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Session V1: Quantum Hall Edges

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Woowon Kang, University of Chicago
Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom IV

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V1.00001: Bending the quantum Hall effect: Novel metallic and insulating states in one dimension Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V1.00002: Coupled Luttinger Liquid State in Quantum Hall Line Junction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V1.00003: Universality of the Edge-Tunneling Exponent of Fractional Quantum Hall Liquids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V1.00004: Particle-hole symmetry and Luttinger liquids in a quantum Hall circuit Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V1.00005: Edge State Tunneling in Split Hall Bar Models Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V2: Excitons in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Sumitendra Mazumdar, University of Arizona
Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom III

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V2.00001: Photoexcitation dynamics in SWCNT from sub-10 fs to ms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V2.00002: Ultrafast and CW Optical Probes of Photoexcitations in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V2.00003: Photophysics of single-walled carbon nanotubes: similarity with $\pi$-conjugated polymer Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V2.00004: Dephasing and weak localization in an interacting 1D system Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V2.00005: Tuning photo-carrier lifetimes by the atomic structure and environment of single-walled carbon nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V3: Nonequilibrium Nano-oscillators

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: B. Golding, Michigan State University
Room: Baltimore Convention Center Ballroom I

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V3.00001: Noise in nonlinear nanomechanical resonators Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V3.00002: Noise activated switching in a driven, nonlinear micromechanical torsional oscillator Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V3.00003: Multiphoton antiresonance and quantum activation in driven oscillators Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V3.00004: Metastable states in an RF-driven Josephson oscillator Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V3.00005: Quantum nano-electromechanics: non-equilibrium cooling and strong feedback effects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V4: Dynamics and Non-equilbrium Phenomena in Optical Lattices

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Eugene Demler, Harvard University
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 308

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V4.00001: Phase coherence, visibility, and the signatures of superfluid-Mott and metal-Mott insulator transitions on optical lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V4.00002: Superfluid-Insulator Transition in a Moving System of Interacting Bosons Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V4.00003: Non-equilibrium one-dimensional Bose gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V4.00004: Equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties of Tonks-Girardeau gases confined on optical lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V4.00005: One-dimensional spin-polarized fermions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V5: Surfaces and Interfaces of Correlated Oxides

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: James Eckstein, University of Illinois
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 309

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V5.00001: Magnetic Oxide Superlattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V5.00002: Electrostatic Modulation of the Charge Density of Correlated Oxides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V5.00003: Ferromagnet / superconductor oxide superlattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V5.00004: (Giant) Proximity Effects in high-T$_{c}$ superlattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V5.00005: Surprising Properties of Interfaces in the Cuprate Superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V7: Noise in Biological Systems

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DBP
Chair: Alex van Oudenaarden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 307

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V7.00001: Fluctuation-adaptation relation in bacterial chemotaxis Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V7.00002: Noise effects in bacterial motor switch Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V7.00003: Noise limitations on E. Coli cell division accuracy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V7.00004: Physical Limits to Biochemical Signaling Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V7.00005: Gene expression noise and robustness of signaling in bacterial chemotaxis Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V8: Focus Session: Simulations Using Particles

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DFD
Chair: Lorena Barba, University of Bristol
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 314

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V8.00001: Nanoscale flows on open chemical channels Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V8.00002: Immersed boundaries and particles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V8.00003: Particle Methods in Numerical Cosmology Hugh Couchman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V8.00004: Fast Parallel Particle Methods: Angstroms to Gigaparsecs Michael Warren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V8.00005: Efficient particle simulations based on combining the Vortex-In-Cell and the Parallel Fast Multipole methods Gregoire Winckelmans, Roger Cocle, Goeric Daeninck, Francois Thirifay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V8.00006: A Particle/Panel Method for Vortex Sheet Roll-Up Robert Krasny Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V8.00007: Particle dynamics-based hybrid simulation of vibrated gas-fluidized beds of cohesive fine powders Sung Joon Moon, Yannis Kevrekidis, Sankaran Sundaresan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V8.00008: Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulations of Two-Phase Flows Anupam Tiwari, John Abraham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V8.00009: Polymer chain simulations in microchannels with Dissipative Particle Dynamics Vasileios Symeonidis, George Karniadakis, Bruce Caswell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V8.00010: High order viscous vortex methods with deforming elliptical Gaussians Louis Rossi, Rodrigo Platte Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V8.00011: Accelerating Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulation in Entropic Systems Xin Zhou Preview Abstract

Session V9: Magnetic Force Microscopies

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Albert Macrander, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 301

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V9.00001: Localized Spectroscopy using a Magnetic Resonance Force Microscope. Giorgio Moresi, Qiong Lin, Schahrazede Mouaziz, Andreas Hunkeler, Christian Degen, Urban Meier, Juerger Brugger, Beat Meier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V9.00002: High Sensitivity Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy P. Banerjee, Y. Che, K.C. Fong, T. Mewes, V. Bhallamudi, Yu Obukhov, D.V. Pelekhov, P.C. Hammel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V9.00003: Using High Coercivity Magnet Particle for High Sensitivity Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy K.C. Fong, I.H. Lee, P. Banerjee, Y. Che, Yu. Obukhov, D.V. Pelekhov, P.C. Hammel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V9.00004: Experiments in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Yong Lee, Wei Lu, J.-H. Choi, H.J. Chia, U.M. Mirsaidov, S. Guchhait, A.D. Cambou, R. Cardenas, K. Park, J.T. Markert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V9.00005: Three-dimensional Imaging using Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy I. H. Lee, K.C. Fong, Yu. Obukhov, D.V. Pelekhov , P.C. Hammel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V9.00006: Development of a Room Temperature High Sensitivity Magnetoelectric Scanning Microscope Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Liyang Dai, Ichiro Takeuchi, Manfred Wuttig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V9.00007: Feature doubling in MFM imaging Zhifeng Deng, Erhan Yenilmez, Hongjie Dai, Kathryn Moler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V9.00008: Progress of Magnetic Force Microscope for detecting spin-polarized electrons in non-magnetic materials V.P. Bhallamudi, Y. Jung, D.V. Pelekhov, Yu Obukhov, P.C. Hammel, T. Mewes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V9.00009: Focused ion beam deposition of Co$_{71}$Cr$_{17}$Pt$_{12}$ and Ni$_{80}$Fe$_{20}$ on tips for magnetic force microscopy Alfred Lee, Changbae Hyun, Alex de Lozanne Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V9.00010: High-resolution scanning hall probe microscopy Clifford Hicks, Lan Luan, J. Hendrik Bluhm, Kathryn Moler, Janice Guikema, Eli Zeldov, Hadas Shtrikman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V9.00011: Scanning Hall Probe Microscopy (SHPM) using Quartz Crystal AFM Feedback Munir Dede, Koray Urkmen, Ahmet Oral, Ian Farrer, David Ritchie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V9.00012: Approach to Dipolar Field Microscopy Carlos Meriles, Wei Dong, Phillip Stallworth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V9.00013: Force-gradient detection of electron spin resonance Neil Jenkins, John Marohn Preview Abstract

Session V10: Focus Session: Surfaces and Interfaces in Electronic Materials III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Yuh-Lin Wang, IAMS Taiwan
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 302

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V10.00001: Formation Processes and (Photo-)electrochemical Properties of Organic Monolayers on Hydrogen Terminated Si(111). Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V10.00002: New SiOH complexes and proton release mechanism in silica as a source of Si/SiO$_{2}$ interface-trap build up I.G. Batyrev, S.T. Pantelides, M.P. Rodgers, D.M. Fleetwood, R.D. Schrimpf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V10.00003: Scanning tunnelling spectroscopy of single molecule on a semiconductor surface Borislav Naydenov, Peter Ryan, Lucile Teague, John Boland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V10.00004: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Buried Electronic Layers and Interfaces Jason J. Blackstock, Carrie L. Donley, William F. Stickle, Duncan R. Stewart, Douglas Ohlberg, R. Stanley Williams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V10.00005: Quantum Size Effects in Nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V10.00006: Direct visualization of metal ions in supramolecules. M.S. Alam, V. Dremov, P. M\"uller, R. Alsfasser, U. Kortz, M. Ruben, L.K. Thompson, J.M. Lehn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V10.00007: Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of wurtzite-type GaN(0001) and ZnO(0001): Chih-Yi Liu, Mykhaylo M. Dvoynenko, Tsu-Shin Chan, Juen-Kai Wang, Yuh-Lin Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V10.00008: Organic Field Effect Transistor Interfaces Probed In-situ during operation by Sum Frequency Generation Hongke Ye, Ashraf Abu-Akeel, Jia Huang, Howard Katz, David H. Gracias Preview Abstract

Session V11: Focus Session: Aerosols, Clusters, Droplets: Physics and Chemistry of Nanoobjects V: Metal Clusters II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Michael Duncan, University of Georgia
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 303

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V11.00001: Structure Determination of Noble Metal Clusters by Trapped Ion Electron Diffraction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V11.00002: Electric deflection studies of rhodium clusters Mark Knickelbein, Martin Beyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V11.00003: On the Possibility of Multiple Valence Superatoms Shiv Khanna, J. Ulises Reveles, A. Welford Castleman Jr., Dennis Bergeron, Patrick Roach Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V11.00004: Geometrical and electronic properties of sodium, copper, and silver clusters: A comparative study Mingli Yang, Koblar A. Jackson, Julius Jellinek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V11.00005: Self-Similar Size Distribution of Atom Clusters in Cooling Vapors Yong W. Kim, Hedok Lee, Paul Belony, Jr. Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 1:15PM		V11.00006: On Metal to Insulator Transitions in Bivalent Metal Clusters Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V11.00007: Quantized Ferromagnetic Moments of Free Cobalt Clusters Xiaoshan Xu, Shuangye Yin, Anthony Liang, Walter de Heer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V11.00008: Magnetism in Gold Nano-clusters R.J. Magyar, V. Mujica, C. Gonzalez, M. Marquez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V11.00009: Anomalous magnetic enhancement by doping Mn in Co clusters Shuangye Yin, Ramiro Moro, Xiaoshan Xu, Walter de Heer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V11.00010: Analysis of the response of atomic clusters to static electric fields in terms of position-dependent polarizabilities Koblar A. Jackson, Mingli Yang, Julius Jellinek Preview Abstract

Session V12: Focus Session: Wetting and Hard-Soft Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: E. Kaxiras, Harvard University
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 304

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V12.00001: Water Enhanced Catalysis of CO Oxidation on Free and Supported Gold Nanoclusters Angelo Bongiorno, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V12.00002: Tuning the diamond surface from hydrophobic to superhydrophilic by submonolayer surface modification Sheng Meng, Zhenyu Zhang, Efthimios Kaxiras Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V12.00003: Infrared Studies of Water Adsorption on Acetic Acid thin films Michel Malick Thiam, Maryam Ebrahimi, Kam Tong Leung Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V12.00004: Ab-initio simulations of H2O interaction with b-SiC surfaces. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V12.00005: Physics of solid and liquid alkali halide surfaces near the melting point Tatyana Zykova-Timan, Davide Ceresoli, Ugo Tartaglino, Erio Tosatti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V12.00006: Nanoscale Observation of Alkane Dewetting Mengjun Bai, Klaus Knorr, Matthew Simpson, Sven Trogisch, Haskell Taub, Ulrich Volkmann, Flemming Hansen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V12.00007: Energetics of benzene and phenol adsorption on a TiO$_{2}$(110) surface S. Dag, J. Zhou, S. Kalinin, S. Overbury, D. Mullins, A. Baddorf, V. Meunier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V12.00008: Adsorption and reaction of benzene and phenol with Pd nanoparticles supported on TiO$_{2}$(110) J. Zhou, S. V. Kalinin, S. Dag, V. Meunier, S. H. Overbury, D. R. Mullins, A. P. Baddorf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V12.00009: LEEM study of the growth of 6,13-pentacenequinone thin films Jerzy Sadowski, Abdullah Al-Mahboob, Tsuguki Nishihara, Yasunori Fujikawa, Toshio Sakurai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V12.00010: Growth of divalent metal carbonates at soft organic templates. Sumit Kewalramani, Geoffrey Dommett, Kyungil Kim, Guennadi Evmenenko, Haiding Mo, Pulak Dutta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V12.00011: Structural characterization and molecular dynamics within low-coverage films of $p$-terphenyl adsorbed onto graphite Edward Kintzel, Kenneth Herwig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V12.00012: Comparative STM study of azobenzene derivatives on bare and insulator coated metal surfaces Niv Levy, Matthew J. Comstock, Jongweon Cho, Armen Kirakosian, Carine Edder, Jean M. J. Frechet, Frank Lauterwasser, Jessica Harvey, Dirk Trauner, M. F. Crommie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V12.00013: Unoccupied electronic states at the interface of alkanethiol SAMs on Au(111) Matthias Muntwiler, Chad Lindstrom, Xiaoyang Zhu Preview Abstract

Session V16: Nanotechnology: Biological and Polymer

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Robert Austin, Princeton University
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 312

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V16.00001: Microfluidic device for bacterial genome extraction and analysis Peter Galajda, Robert Riehn, Yan-Mei Wang, Juan Keymer, Ido Golding, Edward C. Cox, Robert H. Austin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V16.00002: Virus-Mimetic DNA Encapsulation Using Novel ABC Triblock Copolymers Rahul Sharma, You-Yeon Won Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V16.00003: Electron Binding Energies in DNA Modified Surfaces: Theory and Experiment James Sullivan, Dmitri Petrovykh, George Schatz, Lloyd Whitman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V16.00004: Sequencing by Hybridization with Noisy Inputs Richard Yeh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V16.00005: Surface Electrophoresis of DNA on Microporous Materials Eli Hoory, Andrew Dubitsky, John Frenna, Michael Ding, Jonathan Sokolov, Miriam Rafailovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V16.00006: Design of Mao Tensegrity Triangles -- Successful Prediction of Stable DNA Nanostructures. William B. Sherman, Jens Kopatsch, Pamela E. Constantinou, Nadrian C. Seeman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V16.00007: Co-electrospinning of bacteria and viruses Wael Salalha, Jonathan Kuhn, Shmuel Chervinsky, Eyal Zussman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V16.00008: The Design of Potent Liposome-Based Inhibitors of Anthrax Toxin Prakash Rai, Chakradhar Padala, Vincent Poon, Arundhati Saraph, Saleem Basha, Sandesh Kate, Kevin Tao, Jeremy Mogridge, Ravi Kane Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V16.00009: Submicrometer Hall sensors for detection of magnetic nanoparticles in biomolecular sensing Goran Mihajlovic, P. Xiong, S. von Molnar, K. Ohtani, H. Ohno, M. Field, G.J. Sullivan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V16.00010: Novel glucose biosensor based on organic thin-film transistors. Maria Nikolou, Seiichi Takamatsu, Daniel Macaya, George Malliaras, Graciela Blanchet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V16.00011: Application of hydroxyapatite thin film as a biosensor Hiroaki Nishikawa, Daichi Okumura, Masanobu Kusunoki, Shigeki Hontsu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V16.00012: Directed Diblock Copolymer Self-Assembly Using Engineered Topologies To Drive Defect Motion. Ricardo Ruiz, Charles Black, Robert Sandstrom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V16.00013: Conformational molecular architecture in alkylthiolate monolayer using atomic force microscopy electrostatic nanolithography Olga Mayevska, Sergei Lyuksyutov, Pavel Paramonov, Kazuo Umemura, Shane Juhl, Richard Vaia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V16.00014: Neutron Reflectometry Measurements of the Depth Profile of Water in a Fuel Cell Membrane. Joseph Dura, Charles Majkrzak, Sushil Satija, Norman Berk, Jon Owejan, Thomas Trabold Preview Abstract

Session V17: Medical Physics Panel Discussion

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Paul Gueye, Hampton College
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 313

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 12:15PM

V17.00001: Medical Physics Panel Discussion Paul Gu\`eye, Steven Avery, Richard Baird, Christopher Soares, Howard Amols, Prabhakar Tripuraneni, Stan Majewski, Drew Weisenberger Preview Abstract

Session V18: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Transport IV

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 315

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V18.00001: 2D Carbon Nanotube Network: A New material for Electronics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V18.00002: Understanding 1/f noise in carbon nanotube devices Yu-Ming Lin, Joerg Appenzeller, Joachim Knoch, Zhihong Chen, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V18.00003: Time-Dependent Transport in Carbon Nanotube Transistors Yupeng Chen, Jing Guo, Thomas Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V18.00004: Carbon Nanotube Low Power Integrated Circuit. Zhihong Chen, Joerg Appenzeller, Yu-Ming Lin, Jennifer Sippel-Oakley, Andrew G. Rinzler, Jinyao Tang, Shalom J. Wind, Paul M. Solomon, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V18.00005: Electron Transport in Carbon Nanotube Devices with Several Narrow Top-Gates Joseph Sulpizio, Charis Quay, Zvonimir Bandic, David Goldhaber-Gordon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V18.00006: Probing Chemical Potentials in Solution with Carbon Nanotube Transistors Lisa Larrimore, Suddhasattwa Nad, Xinjian Zhou, H\'{e}ctor Abru\~{n}a, Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V18.00007: Conductance switching in carbon nanotube transistors induced by electrochemical reactions Jaan Mannik, Brett R. Goldsmith, Alexander A. Kane, Philip G. Collins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V18.00008: Integration of Carbon Nanotubes with III-V(110) Surfaces Laura Ruppalt, Joseph Lyding Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V18.00009: Graphene Nanostructures, Fabrication, Physics and Devices. Li Lu, S. P. Liu, L. W. Liu, F. Zhou, H. F. Yang, H. Li, Z. Jin, A. Z. Jin, J. Miao, W. J. Kong, J. H. Fang, C. Z. Gu, Y. X. Weng, Q. K. Xue, S. Wang, L.-M. Peng, B. Jiang, Q. S. Zheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V18.00010: Electrical Transport in Carbon Nanotubes with Chirality Changes B. Chandra, Y. Wu, H. Han, M. Huang, L. Huang, S. O'Brien, T.F. Heinz, J. Hone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V18.00011: Miniature Organic Transistors with Carbon Nanotubes as Quasi-One-Dimensional Electrodes. Pengfei Qi, Ali Javey, Marco Rolandi, Qian Wang, Erhan Yenilmez, Hongjie Dai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V18.00012: Microwave Conductivity of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Arrays C. Highstrete, Mark Lee, E.A. Shaner, F.E. Jones, A.A. Talin, D.B. Robinson, P.M. Dentinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V18.00013: Computer Simulations for a Novel Topological Defect on Carbon Nanotube Takazumi Kawai, Susumu Okada, Kei Kuwabara, Kota Daigoku, Kyoko Nakada, Yoshiyuki Miyamoto Preview Abstract

Session V19: The Changing Dynamics of Industrial Research as a Consequence of Global Trends

Sponsoring Units: APS AIP
Chair: Mark Bernius, The Dow Chemical Company
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 316

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V19.00001: General Motors' R\&D: Managing Innovation Globally Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V19.00002: Not only Texas is flat... Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V19.00003: Micron R\&D: Global Scope and Nano-Scale in N-Dimensions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V19.00004: Leap Ahead: Global R\&D at Intel Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V19.00005: Sustaining Breakthrough Research in a Changing Global Environment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V20: Focus Session: Semiconductor Spin Dynamics: Optics

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Dimitri Basov, University of California, San Diego
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 317

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V20.00001: Unusual Nuclear Spin Alignment in GaAs James McGuire, Tom Silva Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V20.00002: $^{69}$Ga Knight shift in semi-insulating GaAs observed by optically polarized NMR Kannan Ramaswamy, Stacy Mui, Sophia Hayes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V20.00003: Electrically induced changes to optical nuclear polarizations in bulk GaAs Patrick Coles, Anant Paravastu, Jeffrey Reimer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V20.00004: Bias-dependent spin lifetimes in quantum wells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V20.00005: Electron dephasing and decoherence of neutral donor bound electrons in GaAs Kai-Mei Fu, Susan Clark, Charles Santori, Bingyang Zhang, Colin Stanley, M.C. Holland, Yoshihisa Yamamoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V20.00006: Temperature and doping dependence of spin-flip times in n-GaAs John Colton, Lee Wienkes, Michael Heeb Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V20.00007: Long-lived precession of spin gratings in $n$-doped GaAs Sam Carter, Zhigang Chen, Steven Cundiff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V20.00008: Spin dynamics in a GaAs quantum well with optically controlled charge density: localization vs. delocalization Zhigang Chen, Sam Carter, Rudolf Bratschitsch, Steven Cundiff, Phil Dawson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V20.00009: Coupling single bright spins with channels of intermediate dark spins in diamond Felix M. Mendoza, Ronald Hanson, Ryan J. Epstein, David D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V20.00010: Anisotropic Interactions of a Single Spin and Dark-Spin Spectroscopy in Diamond R.J. Epstein, F.M. Mendoza, Y.K. Kato, D.D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V20.00011: External strain engineering of the optical response of (Al,Ga)As/GaAs microdisk lasers X. Li, M. H. Mikkelsen, S. Ghosh, D. D. Awschalom, N. Samarth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V20.00012: Polarized luminescence in silicon Frederic Roux, Georges Lampel, Yves Lassailly, Jacques Peretti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V20.00013: An Interferometric Approach to Time Resolved Faraday Rotation Measurements J.M. LaForge, G.M. Steeves Preview Abstract

Session V21: Liquid Crystals II: Nano & Bio

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: P. A. Heiney, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 318

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V21.00001: A Phenomenological Model of the Effect of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Their Surface Coating on Smectic - A Liquid Crystal Order Luz J. Martinez-Miranda, Lynn K. Kurihara, Kevin McCarthey, Jason Harry, Alexis Noel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V21.00002: Carbon nanotube liquid crystal composites Reza Dodge, Shin-Woong Kang, Satyendra Kumar, Cheol Park, Mia Siochi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V21.00003: Organization of Magnetic Nanowires via Elastic Forces in a Periodic Multi-Domain Nematic Liquid Crystal Clayton Lapointe, Daniel Reich, Robert Leheny Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V21.00004: Liquid Crystal Alignment Induced by a Magnetic Field and the Associated Surface Memory Effect Rui Guo, Qingbing Wang, Satyendra Kumar, Yuri Reznikov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V21.00005: The Study of the Fluorescent Spectrum of Cd-Se Quantum Dots in Liquid Crystal Cell Yu-sung Lin, Wen-chi Hung, Wood-hi Cheng, I-min Jiang, Ming-shan Tsai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V21.00006: Transmissive Fabry-Perot Spectrum of Liquid Crystal Device for measuring the Surface Plasmon Effect of Silver nano-Particle Wen-chi Hung, Yu-sung Lin, Ming-shan Tsai, I-min Jiang, Wood-hi Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V21.00007: Investigating mixtures of rotor molecules and liquid crystals by dielectric spectroscopy and optical microscopy Debra Krause, Charles T. Rogers, Jose E. Nunez, Miguel Garcia-Garibay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V21.00008: Flexible plastic cells fabricated using phase separation of liquid crystal from its mixture in a prepolymer Qingbing Wang, Rui Guo, Satyendra Kumar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V21.00009: Adding Mono- and Multivalent Ions to Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals Luana Tortora, Heung-Shik Park, Kelly Antion, Chris Woolwerton, Daniele Finotello, Oleg Lavrentovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V21.00010: Building Shape Surfactants: Creating rod-coil complexes using genetically engineered viruses Phil Huang, Seth Fraden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V21.00011: Stretching the limits of membrane charge density using Dendrimer Lipids - New Highly Transfecting Hexagonal Phases for Gene Delivery Kai Ewert, Alexandra Zidovska, Heather M. Evans, Cyrus R. Safinya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V21.00012: Hollow Rectangular Columnar Structure in Dendritic Supramolecular Assemblies Mihai Peterca, Paul Heiney, Marc Ilies, Andres Dulcey, Sami Nummelin, Virgil Percec Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V21.00013: X-Ray Determination of the Structure and Phases of Liquid Crystals of Nanoscale Duplex DNA Michi Nakata, Giuliano Zanchetta, Christopher Jones, Brandon Chapman, Ronald Pindak, Tommaso Bellini, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V21.00014: Probing the mechanical unzipping of DNA Nikos K. Voulgarakis, Alan R. Bishop, Kim O. Rasmussen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V21.00015: Asymmetrical binding of cationic peptides onto an oppositely-charged lipid-bilayer membrane: area expansion and membrane rupture Sattar Taheri-Araghi, Bae-Yeun Ha Preview Abstract

Session V22: Focus Session: Magnetic Tunneling II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG FIAP DMP
Chair: Alex Panchula, Grandis Inc.
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 319

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V22.00001: From ballistic transport to tunneling in electromigrated ferromagnetic breakjunctions Kirill Bolotin, F. Kuemmeth, A.N. Pasupathy, D.C. Ralph Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V22.00002: Magnetoresistance in oxidized Ni nanocontacts D. Jacob, J. Fernandez-Rossier, J. J. Palacios Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V22.00003: Bias dependent oscillations in spin polarized tunneling Casey Miller, Johan Akerman, Zhi-pan Li, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V22.00004: Negative spin polarization in Co$\vert $SrTiO$_{3}$$\vert $Co magnetic tunnel junctions$^{1}$ J. Velev, K. Belashchenko, D. Stewart, M. van Schilfgaarde, S. Jaswal, E. Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V22.00005: Probing spin-dependent tunneling and transmission below the Fermi level with a p-type magnetic tunnel transistor. B.G. Park, T. Banerjee, B.C. Min, J.C. Lodder, R. Jansen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V22.00006: Spin-polarized tunneling time for non-centrosymmetric photonic barriers with out-of-plane magnetization. Ion Bita, Edwin Thomas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V22.00007: Spin-Polarized Electron Transport through Nanometer-Scale Al Grains Liyuan Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V22.00008: Electron-magnon coupling and non-linear tunneling transport in magnetic nanoparticles Lukasz Michalak, Carlo M. Canali, Vincenzo G. Benza Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V22.00009: Point Contact Spin Spectroscopy of Ferromagnetic Fe3Si epitaxial Films Y.H. Chiu, T.W. Chiang, S.Y. Huang, S.F. Lee, J. Kwo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V22.00010: Magneto--Optical Ellipsometry on Ni$_{2}$MnIn and NiMnIn Heusler Alloys Gerd Neuber, Jan Scholtyssek, Marta Bastjan, Ralf Rauer, Ulrich Merkt, Michael R\"ubhausen, Guido Meier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V22.00011: Electronic and structural properties of TBrPP-Fe-Cl molecular self-assembly Gayani Perera, Violeta Iancu, Saw-Wai Hla Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V22.00012: Single molecule Kondo switch Violeta Iancu, Aparna Deshpande, Saw-Wai Hla Preview Abstract

Session V23: Spin Waves

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: James J. Rhyne, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 320

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V23.00001: Spin-wave interactions in quantum antiferromagnets Nils Hasselmann, Peter Kopietz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V23.00002: Spin dynamics of a Half-Metallic Ferromagnet Raul Chura, Kevin Bedell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V23.00003: Evolution of Spin-Wave Excitations in Ferromagnetic Metallic Manganites J. Zhang, H. Sha, F. Ye, J. Fernandez-Baca, P. Dai, J. Lynn, H. Kawano-Furukawa, Y. Tomioka, Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V23.00004: Coherent spin waves in epitaxial Fe films on GaAs (001) Haibin Zhao, Diyar Talbayev, Gunter Luepke, Aubrey Hanbicki, Connie Li, Berend Jonker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V23.00005: Evolution of Cr's charge and spin density waves under GPa pressures Yejun Feng, R. Jaramillo, T.F. Rosenbaum, O.G. Shpyrko, E.D. Isaacs, G. Srajer, J. Lang, Z. Islam, M.S. Somayazulu, H.-k. Mao, V.B. Prakapenka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V23.00006: Spin wave in quasi-equilibrium spin systems Hari Dahal, Kevin Bedell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V23.00007: Valence values of the cations in selenospinel Cu(Cr,Ti)$_2$Se$_4$ Han-Jin Noh, S.-W. Han, S.-J. Oh, J.-S. Kang, S. S. Lee, G. Kim, J.-Y. Kim, H.-G. Lee, S. Yeo, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V23.00008: The optical and acoustic magnetic excitations in optimum-doped superconductor $YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{6.95}$ ($T_{c} = 93 K$) Hyungje Woo, Pengcheng Dai, Stephen Hayden, Herb Mook, Toby Perring, Thomas Dahm, Douglas Scalapino, Fatih Dogan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V23.00009: Spin excitations and phonons in La$_{1.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$CoO$_{4}$ Andrei Savici, Igor Zaliznyak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V23.00010: Ferromagnetic Relaxation by Magnon Induced Currents Arkajyoti Misra, Randall Victora Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V23.00011: On the possibility of electrical detection of spin echoes in a ferromagnetic thin film Mark Filipkowski, Edwin Hach Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V23.00012: Quantum vs. Thermal Annealing of Magnetic Domain Walls in Elemental Chromium Oleg G. Shpyrko, Eric D. Isaacs, Jonathan M. Logan, Yejun Feng, Rafael Jaramillo, Thomas F. Rosenbaum, Paul Zschack, Gabriel Aeppli, Michael Sprung, Alec R. Sandy Preview Abstract

Session V24: Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers: Properties

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Ralph Colby, Penn State University
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 321

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V24.00001: Morphology Diagrams for Polyelectrolytic Diblock Copolymers Rajeev Kumar, Murugappan Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V24.00002: Synthesis, Solution Phase Behavior, and Properties of Ionic/Nonionic Block Copolymers Mehul Vora, Frank Bates Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V24.00003: Morphological Origin of Thermomechanical Behavior in Semicrystalline Ethylene/Methacrylic Acid Ionomers Katsuyuki Wakabayashi, Richard A. Register Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V24.00004: Influence of Chain Flexibility on the Self-Assembly of Nanoscale Ionic Aggregates in Ionomers. Nicholas Benetatos, Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V24.00005: The Effect of Counterions on the Blend Miscibility of Polystyrene with Sulfonated Polystyrene Ionomers Nancy C. Zhou, Wesley R. Burghardt, Russell J. Composto, Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V24.00006: Viscosity of Aqueous Polyelectrolyte Solutions with Oppositely Charged Surfactant Matthew Eggert, Ralph Colby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V24.00007: Simulations of Volume Phase Transitions in Polyelectrolyte Networks Upon Counterion Exchange De-Wei Yin, Juan J. de Pablo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V24.00008: Electrophoretically Assessing Polyelectrolyte Effective Charge Alexey Popov, David Hoagland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V24.00009: SAXS Determination of the Correlation Length of Semidilute Polyelectrolyte Solutions Shichen Dou, Ralph H. Colby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V24.00010: Phase behavior of semidilute polyelectrolyte mixtures of F-actin and DNA John Butler, Olena V. Zribi, Gerard C. L. Wong, Ramin Golastanian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V24.00011: Counterion correlations in charged macromolecular systems Arben Jusufi, Yu Mei, Matthias Ballauff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V24.00012: Chiral Symmetry Breaking and Elastic Response of Frustrated Polyelectrolyte Bundles Gregory Grason, Robijn Bruinsma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V24.00013: Studies of Glassy Dynamics in Ionomer melts Monojoy Goswami, Sanat Kumar, Aniket Bhattacharya Preview Abstract

Session V25: Polymer Composites - Nanotubes and Nanoclays

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Rick Beyer, Army Research Laboratory
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 322

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V25.00001: Synthetic Gecko Foot-hairs from Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V25.00002: Flow Kills Conductivity of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWNT) Composites Sanjiv Bhatt, Christopher Macosko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V25.00003: Fabrication and Characterization of Polyamide Nanocomposites Using Functionalized Nanotubes. Karen I. Winey, M. Moniruzzaman, J. Chattopadhyay, W.E. Billups Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V25.00004: Electrical, Mechanical, and Morphological Characterization of Carbon Nanotube filled Polymeric Nanofibers Russell Gorga$^1$, Laura Clarke$^2$, Seth McCullen$^1$, Satyajeet Ojha$^1$, Wesley Roberts$^2$ Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V25.00005: Thermomechanical Properties of Polystyrene-MWNT Nanocomposites. Anupa George, Sudeepto Sen, Yuping Xie, Schadler Linda, Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V25.00006: Carbon Nanotube Composites from Modified Plant Oils Ian McAninch, Richard Wool Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V25.00007: Carbon Fibers from Chicken Feather Keratin Melissa E. Miller, Richard Wool Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V25.00008: Enhanced Dispersion in Polymer Nanocomposites by Optimized Hydrogen Bonding Mark Dadmun, Asif Rasheed, Phillip Britt, David Geohegan, Ilia Ivanov, Han Gi Chae, Satish Kumar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V25.00009: Supercritical CO$_{2}$ Processing: A Novel Method for Producing Highly Dispersed Clay-Polymer Nanocomposites Steven Horsch, Esin Gulari, Rangaramanujam Kannan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V25.00010: Evidence of re-entrant behavior in polymer-nanoclay systems Hoseein Baghdadi, Surita Bhatia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V25.00011: Organoclay Networking in Polypropylene-Clay Nanocomposites James Oberhauser, Mark Treece Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V25.00012: Morphology and Gas Barrier of Polystyrene-Clay Nanocomposites Sergei Nazarenko, Syed Qutubuddin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V25.00013: Rheology of Supercritical CO$_{2 }$ dispersed Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites Rangaramanujam Kannan, Steven Horsch, Ganapathy Subramanium, Esin Gulari Preview Abstract

Session V26: Cellular Biomechanics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 323

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V26.00001: Difference in cellular mechanics of cancer and normal cervical cells as seen with the AFM Igor Sokolov, Swaminathan Iyer, Venkatesh Subba-Rao, Craig Woodworth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V26.00002: The Penetration of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles: From Dermal Fibroblasts to Skin Tissue Lauren Sipzner, Jaimie Stettin, Zhi Pan, Xiaohua Fang, Wilson Lee, Nadine Pernodet, Miriam Rafailovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V26.00003: Curvature-induced microphase separation and lipid polar localization in cell membranes - II Kerwyn Huang, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Ned Wingreen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V26.00004: Curvature-induced microphase separation and lipid polar localization in cell membranes - I Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Kerwyn Huang, Ned Wingreen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V26.00005: Using Optical Tweezers to Study Cell Mechanics during Airway Reopening Huseyin Yalcin, Jing Wang, Samir Ghadiali, H. Daniel Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V26.00006: Probing subcellular force transduction with magnetic soft actuator arrays Alexandre Anguelouch, Stuart Kirschner, Daniel Reich, Nathan Sniadecki, Christopher Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V26.00007: Establishing threshold toxicity for introducing magnetic nanoparticles into HeLa and HEK 293 cells Kezheng Chen, Weili Luo, Pappachan Kolattukuty Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V26.00008: Modeling cell -- extracellular matrix mechanical interactions during in vitro network formation Daphne Manoussaki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V26.00009: Axon growth and dynamics in 3D collagen gels Ryan McAllister, Will Rosoff, Jeffrey Urbach Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V26.00010: Investigating the glycocalyx using atomic force microscopy Rebecca Boren, Adam Rafi, Jessica Farrell, Antonio Peramo, W. Garrett Matthews Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V26.00011: Local structure in diatom biosilica probed by synchrotron x-ray diffraction Michael DiBiccari, Seo-Young Kwak, Geoffrey Hind, Elaine DiMasi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V26.00012: Bundle Buckling and Nesting Model of Striated Pattern Formation in Microtubule Solutions Yongxing Guo, Yifeng Liu, James Valles, Jay Tang Preview Abstract

Session V27: Computational Methods:Monte Carlo/Molecular Dynamics II

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Lee Collins, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 324

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V27.00001: Parallel kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of island-coarsening in two dimensions F. Shi , Y. Shim, J. G. Amar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V27.00002: Energy optimization of quantum Monte Carlo wave functions C.J. Umrigar, J. Toulouse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V27.00003: Monte Carlo Modeling of Luminescent Solar Concentrators Alex Mooney, Paul Fontecchio, Bruce Wittmershaus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V27.00004: Efficiency of rejection free Monte Carlo methods Hiroshi Watanabe, Yukawa Satoshi, Mark A. Novotny, Nobuyasu Ito Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V27.00005: Improved sampling of computationally expensive potentials Mark Dewing Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V27.00006: Optimally efficient coarse-grained Monte Carlo simulation of rare transition events Babak Sadigh, Tomas Oppelstrup, Wei Cai, Maurice de Koning, Malvin Kalos, Vasily Buolatov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V27.00007: Optimized parallel tempering simulations of proteins Simon Trebst, Matthias Troyer, Ulrich Hansmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V27.00008: Hybrid DFT/Thomas-Fermi simulations and applications to biological systems Miroslav Hodak, Wenchang Lu, Jerry Bernholc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V27.00009: Environment Dependent Dynamic Charge Interatomic Potential for Silica Lex Kemper, Krishna Muralidharan, Yingxia Wan, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V27.00010: Universal Dynamic Exponent at the Liquid-Gas Transition from Molecular Dynamics Subhranil De, An Chen, Eldred Chimowitz, Yonathan Shapir Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V27.00011: Global and local properties used as analyses tools for molecular-dynamics simulations Martina E. Bachlechner, Jonas T. Anderson, Deng Cao, Robert H. Leonard, Eli T. Owens, Jarrod E. Schiffbauer, Melissa R. Burky, Samuel C. Ducatman, Eric J. Guffey, Fernando Serrano Ramos2 Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V27.00012: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanoscratching of 3C-SiC Alice Noreyan, J.G. Amar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V27.00013: Charge density wave and phonon softening in the Holstein model: A Quantum Monte Carlo study Prabuddha Chakraborty, Alexandru Macridin, Richard Scalettar, Warren Pickett, Rajiv Singh Preview Abstract

Session V28: Rheology of Biopolymer Solutions

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Daniel Savin, University of Vermont
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 325

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V28.00001: Massively-parallel fluorescence correlation spectroscopy using a spinning disk confocal microscope Daniel R. Sisan, Rich Arevalo, Cat Graves, Ryan McAllister, Jeffrey S. Urbach Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V28.00002: Diffractive Imaging of Single Biomolecules Nathan Schmidt, Robert Coridan, John Butler, Thomas Angelini, Jian-Min Zuo, Gerard Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V28.00003: Mechanical Properties of Actin Networks near the Polymerization Transition Andrew Pomerance, Erin Rericha, Wolfgang Losert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V28.00004: Rheological Investigation of Protein Interactions in Synovial Fluid Rebecca Klossner, Wendy Krause, Ralph Colby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V28.00005: Influence of Anti-inflammatory Drugs on the Rheological Properties of Synovial Fluid and Its Components Wendy E. Krause, Rebecca R. Klossner, Jing Liang, Ralph H. Colby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V28.00006: Micromechanics of the pericellular matrix J. E. Curtis, H. Boehm, C. H. J. Schmitz, J. P. Spatz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V28.00007: Microrheology of active actin networks Travis H. Larsen, Eric M. Furst Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V28.00008: Filamin cross-linkers as rheology regulators in biopolymer networks Brian DiDonna, Alex Levine Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V28.00009: Microrheology of Microtubules ``Networks'' Naama Gal, Craig Mandato, Maria Kilfoil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V28.00010: Anisotropic dynamic response of stiff biopolymers Oskar Hallatschek, Benedikt Obermayer, Erwin Frey, Klaus Kroy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V28.00011: Biopolymers in Aqueous Medium: Solvent Forces Explored through Atomistic Dynamics Simulations and Continuum Modeling of Solvent Effects Sergio A. Hassan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V28.00012: Random energy model for heteropolymer sequence design: the role of solvation Longhua Hu, Alexander Grosberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V28.00013: Recovery and Stiffening -Transition of Hydrogels Formed Via Peptide Self-Assembly Bulent Ozbas, Karthikan Rajagopal, Joel P. Schneider, Darrin J. Pochan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V28.00014: Nanoscale structure and dynamics of colloid-semiflexible polymer solutions Ji Yeon Huh, Eric M. Furst Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V28.00015: Relaxation Behavior of Acrylic Triblock Copolymer Gels Michelle Seitz, Kenneth Shull, Wesley Burghardt Preview Abstract

Session V29: Nonlinear Phenomena & Pattern Formation in Biology

Sponsoring Units: DBP DCMP
Chair: Igor Aronson, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 326

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V29.00001: Thermally activated escape rate for a Brownian particle in a double-well potential for all values of the dissipation William Coffey, Yuri Kalmykov, Sergey Titov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V29.00002: The spectra of spiral wave breakup Dwight Barkley, Paul Wheeler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V29.00003: Pattern Formation without Patterning Proteins in Cyanobacteria Jun Allard, Andrew Rutenberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V29.00004: Experimental studies of large-scale collective swimming in dense suspensions of bacteria Andrey Sokolov, Igor Aranson, Raymond Goldstein, John Kessler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V29.00005: Fiber optical measurements of electrical activity in canine ventricular preparations Amgad Squires, Gisa E. Luther, Michael Enyeart, Robert F. Gilmour, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Stefan Luther Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V29.00006: Motion artifact removal in the optical mapping of cardiac tissue Gisa E. Luther, Amgad Squires, Michael W. Enyeart, Robert F. Gilmour, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Stefan Luther Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V29.00007: Compact Dynamical Equations for Brain Activity Jong Won Kim, Peter A. Robinson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V29.00008: Pattern recognition through collective behaviour in neural networks Jan R. Engelbrecht Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V29.00009: Modeling of Protein Subcellular Localization in Bacteria Xiaohua Xu, Rahul Kulkarni Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V29.00010: Quantitative measures for mitotic spindle pattern formation structures Stuart Schaffner, Jorge Jose Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V29.00011: Stability and Perturbation Analysis on a Model of Cell Chemotaxis Colin McCann, Ron Skupsky, Wolfgang Losert, Ralph Nossal Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V29.00012: Raman Correlation Spectroscopy Edward Van Keuren, Maki Nishida Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V29.00013: A New Paradigm for Nanoparticle Biosensing: Magnetically Driven Critical Phase Slipping Brandon H McNaughton, Raoul Kopelman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V29.00014: Sum frequency generation microscopy for imaging chirality Na Ji, Kai Zhang, Haw Yang, Yuen-Ron Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V29.00015: Upconversion-Detected Ultrafast Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy Kevin Kubarych, Manuel Joffre Preview Abstract

Session V30: Focus Session: Mechanical Properties: Microscale Deformation and Failure

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Jae Hyun Kim, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 327

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V30.00001: Fundamental Fracture Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V30.00002: Adhesion at Entangled Polymer Interfaces: A Unified Approach.. Richard Wool Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V30.00003: Effect of entanglement density on mechanical properties of glassy polymers Robert Hoy, Mark Robbins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V30.00004: Entanglement Effects in Plastic Deformation of Filled Linear Polymer Glasses Cameron Abrams, David Richardson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V30.00005: Nanoparticles alignment, exclusion and entrapment during failure of Glassy Polymer Nanocomposite Jong-Young Lee, Qingling Zhang, Todd Emrick, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V30.00006: Crazing in Glassy Polymer Nanocomposites Jong-Young Lee, Qingling Zhang, Todd Emrick, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V30.00007: Tensile Modulus Measurements of Carbon Nanotube Incorporated Electrospun Polymer Fibers Yavuz Ozturk, JaeMin Kim, Kwanwoo Shin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V30.00008: Rate-dependent Mechanical Deformation Behavior of POSS-filled and Plasticized Poly(vinyl chloride). Sharon Soong, Robert Cohen, Mary Boyce Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V30.00009: Tensile Properties and Hysteresis Behavior of Graft Copolymers with Complex Molecular Architecture R. Weidisch, U. Staudinger, Y. Zhu, S.P. Gido, D. Uhrig, J.W. Mays, N. Hadjichristidis, H. Iatrou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V30.00010: Structure and Tensile mechanical properties of poly(ester urethane) materials. Marilyn Hawley, Robert Houlton, Philip Rae, E. Bruce Orler, Debra Wrobleski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V30.00011: Identification of key deformation mechanisms of polyethylene materials via in-situ x-ray scattering Theresa Hermel-Davidock, Willem DeGroot, Mehmet Demirors, Brian Landes, Rajen Patel, Tracy Peltier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V30.00012: Microindentation Studies in Polymers at Very Low Crystallinities Francisco Balta-Calleja, Araceli Flores Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V30.00013: Effect of crystalline organization on toughness. Laurent Corte, Ludwik Leibler Preview Abstract

Session V31: Nanotubes: Transport

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Laxmidhar Senapati, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 328

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V31.00001: Ab initio charge transport through N-doped carbon nanotubes: microscopic understanding of carbon nanotube sensors Frederico D. Novaes, Mariana Rossi, Ant\^{o}nio J. R. da Silva, A. Fazzio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V31.00002: A Semi-Empirical Approach to Bandstructure, Chemistry and Transport: Extended H\"uckel Theory applied to Carbon Nantotubes and Silicon - Diego Kienle, Jorge Cerda, Kirk Bevan, Gengchiau Liang, Lutfe Siddiqui, Avik Ghosh, M.P. Anantram Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V31.00003: Ab initio Bandbending and Schottky Barriers of a Carbon Nanotube and Boron Nitride Device Khorgolkhuu Odbadrakh, Pawel Pomorski, Christopher Roland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V31.00004: Effect of Strain and Defects on Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Yao He, Chun Zhang, Chao Cao, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V31.00005: Dependence of transport through carbon nanotubes on local Coulomb potential. Alexey Zhukov, Alexander Makarovski, Matthew Prior, Gleb Finkelstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V31.00006: Origin of hysteresis in gate-modulated transport in single-wall carbon nanotubes Swastik Kar, Aravind Vijayaraghavan, Saikat Talapatra, Caterina Soldano, Saroj K. Nayak, Omkaram Nalamasu, Pulickel M. Ajayan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V31.00007: Electrical transport properties of selective area CVD grown single wall carbon nanotube devices Zhixian Zhou, Rongying Jin, Gyula Eres, David Mandrus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V31.00008: Electron transport in as-grown suspended semiconducting carbon nanotubes Vikram Deshpande, Marc Bockrath Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V31.00009: The effect of purification on electron transport properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes Hisashi Kajiura, Masashi Shiraishi, Masafumi Ata, Anil Nandyala, Ulas Coskun, Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V31.00010: Probing the transport property of each individual wall within a multiwall carbon nanotube X. Yan, J.Y. Huang, S. Chen, Z. Wang, G. Chen, M.S. Dresselhaus, Z.F. Ren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V31.00011: Electronic transport in single-walled nanotubes of known chiral indices R. Caldwell, F. Wang, Y. Wu, M. Huang, L. Huang, S. O'Brien, T.F. Heinz, J. Hone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V31.00012: Hopping Conduction in Individual Template-Produced Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes D. P. Wang, B. R. Perkins, A. J. Yin, D. E. Feldman, A. Zaslvasky, J. M. Xu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V31.00013: Thermal effects in non-linear electronic transport in metallic carbon nanotubes Marcelo Kuroda, Jean-Pierre Leburton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V31.00014: Thermal Transport in MWNT sheet. Ali Aliev, Mei Zhang, Shaoli Fang, Sergey Lee, Anvar Zakhidov, Ray Baughman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V31.00015: Nanotube-Metal Junctions: 2- and 3- Terminal Electrical Transport San-Huang Ke, Weitao Yang, Harold U. Baranger Preview Abstract

Session V33: Focus Session: Social Networks

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Alessandro Vespignani, Indiana University
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 336

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V33.00001: Social Balance on Networks: The Dynamics of Friendship and Hatred Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V33.00002: Lamb-lion Problem on Networks and Its Applications Sungmin Lee, Soon-Hyung Yook, Yup Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V33.00003: Preferential attachment in the growth of social networks: the case of Wikipedia Guido Caldarelli, Andrea Capocci, Vito Servedio, Luciana Buriol, Debora Donato, Stefano Leonardi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V33.00004: Social inertia in collaboration networks Jose J. Ramasco, Steven A. Morris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V33.00005: Efficiently achieving consensus in scientific collaboration networks R. Dean Malmgren, Sam Seaver, Roger Guimera, Daniel Diermeier, Julio Ottino, Luis Amaral Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V33.00006: A Network Analysis of Committees in the United States House of Representatives Mason Porter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V33.00007: DIMES -- New Results from Wide-area Internet Topology Mapping Shlomo Havlin, Shai Carmi, Eran Shir, Yuval Shavitt, Scott Kirkpartrick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V33.00008: Modeling search-dominated Web growth Santo Fortunato, Alessandro Flammini, Filippo Menczer, Alessandro Vespignani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V33.00009: Evidence of accelerated growth by edge copying and unfairness in the evolution of the AS level of the Internet Bruno Gon\c{c}alves, Jose Mendes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V33.00010: Vulnerability of complex networks: Effect of traffic and geography Marc Barthelemy, Luca Dall'Asta, Alain Barrat, Alessandro Vespignani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V33.00011: Network theory model of the United States Patent citation network Jan Tobochnik, Peter Erdi, Katherine Strandburg, Gabor Csardi, Laszlo Zalanyi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V33.00012: The social cost of partisanship Sam Seaver, Robert Malmgren, Andre Moreira, Daniel Diermeier, Luis Amaral Preview Abstract

Session V35: Photonic Crystals

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Xiaomei Jiang, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 338

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V35.00001: A Dynamical Effective Medium Theory for Meta-materials Ying Wu, Jensen Li, Zhao-Qing Zhang, C.T. Chan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V35.00002: The gap structures and wave functions of two-dimensional quasicrystals for classical waves. Yun Lai, Zhao-Qing Zhang, Chi-Hou Chan, Leung Tsang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V35.00003: Electromagnetic wave propagation in media whose permittivity varies periodically in time Juan Carlos Cervantes, Peter Halevi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V35.00004: Achieving a Photonic Band-Edge Near Visible Wavelengths by Copper Coating on 3D Tungsten Photonic-lattices. Dexian Ye, Shawn-Yu Lin, James Bur, Toh-Ming Lu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V35.00005: From Photonic Crystals to Photonic Metamaterials. I Peter Halevi, Felipe Perez-Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V35.00006: From Photonic Crystals to Photonic Metamaterials. II Felipe Perez-Rodriguez, Peter Halevi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V35.00007: Quantum Hall effect analogs in photonic crystals: semi-classical treatment of ``chiral'' (unidirectional) edge modes Srinivas Raghu, F.D.M. Haldane Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V35.00008: Influence of disorder on the band structure of a photonic crystal Ilya Ponomarev, T.L. Reinecke, M. Bayer, A. Forchel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V35.00009: Photonic band-gaps in two dimensional semiconductor-dielctric composite structures Gerardo Martinez, Manvir Kushwaha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V35.00010: Fabrication of Highly Reflecting Si/SiO$_{2}$ Bragg Mirrors Using Transferred Nanomembranes Weina Peng, Frank S. Flack, Michelle M. Roberts, Paula E. Colavita, Donald E. Savage, Robert J. Hamers, Max G. Lagally, Mark A. Eriksson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V35.00011: Tuning of the Optical Response of a Si/SiO$_{2}$ Superlattice at the Wavelength of $1.54\mu$m E. Galindo, P. Halevi, Adan S. Sanchez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V35.00012: Improved Photonic Bandgap Structures via Symmetry Breaking David Mackie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V35.00013: Wannier Function Expansion of Localized States in Photonic Crystals J. D. Albrecht, P. Sotirelis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V35.00014: Tangent formulation for the band structure of one-dimensional N-period layered photonic crystals Frank Szmulowicz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V35.00015: Temperature tuning of two-dimensional photonic crystals in the presence of phonons and a plasma of electrons and holes Jesus Manzanares-Martinez, Felipe Ramos-Mendieta, Peter Halevi Preview Abstract

Session V36: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and C60

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Eric Shirley, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 339

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V36.00001: Spectroscopy of Optical Excitations in Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V36.00002: Real time approach for non-linear optical response of nano-scale systems Y. Takimoto, F. Vila, J.J. Rehr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V36.00003: First-Principles study of the optical properties of BN nanotubes and h-BN Cheol Hwan Park, Catalin Spataru, Steven Louie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V36.00004: {\em Ab initio} Studies of Potassium Adsorption on Graphite and Carbon Nanotubes Alejandro Lugo-Solis, Igor Vasiliev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V36.00005: Bound excitons and optical absorption spectra of (10,10) metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes Jack Deslippe, Catalin Spataru, Steven Louie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V36.00006: Photocurrent Generation in Bent Nanostructures Yuriy Pershin, Carlo Piermarocchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V36.00007: Ultrafast Carrier Relaxation Measurements of SWCNT-Doped Polymer Thin Films Elaine Lalanne, Brenitra Mosley, Anthony Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V36.00008: Carbon nanotube field effect transistors under high magnetic fields Georgy Fedorov, Dmitry Smirnov, Alexander Tselev, Yanfei Yang, Nikolay Kalugin Preview Abstract

Session V38: Superconductivity-Thermodynamics and Structure

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jeff Tallon, Industrial Research Limited
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 341

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V38.00001: Specific heat studies of heavy ion irradiated YBCO. Ruobing Xie, A. Rydh, U. Welp, W. K. Kwok, M. Eskildsen, L. Paulius Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V38.00002: Low temperature specific heat study on Pr$_{0.88}$LaCe$_{0.12}$CuO$_{4-\delta}$ Shiliang Li, Songxue Chi, Pengcheng Dai, Haihu Wen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V38.00003: Anisotropic properties of unconventional superconductors in a magnetic field: testing the nodal stucture Anton Vorontsov, Ilya Vekhter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V38.00004: Comparative analysis of specific heat of YNi$_{2}$B$_{2}$C using nodal and two-gap models Hung Duen Yang, Chien Lung Huang, Jiunn Yuan Lin, Chia Pin Sun, Ting Kuo Lee, Sung IK Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V38.00005: Probing the anisotropic phonon attenuation in superconducting lead. T.L. Head, J.P. Wolfe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V38.00006: Hard X-ray Structural Studies of HgBa$_2$CuO$_{4+\delta}$ Guillaume Chabot-Couture, Jason N. Hancock, Li Lu, Zahirul Islam, Martin Greven Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V38.00007: Structure at low temperature of oxygen isotope exchanged La$_{1.8875}$Sr$_{0.1125}$CuO$_{4}$ A. R. Moodenbaugh, D. E. Cox, T. Vogt, B. Noheda, M. K. Crawford, E. M. McCarron, W. E. Farneth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V38.00008: Preliminary Inelastic Neutron Scattering Results for the Magnetic Excitations in the Model Superconductor HgBa$_{2}$CuO$_{4+\delta }$ G. Yu, X. Zhao, Y. C. Cho, G. Chabot-Couture, E. M. Motoyama, P. Bourges, M. Greven Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V38.00009: Stability Constraints and Local Criteria for the Bounds on $T_c$ of Conventional Superconductors Jonathan E. Moussa, Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V38.00010: Anisotropic Superconducting Phase Diagram of C$_{6}$Ca Ulrich Welp, R. Xie, D. Rosenmann, A. Rydh, H. Claus, G. Karapetrov, W. K. Kwok Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V38.00011: Upper critical field H$_{c2}$ in PrOs$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$ David Parker, Kazumi Maki, Hyekyung Won Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V38.00012: Superconductivity and magnetism in small attractive and repulsive Hubbard clusters Armen Kocharian, Gayanath Fernando, Kalum Palandage, James Davenport Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V38.00013: Spin-triplet pairing in noncentrosymmetric superconductors: Li$_2$Pd$_3$B and Li$_2$Pt$_3$B H.Q. Yuan, M.B. Salamon, D. Vandervelde, D.F. Agterberg, N. Hayashi, M. Sigrist, P. Badica, K. Togano Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V38.00014: Low Temperature Normal State Specific Heat properties of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ using High Magnetic Fields Scott Riggs, Greg Boebinger, Jon Betts, Fedor Balakirev, Albert Miglori, Marcelo Jaime Preview Abstract

Session V39: Focus Session: Superconductivity-Theory and Computation III

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DCMP
Chair: Alex Gurevich, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 342

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V39.00001: Non-Fermi liquid and pairing in electron-doped cuprates Andrey Chubukov, Pavel Krotkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V39.00002: Antiferromagnetic superconducting state in the electron-doped cuprates? Tanmoy Das, Robert S. Markiewicz, Arun Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V39.00003: Spin response in high-$T_{c}$ superconductors at higher energies Babak Seradjeh, Igor Herbut Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V39.00004: Screening in anisotropic superfluids and the superfluid density in underdoped cuprates Matthew Case, Igor Herbut Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V39.00005: Impurity effects in metals and superconductors Kurt Scharnberg, Simon Scheffler, Carsten Rieck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V39.00006: Type-IV Superconductivity Phenomenon: Cooper Pairs with Broken Parity and Spin-Rotational Symmetries in D- and S-wave Singlet Superconductors Andrei Lebed Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V39.00007: Superfluid density and competing orders in $d$-wave superconductors Sergei Sharapov, Jules Carbotte Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V39.00008: Index theorem and quantum order of d-wave superconductors in the vortex state Oskar Vafek, Ashot Melikyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V39.00009: Electronic Density of States of a Superconductor with a Spatially Varying Gap and Phase Fluctuations: A Monte Carlo Simulation Daniel Valdez-Balderas, David Stroud Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V39.00010: Raising Bi-O bands above the Fermi energy level of hole-doped Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ and other cuprate superconductors Hsin Lin, S. Sahrakorpi, R.S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V39.00011: Evolution of Mid-gap States and Residual 3-Dimensionality in Cuprates S. Sahrakorpi, M. Lindroos, R. Markiewicz, A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V39.00012: Dirac-Bogoliubov-de Gennes quasiparticles in the mixed state of lattice d-wave superconductors Ashot Melikyan, Zlatko Tesanovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V39.00013: Phase Fluctuations in Strongly Coupled d-Wave Superconductors Matthias Mayr, Gonzalo Alvarez, Cengiz Sen, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V39.00014: Excitonic pairing between nodal fermions William Shively, Dmitri Khveshchenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V39.00015: Nodal Quasiparticles at a Nematic Quantum Critical Point Paul Oreto, Eun-Ah Kim, Steven Kivelson, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract

Session V40: Focus Session: Linear Optics Quantum Computation

Sponsoring Units: TGQI DCMP
Chair: Jonathan Dowling, Louisiana State University
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 343

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V40.00001: High-fidelity linear optical quantum computing with polarization encoding Federico Spedalieri, Hwang Lee, Jonathan Dowling Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V40.00002: Single Photon Source Using Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Ganesh Selvaraj, Anand Jha, Pavel Lougovski, Marian Florescu, Robert Boyd, Jonathan Dowling Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V40.00003: How to construct a Universal Linear Optical State Generator? Pavel Lougovski, Hwang Lee, Jonathan Dowling Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V40.00004: Towards one-way quantum computation with realistic devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V40.00005: Single-photon sources for linear optics quantum computation Todd Pittman, Bryan Jacobs, James Franson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V40.00006: Optical Switches for Quantum Information Processing Bryan Jacobs, Todd Pittman, James Franson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V40.00007: Entangled Photon Holes James Franson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V40.00008: Creating single time-bin entangled photon pairs Christoph Simon, Jean-Philippe Poizat Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V40.00009: Towards a Quantum Memory for Photons in Erbium Doped Materials Sara Hastings-Simon, Matthias Staudt, Barbara Kraus, Wolfgang Tittel, Mikael Afzelius, Nicolas Gisin, Ignacio Cirac, Mattias Nilsson, Stefan Kroll Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V40.00010: Design of an on demand single photon source using a metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor structure B.H. Hu, C.H. Yang, M.J. Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V40.00011: Superconducting Bolometric Photon Detectors Using Epitaxial Niobium Thin Films Kevin M. Inderhees, Paul B. Welander, Seongshik Oh, James N. Eckstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V40.00012: Quantum dots as a source of entangled photon pairs. Mark Stevenson, Robert Young, Paola Atkinson, Ken Cooper, David Ritchie, Andrew Shields Preview Abstract

Session V41: Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides V

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Eric Cockayne, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 344

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V41.00001: First principles theory of metal-oxide interfaces: the Schottky-Mott theory revisited Matias Nunez, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V41.00002: Strains observed in 180\r{ } domain walls in LiNbO$_{3}$ with Laue topography Terrence Jach, Sungwon Kim, Stephen Durbin, Venkatraman Gopalan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V41.00003: Predicting polarization enhancement in multicomponent ferroelectric superlattices Serge Nakhmanson, Karin Rabe, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V41.00004: Self-Poling in Strained Asymmetric Superlattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V41.00005: X-ray catastrophe focusing with ferroelectrics Stephen Durbin, Terrence Jach, Sungwon Kim, Venkatraman Gopalan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V41.00006: The Effect of Grain Boundary Charge on Ferroelectric Transitions in Nanograin BaTiO$_{3}$ I-Wei Chen, Xiaohui Wang, Yudi Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V41.00007: Epitaxial Growth of BaTiO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ and BaO/SrTiO$_{3}$ Superlattices for Phonon Confinement A. Soukiassian, N.D. Lanzillotti Kimura, A. Bruchhausen, A. Fainstein, A. Cross, A. Cantarero, H.P. Sun, X.P. Pan, W. Tian, D.A. Tenne, X.X. Xi, D.G. Schlom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V41.00008: Site-Selective Studies of Er-doped SiO$_{2}$/SRO layers Zackery Fleischman, Volkmar Dierolf, Yanli Zhang, Marvin White Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V41.00009: First principles theory of the local dielectric permittivity: Application to surfaces and interfaces Ning Shi, Rampi Ramprasad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V41.00010: Surface Micromachined Ferroelectric MEMS Devices: Correlating Device Performance with Film Microstructure Jennifer Ruglovsky, Matthew Dicken, Kenneth Diest, Mohamed El-Naggar, Sharlotte Bolyard, David Goodwin, Guruswami Ravichandran, Kaushik Bhattacharya, Harry Atwater Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V41.00011: Interaction between ferroelectric nanodots: a first-principles-based study S. Prosandeev, I. Ponomareva, I. Naumov, I. Kornev, L. Bellaiche Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V41.00012: \emph{Ab-initio} theory of nanoscale capacitors at finite bias Massimiliano Stengel, Nicola Spaldin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V41.00013: Electrophoresis of Ferroelectric Nanoparticles Xiya Liu, Dragomir Davidovic Preview Abstract

Session V42: History and Physics Outreach

Sponsoring Units: FHP FEd
Chair: Bill Evenson, Utah Valley State College
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 345

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:39AM		V42.00001: Brotherly Advice: Letters from Hugo to Paul Ehrenfest in his Final Years Paul Halpern Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 12:03PM		V42.00002: E. U. Condon: Science, Religion, and Scientific Responsibility Michael Day Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:27PM		V42.00003: Particles and Waves in Classical Dynamics Ronald Mickens Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V42.00004: CUNY Doctoral Students Expand Access to Advanced Placement Physics in Urban High Schools Paula Fekete, Amish Khalfan, Victor Strozak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V42.00005: High School Visitation Program in New York City for Materials Science and Engineering Outreach Siu-Wai Chan, Irving Herman, Justine Herrera Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V42.00006: Using nanotechnology to illustrate concepts at the secondary school level M.S. Rzchowski, S.J. Rutherford, C.M. Folkman, C.B. Eom, E. Montalvo, J. Startek, E. Seda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V42.00007: Let physics substantiate music and music enhance physics- give principle to the other disciplines. Hui-Yiing Chang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V42.00008: The Art Speed of Light Jan Wojcik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V42.00009: Online Muon Capture and Decay Experiment Megan Alexander, Daniel Miner, Wojtek Skulski, Frank Wolfs Preview Abstract

Session V43: Atomic/Molecular Structure and AMO Processes on Surfaces and in Condensed Matter

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: M. Safronova, University of Delaware
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 346

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V43.00001: Oscillating Mechanical Electron Cloud Due to Nuclear Vibration Stewart Brekke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V43.00002: Hydrogen Molecule in the Frame of the Three-Body Santilli-Shillady Model Raul Perez-Enriquez, J. Marin, R. Riera Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V43.00003: Explicitly Correlated Wavefunctions for Few-Body Problems Frank E. Harris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V43.00004: Lattice Regularized Diffusion Monte Carlo Simulations of iron dimer Michele Casula, Leonardo Guidoni, Sandro Sorella Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V43.00005: Regionally specific hyperfine polarization of Rb atoms at micron/submicron distance from the Pyrex glass surfaces in optical pumping cells K. Zhao, Z. Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V43.00006: Q-factor spoiling of a fused silica microsphere Pablo Bianucci, John Robertson, Andreas Muller, C. K. Shih Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V43.00007: Radiation Patterns of Electric Dipoles Close to a Plane Interface LAN LUAN, Paul Sievert, John Ketterson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V43.00008: Quadrupole $nd \rightarrow nl$ resonances in valence ns-photoelectron angular distributions from half-filled shell atoms. Valeriy Dolmatov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V43.00009: Cooperative Emission from Semiconductor Quantum Wells in High Magnetic Fields D. H. Reitze, Y. D. Jho, X. Wang, J. Kono, A. A. Belyanin, V. V. Kocharovsky, G. Solomon, X. Wei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V43.00010: Dielectric Modification of the Casimir force between a gold sphere and a silicon surface Feng Chen, Umar Mohideen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V43.00011: Analysis of van der Waals Interaction Energies from Quantum Chemistry: Aromatic Clusters and Rare Gas Dimers Stephen Garrison, Inez Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez, Manuel Marquez, Edward Lim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V43.00012: Energy Distribution of Cluster Assemble with Isomers Songbai Ye, Louis Bloomfield Preview Abstract

Session V44: Kondo Physics and Luttinger liquids

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: K. Ingersent, University of Florida
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 347

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V44.00001: Quantum Phase Transition in an Anisotropic Kondo Lattice M.T. Glossop, K. Ingersent Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V44.00002: Zero temperature phase diagram of the periodic Anderson model Lorenzo De Leo, Marcello Civelli, Gabriel Kotliar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V44.00003: Non-Fermi-liquid phase in a frustrated Kondo trimer Kevin Ingersent, Dohyung Seo, Andreas Ludwig, Ian Affleck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V44.00004: Egxact ground states for the periodic Anderson model at half filling in two dimensions Zsolt Gulacsi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V44.00005: Dynamic Magnetic Response of Heavy Fermion Semimetals Peter Riseborough Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V44.00006: Magnetic Quantum Phase Transitions of a Kondo Lattice Model with Ising Anisotropy Jian-Xin Zhu, Stefan Kirchner, Qimiao Si, Daniel R. Grempel, Ralf Bulla Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V44.00007: Coherence in the two-impurity Kondo problem Lijun Zhu, C.M. Varma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V44.00008: Large temperature renormalization of anomalous Luttinger exponent in $Li_{0.9}Mo_{6}O_{17}$ Feng Wang, S.-K. Mo, J.W. Allen, J.V. Alvarez, G.-H. Gweon, J. He, R. Jin, R. Mandrus, H. H\"ochst Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V44.00009: Finite temperature ac conductivity of disordered Luttinger liquids Andreas Glatz, Bernd Rosenow, Thomas Nattermann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V44.00010: Dynamics of Strongly Correlated 1D Fermi Gases Razvan Teodorescu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V44.00011: Tunneling, charge spreading, and the infrared catastrophe in conductors Kelly Patton, Michael Geller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V44.00012: Boundary Green's Function for Spin-incoherent Interacting Electrons in One Dimension Paata Kakashvili, Henrik Johannesson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V44.00013: Phonon Effects on Spin-Charge Separation in One Dimension Chang-Qin Wu, Wen-Qiang Ning, Hui Zhao, Hai-Qing Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V44.00014: Dynamic Properties of 1-D Ising Chain in a Random Transverse Field Xun Jia, Sudip Chakravarty Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V44.00015: Stripe Glass from Competing Short and Long Range Interactions Gergely Zimanyi, Chris Pike, Richard Scalettar Preview Abstract

Session V45: Spin Structure and Phase Transitions: Theory

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Donald J. Priour, Jr., University of Maryland
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 348

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V45.00001: Disorder and ferromagnetism in a graphene sheet Nuno M.R. Peres, Francisco Guinea, Antonio H.C. Neto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V45.00002: The exchange instability in a graphene bilayer Johan Nilsson, Antonio Castro Neto, Nuno Peres, Francisco Guinea Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V45.00003: Spin Liquid States on the Triangular Lattice: A Projective Symmetry Group Analysis of Schwinger Boson States Fa Wang, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V45.00004: Spin current and spiral spinons in the Heisenberg spin chain Yupeng Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V45.00005: Partial order in MnSi? John Hopkinson, Hae-Young Kee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V45.00006: No dominance of RKKY interaction in 4f-magnets German Samolyuk, Vladimir Antropov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V45.00007: New classification of magnets Vladimir Antropov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V45.00008: Exact Diagonalization Study of the Quantum Antiferromagnet Cs$_2$CuCl$_4$ Ookie Ma, J. B. Marston, V. F. Mitrovi{\'c}, M.-A. Vachon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V45.00009: An \textit{ab initio} study of the giant magnetocaloric effect in MnAs Hyejung Kim, Yia-Chung Chang, Sahraoui Chaieb Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V45.00010: Spatially Anisotropic d=3 Ising, XY Magnetic and Percolation Systems: Exact Renormalization-Group Solutions of Hierarchical Models Aykut Erba\c{s}, Asli Tuncer, Burcu Y\"ucesoy, A. Nihat Berker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V45.00011: Simulation of magnetization configurations with constricting magnetization boundary conditions in 2 and 3-D soft-hard magnetic structures Jong Han, Hemachander Subramanian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V45.00012: Topological transition in a two-dimensional model of liquid crystal Ana Isabel Fari\~nas-Sanchez, Ricardo Paredes V, Bertrand Berche Preview Abstract

Session V46: Defects and Impurities in Si/Ge

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Torgny Gustafsson, Rutgers University
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 349

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V46.00001: Pathway connecting the four-interstitial ground state and chain in silicon Yaojun Du, Thomas Lenosky, Stefan Goedecker, Richard Hennig, John Wilkins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V46.00002: Recombination rate annealing following transient neutron irradiation Harold Hjalmarson, Peter Schultz, Normand Modine Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V46.00003: Theory of the Cyclotron Resonance in Si and Ge Shigeji Fujita, Robert Simion, Rohit Singh, Seiichi Watanabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V46.00004: Stability of strained monohydride H:Si(105) and H:Ge(105) surfaces Cristian V. Ciobanu, Ryan M. Briggs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V46.00005: Using Si(100) - 2 x 1:H as a Platform for Patterned Silicon Growth Matthew M. Sztelle, Scott W. Schmucker, Joseph W. Lyding Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V46.00006: Hole mobility in SiGe alloys from first principles. Sian Joyce, Felipe Murphy-Armando, Stephen Fahy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V46.00007: First-principles calculation of phonon scattering of n-type carriers in SiGe alloys Felipe Murphy Armando, Stephen Fahy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V46.00008: MEIS study of As and Sb implantation in Si(001) with excess vacancy concentration and SIMOX. Mateus Dalponte, Henri Boudinov, Lyudmila Goncharova, Eric Garfunkel, Torgny Gustafsson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V46.00009: DFT calculations of formation energy and properties of Frenkel pairs in Si Matthew J. Beck, S. T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V46.00010: Effect of Hydrogen on the Migration Processes of Dislocations in Silicon Norihisa Oyama, Takahisa Ohno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V46.00011: Self-trapping-enhanced carrier recombination at light-induced boron-oxygen complexes in silicon Shengbai Zhang, Mao-Hua Du, Howard Branz, Richard Crandall Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V46.00012: Energy gain by defect formation: a new tight binding annealed model for a-Si Joseph Feldman, Noam Bernstein, Marco Fornari, Dimitris Papaconstantopoulos Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V46.00013: Effect of e-h Pairs on the Stability of Bond-Center Hydrogen in Silicon Nageswara Rao Sunkaranam, Sriram Dixit, Gunter Lupke, Norman Tolk, Leonard Feldman Preview Abstract

Session V47: Spectroscopy and Transport in 2D Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Emilio Mendez, SUNY at Stony Brook
Room: Baltimore Convention Center 350

Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V47.00001: Magnetotunneling Spectroscopy in InGaAs Double-well Structures Y. Lin, A.K.M. Newaz, E.E. Mendez, J. Nitta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V47.00002: Shot Noise in Coherently Coupled GaAs-AlGaAs Double-Well Resonant-Tunneling Diodes A.K.M. Newaz, W. Song, B. Nielsen, E.E. Mendez, R. Hey, H. Kostial, H.T. Grahn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V47.00003: Observation of a periodic structure in quantum rings using Scanning Gate Microscopy F. Martins, B. Hackens, T. Ouisse, J.F. Motte, M. Stark, H. Sellier, J. Chevrier, S. Huant, V. Bayot, S. Bollaert, X. Wallart, A. Cappy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V47.00004: Scanning gate microscopy on Aharonov-Bohm rings in a magnetic field~: experiments and simulations B. Hackens, F. Martins, T. Ouisse, J.F. Motte, M. Stark, H. Sellier, J. Chevrier, S. Huant, V. Bayot, S. Bollaert , X. Wallart, A. Cappy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V47.00005: Optical Imaging for the Determination of Minority Carrier Transport David Luber, Frank Bradley, Nancy Haegel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V47.00006: Transverse magnetic focusing and spin-dependent reflection experiments in InSb- and InAs-based heterostructures Hong Chen, J.J. Heremans, J.A. Peters, J.T. Beardsley, N. Goel, S.J. Chung, M.B. Santos, W. Van Roy, G. Borghs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V47.00007: Effect of dc and ac excitations on the longitudinal resistance of a two-dimensional electron gas in highly doped GaAs quantum wells Jingqiao Zhang, Alexey Bykov, Sergey Vitkalov, A. K. Kalagin, A. K. Bakarov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V47.00008: Thermodynamic and transport properties of two-dimensional GaAs systems near the apparent metal-insulator transition E.A. Galaktionov, G.D. Allison, A.K. Savchenko, S.S. Safonov, M.M. Fogler, M.Y. Simmons, D.A. Ritchie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V47.00009: Evidence for coherent transport in GaAs hole open quantum dots. S. Faniel, B. Hackens, A. Vlad, C. Gustin, L. Moldovan, S. Melinte, V. Bayot, M. Shayegan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V47.00010: Surface Gated Quantum Hall Effect in InAs Heterostructures Ian Gelfand, Sami Amasha, Dominik Zumbuhl, Marc Kastner, Christoph Kadow, Arthur Gossard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V47.00011: Anisotropic thermopower and planar Nernst effect in Ga1-xMnxAs Yong Pu, Jing Shi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V47.00012: Long-Lived Coherent Cyclotron Oscillations in a 2D Electron Gas X. Wang, R. Srivastava, A. Barkan, D. M. Mittleman, J. Kono, J. L. Reno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V47.00013: Modulation of two-dimensional electrons in Si/SiGe heterostructures using atomic-layer-deposited gate dielectric T. M. Lu, K. Lai, P. D. Ye, W. Pan, D. C. Tsui, S. Lyon, M. Muhlberger, F. Schaffler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V47.00014: Hysteresis and saturation of intersubband absorption by electrons on helium Dmitri Ryvkine, Michael Lea, Mark Dykman Preview Abstract