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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