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Session S1: Pairing and Symmetry

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: John Kirtley, IBM
Room: LACC 152

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S1.00001: Robust d-wave pairing symmetry in hole-doped cuprate superconductors$\dagger$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S1.00002: Phase-sensitive test of odd-parity superconductivity in Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ Invited Speaker: Ying Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S1.00003: Low temperature scanning SQUID microscopy studies of Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S1.00004: The State of Superconductivity in the 1D Organics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S1.00005: Evolution of superconducting order in Pr(Os$_{1-x}$Ru$_x$)$_4$Sb$_{12}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S2a: Granular Impact-Cratering Dynamics and Morphology

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Robert Behringer, Duke University
Room: LACC 151

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S2a.00001: Dynamics of projectile impact in a two-dimensional granular medium Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S2a.00002: Low-speed impact cratering in loose granular media Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S2a.00003: Simulations of impact cratering in granular media Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S2b: Supersolidity and Bose-Einstein Condensation in Solid Helium

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Moses Chan, Penn State University
Room: LACC 151

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S2b.00001: Observation of superflow in solid $^4$He Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S2b.00002: Quantum Phase Transition of $^4$He Confined in a Nanoporous Material Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S3: Nanoscale Metal-Semiconductor Schottky Contacts

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jonathan Pelz, Ohio State University
Room: LACC 515B

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S3.00001: Enhanced tunneling across nanometer-scale semiconductor interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S3.00002: Direct Measurement of Quantum Confinement and Environmental Pinning Effects on Metal/Nanostructure Schottky Contacts Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S3.00003: Schottky contacts for quantum dots in SiGe modulation-doped heterostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S3.00004: High Performance Schottky Barrier MOSFETs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S3.00005: Carbon Nanotubes as Schottky Barrier Transistors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S4: Surface Structure of Compound Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Room: LACC 515A

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S4.00001: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Surfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S4.00002: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S4.00003: Atomic Structure of InGaAs Alloys Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S4.00004: Unified description of the formation and evolution of self-organized quantum dots in the InAs/GaAs(001) and Ge/Si(001) systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S4.00005: Nanometer-Scale Structure and Properties of Dilute Semiconductor Alloys Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S5: Solitons in Physics: 50 Years Since Fermi, Pasta & Ulam

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Charlie Doering, University of Michigan
Room: LACC 502B

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S5.00001: From FPU to Intrinsic Localized Modes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S5.00002: The FPU problem and statistical mechanics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S5.00003: Solitons and Coherent Structures in Bose-Einstein Condensates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S5.00004: Heat Conduction in Low Dimensions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S5.00005: FPU, Solitons and Nonlinear Science: History, Visiometrics and Art \& Science Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S6: Solid State Qubits, Resonators, and Quantum Optics

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University
Room: LACC 502A

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S6.00001: Quantum optics with superconducting qubits in the dispersive limit Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S6.00002: Mesoscopic cavity quantum electrodynamics with atomic systems and quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S6.00003: Strong coupling between a quantum dot and a photonic crystal nanocavity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S6.00004: NMR-like Operation and Analysis of Decoherence of a Superconducting Quantum Bit Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S6.00005: Superconducting qubit storage and entanglement with nanomechanical resonators Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S7: Gene Chips

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Ned Wingreen, Princeton University
Room: LACC 408B

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S7.00001: Gene Chips: A New Tool for Biology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S7.00002: Mining gene-chip data Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S7.00003: Combining gene-chip data and bioinformatics to define transcription networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S7.00004: Integrating Genetic and Functional Genomic Data to Elucidate Common Disease Tra Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S9: Geometrically Frustrated Magnets II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Oleg Tchernyshov, Johns Hopkins University
Room: LACC 153A

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S9.00001: Phase diagram of the S=1/2 checkerboard antiferromagnet Akira Furusaki, Leon Balents, Oleg Starykh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S9.00002: A soluble model for a Spin-1 Kagom\'{e} Antiferromagnet Kirill Shtengel, Gil Refael Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S9.00003: Spectral analysis of higher spins (S$>$1/2) kagome systems Dommange Stephane, Laeuchli Andreas Martin, Mila Frederic, Fouet Jean Baptiste, Normand Bruce Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S9.00004: Role of Quantum Fluctuations in the triangular antiferromagnet Cs$_2$CuCl$_4$ Martin Y. Veillette, John Chalker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S9.00005: Spin Structure Factor of the Frustrated Quantum Magnet $Cs_2 Cu Cl_4$. Denis Dalidovich, Rastko Sknepnek, Junhua Zhang, Catherine Kallin, John Berlinsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S9.00006: Superfluid-insulator transition in two-dimensional superfluids on the triangular lattice Anton Burkov, Leon Balents Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S9.00007: Topological degeneracy in the RVB phase of the Quantum Dimer Model on the triangular lattice Arnaud Ralko, Michel Ferrero, Federico Becca, Dimitri Ivanov, Frederic Mila Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S9.00008: Two Step Restoration of SU(2) Symmetry in a Frustrated Quantum Magnet Andreas L\"auchli, J.C. Domenge, C. Lhuillier, P. Sindzingre, M. Troyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S9.00009: Spin charge sepration in the doped frustrated J1-J2-J3 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the square lattice Matthieu Mambrini, Andreas Laeuchli, Didier Poilblanc Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S9.00010: Order in the resonating singlet valence plaquette model in three dimensions. Sergey Pankov, Roderich Moessner, Shivaji Sondhi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S9.00011: Introducing interactions in quantum dimer, vertex and loop models at the RK point Claudio Castelnovo, Claudio Chamon, Christopher Mudry, Pierre Pujol Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S9.00012: Quantum glassiness in clean strongly correlated systems: an example of topological overprotection Claudio Chamon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S9.00013: Frustrated corner-shared triangles: the B20 structure John Hopkinson, Hae-Young Kee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S9.00014: Spin frustration controlled by orbital fluctuations Hiroaki Onishi, Takashi Hotta Preview Abstract
		S9.00015: Impurity induced frustrations in a non-frustrated antiferromagnet Sasha Chernyshev, Shiu Liu Preview Abstract
		S9.00016: Random Bonds Effects in the Spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ Heisenberg Antifferomagnet on the Square Lattice Nicolas Laflorencie, Stefan Wessel, Andreas Laeuchli, Heiko Rieger Preview Abstract

Session S10: Focus Session: Magnetic Semiconductor Heterostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Jing Shi, University of Utah
Room: LACC 153B

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S10.00001: Magnetomechanical Dissipation in (Ga,Mn)As Nanoelectromechanical Resonators E.B. Myers, S. Masmanidis, H.X. Tang, M. Li, M.L. Roukes, K. De Greve, Geert Vermeulen, W. Van Roy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S10.00002: In-plane uniaxial anistropy in epitaxial InMnAs on GaSb determined using the magneto-optical Kerr effect Philip Chiu, Steven May, Bruce Wessels Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S10.00003: Studies of the magnetic properties of Amorphous Mn-doped GaAs Thin Films W.A. Iwamoto, R.R. Urbano, C. Rettori, P.G. Pagliuso, J.H.D. da Silva, Andr\'e L.J. Pereira, S.B. Oseroff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S10.00004: Heterojunction Engineering of Semiconductor Ferromagnetism Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S10.00005: Anomalous Hall Effect in a 2DEG Containing Magnetic Impurities John Cumings, David Goldhaber-Gordon, Keh-Chiang Ku, Gang Xiang, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S10.00006: Coherent Spin Waves in Thin-Film GaMnAs D. M. Wang, Y. H. Ren, R. Merlin, K. Dziatkowski, X. Liu, J. K. Furdyna, M. Grimsditch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S10.00007: Ultrafast Photoinduced Demagnetization in Ferromagnetic InMnAs Chanjuan Sun, Jigang Wang, Junichiro Kono, Akira Oiwa, Hiroo Munekata Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S10.00008: Theory of carrier dynamics and coherent phonons in ferromagnetic semiconductor heterostructures G.D. Sanders, C.J. Stanton, J. Wang, C. Sun, J. Kono, A. Oiwa, H. Munekata Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S10.00009: Spin relaxation in InGaN/Ga(Mn)N quantum wells W.M. Chen, I.A. Buyanova, K. Nishibayashi, K. Kayanuma, K. Seo, A. Murayama, Y. Oka, G. Thaler, R. Frazier, C.R. Abernathy, S.J. Pearton, Jihyun Kim, F. Ren, F.V. Kyrychenko, C.J. Stanton, C. -C. Pan, G. -T. Chen, J. -I. Chyi, J. M. Zavada Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S10.00010: Digital Ferromagnetic Heterostructure Composed of Mn in Si C. Y. Fong, M. C. Qian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S10.00011: Memory function formalism for the optical response of diluted magnetic semiconductors Fedir V. Kyrychenko, Carsten A. Ullrich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S10.00012: First-principles study of ferromagnetic coupling in Zn$_{1-x}$Cr$_x$Te thin film P. Jena, Qian Wang, Qiang Sun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S10.00013: Magnetic Field Dependence of the Specific Heat of Pb$_{1-x}$Gd$_{x}$Te M. Gorska, J.R. Anderson, Y. Dagan, A. Lusakowski, A. Jedrzejczak, Z. Golacki Preview Abstract

Session S12: Focus Session: Superconductivity: Theory and Computation II

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DCMP
Chair: Oleg Starykh, University of Utah
Room: LACC 402A

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S12.00001: Eliashberg Theory of Multiband Superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S12.00002: Nanostructures in Unconventional Superconductors Dirk Morr, Nikolaos Stavropoulos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S12.00003: Numerical study of transport through a mesoscopic superconducting device Lucian Covaci, Frank Marsiglio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S12.00004: Mesoscopic fluctuations in disordered superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry Shinsei Ryu, Akira Furusaki, Andreas Ludwig, Christopher Mudry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S12.00005: Effect of superconducting fluctuations on ultrasound in unconventional superconductor M. Mar'enko, C. Bourbonnais, A.-M.S. Tremblay Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S12.00006: LDA+DCA calculations of cuprate superconductors Paul Kent, Alexandru Macridin, Mark Jarrell, Thomas Schulthess, Ole Krogh Andersen, Tanusri Dasgupta, Ove Jepsen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S12.00007: Short-Range Correlation Induced Pseudogap in Strongly Correlated Systems Bumsoo Kyung, Sarma Kancharla, David Senechal, Andre-Marie Tremblay, Marcello Civelli, Gabriel Kotliar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S12.00008: Quantum phase fluctuations in a correlated lattice $d$-wave superconductor and Cooper pair density-wave in the underdoped cuprates Ashot Melikyan, Zlatko Tesanovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S12.00009: Gaussian fluctuation corrections to the BCS mean field gap amplitude at zero temperature Simon Kos, Andrew Millis, Anatoly Larkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S12.00010: Quantum Fluctuations and Pairing in Strongly Interacting Fermi Systems: A Tractable Crossing-symmetric Approach Khandker Quader, T.L. Ainsworth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S12.00011: Metal-superconductor quantum phase transition in ultrathin superconducting cylinders Oskar Vafek, Malcom Beasley, Steven Kivelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S12.00012: Metal-Insulator Transition from Isotope Effects in the Strongly Correlated Local Jahn-Teller Phonon Systems Jong E. Han Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S12.00013: Specific Heat and Resistivity of materials with complex Fermi surface topology David Quesada Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:30PM - 5:42PM		S12.00014: Chiral symmetry breaking in ${QED}_{3}$ in presence of irrelevant interactions: a renormalization group study Kamran Kaveh, Igor Herbut Preview Abstract

Session S13: uSR and NMR in Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Steve Anlage, University of Maryland
Room: LACC 402B

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S13.00001: Electronic phase separation in La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_{4+y}$ H.E. Mohottala, B.O. Wells, J.I. Budnick, H.A. Hines, Ch. Niedermayer, A.R. Moodenbaugh, F.C. Chou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S13.00002: Muon Spin Rotation Study of Field Induced Magnetism in Overdoped $\mathrm{La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4}$ G.J. MacDougall, J. Rodriguez, C.R. Wiebe, G.M. Luke, A.T. Savici, P.L. Russo, Y.J. Uemura, S. Wakimoto, R.J. Birgeneau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S13.00003: Muon spin rotation measurements of the vortex core size in single-gap and multi-gap type-II superconductors Fergal Callaghan, Mikko Laulajainen, Christina Kaiser, Jeff Sonier, Roger Miller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S13.00004: Penetration depth, symmetry breaking, and gap nodes in superconducting $\bf PrOs_4Sb_{12}$ Lei Shu, D.E. MacLaughlin, R.H. Heffner, G.D. Morris, O.O. Bernal, F. Callaghan, J.E. Sonier, A. Bosse, J.E. Anderson, N.A. Frederick, W.M. Yuhasz, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S13.00005: NMR study of Pr$_{2-x}$Ce$_{x}$CuO$_{4-y}$ ($x=0.17$) Guoqing Wu, W.G. Clark, S.E. Brown, F. Zamborszky, H. Balci, R.L. Greene Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S13.00006: NMR Studies of Plutonium-based Superconductors N.J. Curro, T. Caldwell, E.D. Bauer, L.A. Morales, M.J. Graf, Y. Bang, J.D. Thompson, A.V. Balatsky, J.L. Sarrao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S13.00007: Vortex vibrations and NMR T$_2$ relaxation in YBCO Rachel Wortis, Ting Lu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S13.00008: Re-examination of the interpretation of NMR spin-lattice relaxation measurements in cuprates Peter Fritz Meier, Anne-Christine Uldry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S13.00009: Comprehensive analysis of NMR spin-lattice relaxation data in underdoped cuprates Anne-Christine Uldry, Peter Fritz Meier Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S13.00010: Temperature dependence of nuclear spin shifts in cuprates Samuel Renold, Anne-Christine Uldry, Peter Fritz Meier Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S13.00011: Properties of the N layer inside of a SINIS sandwich-type Josephson junction Ivan Nevirkovets, Oleksandr Chernyashevskyy, John Ketterson Preview Abstract

Session S14: Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage II: Measurements

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Frederick Pinkerton, General Motors
Room: LACC 403B

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S14.00001: Anelastic Spectroscopic Studies of Point Defect Dynamics and Evolution of Chemical Reactions in Alanates Craig Jensen, Rosario Cantelli, Oriele Palumbo, Annalisa Paolone, Sesha Srinivasan, Martin Sulic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S14.00002: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and X-ray Absorption Studies of Fluctuating Titanium Species During the Reversible Dehydrogenation of Ti-Doped Sodium Alanate Meredith Kuba, Craig Jensen, Sandra Eaton, Job Rijssenbeck, Yan Gao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S14.00003: NMR studies of hydrogen storage materials: TiCl3-doped NaAlH4 Sean Barrett, Anatoly Dementyev, Dale Li, Rona Ramos, Yanquan Dong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S14.00004: Lattice dynamics of NaAlH$_4$ from high-temperature single-crystal Raman scattering: Evidence of highly stable AlH$_4^-$ anions Eric Majzoub, Kevin McCarty, Vidvuds Ozolins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S14.00005: NMR studies of the metal-hydrogen system ZrNi(H/D)$_{x}$ Caleb Browning, Timothy Ivancic, Robert Bowman, Jr., Mark Conradi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S14.00006: Hydrogen clathrate hydrate - novel hydrogen storage material: crystal structure, kinetics, and phase diagram Konstantin Lokshin, Yusheng Zhao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S14.00007: Catalytic role of defective carbon substrates in the dissociation of small molecules Milen Kostov, Aaron George, Erik Santiso, Keith Gubbins, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S14.00008: Doping of AlH$_3$ with alkali metal hydrides for enhanced decomposition kinetics Gary Sandrock, James Reilly, Jason Graetz, Wei-Min Zhou, John Johnson, James Wegrzyn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S14.00009: Ti-based catalytic effect on hydrogen desorption in crystalline NaBH4: an ab initio investigation C. Moys\'es Ara\'ujo, Rajeev Ahuja, Puru Jena Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S14.00010: A role of Ti dopants in catalyzing NaAlH$_4$ from x-ray absorption studies and first-principal density functional calculations. A.Yu. Ignatov, T.A. Tyson, J. Graetz, J.J. Reilly, J. Johnson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S14.00011: Volumetric Analyses of Sieverts Apparatus Data Anne Dailly, Channing Ahn, John Vajo, Robert Bowman, Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S14.00012: Theoretical characterization of the NHxBHx compounds Maciej Gutowski Preview Abstract

Session S15: Focus Session: Transport in Ensemble of Nanocrystals

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: V. Klimov, LANL
Room: LACC 405

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S15.00001: Charge transport properties of nanocrystals studied by electrostatic force microscopy Zonghai Hu, Michael Fischbein, Hugo Romero, Marija Drndic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S15.00002: Memory Effects in CdSe Nanocrystal Quantum Dots Michael Fischbein, Arif Shiliwala, Marija Drndic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S15.00003: Photoconductivity Studies of Treated CdSe Quantum Dot Films Exhibiting Increased Exciton Ionization Efficiency Venda Porter, Mirna Jarosz, Brent Fisher, Marc Kastner, Moungi Bawendi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S15.00004: Charging of Colloidal Quantum Dots. Spectroscopy and Transport Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S15.00005: Electron transport of n-type semiconductor nanocrystal thin films Dong Yu, Congjun Wang, Brian Wehrenberg, Philippe Guyot-Sionnest Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S15.00006: Probing electronic transport in SiO2 films containing Si nanocrystals by conductive atomic force microscopy Tao Feng, Harry Atwater Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S15.00007: Controlling the Assembly of Nanorods Inside Electronic Devices Dong Tran, Hugo Romero, Zonghai Hu, Michael Fischbein, Marija Drndic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S15.00008: Electrical Transport Properties of CdSe Nanorod Solids Hugo Romero, Marija Drndic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S15.00009: DC Electrical Transport Properties Of PbSe Nanocrystal Quantum Dot Solids Hugo Romero, Marija Drndic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S15.00010: Integrated colloidal nanocrystal and epitaxical quantum nanostructures Atul Konkar, Siyuan Lu, Yi Zhang, Anupam Madhukar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S15.00011: Thermopower Enhancement in PbTe with Pb Precipitates Joseph Heremans, Christopher Thrush, Donald Morelli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S15.00012: Fully Ordered and Nano-Structured Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Semiconductors Yong Zhang, G. M. Dalpian, B. Fluegel, S.-H. Wei, A. Mascarenhas, X.-Y. Huang, J. Li Preview Abstract

Session S16: Focus Session: Molecular Materials: Electronic Transport and Growth

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCP
Chair: Douglas Natelson, Rice University
Room: LACC 404A

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S16.00001: Ultrathin epitaxial graphite layers : 2D electron gas properties and a route towards graphene based nanoelectronics Claire Berger, Zhimin Song, Tianbo Li, Xuebin Li, Asmerom Ogbazghi, Rui Feng, Zhenting Dai, Alexei Marchenkov, Edward Conrad, Phillip First, Walt de Heer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S16.00002: Electric Field Modulation of Galvanomagnetic Properties of Mesoscopic Graphite Yuanbo Zhang, Joshua Small, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S16.00003: Electric Field Effect in Planar Single-Layer Graphene Andre Geim, Kostya Novoselov, Da Jiang, Yaun Zhang, Tim Booth, Irina Grigorieva, Sergey Morozov, Anatoly Firsov, Sergey Dubonos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S16.00004: Electrical Properties of Metallic and Semiconducting Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Nanopatches. Enrique Cobas, Anthony Ayari, Ololade Ogundadegbe, Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S16.00005: X-ray topography and high resolution diffraction of single-crystal rubrene B.D. Chapman, R. Pindak, T. Siegrist, C. Kloc Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S16.00006: Reciprocal Space Mapping in Organic Electronic Materials Theo Siegrist, Christian Kloc, Charley Chi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S16.00007: Charge transport and trap spectroscopy in organic molecular crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S16.00008: Study of defects in pentacene single crystals Oana D Jurchescu, Jacob Baas, Thomas T.M. Palstra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S16.00009: Thin Bismuth Film as a Template for Growth of Highly Ordered Pentacene: STM and LEEM study Jerzy T. Sadowski, Tadaaki Nagao, Yasunori Fujikawa, Shin Yaginuma, Abdullah Al-Mahboob, Toshio Sakurai, Gayle E. Thayer, Ruud M. Tromp Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S16.00010: Submonolayer Pentacene Thin Film Growth on Hydrogen-Passivated Si(111) substrate Weijie Huang, Boquan Li, Jian-min Zuo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S16.00011: Structures and phase transitions in the growth of tetracene on silicon Jun Shi, Xiaorong Qin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S16.00012: Morphology of benzene and pentacene self-assembled monolayers and gold-molecule-gold junctions. Leonidas Tsetseris, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
		S16.00013: Growth of pentacene films for transistor applications George Malliaras, Alex Mayer, Randall Headrick Preview Abstract

Session S17: Issues in Physics Education

Sponsoring Units: FEd DCOMP
Chair: Karen Cummings, Southern CT State Univ
Room: LACC 404B

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S17.00001: What is physics? The perceptions of middle and high school students in El Paso Eric Hagedorn, Manuela Ortiz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S17.00002: Girls, Cars, and Science Beth Parks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S17.00003: Internships in Public Science Education program: a model for informal science education Greta Zenner, Olivia Castellini, Arthur Ellis, Wendy Crone Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S17.00004: The LEAPS GK-12 Program Elisabeth Gwinn, Fiona Goodchild, Wendy Ibsen, Marilyn Garza Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S17.00005: Graduate Physics Education – Adding Industrial Culture and Methods to a Traditional Graduate Physics Department Ken Vickers, Greg Salamo, Ron Foster, Ronna Turner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S17.00006: What Computational Approaches Should be Taught for Physics? Rubin Landau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S17.00007: Classroom Physics Applications Using The Open Source Physics (OSP) Library Javier Hasbun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S17.00008: MIT’s 3.091 and NSDL Materials Digital Library: Investigating the Role of Digital Libraries in Freshmen Introductory Science Courses with No Lab Component Donald Sadoway, Laura Bartolo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S17.00009: Uncertainty Calculations in the First Introductory Physics Laboratory Shafiqur Rahman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S17.00010: Interdisciplinary Materials Science at a Small Liberal Arts College: Integration of Curriculum and Research Sasha Dukan, Scott Sibley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S17.00011: Undergraduate Instruction in Nanoscience: Visualizing Quantum Confinement and Resonance Effects in 2DEG Nanostructures Ronald Cosby, Arkady Satanin, Yong Joe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S17.00012: Classical analogy of Fano interference Arkady Satanin, Yong Joe Preview Abstract
		S17.00013: Nanotechnology, Society, and Freshman, Oh My! Charles Tahan, Wendy Crone, Karin Ellison, Ricky Leung, Clark Miller, Greta Zenner Preview Abstract

Session S18: Focus Session: Wide Band Gap Semiconductors IV

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Jennifer Zinck, HRL
Room: LACC 406A

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S18.00001: Defect generation and annealing of Al-implanted 6H-SiC Gary Gerardi, Ken Jones, Mark Wood, M.A. Derenge, R.D. Vispute, S.S. Hulllavarad Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S18.00002: Time-dependent photo-induced electron paramagnetic resonance of Vc+ in semi-insulating 4H SiC: evidence of defect relaxation Haiyan Wang, Mary Zvanut Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S18.00003: Activation of dopants in SiC: theoretical study Oleg Pankratov, Michel Bockstedte, Alexander Mattausch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S18.00004: Defect studies of Vanadium doped 4H-SiC using optical admittance spectroscopy Wonwoo Lee, Mary E. Zvanut Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S18.00005: Electrical and optical properties of Mg doped Al$_{0.7}$Ga$_{0.3}$N Alloys M.L. Nakarmi, N. Nepal, J.Y. Lin, H.X. Jiang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S18.00006: Electrical and optical activation studies of Si-implanted AlxGa1-xN Mee-Yi Ryu, Timothy Zens, Yung Kee Yeo, Robert Hengehold, Todd Steiner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S18.00007: The Status of p-type ZnO Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S18.00008: New insights in the role of native defects in ZnO Anderson Janotti, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S18.00009: Light-induced metastability in the wide-gap ZnO and CuGaSe$_{2}$ caused by anion vacancies Stephan Lany, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S18.00010: Resonant State of Substitutional Oxygen in ZnSe W. Walukiewicz, W. Shan, Y.M. Yu, J.W. Ager III, Y. Nabetani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S18.00011: Combined Excitation Emission Spectroscopy of Eu ions in GaN V. Dierolf, Z. Fleischman, C. Sandmann, C. Munasinghe , A.J. Steckl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S18.00012: Change in the Structure and Enhancement of Rare-Earth Emission in amorphous GaN and AlN Thin Films S.B. Aldabergenova, H. Mendel, H.P. Strunk Preview Abstract
		S18.00013: Can wide-gap chalcopyrite be doped $n$-type Stephan Lany, Yu-Jun Zhao, Clas Persson, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
		S18.00014: Localized states due to oxygen in II-VI semiconductors Paul Kent, Clas Persson, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract

Session S19: Bulk Semiconductors: Electronic and Optical Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Stefan Zollner, Freescale Semiconductor
Room: LACC 406B

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S19.00001: Reexamination of the Ab-Initio Calculation of the Electronic Structure of ZnSe, Ge, and GaAs G.L. Zhao, L. Franklin, D. Bagayoko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S19.00002: Local self-energy approach for electronic structure calculations Nikolay Zein, Serguei Savrasov, Gabriel Kotliar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S19.00003: Ab-initio calculation of excitons in conventional and anorganic semiconductors Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl, Kerstin Hummer, Stephan Sagmeister, Robert Laskowsky, Niels Christensen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S19.00004: Linear optical response of bulk GaAs from finite-temperature lattice dynamics A. Shkrebtii, M.J.G. Lee, K. Vynck, T. Teatro, D. Zekveld, W. Richter, T. Zettler, T. Trepk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S19.00005: Temperature-enhanced far-infrared absorption in GaAs and GaP Hadley M. Lawler, Eric L. Shirley, Simon G. Kaplan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S19.00006: Deformation Electron-Phonon Coupling in Disordered Semiconductors and Nanostructures Andrei Sergeev, Michael Reizer, Vladimir Mitin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S19.00007: Bowing in the Compositional Dependence of Optical Transitions in GeSn alloys Vijay D' Costa, Andrew Chizmeshya, Candi Cook, John Kouvetakis, Jose Menendez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S19.00008: Optical properties of InAsP alloys S.G. Choi, C.J. Palmstrom, T.J. Kim, Y.D. Kim, D.E. Aspnes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S19.00009: Optical Constants Determined by Genetic Algorithms David Y. Smith, William Karstens, Shaheen M. Malghani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S19.00010: Burstein-Moss effect in n-type MBE-grown ZnSe thin films Brian Karrer, Frank Peiris, Brenda VanMil, Ming Luo, Nancy Giles, Thomas Myers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S19.00011: Sulfur isotope shift of the gap of PbS H. J. Lian, A. Yang, M. L. W. Thewalt, R. Lauk, M. Cardona Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S19.00012: Microscopic Origin of Infrared Activity in Graphite Gun Sang Jeon, Gerald Mahan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S19.00013: High Resolution Studies of the Electronic Properties of Graphite and the Effect of Disorder S.Y. Zhou, G.-H. Gweon, C.D. Spataru, J. Graf, S.G. Louie, A. Lanzara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S19.00014: The electronic structure of boron doped diamond probed with XAS and XES P. -A. Glans, K. E. Smith, J. -H. Guo, M. Mattesini, R. Ahuja, S. Ferro, A. De Battisti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S19.00015: A New Photoluminescence Band in Hafnium-implanted Silicon Ravinder Sachdeeva, Andrei Istratov, P.N.K. Deenapanray, Eicke Weber Preview Abstract
		S19.00016: Optical Matrix elements in empirical tight-binding with overlap Titus Sandu Preview Abstract

Session S20: Focus Session: Ferroelectric Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Fred Walker, ORNL
Room: LACC 407

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S20.00001: Giant Enhancement of Ferroelectricity in Strained BaTiO3 Thin Films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S20.00002: Polarization Scaling in Ultra-thin Epitaxial Ferroelectric Heterostructures: Experimental Results R. Ramesh, V. Nagarajan, J.Q. He, C. Jia, H. Kohlstedt, R. Waser, S. Prasertchoung, T. Zhao, K. Lee, Y.K. Kim, S. Baik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S20.00003: Polarization scaling in ultrathin epitaxial ferroelectric heterostructures: First-principles results Javier Junquera, Philippe Ghosez, Karin M. Rabe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S20.00004: Kinetics of polarization switching in epitaxial BaTiO3 David Towner, Bruce Wessels Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S20.00005: Ferroelectric properties of epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films grown by MOCVD S. Y. Yang, F. Zavaliche, Y.H. Chu, Y.J. Lee, L. Mohaddes-Ardabili, T. Zhao, Q. Zhan, R. Ramesh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S20.00006: Finite Temperature Properties of KTaO$_3$ Thin Films from First-Principles Alireza Akbarzadeh, Laurent Bellaiche, Kevin Leung, Jorge \'I\~niguez, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S20.00007: Local Electro-Optic Response of Strained SrTiO$_3$ Films Grown on DyScO$_3$ Hongzhou Ma, Jeremy Levy, Mike D. Biegalski, Darrell G. Schlom, Susan Trolier-McKinstry, R. Uecker, P. Reiche Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S20.00008: Local Piezoresponse of Strained BaTiO$_3$/Si Heterostructures Ajay K. Kochhar, Jeremy Levy, Venu Vaithyanathan, Darrell G. Schlom Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S20.00009: Ferroelectric domain structure in BiFeO3 films F. Zavaliche, Y. H. Chu, J. Wang, S.Y. Yang, E. Reilly, T. Zhao, Q. Zhan, L. Mohaddes-Ardabili, R. Ramesh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S20.00010: Size Effect in Ferroelectric BiFeO$_3$ Films T. Zhao, F. Zavaliche, L. Mohaddes-Ardabili, S.Y. Yang, Y.H. Chu, Q. Zhan, H. Zheng, E. Reilly, D.G. Schlom, R. Ramesh Preview Abstract
		S20.00011: Nanoscale smoothing and the analysis of interfacial charge and dipolar densities Javier Junquera, Morrel H. Cohen, Karin M. Rabe, Philippe Ghosez Preview Abstract

Session S21: Cellular Biomechanics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Alexander Neiman, Ohio University
Room: LACC 409A

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S21.00001: Simulation of Actin-Polymerization-Mediated Propulsion Kun-Chun Lee, Andrea Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S21.00002: Hyaluronan-mediated cellular adhesion Jennifer Curtis, Christian Schmitz, Joachim Spatz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S21.00003: A 3-D Biophysical Model of Mitotic Spindle Formation Stuart Schaffner, Jorge Jose Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S21.00004: Self-organization of cytoskeletal systems: formation and dynamics of bundles, rings, and spindles Alexander Zumdieck, Karsten Kruse, Frank J\"ulicher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S21.00005: MSP dynamics and retraction in nematode sperm Charles Wolgemuth, Long Miao, Orion Vanderlinde, Tom Roberts, George Oster Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S21.00006: Untwisting the mystery of supercoiling: Mbl configuration in growing bacterial filaments Sulav Mukherjee, Barbara Setlow, Peter Setlow, Charles Wolgemuth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S21.00007: Stochastic description of pilus retraction dynamics Martin Lind\'en, Emil Johansson, Mats Wallin, Ann-Beth Jonsson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S21.00008: Why nozzles are required for bacterial gliding? Junhwan Jeon, Andrey Dobrynin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S21.00009: Force Regulation in Living Tissue Yusuke Toyama, Xomalin G. Peralta, Stephanos Venakides, Daniel P. Kiehart, Glenn S. Edwards Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S21.00010: The TITS Algorithm: A Simple and Robust Method for Calculating Stable Shapes of Axisymmetric Vesicles Gerald Lim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S21.00011: Microinterferometric demonstration of actively driven bending excitations of the cell envelope of mouse macrophages. Alexandra Zidovska, Erich Sackmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S21.00012: Dynamics of Caveolae in Endothelial Cells Meron Mengistu, Linda Lowe-Krentz, H. Daniel Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S21.00013: Cellular tolerance to pulsed heating Dmitri Simanovskii, Daniel Palanker, Alan Schwettman, Mainak Sarkar, Afraz Irani, Caitlin C. O'Connell-Rodwell, Christopher Contag Preview Abstract
		S21.00014: A physical basis for actin filament lengths in cytoskeletal networks: Dennis Discher, Paul Dalhaimer, Tom Lubensky Preview Abstract

Session S22: Biological Physics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Sonya Bahar, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Room: LACC 409B

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S22.00001: Visualizing interactions between Sindbis virus and cells by single particle tracking Mary Williard, Gongbo Wang, Keith Weninger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S22.00002: Shape transformation of viral capsids and HIV Toan Nguyen, Robijn Bruinsma, William Gelbart Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S22.00003: Fracture Toughness of Nacre Phani Nukala, Srdjan Simunovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S22.00004: How do protozoa respond to intense magnetic fields? Karine Guevorkian, James M. Valles, Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S22.00005: Geometry and physics of proteins Jayanth R. Banavar, Marek Cieplak, Trinh X. Hoang, Amos Maritan, Flavio Seno, Antonio Trovato Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S22.00006: Molecular dynamics simulations of peptides interacting with a surface: Do surfaces prevent or promote aggregation? Miriam Friedel, Joan-Emma Shea Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S22.00007: Motorized adhesive particles in localized phases: A toy model for the controlling of viscoelastic phases of cytoskeletal assembly Tongye Shen, Peter Wolynes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S22.00008: A Comparison Between Adaptive Integration and Path-Sampling Methods for Calculating Free Energy Differences in Molecular Systems F. Marty Ytreberg, Daniel M. Zuckerman, Robert H. Swendsen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S22.00009: Effect of temperature on fd and M13 aggregation Qi Wen, Jay Tang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S22.00010: Molecular dynamics study of the Mg - AMP interaction in water Don Brugess, Ioan Kosztin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S22.00011: Predictive filtering in the phototransduction cascade Ilya Nemenman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S22.00012: Theoretical Study on the Influence of Solvent on Subtilisin Catalysis Yiming Zhang, Lu Yang, Jonathan Dordick, Shekhar Garde, Saroj Nayak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S22.00013: Dynamical and Mechanical Behavior of Associating Protein Hydrogels Darina Danova, James L. Harden, David R. Heine, Gary S. Grest Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S22.00014: Encapsidation of Linear Polyelectrolyte in a Viral Nanocontainer Yufang Hu, Roya Zandi, Charles Knobler, William Gelbart Preview Abstract

Session S23: Quantum Chaos

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Nicholas Cerruti, Washington State University
Room: LACC 410

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S23.00001: Local Level Velocity Variances and the Fidelity in Integrable Systems Nicholas R. Cerruti, Steven Tomsovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S23.00002: Nonlinear $\sigma$ -model for a ballistic quantum dot with random boundary absorption Igor Rozhkov, Ganpathy Murthy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S23.00003: Persistent currents for interacting electrons in ballistic/chaotic billiards Oleksandr Zelyak, Ganpathy Murthy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S23.00004: Weak Localization In Periodical Structures Without Disorders Chushun Tian, Anatoly Larkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S23.00005: Spectroscopic Evidence of Discrete Energy Levels in Nanosize Clusters of Metal Atoms using a Low Temperature STM Laura Adams, Brian Lang, Allen M. Goldman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S23.00006: Geometric Phase of Phase Space Trajectories:Mobius Strip and Nonlinear Oscillators Radha Balakrishnan, Indubala Satija Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S23.00007: Spectrum of Geometric Phases in a Driven Oscillator Indu Satija, Radha Balakrishnan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S23.00008: Topological Singularities and Transport in Kicked Harper Model Indubala Satija Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S23.00009: Universal Statistics of the Scattering Coefficient of Chaotic Microwave Cavities. Sameer Hemmady, Xing Zheng, Thomas Antonsen, Edward Ott, Steven Anlage Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S23.00010: Spectral Statistics of Pointer States in an Open Stadium Billiard Richard Akis, David Ferry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S23.00011: Complexity of Quantum Spectra Yuri Dabaghian Preview Abstract
		S23.00012: Chaos Beyond Linearized Stability Analysis: Folding of the Phase Space and Distribution of Lyapunov Exponents Peter Silvestrov, I.V. Ponomarev Preview Abstract

Session S24: Focus Session: Jamming: Effective temperature and Aging

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Daniel Blair, Harvard University
Room: LACC 411

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S24.00001: Measuring effective temperatures in sheared, athermal systems at fixed normal load Ning Xu, Corey O'Hern Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S24.00002: Off-equilibrium fluctuation dissipation relation in polymer glasses Hassan Oukris, Nathan Israeloff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S24.00003: Experimental measurement of an effective temperature for densely packed granular materials Ping Wang, Chaoming Song, Hernan Makse Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S24.00004: Energy landscape picture of overaging and rejuvenation in a sheared glass Daniel Lacks, Mark Osborne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S24.00005: Overaging and rejuvenation in a polymer glass subjected to shear deformation Matthew L. Wallace, Bela Joos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S24.00006: Time evolution of local fluctuations in the aging of a simple glass Horacio Castillo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S24.00007: Shearing glassy materials: insight from computer simulations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S24.00008: Aging effects in shear yielding of glassy solids Joerg Rottler, Mark O. Robbins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S24.00009: Local aging effects in glassy polymers probed by 1/f noise Koneswaran Sinnathamby, Nathan Israeloff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S24.00010: SPM investigation of local aging effects in glassy polymers Philip Crider, Nathan Israeloff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S24.00011: Local correlations and local responses in the aging of a sample Allen Dahili, Horacio Castillo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S24.00012: Structural Details of Aging in Colloidal Glasses Gianguido C. Cianci, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S24.00013: Growth of spatial correlations during the aging of a simple structural glass Azita Parsaeian, Horacio Castillo Preview Abstract
		S24.00014: Aging at criticality in models with absobing states Jose J. Ramasco, Malte Henkel, Maria Augusta Santos, Constantino A. da Silva Santos Preview Abstract

Session S25: Strongly Correlated Oxides, Superlattices and Synthesis

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Zenji Hiroi, University of Tokyo
Room: LACC 501A

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S25.00001: Orbital selective gap opening in Ca$_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7}$ observed by ARPES Felix Baumberger, Naoki Kikugawa, Nicholas Ingle, Worawat Meevasana, Kyle Shen, Donghui Lu, Suman Hussain, Andrea Damasceli, Andrew Mackenzie, Yoshiteru Maeno, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S25.00002: Multi-$q$ crystal and magnetic structure in TbMnO$_{3}$: Evidence for a Soliton-lattice N. Aliouane, D.N. Argyriou, S. Landsgesell, C.J. Milne, J. Strempfer, W. Caliebe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S25.00003: Incommensurate to commensurate transition under magnetic field in TbMnO$_{3}$ Dimitri N. Argyriou, N. Aliouane, S. Landsgesell, C.J. Milne, J. Strempfer, I. Zegkinoglou, M. von Zimmermann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S25.00004: Optical-Pump Mid-Infrared Probe Study of Quasiparticle Dynamics in (La,Pr,Ca)MnO3 Hae Ja Lee, R.P. Prasankumar, R.D. Averitt, D.J. Funk, A.J. Taylor, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S25.00005: Properties of Nonstoichiometric SrRu$_{1-v}$O$_{3}$\\Perovskites B. Dabrowski, S. Kolesnik, O. Chmaissem, J. Mais, M. Avdeev, J.D. Jorgensen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S25.00006: Bulk modulus anomaly in RCoO3 (R=La, Pr, and Nd) J.-S. Zhou, J.-Q. Yan, J.B. Goodenough Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S25.00007: Ferroelectricity in one unit-cell period oxide superlattices T.W. Noh, S.S.A. Seo, J.H. Lee, J. Yu, H.N. Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S25.00008: Tailoring of ferromagnetic/ferroelectric superlattices for multiferroic properties W. Prellier, P. Murugavel, D. Saurel, Ch. Simon, B. Raveau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S25.00009: Multi-scale Modeling of Relaxor Ferroelectrics Aravind Asthagiri, Narayani Choudhury, Wu Zhigang, Ronald Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S25.00010: First-principles study of symmetry lowering in relaxed BaTiO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ superlattices Karen Johnston, Xiangyang Huang, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Karin M. Rabe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S25.00011: Rare-earth doped chalcogenide thin films for optoelectronic applications by laser ablation Prabhat Dwivedi, T. Allen, T.J. Clement, Y.Y. Tusi, C.J. Haugen, R.G. Decorby, J.N. McMullin, S.O. Kasap Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S25.00012: Fingering Instability in a Growing Elastic Gel Ariel Balter, Allan Bower, Jay Tang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S25.00013: Methylamine Intercalation Rates in Lead Iodide M. Gallegos, B. Magness, W. Tikkanen, H. Goldwhite, T. Berhe, C. C. Coleman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S25.00014: Electronic structure of nano-sized iron oxide particles measured by scanning tunneling- and photoelectron spectroscopy Marcus Preisinger, Michael Krispin, Torsten Rudolf, Siegfried Horn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S25.00015: Structural and Electronic Properties of (HAlO)$_n$ Clusters Yi Dong, Michael Springborg Preview Abstract

Session S26: Nanowires I: Theory and Modeling

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DMP
Chair: Daniel Stein, University of Arizona
Room: LACC 501B

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S26.00001: Multi-channel impurity scattering effects on the carrier mobility in semiconductor nanowires Kunal Das, Ari Mizel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S26.00002: Nonlinear dynamics of the thinning process of metallic nanocylinders J\'er\^ome B\"urki, Charles A. Stafford Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S26.00003: Universal activation barriers for metastable metal nanowires Charles Stafford, J\'er\^ome B\"urki, Daniel Stein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S26.00004: Transport and Magnetic Properties of Metal Nanowire under Finite Voltages Chang-hua Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S26.00005: The charge density wave transition in metallic nanowires Daniel F. Urban, Charles A. Stafford, Hermann Grabert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S26.00006: Structured Energy Distribution and Coherent AC Transport in Mesoscopic Wires Andrey Shytov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S26.00007: Wigner Crystallization in inhomogeneous one dimensional wires Erich Mueller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S26.00008: Midgap States and Generalized Supersymmetry in Semi-infinite Nanowires Chung-Yu Mou, Bor-Luen Huang, Shin-Tza Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S26.00009: Nanotube in a Wigner crystal regime Dmitry Novikov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S26.00010: Curved Nanowire Structures Jens Gravesen, Morten Willatzen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S26.00011: Theory of momentum resolved tunneling into a short quantum wire Jiang Qian, Gregory Fiete, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Bertrand Halperin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S26.00012: Novel Gapped Quantum Wire Trinanjan Datta, Erica W. Carlson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S26.00013: Coulomb correlations in ultrathin wires Michael Fogler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S26.00014: Quantum thermal conductance of quasi-one-dimensional insulating rods Padraig Murphy, Joel Moore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S26.00015: Ab initio calculations for the electronic properties of III-V semiconductor nanowires Manuel Alemany, Xiangyang Huang, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
		S26.00016: Electronic and Structural Properties of Chains of Metals Michael Springborg, Yi Dong, Abu Assaduzzaman Preview Abstract

Session S27: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Theory

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Mark Pederson, NRL
Room: LACC 501C

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S27.00001: Curvature effects in carbon nanofibers Mina Yoon, Jane Howe, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S27.00002: Bundling up carbon nanotubes through Wigner defects Ant\^onio J. R. da Silva, Adalberto Fazzio, Alex Antonelli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S27.00003: Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nucleation Process of SWNT from a Metal Particle on a Substrate Yasushi Shibuta, Shigeo Maruyama Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S27.00004: Self-Healing of Divacancies in Carbon Nanotubes. Savas Berber, Atsushi Oshiyama Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S27.00005: Effect of intertube bond formation on mechanical and vibrational properties of nanotube ropes Andriy H. Nevidomskyy, G\'abor Cs\'anyi, Mike C. Payne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 4:06PM		S27.00006: Phonon Scattering and Excitons in Carbon Nanotubes. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S27.00007: Thermal conductivity of single-walled carbon nanotubes with $^{13}$C isotopes Junichiro Shiomi, Shigeo Maruyama Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S27.00008: Structural, vibrational and thermodynamical properties of carbon allotropes from first-principles: from graphite to nanotubes Nicolas Mounet, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S27.00009: Quantum transport through short semiconducting nanotubes: A complex band structure analysis Pawel Pomorski, Christopher Martin Roland, Hong Guo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S27.00010: Structural ordering in nanotube polymer composites Chenyu Wei, Deepak Srivastava, K.J. Cho Preview Abstract
		S27.00011: Atomistic simulation of the laser fragmentation of single wall carbon nanotubes Harald Jeschke, Aldo Romero, Martin Garcia, Angel Rubio Preview Abstract
		S27.00012: C60 Polymerization in BN and Carbon Nanopeapods Andrea Trave, Filipe J. Ribeiro, Steven G. Louie, Marvin H. Cohen Preview Abstract
		S27.00013: Gate-controlled Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid in peapods Junji Haruyama, Jun Mizubayashi, Toshiya Okazaki, Takeshi Nakanishi, Hisanori Shinohara, Yuji Awano, Naoki Harada Preview Abstract
		S27.00014: Analysis of band-gap formation in squashed arm-chair CNT H. Mehrez, A. Svizhenko, M.P. Anantram, M. Elstner, T. Frauenheim Preview Abstract

Session S28: Excitations, Scattering and Surfaces of Metals

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Randy Fishman, ORNL
Room: LACC 506

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S28.00001: Quasi-particle corrections to the LSDA+\emph{U} electronic structure of solid bcc hydrogen Emmanouil Kioupakis, Peihong Zhang, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S28.00002: {\it Ab initio} calculations of optical spectra M.P. Prange, J.J. Rehr, A.L. Ankudinov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S28.00003: 1T-TiTe2: scattering rate from infrared and Raman data Lev Gasparov, G. Guentherodt, H.H. Berger, L. Forro, G.G. Margaritondo, D. Tanner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S28.00004: Combined BSE/TDDFT approach for x-ray absorption calculations A.L. Ankudinov, Y. Takimoto, J.J. Rehr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S28.00005: Multiple-scattering approach to inelastic x-ray scattering calculations J.A. Soininen, A.L. Ankudinov, J.J. Rehr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S28.00006: Coincidence Measurements of the Auger Cascade Process in Ag R. Sundaramoorthy, A. H. Weiss, S.L. Hulbert, D. Arena, R. A. Bartynski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S28.00007: Interaction between a surface plasmon and surface nano-defects in thin metallic films. Ra\'{u}l Garc\'{i}a-Llamas, Javier Dur\'{a}n-Favela, Jorge Gaspar-Armenta, Jos\'{e} Valenzuela-Benavides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S28.00008: Spectral response of the optical second-harmonic scattering from a metallic cylinder Jesus Maytorena, Claudio Valencia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S28.00009: Observation of growth mode dependence on over-potential values: a combination of in-situ optical monitoring and ex-situ atomic force microscopy characterization. M. K. O'Toole, J. Gray, T. Moffat, C. Orme, W. Schwarzacher, X.D. Zhu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S28.00010: Determining Film Thickness and Probing Buried Interface Structure with Characteristic Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Shin-Ming Lu, W.B. Su, C.L. Jiang, H.T. Shih, C.S. Chang, Tien T. Tsong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S28.00011: Persistent Step-Flow Growth of Strained Overlayers on Vicinal Substrates Wei Hong, Mina Yoon, Zhigang Suo, Ho Nyung Lee, Hans M. Christen, Doug H. Lowndes, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S28.00012: Surface Relaxation of V(100); Experiments and Ab-Initio Calculations: a status report on the Feibelman Issue D. Lacina, A. Ciucivara, B.R. Sahu, L. Kleinman, J.L. Erskine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S28.00013: Theory of Current Crowding Effect on Electromigration Lingyun Zhang, King-Ning Tu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S28.00014: The Ni(111) surface electrons investigated with low-temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy Kai-Felix Braun, C.F.J. Flipse, K.-H. Rieder Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S28.00015: Optimal Switching Time Israel Klich, Leonid Levitov Preview Abstract
		S28.00016: Surface, Step-Edge, and Facet-Edge Diffusion Barriers in Growth of Pb Nanomesas Yong Han, Feng Liu, Guang-Hong Lu, Byeong-Joo Lee Preview Abstract

Session S30: Polymer Blends

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Alamgir Karim, NIST
Room: LACC 505

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S30.00001: Thermodynamics and Dynamics of Diblock Copolymers at Polymer/Polymer Interfaces Benedict J. Reynolds, Megan L. Ruegg, Nitash P. Balsara, C. J. Radke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S30.00002: Thermodynamics of Polymer Blends Organized by Balanced Block Copolymer Surfactants Studied by Mean-field Theories and Scattering Megan Ruegg, Benedict Reynolds, Nitash Balsara, Timothy Shaffer, Min Lin, David Lohse Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S30.00003: Effects of Branch Points and Chain Ends on Interfacial Segregation and Bulk Thermodynamics in Blends of Branched and Linear Polymers Jae S. Lee, Nam-heui Lee, Alexei P. Sokolov, Roderic P. Quirk, Mark D. Foster, Boualem Hammouda, Charles F. Majkrzak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S30.00004: Ultra-low interfacial tensions of a polymer/polymer interface with diblock copolymer surfactant Kwanho Chang, David Morse, Christopher Macosko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S30.00005: Kinetic Hindrance during Diffusion-Controlled Reactions at Polymer-Polymer Interfaces Shane Harton, Frederick Stevie, Harald Ade Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S30.00006: Phase Behavior of Ternary Block Copolymer – Homopolymer Blends in Thin Films on Chemically Nanopatterned Surfaces Mark P. Stoykovich, Harun H. Solak, Paul F. Nealey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S30.00007: Nucleation in Polymer Blends Timothy Rappl, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S30.00008: Discrete combinatorial phase mapping of multicomponent mixtures Joao Cabral, Alamgir Karim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S30.00009: Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies on Blends of Poly (Styrene-ran-Vinyl Phenol) with Liquid Crystalline Polyurethane Rujul Mehta, Mark Dadmun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S30.00010: Binary Phase Diagrams of Crystalline Polymers Thein Kyu, Rushikesh Matkar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S30.00011: Spectroscopic Investigation on Morphology Development of Polymer Blends Tomoko Hashida, Young Gyu Jeong, Ying Hua, Shaw Ling Hsu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S30.00012: Glassy states and microphase separation in crosslinked homopolymer blends Paul Goldbart, Christian Wald, Annette Zippelius Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S30.00013: Coarse-Grained Description of Polymer Liquids and their Mixtures as Interacting Soft-Colloidal Particles Marina Guenza, Galina Yatsenko, Edward Sambriski, Maria Nemirovskaya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S30.00014: Polyolefin blends: Coarse-grained study of melt structures relevant for predicting blend miscibilities Sandeep Jain, Shekhar Garde, Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S30.00015: Miscible polyethylene glycol-citric acid gels Justin Barone Preview Abstract
		S30.00016: Quantitative Predictions of the Enthalpic Component of the Interaction Parameter in Mixtures: An Assessment of the Accuracy and Precision Required From Molecular Simulations David Rigby Preview Abstract
		S30.00017: Three-Dimensional Modeling of Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Formation via Various Interference Techniques Thein Kyu, Gregory Yandek, Scott Meng Preview Abstract

Session S31: Organic Electronics Materials Characterization

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY FIAP
Chair: Graciela Blanchet, DuPont
Room: LACC 503

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S31.00001: Optical characterization of single crystals of the organic semiconductor rubrene J.R. Weinberg-Wolf, L.E. McNeil, Shubin Liu, Christian Kloc Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S31.00002: Crystal Structures and Band Structures of Acene Chalcogenides: Their Application for OFET. A. Ugawa, T. Kunikiyo, Y. Ohta, M. Murakami, J. Kasahara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S31.00003: Microscopic evidence for spatially inhomogeneous charge trapping in pentacene. Erik Muller, John Marohn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S31.00004: Optical properties of pentacene clusters and ultra-thin films (*) Rui He, Nancy G. Tassi, Graciela B. Blanchet, Aron Pinczuk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S31.00005: Raman spectroscopic studies of polyfluorenes upon thermal cycling M. Arif, S. Guha, B. Tanto, M.J. Winokur Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S31.00006: Intermolecular bonding in conjugated polymers Jeremy D. Schmit, Alex J. Levine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S31.00007: Resonant Soft X-Ray Emission (SXE) and Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering (RIXS) study of the Electronic Structure of Thin Film Vanadium Oxide Phthalocyanine (VO-Pc). Kevin E. Smith, Yufeng Zhang, Lukasz Plucinski, Shancai Wang, Sarah Bernardis, Timothy Learmonth, James Downes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S31.00008: Two-dimensional dispersion of image electrons on C$_{60}$ thin films on Au(111) and Cu(111) Daniel Quinn, Gregory Dutton, Chad Lindstrom, Xiaoyang Zhu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S31.00009: DMRG study of pi-conjugated polymers with additional pi-conjugation in the transverse direction Yongguo Yan, Sumit Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S31.00010: Optical Coherent Control of Lattice Deformations in Organic Semiconductors M. V. Katkov, C. Piermarocchi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S31.00011: Density functional theory and Molecular Dynamics Studies on Energetics and Kinetics for Electro-Active Polymers: PVDF and P(VDF-TrFE) Haibin Su, A. Strachan, William Goddard III Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S31.00012: Force Field Parameterization and Property Calculation of Aminofluorene-Based Chromophores David Rigby, Rajiv Berry Preview Abstract

Session S32: Electronic Structure

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Estela Blaisten-Barojas, GMU
Room: LACC 507

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S32.00001: Nearsightedness of Electronic Matter Emil Prodan, Walter Kohn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S32.00002: Static Electricity in Sublimated CO2 Gas -- One in a Class of Phenomena Chung Liao Feng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S32.00003: First-Principle Perturbative Computation of Phonon Properties of Insulators in Finite Electric Fields Xinjie Wang, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S32.00004: Relativistic correction to the single-particle kinetic energy term Mark Pederson, Tunna Baruah Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S32.00005: Calculation of Raman and infrared spectra by coherent-phonon stimulation Jonathan Yates, Ivo Souza Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S32.00006: Exponentially localized quasi-free-particle generalized Wannier functions Bradley A. Foreman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S32.00007: Ab initio electronic structure calculations of metals by the finite element method John E. Pask, Philip A. Sterne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S32.00008: Electronic structure of Cu$_2$O within GW approximation Fabien Bruneval, Nathalie Vast, Lucia Reining Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S32.00009: Compact representation of the Green function of an infinite periodic system Jonathan E. Moussa, Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S32.00010: Combining quasiparticle energy calculations with exact-exchange density-functional theory Patrick Rinke, Christoph Freysoldt, Matthias Scheffler, Abdallah Qteish, J\"org Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S32.00011: QuasiParticle Self-Consistent, $GW$ Theory Takao Kotani, Mark van Schilfgaarde, Sergey Faleev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S32.00012: Band structure of wurtzite quantum dots with cylindrical symmetry Lok Lew Yan Voon, Calin Galeriu, Benny Lassen, Morten Willatzen, Roderick Melnik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S32.00013: Electronic Properties of Small Virtual Clusters of Ga and In with As and P atoms Liudmila Pozhar, Alan Yeates, Frank Szmulowicz, William Mitchel Preview Abstract
		S32.00014: Superbox method for order-N electronic structure calculations for very large systems Kalman Varga, S.T. Pantelides Preview Abstract

Session S33: Focus Session: Pathway to Practical Quantum Computing

Sponsoring Units: GQI DAMOP DCOMP
Chair: Daniel Greenberger, City College of New York
Room: LACC 511C

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S33.00001: Measurement and control in quantum information science Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S33.00002: Exploiting the Quantum Zeno Effect to Beat Photon Loss in Linear Optical Quantum Information Processors Jonathan Dowling Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S33.00003: Control of Anisotropic Spin Exchange in Quantum Dots Dimitrije Stepanenko, Layla Hormozi, Nicholas Bonesteel, Kerwin Foster Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S33.00004: Conductance peak splitting in coupled Si/SiGe quantum dots L.J. Klein, Srijit Goswami, K.A. Slinker, S.N. Coppersmith, M.A. Eriksson, J.O. Chu, P.M. Mooney Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S33.00005: Thresholds for reliable quantum computation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
		S33.00006: Entanglement and quantum computational speed-up Guifre Vidal Preview Abstract

Session S35: Molecular Electronics II

Sponsoring Units: DCP FIAP DMP
Chair: Edwin Chandross, Bell Labs
Room: LACC 511B

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S35.00001: Phonon effects in molecular conduction junctions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S35.00002: Charge injection and transport in a single organic monolayer island Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S35.00003: Electrical and Spectroscopic Characterization of Metal-Molecule-Metal Junctions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S35.00004: Critical Roles of Metal-Molecule Contacts in Electron Transport Through Molecular-wire Junctions Anton Grigoriev, Jonas Skoldberg, Goran Wendin, Zeljko Crljen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S35.00005: A Physical Interpretation of an Orhtogonal Hiolbert-Space Transformation: Transmision Antiresonances from Long-Range Hopping Seth Rittenhouse, Brad Johnson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S35.00006: How does thermal motion of atoms influence rates of bridge-mediated electron transfer reactions? 1. Dynamical modulation of the effective tunneling coupling. Ilya Balabin, Spyros Skourtis, Tsutomu Kawatsu, David Beratan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S35.00007: Direct Observation of a Molecular Junction using High-Energy X-ray Reflectometry Julian Baumert, Michael Lefenfeld, Eli Sloutskin, Moshe Deutsch, Colin Nuckolls, Ben Ocko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S35.00008: Programmable logic in the nanocell Jonas Skoldberg, Goran Wendin Preview Abstract
		S35.00009: Non-volatile multilevel Memory Based on Nanowire / Molecule Heterostructures Chao Li, Bo Lei, Wendy Fan, Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract

Session S36: Trapped Atoms in Optical Lattices

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: James Williams, NIST-Gaithersburg
Room: LACC 510

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S36.00001: Bragg Spectroscopy of Excitations of a Quantum Bose Gas in a Lattice Xu Du, Emek Yesilada, Changhyun Ryu, Shoupu Wan, Daniel Heinzen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S36.00002: Calculation of collective modes of atoms in an optical lattice Sara Bergkvist, Emil Lundh, Patrik Henelius, Anders Rosengren Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S36.00003: Single-Particle Excitations of a Bose Gas in an Optical Lattice Near the Mott Transition Satoru Konabe, Tetsuro Nikuni, Masaaki Nakamura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S36.00004: Surface Waves at the Mott Insulator-Superfluid interface for confined BEC Eros Mariani, Ady Stern Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S36.00005: Inhomogeneous Mott phases of bosons in optical lattices Courtney Lannert, Brian DeMarco, Smitha Vishveshwara, Tzu-Chieh Wei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S36.00006: Spectroscopic Probe of Inhomogeneous Mott Phases Smitha Vishveshwara, Brian DeMarco, Courtney Lannert, Tzu-Chieh Wei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S36.00007: Atomic pair statistics and adiabatic realization of the Mott state in an optical lattice Guido Pupillo, Carl J. Williams, Nikolay V. Prokof'ev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S36.00008: Evidence for Phase Variance Oscillations in a Bose-Einstein Condensate and Applications to Precision Interferometry Ari Tuchman, Chad Orzel, Anatoli Polkovnikov, Mark Kasevich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S36.00009: Role of quantum fluctuations in the dissipative dynamics of a 1D Bose gas in an optical lattice Ana Maria Rey, Julio Gea-Banacloche, Guido Pupillo, Carl J. Williams, Charles W. Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S36.00010: Effect of Quantum Fluctuations on the Dipolar Motion of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices Daw-Wei Wang, A. Polkovnikov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S36.00011: Superfluid Insulator transition of two species ultracold bosons in an optical lattice K. Sengupta, M-C Cha, A. Issacson, S.M. Girvin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S36.00012: $^{87}$Rb in a double well optical lattice Ian Spielman, Chad Fertig, Johnny Huckans, James Porto, William Phillips Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S36.00013: Quantum walks with ultracold atoms in optical lattices Stuart van der Lee, David Feder Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S36.00014: Dynamics of Bose condensates in an optical lattice with a basis Wen-Chin Wu, Chou-Chun Huang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S36.00015: Band Effects in Optical Lattices Containing Cold Atoms Vito Scarola, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract

Session S37: Colloids III

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Noel Clark, University of Colorado
Room: LACC 512

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S37.00001: Melting of 2D Colloidal Crystals J.R. Savage, A.D. Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S37.00002: Melting Mechanisms of 3D Colloidal Crystals A.M. Alsayed, M.F. Islam, J. Zhang, A.G. Yodh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S37.00003: Electrokinetic measurements of a model colloidal system in low polar solvents Andrew Hollingsworth, William Russel, Paul Chaikin, Mirjam Leunissen, Alfons van Blaaderen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S37.00004: Alloys of Suspended Colloidal Donuts and Spheres T.G. Mason, C. Hernandez, C.K. Harrison, P.M. Chaikin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S37.00005: A Microrheological Study of the Time Dependent Gelation of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Suspensions. L. A. Hough, M. F. Islam, A. G. Yodh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S37.00006: Creaming of Emulsion aggregations and gels Chanjoong Kim, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S37.00007: Internal dynamics of a model concentrated emulsion Vinothan Manoharan, John C. Crocker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S37.00008: Phonon spectrum measured in a 1D Yukawa chain J. Goree, B. Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S37.00009: Shear viscosity measurements in a 2D Yukawa liquid Volodymyr Nosenko, John Goree Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S37.00010: The Interplay of Osmotic Transport and Coalescence on Stability of Double Emulsions Wang Yafei, Zhang Tao, Hu Gang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S37.00011: Dynamic electrorheological effects of rotating spheres: a self-consistent theory Lei Shen, Kin Wah Yu, Guo Qing Gu, Jun Jun Xiao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S37.00012: A Coarse-Grained Simulation of Rheology of Colloidal Suspensions and Polymer Nano-Composites Victor Pryamitsyn, Venkat Ganesan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S37.00013: Liquid-liquid phase transition and fragile-to-strong transition Limei Xu, Sergey Buldyrev, H. Eugene Stanley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S37.00014: Relaxation in a glassy binary mixture: A comparison of a Brownian Dynamics simulation and the mode-coupling theory Elijah Flenner, Grzegorz Szamel Preview Abstract

Session S39: Quantum Phase Transitions in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Victor Galitski, UCSB
Room: Los Angeles Convention Center 514

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S39.00001: Magnetic properties of Ni$_3$Al and Ni$_3$Ga: Emergent states and the importance of a tri-critical point? Robert P. Smith, Gilbert G. Lonzarich, Siddharth S. Saxena, Mark Ellerby Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S39.00002: Quantum oscillations in non-Fermi-liquid metals Stephen Julian, Alix McCollam, Patrick Rourke, Jacques Flouquet, Dai Aoki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S39.00003: Quantum criticality in the Itinerant Ferromagnets Zr$_{1-x}$Nb$_{x}$Zn$_{2}$ D. Sokolov, M.C. Aronson, Z. Fisk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S39.00004: Thermoelectrical Transport of Quantum Critical Metals Seiji Yamamoto, Eugene Pivovarov, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S39.00005: Magnetic fluctuations close to an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point as observed in CeNi2Ge2 Almut Schroeder, Bilal ElZoghbi, C.L. Broholm, Y. Qiu, D.F. McMorrow, N. Christensen, J. Mydosh, O. Tegus, G. Aeppli, M. Adams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S39.00006: The strongly paramagnetic-to-spin polarized ferromagnetic transition in Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$S$_2$ Song Guo, John DiTusa, David Young, Julia Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S39.00007: Anisotropic Hall Effect in Single Crystal Heavy Fermion YbAgGe Sergey Bud'ko, Emilia Morosan, Paul Canfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S39.00008: Numerical renormalization group study of the Bose-Fermi Kondo model Matthew T. Glossop, Kevin Ingersent Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S39.00009: Metamagnetism and Non Fermi Liquid behavior in CeIrIn5 C. Capan, F. Ronning, E.D. Bauer, R. Movshovich, M.F. Hundley, J.D. Thompson, J.L. Sarrao, L. Balicas, T. Murphy, E. Palm, D. Hall, H. Radovan, S. Tozer, R. Goodrich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S39.00010: Antiferromagnetic Quantum Critical Point in CeRh(In,Sn)$_5$ Eric Bauer, D. J. Mixson, F. Ronning, J. D. Thompson, J. L. Sarrao, R. Movshovich, M. F. Hundley, G. R. Stewart Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S39.00011: Evolution of Superconducting H$_{c2}$ Transition with La-Doping in Ce$_{1-x}$La$_x$CoIn$_5$ Johnpierre Paglione, M.A. Tanatar, E. Boaknin, D.G. Hawthorn, R.W. Hill, M. Sutherland, Louis Taillefer, C. Petrovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S39.00012: Quantum Critical Behavior of the Bose-Fermi Kondo Model with Ising Anisotropy Tae-Ho Park, Stefan Kirchner, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S39.00013: Two-Impurity Dynamical-Mean-Field-Theory Study of the Periodic Anderson Model Ping Sun, Gabriel Kotliar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S39.00014: Finite Temperature Properties of Quantum Lifshitz Transitions between valence bond phases: An Example of `Local' Quantum Criticality Pouyan Ghaemi, Ashvin Vishwanath, Todadri Senthil Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S39.00015: Extended-DMFT Study of Quantum Phase Transitions in a Kondo Lattice: Dynamical Large-N limit Stefan Kirchner, Lijun Zhu, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
		S39.00016: Out-of-Equilibrium Transport near a Quantum Phase Transition Stefan Kirchner, Lijun Zhu, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
		S39.00017: Magnetic field-tuned quantum critical point in CeAuSb$_2$ Luis Balicas, Satoru Nakatsuji, Hannoh Lee, Pedro Schlottmann, Timothy P. Murphy, Zachary Fisk Preview Abstract

Session S40: Focus Session: Morphology and Evolution at Surfaces: Wires and Self-Assembly

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Pantelis Kelires, University of Crete
Room: LACC 408A

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S40.00001: Semiconductor Nanowires from Materials Science and Device Physics Perspectives Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S40.00002: STM of Gold-Induced Chains on the Si(775) Surface. Laura Pedri, Laura Toppozini, Mark Gallagher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S40.00003: From Multiply-Twinned Particles to Epitaxial Nanocrystals: the crucial role of interface on the structure of Ag nanoparticles Boquan Li, Jian-Min Zuo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S40.00004: Nucleation and aggregation in 1D with interactions Hachem Sidi Ammi, Olivier Pierre-Louis, Anna Chame, M'Hammed Touzani, Abdelilah Benyoussef, Chaouqi Misbah Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S40.00005: The atomic-scale processes underlying nanoscale pattern formation on solid surfaces Invited Speaker: Gary Kellogg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S40.00006: Self-organization and geometry control of Pb islands grown on anisotropic substrates Myron Hupalo, Michael Tringides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S40.00007: Self-assembly of isonicotinic acid molecules into supramolecular films on Ag (111) Bo Xu, Hui Li, Janice Reutt-Robey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S40.00008: Atomically and Time Resolved Pattern Formation: S on Submonolayer Ag/Ru(0001) Bogdan Diaconescu, Katrsten Pohl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S40.00009: MeV Ion Beam Synthesis of Nanopore Arrays in SiO2 Films Andrew Carlson, Anuranjita Tewary, Mark Brongersma, Thomas Felter, Sergei Kucheyev Preview Abstract

Session S41: Correlated Electrons: Exotic Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: S.D. Mahanti, Michigan State Univ.
Room: LACC 150A

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S41.00001: Properties and Detection of Spin Nematic Order in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems Daniel Podolsky, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S41.00002: Can Frustration Preserve a quasi-two dimensional spin fluid? Marianna Maltseva, Piers Coleman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S41.00003: Geometric critical line and unconventional ordered phases in quantum kagome antiferromagnets Joel Moore, Cenke Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S41.00004: Weak Chiral Magnetic Order in the Quantum Pyrochlore Antiferromagnet Valeri Kotov, Maged Elhajal, Michael Zhitomirsky, Frederic Mila Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S41.00005: Pressure induced quantum phase transitions in Ca2RuO4 Patricia Lebre Alireza, Anne-Marie Cumberlidge, Gilbert Lonzarich, Stephen Julian, Fumihiko Nakamura, Yoshiteru Maeno Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S41.00006: Magnetic droplets in nearly ferromagnetic metals close to the quantum critical point Yen Lee Loh, Vikram Tripathi, Misha Turlakov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S41.00007: BEC critical exponent near quantum critical point in BaCuSi$_2$O$_6$ Suchitra E. Sebastian, I.R. Fisher, P.A. Sharma, M. Jaime, N. Harrison, C.D. Batista, V. Correa, L. Balicas, N. Kawashima Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S41.00008: Quantum Oscillations and Competing Ground States in triple layered Sr4Ru3O10 V. Durairaj, X.N. Lin, S. Chikara, E. Elhami, V.A. Bondarenko, J.W. Brill, G. Cao, S. Parkin, L. Balicas, Y. Xin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S41.00009: Non-Fermi-liquid behavior in annealed UCu$_{4}$Pd Ryan Baumbach, Nicholas Butch, M. Brian Maple, Douglas MacLaughlin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S41.00010: Theory of Ferromagnetic Transition in One-Dimensional Itinerant Electron Systems Kun Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S41.00011: Orbitally driven behavior: Mott transition, quantum oscillations and colossal magnetoresistance in bilayered Ca$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$ X.N. Lin, V. Durairaj, S. Chikara, E. Elhami, G. Cao, L. Balicas, P. Schlottmann, J.E. Crow Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S41.00012: Strongly-correlated crystal-field approach to heavy-fermion compounds and to 3d oxides Ryszard Radwanski, Zofia Ropka Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S41.00013: High-temperature weak ferromagnetism on the verge of a metallic state: Impact of dilute Sr doping on BaIrO3 Esmat Elhami, Gang Cao, Xinu Lin, Shalinee Chikara, Vinobalan Durairaj Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S41.00014: Role of Strong Correlations in Disproportionation of Aqueous Actinides Steven E. Horowitz, J.B. Marston Preview Abstract
		S41.00015: On the Mott Transition in Ca$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$RuO$_4$ Ansgar Liebsch Preview Abstract

Session S42: Artificially Structured or Self-Assembled Magnetic Materials - II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Satish Ogale, University of Maryland
Room: LACC 150B

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S42.00001: GMAG Dissertation Award: Exploring new magnetic properties in coupled magnetic nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S42.00002: Oscillatory Interlayer Coupling in Co/Pt Multilayers with Perpendicular Anisotropy Jacob Knepper, Fengyuan Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S42.00003: Antiferromagnetic coupling in soft amorphous ferromagnet/semiconductor multilayers Maria Velez, C. Quiros, J.I. Martin, L. Zarate, J.M. Alameda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S42.00004: XMCD studies of antiferromagnetically coupled Co/Pt Multilayers A. Baruth, S. Adenwalla, D.J. Keavney Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S42.00005: Spin structure in exchange-biased epitaxial ferromagnetic oxide bilayers Xianglin Ke, Land Belenky, Chang-Beom Eom, Mark Rzchowski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S42.00006: Growth and characterization of tunable BSTO/BaM multilayers as substrates for magnetic nanoparticles N. A. Frey, R. Heindl, S. Srinath, H. Srikanth, K. R. Coffey, N. J. Dudney Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S42.00007: Temperature Dependent Magnetization Reversal of [Co/Pt]/Ru Multilayers Olav Hellwig, Joseph E. Davies, Kai Liu, Eric E. Fullerton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S42.00008: Growth and structure-property correlations in perpendicular exchange biased magnetic multilayers Xiaosong Ji, Honglyoul Ju, Kannan Krishnan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S42.00009: Diffraction MOKE on multilayer magnetic nanodisks Kristen Buchanan, Marcos Grimsditch, Konstantin Guslienko, Samuel Bader, Valentyn Novosad Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S42.00010: Magnetic stripe melting and metastable bubble domains in Fe/Ni/Cu(001) J. Choi, C. Won, Y.Z. Wu, T. Owens, J. Wu, A. Scholl, A. Doran, W. Kim, X.F. Jin, Z.Q.Qiu Qiu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S42.00011: Tunable Thermal Hysteresis in CoNi/Gd Nanolayers Maria R. Hossu, Sezen Demirtas, Ali R. Koymen, Robert E. Camley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S42.00012: Field cooling dependence of the anisotropy in exchange biased FeF$_{2}$/Co films A.K. Alsmadi, S.G.E. te Velthuis, Hongtao Shi, David Lederman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S42.00013: Oscillatory Exchange Bias in Fe/Cr Bilayers J.S. Parker, L. Wang, P.A. Crowell, C. Leighton Preview Abstract

Session S43: Focus Session: Phase Complexity and Enhanced Functionality in Magnetic Oxides IV

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Sang-Wook Cheong, Rutgers University
Room: LACC 150C

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S43.00001: Density Functional Theory of Multiferroics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S43.00002: High magnetic field phase diagram of multiferroic DyMn2O5 up to 45 T K. H. Kim, T. H. Kim, S. Y. Haam, N. Hur, S. Park, S.-W. Cheong, Y. H. Jo, J.-G. Park, A. Migliori Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S43.00003: Magnetic Phase Diagram of the Giant Magnetoelectric, DyMn2O5 W. Ratcliff II, V. Kiryukhin, M.A. Kenzelmann, S.-H. Lee, Ross Erwin, N. Hur, S. Park, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S43.00004: Evolution of ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic phases of TbMn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ under high magnetic fields up to 45 T S.Y. Haam, T.H. Kim, K.H. Kim, S. Park, N. Hur, S.-W. Cheong, A. Migliori Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S43.00005: Magnetic Order and Spin Dynamics in Multiferroic HoMnO$_{3}$ and Related Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S43.00006: Ferroelectricity and magnetism in the hexagonal manganite YMnO$_3$ from first principles Craig Fennie, Karin Rabe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S43.00007: Large magneto-dielectric coupling in orthorhombic YMnO$_3$ and HoMnO$_3$ Bernd Lorenz, Y. Q. Wang, Y. Y. Sun, C. W. Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S43.00008: Giant spin-lattice coupling in magnetic oxides with rare earths Sang-Wook Cheong, N. Hur, S. Park, S. Guha, A. Borissov, V. Kiryukhin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S43.00009: Spectral origin of the $c$-axis dielectric constant anomalies in hexagonal HoMnO$_3$ Andrei Sushkov, H. Dennis Drew, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S43.00010: Search for the soft mode phonons in TbMnO$_3$, TbMn$_2$O$_5$, and DyMn$_2$O$_5$ multiferroics using Raman and Far Infrared Transmission Spectroscopy A.A. Sirenko, S. Park, N. Hur, S-W. Cheong, C. Ulrich, L. Machtoub, B. Keimer, G.L. Carr Preview Abstract
		S43.00011: Lamellar phase separation and dynamic competition in La0.23Ca0.77MnO3 Jing Tao, Dario Niebieskikwiat, Myron Salamon, Jian-Min (Jim) Zuo Preview Abstract

Session S44: Magnetic and Force Microscopy

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Mark Hersam, Northwestern University
Room: LACC 518

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S44.00001: Detection and Manipulation of the Statistical Fluctuations in Nuclear Spin Ensembles Using Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy H.J. Mamin, R. Budakian, B.W. Chui, D. Rugar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S44.00002: Force-detected ESR from E$^\prime$ centers Palash Banerjee, Yulu Che, K.C. Fong, Tim Mewes, Vidya Bhallamudi, Denis V. Pelekhov, P. Chris Hammel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S44.00003: MRFM and non-contact friction experiments under UHV conditons S. Rast, U. Gysin, P. Ruff, C. Wehrle, H.-R. Hidber, E. Meyer, P. Vettiger, M. Despont, C. Gerber, D.W. Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S44.00004: Tip design and tip-sample interaction in magnetic resonance force microscopy Sean Garner, Seppe Kuehn, John Marohn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S44.00005: NMR Force Microscopy on an hcp Co single crystal Yuri Obukhov, Denis Pelekhov, P. Chris Hammel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S44.00006: Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy and Force-Detected NMR of Microcrystals J. T. Markert, A. D. Cambou, J.-H. Choi, S. Guchhait, Y. J. Lee, W. Lu, U. M. Mirsaidov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S44.00007: Development of a New Generation of Piezoresistive Cantilevers Designed for Torque Magnetometry Stefan Kohout Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S44.00008: Ultra-Sensitive Micromechanical Cantilevers with Integrated Magnetic Structures Michelle D. Chabot, John M. Moreland, Lan Gao, Sy-Hwang Liou, Casey W. Miller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S44.00009: Zeptogram Scale Nanomechanical Mass Sensing Y.T. Yang, Carlo Callegari, X.L. Feng, K.L. Ekinci, M.L. Roukes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S44.00010: Toward single-molecule nanomechanical mass spectrometry W.K. Hiebert, X.L. Feng, M.L. Roukes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S44.00011: On recent developments for high-speed AFM imaging Georg Schitter, Georg E. Fantner, Johannes H. Kindt, Paul K. Hansma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S44.00012: Measuring AFM Cantilever Spring Constants Katie Chynoweth, Mahlon Wigton, Kristine Lang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S44.00013: Force Microscopy with Light Atom Probes Franz Giessibl, Stefan Hembacher, Jochen Mannhart Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S44.00014: Coupled ion - nanomechanical systems Lin Tian, Peter Zoller Preview Abstract
		S44.00015: Nanomagnetic Planar Magnetic Resonance Microscopy ``Lens'' Mladen Barbic, Axel Scherer Preview Abstract