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Session T1: Probes of Nanoscale Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Chris Hammel, Ohio State University
Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom A

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T1.00001: Chiral magnetic order at surfaces driven by inversion asymmetry Invited Speaker: Matthias Bode Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		T1.00002: Ultrasensitive magnetometry and magnetic resonance imaging using cantilever detection Invited Speaker: Daniel Rugar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		T1.00003: Ferromagnetic Resonance Imaging with Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy Invited Speaker: Denis Pelekhov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		T1.00004: Ultrafast magnetization dynamics of cobalt nanoparticles and individual ferromagnetic dots Invited Speaker: Jean-Yves Bigot Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		T1.00005: Magnetic soft X-ray microscopy: Towards imaging ultrafast spin dynamics on the nanoscale Invited Speaker: Peter Fischer Preview Abstract

Session T2: Electron, Exciton and Phonon Interactions in Nanoparticles

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMP
Chair: Phillippe Guyot-Sionnest, University of Chicago
Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom BC

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T2.00001: Mapping surface plasmons on a single metallic nanoparticle Invited Speaker: Odile Stephan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		T2.00002: Controlled Crystallinity and Fundamental Coupling Interactions in Nanocrystals Invited Speaker: Min Ouyang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		T2.00003: New Developments in Nanocrystal Lasing: Type-II Nanostructures and ``Giant'' Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Victor Klimov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		T2.00004: Plasmon-enhanced Absorption, Modulation and Spontaneous Emission in Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Films Invited Speaker: Harry Atwater Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		T2.00005: Exciton-plasmon interactions and energy transfer in nanoparticles Invited Speaker: Alexander Govorov Preview Abstract

Session T3: Keithley Award Session (GIMS)

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: James Matey, US Naval Academy
Room: 301/302

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T3.00001: Joseph F. Keithley Award Talk: Microwave Measurements of Mesoscopic Devices Invited Speaker: Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		T3.00002: Near-Quantum-Limited SQUID Amplifier Invited Speaker: John Clarke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		T3.00003: Optomechanics with microwave light Invited Speaker: Konrad Lehnert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		T3.00004: Noise in Mesoscopic, Quantum, and Nano-Systems Invited Speaker: Daniel Prober Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		T3.00005: Nonlinear Dispersive Measurement with Superconducting Circuits Invited Speaker: Irfan Siddiqi Preview Abstract

Session T4: Polariton Condensates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DAMOP
Chair: Jacqueline Bloch, CNRS
Room: 306/307

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T4.00001: Theory of polariton condensation Invited Speaker: Peter Littlewood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		T4.00002: Bose-Einstein Condensation of Microcavity Polaritons in Harmonic Traps Invited Speaker: David Snoke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		T4.00003: Observation of Bogoliubov excitations in exciton-polariton condensates Invited Speaker: Yoshihisa Yamamoto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		T4.00004: Quantum fluid dynamics and superfluid behaviour of polaritons in microcavities Invited Speaker: Daniele Sanvitto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		T4.00005: Theory of polariton condensation and superfluidity Invited Speaker: Alexey Kavokin Preview Abstract

Session T5: Industrial Biophysics

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DBP
Chair: Philip Wyatt
Room: 401/402

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T5.00001: Virus Characterization by FFF-MALS Assay Invited Speaker: Vladimer Razinkov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		T5.00002: Determination of reversible protein equilibrium association coefficients using light scattering Invited Speaker: Michael Larkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		T5.00003: Novel medical imaging technologies for disease diagnosis and treatment Invited Speaker: Diego Olego Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		T5.00004: Measurement Frontiers in Molecular Biology Invited Speaker: Stephen Laderman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		T5.00005: Biophysics at the Boundaries: The Next Problem Sets Invited Speaker: Malcolm Skolnick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:30PM - 6:06PM		T5.00006: Characterizing Protein Complexes with UV absorption, Light Scattering, and Refractive Index Detection. Invited Speaker: Steven Trainoff Preview Abstract

Session T6: Panel Discussion: Preparation of Graduate Students for Careers in a Globalized World

Sponsoring Units: FIP FGSA
Chair: John W. Clark, Washington University in St. Louis
Room: 406

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T6.00001: Preparing for Change: Challenges and Opportunities in a Global World Invited Speaker: Sabine O'Hara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:30PM		T6.00002: International Experiences for Graduate Students: Opportunities and Challenges Invited Speaker: Amy Flatten Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:54PM		T6.00003: Graduate studies in a globalized world Invited Speaker: Fatiha Benmokhtar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:18PM		T6.00004: Physics Internationally From the Industrial Perspective Invited Speaker: T. Venkatesan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:42PM		T6.00005: I2CAM and ICAM: Physics Internationally Invited Speaker: Daniel Cox Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 5:30PM		T6.00006: Panel Discussion Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session T7: Patterns on Thin Elastic Sheets

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DPOLY
Chair: Benny Davidovitch, University of Massachusetts
Room: 407

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T7.00001: The undulating shape of growing ribbons Invited Speaker: Haiyi Liang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		T7.00002: The Mechanics of Non-Euclidean Plates in Synthetic and Natural Sheets Invited Speaker: Eran Sharon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		T7.00003: Wrinkling patterns on floating elastic films Invited Speaker: Narayanan Menon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		T7.00004: Wrinkle to fold transitions: Stress relaxation in lipid monolayers and other elastic thin films Invited Speaker: Ka Yee C. Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		T7.00005: Nonlinear dynamics of wrinkle growth and pattern formation in stressed elastic thin films on viscoelastic substrates Invited Speaker: Rui Huang Preview Abstract

Session T8: Onsager Prize, Nicholson Medal, Apker Award, Davisson-Germer Prize

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Warren Pickett, University of California, Davis
Room: 414/415

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T8.00001: Nicholson Medal Talk: Hydrodynamic Turbulence Invited Speaker: Katepalli Sreenivasan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		T8.00002: Lar Onsager Prize Talk: An Exactly solvable model for Strontium Copper Borate: Mott Hubbard Physics on an Archimedean Lattices Invited Speaker: Sriram Shastry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		T8.00003: LeRoy Apker Award Talk: Electronics at the Nanoscale: Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and Single-Molecule Devices Invited Speaker: Sujit Datta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		T8.00004: Davisson-Germer Prize Talk: Hydrogen storage in nanoporous materials Invited Speaker: Yves Chabal Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		T8.00005: Davisson-Germer Prize Talk: Surface vibrations of adsorbates on Si(111): From small clusters to infinite lattices Invited Speaker: Krishnan Raghavachari Preview Abstract

Session T9: Focus Session: Stochastic Processes in Biological Systems I

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Uwe C. Tauber, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: 303

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T9.00001: Stochastic models of viral infection Invited Speaker: Tom Chou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T9.00002: Stochastic modeling of gene regulation by small RNAs Vlad Elgart , Tao Jia , Andrew Fenley , Rahul Kulkarni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T9.00003: Stochastic modeling of protein-based post-transcriptional regulation Tao Jia , Rahul Kulkarni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T9.00004: Accurate fluctuation prediction in epidemics using stochastic model reduction Eric Forgoston , Ira Schwartz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T9.00005: Stochastic disease extinction in multistrain diseases with interacting strains Simone Bianco , Leah Shaw , Ira Schwartz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T9.00006: Controlling rare events: optimizing disease extinction with limited vaccine M. Khasin , M.I. Dykman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T9.00007: Extinction Time Distribution in Stochastic Lotka-Volterra System Matthew Parker , Alex Kamenev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T9.00008: Refined mean-field approaches to ``edge-effects'' in open TASEP's Jiajia Dong , Royce K.P. Zia , Beate Schmittmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T9.00009: Parallel Coupling of Symmetric and Asymmetric Exclusion Processes Konstantinos Tsekouras , Anatoly Kolomeisky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T9.00010: Anomalous diffusion and scaling in the dynamics of coupled stochastic processes. Golan Bel , Ilya Nemenman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T9.00011: Subdiffusion in the Internal Dynamics of Peptides Thomas Neusius , Jeremy C. Smith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T9.00012: Stochastic waiting times of complex biochemical reactions may exhibit universal behavior B. Munsky , G. Bel , N. Sinitsyn , I. Nemenman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T9.00013: Mechanisms of large length fluctuations during actin filament growth Matthew B. Smith , Dimitrios Vavylonis Preview Abstract

Session T10: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures V: Plasmonics and Metamaterials

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Markus Raschke, University of Washington
Room: 304

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T10.00001: Metal films with arrays of subwavelength holes show infrared spectral and plasmonic sensitivity to material in the holes James Coe , Joseph Heer , Katherine Cilwa , Marvin Malone , Lloyd Corwin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T10.00002: Influence of the dielectric environment on periodic hole arrays Dimitrios Koukis , Daniel J. Arenas , Sinan Selcuk , David B. Tanner , Arthur F. Hebard , Sergei V. Shabanov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T10.00003: Controlling the polarization of light transmitted through metallic bilayers of subwavelength apertures Zsolt Marcet , J. Paster , H.B. Chan , D.W. Carr , J.E. Bower , R. Cirelli , F.P. Klemens , W.M. Mansfield , J.F. Miner , C.S. Pai , J.A. Taylor , I. Kravchenko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T10.00004: Perfect coupling of light to surface plasmons with ultra-narrow linewidths Maxim Sukharev , Paul Sievert , Tamar Seideman , John Ketterson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T10.00005: Plasmon Hybridization of a thin metallic film Tae-Ho Park , Peter Nordlander Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T10.00006: Plasmon coupling in nanoparticle rings Stephan Link , Wei-Shun Chang , Liane Slaughter , Bishnu Kanal , Pramit Manna , Eugene Zubarev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T10.00007: Evidence for Surface Plasmon Standing Waves in Ag Nanostructure Arrays Dominic Britti , Julia Heetderks , Hung-Chih Kan , Ray Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:30PM		T10.00008: Transforming Light with Metamaterials Invited Speaker: Vladimir Shalaev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T10.00009: Analytic LC model for plasmonic resonances in nano-structured split-ring resonators P. W. Kolb , T. D. Corrigan , A. B. Sushkov , H. D. Drew , D. C. Schamdel , R. J. Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T10.00010: Angular Dependence of Resonances from Rod Pairs and U-Shapes Timothy Corrigan , Paul Kolb , Andrei Sushkov , Dennis Drew , Dominic Britti , Raymond Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T10.00011: Longitudinal elliptically polarized electromagnetic waves in anisotropic magnetoelectric split ring composites Wang Weihua , S.T. Chui , Lei Zhou , Z.F. Lin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T10.00012: Natural negative refraction index in polycrystalline Fe and Ni at optical frequencies Adil-Gerai Kussow , Alkim Akyurtlu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T10.00013: Propagating and Localized Surface Waves in Metamaterial Stacks Ruwen Peng , Yongjun Bao , Zhaohui Tang , Feng Gao , Zhijian Zhang , Weihua Sun , Xin Wu , Mu Wang Preview Abstract

Session T11: Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures V: Wires and Films

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Mark Hybertsen, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: 305

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T11.00001: Platform for Measurement of Phonon Scattering from the Surface of Silicon Nanostructures. J. P. Sullivan , T. A. Friedmann , E. S. Piekos , S. L. Shinde , J. R. Wendt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T11.00002: Thermal Effects in Precision Nano-Electronics Construction Stephen Johnson , Douglas Strachan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T11.00003: First-principles parameter-free calculations of electron mobilities in silicon: phonon and Coulomb scattering Oscar D. Restrepo , Kalman Varga , Sokrates T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T11.00004: Reconstructing Fourier's law from disorder in quantum wires Massimiliano Di Ventra , Yonatan Dubi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T11.00005: A Single-Molecule Phonon Field-Effect Transistor Marcos Menezes , Brenda Moreira , Jordan Del Nero , Rodrigo Capaz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T11.00006: Hypersonic Phononic Crystal Based on 2D Single Crystalline Nanoporous Alumina Akihiro Sato , Yan Pennec , Takashi Yanagishita , Bahram Djafari-Rouhani , Fytas George , Wolfgang Knoll , Hideki Masuda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T11.00007: Charge Carrier Confinement in a Nano-patterned Silicon Film Zheng Liu , Wenhui Duan , Feng Liu , Jian Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T11.00008: Magnetotransport of Bi nanowires: Evidence for surface carriers in bismuth. Tito Huber , Alla Nikolaeva , Leonid Konopko , Michael J. Graf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T11.00009: Nanoscale Charge Transport in Realistic Organic Thin-Films: Beyond Variable-Range Hopping and Percolation Networks Geoffrey Hutchison , Marcus Hanwell , Xialing Chen , Aaron Crandall Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T11.00010: Computational Simulation of Charge Transport in Metal Terpyridine Monolayer FETs Marcus Hanwell , Geoffrey Hutchison Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T11.00011: Random telegraph signal and low frequency noise in molecular tunnel junctions Dominique Vuillaume , Nicolas Clement , David Guerin , Stephane Pleutin , David Cahen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T11.00012: Maximum energy transfer in nanoscale thermal radiation Soumyadipta Basu , Zhuomin Zhang Preview Abstract

Session T12: Reaction Kinetics at Surfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: John Kitchin, Carnegie Mellon University
Room: 308

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T12.00001: Atomic structures and energetics of methanol and its reaction intermediates on the ZnO(0001) surface : A first-principles study Katawut Chuasiripattana , Oliver Warschkow , Bernard Delley , Cathy Stampfl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T12.00002: Morphology of alloy catalysts in an oxidizing environment: Structure-sensitivity of ethylene epoxidation over Ag-Cu particles Simone Piccinin , Catherine Stampfl , Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T12.00003: Interaction of benzene and MMA vapors with TiO$_{2}$ surface: Relevance to EUV Lithography Boris Yakshinskiy , Shimon Zalkind , Robert Bartynski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T12.00004: Selective Oxidation of Ammonia on RuO$_{2}$(110): a combined DFT and KMC study Sampyo Hong , Altaf Karim , Sergey Stolbov , Talat Rahman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T12.00005: Surface Chemistry of Cyanogen on Copper Everett Lee , James Lallo , Erkan Ciftlikli , Sylive Rangan , Alexei Ermakov , B.J. Hinch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T12.00006: Identifying surface intermediates with TPD: Methylchlorosilanes on Cu(001) James Lallo , Everett Lee , B.J. Hinch , Dan Strongin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T12.00007: Surface-catalyzed O2 adsorption on quantum thin films Jisun Kim , Alexander Khajetoorians , Wenguang Zhu , Zhenyu Zhang , Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T12.00008: First principle studies of the oxygen reduction reaction on the CrN electrocatalyst Sergey Stolbov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T12.00009: Hydrogen Reduction at Room Temperature of Partially Oxidized Co Cluster Films Capped with Pd A. L. Cabrera , J. I. Avila , R. Trabol , C. Romero , M.J. Van Bael , P. Lievens Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T12.00010: H$_{2}$ dissociation of H$_{2}$ on Co layers on Cu(111) from abinitio studies Duy Le , Sergey Stolbov , Talat Rahman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T12.00011: Structural and catalytic properties of thin CeO$_{2}$ films on TiO$_{2}$ substrate I.G. Batyrev , S.N. Rashkeev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T12.00012: Adsorption and Dissociation of Molecular Hydrogen on the (0001) Surface of DHCP Americium Pratik Dholabhai , Asok Ray Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T12.00013: Atomistic Thermodynamic Approach for Determining Cu Catalyst Morphologies Under Reactive Water-Gas-Shift Conditions Nilay Inoglu , John Kitchin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T12.00014: The nonlocal correlation as the solution of the CO puzzle problem Predrag Lazic , Mojtaba Alaei , Nicolae Atodiresei , Vasile Caciuc , Radovan Brako , Stefan Bluegel Preview Abstract
		T12.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session T13: Electronic Structure

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: David Vanderbilt, Rutgers University
Room: 309

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T13.00001: Three-dimensional statistical reduction of the non-relativstic Schr\"{o}dinger equation for electrons with pair-wise Coulomb interactions Boyan Obreshkov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T13.00002: High Pressure Phases of Cu2O David Groh , Ravi Pandey , Miguel Blanco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T13.00003: $\bf{k}\cdot\bf{p}$ formalism within FLAPW method Tatsuya Shishidou , Tamio Oguchi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T13.00004: Electric polarization in a Chern insulator Sinisa Coh , David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T13.00005: A new Laplacian representation for real-space calculations of general periodic and partially periodic systems Amir Natan , Ayelet Benjamini , Doron Naveh , Leeor Kronik , Murilo Tiago , Scott Beckman , James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T13.00006: Confinement effects on excitation energies and regioselectivity as probed by the Fukui function and the molecular electrostatic potential Alex Borgoo , David Tozer , Paul Geerlings , Frank De Proft Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T13.00007: Maximally-localized Wannier functions for GW quasiparticles D. R. Hamann , David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T13.00008: High-performance computational condensed-matter physics in the cloud J.J. Rehr , L. Svec , J. P. Gardner , M. P. Prange Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T13.00009: A scalable algorithm for the computation of Hartree-Fock exchange Ivan Duchemin , Francois Gygi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T13.00010: Compact representations of Kohn-Sham invariant subspaces Francois Gygi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T13.00011: Improvements to the NRL Tight-Binding Model Michael Mehl , Dimitrios Papaconstantopoulos , Noam Bernstein , Daniel Finkenstadt , Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T13.00012: Calculation of Correlation Functions using the Momentum Average Approximation Glen Goodvin , Mona Berciu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T13.00013: Entanglement Spectrum of Topological Insulators F. D. M. Haldane Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T13.00014: Trends in electron correlation effects on $^{17}$O NMR chemical shifts in the alkaline earth oxides. Eric J. Walter , Daniel L. Pechkis , Henry Krakauer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T13.00015: Efficient all-electron $GW$ calculations of complex semiconductors Christoph Friedrich , Arno Schindlmayr , Stefan Bl\"ugel Preview Abstract

Session T14: Disordered Systems, Glassy Dynamics, and Jamming I

Sponsoring Units: DFD GSNP
Chair: David Pine, New York University
Room: 315

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T14.00001: Shear Induced Structural Relaxation in a Supercooled Colloidal Liquid Dandan Chen , Denis Semwogerere , Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T14.00002: Complete Density Landscape for a Model Confined Liquid Ashwin Selvarajan Sampangiraj , Richard K. Bowles Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T14.00003: Influence of Flow Quench Rate on the Internal Stress and Aging Dynamics of a Repulsive Colloidal Glass Chinedum Osuji , Ajay Singh Negi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T14.00004: Hydrogen-bond network dynamics in sugar-based glasses Marcus Cicerone , Jerainne Johnson , Michael Pikal Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T14.00005: Density of states and soft modes of hard sphere colloidal glasses -- experimental observations. Antina Ghosh , Vijayakumar Chikkadi , Peter Schall , Jorge Kurchan , Daniel Bonn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T14.00006: XPCS Studies of Nanoparticle Motion within Glassy Polymer Melts H. Guo , G. Bourret , R. B. Lennox , M. Sutton , J. L. Hardon , R. L. Leheny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T14.00007: Divergent four-point dynamic density correlation function of a glassy suspension Grzegorz Szamel , Elijah Flenner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T14.00008: Self-Organized Criticality in Periodically-Sheared Sedimenting Suspensions Emmanouela Filippidi , Laurent Corte , Paul Chaikin , Laurence Ramos , David Pine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T14.00009: Heat transfer in model amorphous solids Vincenzo Vitelli , Ning Xu , Matthieu Wyart , Andrea Liu , Sidney Nagel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T14.00010: Structural response of a colloidal glass to local forcing Kevin B. Aptowicz , Peter J. Yunker , Sean Gossin , Zexin Zhang , A. G. Yodh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T14.00011: Relaxation processes in polystyrene melts and ultra-thin films A. Baljon , S. Williams , N. Balabaev , F. Paans , A. Lyulin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T14.00012: Changes in Local Structure and Dynamic Heterogeneity in an Aging Glass Peter Yunker , Zexin Zhang , Kevin B. Aptowicz , Ahmed M. Alsayed , Arjun Yodh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T14.00013: Investigation of electron beam induced changes in glassy Ge$_{x}$Se$_{1-x}$ thin films W. Zhou , G. Hoffman , H.O. Colijn , R.M. Reano , R. Sooryakumar , P. Boolchand Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T14.00014: Periodic Lattices Near Isostaticity Anton Souslov , T.C. Lubensky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T14.00015: Soft modes and elasticity of nearly isostatic lattices: randomness and dissipation Xiaoming Mao , Tom Lubensky Preview Abstract

Session T15: Fluidic Devices: Micro and Nano

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Thomas Cubaud, Stony Brook University
Room: 316

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T15.00001: Time evolution of distributive entropy in rectangular microchannel mixers Miron Kaufman , Petru Fodor Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T15.00002: Capillary absorption of metal nanodroplets by carbon nanotubes Shaun Hendy , Dmitri Schebachov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T15.00003: Dynamic Pattern Formation In a Bubble-Generating Concentric Microfluidic Device Keng-hui Lin , Kuo-yuan Chung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T15.00004: Flow-Based Organization of Soft Matter in Three Dimensions Lian Leng , Siavash Aslanbeigi , Axel Guenther Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T15.00005: Viscous droplet deformation and breakup in microfluidic cross-flows Thomas Cubaud Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T15.00006: Morphology of liquids spreading along open nanofluidic channels Antonio Checco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T15.00007: Separation of chiral objects by shear flow in microfluidic channels - Theory Henry Fu , Marcos , Thomas Powers , Roman Stocker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T15.00008: Separation of chiral objects by shear flow in microfluidic channels - Experiment Marcos , Henry Fu , Thomas Powers , Roman Stocker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T15.00009: Tunable liquid optics: electrowetting-controlled liquid mirrors based on self-assembled Janus tiles Tom Krupenkin , Mike Bucaro , Paul Kolodner , Ashley Taylor , Alex Sidorenko , Joanna Aizenberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T15.00010: A CMOS / Microfluidic Vesicle Based Lab-on-a-Chip Platform David Issadore , Thomas Franke , Keith Brown , Robert Westervelt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T15.00011: Designing actuated cilia pumping fluids in microchannels Alexander Alexeev , Julia Yeomans , Anna C. Balazs Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T15.00012: A Deterministic Microfluidic Ratchet Kevin Loutherback , Jason Puchalla , Robert Austin , James Sturm Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T15.00013: Topological Dependence of ds-DNA Confined in Nanoslits Po-keng Lin , Jen-Fang Chang , Cheng-Hung Wei , Pei-Kuen Wei , Y.-L. Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T15.00014: Propagation modes of entropically trapped and extended DNA molecules Morten Mikkelsen , Walter Reisner , Henrik Flyvbjerg , Anders Kristensen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T15.00015: Multiplex selection and elution of aptamers using nanoporous sol-gel droplets and a microheater array Seung-min Park , Jiyoung Ahn , Minjoung Jo , Soyoun Kim , Dong-ki Lee , John Lis , Pangshun Zhu , Harold Craighead Preview Abstract

Session T16: Fermions in Optical Lattices I

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Henning Moritz, ETH Zurich
Room: 317

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T16.00001: Probing quasiparticle dispersion and order parameter symmetry of ultracold fermionic superfluids and density waves via lattice David Pekker , Rajdeep Sensarma , Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T16.00002: Relaxation of Double Occupancies in large U Hubbard Model Eugene Demler , Rajdeep Sensarma , David Pekker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T16.00003: Modulation of Optical Lattice Potential in a Fermionic Mott Insulator Rajdeep Sensarma , David Pekker , Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T16.00004: Equation of state and magnetic properties of the three-dimensional repulsive Hubbard model Chia-Chen Chang , Shiwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T16.00005: Phase diagram and Neel temperature of fermions in a three-dimensional optical lattice Charles Mathy , David Huse Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T16.00006: Collisional cooling of ultra-cold atom ensembles using Feshbach resonances Ludwig Mathey , Eite Tiesinga , Paul Julienne , Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T16.00007: Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov-like pairing of attractively interacting fermions on a two-leg ladder geometry Fabian Heidrich-Meisner , Adrian Feiguin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T16.00008: Complete Phase Diagram of the Attractive Hubbard Model with a Zeeman Field Yen Lee Loh , Nandini Trivedi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T16.00009: Orbital Analogue of the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in p-Band cold fermion Systems Congjun Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T16.00010: Anomalous expansion of attractively interacting Fermions in an optical lattice Takuya Kitagawa , Lucia Hackerm\"uller , Ulrich Schneider , Mar\'ia Moreno-Cardoner , Thorsten Best , Sebastian Will , Eugene Demler , Immanuel Bloch , Bel\'en Paredes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T16.00011: Strongly correlated Fermions in optical lattices: static and dynamic properties Ulrich Schneider , Lucia Hackerm\"uller , Thorsten Best , Sebastian Will , Simon Braun , Immanuel Bloch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T16.00012: Attractively Interacting Fermions in an Optical Lattice Lucia Hackermueller , Ulrich Schneider , Maria Moreno-Cardoner , Takuya Kitagawa , Thorsten Best , Sebastian Will , Simon Braun , Eugene Demler , Belen Paredes , Immanuel Bloch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T16.00013: Spin and Charge Dynamics in Atomic Fermions Loaded on Optical Lattice Masahiko Okumura , Hiroaki Onishi , Susumu Yamada , Masahiko Machida Preview Abstract
		T16.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T16.00015: Multiband superfluidity and superfluid-insulator transition of strongly interacting fermions in an optical lattice Anton Burkov , Arun Paramekanti Preview Abstract

Session T17: Focus Session: Materials in Superconducting Qubits

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: David Pappas, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: 318

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T17.00001: Noise and Dephasing from Surface Magnetic States in Superconducting Circuits Invited Speaker: Robert McDermott Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T17.00002: Susceptibility of Magnetic Surface States in Superconducting Circuits. Steven Sendelbach , David Hover , Robert McDermott , Michael Mueck Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T17.00003: Reflectometry measurements of 1/f noise in SQUID phase qubits at mK temperatures B. K. Cooper , R. M. Lewis , B. S. Palmer , V. Zaretskey , A. J. Przybysz , H. Kwon , J. R. Anderson , C. J. Lobb , F. C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T17.00004: Crystalline Silicon Dielectrics for Superconducting Qubit Circuits David Hover , Weina Peng , Steven Sendelbach , Mark Eriksson , Robert McDermott Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T17.00005: Testing of qubit materials and fabrication using superconducting resonators Shwetank Kumar , Matthias Steffen , David DiVincenzo , George Keefe , Mary Beth Rothwell , Matthew Farinelli , Jim Rozen , Frank Milliken , Mark Ketchen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T17.00006: Optimizing silicon nitride for superconducting quantum circuits Hanhee Paik , Kevin Osborn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T17.00007: Low-photon number studies of inductively-coupled superconducting resonators Moe Khalil , Hanhee Paik , Fred Wellstood , Kevin Osborn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T17.00008: LC Filtered dc SQUID Phase Qubit with Low Dielectric Loss Hyeokshin Kwon , A. J. Przybysz , T. A. Palomaki , Hanhee Paik , K. D. Osborn , R. M. Lewis , B. K. Cooper , J. R. Anderson , C. J. Lobb , F. C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T17.00009: Microwave response of vortices in Al and Re superconducting thin films C. Song , T.W. Heitmann , M.P. DeFeo , K. Yu , B.L.T. Plourde , R. McDermott , M. Neeley , J.M. Martinis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T17.00010: One- and two-photon spectroscopy of a flux qubit coupled to a microscopic defect Adrian Lupascu , Patrice Bertet , Eduard Driessen , Kees Harmans , Hans Mooij Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		T17.00011: Probing anomalous two-level systems with a Cooper-pair box Invited Speaker: Benjamin Palmer Preview Abstract

Session T18: Focus Session: Organic Photovoltaics and Other Photonic Devices

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Jeff Urban, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: 319

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T18.00001: Surface plasmon polariton assisted organic solar cells Invited Speaker: P. Peumans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T18.00002: Harvesting Lost Photons: Minimizing Sub-Bandgap Losses in Organic Photovoltaic Devices by Up-conversion Clara Santato , Loranger Sebastian , Banville David , Rosei Federico , Perepichka Dmiytro Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T18.00003: In-situ X-ray characterization of thermal and solvent based annealing of thin P3HT and P3HT/PCBM films Tommy Hofmann , Htay Hlaing , Chang-Yong Nam , Charles Black , Benjamin Ocko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T18.00004: Excited-State Dynamics at Organic Photovoltaic Heterojunctions by Pump-Probe Photoelectron Spectroscopy Gregory Dutton , Daniel Dougherty , Wei Jin , William Cullen , Janice Reutt-Robey , Steven Robey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T18.00005: The role of triplet excitons in enhancing polymer solar cell efficiency: a photo-induced absorption study Kai Yang , Suchi Guha Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T18.00006: Photophysics of charge-transfer excitons in thin films of $\pi$-conjugated polymers Demetra Psiachos , Sumit Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T18.00007: Photo-crosslinkable Polythiophenes for Efficient Thermally Stable Organic Photovoltaics Bumjoon Kim , Yoshi Miyamoto , Biwu Ma , Jean M.J. Frechet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T18.00008: Temperature Dependence of Biexciton Decay and Intermolecular Hopping in Zinc Phthallocyanine Films. Christopher Ryan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T18.00009: White tandem OLED with carbon nanotube interlayer Alexios Papadimitratos , Raquel Ovalle Robles , Ray Baughman , Anvar Zakhidov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T18.00010: Tuning optical properties of blue-emitting polyfluorenes via hydrostatic pressure Keshab Paudel , Meera Chandrasekhar , Suchi Guha Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T18.00011: SERS Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers Embedded on Plasmonic Nano-structure Masato Maitani , Douglas Ohlberg , Haeyoung Yoon , Ping Kao , Demirel Melik , Zhiyong Li , Duncan Stewart , Stanley Williams , Theresa Mayer , David Allara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T18.00012: Non-linear optics and local-field factors in liquid chloroform: A time-dependent density-functional theory study David A. Strubbe , Xavier Andrade , Angel Rubio , Steve G. Louie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T18.00013: Time resolved photoluminescence studies of long lived emissive specie in F8BT:PFB blends Simon G\'elinas , Ian Howard , Richard Friend , Carlos Silva Preview Abstract

Session T19: Theory and Simulation II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Amalie Frischknecht, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: 320

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T19.00001: Theory of polyzwitterionic solutions Rajeev Kumar , Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T19.00002: Charge transport in conjugated polymers: a multiscale picture Victor Ruehle , James Kirkpatrick , Kurt Kremer , Denis Andrienko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T19.00003: First principles electronic properties investigation of polythienoacene and its derivatives Simon Pesant , Paul Boulanger , Guillaume Dumont , Michel C\^ot\'e Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T19.00004: Electronic structure and carrier transport in disordered conjugated polymers Nenad Vukmirovic , Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T19.00005: \emph{Ab initio} Study of Diketo-Pyrrolo-Pyrrole Polymers for Photovolta\"ic Applications Simon L\'evesque , Jean Fr\'ed\'eric Laprade , Michel C\^ot\'e Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T19.00006: First-principles investigation of PVDF and its copolymers V. Ranjan , Liping Yu , Marco Buongiorno Nardelli , J. Bernholc Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T19.00007: Adaptive Tempering Monte Carlo Study of Dense Polypyrrole Systems Yafei Dai , Estela Blaisten-Barojas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T19.00008: Effect of the chain length and segment size of the free polymer on the interaction between two grafted monolayers in a good solvent Walter Chapman , Shekhar Jain , Valeriy Ginzburg , Prasanna Jog , Jeffrey Weinhold , Rakesh Srivastava Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T19.00009: Interpolation between State Points in the Simulated Perturbation Contributions of Polymer Solutions Amir Vahid , Neil H. Gray , J. Richard Elliott Preview Abstract
		T19.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T19.00011: Simulation of Microheterogeneous Networks and Extraction of Segment Orientation Behavior from D-NMR Spectra Bernardo Aguilera-Mercado , Claude Cohen , Fernando Escobedo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T19.00012: Cooperative dynamics in polymer melts: a comparison of theoretical predictions with Neutron Spin Echo experiments Marina Guenza Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T19.00013: Equilibrium Partitioning of Polymers between Bulk Dilute Solution and Confining Pores Yanwei Wang , Flemming Y. Hansen , Guenther H. Peters , Ole Hassager Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T19.00014: Multivalent Nanoparticles: adsorption and organization of bidisperse polymer chains onto a solid interface Folusho Oyerokun , Richard Vaia , John Maguire , Barry Farmer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T19.00015: Molecular simulation of crystal nucleation of n-alkane melts Peng Yi , Gregory Rutledge Preview Abstract

Session T20: Focus Session: Magnetic Properties of Organic Semiconductors/ Surface Characterization of Organic Materials

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: C.D. Frisbie, University of Minnesota
Room: 321

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T20.00001: Magnetoresistance and magnetic-field-effects in organic semiconductor devices. Invited Speaker: Markus Wohlgenannt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		T20.00002: Photo-induced Magnetism and Spintronics in Organic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Jung Woo Yoo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T20.00003: Magnetic properties of TCNQF4 reacted with Ni(cod)$_{2}$ Ian Terry , Kimberly Quinn , Marek Szablewski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T20.00004: Magnetic and surface studies of transition metal complexes for molecular spintronics Patrick Truitt , Raman Talwar , Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin , Norbani Abdullah , Carly Reed , Namrata Singh , Chandrani Chatterjee , Malcolm Chisholm Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T20.00005: Magneto-Transport in Polyaniline Nanofiber Network K. Deniz Duman , N.-R Chiou , V.N. Prigodin , A.J. Epstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		T20.00006: Tuning the ionization energy of organic semiconductor films: The role of intramolecular polar bonds Invited Speaker: Norbert Koch Preview Abstract
		T20.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T20.00008: Perpendicular interaction between donor and accepter molecules on Au (111) U.G.E. Perera , R. Mishima , S-Wai Hla Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T20.00009: STM study of energy-storing photoactive organometallic molecules Jongweon Cho , Luis Berbil-Bautista , Niv Levy , Steve Meier , K. Peter C. Vollhardt , Michael F. Crommie Preview Abstract

Session T21: Semiconductors: Mechanical and Dynamic Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Ben Larson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 323

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T21.00001: 3D X-Ray Microscopy and Dislocation Dynamics Simulation Investigation of Deformation in Copper B. C. Larson , Jie Deng , Anter El-Azab , J. Z. Tischler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T21.00002: Low speed fracture instabilities in a brittle crystal Noam Bernstein , James R. Kermode , Tristan Albaret , Dov Sherman , Peter Gumbsch , Michael C. Payne , G\'abor Cs\'anyi , Alessandro De Vita Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T21.00003: Thermoelastic damping in micromechanical resonators Thomas Metcalf , Bradford Pate , Douglas Photiadis , Brian Houston Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T21.00004: Ab initio guided design of bcc Mg-Li alloys for ultra light-weight applications Martin Fri{\' a}k , William Art Counts , Dierk Raabe , J{\" o}rg Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T21.00005: Thermal Stability of Shape Transition in Strained Nano-Islands Cristiano Nisoli , Douglas Abrahams , Turab Lookman , Avadh Saxena Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T21.00006: Neutron Time of Flight phonon spectra of Cu$_{2}$O and Ag$_{2}$O powders Barry Winn , Mark Hagen , Steve Shapiro Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T21.00007: Large-Amplitude Anharmonic Decay of Coherent A1g phonon motion in Bismuth Stephen Fahy , Aaron Hurley , Donal O Donoghue , Eamonn Murray , David Prendergast , Tadashi Ogitsu , David Reis , David Fritz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T21.00008: Phonon dispersion relations for unstrained Si$_{1-x}$Ge$_{x}$ via density functional theory Md Hossain , Jonathan Freund , Harley Johnson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T21.00009: Grating-Enhanced Response for current-driven coupled quantum wells Antonios Balassis , Godfrey Gumbs Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T21.00010: Where the reactive sites are in anatase nanoparticles? --Theoretical Investigation on (001) and (101) surfaces in anatase nanoparticles Hong Wang , James Lewis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T21.00011: Collective Excitations in Cylindrical Quantum Dots Chains Jimena Vergara , Angela Camacho Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T21.00012: Electrical characterization of MOVPE-grown InSb nanowires Henrik Nilsson , Philippe Caroff , Claes Thelander , Marcus Larsson , Lars-Erik Wernersson , Lars Samuelson , Hongqi Xu Preview Abstract

Session T22: Focus Session: GaMnAs

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Nitin Samarth, Penn State University
Room: 324

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T22.00001: Electric-field manipulation of magnetization vector direction Invited Speaker: Hideo Ohno Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T22.00002: Bias-controlled ferromagnetism in quantum wells with Mn-delta doping Erika Dias Cabral , Rafal Oszwaldowski , Marco Boselli , Igor Zutic , Ivan da Cunha Lima Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T22.00003: STM studies of an atomic-scale gate electrode formed by a single charged vacancy in GaAs Donghun Lee , David Daughton , Jay Gupta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T22.00004: Probing the nature of electronic state near the Fermi level in Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$As with STM Anthony Richardella , Pedram Roushan , Shawn Mack , David Awschalom , Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T22.00005: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Mn acceptor levels in Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$As Pedram Roushan , Anthony Richardella , Shawn Mack , David Awschalom , Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T22.00006: Theory of STM spectroscopy in Mn clusters on GaAs surfaces. Tor Olof Strandberg , Alan MacDonald , Carlo Canali Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T22.00007: Strong Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Mn Delta-doped GaAs Nazmul Ahsan , Sanjukta Ghosh , Masaaki Tanaka Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T22.00008: Magneto-Optical Kerr Spectroscopy of Moderately Doped GaMnAs: Evidence for Interband Transitions C. Sun , J. Kono , Y.H. Cho , A.A. Belyanin , H. Munekata Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T22.00009: Below band gap Faraday and Kerr measurements in ferromagnetic GaMnAs Gheorghe Acbas , M.-H. Kim , J. Cerne , M. Cukr , V. Novak , T. Jungwirth , M.A. Scarpulla , O.D. Dubon , J. Sinova Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T22.00010: Local Magnetic Characterization of Continuous (Ga,Mn)As Film using Mechanical Force Detection I. H. Lee , Yu. Obukhov , J. Kim , X. Li , N. Samarth , D. V. Pelekhov , P. C. Hammel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T22.00011: Simultaneous Optical Imaging and Electrical Control of Magnetization in (Ga,Mn)As M.E. Nowakowski , G.D. Fuchs , D.D. Awschalom , A. Balk , M.J. Wilson , N. Samarth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T22.00012: Optical conductivity of diluted magnetic semiconductors: effects of dynamical screening Fedir Kyrychenko , Carsten A. Ullrich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T22.00013: Infrared probe of Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$As films with controlled disorder and compensation Brian Chapler , R.C. Myers , S. Mack , D.D. Awschalom , M.C. Martin , A. Dattelbaum , K.S. Burch , D.N. Basov Preview Abstract

Session T23: Quantum Hall Effect: Coherent Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: DCMP FIAP
Chair: Vladimir Goldman, SUNY at Stony Brook
Room: 325

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T23.00001: Low-field quantum Hall transport in an electron Fabry-Perot interferometer P.V. Lin , F.E. Camino , V.J. Goldman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T23.00002: Oscillatory transport in electron Fabry-Perot interferometers F.E. Camino , P.V. Lin , V.J. Goldman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T23.00003: Universal dephasing in chiral one-dimensional electron systems Florian Marquardt , Clemens Neuenhahn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T23.00004: Determination of the coherence length in the Integer Quantum Hall Regime. F. Portier , P. Roulleau , P. Roche , A. Cavanna , G. Faini , U. Gennser , D. Mailly Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T23.00005: Edge-State Velocity and Coherence in a Quantum Hall Fabry-Perot Interferometer Douglas McClure , Yiming Zhang , Eli Levenson-Falk , Charles Marcus , Loren Pfeiffer , Ken West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T23.00006: Distinct Signatures For Coulomb Blockade and Aharonov-Bohm Interference in Electronic Fabry-Perot Interferometers Yiming Zhang , Douglas McClure , Eli Levenson-Falk , Charles Marcus , Loren Pfeiffer , Ken West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T23.00007: Fabry-Perot interferometer in Fractional Quantum Hall regime Aveek Bid , N. Ofek , M. Heiblum , Ady Stern , V. Umansky , D. Mahalu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T23.00008: Nonequilibrium Dephasing in an Electronic Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Seok-Chan Youn , Hyun-Woo Lee , H.-S. Sim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T23.00009: Generating Excitonic Supercurrent in Quantum Hall Bilayers Jung-Jung Su , Tami Pereg-Barnea , Allan H. MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T23.00010: Density imbalance effect on the Coulomb drag upturn in an undoped electron-hole bilayer Christian Morath , John Seamons , John Reno , Mike Lilly Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T23.00011: Anyons in a weakly interacting system Gilad Rosenberg , Babak Seradjeh , Conan Weeks , Marcel Franz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T23.00012: Transport Measurements Between Superconductors and Semiconducting Structures Stephanie Law , Michael Vissers , Kevin Inderhees , Timothy McArdle , Allison Dove , Paul Goldbart , Nadya Mason , James Eckstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T23.00013: An edge index for topological insulators Emil Prodan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T23.00014: Topological phases and topological surface states of three-dimensional time-reversal invariant superconductors Andreas Schnyder , Shinsei Ryu , Akira Furusaki , Andreas Ludwig Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T23.00015: Helical Metal Inside a Topological Band Insulator Yi Zhang , Ying Ran , Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract

Session T24: Focus Session: Excitonic Effects in Nanotubes

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Oleg Prezhdo, University of Washington
Room: 326

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T24.00001: Time-Domain Ab Initio Studies of Photoinduced Electron-Phonon Dynamics in Carbon Nanostructures. Invited Speaker: Oleg Prezhdo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		T24.00002: Exciton Spectroscopy and Absorption Cross-section of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Laurent Cognet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T24.00003: Exciton Distribution between the Bright and Dark States in Single Carbon Nanotubes Studied by Magneto-Photoluminescence Spectroscopy Ryusuke Matsunaga , Kazunari Matsuda , Yoshihiko Kanemitsu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T24.00004: Chiral dependence of K-momentum exciton energies in carbon nanotubes P.M. Vora , X. Tu , M. Zheng , J.M. Kikkawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T24.00005: Controlling Optimal Excitation Wavelength of Energy Transfer from Photo-Excited Polymers to Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Lain-Jong Li , Fuming Chen , Mingli Jia , Li Wei , Yuan Chen , M. B. Chan-Park , Andong Xia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T24.00006: Exciton Radiative Lifetimes and Their Temperature Dependence in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Yuhei Miyauchi , Ryusuke Matsunaga , Hideki Hirori , Kazunari Matsuda , Yoshihiko Kanemitsu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T24.00007: Effects of Exciton-Exciton Annihilation in Fluorescence of Individual SWCNTs Anni Siitonen , Sergei Bachilo , Dmitri Tsyboulski , R. Bruce Weisman Preview Abstract
		T24.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T24.00009: Exciton Dynamics in (6,5) carbon nanotubes Andy Walsh , Jude Schneck , Alex Green , Mark Hersam , Sidney Redner , Lawrence Ziegler , Anna Swan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T24.00010: Exciton Dynamics in Individual Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes Marat Khafizov , Shujing Wang , Lisa J. Carlson , Todd D. Krauss , Ming Zhang Preview Abstract

Session T25: Focus Session: Graphene XI: Scanning Probes I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Eva Andrei, Rutgers University
Room: 327

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T25.00001: Scanning Kelvin Probe Study of Electric Field Effect Tuning of Graphene Work function Young-Jun Yu , Yue Zhao , Kwang S. Kim , Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T25.00002: STM Studies of Graphene Films Prepared by Sonication-Assisted Dispersion Elena Stolyarova , Kwang Taeg Rim , George Flynn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T25.00003: Moir\'{e} pattern for graphene on a graphite surface and its scanning tunneling spectroscopy Adina Luican , Guohong Li , Eva Andrei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T25.00004: Low temperature scanning probe imaging of electron transport in graphene nanostructures Jesse Berezovsky , Robert Westervelt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T25.00005: Imaging local potential and conductance variation around a tip gate in a graphene device with electrostatic force and scanning gate microscopes J.S. Chae , S. Jung , N.B. Zhitenev , J.A. Stroscio , Y. Kuk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T25.00006: STM signatures for magnetic impurities in graphene Bruno Uchoa , L. Yang , S.-W. Tsai , N. M. R. Peres , A. H. Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T25.00007: Magnetic Oscillations in Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Epitaxial Graphene on SiC Kevin D. Kubista , David L. Miller , Gregory M. Rutter , Ming Ruan , Walt A. de Heer , Phillip N. First , Joseph A. Stroscio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T25.00008: Phonons, plasmons and impurities in Graphene probed with STM Victor Brar , Yunabo Zhang , Melissa Panlasigui , Caglar Girit , Alex Zettl , Michael Crommie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T25.00009: Kondo Effect for Massless Dirac Fermions in Graphene L. S. Mattos , C. R. Moon , P. B. Van Stockum , J. C. Randel , H. C. Manoharan , M. W. Sprinkle , C. Berger , W. A. de Heer , K. Sengupta , A. V. Balatsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T25.00010: Atomic-scale scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy studies of nanometer-sized graphene on the Si(111)-7x7 surface. Justin Koepke , Joseph Lyding Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T25.00011: Atomic-scale studies of nanometer-sized graphene on III-V semiconductors using scanning tunneling microscopy. Kevin He , Justin Koepke , Joseph Lyding Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T25.00012: Epitaxial Graphene on Co(0001) Probed by STM Measurements and First Principles Calculations Deborah Prezzi , Daejin Eom , Kwang T. Rim , Hui Zhou , Michael Lefenfeld , Colin Nuckolls , Mark Hybertsen , Tony Heinz , George Flynn Preview Abstract

Session T26: Focus Session: Graphene XII: Synthesis and Growth

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Taisuke Ohta, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: 328

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T26.00001: Evidence for graphene growth by C cluster attachment Elena Loginova , Norman C. Bartelt , Peter J. Feibelman , Kevin F. McCarty Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T26.00002: Large Scale Graphene Synthesized on Metal and Transferred to Insulators: Material and Electronic Properties Yong P. Chen , H. Cao , D. Pandey , I. Childres , D. Zemlyanov , V. Drachev , R. Reifenberger , Q. Yu , S. Siripongert , S. Pei , J. Lian , H. Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T26.00003: Investigation of the early stages of graphene formation on 6H-SiC J. R. Skuza , C. Clavero , K. Yang , B. Wincheski , R. A. Lukaszew Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T26.00004: High-yield production of graphene sheets by chemical exfoliation of graphite Xiaohong An , Swastik Kar , Morris Washington , Saroj Nayak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T26.00005: Scalable chemical vapor deposition of single- and few-layer graphene Lewis Gomez De Arco , Yi Zhang , Akshay Kumar , Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T26.00006: Temperature-dependence of Epitaxial Graphene Formation on SiC(0001) Luxmi Luxmi , Nishtha Srivastava , Patrick Fisher , Randall Feenstra , Jakub Kedzierski , Yugang Sun , Gong Gu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T26.00007: Epitaxial Graphene Formation on SiC(000$\bar {1})$ Nishtha Srivastava , Luxmi Luxmi , Patrick Fisher , Randall Feenstra , Jakub Kedzierski , Yugang Sun , Gong Gu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T26.00008: Band-gap tuning through progressive oxidation of graphene Tanesh Bansal , Aditya Mohite , Bruce Alphenaar , Jacek Jasinski , Mahendra Sunkara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T26.00009: Morphology and Electrical Characterization of Reduced Epitaxial Graphene Oxide Yike Hu , Xiaosong Wu , Michael Sprinkle , Nerasoa Madiomanana , Ming Ruan , Claire Berger , Walter de Heer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T26.00010: Preparation of macroscopic graphene oxide membranes Zhengtang Luo , Ye Lu , Luke Somers , A.T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T26.00011: Optical and diamagnetic anisotropy of graphene oxide A.L. Exarhos , P.M. Vora , Z. Lou , A.T. Johnson , J.M. Kikkawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T26.00012: Graphite oxide as a nanoscale dielectric Brian Standley , Anthony Mendez , Emma Schmidgall , Marc Bockrath Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T26.00013: Diffusion and Self-alignment of Atomic Oxygens on the Graphene Surfaces: First Principles Calculations Takazumi Kawai , Yoshiyuki Miyamoto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T26.00014: Large area graphene growth on 6H-SiC(0001) L.I. Johansson , C. Virojanadara , M. Syv\"aj\"arvi , R. Yakimova , A.A. Zakharov , T. Balasubramanian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T26.00015: Epitaxial graphene: Structure, growth and molecular interactions Andrew Wee , Wei Chen , Siew Wai Poon , Han Huang , Shi Chen , Dongchen Qi , Eng Soon Tok , Kian Ping Loh Preview Abstract

Session T27: Focus Session: Pulsed Laser Deposition of Electronic and Photonic Thin Films and Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: R. D. Vispute, University of Maryland, College Park
Room: 329

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T27.00001: Plasma Energetic in Pulsed Laser Deposition and Pulsed Electron Deposition Invited Speaker: Solomon Kolagani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T27.00002: Interface-controlled thin film growth of conjugated polymers via pulsed laser deposition R.K. Gupta , K. Ghosh , Suchi Guha Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T27.00003: Bi$_{0.4}$Ca$_{0.6}$MnO$_{3 }$Epitaxial Thin Films on Silicon for Electronic and Photonic Applications Vera Smolyaninova , Grace Yong , Benjamin Hofmann , Rajeswari Kolagani , Yong Liang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T27.00004: Photoinduced effects in Bi$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ thin films with different oxygen content Grace Yong , Rajeswari Kolagani , Khim Karki , Benjamin Hofmann , Vera Smolyaninova Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T27.00005: Strain-modulated Self-Assembly of Nanostructures within Epitaxial Thin-films via Pulsed Laser Ablation Amit Goyal , Sung-Hun Wee , Yanfei Gao , Claudia Cantoni , Karren More , Yuri Zuev , Junsoo Shin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T27.00006: Efficiency and Plume Dynamics for Mid-IR Laser Ablation of Cornea Aroshan Jayasinghe , Borislav Ivanov , M. Shane Hutson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:42PM		T27.00007: Pulsed-Laser Deposition of ZnO Thin Films and Heterostructures for Device Applications Invited Speaker: David Norton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T27.00008: Role of the top electrodes and their interfaces on the resistive switching behavior of epitaxial NiO thin films S.R. Lee , J.H. Bak , Y.D. Park , K. Char , D.C. Kim , S. Seo , X.S. Li , G.S. Park , R. Jung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T27.00009: Effect of cation substitution on the resistive switching behavior in epitaxial NiO H.M. Kim , S.R. Lee , J.H. Bak , M.L. Jo , Y.D. Park , K. Char Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T27.00010: Ge Quantum Dot Formation on Si (100)-2x1 with Surface Electronic Excitation Ali Oguzer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T27.00011: Computer simulations of photochemistry controlled with subwavelength resolution Triet Nguyen , Alex Small Preview Abstract

Session T28: Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials: Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Donald Morelli, Michigan State University
Room: 330

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T28.00001: SiGe Nanocomposites Thermoelectrics: The Knowns and the Unknowns Invited Speaker: Gang Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T28.00002: Thermoelectric Power of high concentration embedded Nano-particle Samples Mona Zebarjadi , Keivan Esfarjani , Ali Shakouri , Zhixi Bian , Je-Hyeong Bahk , Gehong Zeng , John Bowers , Hong Lu , Joshua Zide , Art Gossard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T28.00003: Transient Electrical and Thermal Characterization of InGaAlAs Thin Films with embedded ErAs Nanoparticles. Tela Favaloro , Rajeev Singh , James Christofferson , Younes Ezzahri , Zhixi Bian , Ali Shakouri , Gehong Zeng , Je-Hyeoung Bahk , John Bowers , Hong Lu , Arthur Gossard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T28.00004: Characterization and modeling of the randomly distributed ErAs nanoparticles in InGaAlAs semiconductors for thermoelectric power generation Je-Hyeong Bahk , Mona Zebarjadi , Zhixi Bian , Gehong Zeng , Ashok Ramu , Hong Lu , Ali Shakouri , Art Gossard , John Bowers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T28.00005: Thermal and Thermoelectric Transport in Thin Films and Nanostructures B. L. Zink , R. Sultan , A. D. Avery Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T28.00006: Nitride Metal-Semiconductor Superlattices for Solid State Thermionic Energy Conversion Robert Wortman , Jeremy Schroeder , Polina Burmistrova , Mona Zebarjadi , Zhixi Bian , Ali Shakouri , Timothy Sands Preview Abstract
		T28.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T28.00008: Thermoelectric properties of nanoporous Ge Joo-Hyoung Lee , Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T28.00009: Solution processable routes to nanostructured thermoelectric materials Joseph Feser , Robert Wang , Arun Majumdar , Jeffrey Urban Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T28.00010: Self-supporting (Bi$_{0.11}$Sb$_{0.29 })$(Te$_{0.25}$,Se$_{0.41})$ nanowire arrays for thermoelectric microdevices Hatem El Matbouly , Timothy Sands , Kalapi Biswas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T28.00011: Thermoelectric Properties of Nanostructured n-type Yb$_{x}$Co$_{4}$Sb$_{12 }$Bulk Jian Yang , Hui Wang , Yucheng Lan , Xiao Yan , Bo Yu , Xiaowei Wang , Gaohua Zhu , Dezhi Wang , Zhifeng Ren , Qing Hao , Gang Chen , Qinyu He , Mildred S. Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T28.00012: Thermoelectricity in Arrays of Thiolate Coated Au Nanoparticles E. Covington , F. Bohrer , E.T. Zellers , C. Kurdak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T28.00013: Molding Phonon Flow with Symmetry: Rational Design of Hypersonic Phononic Crystals Cheong Yang Koh , Edwin L. Thomas Preview Abstract

Session T29: Focus Session: NSF's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program: Overview and Perspectives

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Catherine Mader, Hope College
Room: 333

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T29.00001: Physics NSF-REU Site Director Workshop: What Did We Learn and What Questions Remain? Invited Speaker: Mario Affatigato Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T29.00002: Past participant's perspective on the Research Experience for Undergraduates program. Derek Padilla Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T29.00003: Recuiting minority students into your REU program David Ernst Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T29.00004: International Summer Research Program in Gravitational-Wave Physics operated by the University of Florida for the LIGO VIRGO Science Collaboration Guido Mueller , Bernard Whiting Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T29.00005: REU in Physics at Kansas State University--- an Evolving Program Kristan Corwin , Bruce Glymour , Amy Lara , Larry Weaver , Dean Zollman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T29.00006: Challenges and Opportunities in Interdisciplinary Materials Research Experiences for Undergraduates Yogesh Vohra , Thomas Nordlund Preview Abstract
		T29.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T29.00008: The Assessment of the Impact of REU Programs on Student Classroom Performance Chris Hughes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T29.00009: The REU Program From a PUI Perspective: Interdisciplinary Scientific Computation at Ohio Wesleyan University Brad Trees Preview Abstract

Session T30: Focus Session: Excitations in Multiferroics

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Dimitri Argyriou, Helmholtz Center-Berlin
Room: 334

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T30.00001: Electromagnon spectra in multiferroic manganites $R$MnO$_3$ Invited Speaker: Nobuo Furukawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T30.00002: Selection rules for electromagnons in anharmonic cycloidal multiferroics Markku Stenberg , Rogerio de Sousa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T30.00003: Low-magnetic field control of electromagnon N. Kida , S. Ishiwata , Y. Taguchi , R. Shimano , T. Arima , Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T30.00004: Theory of novel one-magnon excitation induced by electric fields in cycloidal spin magnets Shin Miyahara , Nobuo Furukawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		T30.00005: Origin of electromagnons in multiferroic manganites Invited Speaker: Rolando Valdes Aguilar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T30.00006: Infrared-active excitations related to the $R^{3+}$ ligand-field splitting in $R$Mn$_{2}$O$_{5 }(R$=Ho, Dy, Tb) A. A. Sirenko , S. M. O'Malley , T. D. Kang , K. H. Kahn , C. L. Carr , L. Mihaly , S. Park , S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T30.00007: THz magneto-optical study of multiferroic compound TbMnO$_3$ Urmas Nagel , D. H{\"u}vonen , T. R{\~o}{\~o}m , S.B. Kim , C.L. Zhang , S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T30.00008: Magneto-optical THz study in multiferroic Ni$_3$V$_2$O$_8$ Dan H{\"u}vonen , U. Nagel , T. R{\~o}{\~o}m , N. Rogado , R. Cava Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T30.00009: Evolution of magnetic exchange interactions in the multiferroic Mn$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$WO$_{4}$ Jaime Fernandez-Baca , Feng Ye , Randy Fishman , Herb Mook , Yiming Qiu , R.P. Chaudhury , Y.-Q. Wang , B. Lorenz , C.W. Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T30.00010: Long-wavelength magnetic excitations in multiferroic BiFeO$_{3}$ D. Talbayev , J. G. Gigax , A. J. Taylor , Seongsu Lee , S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T30.00011: Low energy excitations in multiferroic Ca3CoMnO6 in the far infrared. Andrei Sushkov , H.D. Drew , Y.J. Choi , H.T. Yi , S. Lee , S.W. Cheong Preview Abstract

Session T31: Focus Session: Magnetic, Electric, and Photo-Induced Magnetization Reversal

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Axel Enders, University of Nebraska
Room: 335

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T31.00001: Ultrafast magnetic imaging of nanostructures Invited Speaker: Yves Acremann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T31.00002: Magnetization Dynamics of Magnetic Nano-Elements on Ultrafast Time Scales. J.P. Davis , J.A.J. Burgess , Z. Liu , R.D. Sydora , M.R. Freeman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T31.00003: Ultrafast switching of a nanomagnet by a combined in-plane and out-of-plane polarized spin-current pulse Oukjae Lee , V.S. Pribiag , P.M. Braganca , P.G. Gowtham , E.M. Ryan , D.C. Ralph , R.A. Buhrman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T31.00004: Total angular momentum conservation in laser-induced femtosecond magnetism Guoping Zhang , Yihua Bai , Thomas F. George Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T31.00005: Evolution of magnetic states in ferromagnetic nanorings in an applied azimuthal field Abby Goldman , Katherine Aidala , Tianyu Yang , Mark Tuominen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T31.00006: Polarity reversal of magnetic vortex core by in-plane non-resonant pulsed magnetic field Xuemei Cheng , David Keavney , Kristen Buchanan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T31.00007: Hybridization of quantum spin waves in small structures Valentyn Novosad , S.T. Chui , Sam Bader Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T31.00008: Electric field-induced modification of magnetism in thin CoPd films. Mikhail Zhernenkov , Michael Fitzsimmons , Jerzy Chlistunoff , Jarek Majewski , Ioan Tudosa , Eric Fullerton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T31.00009: Electric-field-driven spin resonance of a Mn dopant in GaAs V.R. Povilus , J.-M. Tang , M.E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
		T31.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T31.00011: Photoinduced Magnetism of Ternary Transition Metal Prussian Blue Analogs D.M. Pajerowski , M.W. Meisel , J.E. Gardner , D.R. Talham Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T31.00012: Bismuth in strong magnetic fields: unconventional Zeeman coupling and correlation effects Jason Alicea , Leon Balents Preview Abstract

Session T32: Focus Session: Gilbert Damping and Non-local Spin Injection

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Gerrit E. W. Bauer, Technical University Delft
Room: 336

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T32.00001: Anisotropic Damping in Single-Crystalline Ni/MgO(001) studied by the Time-Resolved Magneto-Optical Kerr effect (TR-MOKE) Kevin Smith , A. Lukaszew , J. Skuza , C. Clavero , K. Yang , A. Reilly , G. L\"{u}pke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T32.00002: Scattering Theory of Gilbert Damping Arne Brataas , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Gerrit E.W. Bauer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T32.00003: Physical damping processes in Co-Cr granular films. Sangita Kalarickal , Pavol Krivosik , Nan Mo , Carl Patton , Stella Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T32.00004: Effect of rapid thermal annealing on ferromagnetic resonance line width of CoFeB thin films Yaping Zhang , Xin Fan , Weigang Wang , Xing Chen , Chaoying Ni , Rong Cao , John Xiao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T32.00005: Calculation of intrinsic damping in half metals Chunsheng Liu , Claudia K.A. Mewes , Mairbek Chshiev , Tim Mewes , William H. Butler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T32.00006: Unidirectional Damping in Exchange Biased Systems Matthew Bradford , Hwachol Lee , Eric Edwards , Zeenath Tadisina , Claudia Mewes , Subhadra Gupta , Tim Mewes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T32.00007: The origin of intrinsic Gilbert damping Mark C. Hickey , Jagadeesh S. Moodera Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:30PM		T32.00008: Theory of Magnetization Relaxation in Conducting Ferromagnets Invited Speaker: Ion Garate Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T32.00009: Nonlocal Spin Valves With Very Short Injector Detector Distances Andrew McCallum , Mark Johnson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T32.00010: Temperature dependence of the non-local spin signal in Cu-based lateral spin-valves M.J. Erickson , C. Leighton , P.A. Crowell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T32.00011: Bias-independent spin signals in a tunnel-junction-based non-local spin valve Xiaojun Wang , Han Zou , L.E. Ocola , R. Divan , Yi Ji Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T32.00012: Separating the Contributions of Spin Injection Efficiency and Spin Diffusion Length in Non Local Spin Valves Mikhail Erekhinsky , Felix Casanova , Amos Sharoni , Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T32.00013: Control of Spin Injection by DC Current in Transparent Lateral Spin Valves Amos Sharoni , Felix Casanova , Mikhail Erekhinsky , Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract

Session T33: Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XI: Penetration Depth and Magnetic Anisotropy

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Myron Salomon, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: 403

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T33.00001: Temperature Dependence of the Penetration Depth of LaFePO from Scanning SQUID Susceptometry Cliffird Hicks , Thomas Lippman , Martin Huber , James Analytis , Jiun-Haw Chu , Ian Fisher , Kathryn Moler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T33.00002: Broadband microwave absorption of Fe-based superconductors Jake Bobowski , Pinder Dosanjh , James Day , Doug Bonn , Walter Hardy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T33.00003: Lower Critical Fields and the Anisotropy in PrFeAsO$_{1-y}$ Single Crystals Ryuji Okazaki , Marcin Konczykowski , C.J. van der Beek , Tomonari Kato , Ken-ichiro Hashimoto , Masaaki Shimozawa , Hiroaki Shishido , Minoru Yamashita , Takasada Shibauchi , Motoyuki Ishikado , Shin-ichi Shamoto , Hijiri Kito , Akira Iyo , Hiroshi Eisaki , Yuji Matsuda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T33.00004: Temperature Dependent Anisotropy of Oxypnictide Superconductors Studied by Torque Magnetometry Stephen Weyeneth , Roman Puzniak , Nikolai D. Zhigadlo , Sergiy Katrych , Zbigniew Bukowski , Janusz Karpinski , Urs Mosele , Stefan Kohout , Josef Roos , Hugo Keller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T33.00005: Magnetic penetration depth and critical current density in aligned grains of NdFeAsO(F) Yuri L. Zuev , E. D. Specht , D. K. Christen , J. R. Thompson , R. Jin , B. C. Sales , A. Sefat , M. A. McGuire , D. G. Mandrus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T33.00006: Low temperature penetration depth of Fe-based superconductors James Day , Brad Ramshaw , Jake Bobowski , Pinder Dosanjh , Doug Bonn , Walter Hardy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T33.00007: Penetration Depth and Quasiparticle Conductivity in Iron-based High-Temperature Superconductors Ken-ichiro Hashimoto , Takasada Shibauchi , Tomonari Kato , Kosuke Ikada , Ryuji Okazaki , Hiroaki Shishido , C.J. van der Beek , M. Konczykowski , Hijiri Kito , Akira Iyo , Hiroshi Eisaki , Motoyuki Ishikado , Shin-ichi Shamoto , H. Takeya , K. Hirata , Shigeru Kasahara , Takahito Terashima , Yuji Matsuda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T33.00008: London Penetration Depth in Single Crystals of Nd(Fe,Co)As(O,F) Superconductors. H. Kim , C. Martin , R.T. Gordon , M.A. Tanatar , M.E. Tillman , S. Kim , S.L. Bud'ko , P.C. Canfield , R. Prozorov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T33.00009: Co-concentration dependence of the London penetration depth in single crystals of Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ R.T. Gordon , C. Martin , H. Kim , M.A. Tanatar , N. Ni , S.L. Bud'ko , P.C. Canfield , J. Schmalian , R. Prozorov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T33.00010: Magnetic force microscopy study of a Ba$_{0.55}$K$_{0.45}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ single crystal: Local penetration depth and flux pinning Lan Luan , Ophir M. Auslaender , Kathryn A. Moler , James G. Analytis , Jiun-Haw Chu , Ian R. Fisher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T33.00011: Evidence for Two Energy Gaps in Superconducting Ba$_{0.6}$K$_{0.4}$Fe$_2$As$_2$ Single Crystals and Breakdown of the Uemura Plot Cong Ren , Zhao-Sheng Wang , Hui-Qian Luo , Huan Yang , Lei Shan , Hai-Hu Wen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T33.00012: Anisotropic London Penetration depth in NdFeAsO$_{0.9}$F$_{0.1}$ and Ba$_{0.55}$K$_{0.45}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$. Catalin Martin , R.T. Gordon , M.A. Tanatar , H. Kim , M.E. Tillman , N. Ni , P.C. Canfield , V.G. Kogan , R. Prozorov , H. Lou , Z. Wang , H.H. Wen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T33.00013: Muon Spin Relaxation Study of Ba(Fe$_{0.93}$Co$_{0.07})_{2}$As$_{2}$ Graeme Luke , A. Aczel , J.P. Carlo , T. Goko , T.J. Williams , N. Ni , S.L. Bud'ko , P.C. Canfield , Y.J. Uemura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T33.00014: Anisotropic superconducting properties of aligned Sm$_{0.95}$La$_{0.05}$FeAsO$_{0.85}$F$_{0.15}$ microcrystalline powder H.C. Ku , B.C. Chang , C.H. Hsu , Y.Y. Hsu , Z. Wei , K.Q. Ruan , X.G. Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T33.00015: Diminishing anisotropy of PrFeAsO$_{1-y}$ single crystal as temperature goes zero Daichi Kubota , Takekazu Ishida , Motoyuki Ishikado , Shin-ichi Shamoto , Hiroshi Eisaki , Hijiri Kito , Akira Iyo Preview Abstract

Session T34: Superconductivity: Vortex Statics and Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Wai Kwok, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 404

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T34.00001: Manipulation of interlayer ``kinks'' in individual vortices in underdoped YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6+x}$ Ophir Auslaender , Lan Luan , Douglas Bonn , Ruixing Liang , Walter Hardy , Kathryn Moler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T34.00002: Moving flux quanta, driven by high density currents in low-impurity samples of V$_{3}$Si, LuNi$_{2}$B$_{2}$C, and NbSe$_{2}$ : Ordered flow and core-size effects S. Moraes , R.P. Khadka , A.A. Gapud , A.P. Reyes , L.L. Lumata , J.R. Thompson , D.K. Christen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T34.00003: Lattice slips in slow moving magnetic vortex lattices in NbSe$_2$ Michael Dreyer , Jonghee Lee , Hui Wang , Barry Barker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T34.00004: Vortex interactions in superconducting weak-pinning channel ratchets K. Yu , T.W. Heitmann , C. Song , M.P. DeFeo , B.L.T. Plourde , M.B.S. Hesselberth , P.H. Kes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T34.00005: Flux-flow noise in a superconducting Corbino vortex ratchet channel T.W. Heitmann , K. Yu , C. Song , M.P. DeFeo , B.L.T. Plourde , M.B.S. Hesselberth , P.H. Kes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T34.00006: Unconventional Vortex Dynamics in Mesoscopic Superconducting Corbino Disks Vyacheslav R. Misko , Nansheng Lin , Francois Peeters Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T34.00007: Vortex dynamics simulation in high-T$_{c}$ superconductors with planar pinning arrays coexisting with point pinning sites Hidehiro Asai , Satoshi Watanabe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T34.00008: The Peak Effect anomaly in low and high T$_{C}$ superconductors: stable and metaestables vortex lattice configurations Victoria Bekeris , Gabriela Pasquini , Diego Perez Daroca , Claudio Chiliotte , Gustavo Lozano Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T34.00009: Dynamics of Josephson vortices mediated with pancake vortices Kazuto Hirata , Shuuichi Ooi , Takashi Mochiku Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T34.00010: Exploring the Aging Effects in Pinned Vortex Lattices in Nb using Neutron Reflectometry Xi Wang , Helen Hanson , Xinsheng Ling , Brian Maranville Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T34.00011: Measurement of Vortex Bragg Glass Structure Factor in Nb using Neutron Reflectometry Helen Hanson , Xi Wang , Xinsheng Ling , Brian Maranville Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T34.00012: Small-angle neutron scattering study of vortex matter in superconducting Ba(Fe$_{0.93}$Co$_{0.07}$)$_2$As$_2$ M. R. Eskildsen , T. Blasius , A. I. Goldman , J. M. Densmore , C. D. Dewhurst , N. Ni , A. Kreyssig , S. L. Bud'ko , P. C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T34.00013: Pauli Paramagnetic Effects in the Mixed State of CeCoIn$_5$ Revealed by Small Angle Neutron Scattering P. Das , M.R. Eskildsen , L. DeBeer-Schmitt , J.S. White , E.M. Forgan , A.D. Bianchi , M. Kenzelmann , J.L. Gavilano , M. Zolliker , S. Gerber , J. Mesot , C. Wang , E.D. Bauer , J.L. Sarrao , C. Petrovi\'{c} Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T34.00014: Vortex phase diagram in weakly pinned Rh17S15 S. Ramakrishnan , H.R. Naren , Arumugam Tamizhavel , Arun Grover Preview Abstract
		T34.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session T35: Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XII: Phonons and Miscellaneous Experiment

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Pengcheng Dai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 405

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T35.00001: Role of fluorine in the iron pnictides: phonon softening and effective hole-doping Jesse Noffsinger , Feliciano Giustino , Steven G. Louie , Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T35.00002: Effects of Magnetic Ordering on Phonon Spectra in Iron-based Superconductors: First Principle Calculation and Theoretical Analysis Hiroki Nakamura , Masahiko Machida , Alfred Baron , Tatsuo Fukuda , Shinich Shamoto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T35.00003: Cubic anharmonicity of the Fe-As bond of the iron-pnictides estimated from Raman spectroscopy. Mats Granath , Johan Bielecki , Joakim Holmlund , Chris Knee , Nan Lin Wang , Lars B\"orjesson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T35.00004: Phonon Softening in PrFeAsO$_{1-y}$ (y$\sim $0.2) by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering Alfred Q.R. Baron , Tatsuo Fukuda , Shin-ichi Shamoto , Hiroshi Uchiyama , Jun-ichiro Mizuki , Hiroki Nakamura , Masahiko Machida , Motoyuki Ishikado , Masatoshi Arai , Hijiri Kito , Hiroshi Eisaki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T35.00005: CaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ Phonons via Inelastic X-ray Scattering and First Principles Calculations Steven Hahn , Ahmet Alatas , Bogdan Leu , Yongbin Lee , Ni Ni , Duck Young Chung , Iliya Todorov , Mercouri Kanatzidis , Ercan Alp , Paul Canfield , Alan Goldman , Robert McQueeney , Bruce Harmon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T35.00006: Magnetic and lattice coupling in the AFe$_2$As$_2$ (A=Ca, Ba, and Sr) compounds Haifeng Li , David Vaknin , Jerel Zarestky , Wei Tian , Andreas Kreyssig , Ni Ni , Sergey Bu'dko , Paul Canfield , Robert McQueeney , Alan Goldman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T35.00007: Large electron-A$_{1g}$ phonon interaction in doped LaOFeAs: coupling with antiferromagnetism Felix Yndurain , Jose Soler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T35.00008: Phonon and magnetic excitations in the novel BaFe1.8Co0.2As2 superconductor Dan Parshall , Konstantin Lokshin , Matthew Stone , Douglas Abernathy , Mark Lumsden , Andrew Christianson , David Mandrus , Athena Safa-Sefat , Takeshi Egami Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T35.00009: 3d crystal field excitations in iron pnictides studied by Raman spectroscopy Tao Zhou , Zhen Qin , Sean O'Malley , Kwok Lo , Chenglin Zhang , Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T35.00010: Evidence for two gaps from specific heat in LiFeAs single crystals Fengyan Wei , Bing Lv , Feng Chen , Yuyi Xue , Arnold M. Guloy , Chingwu Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T35.00011: Coexistence of superconductivity and ferromagnetism in BaFe$_{1.8}$Co$_{0.2}$As$_2$ Mario S. da Luz , R. K. Bollinger , J. J. Neumeier , A. Sefat , M. A. McGuire , R. Jin , B. C. Sales , D. Mandrus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T35.00012: Comprehensive Characterization of Superconductivity in Co-doped BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ Tsuyoshi Tamegai , Yasuyuki Nakajima , Toshihiro Taen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T35.00013: Superconductivity in Sr(Fe,Ni)$_2$As$_2$ single crystals Nicholas Butch , Shanta Saha , Kevin Kirshenbaum , Johnpierre Paglione Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T35.00014: Physical Properties in a 5-Band Spin Flucutuation Theory of Ferropnictides Greg Boyd , Siegfried Graser , Vivek Mishra , Peter Hirschfeld Preview Abstract

Session T36: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCP DCOMP
Chair: Brian Landry, Harvard University
Room: 408

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T36.00001: New approach on calculating Green's functions in Full-Potential Multiple Scattering Methods. Aurelian Rusanu , Yang Wang , G. M. Stocks , John S. Faulkner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T36.00002: Local excitations in charge-transfer insulators: a super atom approach via Wannier functions Chi-Cheng Lee , Weiguo Yin , Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T36.00003: Self-healing diffusion quantum Monte Carlo algorithms: Theory and Applications F.A. Reboredo , P.R.C. Kent , M.L. Tiago , R.Q. Hood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T36.00004: Removal of residual nonspherical self-interaction error in LDA+$U$ Fei Zhou , Vidvuds Ozolins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T36.00005: The $f$-electron challenge: localized and itinerant states in lanthanide oxides united by $GW$@LDA+$U$ Matthias Scheffler , Hong Jiang , Ricardo I. Gomez-Abal , Patrick Rinke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T36.00006: Self-interaction correction in multiple scattering theory -- Application to transition metal oxide Markus Daene , Wolfram Hergert , Arthur Ernst , Martin Lueders , Zdzislawa Szotek , Walter Temmerman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T36.00007: Computational Modeling of Actinide Complexes Pertinent to Environment Krishnan Balasubramanian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T36.00008: The converse approach to NMR chemical shifts from first-principles: application to finite and infinite aromatic compounds T. Thonhauser , D. Ceresoli , N. Marzari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T36.00009: NMR chemical shifts from first-principles using the converse approach in periodic boundary conditions Davide Ceresoli , Timo Thonhauser , Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T36.00010: MP2 and RPA applied to solid state systems Martijn Marsman , Andreas Grueneis , Judith Harl , Georg Kresse Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T36.00011: Bridging the size gap between density-functional and many-body perturbation theory Paolo Umari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T36.00012: Quasiparticle properties of DNA bases from GW calculations in a Wannier basis Xiaofeng Qian , Nicola Marzari , Paolo Umari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T36.00013: Reliable Prediction of Charge Transfer Excitations in Molecular Complexes Leeor Kronik , Tamar Stein , Roi Baer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T36.00014: Transcorrelated method applied to solids: numerical assessment of the SCF effect Keitaro Sodeyama , Rei Sakuma , Shinji Tsuneyuki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T36.00015: Unique assignment of energy to atoms in a solid Min Yu , Dallas R. Trinkle , Richard M. Martin Preview Abstract

Session T37: Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Kenneth Jordan, University of Pittsburgh
Room: 409

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T37.00001: Study of Water Adsorbed on the Cu(110) Surface using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Electron Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distribution Invited Speaker: Junseok Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		T37.00002: Theoretical description of excited state dynamics in nanostructures Invited Speaker: Angel Rubio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T37.00003: Interfacial water in electric field Alenka Luzar , D. Bratko , C.D. Daub Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T37.00004: Molecular Simulation of Reverse Micelles Janamejaya Chowdhary , Branka Ladanyi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T37.00005: Ti-O bond distance fluctuations at the hydrated rutile (110) surface Nitin Kumar , Paul Kent , David Cole , David Wesolowski , James Kubicki , Jorge Sofo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T37.00006: Interplay between hydrogen bonding and electron solvation on hydrated TiO2 surface Jin Zhao , Kenneth Jordan , Jinlong Yang , Hrvoje Petek Preview Abstract

Session T38: Focus Session: The Transition State in Physics, Chemistry, and Astrophysics I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Greg Ezra, Cornell University
Room: 410

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T38.00001: Transition State Theory for Higher-Rank Saddles Invited Speaker: George Haller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		T38.00002: Exploring Topographies and Dynamics on Many-Dimensional Landscapes Invited Speaker: R. Stephen Berry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		T38.00003: Transition State Theory: The Phase Space Perspective Invited Speaker: Turgay Uzer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T38.00004: Phase Space Transition States for Deterministic Thermostats Gregory Ezra , Stephen Wiggins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T38.00005: Using invariant manifolds to classify chaotic transport pathways in mixed phase space Kevin Mitchell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T38.00006: Transition State Theory: Variational Formulation, Dynamical Corrections, and Error Estimates Eric Vanden-Eijnden Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T38.00007: The dynamics of a floppy molecule: a case study Xiaojian Mao Preview Abstract

Session T39: Focus Session: Physical Virology

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Alex Evilevitch, Lund University
Room: 411

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T39.00001: Stochastic modeling of virus capsid assembly pathways Invited Speaker: Russell Schwartz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T39.00002: How viral capsids adapt to mismatched cargoes—identifying mechanisms of morphology control with simulations Oren Elrad Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T39.00003: The role of protein interactions in HIV-1 Capsid Shape and Stability: A Multiscale Analysis Vinod Krishna , Zhiyong Zhang , Wesley I. Sundquist , Chris P. Hill , Gregory A. Voth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T39.00004: Mechanisms of viral capsid assembly around a polymer Aleksandr Kivenson , Michael Hagan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T39.00005: Kinetics of human immunodeficiency virus budding and assembly Rui Zhang , Toan Nguyen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T39.00006: Non-equilibrium process of virus shell assembly Artem Levandovsky , Roya Zandi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T39.00007: Exploring the remarkable limits of continuum elastic theory to understand the nanomechanics of viruses Wouter Roos , Melissa Gibbons , William Klug , Gijs Wuite Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		T39.00008: to be determined by you Invited Speaker: James Conway Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T39.00009: Conformational changes of Gag HIV-1 on a lipid bilayer measured by neutron reflectivity provides insights into viral particle assembly H. Nanda , S.A.K. Datta , F. Heinrich , M. Loesche , A. Rein , S. Krueger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T39.00010: Assembly of Viruses and the Pseudo Law of Mass Action Alexander Morozov , Robijn Bruinsma , Joseph Rudnick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T39.00011: A comparison of the elastic modulii of an animal and plant virus D. Gui , X. Chen , A.L.N. Rao , S. Gill , U. Mohideen , R. Zandi Preview Abstract

Session T40: Focus Session: Knots and Loops in Biomolecules

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Joanna Sulkowska, University of California, San Diego
Room: 412

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		T40.00001: Dodging the crisis of folding proteins with knots Invited Speaker: Joanna Sulkowska Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T40.00002: Size and Shape of Knotted Polymers Eric Rawdon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T40.00003: On the geometry of stiff knots Olivier Pierre-Louis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T40.00004: Conformation and Dynamics of Linear Chains, Circular and Partial Loops Jen-Fang Chang , Yeng-Long Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T40.00005: Modeling the behavior of DNA-loop-extruding enzymes Elnaz A. Baum-Snow , John F. Marko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:30PM		T40.00006: Intricate knots in proteins: statistics, function and evolution Invited Speaker: Peter Virnau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T40.00007: The Role of Entropic Effects on DNA Loop Formation David Wilson , Alexei Tkachenko , Todd Lillian , Noel Perkins , Jens Christian Meiners Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T40.00008: Helical growth trajectories in plant roots interacting with stiff barriers Sharon Gerbode , Roslyn Noar , Maria Harrison Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T40.00009: The Penrose-Hameroff Orchestrated Objective-Reduction Proposal for Human Consciousness is Not Biologically Feasible Jeffrey Reimers , Laura McKemmish , Noel Hush , Ross McKenzie , Alan Mark Preview Abstract

Session T41: Ferroelectricity and Structural Phase Transitions

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Craig Fennie, Cornell University
Room: 413

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		T41.00001: Strained enabled Ferroelectricity in CaTiO$_{3}$ Thin Films Probed by Nonlinear Optics and Scanning Probe Microscopy Eftihia Vlahos , Amit Kumar , Sava Denev , Charles Brooks , Darrell Schlom , Carl-Johan Eklund , Karin M. Rabe , Craig J. Fennie , Venkatraman Gopalan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		T41.00002: Potential and piezoelectric response imaging of 180$^{\circ}$ domain of atomically ordered clean surfaces of BaTiO$_{3}$ single crystals in UHV Yukio Watanabe , S. Kaku , D. Matsumoto , S.W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		T41.00003: Magnetic Color Symmetry of Lattice Rotations in a Non-magnetic Material Sava Denev , A. Kumar , M. D. Biegalski , H. W. Jang , C. M. Folkman , A. Vasudevarao , Y. Han , I. M. Reaney , S. Trolier-McKinstry , C.-B. Eom , D. G. Schlom , V. Gopalan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		T41.00004: Spontaneous polarization and piezoelectricity in polar molecular crystals Ivo Borriello , Giovanni Cantele , Domenico Ninno , Giuseppe Iadonisi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		T41.00005: Interfaces in ferroelastics: fringing fields, scaling, size and shape effects Turab Lookman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		T41.00006: Local Polarization Dynamics and Bias-Induced Phase Transitions in Ferroelectric Relaxors: Time-resolved Spectroscopy and Ergodic Gap Mapping S.V. Kalinin , B. Rodriguez , M.P. Nikiforov , N. Balke , S. Jesse , O.S. Ovchinnikov , A.A. Bokov , Z.-G. Ye Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		T41.00007: Field Dependence of Glassy Freezing in a Relaxor Ferroelectric Matthew Delgado , Eugene Colla , Michael Weissman , Philip Griffin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		T41.00008: The three characteristic Temperatures of Relaxor Dynamics and their Meaning Jean Toulouse Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		T41.00009: Quantum Fluctuation of the Order Parameter in a Structural Phase Transition James L. Smith , S.M. Shapiro , K.A. Modic , J.C. Cooley , E.K.H. Salje , P.B. Littlewood , C.P. Opeil , J.C. Lashley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		T41.00010: First principles determination of phase transitions in magnetic shape memory alloys Tilmann Hickel , Matthe Uijttewaal , Joerg Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		T41.00011: A fluctuation-based probe to criticality in structural transitions U. Chandni , Arindam Ghosh , H.S. Vijaya , S. Mohan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		T41.00012: Structural phase transformations and dislocations within the Landau theory Roman Gr\"oger , Turab Lookman , Avadh Saxena Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		T41.00013: Spontaneous phase transition of nano-sized boron nitride -- A quantum size effect Hongli Dang , Y.G. Shen , Sanwu Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		T41.00014: High Pressure Studies of the Metal-Insulator Transition in Pure NiS2 Arnab Banerjee , Yejun Feng , Rafael Jaramillo , Thomas F. Rosenbaum Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		T41.00015: Effect of pressure on the tetragonal distortion in TiH$_{2}$: a first-principles study R. de Coss , R. Quijano , D.J. Singh Preview Abstract

Session T45: Funding Opportunities at NSF

Room: 316

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:45PM - 6:45PM

T45.00001: Opportunities for Funding at NSF Invited Speaker: Zakya H. Kafafi Preview Abstract

Session T46: Funding Opportunities at DOE

Room: 315

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:15PM - 7:15PM

T46.00001: Opportunities for Funding at DOE Invited Speaker: Harriet Kung Preview Abstract