Session NM1: Nanomaterials and Magnetism I

Chair: Ping Liu, University of Texas at Arlington
UT Arlington, University Center - San Saba

Friday, October 6, 2006
10:30AM - 10:42AM

 NM1.00001: Magnetic Phase Diagram of CeMnCuSi$_{2}$
Gan Liang , F. Yen , Mark Croft

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Friday, October 6, 2006
10:42AM - 10:54AM

 NM1.00002: Magnetic properties of FeNi/Gd and Ni/Gd multilayers
Maria R. Hossu , Ali R. Koymen

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Friday, October 6, 2006
10:54AM - 11:06AM

 NM1.00003: Empirical Findings of Gas Exchange with Carbon Nanotubes using SRS RGA100
James Roberts , Aman Anand , Don Henley , Jai Dahiya

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Friday, October 6, 2006
11:06AM - 11:18AM

 NM1.00004: From Maya Blue to 21st century materials -- a spectroscopic study
Felicia Manciu , Layra Reza , Brenda Torres , Lori Polette , Russell Chianelli

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Friday, October 6, 2006
11:18AM - 11:30AM

 NM1.00005: Enhancing Inter-phase Exchange Coupling in SmCo$_{5}$/Co Nanocomposite Materials
Dangxin Wu , Qiming Zhang , J.P. Liu

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Friday, October 6, 2006
11:30AM - 11:42AM

 NM1.00006: Unusually High Beryllium Diffusion in GaAs$_{1-x}$N$_{x}$(x$<<$0.01)
Wenkai Zhu , Alex Freundlich

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Friday, October 6, 2006
11:42AM - 11:54AM

 NM1.00007: Plasmonic Band Gap Manipulation in Silver Nanogratings
Erin Beitel , Jennifer Steele

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Friday, October 6, 2006
11:54AM - 12:06PM

 NM1.00008: XPS Study of Nitrided Hf-based high-k dielectrics
F.S. Aguirre-Tostado , A. Herrera-Gomez , M.J. Kim , B.E. Gnade , R.M. Wallace , M.A. Quevedo-Lopez , P.D. Kirsch

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Friday, October 6, 2006
12:06PM - 12:18PM

 NM1.00009: Landau-Lifshitz or Gilbert Damping of Ferromagnetic Magnetization
Wayne Saslow

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Session NM2: Nanomaterials and Magnetism II

Chair: Dwight Russell, Baylor University
UT Arlington, University Center - San Saba

Saturday, October 7, 2006
10:30AM - 10:42AM

 NM2.00001: Optical Properties of Er$^{3+}$:Y$_{2}$O$_{3}$ nanoparticles for biosensor applications
Kelly Nash , Raylon Yow , Doug Dee , Dhiraj Sardar , John Gruber , Maogen Zhang , Waldemar Gorski

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Saturday, October 7, 2006
10:42AM - 10:54AM

 NM2.00002: Reaction Kinetics of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide
Kendra Wallis , T.W. Zerda

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Saturday, October 7, 2006
10:54AM - 11:06AM

 NM2.00003: Atomic Force Microscopy of Cellulose Fibers
Robert Friedfeld

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Saturday, October 7, 2006
11:06AM - 11:18AM

 NM2.00004: Simulation of RHEED Images for a quantitative assessment of pyramidal-shaped quantum dots.
Chandani Rajapaksha , Andrea Feltrin , Alexandre Freundlich

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Saturday, October 7, 2006
11:18AM - 11:30AM

 NM2.00005: Microwave Resonant Cavity and Loaded Carbon Nanotubes -- A Sensor to Detect Toxins like Methamphetamine
Aman Anand , James Robert , Don Henley , Jai Dahiya

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