session: Thermoelectric Phenomena in Nanostructured Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP
Chair: Chris Vineis, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 227

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V35.00001: Thermoelectric Properties of Complex Zintl Phases Invited Speaker: G. Jeffrey Snyder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V35.00002: A theoretical study of thermoelectric metamaterial Jianwei Cai , Gerald Mahan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V35.00003: High Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Bismuth Antimony Telluride Bulk Alloys. B. Poudel , Q. Hao , Y. Ma , A. Minnich , A. Muto , Y.C. Lan , B. Yu , X. Yan , D.Z. Wang , D. Vashaee , X.Y. Chen , M.S. Dresselhaus , G. Chen , Z.F. Ren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V35.00004: The Effect of Bi/Sb ratio on Maximum ZT in Nanostructured p-type Bi$_{x}$Sb$_{2-x}$Te$_{3}$ Alloys Yi Ma , Bo Yu , Bed Poudel , Yucheng Lan , Jian Yang , Zhifeng Ren , Qing Hao , Gang Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V35.00005: XAS study of Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$/Sb$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ Superlattices and Sb$_{1.5}$Bi$_{0.5}$Te$_{3}$ Alloy Film Azzam Mansour , Rama Venkatasubramanian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V35.00006: Thermoelectric properties of PbTe/PbSe mesomaterials Feng Chen , Yaqi Wang , Yuyi Xue , C. W. Chu , Jun Zhang , Jiye Fang , Chunhu Tan , Zhigang Lin , Bob Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V35.00007: Transport Properties of Lead Chalcogenide Nanocomposites George Nolas , Joshua Martin , Stevce Stefanoski , Li Wang , Lidong Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V35.00008: Nanostructured thermoelectric skutterudite Co$_{1-x}$Ni$_{x}$Sb$_{3}$ alloys Qinyu He , Xiaowei Wang , Jian Yang , Yucheng Lan , Xiao Yan , Bo Yu , Yi Ma , Bed Poudel , Giri Joshi , Dezhi Wang , Zhifeng Ren , Qing hao , Gang Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V35.00009: Thermal conductivity reduction by interface roughness in AlN$_{x}$-GaN$_{y}$ superlattices. Yee Kan Koh , Yu Cao , David Cahill , Debdeep Jena Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V35.00010: High dimensionless figure-of-merit in nanostructured p-type bulk SiGe alloys Giri Joshi , Hohyun Lee , Xiaowei Wang , Goahua Zhu , Yucheng Lan , Dezhi Wang , Bed Poudel , Mildred Dresselhaus , Gang Chen , Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V35.00011: Nanotructured high thermoelectric figure-of-merit in n-type bulk SiGe alloys Xiaowei Wang , Hohyun Lee , Gaohua Zhu , Yucheng Lan , Dezhi Wang , Mildred Dresselhaus , Gang Chen , Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V35.00012: Thermoelectric properties of n-type nano bulk Si Gaohua Zhu , Hohyun Lee , Xiaowei Wang , Giri Joshi , Yucheng Lan , Jian Yang , Dezhi Wang , Mildred Dresselhaus , Gang Chen , Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract

Session V36: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy IV: Optical and High Frequency Methods

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Phillip First, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Morial Convention Center 228

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V36.00001: High-resolution element-selective microscopy using X-ray enhanced Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Volker Rose , John Freeland , Kenneth Gray , Stephen Streiffer , Matthias Bode Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V36.00002: Scanning optical homodyne detection of high-frequency picoscale resonances in cantilever and tuning fork sensors J. C. Randel , G. Zeltzer , A. K. Gupta , R. Bashir , S.-H. Song , H. C. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V36.00003: Radio Frequency Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Instrumentation and Applications Utku Kemiktarak , Tchefor Ndukum , Keith C. Schwab , Kamil L. Ekinci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V36.00004: Thermomechanical Noise Measurements of Very High Frequency (VHF) Nanomechanical Resonators Carl Hart IV , Kamil Ekinci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V36.00005: Development of an Evanescent Microwave Probe / Scanning Tunneling Microscope to study Localized Electron Spin Resonance Christian Long , Naoyuki Taketoshi , Ichiro Takeuchi , Haitao Yang , Xiao-Dong Xiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V36.00006: High Frequency Piezoresponse Force Microscopy in the 1-10 MHz Regime Katyayani Seal , Stephen Jesse , Brian Rodriguez , Arthur Baddorf , Sergei Kalinin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V36.00007: Contrast sensitive imaging with a cantilever-based near-field microwave probe Keji Lai , Worasom Kundhikanjana , Michael Kelly , Zhi-xun Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V36.00008: STM and SNOM Type of Scanning Probe Microscopes in the Same Unit: Towards Electrical Modification and Optical Characterization at Nanoscale Ilya Sychugov , Hiroo Omi , Tooru Murashita , Yoshihiro Kobayashi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V36.00009: A Unique Probe for Tip Enhanced Raman Scattering and Shadow NSOM Aaron Lewis , Hesham Taha , Rimma Dekhter , Galia Zinoviev , Galina Fish Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V36.00010: Chemical Imaging of the Surface of Polymeric Nanostructures Using Apertureless Near-Field IR Microscopy Zahra Fakhraai , Kerstin Mueller , Melissa Paulite , Xiujuan Yang , Gilbert C. Walker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V36.00011: Scanning thermal microscopy with a fluorescent nanoprobe Benjamin Samson , Elika Saidi , Lionel Aigouy , Peter Low , Beomjoon Kim , Christian Bergaud , Michel Mortier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V36.00012: A versatile technique for fabrication of SiC SPM probes Joel Therrien , Daniel Schmidt , Sheetal Barrot , Bhavin Patel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V36.00013: \textit{In-situ} broadband microwave calibrations and measurements using cryogenic probe stations Jeffrey Lindemuth , Scott Yano Preview Abstract

Session V37: QHE and FQHE

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Wei Pan, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: Morial Convention Center 229

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V37.00001: Optical Studies of Quantum Phases with Filling Factors 2$\le \nu \le $3 in the Second Landau Level Trevor David Rhone , Jun Yan , Yann Gallais , Aron Pinczuk , Loren Pfeiffer , Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V37.00002: Investigations of possible Landau level anticrossings in p-type (110) GaAs square wells Nebile Isik , S.F. Roth , M. Bichler , A. Fontcuberta i Morral , G. Abstreiter , M. Grayson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V37.00003: Current Instability Induced by Negative Differential Conductivity in the Quantum Hall Regime Kuan Ting Lin , Yuling Tsai , Yiping Lin , J. C. Chen , T. Ueda , S. Komiyama Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V37.00004: New Observations in the $N\ge1$ Landau Levels of Wide GaAs Quantum Wells D.R. Luhman , W. Pan , D.C. Tsui , L.N. Pfeiffer , K.W. Baldwin , K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V37.00005: Edge state tunneling in a point contact at filling fraction $\nu$=5/2 Iuliana P. Radu , J.B. Miller , C.R. Dillard , C.M. Marcus , M.A. Kastner , L.N. Pfeiffer , K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V37.00006: Stripes and Bubbles in the N=2 Landau Level: A DMRG Study Barry Friedman , Lauren Rod , Candice Withrow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V37.00007: Interactions and Landau level mixing at large half odd-integer filling Peter Smith , Malcolm Kennett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V37.00008: Interaction effects in transport through an electronic Mach-Zehnder interferometer Vitaly Golovach , Florian Marquardt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V37.00009: Universal Periods in Quantum Hall Droplets Gregory A. Fiete , Gil Refael , Matthew P. A. Fisher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V37.00010: Variational Monte Carlo study of the nematic state at half-filled Landau level of the two dimensional electron gas Quoc Doan , Efstratios Manousakis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V37.00011: Anisotropy in two-dimensional electronic quantum Hall systems at half filling of valence Landau levels Orion Ciftja , Carlos Wexler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V37.00012: Quantum Hall hierarchy wave functions from conformal field theory Susanne Viefers , Emil Bergholtz , Hans Hansson , Maria Hermanns , Anders Karlhede Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V37.00013: FQHE-the solvable limit and beyond Maria Hermanns , Emil J. Bergholtz , Thors Hans Hansson , Anders Karlhede , Juha Suorsa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V37.00014: The Quantum Hall Effect in Spin Quartets in Graphene Keshav Shrivastava Preview Abstract

Session V38: Focus Session: Multiferroics and Multiferroic Composites

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Claude Ederer, Trinity College, Ireland
Room: Morial Convention Center 230

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V38.00001: In pursuit of strongly coupled multiferroic oxides Invited Speaker: Craig Fennie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V38.00002: Growth and characterization of YMnO$_{3}$ nanocrystalline prisms E. Ramos-Moore , Cameron Keenan , Sandeep Chandril , A. L. Cabrera , Thomas H. Myers , David Lederman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V38.00003: Properties of YMnO3 Self-assembled Nanocrystalline Prisms on GaN Cameron Keenan , Sandeep Chandril , Thomas H. Myers , David Lederman , Esteban Ramos-Moore , Alejandro L. Cabrera Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V38.00004: Epitaxial growth and electrical properties of {\it perovskite} HoMnO$_{3}$ thin films Daisuke Kan , M. Murakami , W. Yu , R.L. Greene , S.W. Cheong , I. Takeuchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V38.00005: Magnetic ground state of PbVO$_{3}$ and origin of the large tetragonal distortion Kengo Oka , Ikuya Yamada , Masaki Azuma , Mikio Takano , Yuichi Shimakawa , Soshi Takeshita , Kohki H. Satoh , Akihiro Koda , Ryosuke Kadono , Hiroshi Kojitani , Masaki Akaogi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V38.00006: A one-cent room-temperature magnetoelectric sensor Casey Israel , Neil Mathur , James Scott Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V38.00007: Inversion symmetry controlled multiferroic response in an Ising Chain Magnet YounJung Jo , SeongSu Lee , HeeTaek Yi , SangWook Cheong , Luis Balicas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V38.00008: Inter-relationship among magnetization, polarization and magnetic wave vector in multiferroic spinel CoCr$_{2}$O$_{4}$ Young Jai Choi , Jun Okamoto , Di-Jing Huang , Kuo Sheng Chao , Hong-Ji Lin , Chien-Te Chen , Michel van Veenendaal , Thomas A. kaplan , Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V38.00009: Structural and Dielectric Properties of CoFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$-Ba$_{0.90}$La$_{0.067}$Ti$_{0.91}$Zr$_{0.09}$O$_{3}$ composite thin films. Eduardo Delgado , Carlos Ostos , Maria Martinez , Lourdes Mestres , David Lederman , Pedro Prieto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V38.00010: Studies of Magnetoelectric properties in (1-x)Pb(Fe$_{2/3}$W$_{1/3})$O$_{3}$-xPbTiO$_{3}$ solid solutions thin films Ashok Kumar , Ram Katiyar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V38.00011: Magnetoelectric Effects in hexagonal ferrite-PZT bilayers V.M. Mathe , G. Srinivasan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V38.00012: Magnetic properties in multiferroic Fe/BaTiO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$(001) M. Pechan , C. Yu , S. Srivastava , C. Palmstr{\O}m , M. Biegaslski , C. Brooks , D. Schlom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V38.00013: Dynamic observation of magnetoelectric coupling effect using magnetic force microscopy and Lorentz TEM Sung Hwan Lim , Todd Brintlinger , Daisuke Kan , Yi Qi , John Cumings , Ichiro Takeuchi , Lourdes Salamanca-Riba Preview Abstract

Session V39: Focus Session: Jamming I: Theory

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Wouter Ellenbroek, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Morial Convention Center 231

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V39.00001: Anisotropic power-laws in sheared amorphous solids Craig Maloney , Mark Robbins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V39.00002: Apparent critical scaling for a steady-state sheared glass Thomas Haxton , Andrea Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V39.00003: Predicting the Viscosity of a Supercooled Liquid Xi Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V39.00004: Jamming in systems with attraction Invited Speaker: Gregg Lois Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V39.00005: Is there a connection between structure and heterogeneous dynamics in supercooled liquids? William Krekelberg , Venkat Ganesan , Thomas Truskett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V39.00006: An effective field theory for soft granular matter Silke Henkes , Corey O'Hern , Bulbul Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V39.00007: Jamming and correlated percolation on energetically-evolved graphs Shiliyang Xu , Jennifer Schwarz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V39.00008: A ``Hamiltonian'' for Jammed Granular Matter Chaoming Song , Ping Wang , Hernan A. Makse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V39.00009: Vacancy localization in the square dimer model Mark Bowick , Jeremie Bouttier , Emmanuel Guitter , Monwhea Jeng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V39.00010: Velocity fluctuations in dense granular flows John Drozd , Colin Denniston Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V39.00011: Energy Transport of Jammed Systems Ning Xu , Vincenzo Vitelli , Matthieu Wyart , Andrea Liu , Sidney Nagel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V39.00012: Testing ergodicity in dense granular systems Guo-Jie Gao , Jerzy Blawzdziewicz , Corey O'Hern Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V39.00013: Anomalously Slow Dynamics in the Manhattan Model Prasanta Pal , Corey O'Hern Preview Abstract

Session V40: Nucleic Acids: Structure and Function

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Noel Clark, University of Colorado
Room: Morial Convention Center 232

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V40.00001: Toward multiscale modeling of the chromatin fiber: a coarse grain model for DNA Alexey Savelyev , Garegin Papoian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V40.00002: Sequence and Temperature Dependence of DNA Bending Fluctuations Robert A. Forties , Ralf Bundschuh , Michael G. Poirier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V40.00003: Mechanically unzipping dsDNA with built-in sequence inhomogeneities and bound proteins Abhijit Sarkar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V40.00004: Base-pair elasticity of free and complexed DNA Nils B. Becker , Ralf Everaers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V40.00005: Hartree-Fock Cluster Study of Electronic Structures and Nuclear Quadrupole Interactions in Solid Nucleobases. R.H. Scheicher , Archana Dubey , S.R. Badu , H.P. Saha , R.H. Pink , K. Nagamine , E. Torikai , Lee Chow , T.P. Das Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V40.00006: Nuclear Quadrupole Interaction Study as a Probe of Interaction between Nucleobases and Suger Rings and Phosphate Groups in DNA. T.P. Das , Archana Dubey , R.H. Scheicher , S.R. Badu , R.H. Pink , K. Nagamine , E. Torikai , H.P. Saha , Lee Chow , M.B. Huang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V40.00007: Extraction of complementary from non-complementary DNA sequences through phase separation and centrifugation Taiquitha Robins , Dacia McPherson , Chenhui Zhu , Mark Moran , Dave Walba , Giuliano Zanchetta , Tommaso Bellini , Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V40.00008: Phase Separation and Liquid Crystallization of Complementary Sequences in Mixtures of Random Oligonucleotides Giuliano Zanchetta , Michi Nakata , Marco Buscaglia , Tommaso Bellini , Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V40.00009: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy study of ssDNA-CNT on Au(111) surface Xinghua Lu , Eric Brandin , Jene Golovchenko , Daniel Brandon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V40.00010: Liquid Crystal Alignment on Sheared DNA Films Michi Nakata , Giuliano Zanchetta , Marco Buscaglia , Tommaso Bellini , Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V40.00011: Cholesterol improves the transfection efficiency of lipoplexes by increasing the effective membrane charge density Cyrus R. Safinya , Alexandra Zidovska , Heather M. Evans , Kai K. Ewert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V40.00012: Measuring the 3D Size of Large RNA Molecules Ajaykumar Gopal , Defne Egecioglu , Li Tai Fang , Charles M. Knobler , William M. Gelbart , Marc Niebuhr , A. L. N. Rao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V40.00013: Predicting the Size of Large RNA Molecules Aron Yoffe , Peter Prinsen , Ajaykumar Gopal , Charles Knobler , William Gelbart , Avinoam Ben-Shaul Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V40.00014: Observations of simple RNA suboptimal structures including pseudoknots suggests that the folding landscape is often funnel shaped Wayne Dawson , Gota Kawai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V40.00015: Simplified Hamiltonians for coarse-grained properties of large single-stranded RNA molecules Peter Prinsen , Aron Yoffe , William Gelbart Preview Abstract