Press Spotlight
Mar 16 2009 8:00AM, Monday
Session A5 Nanostructuring with Ions
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: John Melngailis, University of Maryland Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Jeroen A. van Kan, Henri Lezec, Andreas Wieck, Bin Ming, John Melngailis 
A5.00005 High speed focused ion and electron beam nanofabrication
Session A28 Bionanotechnology
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Xinsheng (Sean) Ling, Brown University Room: 330 A28.00011 Single Nanometric Memory Unit Based On a Protein-Nanoparticle Hybrid
Session A38 Focus Session: The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically-inspired Solar Energy Harvesting I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Greg Scholes, University of Toronto Room: 410
Invited Speakers: Tessa Calhoun, Marc Baldo, Darius Abramavicius
Mar 16 2009 11:15AM, Monday
Session B3 10,000 Undergraduate Physics Majors: Progress on Doubling
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Robert Hilborn, University of Texas at Dallas Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: Theodore Hodapp, Anthony Johnson, Margaret Murnane, Michael Marder B3.00001 Why Do We Need 10,000 Physics Majors?
Session B15 Current Fluid Mechanics
Sponsor: DFD Chair: Shelley Anna, Carnegie Mellon University Room: 316 B15.00001 Walking on water: why your feet get wet
Mar 17 2009 8:00AM, Tuesday
Session H9 Complex Networks and Their Applications
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Ira Schwartz, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 303 H9.00013 Community Structure in Online Collegiate Social Networks
Session H20 Electrically and Optically Active Polymers
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Lynn Loo, Princeton University Room: 321 H20.00010 Ultrasensitive Solution Processed Polymer Photodetectors
Mar 17 2009 11:15AM, Tuesday
Session J9 Focus Session: Elasticity and Geometry of Thin Objects II
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Pedro Reis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: 303
Invited Speakers: Michael Brenner J9.00001 The self assembly of closed surfaces from flat sheet
Session J24 Focus Session: Nanotube Applications
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University Room: 326
Invited Speakers: J24.00001 Nanotube and Graphene ElectroMechanics
Session J28 Focus Session: Graphene Device and Applications I
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: James Hannon, IBM Room: 330
Invited Speakers: Yu-Ming Lin, Yi Zheng, Jianhao Chen J28.00004 Non-volatile memory devices using graphene and ferroelectric thin films
Session J31 Focus Session: Magnetic Multilayers
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Kathryn Krycka, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 335
Invited Speakers: Kai Liu J31.00008 Probing Magnetic Configurations in Buried Cobalt/Copper Multilayered Nanowires
Session J37 Focus Session: Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Function II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Angela Gronenborn, University of Pittsburgh Room: 409
Invited Speakers: Nien-Hui Ge, Terry Miller J37.00001 Structures of Amyloid Fibrils and Protein Folding Intermediates: New Insights from Solid State NMR
Mar 18 2009 8:00AM, Wednesday
Session P4 Physics of Polymer Membranes for Water Purification
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Alamgir Karim, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: David Cahill, Benjamin Hsiao, Thomas Mallouk, Olgica Bakajin, Darrell Reneker P4.00004 Carbon Nanotube Membranes for Water Purification
Session P12 Focus Session: Characterization and Modeling of Complex Surfaces and Interfaces
Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Yue Qi, General Motors Room: 308
Invited Speakers: Wayne Kaplan, Tahir Cagin P12.00007 Nanopatterned Biomimetic Surfaces to Probe the Role of cytoskeletal Proteins in cell Adhesion
Session P27 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy III: High Frequency and Optical Techniques
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Chris Hammel, Ohio State University Room: 329
Invited Speakers: Lukas Novotny P27.00010 Fabrication of MEMS Bimaterial Sensors for Uncooled THz Imaging.
Mar 18 2009 11:15AM, Wednesday
Session Q3 Physics and Culture
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Charles Falco, University of Arizona Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: James Z. Wang, J. Murray Gibson, Ivan Schuller Q3.00002 Prime-Time Science: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship?
Session Q11 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures IV: Optical Antennas and Plasmonics
Sponsor: DMP Chair: P. James Schuck, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: 305
Invited Speakers: Q11.00001 Dielectric Optical Antenna Emitters and Metamaterials
Session Q15 General Topics in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Applications to Social Systems
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Sid Redner, Boston University Room: 316 Q15.00011 Statistical laws for career longevity
Mar 18 2009 2:30PM, Wednesday
Session T5 Industrial Biophysics
Sponsor: FIAP DBP Chair: Philip Wyatt Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Vladimer Razinkov, Michael Larkin, Diego Olego, Stephen Laderman, Malcolm Skolnick, Steven Trainoff
Mar 19 2009 8:00AM, Thursday
Session V27 Focus Session: Emerging Scanning Probe Microscopy Methods for Biological Applications
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Igor Sokolov, Clarkson University, Sergei Kalinin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 329
Invited Speakers: Boris Akhremitchev, Bryan Huey V27.00004 AFM method to detect differences in adhesion of silica bids to cancer and normal epithelial cells
Mar 19 2009 11:15AM, Thursday
Session W34 Superconducting Nanowires
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Zhili Xiao, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 404 W34.00002 ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN
Mar 19 2009 2:30PM, Thursday
Session X5 Active Soft Matter: From Granular Rods to Flocks to Living Cells
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Arshad Kudrolli, Irene Giardina, Aparna Baskaran, Gijsje Koenderink, Samuel Safran
Mar 20 2009 11:15AM, Friday
Session Z35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XVII: Similar Materials: Selenides and Tellurides
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Jiangping Hu, Purdue University Room: 405 Z35.00003 New Fe-based superconductor S doped FeTe using nontoxic elements