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Session W1: Neutron Scattering in High Tc Cuprates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Eugene Demler, Harvard University
Room: LACC 152

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W1.00001: The structure of the high-energy spin excitations in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6+x}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W1.00002: Quantum magnetic excitations from stripes in copper-oxide superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W1.00003: Fermi Surface Approach to Inelastic Neutron Scattering Data in Cuprates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W1.00004: Near the superconducting edge: the central mode and spin confinement in cuprates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W1.00005: The bosonic peak in Bi-2212: Is it caused by phonons or the 41 meV magnetic resonance? Invited Speaker: Tom Timusk Preview Abstract

Session W2a: Novel Ordering in Smectics and Other Layered Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jonathan Selinger, Naval Research Lab
Room: LACC 151

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W2a.00001: Smectics with Three Dimensional Periodicity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W2a.00002: Banana Phases: Exotic Chiral and Polar Ordering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W2a.00003: Probing nano-scale structures of SmC* variant phases by resonant x-ray diffraction and optical probes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W2b: Nanoscale Liquids

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Oleg Gang, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: LACC 151

Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W2b.00001: Singularities in Contact line Motion: From molecular simulations to continuum theories Invited Speaker: Colin Denniston Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W2b.00002: Structure and Dynamics of Thin Molten Polymer Films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:30PM - 5:42PM		W2b.00003: Wetting of topological nano-patterned surfaces O. Gang, B. Ocko, K. Alvine, M. Fukuto, P. Pershan, C.T. Black Preview Abstract

Session W3: Quantum Spin Dynamics in Single-Molecule Magnets

Sponsoring Units: DCMP GMAG
Chair: Stephen Hill, University of Florida
Room: LACC 515B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W3.00001: Photon-Induced Magnetization Reversal in Single Molecule Magnets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W3.00002: Decoherence on Quantum Spin Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W3.00003: Electron spin resonance and muon spin relaxation studies of single molecule magnets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W3.00004: Frequency Domain Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy on Molecular Magnets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W4: Industrial Challenges to Polymer Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Edward Kramer, University of California-Santa Barbara
Room: LACC 515A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W4.00001: Blurring the Line: Polymers and Optics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W4.00002: Scaling down polymer thermomechanics for data storage applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W4.00003: Polymer thin film transistors - from transport mechanisms to display backplanes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W4.00004: Controlling Polymer Rheology and Blend Thermodynamics Through Chain Architecture Invited Speaker: David Lohse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W4.00005: Lithium and proton conducting membranes: Two sets of challenges for the polymer physicist Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W5: Functional Ceramics: the Nano/Microstructure-Property Relationship in Electronic, Optical, Biological and Structural Materials

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Robert Marzke, Arizona State University
Room: LACC 502B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W5.00001: Bioinspired Self-Healing Materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W5.00002: Metastable Phase Evolution in Oxide Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W5.00003: Nanolayered EUV mirrors for the next generation lithography of integrated circuits Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W5.00004: Nanoscale Structure and the Two-timescale Dynamics of Relaxor Ferroelectrics Invited Speaker: Jean Toulouse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W5.00005: Proteins at the Biomaterial – Electrolyte Interface Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W6: Quantum Information Meets Density Matrix Renormalization

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Steve White, UCI
Room: LACC 502A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W6.00001: On the simulation of dissipative time-dependent systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W6.00002: On adaptive time-dependent DMRG based on Runge-Kutta methods Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W6.00003: On adaptive time-dependent DMRG based on Trotter decompositions Invited Speaker: Ulrich Schollwoeck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W6.00004: On the link between quantum information theory and DMRG Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W6.00005: On the matrix product formulation of DMRG and the extension of DMRG to two-dimensional quantum systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W7: Advances in the Biological Physics of Morphogenesis

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Timothy Newman, Arizona State University
Room: LACC 408B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W7.00001: Biological Morphogenesis as Multiscale Transformations of Soft Matter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W7.00002: Using many-body theory to understand chemotactic movement in cellular systems, with application to the chick embryo Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W7.00003: Tissue architecture, cell traction, deformable scaffolds, and the forces that shape the embryo during morphogenesis. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W7.00004: Computational Modeling of Biological Development Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W7.00005: Taming morphogenesis: employing the biophysical basis of tissue self-assembly to build living structures of prescribed geometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W10: Focus Session: Spin Transport and Spin Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas
Room: LACC 153B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W10.00001: Observation of spin Coulomb drag in a two-dimensional electron gas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W10.00002: Spin diffusion in GaAs quantum wells C.P. Weber, N. Gedik, J.E. Moore, J. Orenstein , J. Stephens, D.D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W10.00003: Charge-Hall effect driven by spin force: reciprocal of the spin-Hall effect Ping Zhang, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W10.00004: Pure and ``impure'' spin currents in mesoscopic four-probe semiconductor nanostructures with Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings Liviu Z\^arbo, Branislav Nikoli\'c Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W10.00005: Quantized anomalous Hall effect and intrinsic spin transport in aRashba insulator Junren Shi, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W10.00006: Gate-controlled spin-splitting in quantum dots with ferromagnetic leads in the Kondo regime Jan Martinek, Michael Sindel, Laszlo Borda, Jozef Barnas, Ralf Bulla, Juergen Koenig, Gerd Schoen, S. Maekawa, Jan von Delft Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W10.00007: Hartree-Fock theory of a homogeneous 2D electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit Stefano Chesi, Gabriele Giuliani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W10.00008: Charge and spin transport in inhomogeneous semiconductor nanostructures using a Boltzmann equation approach Dan Csontos, Sergio E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W10.00009: Conserved dissipationless spin current in a doped Mott insulator S.P. Kou, X.L. Qi, Z.Y. Weng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W10.00010: Non-equilibrium Green’s functions for the simulation of quantum spin transport Paul von Allmen, Fabiano Oyafuso, Seungwon Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W10.00011: Nonballistic two-channel Datta-Das spin field effect transistor Hyun-Woo Lee, Serkan Caliskan, Hyowon Park Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W10.00012: DC spin current generation: adiabatic versus nonadiabatic regime L. Y. Wang, C. S. Tang, C. S. Chu Preview Abstract

Session W13: Thermodynamic Properties of Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Donald Naugle, Texas A&M University
Room: LACC 402B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W13.00001: Anomalous normal state Nernst effect in electron doped Pr$_{2-x}$Ce$_{x}$CuO$_{4-y}$ P. Li, H. Balci, Y. Dagan, W. Yu, R. L. Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W13.00002: Evidence of Nodal Superconductivity in Na0.35CoO2$\cdot$1.3H2O:A Specific Heat Study H. D. Yang, J.-Y. Lin, C. P. Sun, Y. C. Kang, C. L. Huang, K. Takada, T. Sasaki, H. Sakurai, E. Takayama-Muromachi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W13.00003: 3$\omega$ Thermal Conductivity Measurement of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ in pulsed high magnetic field Dongkyun Kim, Jon Betts, Fedor Balakirev, Albert Migliori, Bo Soo Kang, Quanxi Jia, Jia-Qiang Yan, J. B. Goodenough Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W13.00004: The phonon contribution to the low-temperature thermal conductivity in overdoped cuprates: a probe of electron-phonon coupling David Hawthorn, Shiyan Li, Fil Ronning, Mike Sutherland, Robert Hill, Makariy Tanatar, Johnpierre Paglione, Darren Peets, Ruixing Liang, Doug Bonn, Walter Hardy, N. Kaneko, Martin Greven, Louis Taillefer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W13.00005: Strongly enhanced diamagnetism and the vortex-Nernst effect in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x Yayu Wang, Lu Li, Mike Naughton, Genda Gu, S. Uchida, Nai-Phuan Ong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W13.00006: Sub-microgram differential AC calorimetry Andreas Rydh, R. Xie, S. Smith, J. E. Pearson, R. Divan, U. Welp, W. K. Kwok, M. R. Eskilden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W13.00007: Isotope effects in HTS cuprates: pressure, anisotropy, impurities and pseudogap. Jeffery Tallon, James Storey, Grant Williams, Nswamy Suresh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W13.00008: Thermal Conductivity of YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ Dale R. Harshman, John D. Dow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W13.00009: Scaling law of the thermal conductivity in nodal superconductors H. Won, K. Maki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W13.00010: High-pressure behaviors of a niobium nitride single crystal Xiao-Jia Chen, Viktor V. Struzhkin, Zhigang Wu, Ronald E. Cohen, Ho-kwang Mao, Russell J. Hemley, Axel N{\O}rlund Christensen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W13.00011: LaOs4Sb12 and LaRu4Sb12, a contrast with the unconventional behavior of PrOs4Sb12 Daniel Vandervelde, M. B. Salamon, Elbert Chia, H. Sugawara, H. Sato Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W13.00012: Effects of anisotropic impurity scattering on thermal conductivity and thermoelectric effect in unconventional superconductors Mikael Fogelstrom, Tomas Lofwander Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W13.00013: Heat Capacity of the Magnetic Superconductors R$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$RuSr$_2$CuO$_{10-\delta}$ Donald Naugle, K. D. D. Rathnayaka, Maryna Anatska, Israel Felner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W13.00014: In-plane anisotropy of Seebeck coefficient in slightly doped YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_y$ Kouji Segawa, Yoichi Ando Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W13.00015: Low Temperature Heat Capacity of Superconducting Zn Nanowires James Kurtz, Bob Johnson, Mingliang Tian, Nitesh Kumar, Zhigang Ma, Moses H.W. Chan Preview Abstract

Session W14: Focus Session: Electronic and Atomic Structures of Interfaces and Gate Stacks II

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Gerd Duscher, NCSU
Room: LACC 403B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W14.00001: Interface phases and the future of the nanotransistor Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W14.00002: Defects at Si-SiO$_2$ and internal dielectric interfaces in high-k gate stacks for Si devices Gerald Lucovsky, J.C. Phillips Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W14.00003: Ab-Initio Study of the Effect of Hydrogen and Point Defects on Arsenic Segregation at Si (100)/SiO2 Interfaces Karthik Ravichandran, Wolfgang Windl, Tao Liang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W14.00004: Interaction of Hydrogen with Silicon-Silicon Dioxide Interfaces Renee M. Van Ginhoven, Harold P. Hjalmarson, Peter A. Schultz, Blair Tuttle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W14.00005: Atomic structure of novel epitaxial oxide/semiconductor interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W14.00006: Electron Spin Resonance Observation of Si/Dielectric Interface Traps in Fully Processed Metal Gate Hafnium Oxide Field Effect Transistors Thomas Pribicko, Jason Campbell, Patrick Lenahan, Wilman Tsai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W14.00007: Paramagnetic Centers in Hafnium Oxide Films on Silicon Jason Ryan, Jason Campbell, Thomas Pribicko, Patrick Lenahan, John Conley, Wilman Tsai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 5:18PM		W14.00008: Atomic-scale challenges in nano-MOSFETs: Gate dielectrics and device modeling Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W14.00009: Nitrided hafnium silicates for gate dielectrics Chang-gong Wang, Mohith Verghese, Eric Shero, Glen Wilk, Jan Willem Maes, W. Deweerd, R. Opila, J. Morais Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:30PM - 5:42PM		W14.00010: Medium Energy Ion Scattering Study of Oxygen Diffusion-Reactions in High-k Dielectrics on Si Lyudmila Goncharova, Dmitri Starodub, Robin Barnes, Eric Garfunkel, Torgny Gustafsson, Gennadi Bersuker, Brendan Foran, Pat Lysaght Preview Abstract

Session W15: Focus Session: Optical properties of QDs

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: P. Guyot Sionnest, University of Chicago
Room: LACC 405

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W15.00001: On the nature of ultraviolet photoluminescence in ZnO quantum dots Vladimir A. Fonoberov, Alexander A. Balandin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W15.00002: The Structure of Excited-State Transitions in Individual Nanocrystals Probed by Photoluminescence Excitation Spectroscopy Han Htoon, P.J. Cox, V.I. Klimov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W15.00003: Fluorescence from Individual PbS Quantum Dots Jeffrey Peterson, Todd Krauss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W15.00004: Photoluminescence studies of colloidal PbSe nanocrystals Jeffrey Harbold, Frank Wise, Chris Murray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W15.00005: Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer in PbS Nanocrystal Films Stephen Clark, Jeffrey Harbold, Frank Wise Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W15.00006: Amplified spontaneous emission in an opal infiltrated with CdSe/titania sol-gel Garry Maskaly, Melissa Petruska, Jagjit Nanda, Ilya Bezel, Richard Schaller, Victor Klimov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W15.00007: Electric field induced narrowing of exciton line width Ilya Ponomarev, Lev Deych, Alexander Lisyansky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W15.00008: Dielectric Confinement and Optical Properties of ZnO Quantum Rods Igor L. Kuskovsky, M. Yin, Y. Gu, Y. Gong, T. Andelman, S. O’Brien, A. Shabaev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W15.00009: Toward Single-Exciton Lasing through Engineered Exciton-Exciton Interactions Jagjit Nanda, Sergei Ivanov, Han Htoon, Ilya Bezel, Andrei Piryantinski, Sergei Tretiak, Victor Klimov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W15.00010: Non-linear Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanoparticle-Doped Glass Microspheres Anuranjita Tewary, April Montoya Vaverka, Risbud Subhash, Mark Brongersma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W15.00011: Optical behavior of nanocrystal quantum dots adsorbed on crystalline semiconductor substrates: Evidence for energy transfer Siyuan Lu, Atul Konkar, Anupam Madhukar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W15.00012: Mapping Exciton Spin States in CdSe Nanocrystals with Spin-Polarized, Resonant Photoluminescence Spectroscopy Madalina Furis, Patrick Robbins, Todd Barrick, Scott Crooker, Serguei Goupalov, Melissa Petruska, Victor Klimov, Alexander Efros Preview Abstract

Session W16: Non-Equilibrium, Tunneling and Many-Body Properties of Quantum Dots

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Giovanni Vignale, University of Missouri
Room: LACC 404A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W16.00001: Out-of-equilibrium Transport Phenomena through a Quantum Dot Tatsuya Fujii Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W16.00002: The Bethe Ansatz Out of Equilibrium: Exact calculations of steady-state properties in quantum impurity models Pankaj Mehta, Natan Andrei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W16.00003: Numerical Renormalization-Group Approach to the Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Quantum Impurity Problems Frithjof Anders, Avraham Schiller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W16.00004: Shot noise in resonant tunneling through a two-level system Ivana Djuric, Bing Dong, Hong-Liang Cui Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W16.00005: Shot noise induced switching of current in one-dimensional bistable resonant tunneling devices Oleg Tretiakov, Konstantin Matveev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W16.00006: Non equilibrium noise peak in magnetically doped mesoscopic wires Eran Lebanon, Piers Coleman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W16.00007: A Numerical Parameter Study of Electronic Transport through a Resonant Tunneling Structure Greg Recine, Bernard Rosen, Hong-Liang Cui Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W16.00008: Shot noise of a quantum displacement detector Aashish Clerk, Steve Girvin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W16.00009: Out-of-phase plasmons in double-layer electron systems B. Tanatar, G. Vignale Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W16.00010: The effect of electron-phonon interaction in artificial atoms within nanoscale Yiming Mi, Shuichi Iwata Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W16.00011: Tuning the quantum critical crossover in quantum dots Ganpathy Murthy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W16.00012: QMC Study of Quantum Dots with Strong Interactions Amit Ghosal, Cyrus Umrigar, Denis Ullmo, Harold Baranger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W16.00013: Beyond the maximum density droplet: From few-electron to many-electron quantum dots in strong magnetic fields Yuesong Li, Constantine Yannouleas, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W16.00014: Singlet-triplet splitting and electron localization in elliptic quantum dots Constantine Yannouleas, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
		W16.00015: Interaction effects in the thermodynamic properties of quantum-dots: a Hartree-Fock study. Nelson Studart, Luis Dias da Silva Preview Abstract
		W16.00016: Charge Oscillations in Quantum Dots Alessandro Silva, Michael Sindel, Yuval Oreg, Jan von Delft Preview Abstract

Session W17: Nanostructures: Electrical, Optical and Structural Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Stefan Badescu, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: LACC 404B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W17.00001: Coherent X-ray diffraction to image Silver Nanocrystals Mengning Liang, Yugang Sun, Ross Harder, Ian Robinson, Younan Xia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W17.00002: Templated Nanowires for Electrical and Electro-Optic Applications Yun Peng, Chris LaFratta, Daniel Lim, J.T. Fourkas, M.J. Naughton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W17.00003: Atomically-Flat Nanosurface Arrays for STM and Photonic Studies D.H. Dahanayaka, X.J. Wang, J.C. Keay, S. Hosain, W.D. Tennyson, T.G. Easley, G.D. Lian, M.B. Johnson, L.A. Bumm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W17.00004: Assembly of nanoclusters for application as a variable capacitor Nathalie Lidgi, P. Seneor, J. Carrey, D. Veautier, G. Viau, F. Nguyen Van Dau, A. Friederich, A. Fert, A. Vaures Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W17.00005: Quantum Size Effects on Growth of Cylindrical Gold Nanoclusters on Surface Yong Han, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W17.00006: Charge Transport Studies of Dielectrophoretic Interconnects Composed of Gold Nanoparticles Birol Ozturk, Charles Blackledge, Daniel Grischkowsky, Bret N. Flanders Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W17.00007: Transport Properties of Granular Metals Igor Beloborodov, Konstantin Efetov, Andrei Lopatin, Valerii Vinokur Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W17.00008: Transport conductivity calculation of atomic-scale nanostructures of Au and Co Liqin Ke, Mark van Schilfgaarde Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W17.00009: Energetics and equation of state of passivated nanocluster assemblies W.D. Luedtke, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W17.00010: The Directed-Assembly of CdS Interconnects between Targeted Points in a Circuit Bret N. Flanders, Birol Ozturk, Ishan Talukdar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W17.00011: Epitaxial growth of quantum-well photovoltaic structures on silicon substrates using beryllium chalcogenide interlayers Kevin Clark, Eduardo Maldonado, R.T. Bate, W.P. Kirk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W17.00012: Growth of ZnSe/BeTe double-barrier quantum-well heterostructure on vicinal Si (100) surfaces by Molecular Beam Epitaxy Eduardo Maldonado, Kevin Clark, Shweta Bhandaru, Wiley Kirk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W17.00013: Microstructure of Delta-Doped ZnSe:(Te, N) Grown by Migration Enhanced Epitaxy Y. Gong, I.L. Kuskovsky, H. Yan, Y. Gu, G.F. Neumark, I.C. Noyan, M.C. Tamargo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W17.00014: Realization and Characterization of a Curved Two-dimensional Electron Gas Nakul Shaji, Hua Qin, Ryan Toonen, Robert Blick, Christoph Deneke, Oliver Schmidt Preview Abstract
		W17.00015: Tailoring size and density of Au clusters grown by sputtering Nathalie Lidgi, P. Seneor, J. Carrey, F. Nguyen Van Dau, A. Friederich, A. Fert, C. Deranlot, A. Vaures Preview Abstract

Session W20: Surface Structural and Electronic Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Qiming Zhang, University of Texas-Arlington
Room: LACC 407

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W20.00001: Ab initio studies of the cubic boron nitride (110) surface Newton Ooi, James Adams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W20.00002: Theory of Auger decay for fine surface structure features. Gian Paolo Brivio, Mario Italo Trioni, Sebastiano Caravati Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W20.00003: A method for calculating surface electronic structures using semi-infinite boundary conditions Yonas Abraham, N. A. W. Holzwarth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W20.00004: GW quasiparticle energy calculations for surfaces: the influence of polarization effects in a repeated-slab approach Philipp Eggert, Christoph Freysoldt, Patrick Rinke, Matthias Scheffler, Arno Schindlmayr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W20.00005: Using Alkali Ions to Probe the 3D Surface Potential of Cerium Oxide Surfaces Guangzhi Liu, Jory Yarmoff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W20.00006: Measurement of surface charging effects via a buried Al$_{0.24}$Ga$_{0.76}$As/GaAs quantum well structure R.D. Gann, M. Biasini, J.A. Yarmoff, A.P. Mills, Jr., B.C.D. Williams, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West, X.P.A. Gao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W20.00007: Carbon Adsorption on Copper and Nickel Surfaces: A Comparative First-principles Study Qiming Zhang, Tu Hu, Xingao Gong, Jack C. Wells, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W20.00008: Surface Electronic Structure of the Compositional Variants of SnO2(101) Matthias Batzill, Jimi Burst, Khabibulakh Katsiev, Anne Chaka, Bernard Delley, Ulrike Diebold Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W20.00009: Structural and Electronic Properties of Magnesium Hydride Surfaces. Michel A. Posternak, Alfonso Baldereschi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W20.00010: Positron Trapping and Annihilation at Reconstructed Ge(100)-(2x1) and Ge(111)-(2x8) Surfaces J. L. Fry, N. G. Fazleev, A. H. Weiss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W20.00011: Step stiffness and surface diffusion on Au(111) studied by LEEM Michal Ondrejcek, Waclaw Swiech, Mahesh Rajappan, C. Peter Flynn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W20.00012: STM study of size–selected Ag and Au nanoclusters on titania surface Xiao Tong, Lauren Benz, Paul R. Kemper, Michael T. Bowers, Horia Metiu, Steven K. Buratto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W20.00013: k-dependent electronic structure of NiNmSb single-crystal surfaces Juliet Correa, Christian Eibl, J\"{u}rgen Braun, Georgi Rangelov, Markus Donath Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W20.00014: Surface Characterization of Cleaved Bilayer La1.2Sr1.8M2O7 Brian Sell, Masamitsu Watanabe, Norman Mannella, Stephenie Ritchey, Mark West, Hong Zheng, Jonh Mitchell, Simon Mun, See-hun Yang, Charles Fadley Preview Abstract
		W20.00015: The Role of Dangling Bond Diffusion in The Process of Self-Directed Growth of Molecular Assemblies on the H-Si(100)-3x1 Surface: from fabrication towards electrical transport measurements of hybrid silicon-molecular nano structures Xiao Tong, Robert A. Wolkow Preview Abstract

Session W21: Techniques in Biophysics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Robert Riehn, Princeton University
Room: LACC 409A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W21.00001: Linear Image Restoration of Sets of Images with Residual Misalignments Philip Baldwin, Pawel Penczek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W21.00002: Femtosecond laser-assisted delivery of molecules into single living cells Cheng Peng, Ingrid Wilke, Robert Palazzo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W21.00003: Diffractive Imaging of Single Viruses Robert Coridan, John Butler, Thomas Angelini, Gerard C.L. Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W21.00004: Optical detection of changes in glass surface properties induced during wet photolithography R. Masina, J. P. Landry, X. D. Zhu, A. N. Parikh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W21.00005: Comparison of sensitivities of two label-free optical detection techniques: SPR vs. oblique-incidence reflectivity difference (OI-RD) X. D. Zhu, J. P. Landry Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W21.00006: A New Class of Quantum Imaging Materials:50 nm Diameter Infrared Upconverting Phosphors. Shuang Fang Lim, Robert Riehn, Chih-kuan Tung, Robert H Austin, Alex McDonald, David Tank Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W21.00007: Differential Adhesion of Amino Acids to Inorganic Surfaces Robert Willett, Ken West, Loren Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W21.00008: A novel approach to measurement of the adhesion strength of a single cell on a substrate Marie-Josee Colbert, Kari Dalnoki-Veress, Cecile Fradin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W21.00009: Observation of magnetic field-induced contraction of fission yeast cells using optical projection microscopy Xi Yang, A.W. Beckwith Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W21.00010: Nonlinear Microrheology of Dilute Aqueous Polymer and Biopolymer Solutions J.N. Wilking, T.G. Mason Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W21.00011: Dielectric Properties of Live Yeast Cells Expressed with the Motor Protein Prestin John Miller, Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, David Warmflash, Fred Pereira, William Brownell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W21.00012: A Microchannel Device for the Alignment of Self-Assembled Filamentous Protein Systems Linda S. Hirst, E. Parker, Z. Abu Samah, Y. Li, N.C. MacDonald, C. R. Safinya, R. Pynn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W21.00013: Developing a Microfluidic Diffusional Mixer for Time-resolved Infrared Microscope Spectroscopic Studies of Protein Structural Dynamics Peter Galajda, Robert Austin, Jarmila Guijarro, Aihua Xie Preview Abstract

Session W22: Focus Session: Microtubules and Molecular Motors

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Beate Schmittmann, Virginia Tech
Room: LACC 409B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W22.00001: Molecular Motors with Finite and Infinite Processivity on Disordered Tracks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W22.00002: Single Actin Filaments Pushing Loads: Growth Kinetics and Fluctuations Ben O'Shaughnessy, Dimitrios Vavylonis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W22.00003: Filament depolymerisation by motor proteins Gernot Klein, Karsten Kruse, Frank Juelicher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W22.00004: Self-assembly of microtubules and motors Igor Aranson, Lev Tsimring Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W22.00005: Stochastic Dynamical Modeling of Single-Molecular Properties of Actomyosins Hyung-June Woo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W22.00006: Noninvasive probes of mitochondrial molecular motors Dharmakeerthna Nawarathna, David Warmflash, John Miller, James Claycomb Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W22.00007: A Monte Carlo study of some non-equilibrium driven models and their contribution to the understanding of molecular motors Irina Mazilu, Mark Allen, Christopher Gaiteri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W22.00008: Stochastic Mechanochemistry for Processive Motor Proteins: Kinesin Crouches before Sprinting. Young C. Kim, Michael E. Fisher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W22.00009: Hybrid molecular motors - Brownian and power stroke models Brian Geislinger, Ryoichi Kawai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W22.00010: Modeling studies of induced internal transmembrane potentials and molecular motors in live cells Vijayanand Vajrala, James Claycomb, John Miller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W22.00011: Building a Theoretical Model of Bidirectional Transport. Dmitri Petrov, Clare Yu, Steven Gross Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W22.00012: Hinge-Bending Transitions during F1 ATPase Function: Ligand-Rocked Brownian Motion? Caroline Ritz-Gold Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W22.00013: Behavior of T-Tubulin-Interactions at Low Concentrations of Colchicine in the Microtubule Steady State Mitra Shojania Feizabadi, William B. Spillman Preview Abstract

Session W24: Granular Flow I

Sponsoring Units: DFD GSNP DCMP
Chair: Wolfgang Losert, University of Maryland
Room: LACC 411

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W24.00001: Hysteresis and competition between disorder and crystallization in sheared and vibrated granular flow Karen E. Daniels, Robert P. Behringer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W24.00002: Ordered Packing Induced by Simultaneous Shear and Compaction Bruno Hancock, Meenakshi Dutt, Craig Bentham, James Elliott Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W24.00003: Shear-induced size segregation and crystallization in an annular geometry J.P. Gollub, N. Travers, J.C. Tsai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W24.00004: A Particle-Substrate Model and Its Applications Robert Behringer, Meenakshi Dutt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W24.00005: Maximum angle of stability of a wet granular pile Sarah Nowak, Azadeh Samadani, Arshad Kudrolli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W24.00006: Packing Fraction and Maximum Stability Angle of Granular Heaps Jeremy Olson, Marquita Priester, Jin-ying Luo, Sameer Chopra, Rena Zieve Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W24.00007: Boundary effects on the stability of thin submerged granular piles S.B. Ogale, R.N. Bathe, R.J. Choudhary, S.N. Kale, Abhijit S. Ogale, A.G. Banpurkar, A.V. Limaye Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W24.00008: Effects of Size Polydispersity on Pharmaceutical Particle Packings Meenakshi Dutt, Bruno Hancock, Craig Bentham, James Elliott Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W24.00009: Studies of Particle Packings in Mixtures of Pharmaceutical Excipients Craig Bentham, Meenakshi Dutt, Bruno Hancock, James Elliott Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W24.00010: Rising through the sand: penetration of a granular medium from below Thomas Scheidemantel, Ke Chen, Matthew Lohr, Casey Conger, Kit Klein, Matthew Stone, Peter Schiffer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W24.00011: Point-force Response Functions for Model Solid Foams Erin Miller, David Wells, Lucas Wharton, Gerald Seidler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W24.00012: Non-linear stress transmission in granular materials Yael Roichman, Dov Levine Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W24.00013: Force Correlations in 2D Granular Materials Trush Majmudar, Robert Behringer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W24.00014: Dry quick sand Detlef Lohse, Raymond Bergmann, Devaraj van der Meer, Remco Rauhe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W24.00015: Crossover between linear and volcanic response in a self-organizing driven mixture - interacting lattice gas computer simulation Ras Pandey, Joe Gettrust Preview Abstract

Session W25: Nanowires IV: Nitrides and Others

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DMP
Chair: Andrea Trave, LLNL
Room: LACC 501A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W25.00001: Thermal conductivity of B-C-N and BN nanotubes Chih-Wei Chang, Wei-Qiang Han, Alex Zettl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W25.00002: Band-gap and the Electronic structure of BN nanotubes David Okawa, Shaul Aloni, William Mickelson, Gavi Begtrup, Alex Zettl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W25.00003: First Success on Growing Boron Nitride Nanotubes on Substrates Yoke Khin Yap, Jiesheng Wang, Vijaya Kayastha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W25.00004: Effect of Screening on electronic properties of Boron Nitride Nanotube under an electric field in the proximity of a possible metal insulator transition Jay Sau, Marvin Cohen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W25.00005: Ab initio study of the quasiparticle band structure and opticalproperties of bulk h-BN and BN nanotubes. Cheol Hwan Park, Catalin D. Spataru, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W25.00006: Controlled growth of GaN nanowires by focused ion beam Pt-catalyst patterning Jinyong Kim, Chang-Yong Nam, Douglas Tham, John E. Fischer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W25.00007: Low Contact Resistance Ohmic Junctions in GaN Nanowire Devices by Rapid Thermal Annealing G. Chen, Qihua Xiong, H. R. Gutierrez, J.J. Zengel, J. Wu, S. Tadigadapa, P.C. Eklund, K. Byon, J. Fischer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W25.00008: Deterministic Synthesis and assembly of Germanium Nanowires Dunwei Wang, Hongjie Dai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W25.00009: Growth and optical properties of GaAs-GaInP core-shell nanowires N. Skold, M.-E. Pistol, J. Tragardh, L. Samuelson, M. Larsson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W25.00010: Band-gap engineering in III-V nanowires Ann I. Persson, Mikael T. Bj\"ork, S\"oren Jeppesen, Magnus W. Larsson, L. Reine Wallenberg, Lars Samuelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W25.00011: Light scattering study of acoustic phonons in 300nm wide rectangular wires Anthony Link, Rudra Bandhu, R. Sooryakumar, Konrad Bussmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W25.00012: Molecular Electronics with Peptide Nanotubes: Calculation of Conventional and Complex Band Structure Ribeka Takahashi, Hao Wang, James Lewis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W25.00013: Thinnest Insulating and Semiconducting Nanotubes of SiOx (x = 1 and 2) Abhishek Singh, Vijay Kumar, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Preview Abstract
		W25.00014: Epitaxial GaN Nanorod Array Formation on (111) Si by MBE H. W. Seo, Q. Y. Chen, X. M. Wang, L. W. Tu, C. L. Hsiao, M. Chen, M. N. Iliev, Wei-Kan Chu Preview Abstract

Session W26: First-Principles Simulation of Complex Materials

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DMP
Chair: Steven Erwin, NRL
Room: LACC 501B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W26.00001: Diffusion, Coalescence, and Reconstruction of Vacancy Defects in Graphene Layers Gun-Do Lee, Euijoon Yoon, Nong-Moon Hwang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W26.00002: Alloying Contributions to Twinnability in Nickel: Testing the Rule of Thumb Donald Siegel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W26.00003: First principles studies of self-polarization in electroactive polymers Serge Nakhmanson, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, Jerry Bernholc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W26.00004: Theoretical proposal and investigation of ferroelectric superlattices incorporating head-to-head and tail-to-tail 180$^\circ$ domain walls Xifan Wu, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W26.00005: A First Principles Study of Graphitic-Like Structures of SiC Ming Yu, C.S. Jayanthi, S.Y. Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W26.00006: First Principles Study of Nanotubes of Boron. Kah Chun Lau, Ranjit Pati, Ravindra Pandey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W26.00007: First-principles simulations at constant electric polarization Oswaldo Dieguez, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W26.00008: Adsorption and Diffusion of Pt and Au on the Stoichiometric and Reduced TiO$_2$ Rutile (110) Surfaces Hakim Iddir, Serdar Ogut, Nigel Browning, Mark Disko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W26.00009: Characterization of Silicon Nitride/Lanthanide-Oxide Interfaces at the Atomic Scale by Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy and Density Functional Theory J. C. Idrobo, A. Ziegler, M. Cinibulk, C. Kisielowski, R. Ritchie, N. Browning, S. Ogut Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W26.00010: Supercell issues in density functional calculations P.A. Schultz, R.M. van Ginhoven, T.R. Mattsson, A.E. Mattsson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W26.00011: Optimal Cluster Expansions: Predicting Alloy Thermodynamics with Desired Accuracy Nikolai Zarkevich, Duane D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W26.00012: Theoretical Study of Encapsulated Alkali Metal Atoms in Nanoporous Channels of ITQ-4 Zeolite: One-Dimensional Metals and Inorganic Electrides Hong Li, S. D. Mahanti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W26.00013: Geometric simulation of structures containing rigid units Stephen Wells Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W26.00014: A theoretical measure for deformation twinning in FCC metals Noam Bernstein, Ellad Tadmor Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W26.00015: A First-principles Investigation of Superionic Behavior: $\alpha$-AgI as a Case Study Brandon Wood, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
		W26.00016: Excited spin multiplets of magnetic molecules from a DFT-based many-spin Hamiltonian Kyungwha Park, Mark Pederson, C. Stephen Hellberg Preview Abstract

Session W27: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Growth and Manipulation

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Sami Rosenblatt, Cornell University
Room: LACC 501C

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W27.00001: Synthesis of monochiral multiwalled carbon nanotubes Xuedong Bai, Zhi Xu, Enge Wang, Dmitri Golberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W27.00002: Structural Control of VA-MWNTs by Dual-RF-Plasma CVD Jitendra Menda, Lakshman Vanga, Benjamin Ulmen, Yoke Khin Yap, Zhengwei Pan, Ilia Ivanov, Alex Puretzky, David Geohegan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W27.00003: Flattened and Coaxial Cable-liked Carbon Nanotubes Wenzhi Li, Zhifeng Ren, Kris Kempa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W27.00004: Bulk Synthesis of Helical Coiled Carbon Nanostructures Wei Wang, Apparao Rao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W27.00005: Synthesis and Electrical Transport Properties of Carbon Nanocoils El Hadi Sadki, Shuuichi Ooi, Hiroyuki Takeya, Kazuto Hirata Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W27.00006: Transfer of Patterned Arrays of Oriented Carbon Nnaotubes by Electron Emission Assisted Sublimation Rashmi Nanjundaswamy, Mei Zhang, Alex Zakhidov, Anvar Zakhidov, Sergey Lee, Mike Sampson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W27.00007: Precision Cutting of Nanotubes with a Low-Energy Electron Beam Thomas Yuzvinsky, Adam Fennimore, Willi Mickelson, Cristian Esquivias, Alex Zettl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W27.00008: Nanosurgery in Carbon Nanotubes: Efficient Elimination of Pentagon-Heptagon Defects Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses Martin Garcia, Aldo Romero, Felipe Valencia, Mauricio Terrones, Humberto Terrones, Harald Jeschke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W27.00009: Oxidative Process for Cutting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Jonah Shaver, Kirk Ziegler, Zhenning Gu, Zheyi Chen, Erica Flor, Candace Chan, Robert Hauge, Richard Smalley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W27.00010: Modeling a Carbon Nanotube Field Emitter Vacuum Triode Douglas Clauss, Ben Yu-Kuang Hu, Alper Buldum Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W27.00011: Modulation of Field Electron Emission from Carbon Nanotubes by Double layer Charging Anvar Zakhidov, Rashmi Nanjundaswamy, Ray Baughman, Sergey Lee, Ali Aliev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W27.00012: CNT Twisted Yarns as Low Threshold Cold Electron Sources for Displays. Alexander Zakhidov, Rashmy Nanjundaswamy, Mei Zhang, Sergey Lee, Ray Baughman, Alexander Obraztsov, Anvar Zakhidov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W27.00013: Fractal Effect Induced Giant Field Enhancement in Carbon Nanotubes and ZnO Nanowires Grown on Carbon Cloth Jianyu Huang, Krzysztof Kempa, Sung-Ho Jo, Shuo Chen, Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W27.00014: Electron Field Emission from Nanostructured Carbon Materials Sanju Gupta Preview Abstract
		W27.00015: Significant Effects of Confinement and Catalysis in Formation of Tabular Structures from Peapod Structures Haibin Su, R. Nielsen, Adri van Duin, William Goddard III Preview Abstract

Session W29: Polymer Theory and Simulation II: Interfaces and Confinement

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: John McCoy, NMT
Room: LACC 504

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W29.00001: Apex Exponents for Polymer-Probe Interactions Roya Zandi, Michael Slutsky, Mehran Kardar, Yacov Kantor Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W29.00002: Charge Induced Pattern Formation on Surfaces Sharon M. Loverde, Yury Velichko, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W29.00003: RIS-Monte Carlo Based Molecular Modeling of Elasticity and Photoelasticity of SBS Thermoplastic Elastomer Kapileswar Nayak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W29.00004: The Colloidal Force of Bead-Spring Chains in a Good Solvent John McCoy, John Curro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W29.00005: Molecular dynamics simulations of a polymer brush-melt interface under shear Claudio Pastorino, Marcus Müller, Kurt Binder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W29.00006: Capillary Waves, Chain Conformations, and Viscoelasticity at Sheared Blend Interfaces: DSCF - MD Comparison. Tak Lo, Maja Mihaljovic, Yitzhak Shndiman, Wentao Li, Dilip Gersappe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W29.00007: Instability of Polymer Films by Complete Dispersion Forces Heping Zhao, Yong Jian Wang, Ophelia K.C. Tsui Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W29.00008: Molecular dynamics simulations of electrostatic layer-by-layer assembly of polyelectrolytes near charged planar surface Pritesh Patel, Junhwan Jeon, Patrick Mather, Andrey Dobrynin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W29.00009: Dynamical properties of DNA under confinement Satheesh Kumar, Wokyung Sung Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W29.00010: Modelling polymer-obstacle collisions: Molecular Dynamics simulations and theory Martin Kenward, Gary W. Slater Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W29.00011: Monte Carlo simulation and self-consistent integral equation theory for polymers in quenched random media Bong June Sung, Arun Yethiraj Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W29.00012: The Equilibrium Partitioning of Block Copolymer at Critical Condition Yongmei Wang, Shazia Khan, Wenhua Jiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W29.00013: What is the critical condition for equilibrium partitioning of SAW chains into pores? Wenhua Jiang, Scott Orelli, Yongmei Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W29.00014: Thermodynamics of Heteropolymers in Confinement: A Wang-Landau Monte Carlo Study Yelena Sliozberg, Cameron Abrams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W29.00015: Shape Templating Effects Among Growing Anisotropic Particles Ashoutosh Panday, Samuel Gido Preview Abstract

Session W30: Organic Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Yueh Lin Loo, University of Texas
Room: LACC 505

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W30.00001: Molecular orientation in self-assembled azo-polymer thin films studied by second-harmonic generation Paulo B. Miranda, Fabio J. S. Lopes, Cleber R. Mendonca, Sergio C. Zilio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W30.00002: Polyelectrolytes with Azobenzene for Self-Assembled Smart Materials Christopher Barrett, Kevin Yager, Oleh Tanchak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W30.00003: Beyond Force Measurements: Molecular Diffusion in Confined Fluida Jeff Turner, Ashis Mukhopadhyay, Sung Chul Bae, Sangmin Jeon, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W30.00004: Exciton absorption in thin PTCDA and PTCDA/Alq3 multilayers V.R. Gangilenka, Ajith DeSilva, H.P. Wagner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W30.00005: Strain Modified Exciton Emision in Organic Multilayers Ajith DeSilva, H.P. Wagner, T.U. Kampen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W30.00006: Enhancement of Raman signal for nanoconfined samples Malgorzata Graca, Sang Chul Bae, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W30.00007: The self-assembly of alkyl-trichlorosilanes on model surfaces of biphenylthiols Svetlana Stoycheva, Joerg Fick, Steffen Franzka, Nils Hartmann, Alexander Kornviakov, Avi Ulman, Michael Himmelhaus, Michael Grunze Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W30.00008: Influence of lateral packing density and tailgroup hydrophilicity on the protein resistance of oligoether-terminated alkanethiols studied by IR-vis sum frequency generation (SFG) Joerg Fick, Rongyao Wang, Sascha Herrwerth, Wolfgang Eck, Michael Himmelhaus, Michael Grunze Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W30.00009: Low Energy Electron Diffraction and Photoemission Study of Dodecanethiol on Pt(111) and Pt(100) T.M. Sweeney, P.S. Robbert, J.W. Hobson, S.M. Huston, C.A. Ventrice, Jr., H. Geisler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W30.00010: Molecular Simulation of Oligomeric Nanofilms Confined Between Iron and Iron Oxide Surfaces David Rigby, Rajesh Khare Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W30.00011: Structural characterization of iron phthalocyanine thin films by X-ray diffractometry Casey W. Miller, A. Sharoni, G. Liu, C. N. Colesniuc, B. Fruhberger, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W30.00012: Electronic structures of self-assembled monolayer of molecules of symmetric disulfides of benzoic acid Y. -H. Tang, M. -H. Tsai Preview Abstract

Session W31: Focus Session: Interaction of Polymers with Biological Systems

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DPOLY
Chair: Roland Faller, University of California-Davis
Room: LACC 503

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W31.00001: Modeling the Dynamic Interactions between Polymeric Membranes and Target Species Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W31.00002: Lipid Corralling and Polymer Squeeze-out in Membranes Invited Speaker: Ka Yee C. Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W31.00003: Computer simulation of C60 permeation crossing dimyristoylphosphatidylethanolamine Liwei Li, Dmitry Bedrov, Grant Smith Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W31.00004: Towards Improving the Targeting Efficiency of End-Functionalized Polymer Brushes Chun-Chung Chen, Elena E. Dormidontova Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W31.00005: Connect the Dots: Tracking the Motion of Single Particles Stephen Anthony, Liangfang Zhang, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W31.00006: Polymer Diffusion in Lipid Membranes Ashok Prasad, Jane' Kondev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W31.00007: Self-assembly between DNA and anionic membranes Hongjun Liang, Daniel Harries, Gerard Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W31.00008: Mobility of DNA on Supported Lipid Bilayers Chakradhar Padala, Sanat Kumar, Ravi Kane Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W31.00009: Polymers Slaved Diffusion in Phospholipid Bilayers---A Study Using Single-Molecule Fluorescence Liangfang Zhang, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W31.00010: A Molecular Imprinting Strategy Employing Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Solar C. Olugebefola, Anne M. Mayes, Michael F. Rubner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W31.00011: DNA Molecules Adsorbed on Rippled Supported Cationic Lipid Membranes -- A new way to stretch DNAs Leonardo Golubovic Preview Abstract
		W31.00012: Stretching Helical Macromolecules Gustavo A. Carri, Vikas Varshney Preview Abstract

Session W32: Focus Session: High Tc Cuprates: Theory and Computation

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DCMP
Chair: Alexander Balatsky, LANL
Room: LACC 507

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W32.00001: The role of doping, pressure and composition on the creation of holes in high T$_c$ cuprates Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl, Timo Thonhauser, Eugene Ya. Sherman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W32.00002: Electron- and Spin-Density Distributions around Zn Impurities in Cuprates Christophe Bersier, Samuel Renold, Erich P. Stoll, Peter F. Meier, Tom A. Claxton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W32.00003: Ab-initio electronic structure computation of atomic displacements in an underdoped YBCO superconductor Didier deFontaine, Vidvuds Ozolins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W32.00004: Ab Initio Calculation of Impurity Effects in Copper Oxide Materials Lin-Lin Wang, Hai-Ping Cheng, P.J. Hirschfeld Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W32.00005: Fourier-Transformed Inelastic STM Tunneling into High-Temperature Jian-Xin Zhu, A.V. Balatsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W32.00006: Strongly momentum dependent electron-phonon coupling in high temperature superconductors Tanja Cuk, Felix Baumberger, Donghui Lu, Nik Ingle, Xing-Jiang Zhou, Hiroshi Eisaki, Nobuhisa Kaneko, Zahid Hussain, Thomas Devereaux, Naoto Nagaosa, Zhi-xun Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W32.00007: Evolution of Mid-gap States and Residual 3-Dimensionality in La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ Arun Bansil, Seppo Sahrakorpi, Matti Lindroos, Robert Markiewicz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W32.00008: Particle-Hole Asymmetry in Doped Mott Insulators: Implications for Tunneling and Photoemission Spectroscopies Mohit Randeria, Rajdeep Sensarma, Nandini Trivedi, Fu-Chun Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W32.00009: Mott gap collapse in electron- and hole-doped cuprates within a four-band Hubbard Model Hsin Lin, R.S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W32.00010: Analysis of the renormalization of the quasiparticle dispersion in high-$T_{c}$ superconductors Jian-Xin Li$^{1,3}$, Tao Zhou$^1$, Z.D. Wang$^2$ Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W32.00011: Downward Shift of Infrared Spectral Weight in the Pseudogap State of Cuprates: Role of Anisotropy Rouzbeh Gerami, Chetan Nayak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W32.00012: Modulation of Local Density of States within the d-density Wave Theory in the Underdoped Cuprates Sudip Chakravarty, Amit Ghosal, Angela Kopp Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W32.00013: Magnetic field dependent of the local density of states in cuprate superconductors Hong-Yi Chen, Q. Wang, C.S. Ting Preview Abstract

Session W33: Josephson Junctions and SQUIDS II

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Dietrich Leibfried, NIST
Room: LACC 511C

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W33.00001: Harnessing a Dynamical Bifurcation for a High Fidelity, Dispersive Qubit Readout Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W33.00002: Multiphoton antiresonance Mark Dykman, Michael Fistul Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W33.00003: Characterizing the backaction of the Josephson Bifurcation Amplifier on the Quantronium qubit R. Vijay, I. Siddiqi, M. Metcalfe, E. Boaknin, L. Frunzio, M.H. Devoret Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W33.00004: Low-bandwidth control scheme for an oscillator stabilized Josephson qubit R. H. Koch, J. R. Rozen, G. A. Keefe, F. M. Milliken, C. C. Tsuei, J. R. Kirtley, D. P. DiVincenzo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W33.00005: A Quantum Capacitance Qubit C.M. Wilson, T. Duty, F. Persson, M. Sandberg, K. Bladh, D. Gunnarsson, J. Bylander, P. Delsing Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W33.00006: Nanomechanical quantum memory for superconducting qubits Emily Pritchett, Michael Geller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W33.00007: Energy relaxation time of an rf SQUID flux qubit Shaoxiong Li, Wei Qiu, Matthew Matheny, Zhongyuan Zhou, Siyuan Han Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W33.00008: Tunneling Spectroscopy of Two-level Systems Inside Josephson Junction Ivar Martin, Lev Bulaevskii, Alexander Shnirman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W33.00009: Current - Flux characteristics of a hysteretic asymmetric dc SQUID qubit Hanhee Paik, J. Matthews, S.K. Dutta, H. Xu, R.C. Ramos, T.A. Palomaki, R.M. Lewis, J.R. Anderson, C.J. Lobb, F.C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W33.00010: Selection of a Flux State in a Multi-well Asymmetric SQUID Tauno A. Palomaki, S.K. Dutta, Hanhee Paik, R.M. Lewis, R.C. Ramos, H. Xu, J.R. Anderson, C.J. Lobb, F.C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W33.00011: 1/f Critical Current Noise in Nb-Al-AlOx-Nb Trilayer Junctions T.A. Crane, D.J. Van Harlingen Preview Abstract

Session W34: Theory and Modeling

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Mark Ratner, Northwestern University
Room: LACC 511A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W34.00001: Density of States of Weakly Disordered Two-Dimensional Frenkel Excitons Nouredine Zettili, A. Boukahil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W34.00002: TDDFT approach with Gaussian Augmented Plane Waves Thomas Chassai, Marcella Iannuzzi, Juerg Hutter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W34.00003: Parametrization and performance appraisal of the analytic and variational X$\alpha$ method Rajendra Zope, Brett Dunlap Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W34.00004: Density fluctuations in the geometric cluster algorithm Jiwen Liu, Nigel B. Wilding, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W34.00005: Density Functional Perturbation Theory on a real space grid Eugene Kadantsev, M. J. Stott Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W34.00006: Long Range Charge-Transfer Excitations in Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Neepa Maitra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W34.00007: 3d R-matrix calculations of electron scattering from extended molecular systems Stefano Tonzani, Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W34.00008: The Transcorrelated Method Combined with the Variational Monte Carlo Calculation: Application to Atoms Naoto Umezawa, Shinji Tsuneyuki, Takahisa Ohno, Kenji Shiraishi, Toyohiro Chikyow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W34.00009: Dynamics of the photoisomerization process of {\it trans} - azobenzene: a time-dependent density functional study Norihisa Oyama, Yoshitaka Tateyama, Yoshiyuki Miyamoto, Takahisa Ohno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W34.00010: Calculation of the dynamics of nonadiabatic transitions with multiple vibrational modes Kunio Ishida, Keiichiro Nasu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W34.00011: Fast sampling in the slow manifold: The momentum-enhanced hybrid Monte Carlo method Ioan Andricioaei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W34.00012: Correlated geminal wave function: a resonating valence bond approach for quantum chemistry Michele Casula, Claudio Attaccalite, Sandro Sorella Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W34.00013: Molecular vibrations and the rotating Eckart frame of the ArHCl van der Waals complex Florence J. Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W34.00014: Collective diffusion in an ordered adsorbate: kinetic lattice gas model approach Zbigniew W. Gortel, Magdalena A. Za{\l}uska--Kotur Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W34.00015: First-Principles Hartree-Fock-Roothaan Study of Ground State of Ozone including Many-Body Effects Shekhar Gurung, M.M. Aryal, D.D. Paudyal, D.R. Mishra, N.B. Maharjan, B. Dhakal, R.H. Scheicher, Junho Jeong, T.P. Das Preview Abstract
		W34.00016: Spontaneous Quantum Electrical Dipole Predicted in Triangular Molecules Ryan Requist, Philip B. Allen, Alexander G. Abanov, Tunna Baruah Preview Abstract

Session W35: Molecular Electronics IV

Sponsoring Units: DCP DMP FIAP
Chair: Douglas Natelson, Rice University
Room: LACC 511B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W35.00001: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W35.00002: Current and Charge Control in Molecular Transistors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W35.00003: Tools for Studying Electron and Spin Transport in Single Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W35.00004: A 4.5 kbit molecular-electronic memory at 3x10$^{10}$ elements/cm$^{2}$ Erica DeIonno, Y. Luo, E. Johnston-Halperin, R.A. Beckman, J.E. Green, K. Beverly, J.R. Heath, S. Nygaarel, J.O. Jeppsen, B.W. Luarsen, J.F. Stoddart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W35.00005: Monte Carlo Simulation of Exciton Dynamics in Supramolecular Semiconductor Architectures Carlos Silva, Cl\'{e}ment Daniel, David Beljonne, Laura Herz, Freek Hoeben, Pascal Jonkheijm, Albertus Schenning, Bert Meijer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W35.00006: Internal structures in single molecule bipolar conduction in a double barrier tunnel junction Naoki Ogawa, Gareguin Mikaelian, Xiuwen Tu, Wilson Ho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W35.00007: Inelastic electron transport: IETS, NDR, switching, and hysteresis Michael Galperin, Abraham Nitzan, Mark Ratner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W35.00008: Self-assembly of Fibrous Proteins for Molecular Electronics Jianhua Gu, Debin Li, David Lederman, Aaron Timperman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W35.00009: Control of band alignment through coupling chemistry in prototypical molecular wire systems S.W. Robey, C.D. Zangmeister, R.D. Van Zee Preview Abstract
		W35.00010: Coulomb blockade and current-induced switching in single molecular devices Ivan Oleynik, Mortko Kozhushner, Vladimir Posvyanskii Preview Abstract

Session W37: Nanocolloids and General Fluids

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Eric Dufresne, Yale University
Room: LACC 512

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W37.00001: Volume Fraction Dependence of Droplet Rupturing in Concentrated Nanoemulsions K. Meleson, S. Graves, T.G. Mason Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W37.00002: Electron Transport between Nanoparticle-Coated Liquid Droplets Sebnem Soyler, Christopher Knutson, Kevin McCarthy, Roy Shenhar, Habib Skaff, Vince Rotello, Todd Emrick, Thomas Russell, Mark Tuominen, Anthony Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W37.00003: Shear Induced Rupturing of Nanoemulsion Droplets in Dilute and Concentrated Surfactant Solutions S. Graves, K. Meleson, T.G. Mason Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W37.00004: Reverse Micelles Enable Strong Electrostatic Interactions of Colloidal Particles in Nonpolar Solvents Eric R. Dufresne, Ming F. Hsu, David A. Weitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W37.00005: Anisotropy of Sheared Carbon Nanotube Suspensions Dan Fry, Howard Wang, Erik K. Hobbie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W37.00006: Rotational diffusion of magnetic nanorods in 2D viscous media. A. Anguelouch, N. Capallo, R.L. Leheny, D.H. Reich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W37.00007: Reversible Self- and Directed-Assembly of DNA-Linked Micron-Sized Colloids Olivier Theodoly, Marie-Pierre Valignat, Paul Chaikin, William Russel, John Crocker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W37.00008: Colloidal interactions and self-assembly using DNA hybridization Paul Biancaniello, Anthony Kim, John Crocker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W37.00009: Square-Well Fluid Monomer-Dimer Mixtures: Structural and Thermodynamic Properties James A. Porter, Jane E.G. Lipson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W37.00010: On Structural Relaxation in Simple Fluids Tomas Oppelstrup, Babak Sadigh, Srikanth Sastry, Mikhail Dzugutov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W37.00011: Three-Dimensional Visualization of an Aging Foam Pamela T Korda, Douglas J Durian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W37.00012: Speckle Visibility Spectroscopy and Bubble Rearrangements A. S. Gittings, D. J. Durian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W37.00013: The Role of Confinement-induced Ordering on the Slow Dynamics of Confined Fluids Jianping Gao, W.D. Luedtke, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W37.00014: Mode-coupling theory of the enhancement of viscosity by strong confinement G. Ananthakrishna, Moumita Das, Sriram Ramaswamy Preview Abstract
		W37.00015: Breakup of carbon nanotube aggregates in microfluidic traps Steven Hudson, Paul Start, Erik Hobbie, Kalman Migler Preview Abstract
		W37.00016: Multi-layer microfluidic device to assemble uniform colloidal clusters and double emulsions Steven Hudson, Hua Hu Preview Abstract

Session W38: Critical and Inhomogeneous Fermionic Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: A. Vishwanath, MIT
Room: LACC 513

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W38.00001: Deconfined critical theories R. Shankar, Ganpathy Murthy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W38.00002: Breakdown of the Perturbative Renormalization Group at Certain Quantum Critical Points Joerg Rollbuehler, D. Belitz, T.R. Kirkpatrick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W38.00003: Quantum phase transitions of magnetic rotons Joerg Schmalian, Misha Turlakov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W38.00004: Monte Carlo study of a 2D diluted XY model with annealed disorder: stripes versus phase separation Daniel Valdez-Balderas, David Stroud Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W38.00005: Universal scaling of conductivity at the superfluid-insulator quantum phase transition from numerical simulations Jurij Smakov, Erik Sorensen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W38.00006: Exact Stripe, Checkerboard and Droplet Ground States in Two Dimensions Zsolt Gulacsi, Miklos Gulacsi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W38.00007: The stripe Phase in Ladder systems Ming-Shyang Chang, Ian Affleck, Nicolas Laflorencie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W38.00008: Phase separation in Hubbard model Alexandru Macridin, Mark Jarrell, Thomas Pruschke, Thomas Maier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W38.00009: Inhomogeneous Hubbard Models: from Weak to Strong Coupling Wei-Feng Tsai, S. A. Kivelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W38.00010: Reconciling Neutron and STM Results for Charge Order in Hole-Doped Cuprates Robert Markiewicz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W38.00011: Combined Magnetic Phase Diagram of Cation- and Anion- doped Lanthanum Cuprates Zheng Wu, Pei-Herng Hor Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W38.00012: Two and four particle condensation in fermion systems with multiple internal states Aseem Talukdar, Michael Ma, Fu-Chun Zhang Preview Abstract
		W38.00013: Two-dimensional s-wave Superconductivity for Different Pairing Patterns Karan Aryanpour Preview Abstract
		W38.00014: Checkerboard Pattern Formation in a Quasiclassical Model of Superconducting Transition Metal Oxides Cynthia Olson Reichhardt, Charles Reichhardt, Alan Bishop Preview Abstract

Session W40: Focus Session: Morphology and Evolution at Surfaces: Instabilities and Patterned Substrates

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Gary Kellogg, Sandia National Labs
Room: LACC 408A

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W40.00001: Buffer Layer Patterning of InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot Superlattices W. Ye, M. Reason, X. Weng, R.S. Goldman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W40.00002: Effects of Wetting on Instabilities of Thin Solid Films Margo Levine, Alexander Golovin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:30PM		W40.00003: Self-organizing surface structures as templates for the creation of low-dimensional adsorbate systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W40.00004: Roughening rates of strained–layer instabilities Fumiya Watanabe, David G. Cahill, J.E. Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W40.00005: Roughening evolution of the interfaces in two-component surface growth with an admixture of random deposition Alice Kolakowska, Mark Novotny, Poonam Verma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W40.00006: Step Evolution Toward Equilibrium: Fokker-Planck Equation and the Wigner Surmise Alberto Pimpinelli, T. L. Einstein, Hailu Gebremariam Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W40.00007: The Step Bunching Instability during Aqueous Silicon Etching Hailing Bao, Simon Garcia, Melissa Hines Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W40.00008: Theoretical Analysis of Step Bunching Instability in presence of Misfit Strain and Ehrlich-Schwoebel Barrier Lugang Bai, Y.G. Zhao, M. Lagally, J. Tersoff, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W40.00009: Morphology evolution in oxygen-induced faceting of Re (12-31) Hao Wang, Wenhua Chen, Ally S.Y. Chan, Theodore E. Madey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W40.00010: Photoelectron spectromicroscopy study of a misfit layer compound, and its interaction with Cs Hans Starnberg, Matthias Kall\"ane, Sven Stoltz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W40.00011: Relationship between grain boundary structure and faceting: a combined multi-dimensional and coarse grained approach Denis Boyer, David Romeu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W40.00012: Occupied states of clean Pt(997) and bimetallic Ag/Pt(997) surfaces Serban Smadici, Jerry Dadap, Richard Osgood Jr., Tonica Valla, Peter Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W40.00013: Kinetic pairing of steps Olivier Pierre-Louis, Jean-Jacques Metois Preview Abstract

Session W42: Mostly Half-Metals

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Ching Fong, University of California-Davis
Room: LACC 150B

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W42.00001: Electronic structure and magnetic anisotropy of CrO$_2$ Antonina Toropova, Gabriel Kotliar, Sergej Savrasov, Viktor Oudovenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W42.00002: Spin polarization in half-metallic ferromagnets M. Biasini, A.P. Mills, Jr. Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W42.00003: Spin-polarized ballistic transport in a thin superlattice of zincblende half metallic compounds Ching-Yao Fong, Meichun Qian, Warren Pickett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W42.00004: Strong magnetoelectric effect in a Heusler alloy-based magnetic tunnel junction K. Moon, Taewan Kim, Wanjun Park, Joonwon Rim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W42.00005: Magnetotransport in Co$_2$TiSn Anke Husmann, Mark Hickey, Stuart N. Holmes, Michael Pepper Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W42.00006: Anomalous Hall Effect of Co2MnSi thin films on GaAs (001) Will Branford, Fridrik Magnus, Kelly Morrison, Steven Clowes, Yury Bugoslavsky, Lesley Cohen, Laura Singh, Zoe Barber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W42.00007: Composition-controlled spin polarization in Co$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$S$_{2}$ Lan Wang, Koichiro Umemoto, Renata Wentzcovitch, TingYong Chen, Chia-Ling Chien, Joe Checkelsky, James Eckert, E. Dan Dahberg, Chris Leighton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W42.00008: Anomalous Hall Resistivity and Magnetization of Sm$_{1-x}$Gd$_x$Al$_2$ Y. Y. Xue, F. Chen, Y. Q. Wang, Y. Y. Sun, R. L. Meng, C. W. Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W42.00009: Negative Longitudinal Magnetoresistance of silver chalcogenides Jingshi Hu, T.F. Rosenbaum, J.B. Betts Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W42.00010: Magnetic and Transport Properties of Amorphous GdGe Alloys near the Metal-Insulator Transition Nareg Sinenian, Kevin McCarthy, J.J. Cherry, Li Zeng, Erik Helgren, Frances Hellman, D. J. Smith, Rafiq Islam Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W42.00011: Disorder-induced resistive anomaly at the Curie temperature Carsten Timm, M.E. Raikh, Felix von Oppen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W42.00012: Spin current and magneto-electric effect in non-collinear magnets Hosho Katsura, Naoto Nagaosa, Alexander Balatsky Preview Abstract

Session W43: Low Dimensional Magnetism: Surfaces and Molecules

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Ale Lukaszew, University of Toledo
Room: LACC 150C

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W43.00001: Magneto-optical second-harmonic generation from a structurally optimized Fe/W(110) surface Torsten Andersen, Wolfgang H{\"u}bner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W43.00002: Step Decorated Ferromagnetic Fe Stripes on Pt(997) Ruihua Cheng, J. Pearson, F.Y. Fradin, Haifeng Ding, Y. Gusliyenko, Dongqi Li, S.D. Bader Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W43.00003: Surface Magnetism of Fe overlayers on Pt(110) Chanyong Hwang, J.S. Park, Y.P. Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W43.00004: Ferromagnetic Stability in Fe Nanodot Assemblies on Cu(111) Induced by Indirect Coupling through the Substrate Maria A. Torija, J.P. Pierce, Z. Gai, E.W. Plummer, J. Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W43.00005: Enhanced hyperfine magnetic fields for face-centered tetragonal Fe(110) ultrathin films on vicinal Pd(110) Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, Werner Keune, Dongqi Li, Sam Bader Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W43.00006: SHG on Transition Metal Oxides O. Ney, G. Lefkidis, W. H\"{u}bner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W43.00007: Magnetic-moment-induced local superstructure on a graphite surface observed by SP-STM Katsumi Nagaoka, Tomonobu Nakayama Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W43.00008: Ultra-thin transition-metal silicide films on Si: trends with chemical composition and substrate orientation Hua Wu, M. Hortamani, P. Kratzer, M. Scheffler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W43.00009: Quantum Fluctuations and Excitations in Magnetic Quasicrystals Stefan Wessel, Igor Milat Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W43.00010: Uniaxial Magnetic Anisotropy Induced By Steps in La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 Thin Films M. Mathews, F.M. Postma, G.J.H.M. Rijnders, D.H.A. Blank, J.C. Lodder, R. Jansen Preview Abstract
		W43.00011: Quantum Corral Wave-function Engineering Alfredo Correa, Fernando Reboredo, Carlos Balseiro Preview Abstract
		W43.00012: Tuning of Magnetic Ordering in Single-Molecule Magnets Marco Evangelisti, Andrea Candini, Alberto Ghirri, Marco Affronte, Guy W. Powell, Euan K. Brechin, David Collison, Sarah L. Heath Preview Abstract
		W43.00013: Heisenberg S=1/2 Spin Ladders: New Molecular-Based Examples Christopher Landee, A. Shapira, M. Turnbull Preview Abstract

Session W44: Microscopy: Near-field, X-ray, Optical, and Probe

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Joseph Stroscio, NIST
Room: LACC 518

Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W44.00001: A Novel Scanning Near-Field Microwave Microscope Capable of High Resolution Loss Imaging Atif Imtiaz, Steven Anlage Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W44.00002: SNOM investigation of the electromagnetic field intensity and polarization distribution in the vicinity of nanostructures Dmitriy Muzychenko, Mihail Bashevoy, Alexandr Ejov, Sergey Magnitskiy, Dmitriy Malakhov, Vladimir Panov, Jarkin Toursinov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W44.00003: Dual coherent frequency-comb infrared spectrometer Fritz Keilmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W44.00004: Lensless Holographic X-ray Imaging of Magnetic Nanostructures William Schlotter, J. Luning, J. Stohr, S. Eisebitt, M. Lorgen, W. Eberhardt, O. Hellwig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W44.00005: Wide field imaging of nanosize (1D or 2D) objects Marie-Pierre Valignat, Dominique Ausserre Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W44.00006: High-resolution scanning hall probe microscopy C.W. Hicks, M.A. Topinka, J.H. Bluhm, K.A. Moler, J.W. Guikema, E. Zeldov, H. Shtrikman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W44.00007: Design and Construction of a UHV-LT-STM System for Atom Manipulation on MBE Grown Surfaces Danda-P. Acharya, Kendal Clark, Thy Vo, Joel Vaughn, Saw-Wai Hla Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W44.00008: Development of low temperature scanning probe microscope Yongho Seo, Paul Cadden-Zimansky, Venkat Chandrasekhar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W44.00009: Realization of a sub-Kelvin ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope in high magnetic field Xi Chen, Ungdon Ham, Chi Chen, Wilson Ho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W44.00010: Correction for thermal drift in scanning probe microscopy using polynomial mapping Daniel R. Katz, Matthew L. Trawick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W44.00011: Relative humidity control for atomic force microscopes Oleg Stukalov, Chris Murray, Amy Jacina, John Dutcher Preview Abstract
		W44.00012: High speed simultaneous optical and impedance measurements of single bio-particles Nicolas Green, Hywel Morgan, David Holmes Preview Abstract