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Session A1: Nuclear Spin Dynamics in Semiconductor Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Seigo Tarucha, University of Tokyo
Room: LACC 152

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A1.00001: Nuclear Spin Induced Oscillatory Current in Spin Blockaded Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A1.00002: Electron-nuclear spin coupling in nano-scale devices: self-sustaining resistance oscillations and controlled multiple quantum coherences Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A1.00003: Nuclear spin polarization and coherence in semiconductor nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A1.00004: Controlling Nuclear Spin Environment of Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A2: Quantum Criticality of Strongly Correlated Metals

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Brian Maple, University of California-San Diego
Room: LACC 151

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A2.00001: Hall effect indicates destruction of large Fermi surface at a heavy-fermion quantum critical point Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A2.00002: Emergent fluctuation hot spots on the Fermi surface of CeIn$_{3}$ in strong magnetic fields Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A2.00003: Thermodynamic signature of quantum criticality: universally diverging Gr\"uneisen ratio Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A2.00004: Thermoelectricity as a probe of non-Fermi liquid physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A3a: STM Manipulation of Single Atoms, Charges, and Spins

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Robert Celotta, NIST
Room: LACC 515B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A3a.00001: Single-Atom Spin-Flip Spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A3a.00002: Localization of Fractionally Charged Quasi-Particles Invited Speaker: Amir Yacoby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A3a.00003: Controlling the Dynamics of a Single Atom in Lateral Atom Manipulation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A3b: Superconductivity in Diamond

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Joe Thompson, LANL
Room: LACC 515B

Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A3b.00001: Superconductivity in Bulk, Hole-Doped Diamond Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A3b.00002: Superconductivity in CVD Diamond Films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A4: Chemical and Biological Sensing with Microcantilevers

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: A.T. Macrander, Argonne National Lab.
Room: LACC 515A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A4.00001: Cantilever Arrays as a platform for chemical and biological sensors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A4.00002: Attogram detection using nanoelectromechanical oscillators Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A4.00003: Multifunctional self-sensing microcantilever arrays for detection of chemicals and explosives Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A4.00004: Diamond-based MEMS devices for biosensing based on electrochemical and gravimetric Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A4.00005: Nano-mechanical Resonantor Sensors for Virus Detection Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A5: Physics of Emerging Organic Displays - OLEDs and PLEDs

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Geoffrey Nunes, Dupont
Room: LACC 502B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A5.00001: Polymer Based Light Emitting Diodes (PLEDs) and Displays Fabricated from Arrays of PLEDs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A5.00002: Achieving High Efficiency OLEDs for Displays and Solid State Lighting Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A5.00003: Electron-hole capture in polymer heterojunction light-emitting diodes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A5.00004: Industrialization of OLEDs for Lighting Applications and Displays Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A5.00005: Organic Thin Film Transistors for Electronic Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A6: Correlated Electrons

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Barry Schneider, NSF
Room: LACC 502A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A6.00001: Localization-delocalization transitions in strongly correlated electron systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A6.00002: Magnetic to valence-bond-solid transition in an S=1/2 XY model with ring-exchange Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A6.00003: Fast methods for evaluating molecular electron correlation energies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A6.00004: Correlation effects in the compressed rare earth metals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A6.00005: The Dynamical Cluster Approximation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A7: From Egg to Adult: Patterning and Morphogenesis in Animal Development

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Boris Shraiman, UCSB
Room: LACC 408B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A7.00001: How to Make a Neurocrystal: Modeling the developmental patterning of the fly's retina Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A7.00002: Axis definition during Hydra regeneration Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A7.00003: Force Regulation in Tissue Mechanics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A7.00004: Topology and Robustness in the Drosophila Segment Polarity Network Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A9: Magnetic Domains and Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Mark Stiles, NIST
Room: LACC 153A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A9.00001: Magnetic Reversal Energy Loss and Dynamics in Permalloy Thin Films and Microstructures Corneliu Nistor, Eshel Faraggi, James L. Erskine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A9.00002: Ferromagnetic resonance modes of the vortex state in Permalloy dot arrays Chengtao Yu, Mark Zimmerman, Michael Pechan, Jordan Katine, Leisl Folks, Matthew Carey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A9.00003: Magnetic Vortex Interactions in Double Vortex Stadium Structures R.L. Compton, J.P. Park, P. Eames, P.A. Crowell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A9.00004: Atomic Spin Dynamics during reversal in composite media Sonali Mukherjee, Luc Berger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A9.00005: Fast magnetization switching of Stoner particles: A nonlinear dynamics picture Xiang Rong Wang, Zhouzhou Sun Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A9.00006: Barkhausen Noise, Domain Structure and Entropy in Magnetic Amorphous Ribbons Under Stress Alberto Guimaraes, Andre Gundel, Luciana Santi, Rubem Sommer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A9.00007: Spin-Torque Stimulated Barkhausen Jumps in a Thin-Film Permalloy Microstructure Shuqiang Yang, James Erskine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A9.00008: Magnetization reversal and anisotropy at the Fe/AlGaAs (001) interface Gunter Luepke, Haibin Zhao, Diyar Talbayev, Aubrey Hanbicki, Connie Li, Olaf van't Erve, George Kioseoglou, Berry Jonker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A9.00009: Imaging antiferromagnetic domains of GdNi2Ge2 by x-ray resonant magnetic scattering J.W. Kim, A. Kreyssig, L. Tan, B. Sieve, P.C. Canfield, S.L. Bud'ko, S. Law, D. Wermeille, A.I. Goldman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A9.00010: X-ray imaging of chiral domains in Dy metal J.C. Lang, A. Cady, D. Haskel, G. Srajer, D. McWhan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A9.00011: Domain Walls and Roughening Transition Possibilities in a Transverse-field Ising Model with Long-range Interactions George Mias, Steven Girvin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A9.00012: Imaging Antiferromagnetic Domain Walls with the Hall Effect R. Jaramillo, T. F. Rosenbaum, E. Isaacs, G. Aeppli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A9.00013: Domain Walls and Macroscopic Spin-Flip-Like States in Gd$_{x}$Co$_{1-x}$/Gd$_{y}$Co$_{1-y}$ Bilayers Jose I. Martin, R. Morales, J.M. Alameda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A9.00014: Putting a spin on speckle: the twisted way magnets remember Trieu Mai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A9.00015: Displacement Profile of Charge Density Waves and Domain Walls at Critical Depinning Thomas Nattermann, Andreas Glatz Preview Abstract

Session A10: Focus Session: Spin Transport Devices

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Roland Kawakami, UC Riverside
Room: LACC 153B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A10.00001: Magnetooptical Studies of Organic/Ferromagnetic Hybrid Structures Roland Kawakami, Richard Chiang, Ramesh Thamankar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A10.00002: Spin-Valves Incorporating Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Organic Semiconductors J.D. Bergeson, R. Shima Edelstein, K.I. Pokhodnya, A.J. Epstein, Joel S. Miller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A10.00003: Modification of ferromagnetism in semiconductors by molecular monolayers Itai Carmeli, Francisco Bloom, Cheyne Scoby, Elisabeth Gwinn, Ted Kreutz, Ron Naaman, Art Gossard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A10.00004: Spin Transport in Organic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A10.00005: Magnetoresistance Anomalies Across Domain Walls in Tensile Strained (Ga,Mn)As G. Xiang, A.W. Holleitner, B.L. Sheu, F.M. Mendoza, O. Maksimov, P. Schiffer, D.D. Awschalom, N. Samarth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A10.00006: Hysteretic resistance spikes in magnetic 2DEGs J. Carlos Egues, Henrique Freire Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A10.00007: Fabrication of a Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Spin Bipolar Transistor Mark Field, Bobby Brar, Brian Pierce, Chad Gallinat, David Awschalom, Art Gossard, James Speck Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A10.00008: Spin Gunn Effect Yunong Qi, Zhi-Gang Yu, Michael E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A10.00009: Device Applications of Spin-Orbit Interaction in Semiconductor Heterostructures David Z.-Y. Ting, Xavier Cartoix\`{a}, Yia-Chung Chang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A10.00010: Self-Consistent Non-equilibrium Greens Function Description of Spin Transport in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors Alvaro S. Nu\~nez, Allan H. MacDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A10.00011: Photon assisted double quantum dot spin filter Ernesto Cota, Rafael Sanchez, Ramon Aguado, Gloria Platero Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A10.00012: Spin-polarized transport in a quantum wire controlled by a magnetic field Mahdi Zarea, Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
		A10.00013: Spin-sensitive transient absorption measurements in CdTe high above the bad gap P. Nemec, P. Nahalkova, D. Sprinzl, P. Horodysky, E. Belas, J. Franc, P. Maly Preview Abstract

Session A11: Earth and Planetary Materials I

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP GSCCM
Chair: Taku Tsuchiya, University of Minnesota
Room: LACC 153C

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A11.00001: Theoretical and experimental evidence for a post-perovskite phase of MgSiO$_3$ in Earth's D$''$ layer. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A11.00002: Vibrational and thermodynamic properties of MgSiO$_3$ post-perovskite Jun Tsuchiya, Taku Tsuchiya, Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A11.00003: MgSiO3 post-perovskite at D'' conditions Renata Wentzcovitch, Taku Tsuchiya, Jun Tsuchiya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A11.00004: On the stability of perovskite and post-perovskite polymorphs of MgSiO$_3$ Jose Martins, Yaowen Liu, Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A11.00005: First principles study of liquid MgSiO$_3$ at conditions of the Earth's deep mantle Jones Tsz-Kai Wan, Roberto Car, Sandro Scandolo, Thomas S. Duffy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A11.00006: {\it Cmcm} post-perovskite: a new alumina polymorph Jun Tsuchiya, Taku Tsuchiya, Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A11.00007: Total energy and linear response computations for perovskite and post-perovskite phases in the MgSiO$_3$-FeSiO$_3$-Al$_2$O$_3$ system Razvan Caracas, Ronald Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A11.00008: Sub-lattice melting in hydrogen-rich alloys Simon Gravel, Neil Ashcroft Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:36AM		A11.00009: X-ray spectroscopy studies of liquid water Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A11.00010: Pressure-induced Phase Transition of Confined Water from ab initio Molecular Dynamics Simulation Sheng Meng, E.G. Wang, Shiwu Gao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A11.00011: First principles investigation of the ice VII-VIII (order-disorder) phase boundary Koichiro Umemoto, Renata Wentzcovitch, Stefano de Gironcoli, Stefano Baroni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 11:00AM - 11:12AM		A11.00012: Dissociation of planetary ices at high P,T Jae-Hyun Klepeis, Magnus Lipp, Bruce Baer, Choong-Shik Yoo Preview Abstract

Session A12: Vortices in Superconductors I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Victor Gurarie, University of Colorado
Room: LACC 402A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A12.00001: Domain Regime in the 2D Disordered Vortex Matter Gergely Zimanyi, Mahesh Chandran, Richard Scalettar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A12.00002: Magnus Force in Discrete and Continuous Two-Dimensional Superfluids Zoltan Gecse, Sergei Khlebnikov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A12.00003: Density functional theory for freezing transition of interlayer Josephson vortex line liquid Xiao Hu, Mengbo Luo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A12.00004: Dissociation of vortex stacks into fractional-flux vortices Alvise De Col, Vadim Geshkenbein, Gianni Blatter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A12.00005: Density oscillation of flux lines induced by a single twin plane with point pins Yoshihiko Nonomura, Xiao Hu, David R. Nelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A12.00006: Dynamics of half-quantized vortices in nanoscale superconducting composite structures (d-dot) Masaru Kato, Msayuki Ako, Masahiko Machida, Tomio Koyama, Takekazu Ishida Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A12.00007: Off-equilibrium dynamics and effective temperature of flux lines with random pinning and the vortex glass phase S. Bustingorry, L.F. Cugliandolo, D. Dominguez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A12.00008: Does the Vortex Glass Exist in Two Dimensions? Charles E. Creffield, Jose P. Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A12.00009: Slow dynamics of an elastic string in a random potential Alejandro Kolton, Alberto Rosso, Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A12.00010: Phase diagram of the vortex system in layered superconductors with random pinning Chandan Dasgupta, Oriol T. Valls Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A12.00011: Dynamic properties of vortex states as modeled by the disordered 3D uniformly frustrated XY model Peter Olsson Preview Abstract
		A12.00012: Static and dynamic properties of pinned flux-line liquids A.M. Ettouhami Preview Abstract
		A12.00013: Interactions Effects and Effective Temperature in Driven Vortex Fluids with Random Pinning Alejandro Kolton, Daniel Dom\'{\i}nguez Preview Abstract

Session A13: Spectroscopic Properties of Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: David Tanner, University of Florida
Room: LACC 402B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A13.00001: Resonance properties in optimally and overdoped Y-123 - investigation of phonons and the electronic background M. Ruebhausen, S. Mueller, R. Maeser, B. Schulz, I. Mahns, D. Budelmann, M.V. Klein, D. Bonn, W. Hardy, R. Liang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A13.00002: Raman Spectroscopy of the electron-doped cuprates in magnetic field M. M. Qazilbash, R. L. Greene, A. Koitzsch, B. S. Dennis, A. Gozar, G. Blumberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A13.00003: Raman Investigation of Zn-Doped YB$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6.99}$ Single Crystals X. K. Chen, J. C. Irwin, R. Liang, D.A. Bonn, W. N. Hardy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A13.00004: Competing CDW and SC order parameters in NbSe$_2$ Aleksej Mialitsin, B.S. Dennis, Girsh Blumberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A13.00005: Understanding the totally symmetric intramolecular vibrations in $\kappa$-phase organic superconductors J.T. Haraldsen, R. Wesolowski, J. Cao, J.L. Musfeldt, I. Olejniczak, J. Choi, Y.J. Wang, J.A. Schlueter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A13.00006: Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering Study of the Model Superconductor HgBa$_2$CuO$_{4+\delta}$ Li Lu, Xudong Zhao, Guillaume Chabot-Couture, Nobuhisa Kaneko, Owen Vajk, Guichuan Yu, Stephane Grenier, Young-June Kim, Diego Case, Thomas Gog, Martin Greven Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A13.00007: Momentum-Structure of Remnant Mott-gap in Prototype Doped Cuprates Yinwan Li, Zahid Hasan, Dong Qian, Yi-De Chuang, H. Kisaki, S. Uchida, Y. Kaga, T. Sasagawa, H. Takagi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A13.00008: Direct measurement of charge transfer phenomena at ferromagnetic/superconducting oxide interfaces Maria Varela, Andrew R Lupini, Vanessa Pena, Zouhair Sefrioui, Ilke Arslan, Nigel D. Browning, Jacobo Santamaria, Stephen J. Pennycook Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A13.00009: Evidence for different spin-orbit interactions in the Ba and Cu layers of YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ at the Ba and Cu L2,3 edges. Juana Acrivos, Hizam Sahibudeen, Maria Angeles Navacerrada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A13.00010: Real time optical observation of precursor phases during YBCO thin film growth Gertjan Koster, Jeong-Uk Huh, Arturas Vailionis, Robert Hammond, Theodore Geballe, Malcolm Beasley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A13.00011: Electron irradiation induced oxygen ordering in YBCO twin-free crystals. H. W. Seo, Q. Y. Chen, M. N. Iliev, C. Wang, Wei-Kan Chu, U. Welp Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A13.00012: Optical Characterization and Superconducting Behavior of MgB2 Thin Films Jafar Amirzadeh, Michael Bleiweiss, Ming Yin, Timir Datta Preview Abstract
		A13.00013: Direct Observation of Cooperative Doping Mechanisms at Grain Boundaries in Ca-doped YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ Robert Klie, Maria Varela, Alberto Franceschetti, Yimei Zhu, Sokrates Pantelides, Stephen Pennycook Preview Abstract
		A13.00014: Search for the Coexistence of Magnetism and Superconductivity in Ce$_{1-x}$Gd$_x$Ru$_2$ using the Mossbauer Effect Michael De Marco, Ryan Heary, Dermot Coffey, Pe-Chun Ho, Todd Sayles, Brian Maple, Steve Toorongian, Michael Haka Preview Abstract

Session A14: Focus Session: Molecular-Scale Electronics and Sensors I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DCP
Chair: Vince McKoy, Caltech
Room: LACC 403B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A14.00001: Electronics at the molecular level Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A14.00002: Constructing a Computer from Molecular Components Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A14.00003: CMOL: A New Concept for Nanoelectronics Konstantin Likharev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A14.00004: Simple, High Yield Nano-device Fabrication via SWNT Controlled Growth from a Catalytic Block Copolymer Sarah Lastella, Yung Joon Jung, P.M. Ajayan, Chang Y. Ryu, Dave Rider, Ian Manners, Govind Mallick, Shashi Karna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A14.00005: A nanodot lattice with molecular interconnects providing reconfigurable logic Carl Onnheim, Jonas Skoldberg, Goran Wendin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A14.00006: The Quantum Interference Transistor David Cardamone, Charles Stafford, Sumit Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A14.00007: Kondo Effect in Bare Electromigrated Break Junctions Andrew Houck, Jarek Labaziewicz, Emily Chan, Joshua Folk, Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A14.00008: Analysis of Nanocluster-Based Single-Electron Transistors Mario Ancona, Ronald Rendell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A14.00009: Water Soluble Conducting Polymer Field Effect Transistor for Sensor Application Swanand Vaidya, G.S. Khara, Jaewu Choi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A14.00010: Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Hybridization Kinetics of Surface-Grafted DNA Naida Lacevic, Arup Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A14.00011: An Optical Biosensor for Bacillus Cereus Spore Detection Chengquan Li, Harry W. K. Tom Preview Abstract

Session A15: Focus Session: THz Devices and Materials I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Mark Lee, Sandia National Labs
Room: LACC 405

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A15.00001: Progress and Perspectives of THz Astronomical Detectors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A15.00002: Plasmon Based Grating Gate Terahertz Detector E.A. Shaner, Mark Lee, M.C. Wanke, Albert Grine, J.L. Reno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A15.00003: Ballistic tranport at finite frequencies in 2DEGs and quantum point contacts Sungmu Kang, Peter Burke, L.N. Pfeiffer, K. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A15.00004: Resonant response of a field-effect transistor to an ac signal Manvir Kushwaha Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A15.00005: MBE Growth of GaAs Based THz Lasers and Detectors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A15.00006: High performance THz Quantum Cascade Lasers in very high magnetic fields Lorenzo Sirigu, Giacomo Scalari, Christoph Walther, Nicolas Hoyler, Marcella Giovannini, J\'er\^ome Faist, Marcin Sadowski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A15.00007: Quantum Dot as High Frequency Noise Detector Eugen Onac, Franck Balestro, Udo Hartmann, Yuli Nazarov, Leo Kouwenhoven Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A15.00008: Intersubband lifetime magnetophonon oscillations in AlGaAs and InGaAs:InP quantum cascade lasers Dmitry Smirnov, Aaron Wade, Angela Vasanelli , Carlo Sirtori Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A15.00009: 1.9 THz Quantum Cascade Lasers in very high magnetic fields up to 27 T Giacomo Scalari, Lorenzo Sirigu, Christoph Walther, J\' er\^ome Faist, Marcin Sadowski, Harvey Beere, David Ritchie, Edmund Linfield, Giles Davies Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A15.00010: High Energy Intersubband Transitions in InAs/AlSb QWs Diane Larrabee, Jun Kono, Shigehiko Sasa, Yoji Nakajima, Masato Nakai, Masashi Furukawa, Masataka Inoue Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A15.00011: Polaritonics: bridging the gap between electronics and photonics David Ward, Thomas Feurer, Eric Statz, Joushua Vaughan, Keith Nelson Preview Abstract

Session A16: Focus Session: Nano-optical Plasmonics

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Gary Wiederrecht, Argonne National Labs
Room: LACC 404A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A16.00001: Surface Plasmon Rainbow Jets Alexandre Bouhelier, Gary Wiederrecht Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A16.00002: Subwavelength Focusing and Guiding of Surface Plasmon Polaritons U. Welp, V. Vlasko-Vlasov, L. Yin, A. Rydh, J. Pearson, S.-H. Chang, S.K. Gray, G.C. Schatz, D.E. Brown, C.W. Kimball Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A16.00003: Sub-wavelength confinement and the diffraction limit for surface plasmon waveguides Rashid Zia, Anu Chandran, Mark Selker, Mark Brongersma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A16.00004: Optical response of structured noble-metal nanoparticle aggregates Jun Jun Xiao, K. W. Yu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A16.00005: Omni-directional light emission via surface plasmons from a metal-polymer-metal structure John S.Q. Liu, Mark L. Brongersma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A16.00006: Plasmon Waveguides: Balancing Propagation, Localization, and Loss below the Diffraction Limit Jennifer Dionne, Luke Sweatlock, Harry Atwater, Albert Polman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A16.00007: Strongly coupled plasmon excitations in nanostructures and device applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A16.00008: Tuning the Nanooptics of Metallic Nanorods: End Effects Garnett Bryant, Javier Aizpurua Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A16.00009: Optical propagation via dipolar coupling in metal nanoparticle chains Willes H. Weber, George W. Ford Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A16.00010: Adiabatic Nanoplasmonic Energy Concentration Mark Stockman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A16.00011: Green-function theory of confined plasmons in coaxial cylindrical geometries: finite magnetic field M.S. Kushwaha, B. Djafari-Rouhani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A16.00012: Plasmonic resonances, scattering cross section, and electromagnetic forces between two coupled Au nanowires Klaus Halterman, Merle Elson, Surendra Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A16.00013: Surface Plasmons in Anisotropic Metal-Dielectric Structures Arkadii Krokhin, Kemal Bagci, Arup Neogi Preview Abstract
		A16.00014: Near-field study of the perfect lens at visible wavelengths Pieter Kik, Grady Webb-Wood Preview Abstract

Session A17: Kondo Effect and Correlations in Quantum Dots

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Luis G. Dias da Silva, Ohio University
Room: LACC 404B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A17.00001: Kondo-Temperature Dependence of the Magnetic-Field Splitting of a Kondo Peak in a Single-Electron Transistor Sami Amasha, Ian J. Gelfand, Marc A. Kastner, Andrei Kogan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A17.00002: Two-Stage Kondo effect and singlet-triplet crossover in a four-electron artificial atom Ghislain Granger, Marc A. Kastner, Micah P. Hanson, Arthur C. Gossard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A17.00003: The Kondo effect of a magnetic impurity in an ultrasmall metallic grain Hubert Heersche, Zeger de Groot, Leo Kouwenhoven, Herre van der Zant Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A17.00004: Exotic Kondo States in GaAs Quantum Dots R. M. Potok, I. G. Rau, D. Goldhaber-Gordon, C. M. Marcus, H. Shtrikman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A17.00005: Two Kondo Impurity Spin Interactions in Quantum Dots Barbara Jones, Tzen Ong, David Goldhaber-Gordon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A17.00006: Numerical evidence of tunable long-range spin interactions between quantum dots G. Martins, E. Anda, K. Al-Hassanieh, C. Busser, A. Moreo, E. Dagotto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A17.00007: Out-of-equilibrium Kondo Effect in a Three Lead Quantum Dot I. G. Rau, R. M. Potok, D. Goldhaber-Gordon, H. Shtrikman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A17.00008: Interference Effects in the Conductance of Multi-Level Quantum Dots C.A. B\"usser, E. Dagotto, A. Moreo, K.A. Al-Hassanieh, G.B. Martins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A17.00009: Molecular Conductors with Center of Mass Motion Khaled Al-Hassanieh, G.B. Martins, C.A. B\"usser, E. Dagotto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A17.00010: Spin Chain QMC simulations of Mesoscopic Quantum Impurity Models Jaebeom Yoo, Shailesh Chandrasekharan, Ribhu K. Kaul, Denis Ullmo, Harold U. Baranger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A17.00011: Noise power spectrum for tunneling through a quantum dot in the Kondo Regime Avraham Schiller, Dotan Goberman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A17.00012: Unification of electromagnetic noise and Luttinger liquid via quantum-dot resonant level Karyn Le Hur, Mei-Rong Li Preview Abstract
		A17.00013: Transport properties of small Quantum rings in the Kondo regime C.A. B\"usser, E. Dagotto, S. Ulloa, E.V. Anda Preview Abstract
		A17.00014: Transport properties of coupled quantum dots in the presence of phonons G. Martins, K. Al-Hassanieh, C. Busser, A. Moreo, E. Dagotto Preview Abstract

Session A18: Focus Session: Semiconductor Characterization

Sponsoring Units: FIAP GIMS
Chair: David Seiler, NIST
Room: LACC 406A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A18.00001: Interface Sensitive Measurement of High k - silicon dioxide – silicon system using Optical Second Harmonic Generation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A18.00002: Measurement of the Full State of Stress of Silicon with Micro-Raman Spectroscopy Stephen Harris, Ann O'Neill, Wen Yang, Peter Gustafson, James Boileau, W.H. Weber, Bhaskar Majumdar, Somnath Ghosh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A18.00003: UV-Raman deformation coefficients in Si and SiGe alloys Michael Canonico, Ran Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A18.00004: In-situ photovoltage shift measurements of hafnium oxides and silicates grown on Si(100) using femtosecond photoelectron spectroscopy Daeyoung Lim, Richard Haight Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A18.00005: An infrared probe of tunable dielectrics in metal-oxide-semiconductor structures Kevin Mikolaitis, Zhiqiang Li, Guangming Wang, Alan Heeger, Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A18.00006: High Resolution 2D Dopant Profiling of FinFET Structures using Scanning Probe Microscopy Alexander Khajetoorians, Jianlong Li, Li Shi, Xiang-Dong Wang, Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A18.00007: High-Resolution Microcalorimeters for X-ray Microanalysis B.L. Zink, G.C. Hilton, J.N. Ullom, K.D. Irwin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A18.00008: High-resolution characterization of advanced interconnect and packaging architectures Shriram Ramanathan, Evan Pickett, Patrick Morrow, Yongmei Liu, Rajen Dias Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A18.00009: Direct Imaging of Minority Carrier Drift in Luminescent Materials David Luber, Nancy Haegel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A18.00010: Contact-free approach for the determination of minority carrier diffusion length F.M. Bradley, Will Freeman, Nancy M. Haegel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A18.00011: Structural and morphological characterization of GaN(0001) layers grown on SiC by maskless pendeo-epitaxy via X-ray Microdiffraction R.I. Barabash, G.E. Ice, S. Einfeldt, D. Hommel, A.M. Roskovski, R.F. Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A18.00012: UHV Nanoworkbench and the `Roaming' Field Effect Transistor Olivier Guise, John T. Yates, Jr., Joachim Ahner, Jeremy Levy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A18.00013: An investigation of dopping profile for a one dimensional heterostructure ZhaoHui Huang, Dragan Stojkovic, Paul Lammert, Vincent Crespi Preview Abstract

Session A19: Quantum Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: HongWen Jiang, UCLA
Room: LACC 406B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A19.00001: Empirical resistivity rule in the second Landau level of a two-dimensional electron system W. Pan, J.S. Xia, C.L. Vicente, E.D. Adams, N.S. Sullivan, H.L. Stormer, D.C. Tsui, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. Baldwin, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A19.00002: Spin-dependent resistivity at transitions between integer quantum Hall states Kamran Vakili, Yakov Shkolnikov, Emanuel Tutuc, Nathan Bishop, Etienne De Poortere, Mansour Shayegan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A19.00003: Landau quantization, Localization, and Insulator-quantum Hall Transition at Low Fields Tsai-Yu Huang, C.-T. Liang, Gil-Ho Kim, C.F. Huang, Chao-Ping Huang, D.A. Ritchie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A19.00004: Symmetries of the Resistance of Mesoscopic Samples in the Quantum Hall Regime Einat Peled, Dan Shahar, Yong Chen, Enrique Diez, Deborah L. Sivco, Alfred Y. Cho Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A19.00005: Lifetime of 2D electrons in AlxGa1-xAs-Al0.32Ga0.68As Heterostructures Wanli Li, Daniel Tsui, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A19.00006: Interaction effect on quantum magnetooscillations in a two-dimensional electron gas Yury Adamov, Igor' Gornyi, Alexander Mirlin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A19.00007: Measurements of the Spin Susceptibility of 2D GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures into the Weak Interacting Region Y.-W. Tan, J. Zhu, H.L. Stormer, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. Baldwin, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A19.00008: Electron interferometer in the integer QH regime F.E. Camino, W. Zhou, V.J. Goldman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A19.00009: Bending the quantum Hall effect by 90 degrees: Evidence for a new kind of disordered one-dimensional superconductor M. Grayson, L. Steinke, D. Schuh, M. Bichler, G. Abstreiter, L. Hoeppel, J. Smet, K. von Klitzing, D. Maude Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A19.00010: Effect of disorder on modulated quantum Hall systems Mikito Koshino, Tsuneya Ando Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A19.00011: Integer Quantum Hall Effect versus Anderson Transition: Numerical Comparison for Eigensolutions Statistics I. Kh. Zharekeshev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A19.00012: Symmetry Breaking by Periodic Potentials and Randomness in Quantum Hall Systems Barry Friedman, Ben McCarty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A19.00013: Solitons and Quasielectrons in the Quantum Hall Matrix Model T. Hans Hansson, Janik Kailasvuori, Anders Karlhede, Rikard von Unge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A19.00014: Length Scale of Bulk Quantum Hall Effect Michael Bleiweiss, Ming Yin, Jafar Amirzadeh, Timir Datta Preview Abstract

Session A20: Multilayers, Thin Films, and Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Igor Roshchin, UCSD
Room: LACC 407

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A20.00001: Preparation and Friction Property of Dendritic Thin Film Qing Zhang, Lynden Archer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A20.00002: Mechanical Properties of Electrophoretically-Deposited CdSe Nanocrystal Films Shengguo Jia, Mohammad Islam, Yuqi Xia, Ben Smith, Sarbajit Banerjee, Yikang Deng, Joze Bevk, Jeffrey Kysar, Irving Herman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A20.00003: Growth and Characterization of Ultrathin Epitaxial Graphite films on Silicon Carbide Tianbo Li, Asmerom Ogbazghi, Xuebin Li, Zhimin Song, Claire Berger, Walt de Heer, Phillip First Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A20.00004: Transition Layers in Co Films on Cu with Oxygen as Interface Surfactant Probed by Soft-X-Ray Resonant Magnetic Scattering (SXRMS) Zhiwei Li, Eric Wiedemann, Don Savage, Max Lagally Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A20.00005: The role that varying nanocrystallinity plays in the thermodynamics of CoO films Daniel Queen, Frances Hellman, Yunjun Tang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A20.00006: Charge exchange of Si ions with clean and I-covered Al(100) Xiaojian Chen, Zdenek Sroubek, Jory Yarmoff Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A20.00007: Momentum and thickness-dependent evolution of quantum well states in the Cu/Co/Cu(001) system M.A. Van Hove, J.M. An, A. Canning, L.-W. Wang, E. Rotenberg, Y.Z. Wu, Z.Q. Qiu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A20.00008: Finite size effects on multilayer relaxations Erik Holmstr\"om, Anders Niklasson, Nicolas Bock, Sven Rudin, John Wills Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A20.00009: Noise in Half-Metallic Ferromagnetic Thin Films Siddhartha Ghosh, Karl Hultquist, Subhrangshu Mallik, Guoxing Miao, Arunava Gupta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A20.00010: Heteroepitaxial growth and electronic structure of LaVO$_{3}$ films on SrTiO$_{3}$ Yasushi Hotta, Yasushige Mukunoki, Tomofumi Susaki, Harold Y. Hwang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A20.00011: Suppressed Magnetization in La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$ / YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ superlattices S.G.E. te Velthuis, A. Hoffmann, Z. Sefrioui, J. Santamaria, M.R. Fitzsimmons, S. Park, M. Varela Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A20.00012: Microscopic magnetic structure of cuprate/manganite superlattices Jacques Chakhalian, Christian Bernhard, Jorg Strempfer, Bernhard Keimer, Jochen Stahn, Christof Niedermayer, Thomas Gutberlet, John Freeland, George Srajer, Julio Cezar Preview Abstract
		A20.00013: Crystalline $\gamma$-Al$_2$O$_3$ barrier for magnetite-based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Alexandre M. Bataille, Jean-Baptiste Moussy, Susana Gota, Marie-Jo Guittet, Martine Gautier-Soyer Preview Abstract

Session A21: Focus Session: Dynamics of Transcription

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Ken Dill, University of California-San Francisco
Room: LACC 409A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A21.00001: A double-ratchet mechanism of transcription elongation and its control Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A21.00002: Direct imaging of LacI repressor protein sliding along DNA Yan-Mei Wang, Xiao-Juan Guan, Ling Guo, Edward Cox, Robert Austin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A21.00003: Thermodynamic DNA Looping by a Two-Site Restriction Endonuclease Studied using Optical Tweezers Gregory J. Gemmen, Rachel Millin, Douglas E. Smith Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A21.00004: Bubbles in DNA Yan Zeng, Giovanni Zocchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A21.00005: Single-molecule analysis of the full transcription cycle Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A21.00006: The effect of sequence correlation on bubble conformation in double-stranded DNA Jae-Hyung Jeon, PyeongJun Park, Wokyung Sung Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A21.00007: Observing dynamics of chromatin fibers in Xenopus egg extracts by single DNA manipulation using a transverse magnetic tweezer setup Jie Yan, Dunja Skoko, John Marko, Tom Maresca, Rebecca Heald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:48AM		A21.00008: Electrostatics in Biomolecular Interactions: a Surface Charge Method Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
		A21.00009: On geometric measures of regulatory complexity Ilya Nemenman, Chris Wiggins Preview Abstract

Session A23: Focus Session: Biological Hydrodynamics I

Sponsoring Units: DFD DBP GSNP
Chair: Peter Lenz, Universitaet Marburg
Room: LACC 410

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A23.00001: Overview: Biological Hydrodynamics Peter Lenz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A23.00002: Vortex formation in Daphnia swarms J\"{u}rgen Vollmer, Bruno Eckhardt, Christoph Lange, Attila G. Vegh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A23.00003: The effect of shear flow on ordered suspensions of active particles Sudipto Muhuri, Madan Rao, Sriram Ramaswamy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A23.00004: Effects of the changes in the wall shear stresses (WSS) acting on endothelial cells (EC) during the enlargement of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) Anne-Virginie Salsac, Steven Sparks, Juan C. Lasheras, Jean-Marc Chomaz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A23.00005: Model Cilia - Experiments with Biomimetic Actuable Structures and Surfaces R. Lloyd Carroll, Dan Blum, Ben Evans, Rich Superfine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:36AM		A23.00006: Quorum polarity and the dynamics of the zooming bionematic phase Invited Speaker: John O. Kessler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A23.00007: Rheology and dynamics of active motor-filament mixtures M. Cristina Marchetti, Aphrodite Ahmadi, Tanniemola B. Liverpool Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A23.00008: Two Dimensional State Transition of a Swarming Model Yao-li Chuang, Daniel Marthaler, Maria D`Orsogna, Lincoln Chayes, Andrea Bertozzi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A23.00009: Dynamics of the Chemotactic Boycott Effect Luis Cisneros, Chris Dombrowski, John Kessler, Raymond Goldstein, Charles Wolgemuth, Idan Tuval Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A23.00010: A new parameter identification method to obtain change in smooth musclecontraction state due to mechanical skin irritation Daniela Bauer, Reinhard Grebe, Alain Ehrlacher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A23.00011: Bacteriophage-mediated indirect competition in B.bronchiseptica:Experiment and Theory Jaewook Joo, Reka Albert, Eric Harvill Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A23.00012: Collective motion, superdiffusion, and non-thermal noise in active bacterial baths Daniel T.N. Chen, L.A. Hough, M.F. Islam, A.W.C. Lau, T.C. Lubensky, A.G. Yodh Preview Abstract

Session A24: Focus Session: Structure, Dynamics and Resilience of Complex Networks

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Alessandro Vespignani, Indiana University
Room: LACC 411

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A24.00001: An information theoretic derivation of spectral graph partitioning Manuel Middendorf, Etay Ziv, Chris Wiggins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A24.00002: Traceroute-like exploration of unknown networks: a statistical analysis Alain Barrat, Luca Dall'Asta, Ignacio Alvarez-Hamelin, Alexei Vazquez, Alessandro Vespignani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A24.00003: Effects of Community Structure on Search and Ranking in Information Networks Huafeng Xie, Koon-Kiu Yan, Sergei Maslov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A24.00004: Community discovery and information flow in networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A24.00005: Voter Model on Heterogeneous Graphs. Vishal Sood, Sidney Redner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A24.00006: Anomalous Transport in Complex Networks Eduardo Lopez, Sergey Buldyrev, Shlomo Havlin, H. Eugene Stanley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A24.00007: Complex networks are self-similar Chaoming Song, Shlomo Havlin, Hernan Makse Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A24.00008: Interaction prediction using conserved network motifs in protein-protein interaction networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A24.00009: Stability and topology of scale-free networks under attack and defense strategies Lazaros Gallos, Reuven Cohen, Panos Argyrakis, Armin Bunde, Shlomo Havlin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A24.00010: Modeling Cascading Failures in the North American Power Grid Ryan Kinney, Reka Albert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A24.00011: Avalanche dynamics in complex networks Byungnam Kahng, Kwang-il Goh, Deok-sun Lee, Eun-J Lee, Doochul Kim Preview Abstract
		A24.00012: Dynamical patterns of epidemic outbreaks in complex heterogeneous networks Alain Barrat, Marc Barth\'elemy, Romualdo Pastor-Satorras, Alessandro Vespignani Preview Abstract

Session A25: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience I

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP DAMOP
Chair: J.R. Manson, Clemson University
Room: LACC 501A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A25.00001: Future directions in the simulation of nanomaterials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A25.00002: QMC with a Stochastic Poisson Solver: An application to realistic models of quantum dots Dyutiman Das, Jeongnim Kim, Richard Martin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A25.00003: Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of Exciton-Exciton Scattering in Quantum Wells John Shumway Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A25.00004: Quantum Perturbation Theory in O(N): Ab initio response theory for nanomaterials Anders Niklasson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A25.00005: Efficient Computational Methods to Treat Multiple Scattering in Electron Diffraction by Nanostructures G.M. Gavaza, Z.X. Yu, L. Tsang, C.H. Chan, S.Y. Tong, M.A. Van Hove Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A25.00006: New Theoretical Method for Molecular Systems and Nano-molecules Junho Jeong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A25.00007: Adaptive Quantum Design for Nanoscience Stephan Haas, Jason Thalken, Anthony Levi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A25.00008: A numerically tractable method for a non-uniform electron gas system with an atomic center Koichi Kusakabe, Masanori Takahashi, Naoshi Suzuki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A25.00009: Time-dependent quantum process for electrons assisted by oscillating electric field Masakazu Muraguchi, Kyozaburo Takeda, Yusuke Asari, Naoki Watanabe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A25.00010: Using quantum mechanics to synthesize electronic devices Petra Schmidt, Stephan Haas, Anthony Levi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A25.00011: Coupling Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Continuum Current and Heat Flow Equations: Application to Frictional and Resistive Heating of Nanoscale Metal Contacts Clifford Padgett, David Schall, Donald Brenner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A25.00012: The Solution of the Interior Eigenvalue Problem for Large Scale Nanosystems Andrew Canning, Lin-Wang Wang, Osni Marques, Julien Langou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A25.00013: Choosing a Classical Potential in Multi-Scale Modeling Aditi Mallik, Krishna Muralidharan, DeCarlos Talyor, Keith Runge, James Dufty Preview Abstract

Session A26: Focus Session: Nanotubes and Nanowires: Carbon Nanotube Transistors

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Jie Liu, Duke University
Room: LACC 501B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A26.00001: Double-wall carbon nanotube quasi-ballistic conduction Hisashi Kajiura, Houjin Huang, Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A26.00002: Directional growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Nanotube-on-Insulator Applications Song Han, Xiaolei Liu, Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A26.00003: Band Engineering of Partially Exposed Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors Xiaolei Liu, Zhicheng Luo, Song Han, Tao Tang, Daihua Zhang, Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A26.00004: Carbon nanotube electronics and opto-electronics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A26.00005: Diameter dependence of carbon nanotube transistor performance Zhihong Chen, Joerg Appenzeller, Joachim Knoch, Yu-ming Lin, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A26.00006: Dual-Gated Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors with Tunable Polarities Yu-Ming Lin, Joerg Appenzeller, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A26.00007: Investigation of Schottky Barrier Behaviors between Semiconductive Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Different Metals Chenguang Lu, Jie Liu, Lei An Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A26.00008: Effect of Metal-Carbon Nanotube Interface in Carbon Nanotube Devices Zhengfan Zhang, Venkat Chandrasekhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A26.00009: Carbon-nanotube-based single electron memories processed by double self-assembly Vincent Bouchiat, Laetitia Marty, Cecile Naud, Aurore Bonhomme, Emmanuel Andre, Antonio Iaia, Emmanuelle Richard, Anne-Marie Bonnot Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A26.00010: High-frequency characterization of SWNT array FETs R. Caldwell, J. Hone, K. Shepard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A26.00011: Carbon Nanotube Devices for GHz to THz Applications Peter Burke, Zhen Yu, Shengdong Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A26.00012: Exploration of optical and electronic properties of SWNT networks for device applications Kai Xiao, Matthew Garrett, Ilia Ivanov, Alex Puretzky, Stephen Jesse, Phillip Britt, Douglas Lowndes, David Geohegan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A26.00013: Massive Nano-Assembly Method for Integrated Device Structures Based on Nanotubes and Nanowires Minbaek Lee, Seong Myung, Jiwoon Im, Sun Namkung, Kyung-Eun Byun, Seunghun Hong Preview Abstract

Session A27: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Optical Properties I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Marcus Freitag, IBM
Room: LACC 501C

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A27.00001: Optical Spectroscopy of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Rayleigh Scattering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A27.00002: Temperature Dependence of Tunable Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Individual Suspended Carbon Nanotubes Stephen Cronin, Yan Yin, Andrew Walsh, Alexander Stolyarov, Anna Swan, M. Selim Unlu, Bennett Goldberg, Michael Tinkham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A27.00003: Auger Recombination of Excitons in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Feng Wang, Gordana Dukovic, Mark Hybertsen, Louis Brus, Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A27.00004: Observation of Carbon Nanotube Optical Bistability D. Milkie, C. Staii, S. Paulson, E. Hindman, A.T. Johnson, J.M. Kikkawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A27.00005: Stability of Excitons in Carbon Nanotubes under High Laser Excitations G.N. Ostojic, S. Zaric, J. Kono, V.C. Moore, R.H. Hauge, R.E. Smalley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A27.00006: NIR-luminescence mapping and Raman spectroscopy of single-walled carbon-13 nanotubes Yuhei Miyauchi, Shohei Chiashi, Shigeo Maruyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A27.00007: Low Temperature Photoluminescence of Surfactant-suspended SWNT’s Flavio Plentz, Henrique Ribeiro, Marcos Pimenta, Ado Jorio, Michael Strano Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A27.00008: Optical Characterization and Applications of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A27.00009: Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes in Semiconductor/NT Hybrids O. N. Torrens, D. E. Milkie, M. F. Islam, A. G. Yodh, J. M. Kikkawa, A. Khandekar, T. F. Kuech Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A27.00010: Polarization dependence of the optical absorption of single-walled carbon nanotubes Yoichi Murakami, Erik Einarsson, Tadao Edamura, Shigeo Maruyama Preview Abstract

Session A28: Polymer Surfaces I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Chang Yeol Ryu, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Room: LACC 506

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A28.00001: Surface Diffusion of Single Polymer Chain Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation Tapan Desai, Pawel Keblinski, Sanat Kumar, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A28.00002: Single-Molecule Studies of Polymer Translational Diffusion at Surfaces Liang Hong, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A28.00003: Wetting of Heterogeneous Surfaces by Polymer Nanodroplets David R. Heine, Gary S. Grest, Edmund B. Webb III Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A28.00004: Non-Spherical Droplets of Diblock Copolymer: Equilibrium Shape and Spreading Kinetics Andrew B. Croll, Michael V. Massa, Kari Dalnoki-Veress, Mark W. Matsen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A28.00005: Origin of surface ordered phase in poly(n-alkyl acrylates) above the bulk melting temperature (Tm) Shishir Prasad, Laurie Hanne, Ali Dhinojwala Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A28.00006: Functional gradients with controlled steepness on self-assembled aminosilane monolayers Ying Zou, Steve Story, Shane Harton, Harald Ade Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A28.00007: Measurement of Adhesion Energy and Young’s Modulus in Thin Polymer Films Using a Novel Axi-symmetric Peel Test Geometry Adam N. Raegen, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A28.00008: Changes in the Molecular Orbitals during Photochemical Patterning of Polymers K. M. Pellerin, F. J. Himpsel, E. W. Edwards, P. F. Nealey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A28.00009: Water adsorption and desorption from crystalline P(VDF-TrFE) copolymers Jie Xiao, Luis Rosa, Peter Jacobson, Peter Dowben Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A28.00010: Polymer size and affinity effects on nanopore adsorption with a wide range of pore sizes Chansu Kim, Chang Yeol Ryu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A28.00011: Solvent-Assisted Formation of Nanostrand Networks of Supramolecular Diblock Copolymer-Surfactant Complexes at the Air-Water Interface C. Geraldine Bazuin, Qing Lu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A28.00012: Contact Mechanics Studies with the Quartz Crystal Microbalance F. Nelson Nunalee, Kenneth R. Shull Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A28.00013: Quantitative measurement of adhesion of ink on plastic films with a Nano Indenter and a Scanning Probe Microscope Weidian Shen, Bin Jiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A28.00014: Puzzles in Surface Force Apparatus (SFA) Experiments Janet Wong, Yingxi Zhu, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A28.00015: Confocal Raman-AFM, A New Tool for Materials Research Ute Schmidt, Klaus Weishaupt, Wolfram Ibach, Matthias Kress, Olaf Hollricher Preview Abstract

Session A29: Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Andrey Dobrynin, University of Connecticut
Room: LACC 504

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A29.00001: Complexation between flexible polyelectrolytes and oppositely charged particles M. Muthukumar, C.Y. Kong, Abhijit Sarkar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A29.00002: Solvent effects on the dynamics of polyelectrolyte chains near a charged wall: Molecular dynamics simulations with explicit solvent Govardhan Reddy, Rakwoo Chang, Arun Yethiraj Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A29.00003: Self-Consistent Field Calculations of Polyelectrolytes on Flat Surfaces Qiang Wang, Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A29.00004: Forces of Interaction between Polyelectrolyte Brushes in the Presence of Multivalent Ions and Cationic Surfactant Matthew Tirrell, Feng Li, Akira Ishikubo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A29.00005: Ion Sensors based on Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels David Hoagland, Douglas W. Howie, Jr. Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A29.00006: Time Resolved Studies of Bundle Formation in Rod-Like Polyelectrolytes John C. Butler, Tommy Angelini, Gerard C. L. Wong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A29.00007: Computer Simulations of Aggregate Formation and Dynamics in Ionomers Monojoy Goswami, Sanat Kumar, Gerassimos Orkoulas, Aniket Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A29.00008: Langevin Dynamics Simulations of Counterion-mediated Complexation of Polyelectrolytes Zhaoyang Ou, M. Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A29.00009: Ionic Conductivity at the Ordinary-Extraordinary Transition in Polyelectrolyte Solutions Ryan Murphy, Murugappan Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A29.00010: Comments on Electrostatic Persistence Length Andrey Dobrynin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A29.00011: Influence of charge density and backbone rigidity on the structure and properties of polyelectrolyte solutions S.I. Yun, Y.B. Melnichenko, G.D. Wignall, K. Hong, J. Mays, R.M. Briber Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A29.00012: Liquid structure of flexible polyelectrolyte solutions James Donley, David Heine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A29.00013: Solid-State NMR Investigations of a Perfluorinated Ionomer (Nafion) Qiang Chen, Klaus Schmidt-Rohr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A29.00014: Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) Study of Perfluorinated Ionomer Membrane under In-situ Vapor Sorption Man-Ho Kim, Charles J. Glinka Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A29.00015: Structure of highly rigid ionic polymers from single molecules to membranes Lilin He, Dvora Perahia, Christopher J. Cornelius Preview Abstract

Session A30: Block Copolymers I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Eric Cochran, UCSB
Room: LACC 505

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A30.00001: Long-Lived Metastable bcc Phase during Ordering of Micelles Joona Bang, Timothy P. Lodge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A30.00002: Kinetics of BCC-FCC Transition in SI Diblock Copolymer Micelles in a Selective Solvent Rama Bansil, Yongsheng Liu, Huifen Nie, Milos Steinhart, Joona Bang, Timothy P. Lodge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A30.00003: Evolution of disordered micelles to hexagonally packed cylinders in a diblock copolymer studied by X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Amish Patel, Simon Mochrie, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A30.00004: Twinning and Growth Kinetics of Lamellar Grains Thomas Chastek, Timothy Lodge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A30.00005: On elasticity of block-copolymer mesophases with glassy domains Kirill Katsov, Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A30.00006: The Fddd Network Phase in Triblock and Diblock Copolymer Melts Christopher Tyler, David Morse Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A30.00007: Order-disorder transition in 2-D sphere forming diblock copolymers Leopoldo R. G\'{o}mez, Daniel A. Vega, Enrique M. Vall\'{e}s Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A30.00008: Determination of Order-Disorder Transition of Polystyrene-block-poly(n-pentyl methacrylate) Copolymer by Temperature-dependent FTIR Spectroscopy Jin Kon Kim, Hye J. Kim, Young M. Jung, Seung B. Kim, Du Yeol Ryu, Kristopher Lavery, Thomas P. Russell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A30.00009: Phase Behavior of Poly(styrene-b-isoprene) Diblock Copolymers Loaded with $\gamma$-Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$ Nanoparticles Moon Jeong Park, Jongnam Park, Taeghwan Hyeon, Kookheon Char Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A30.00010: Nanocellular formation of supercritical CO$_2$ in block copolymer thin films Hideaki Yokoyama, Lei Li, Taichi Nemoto, Kenji Sugiyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A30.00011: Phase Transitions and Spatial Organization in Nanoparticle-Block Copolymer Mixtures Jaeup Kim, Ben O'Shaughnessy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A30.00012: Elastic Properties of Ordered Block Copolymer / Nanoparticle Composites Russell Thompson, Kim Rasmussen, Turab Lookman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A30.00013: On the influence of temperature and volume fraction on liquid crystalline block copolymer nanoscale architectures Kishore Tenneti, Christopher Li, Yingfeng Tu, Xinhua Wan, Qu-Feng Zhou, Carlos Avila-Orta, Benjamin Hsiao Preview Abstract
		A30.00014: The Effect of Segregation Strength on Network Formation in ABC Triblocks Thomas Epps, Joon Chatterjee, Frank Bates Preview Abstract
		A30.00015: Stability of Core-Shell-Cylinder Structure of Poly(styrene-b-1,3-cyclohexadiene) Diblock Copolymers Ashoutosh Panday, Samuel Gido, Kunlun Hong, Jimmy Mays Preview Abstract
		A30.00016: LDOT Diblock Copolymers: Specific Interactions, Compressibility, and Fluctuations Junhan Cho, Duyeol Ryu, Jin Kon Kim Preview Abstract

Session A31: Molecular Motion in Miscible Blends

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Sanat Kumar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Room: LACC 503

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A31.00001: Dynamics in Miscible Blends: Recent Results and Open Questions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A31.00002: Component Dynamics in Miscible Blends of PEO and PMMA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A31.00003: Modelling the Segmental Relaxation Time Distribution of Miscible Polymer Blends Jane Lipson, Ralph Colby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A31.00004: Miscible Polyisoprene/Polystyrene Blends: An Unusual Combination of Heterogeneous Segmental Dynamics and Homogeneous Diffusion Yiyong He, Tom Lutz, Mark Ediger, Marinos Pitsikalis, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Ernst von Meerwall Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A31.00005: A molecular picture: How composition influences the dynamic and static properties in a polyolefin blend, as observed with molecular simulation Andrew May, Janna Maranas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A31.00006: Interdiffusion in a Polydisperse Polymer Blend Anna C. Balazs, Victor V. Yashin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A31.00007: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of the Alpha- and Beta-Relaxation Processes in a Realistic Model Polymer Dmitry Bedrov, Grant D. Smith Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A31.00008: Entropy Theory of Polymer Glass-Formation Revisted Jack Douglas, Jacek Dudowicz, Karl Freed Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A31.00009: Correlation between static and dynamic heterogenities in polymer mixtures Roland Faller, Florence Pon, Qi Sun Preview Abstract

Session A32: Focus Session: Novel Computational Algorithms: From Materials to the Universe I

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Mark Novotny, Mississippi State
Room: LACC 507

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A32.00001: The Geometric Cluster Algorithm: Rejection-Free Monte Carlo Simulation of Complex Fluids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A32.00002: Efficient Cluster Algorithm for Resistively Shunted Josephson Junctions Philipp Werner, Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A32.00003: Schrodinger eigenstates for surface-confinement problems Morten Willatzen, Jens Gravesen, Lok C. Lew Yan Voon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A32.00004: Global optimization in surface structure determination by electron diffraction using generalized pattern search methods Zhengji Zhao, Juan Meza, Michel Van Hove Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A32.00005: Reciprocal space approach to finite size error in many-body simulations Simone Chiesa, David Ceperley, Richard Martin, Markus Holzmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A32.00006: Quantum spin glass and Sourlas codes Jun-ichi Inoue Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A32.00007: Comparison of energy minimization and variance minimization methods for optimizing variational parameters in many body wave functions C.J. Umrigar, Claudia Filippi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A32.00008: Monte Carlo Summation Technique Wenduo Zhou, R. Robinson, B. Sch\"uttler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A32.00009: Simple geometry optimization with Variational Quantum Monte Carlo method Dan Nissenbaum, B. Barbiellini, A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A32.00010: Accuracy and applicability of the finite temperature quasicontinuum method Laurent Dupuy, Ellad B. Tadmor, R. Miller, Rob Phillips Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A32.00011: Electronic structure code based on existing parallel AMR infrastructure Jean-Luc Fattebert, Rich Hornung, Andy Wissink, Francois Gygi Preview Abstract
		A32.00012: Fine-Lattice Discretization for Fluid Simulations: Convergence of Critical Parameters. Young C. Kim, Michael E. Fisher Preview Abstract
		A32.00013: Thermodynamically accurate particle-based mesodynamics Alejandro Strachan, Brad Holian Preview Abstract

Session A34: Environmental Interfaces I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Franz Geiger, Northwestern University
Room: LACC 511A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A34.00001: Creating Beakers without Walls: Formation of Deeply-Supercooled Binary Liquid Solutions from Nanoscale Amorphous Solid Films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A34.00002: Growth-Melt Asymmetry in Ice A. Cahoon, M. Maruyama, J.S. Wettlaufer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:24AM		A34.00003: Surface structure of liquids and salt solutions: wetting, droplets and monolayers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A34.00004: Effect of Antifreeze Glycoprotein in contact with ice interface on the growth mechanism of an ice crystal Etsuro Yokoyama, Yohsinori Furukawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A34.00005: First Principles Simulations of Ice Nucleation at Metal Surfaces Angelos Michaelides, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A34.00006: Grain Boundary Melting in Ice Erik Thomson, J.S. Wettlaufer, L.A. Wilen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A34.00007: Nucleation, condensation, wetting and dewetting of water on a silver surface Susan Dounce, Shih-Hui Jen, Minchul Yang, Hai-Lung Dai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A34.00008: Surface Segregation in Mixed Alkali Halide Solutions Sutapa Ghosal, John Hemminger, Hendrik Bluhm, B. Simon Mun, Guido Ketteler, Miquel Salmeron Preview Abstract

Session A35: Energy Landscapes in Clusters, Materials, and Biology I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: M. Gruebele, University of Illinois
Room: LACC 511B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A35.00001: Energy Landscapes and Beyond Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A35.00002: Kinetics of an ultrafast folding protein analyzed with a free energy surface model Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A35.00003: What happens to a protein in a glassy environment? Vassiliy Lubchenko, Peter Wolynes, Hans Frauenfelder, Robert Silbey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A35.00004: Connection between the energy landscape and glass transition in a two-dimensional Lennard-Jones mixture Frank Somer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A35.00005: o-Terphenyl Self-Diffusion Near the Glass Transition Temperature Marie K. Mapes, Stephen F. Swallen, M.D. Ediger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A35.00006: Two aspects of water dynamics will be discussed; (1) intermittent collective motions and fluctuation, their experimental observation, (2) the role of these fluctuations in the water freezing process. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A35.00007: Potential-Energy Surface of Infinite Helical Polypeptides Joel Ireta, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A35.00008: The role of vibrations in the kinetics of conformational isomerization of biomolecules and clusters David Leitner, Johnson Agbo, David Evans, David Wales Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A35.00009: Amino acid and water molecules adsorbed on water clusters in a beam Ramiro Moro, Roman Rabinovitch, Vitaly Kresin Preview Abstract

Session A36: Focus Session: Novel States of Matter in Atomic Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP DCMP
Chair: Erich Mueller, Cornell University
Room: LACC 510

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A36.00001: Noise Correlations in one-dimensional ultra-cold atom systems Ludwig Mathey, Ashvin Vishwanath, Ehud Altman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A36.00002: Superfluidity of interacting bosons in one-dimension via strong disorder Noah Bray-Ali, Joel Moore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A36.00003: Novel Superfluidity of Trapped Fermi Atoms Loaded on Optical Lattices Masahiko Machida, Susumu Yamada, Yoji Ohashi, Hideki Matsumoto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A36.00004: Novel quantum phases of interacting fermionic atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A36.00005: Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov paired atomic superfluids Daniel Sheehy, Leo Radzihovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A36.00006: Non-equilibrium dynamics of hard-core bosons on 1D lattices: short vs large time results Marcos Rigol, Alejandro Muramatsu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A36.00007: Solitons in Trapped Bose-Einstein condensates in one-dimensional optical lattices Richard Scalettar, Frederic Hebert, George Batrouni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A36.00008: Filling the Bose sea: clustered states and excitations Eddy Ardonne, Rinat Kedem, Michael Stone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A36.00009: Dynamical structure factor of one dimensional bosons in optical lattices Anibal Iucci, Miguel Cazalilla, Andrew Ho, Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A36.00010: Superfluid--Insulator Transition in Commensurate One-Dimensional Bosonic System with Off-Diagonal Disorder Kar\'en Balabanyan, Nikolay Prokof'ev, Boris Svistunov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A36.00011: Supersolid vs. phase separation in 2D Pinaki Sengupta, Leonid P. Pryadko, Fabien Alet, Matthias Troyer, Guido Schmid Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A36.00012: Crystalline phases of bosons in harmonic traps Igor Romanovsky, Constantine Yannouleas, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
		A36.00013: Superfluid-insulator transition in moving boson lattice systems Ehud Altman, Anatoli Polkovnikov, Eugene Demler, Bertrand Halperin, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
		A36.00014: Decay of superfluid currents in moving boson lattice systems Anatoli Polkovnikov, Ehud Altman, Eugene Demler, Bertrand Halperin, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract

Session A37: Liquid Crystals I

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Antal Jakli, Kent State University
Room: LACC 512

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A37.00001: Spatially Periodic Alignment of Liquid Crystals by Patterned Photopolymerization Jian Zhou, David Collard, Jung Park, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A37.00002: Quantitative study of the colloidal interaction forces and defect line tension in liquid crystals using optical trapping of polymer particles and defects Ivan Smalyukh, Oleg Lavrentovich, Andrey Kuzmin, Aleksandr Kachynski, Paras Prasad Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A37.00003: Effect of Magnetic Nanoparticles, Their Size and Functionalization on Liquid Crystal Order Luz J. Martinez-Miranda, Kevin McCarthy, Jr, Lynn K. Kurihara, Jason J. Harry, Robert L. Bruce Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A37.00004: Pattern formation by liquid crystal of colloidal gold nanorods Kyoungweon Park, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A37.00005: Generalized Order Parameters for Systems of Orientationally Ordered Anisometric Particles Michael Shelley, Sharon C. Glotzer, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A37.00006: Liquid crystals in random porous media: Disorder is stronger in low--density aerosils Dima Feldman, Robert Pelcovits Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A37.00007: The Effect of Aerosil Network on Liquid Crystal (4O.8) Phase Transition Mehmet Ramazanoglu, Simon Larochelle, Robert J. Birgeneau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A37.00008: Rf/ac-calorimetry on 8CB+aerosil dispersions Saimir Barjami, Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A37.00009: Structure and Phase Behavior of Smectic Liquid Crystals in Anisotropic Disorder Dennis Liang, Robert Leheny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A37.00010: Ordered Patterns of Liquid Crystal Toroidal Defects by Microchannel Confinement Youli Li, Myung Chul Choi, Thomas Pfohl, Jacob N. Israelachvili, Cyrus R. Safinya, Zhiyu Wen, Mahn Won Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A37.00011: Coarsening dynamics of a liquid crystal biosensor: Effects of adsorbed nanoparticles, flow and thermal fluctuations Orlando Guzman, Manan Chopra, Nicholas Abbott, Juan de Pablo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A37.00012: A Light Driven Artificial Goldfish J. Neal, H. Finkelmann, P. Palffy-Muhoray, M. Shelley, T. Toth-Katona Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A37.00013: Real-time microbe detection based on director distortions and light transmittance around growing immune complexes in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals Oleg Lavrentovich, Sergei Shiyanovskii, Tod Schneider, Ivan Smalyukh, Tomohiro Ishikawa, Gary Niehaus, Kathy Doane, Christopher Woolverton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A37.00014: Dielectric relaxation in confined liquid crystal: molecular and collective modes Manuel Rivera, Fouad Aliev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A37.00015: Dynamics of director relaxation in nanoconfined liquid crystal: dynamic light scattering investigation Sarmistha Basu, Fouad Aliev Preview Abstract

Session A38: Metal-Insulator Phase Transitions - Theory I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Wei Ku, Brookhaven National Lab
Room: LACC 513

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A38.00001: Dynamical Breakup of the Fermi Surface in a doped Mott Insulator Marcello Civelli, Massimo Capone, Srivenkateswara Kancharla, Olivier Parcollet, Gabriel Kotliar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A38.00002: Temperature dependent spin susceptibility in a two-dimensional metal Victor Galitski, Andrey Chubukov, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A38.00003: Non-equilibrium properties of a Mott insulator in an external electric field Volodymyr Turkowski, James Freericks, Veljko Zlatic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A38.00004: On the X-ray-Problem in the Falicov-Kimball model in large dimensions at half-filling Gerd Czycholl, Frithjof B. Anders Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A38.00005: Phase diagram of the one dimensional extended Falikov-Kimbal model Philip Brydon, Miklos Gulacsi, Alan Bishop Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A38.00006: Hierarchical lattice models with evidence of metallic conductance: Implications for localization Brian Moritz, William Schwalm Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A38.00007: Non-linear quantum critical transport and the Schwinger Mechanism Andrew G. Green, Shivaji Sondhi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A38.00008: An Analytic Phase Diagram for Anderson Disorder Roger Haydock, Nigel Goldenfeld Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A38.00009: Many-body electronic structure calculations for Americium metal Sergej Savrasov, Gabriel Kotliar, Sahana Murthy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A38.00010: Coulomb Gas in the Large-N Limit: no Spin-Splitting of the Effective Mass Suhas Gangadharaiah, Dmitrii Maslov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A38.00011: Glass transition and the Coulomb gap in electron glasses Markus Mueller, Lev Ioffe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A38.00012: Noise at the Wigner Glass Transition and Implications for the 2D Metal-Insulator Transition Charles Reichhardt, Cynthia Olson Reichhardt Preview Abstract

Session A39: SPS: Undergraduate Research I

Chair: Jack Hehn, American Institute of Physics
Room: LACC 514

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A39.00001: Temperature Control During the Delivery of Laser Assisted Cancer Immunotherapy Robert Arnold, Pradip Bandyopadhyay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A39.00002: Laser Assisted Cancer Immunotherapy: Optical Dye Distribution in Tumors Ryan Swindle, Pradip Bandyopadhyay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A39.00003: Laser Assisted Cancer Immunotherapy: An Experimental Theraputic Approach in Balb/c Mice John Gray, Pradip Bandyopadhyay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A39.00004: The Effect of Heterogeneous Conductivity on Thermal Diffusion in Tissue Gregory Varner, Richard Rolleigh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A39.00005: Optical Microfluidic Control using induced Marangoni Effect Kyle Noble, Ken Kotz, Gregory Faris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A39.00006: An Empirical Charge Redistribution Model for Water Potentials in Biophysical Systems Robin Smith, Steve Valone, Susan Atlas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A39.00007: On the Landing of Rigid Cylinders Invited Speaker: Matthew Shanks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A39.00008: Measuring the High Frequency Response of Individual Carbon Nanotubes Anthony Annunziata, Beth Parks, Sami Rosenblatt, Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A39.00009: Development of a nanolithography package for local AFM oxidation Andrew T. McNamara, Hong Chen, J.J. Heremans, V. Soghomonian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A39.00010: Transport Measurements of Superconducting Zinc Nanowires at Low-Temperatures Brian Hult, John Free, William Neils, Michael Tinkham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A39.00011: Time-Resolved Photoluminesence of Undoped and Bismuth Doped CdWO$_{4}$ J.A. Kotonias, H.M. Yochum Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A39.00012: Lipid Films, Magnetic Lipid Films, and Their Mechanical Properties Alok Sahgal, Kezheng Chen, Wilfred Ngwa, Weili Luo Preview Abstract

Session A40: Focus Session: Morphology and Evolution at Surfaces: Structure and Organics

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Fulvio Ratto, Universite' de Que'bec
Room: LACC 408A

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A40.00001: Reconstruction of the (0001) Surface of Graphite near Step Edges Edward Kintzel, Hong Luo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A40.00002: Relative stability of Si surfaces: a first-principles study Guang-Hong Lu, Minghuang Huang, Feng Liu, Martin Cuma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A40.00003: Atomic structure of the GaAs(001)-$c(4\times4)$ surface Peter Kratzer, Evgeni Penev, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A40.00004: In-Rich Reconstructions of the InSb(100) Surface and Chemisorption of Lithium on the c (8x2) Surface - An Ab Initio Study.* Sridevi L. Ganapathy, A. K. Ray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A40.00005: SIESTA study of c-GaN(001)-4x1 surface reconstruction: Tetramers andtheir STM images. Nancy Sandler, Hamad Al-Brithen, Muhammad Haider, Arthur Smith, Pablo Ordejon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A40.00006: First Principles Study of Dihydride Chains on H-Terminated Si(100)-2$\times$1 Surface Yuji Suwa, Masaaki Fujimori, Seiji Heike, Yasuhiko Terada, Tomihiro Hashizume Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A40.00007: Application of a direct method to solve the structure of ($\surd $3x$\surd $3)Sb/Au (110) from surface x-ray diffraction measurements Russell Fung, Valentin Shneerson, Somendra Parihar, Harry Johnson-Steigelman, Paul Lyman, Dilano Saldin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A40.00008: STM study of azobenzene self-assembly at clean metal surfaces Jongweon Cho, Matthew J. Comstock, Niv Levy, Armen Kirakosian, Michael F. Crommie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A40.00009: Density-functional study of adsorption of isocyanides on the gold (111) surface. Yulia Gilman, Philip B. Allen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A40.00010: Synchrotron X-ray Specular Reflectivity Measurements of Dotriacontane Films Adsorbed on a Ag(111) Surface M. Bai, S. Trogisch, H. Mo, H. Taub, S.N. Ehrlich, D. Wermeille, U.G. Volkmann, F.Y. Hansen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A40.00011: Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of Topography and Friction in Dotriacontane Films Adsorbed on SiO$_2$ M. Simpson, S. Trogisch, H. Taub, U.G. Volkmann, M. Pino, S.N. Ehrlich, F.Y. Hansen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A40.00012: Furan Decomposition Mechanism on Vicinal Pd(111) Studied by STM and DFT A. Loui, C. Y. Fong, S. Chiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A40.00013: Evidence of surface reconstruction during inorganic crystal nucleation under Langmuir monolayers Sumit Kewalramani, Guennadi Evmenenko, Chungjong Yu, Kyungil Kim, Jan Kmetko, Pulak Dutta Preview Abstract

Session A42: Artificially Structured or Self-Assembled Magnetic Materials - I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: William Pratt, Michigan State University
Room: LACC 150B

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A42.00001: Large scale and high density regular array of magnetic quantum dots by nanosphere lithography Jun Yuan, Peiweng Wu, Wei Peng, Xinling Tuo, Xiaogong Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A42.00002: Fabrication and structural characterization of ordered magnetic nanodot arrays over large area Chang-Peng Li, Igor V. Roshchin, Xavier Batlle, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A42.00003: Studies of Lithographically Defined Geometrical Frustrated Magnetic Networks Ruifang Wang, K.C. Ku, R. Freitas, G. Xiang, O. Maksimov, N. Samarth, P. Schiffer, M.S. Lund, C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A42.00004: Structural and magnetic characterization of Co/NiFe dot arrays using soft x-ray resonant magnetic scattering Yongseong Choi, D.R. Lee, J.W. Freeland, G. Srajer, V. Metlushko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A42.00005: Tailoring size effects on the exchange bias of ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic nanodots Vincent Baltz, Jordi Sort, Stefan Landis, Bernard Rodmacq, Bernard Dieny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A42.00006: Spin waves in perpendicularly magnetized nanoscale permalloy dots Mark Zimmerman, Chengtao Yu, Michael Pechan, Jordan Katine, Liesl Folks, Matthew Carey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A42.00007: Ferromagnetic resonance force microscopy investigations of micron size permalloy dots Tim Mewes, Gleb Kakazei, Vidya Bhallamudi, Razvan Chirla, Palash Banerjee, Yuri Obukhov, Philip E. Wigen, P. Chris Hammel, Sharat Batra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A42.00008: Magnetism, NMR spectra, and optical transformations in Nafion with paramagnetic nano-structure E.M. Levin, Q. Chen, S.L. Bud'ko, K. Schmidt-Rohr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A42.00009: Nanoparticles studied by magnetic speckles Karine Chesnel, Steve Kevan, Jeffrey Kortright, Eric Fullerton, Shouheng Sun, Kannan Krishnan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A42.00010: Quantitative studies of the vortex state in sub-100 nm magnetic nanodots. Igor V. Roshchin, Chang-Peng Li, Xavier Batlle, S. Roy, S. K. Sinha, S. Park, R. Pynn, M. R. Fitzsimmons, J. Mejia Lopez, D. Altbir, A. H. Romero, F. Ott, M. Viret, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A42.00011: Frustrated Vortices V. Rose, H. Ibach, V. Metlushko, S.-H. Chung, K. Buchanan, M. Grimsditch, V. Novosad, A. Hoffmann, S.D. Bader Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A42.00012: Exchange Biased Vortices J. Sort, J. Nogu\'es, M.D. Bar\'o, S.-H. Chung, K. Buchanan, M. Grimsditch, V. Novosad, A. Hoffmann, B. Dieny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A42.00013: Theoretical analysis of the transmission Phase Shift of a Quantum Dot in presence of Kondo correlations Andres Jerez, Pavel Vitushinsky, Mireille Lavagna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A42.00014: Kondo Effect in an Exactly Solvable Double Dot System with Singlet Groundstate Robert Konik Preview Abstract

Session A43: Focus Session: Spin Transfer Effect I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Robert Buhrman, Cornell University
Room: LACC 150C

Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A43.00001: Time-Domain Measurements of Nanomagnet Dynamics Driven by Spin-Polarized Current Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A43.00002: Current-driven excitations in symmetric magnetic nanopillars M. Tsoi, J. Z. Sun, S. S. P. Parkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A43.00003: Spin-transfer torque driven de-pinning of a domain-wall in a magnetic nano-wire Luc Thomas, Masamitsu Hayashi, Xin Jiang, Rai Moriya, Charles Rettner, Stuart Parkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A43.00004: Domain wall motion driven by an electric current Jiexuan He, Zhanjie Li, Shufeng Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A43.00005: Current-Driven Domain Wall Motion in Permalloy Nanowires Masamitsu Hayashi, Luc Thomas, Charles Rettner, Xin Jiang, Rai Moriya, Stuart Parkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A43.00006: Mobility of field and current-driven domain walls in magnetic nanowires G. S. D. Beach, C. Nistor, C. Knutson, M. Tsoi, J. L. Erskine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A43.00007: SEMPA measurements of trapped domain walls in thin film nanoconstrictions. W. Casey Uhlig, John Unguris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A43.00008: Nanometer Scale Observation of Current-Induced Narrow Domain Wall Depinning in Perpendicular Spin Valves Dafine Ravelosona, Daniel Lacour, Jordan Katine, Bruce Terris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A43.00009: Interaction of Spin-Transfer Oscillators With AC Currents and Fields M.R. Pufall, W.H. Rippard, S. Kaka, T.J. Silva, S.E. Russek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A43.00010: Current-Induced High Frequency Excitations in Py-based Nanopillars Mustafa AlHajDarwish, Irinel Chiorescu, William Pratt Jr., Jack Bass Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A43.00011: Bipolar High Field Excitations in Co/Cu/Co Nanopillar Junctions B. \"{O}zyilmaz, W. Chen, A. D. Kent, M. J. Rooks, J. Z. Sun Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2005 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A43.00012: High Speed Spin-Transfer Switching Behavior of Low Critical Current Spin Valve Nanopillars P.M. Braganca, I.N. Krivorotov, O. Ozatay, A.G.F. Garcia, J.C. Sankey, N.C. Emley, D.C. Ralph, R.A. Buhrman Preview Abstract