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Session A1: Competing Order in High-Tc Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Erica Carlson, Purdue University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 2-3

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A1.00001: Quantum melting of the hole crystal in the spin ladder of Sr$_{14-x}$Ca$_x$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A1.00002: An intrinsic Cu-O-Cu bond-centered electronic glass with disperse 4$a_0$-wide unidirectional domains in strongly underdoped Ca$_{1.88}$Na$_{0.12}$CuO$_2$Cl$_2$ and Bi$_2$Sr$_2$Dy$_{0.2}$Ca$_{0.8}$Cu$_2$O$_y$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A1.00003: Nature of the electronic gap in stripe-ordered cuprates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A1.00004: Neutron scattering evidence for spin and charge inhomogeneity in cuprate superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A1.00005: Duality and the vibrational modes of a Cooper-pair Wigner crystal Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A2: Future of Fossil Fuels

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Donald Morelli, Michigan State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 4

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A2.00001: Energizing our Future: How Disinformation and Ignorance are Misdirecting Our Efforts Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A2.00002: Clean Fossil Energy Conversion Processes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A2.00003: The future of fossil fuels Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A2.00004: Assessing the promise of natural gas hydrates as an unconventional source of energy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A2.00005: The Physics of Heavy Oils: Implications for Recovery and Geophysical Monitoring Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A3: Electronic States in Graphene

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Philip Kim, Columbia University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2A-3A

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A3.00001: Infrared Probe of the Anomalous Magneto-transport of Graphite in the Extreme Quantum Limit Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A3.00002: Two-Dimensional Dirac Fermions in Graphene at High Magnetic Fields Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A3.00003: Electronic Confinement and Coherence in Patterned Epitaxial Graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A3.00004: First direct observation of Dirac fermions in graphite Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A3.00005: Electronic properties of single and multi-layer Graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A4: Responsive and Adaptable Polymeric Materials

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DMP GSNP
Chair: Timothy Bunning, Air Force Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2B-3B

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A4.00001: Adaptive and Responsive Polymer NanoComposites Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A4.00002: Hydrophobic Hydration of Stimulus-Responsive Polyproteins Measured by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A4.00003: Nature's Mechanisms for Tough, Self-healing Polymers and Polymer Adhesives Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A4.00004: Cell microrheology in health and disease" be suitable for your session Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A4.00005: Is experimental heteropolymer sequence design practical, or does it belong to the realm of science fiction? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A5: Mechanisms and Landscapes of Cellular Networks

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Jin Wang, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1A-1B

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A5.00001: TBD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A5.00002: TBD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A5.00003: Some physics problems in biological networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A5.00004: Yeast cell cycle experiments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A6: Frontier in Computational Materials

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Giulia Galli, University of California, Davis
Room: Colorado Convention Center 207

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A6.00001: Quantum Design of Complex Nanostructured Electronic Materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A6.00002: The European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A6.00003: The prediction of crystal structure by merging knowledge methods with first principles quantum mechanics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A6.00004: Quantum-Mechanical Combinatorial Design of Solids having Target Properties Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A6.00005: Computational Thermoelectrics. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A7: Unconventional Transport and Magnetic Properties of Hexaborides

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: John Sarrao, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4A-4B

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A7.00001: Magneto-optical evidence of double exchange in a percolating lattice Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A7.00002: Exploring Competing Interactions in the Hexaborides with Field- and Pressure-Tuned Optical Spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A7.00003: Disentangling Surface and Bulk Electronic Structures of EuB$_6$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A7.00004: Double exchange model and magnetic polarons in Eu-based hexaborides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A7.00005: Magnetic polarons in EuB$_6$ and other low carrier density ferromagnets. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A8: Focus Session: Novel Superconductors I: Doping and Impurities in MgB2

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Alexander Golubov, Twente University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1C

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A8.00001: $MgB_2$: doped or with pressure, four systems same behaviour Pablo de la Mora, Sabina Ruiz-Chavarria, Ulises Estevez, Gustavo Tavizon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A8.00002: First principles study of the electronic structure and phonon properties for Al and C-doped MgB$_2$ O. de la Pe\~{n}a-Seaman, R. de Coss, R. Heid, K.-P. Bohnen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A8.00003: Carbon and Aluminum Doping in MgB$_{2}$. Similarities and differences Peter Samuely, Pavol Szabo, Zuzana Holanova, Manuel Angst, Rudeger Wilke, Sergey Bud'ko, Paul Canfield Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A8.00004: Carbon Doped MgB2 Thin Films using TMB R.H.T. Wilke, Qi Li, X.X. Xi, D.R. Lamborn, J. Redwing Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A8.00005: Disorder in carbon-doped HPCVD MgB$_{2}$ thin films Ye Zhu, P.M. Voyles, A.V. Pogrebnyakov, X.X. Xi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A8.00006: Correlated enhancement of H$_{c2}$ and J$_{c}$ in carbon nanotube-doped MgB$_{2}$. M. Jaime, A. Serquis, G. Serrano, S. Moreno, L. Civale, B. Maiorov, F. Balakirev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A8.00007: Point-Contact Andreev-Reflection Spectroscopy in Neutron-Irradiated Mg$^{11}$B$_2$ R.S. Gonnelli, A. Calzolari, D. Daghero, M. Tortello, G.A. Ummarino, V. A. Stepanov, C. Tarantini, P. Manfrinetti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A8.00008: Reflection of two band properties in the magnetic penetration depth of ion irradiated MgB$_{2}$ S.D. Kaushik, S. Patnaik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A8.00009: Disorder induced evolution of two energy gaps in MgB2 Yong-Jihn Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A8.00010: Effects of Magnetic and Non-Magnetic Impurities in MgB$_2$: A Point-Contact Study of Single Crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A9: Superconductivity: Thermodynamic and Doping Effects

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Carmen Almasan, Kent State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1D

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A9.00001: YBCO at the border between antiferromagnetism and sperconductivity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A9.00002: Investigation of the M\"{o}ssbauer spectrum of RuSr$_2$GdCu$_2$O$_8$ as a function of Temperature shows that there is only one type Ru site D. Coffey, G. Harmon, B. Graves, N. Miller, M. DeMarco, B. Dabrowski, S. Kolesnik, M. Maxwell, S. Toorongian, M. Haka Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A9.00003: Magnetic Penetration Depth in Overdoped Tl-2201 Superconductors Jess H. Brewer, Scott Stubbs, Darren Peets, Ruixing Liang, Walter Hardy, Doug Bonn, Peter Russo, Jeff Sonier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A9.00004: Nodeless $d$-wave superconducting pairing in antiferromagnetic underdoped Pr$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_{4-\delta}$ Tanmoy Das, R.S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A9.00005: Small T$^{-1}_{1}$ peak near T$_{c}$ in unconventional BCS superconductors David Parker, Stephan Haas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A9.00006: A Practical Algorithm for Fitting Magnetic Moment Data for Superconducting Thin Films and Multilayers in Parallel Magnetic Fields Sergiy Kryukov, Wentao Xu, Lance De Long Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A9.00007: Magnetic Instabilities along the Superconducting Phase Boundary of Nb/Ni Multilayers Wentao Xu, Amish Joshi, Sergiy Kryukov, Lance De Long, Elvira Gonzalez, Elena Navarro, Javier Villegas, Jose Vicent Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A9.00008: X-ray Structural Studies of HgBa$_2$CuO$_{4+\delta}$ G. Chabot-Couture, J. N. Hancock, L. Lu, A. Bianconi, F. Bridges, Z. Islam, H. Oyanagi, Y.-C. Cho, Y. Li, G. Yu, X. Zhao, M. Greven Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A9.00009: Microscopic origin of the oxygen reduction process and its impact on superconductivity in electron-doped copper oxides Hye Jung Kang, Pengcheng Dai, Branton J. Campbell, Peter J. Chupas, Stephan Rosenkranz, Peter L. Lee, Qingzhen Huang, Shiliang Li, Seiki Komiya, Yoichi Ando Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A9.00010: X-ray diffuse scattering experiments from bismuth based high T$_c$ superconductors M. Izquierdo, S. Megtert, P. A. Albouy, J. Avila, M. A. Valbuena, G. Gu, J. S. Abell, G. Yang, M.C. Asensio, R. Comes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A9.00011: Low-temperature Specific Heat in underdoped YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7}$ Single Crystals Hai-Hu Wen, Yue Wang, Hong Gao, Lei Shan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A9.00012: Thermodynamic properties of cuprate superconductors: Singularities and Pseudogaps. James Storey, Jeffery Tallon, Grant Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A9.00013: Confined vortex loops in superconductors with a magnetic core Mauro Doria, Antonio Romaguera, Milorad Milosevic, Francois Peeters Preview Abstract

Session A10: Superconductivity: Electronic and Thermal Transport Properties

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Michael Bleiweiss, Naval Academy Preparatory School
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1E

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A10.00001: High Field Hall Effect and Resistivity in High-$T_{c}$ La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ Fedor Balakirev, Jonathan Betts, Albert Migliori, Ichiro Tsukada, Yoichi Ando, Gregory Boebinger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A10.00002: In-plane resistivity and Hall effect data of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ in high magnetic fields Scott Riggs, Fedor Balakirev, Albert Migliori, Jon Betts, Greg Boebinger, Genna Logvenov, Tony Bollinger, Ivan Bozovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A10.00003: Low-temperature specific heat and thermal Hall conductivity in a vortex state of d-wave superconductors Ashot Melikyan, Oskar Vafek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A10.00004: The Hall Number, Optical Sum Rule and Carrier Density for the $t-t'-J$ Model Sriram Shastry, Jan Haerter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A10.00005: Nernst effect as a probe of superconducting fluctuations in Nb$_{0.15}$Si$_{0.85}$ A. Pourret, H. Aubin, J. Lesueur, K. Behnia, C. Marrache-Kikuchi, L. Berg\'{e}, L. Dumoulin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A10.00006: On the heat current in the magnetic field: Nernst-Ettingshausen effect above the superconducting transition Andrei Sergeev, Vladimir Mitin, Michael Reizer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A10.00007: Nernst effect and diamagnetism in a vortex liquid Daniel Podolsky, Srinivas Raghu, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A10.00008: Anomalous quasiparticle thermal transport in the superconducting state of ultra pure URu$_2$Si$_2$ single crystals Yuichi Kasahara, T. Iwasawa, T. Shibauchi, Y. Matsuda, K. Behnia, T. D. Matsuda, Y. Haga, Y. Onuki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A10.00009: Low Temperature Heat Transport in the superconducting skutterudite PrOs$_4$Sb$_{12}$: Evidence for nodes in the superconducting gap Robert Hill, Brian Maple, Shiyan Li, Nicolas Doiron-Leyraud, Louis Taillefer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A10.00010: Probing the nodal metal in LBCO with heat transport Ramzy Daou, Louis Taillefer, Qiang Li, Genda Gu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A10.00011: One Dimensional Superconducting Transition in Quasi-Two-Dimensional Stripes Matthew Bell, Andrei Sergeev, Aleksandr Verevkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A10.00012: Thermal Expansion at the Superconducting Phase Transition in Nb Richard K. Bollinger, John J. Neumeier, Carlos A.M. dos Santos, Hugo R.Z. Sandim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A10.00013: On the Nature of the Superconducting Transition in YBCO M. Yethiraj, S.J. Crowe, D. McK. Paul, D.K. Christen, M. Arai, T. Yokoo, L. Porcar, P.D. Butler Preview Abstract

Session A11: Magnetic Phase Transitions

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Oleg Starykh, University of Utah
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1F

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A11.00001: Competing magnetic fluctuations in Sr$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$ probed by Ti doping David Fobes, J. Hooper, M. Zhou, N. Dang, Z.Q. Mao, M.H. Fang, C.M. Feng, Z.A. Xu, M.H. Yu, C.J. O'Connor, G.J. Xu, N. Andersen, M. Salamon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A11.00002: Effect of Magnetic Field on Electronic Nematic Order in a Bilayer System: Application to Sr$_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Christoph Puetter, Hyeonjin Doh, Hae-Young Kee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A11.00003: Magnetic Phase Transition and Magnetic Structure of Ca$_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Z. Qu, J. Peng, T.J. Liu, F. Etienne, D. Fobes, Z.Q. Mao, W. Bao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A11.00004: Specific Heat of (Ca$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x})_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Single Crystals V. Varadarajan, S. Chikara, V. Durairaj, X.N. Lin, G. Cao, J.W. Brill Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A11.00005: In-plane anisotropy of magnetoresistivity of tri-layered ruthenate Sr$_4$Ru$_3$O$_{10}$ Z.Q. Mao, M. Zhou, D. Fobes, H.Q. Yuan, M. Salamon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A11.00006: Long Range Order in Orbital Model Wenlong You, Guangshan Tian, Haiqing Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A11.00007: Orbital order and spin waves in the Kugel-Khomskii model Tamar Pereg-Barnea, Wei-Cheng Lee, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A11.00008: Optical spin waves in magnetite R.J. McQueeney, M. Yethiraj, W. Montfrooij, S. Chang, T.G. Perring, P. Metcalf, J.M. Honig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A11.00009: Electronic Raman scattering in Magnetite Lev Gasparov, G. Guntherodt, K.-Y. Choi, H. Berger, L. Forro Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A11.00010: Resonant x-ray scattering of the Bi$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ (x$\le $0.5) charge-ordered phases Joaquin Garcia, Gloria Subias, M.C. Sanchez, Premek Beran, J. L. Garc\'ia-Munoz, M. Nevriva Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A11.00011: Effect of Charge Ordering on Phonon Spectra of La$_{1/3}$Sr$_{2/3}$FeO$_{3-\sigma }$ Jie Ma, S. Chang , J.-Q. Yan, F. Trouw, M. Hehlen, R. J. McQueeney Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A11.00012: Pressure-Induced Quantum Criticality in Cr Rafael Jaramillo, Y. Feng, T.F. Rosenbaum, J.J. Pluth, G. Srajer, J. Lang, Z. Islam Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A11.00013: High Pressure Probes of Magnetic Quantum Phase Transitions Y. Feng, R. Jaramillo, C.T. Seagle, D.M. Silevitch, T.F. Rosenbaum, D.L. Heinz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A11.00014: Influence of the antiferromagnetic spin density wave on the magnetoresistance of Cr Yeong-Ah Soh, Ravi Kummamuru Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A11.00015: Thermomagnetic Studies of K$_{2}$NaCrO$_{8}$ Saritha Nellutla, Mekhala Pati, Kwanyong Choi, Younjung Jo, Naresh Dalal, Luis Balicas, Johan van Tol, Daniel Pajerowski, Byoung Hee Moon, Yoonseok Lee, Mark Meisel, Yasumasa Takano Preview Abstract

Session A12: Focus Session: Spin Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Eugene Sherman, University of Toronto
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A12.00001: Generating Spin Currents in Semiconductors with the Spin Hall Effect Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A12.00002: Persistent Spin Helix Bogdan Bernevig, Joe Orenstein, Shou-Cheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A12.00003: Topological Insulators in Three Dimensions Liang Fu, Charles Kane, Eugene Mele Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A12.00004: Skew-scattering contribution in Rashba-type 2D systems with short-range scalar impurity potential. Mario F. Borunda, Tamara Nunner, Thomas Lueck, Nikolai Sinitsyn, Carsten Timm, Tomas Jungwirth, Jairo Sinova Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A12.00005: Low field phase diagram of spin-Hall effect in the mesoscopic regime Zhenhua Qiao, Wei Ren, Jian Wang, Hong Guo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A12.00006: Quantum spin Hall phase and surface spin current in Bi and Sb Shuichi Murakami Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A12.00007: Mesoscopic Spin Hall Effect Philippe Jacquod, Inanc Adagideli, Jens Bardarson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A12.00008: Spin torque contribution to the frequency dependent spin Hall conductivity in spin-orbit coupled systems A. Wong-Lopez, F. Mireles, J.A. Maytorena, C. Lopez-Bastidas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A12.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A12.00010: Search for the Persistent Spin Helix in a 2-Dimensional Electron Gas J.D. Koralek, C.P. Weber, J. Orenstein, B.A. Bernevig, S.-C. Zhang, S. Mack, J. Stephens, D.D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A12.00011: Berry Curvature and the $Z_2$ Topological Invariants of Spin-Orbit-Coupled Bloch bands. F. D. M. Haldane Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A12.00012: Quantum Spin Hall Effect in HgTe in a Magnetic Field Taylor Hughes, Andrei Bernevig, Shou-Cheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A12.00013: Quantum Spin Hall Effect and Topological Phase Transition in HgTe Quantum Wells Shou-Cheng Zhang, B. Andrei Bernevig, Taylor Hughes Preview Abstract

Session A13: Focus Session: Multiferroics I

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: SangWook Cheong, Rutgers University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4C

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A13.00001: Magnetic Symmetry of Two-Dimensional Multiferroics Avadh Saxena, Turab Lookman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A13.00002: Rotation of orbital stripes and the consequent charge-polarized state in Pr(Sr$_{,}$Ca)$_{2}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Yusuke Tokunaga, Thomas Lottermoser, Yunsang Lee, Reiji Kumai, Masaya Uchida, Takahisa Arima, Yoshinori Tokura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A13.00003: Structural changes related to dielectric anomalies in RFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$ (R=Lu and Y). Y. Horibe, S. Mori, Y. Matsuo, S. Shinohara, N. Ikeda, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A13.00004: X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism Investigation of Fe Valence Ordering in Multiferroic LuFe$_2$O$_4$ Vemuru Krishnamurthy, Jonathan Lang, Daniel Haskel, George Srajer, Brian Sales, Mas Subramanian, David Singh, Lee Robertson, Manuel Angst, David Mandrus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A13.00005: Spin-Charge-Orbital States and Electric Polarization in Multiferroic RFe$_2$O$_4$ Sumio Ishihara, Makoto Naka, Jyoji Nasu, Aya Nagano Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A13.00006: Charge ordering and ferroelectricity in magnetite Daniel Khomskii Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A13.00007: Lattice and Magnetic Effects on Multiferroic Transitions in Garnets Despina Louca, K. Kamazawa, T. Proffen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 10:00AM		A13.00008: Magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroic materials from first principles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A13.00009: First-principles Investigation of Ground State Magnetic Structure and Effective Exchange Interaction in GaFeO$_3$ Myung Joon Han, Taisuke Ozaki, Jaejun Yu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A13.00010: Systematic investigation of rare-earth doped BiFeO$_{3}$ thin films using composition spreads S. Fujino(1), V. Nagarajan(2), M. Murakami(1), S.-H. Lim(1), A. Vartharajan(2), L. Salamanca-Riba(1), M. Wuttig(1), I. Takeuchi(1)(3) Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A13.00011: Exchange bias between ferromagnetic metals and multiferroic BiFeO$_{3}$, LuMnO$_{3}$, and TbMnO$_{3}$ Makoto Murakami, S. Fujino, J. Hattrick-Simpers, S.-H. Lim, L. Salamanca-Riba, D. Kundaliya, S. Ogale, T. Venkatesan, J. Higgins , M. Wuttig, I. Takeuchi, S. Lofland, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A13.00012: Charge ordering as alternative to Jahn-Teller distortion Igor Mazin, Daniel Khomskii Preview Abstract

Session A14: Focus Session: Spin Dependent Tunneling I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Jinke Tang, University of New Orleans
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4D

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A14.00001: Spectroscopic Studies on epitaxially grown Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions on W(100) Tae-Young Khim, Jun-Sik Lee, Kee-Jeong Rho, Hoyoung Jang, Byeong-Gyu Park, Jae-Hoon Park, Jae-Young Kim, Hangil Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A14.00002: Electronic structure of sputter deposited MgO(100) tunnel barriers in magnetic tunnel junction structures exhibiting giant tunneling magnetoresistance See-Hun Yang, Mahesh Samant, Stuart Parkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A14.00003: Influence of disorder on tunnel magnetoresistance V. Karpan, I. Marushchenko, A. Starikov, P.X. Xu, K. Xia, M. Zwierzycki, P.J. Kelly Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A14.00004: First-principles prediction of high Curie temperature for ferromagnetic bcc-Co and its relation to Co/MgO/Co magnetic tunnel junctions Marjana Lezaic, Phivos Mavropoulos, Stefan Blugel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A14.00005: Theory of the spin-orbit induced anisotropy in the tunneling magnetoresistance of magnetic tunnel junctions. Alex Matos-Abiague, Jaroslav Fabian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A14.00006: Bias induced inversion of the tunneling magnetoresistance Andrej Sokolov, Renat Sabirianov, Ildar Sabirianov, Bernard Doudin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A14.00007: Evidence for WKB Failure in Contemporary Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A14.00008: Highly charged ion modified magnetic structures Holger Grube, Joshua Pomeroy, Andrew Perrella Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A14.00009: Tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance in Ni break junctions J. D. Burton, E. Y. Tsymbal, O. N. Mryasov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A14.00010: Magnetoresistance in Boron Carbide junctions Ellen Day, A. Sokolov, A. Baruth, B.W. Robertson, S. Adenwalla Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A14.00011: Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy of a Molecular Magnetic Tunnel Junction. Wenyong Wang, Curt Richter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A14.00012: Towards Fully Organic Tunnel Junctions Bridger Anderson, Tony Caruso, Munir Kaderbhai Preview Abstract

Session A15: Focus Session: Spin Freezing on Frustrating Lattices

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Peter Schiffer, Pennsylvania State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4E

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A15.00001: Magnetic diffuse scattering in Tb3Ga5O12 and Tb3Al5O12 garnets Kazuya Kamazawa, Taku Sato, Despina Louca Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A15.00002: Spin glass freezing in the disorder-free pyrochlores A$_{2}$Sb$_{2}$O$_{7 }$(A = Mn, Co, Ni) Haidong Zhou, B.W. Vogt, J.A. Janik, C.R. Wiebe, A. Harter, N.S. Dalal, J.S. Gardner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A15.00003: Low temperature specific heat of geometrically frustrated Gd$_2$Sn$_2$O$_7$ Kate Ross, Jeffrey Quilliam, Chas Mugford, Linton Corruccini, Jan Kycia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A15.00004: Slow spin relaxation and zero point entropy in diluted and stuffed rare earth pyrochlores Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A15.00005: Effective Thermodynamics of Artificial Spin Ice Cristiano Nisoli, RuiFang Wang, Jie Li, William F. McConville, Paul E. Lammert, Peter Schiffer, Vincent H. Crespi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A15.00006: Dynamics of Artificial Kagome `Spin Ice' In Geometrically Frustrated Permalloy Nano Structures Yi Qi, Todd Brintlinger, John Cumings Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A15.00007: Quantum Antiferromagnet on a Hyper-kagome Lattice: Applications to Na$_4$Ir$_2$O$_8$ Michael Lawler, Arun Paramekanti, Hae Young Kee, Yong Baek Kim, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A15.00008: Classical antiferromagnet on a hyper-kagome lattice John M. Hopkinson, Sergei V. Isakov, Hae-Young Kee, Yong Baek Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A15.00009: Spin Glass Order Induced by Dynamic Frustration Raymond Osborn, Eugene Goremychkin, Brian Rainford, Devashibhai Adroja, Marek Koza Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A15.00010: Spin dynamics in LiY$_{0.998}$Ho$_{0.002}$F$_4$ via $^{19}$F NMR and $\mu$SR M. J. Graf, A. Lascialfari, J. Lago, F. Borsa, A. Amato, J.S. Lord, S.R. Giblin, B.Z. Malkin, A.M. Tkachuk, B. Barbara Preview Abstract

Session A16: Ab-initio Theory of Spin Dependent Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP GMAG
Chair: Ivo Souza, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4F

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A16.00001: Electronic structure theory of wide gap dilute magnetic semiconductors Linhui Ye, A.J. Freeman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A16.00002: Spin-driven transition metal clustering in the wide-gap ferromagnetic semiconductor Cu$_2$O:Co Hannes Raebiger, Stephan Lany, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A16.00003: Mechanism of ferromagnetism in wide band gap semiconductors Priya Mahadevan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A16.00004: First-principles Investigation of the Neutral and Charged Embedded Clustering in Mn doped GaN: Revisited Xiangyuan Cui, Bernard Delley, Arthur J. Freeman, Catherine Stampfl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A16.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A16.00006: Heusler clusters Alexey Zayak, Murilo L. Tiago, Scott Beckman, James R. Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A16.00007: Control of Magnetic Order in Monolayer Films by Substrate Tuning Stefan Heinze, Paolo Ferriani, Ilja Turek, Gustav Bihlmayer, Stefan Bl\"ugel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A16.00008: Linear scaling \textit{ab initio} approach to the electronic structure calculation for L1$_{0}$-FePt nanoparticles embedded in FePt random alloy Yang Wang, G. Malcolm Stocks, Aurelian Rusanu, Don Nicholson, Markus Eisenbach, Qiming Zhang, J.P. Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A16.00009: Surface magnetism of Fe/W(110): an ab-initio study of the substrate effects Torsten Andersen, Wolfgang H{\"u}bner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A16.00010: Giant magneto-crystalline anisotropies in transition-metal monowires Yuriy Mokrousov, Stefan Hienze, Gustav Bihlmayer, Stefan Bl\"ugel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A16.00011: Qualitative aspects of magnetism formation in Gd and its compounds Kirill Belashchenko, Vladimir Antropov, German Samolyuk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A16.00012: First-principles Calculation of Atom-scale Magnetic Interaction Barbara Jones, Chiung-Yuan Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A16.00013: Ab-initio determination of magnetic properties of Fe-Co nanoclusters on Cu(100). Jan Zabloudil, Corina Etz, Bence Lazarovits, Balazs Ujfalussy, Laszlo Szunyogh, Peter Weinberger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A16.00014: Magnetism of small Co clusters as a probe of \textit{ab initio} theory Claudia Troparevsky(*), Fernando Reboredo(+), Adolfo Eguiluz(*) Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A16.00015: Non-collinear magnetism in Permalloy ($\mathrm{Ni}_{0.8} \mathrm{Fe}_{0.2}$) Markus Eisenbach, Don Nicholson, G. Malcolm Stocks Preview Abstract

Session A17: Charged and Ion - Containing Polymers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Bulent Ozbas, Princeton University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 102

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A17.00001: Solvent effects on polyelectrolyte charge and conformation in solution Ralph Colby, Shichen Dou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A17.00002: Electrostatic Properties of an Entirely Hydrophilic Polyelectrolyte. David Hoagland, Alexei Popov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A17.00003: Formation, Structure and Electrochemical Impedance Analysis of Microporous Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Jodie Lutkenhaus, Kathleen McEnnis, Paula Hammond Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A17.00004: Influence of humidity and crystallization time on the conductivity of nanoparticle-filled solid polymer electrolytes Susan Fullerton, Janna Maranas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A17.00005: Counterion Effects on Ion Mobility and Mobile Ion Concentration of Doped Polyphosphazenes and Polyphosphazene Ionomers Jim Runt, Robert Klein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A17.00006: Ion mobility and mobile ion concentration in PEO-based polyurethane ionomers Daniel Fragiadakis, Shichen Dou, Ralph Colby, James Runt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A17.00007: Conformational structures in dry ionomers Elshad Allahyarov, Philip Taylor Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A17.00008: Water Diffusion in Ultrathin Ionomer Thin Films: Neutron Reflectivity Study Lilin He, Erik B. Watkins, Jaroslaw Majewski, Cy H. Fujimoto, Christopher J. Cornelius, Dvora Perahia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A17.00009: Nanoscale Morphology of Sulfonated Polystyrene Ionomers Nancy C. Zhou, Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A17.00010: Morphology and Proton Transport in Polyimide-Polysiloxane Segmented Copolymers Lijun Zou, Mitchell Anthamatten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A17.00011: Morphological Study of Model Poly(Ethylene-Acrylic Acid) Ionomers Christopher D. Chan, Travis W. Baughman, Kathleen L. Opper, Kenneth B. Wagener, Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A17.00012: Proton Conducting Membranes from Fluorinated Poly(Isoprene)-\textit{block}-Sulphonated Poly(Styrene): Structure and Transport Properties. Akinbode Isaacs-Sodeye, Samuel Gido, Tianzi Huang, Jimmy Mays Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A17.00013: Polyelectrolyte Interfacial Swelling and Film Stability Vivek Prabhu, Ashwin Rao, Shuhui Kang, Eric Lin, Sushil Satija Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A17.00014: ATRP-derived functional polymers for electronic applications Tracy Bucholz, Joung Eun Yoo, Sally Peng Li, Yueh-Lin Loo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A17.00015: The nature of water in hydrated acid-form Nafion membranes G. Polizos, Z. Lu, D.D. Macdonald, E. Manias Preview Abstract

Session A18: Photophysics of Electronic Polymers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DMP
Chair: Rachel Segalman, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Colorado Convention Center 103

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A18.00001: Identification of the Possible Defect States in Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Thin Films Danqin Feng, Anthony Caruso, Yaroslav Losovyj, Douglas Schulz, Peter Dowben Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A18.00002: Ab intio study of ladder-type metallic polymers Simon Pesant, Guillaume Dumont, Sebastien Langevin, Michel Cote Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A18.00003: Illumination induced metastable polaron-supporting phase in poly p-phenylene- vinylene films E. Ehrenfreund, E. Gershman, Y. Eichen, T. Drori, C.X. Sheng, Z.V. Vardeny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A18.00004: Ultrafast and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopies of Excited States in Pristine and Doped $\pi $-Conjugated polymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A18.00005: Temperature dependence and anisotropy of charge-carrier mobilities in crystalline durene Frank Ortmann, Karsten Hannewald, Friedhelm Bechstedt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A18.00006: Ultrafast polarization memory dynamics of photoexcitations in $\pi $-conjugated polymers. Sanjeev Singh, Minghong Tong, Josh Holt, Zeev Vardeny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A18.00007: Experimental Determination of Charge/Neutral Branching Ratio in $\pi $-Conjugated Polymers by Broad-band Ultrafast Spectroscopy$^{1}$ Chuanxiang Sheng, Minghong Tong, Sanjeev Singh, Z. Valy Vardeny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A18.00008: In-situ characterization of the mesophase of a high performance semiconducting polymer L.J. Richter, A.J. Moad, D.M. Delongchamp, R.J. Kline, D.J. Gundlach, D.A. Fischer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A18.00009: Electro-optic Measurements in Single-Crystal Films of a Combination of Materials Involving DAST and IR-125 A. Narayanan, J. Titus, M. Thakur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A18.00010: Nonlinear Refractive Index in a Novel Nano-optical Material Based on the Nonconjugated Conductive Polymer, Poly($\beta$-pinene) A. Narayanan, J. Titus, Mrinal Thakur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A18.00011: Quadrupolar dyes for NLO applications: solvent-induced symmetry breaking and huge TPA cross-sections in aggregates Anna Painelli, Gabriele D'Avino, Francesca Terenziani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A18.00012: Infrared probe of charge dynamics in single crystal rubrene organic field-effect transistors Zhiqiang Li, Vitaly Podzorov, Na Sai, Michael Martin, Michael Gershenson, Massimiliano Di Ventra, Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract

Session A19: Focus Session: New Frontiers in Imaging I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Thomas Meersmann, Colorado State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A19.00001: Mobile NMR: Measuring Pixels, Images, and Spectra Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A19.00002: Ex-Situ Spectroscopic MRI Jeffrey Reimer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A19.00003: Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging with 90-nm resolution M. Poggio, C. L. Degen, H. J. Mamin, D. Rugar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A19.00004: Imaging Contrast Effects in Alginate Microbeads Nina Shapley, Holly Hester-Reilly Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A19.00005: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A19.00006: Spin Sorting: Apparent Longitudinal Relaxation without Spin Transitions Mark Conradi, Yulin Chang, Jason Woods, Susan Conradi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A19.00007: Spin-Exchange Optical Pumping of Solid Alkali Compounds Brian Patton, Kiyoshi Ishikawa, Yuan-Yu Jau, William Happer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A19.00008: Hyperpolarized water as an authentic magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent. Songi Han, Evan McCarney, Brandon Armstrong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A19.00009: Latest Developments in Dynamic MRI of Multi-Phase Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A21: Focus Session: Physics Education Research

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado
Room: Colorado Convention Center 106

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A21.00001: Physics, Math, and Making Sense: Understanding how brains learn science Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A21.00002: Reducing the gender gap in the physics classroom Mercedes Lorenzo, Catherine Crouch, Eric Mazur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A21.00003: Addressing Gender Disparity in Introductory Physics Courses: Are existing reforms enough? Noah Finkelstein, Steven Pollock, Michael Dubson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A21.00004: Sustaining Educational Innovation: engaging traditional faculty in transformed practices Steven Pollock, Noah Finkelstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A21.00005: Development and assessment of research-based tutorials on heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics Paula Heron, Matthew Cochran Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A21.00006: Research as a guide for developing curricula on wave behavior at boundaries Mila Kryjevskaia, MacKenzie Stetzer, Paula Heron, Lillian McDermott Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A21.00007: Changes in Student Models of Force and Motion in Activity-Based Physics C. Trecia Markes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A21.00008: Analysis of shifts in students' reasoning regarding electric field and potential concepts David E. Meltzer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A21.00009: The role of representation when solving physics problems Patrick Kohl, Noah Finkelstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A21.00010: Andes: An intelligent homework helper Brett van de Sande, Kurt Vanlehn, Don Treacy, Bob Shelby, Mary Wintersgill Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A21.00011: Scientific Assistant Virtual Laboratory (SAVL) Gita Alaghband, Hamid Fardi, David Gnabasik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A21.00012: Should we teach the Bohr model? S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, C. E. Wieman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A21.00013: Student application of integration when considering P-V diagrams John Thompson, Brandon Bucy, Evan Pollock, Donald Mountcastle Preview Abstract

Session A22: Focus Session: Econophysics

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center 108

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A22.00001: Effect of citation patterns on network structure Soma Sanyal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A22.00002: Counting solutions for the CDMA multiuser MAP demodulator Jun-ichi Inoue, J.P.L. Hatchett Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A22.00003: A Weibull distribution with power-law tails that describes the first passage time processes of foreign currency exchanges Naoya Sazuka, Jun-ichi Inoue Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A22.00004: A new perspective on Quantum Finance using the Black-Scholes pricing model Lamine Dieng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A22.00005: Evolution of Trading strategies Javier Vicente Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A22.00006: The Product Space and its Consequences for Economic Growth Cesar Hidalgo, Bailey Klinger, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Ricardo Hausmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A22.00007: Stochastic volatility of financial markets as the fluctuating rate of trading: an empirical study Christian Silva, Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 10:00AM		A22.00008: Using behavioral statistical physics to understand supply and demand Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A22.00009: Modelling Limit Order Execution Times from Market Data Adlar Kim, Doyne Farmer, Andrew Lo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A22.00010: The Influence of Signed Order Volume on Stock Prices Austin Gerig, Doyne Farmer, Fabrizio Lillo, Szabolcs Mike Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A22.00011: Is clustered volatility essential to understand heavy tails in financial markets? Anuj Purwar, J. Doyne Farmer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A22.00012: Persistent Patterns in Trading Firms' Actions Neda Zamani, J. Doyne Farmer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A22.00013: Universality of Tail Exponents of Price Changes? Luwen Huang, Doyne Farmer Preview Abstract

Session A23: Focus Session: High Pressure I - Earth and Planetary Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Choong-shik Yoo, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 110

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A23.00001: Characterization of Jupiter's Interior with First Principles Computer Simulations Burkhard Militzer, Jan Vorberger, William Hubbard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A23.00002: High pressure bonding properties of hydrogen Isaac Tamblyn, Eric Schwegler, Stanimir Bonev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A23.00003: Computational study of the Hydrogen equation of state using the Coupled Electron-Ion Monte Carlo method Miguel Morales, Kris Delaney, David Ceperley, Carlo Pierleoni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A23.00004: First-principles study of the effect of helium on the onset of dissociation in liquid hydrogen Kyle Caspersen, Francois Gygi, Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A23.00005: Equation of state and electronic structure of liquid Helium at high pressure Lars Stixrude, Raymond Jeanloz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A23.00006: Liquid-liquid transitions in low-Z materials: Parallel with high-pressure solid phase transitions Stanimir Bonev, Isaac Tamblyn, Adam Chaffey, Jean-Yves Raty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A23.00007: Probing Dense States of Hydrogen and Oxides in Giant Planets using Multiple and Single- Shock Compression and Laser-Pulse-Heated Diamond-Anvil Cells. W.J. Nellis, I.F. Silvera Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A23.00008: Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy Study of Highly Compressed Deuterium Bruce Baer, William Evans, Choong-Shik Yoo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A23.00009: Simple Molecular Systems at High Pressures and Temperatures. Alexander Goncharov, Jonathan Crowhurst Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A23.00010: Bonding Changes in Compressed Carbon Dioxide: A New Stishovite-like Phase of CO$_{2}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A23.00011: Phase diagram of Nitrogen at high pressures and temperatures Zsolt Jenei, Jung-Fu Lin, Choong-Shik Yoo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A23.00012: Theoretical precursors to polymeric nitrogen Razvan Caracas, Russell J. Hemley Preview Abstract

Session A24: Focus Session: Particle Dynamics & Organization: Polymer Mediated, Polymer Particles & Anisotropic Particles

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Richard Register, Princeton University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 201

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A24.00001: Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Colloids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A24.00002: Dynamics of polymer microgel nanoparticles and polymer chains. Kiril Streletzky, John McKenna, Gerald Hillier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A24.00003: Icosahedral packing of polymer-tethered nanospheres and stabilization of the gyroid phase C.R. Iacovella, A.S. Keys, M.A. Horsch, S.C. Glotzer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A24.00004: Bicontinuous Morphologies in Block Copolymer-Nanoparticle Composites Victor Pryamitsyn, Venkat Ganesan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A24.00005: Control of Nanoparticle Distribution with Directed Assembly of Block Copolymer Films Huiman Kang, Francois Detcheverry, Andrew Mangham, Mark Stoykovich, Robert Hamers, Juan de Pablo, Paul Nealey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A24.00006: Controlling Nanoparticle Location and Morphology in Polymer Blend and Copolymer Films. Russell Composto, Aysenur Corlu, Ranjan Deshmukh, Hyun-joong Chung, Kohji Ohno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A24.00007: Molecular Theory Studies of Polymer/Nanoparticle Blends Near Surfaces Erin McGarrity, Amalie Frischknecht, Michael Mackay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A24.00008: Particle Dynamics in Polymer/Metal Nanocomposite Thin Films on Nanometer Length Scales Suresh Narayanan, Dong Ryeol Lee, Aleta Hagman, Xuefa Li, Sunil Sinha, Jin Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A24.00009: Investigation of Gold Nanoparticle Diffusion in Polymer Thin Films using X-ray Standing Waves Martin Tolkiehn, Ward Lope, Xuefa Li, Suresh Narayanan, Aleta Hagman, Heinrich Jaeger, Jin Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A24.00010: The Effect of Nanoparticle Shape on Polymer-Nanocomposite Rheology and Tensile Strength Scott T. Knauert, Jack F. Douglas, Francis W. Starr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A24.00011: Stabilization of nanorods in polymer melts by end-adsorbed chains Amalie L. Frischknecht Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A24.00012: Dispersion and Percolation Transitions of Nanorods in Polymer Solutions Megha Surve, Victor Pryamitsyn, Venkat Ganesan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A24.00013: Self-assembly of anisotropic nanoparticles at oil/water interfaces Jinbo He, Qingling Zhang, Suresh Gupta, Todd Emrick, Thomas Russell, Zhongwei Niu, Qian Wang Preview Abstract

Session A25: Focus Session: Mechanical Properties, Fracture & Adhesion

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Alfred Crosby, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Room: Colorado Convention Center 203

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A25.00001: Mechanics of polymer interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A25.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A25.00003: A novel approach to friction measurements using dewetted polymer droplets Andrew B. Croll, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A25.00004: Capillary wrinkling of thin floating films Jiangshui Huang, Wim H. de Jeu, Narayanan Menon, Thomas P. Russell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A25.00005: Nanometer voids prevent crack growth in polymer thin films Hideaki Yokoyama, Cedric Dutriez, Kotaro Satoh, Masami Kamigaito Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A25.00006: Aging with Applied Strain of a Black-Filled Natural Rubber Vulcanizate: Intrinsic Flaw Sizes Crittenden Ohlemacher, Gary Hamed Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A25.00007: Physical Aging And Non-Exponentiality In A Crosslinked Coating Subjected To Degradative Weathering. B.M.D. Fernando, X. Shi, S.G. Croll Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A25.00008: The Elastic Properties of Polymer Nanofibers: Influence of Confinement on Conformation State of Macromolecules and Supermolecular Structures Arkadi Arinstein, Michael Burman, Eyal Zussman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A25.00009: Predicting Structure-Property Relationship in Segmented Polyurethanes Valeriy Ginzburg, Alan Schrock, Christopher Christenson, Jozef Bicerano, Alexander Patashinski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A25.00010: Compliance Effects of a Modern Rheometer Stephen Hutcheson, Gregory McKenna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A25.00011: Entanglements of End Grafted Polymer Brushes in a Polymeric Matrix Gary S. Grest, Robert S. Hoy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A25.00012: High Strength Development at Incompatible Semicrystalline Polymer-Polymer Interfaces C.H. Hong, Richard Wool Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A25.00013: Elastic breakup in extensional flow of entangled melts. Yangyang Wang, Pouyan Boukany, Shi-Qing Wang Preview Abstract

Session A26: Focus Session: Protein Folding: Theory and Simulations I

Sponsoring Units: DCP DBP
Chair: William Eaton, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institutes of Health
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A26.00001: Exploring The Folding Energy Landscape--Triumphs and Tribulations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A26.00002: Simulating protein folding and aggregation on the 10 second timescale Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A26.00003: Understanding ensemble protein folding at atomic detail. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A26.00004: Investigating the Disordered States of Two Proteins Using Intramolecular Contact Formation Vijay Singh, Michaela Kopka, Yujie Chen, William Wedemeyer, Lisa Lapidus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A26.00005: Thermodynamics of the Beta-hairpin to Coil Transition using a Distance Constraint Model Oleg Vorov, Donald Jacobs, Dennis Livesay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A26.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A26.00007: Lattice Model Investigations of Protein Aggregation Yanxin Liu, Prem Chapagain, Jose Parra, Bernard Gerstman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A26.00008: Effective potentials for Folding Proteins Chung-Yu Mou, Nan-Yow Chen, Zheng-Yao Su Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A26.00009: Forced Unfolding of the Coiled-Coils of Fibrinogen by Single-Molecule AFM Andre Brown, Rustem Litvinov, Dennis Discher, John Weisel Preview Abstract

Session A27: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience I-Methods and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Sergey Stolbov, University of Central Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center 301

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A27.00001: A Hybrid Density Functional Study of SiC Nanotubes Kazi Alam, Asok K. Ray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A27.00002: A Hybrid Density Functional Study of Si Nanotubes Somilkumar Rathi, Asok Ray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A27.00003: Tetra, a modeling system for the generation of the atomic configurations of branched wurtzite/zincblende nanostructures Peter Graf, Kwiseon Kim, Wesley Jones, Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A27.00004: Global optimization approaches for finding the atomic structure of surfaces and nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A27.00005: Strained InAs/GaAs quantum structures: non-parabolic simulating model. Branislav Vlahovic, Igor Filikhin, Vladimir Suslov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A27.00006: Size reduction in layered semiconducting compounds Tianshu Li, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A27.00007: The design of a nanocontainer for high pressure storage of hydrogen Zhi-Feng Liu, Deyan Sun, Xiang Ye, Xingao Gong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A27.00008: Surface Green functions in molecular transport junctions: The generalization to interacting electrons in the leads Aleksey Kletsov, Yuri Dahnovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A27.00009: Adiabatic quantum pumping in an Aharonov-Bohm loop and in a Si-like nanowire: interference in real space and in k-space Sungjun Kim, Kunal Das, Ari Mizel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A27.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A27.00011: Hypervelocity impact on carbon nanotube reinforced a-SiC composite targets: An atomistic simulation study Maxim Makeev, Deepak Srivastava Preview Abstract

Session A28: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotube Optics I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Stephen Doorn, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 302

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A28.00001: Magnetic Brightening of Dark Excitons in Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A28.00002: Magnetic field effects on the excitonic absorption spectra of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes Hongbo Zhao, Zhendong Wang, Sumit Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A28.00003: Activating Dark Excitons on Carbon Nanotubes with Electric Fields J.M. Kinder, D. Zhabinskaya, E.J. Mele Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A28.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A28.00005: Aromatic trends in single-walled carbon nanotubes: diamagnetic anisotropy for arbitrary chiralities O.N. Torrens, D.E. Milkie, H.Y. Ban, M. Zheng, G.B. Onoa, T.D. Gierke, J.M. Kikkawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A28.00006: Electron-electron interaction effects on cross-polarized optical absorption in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (S-SWCNTs) Zhendong Wang, Sumit Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A28.00007: Dielectric response of aligned semiconducting single-wall nanotubes B.J. Landi, J.A. Fagan, J.R. Simpson, L.J. Richter, I. Mandelbaum, D.L. Ho, R. Raffaelle, A.R. Hight Walker, B.J. Bauer, E.K. Hobbie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A28.00008: Electronic Structure Effects in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Dielectric Response. Kevin Tatur, Lilia Woods Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A28.00009: Bilayer Graphene: An Electrically Tunable Semiconductor Hongki Min, Bhagawan Sahu, Sanjay Banerjee, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A28.00010: Magneto-optical conductivity in Graphene: signatures of the Dirac quasiparticles Sergei Sharapov, Valery Gusynin, Jules Carbotte Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A28.00011: Excitations from Filled Landau Levels in Graphene Drew Iyengar, Jianhui Wang, H.A. Fertig, Luis Brey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A28.00012: Magnetoplasmon excitations in graphene. Gerard Martinez, Yuri Bychkov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A28.00013: Infrared absorption in graphene Erik Henriksen, Zhigang Jiang, Richard Tung, Yong-Jie Wang, Mollie Schwartz, Melinda Han, Philip Kim, Horst Stormer Preview Abstract

Session A29: Focus Session: Colloids I

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: David Weitz, Harvard University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 303

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A29.00001: How confinement modifies the colloidal glass transition Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A29.00002: Periodic Stresses and Shear Thickening in an Attractive Colloidal Gel Chinedum Osuji, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A29.00003: Plastic restructuring in compressed colloidal glasses Daniel Blair, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A29.00004: Ideal Glass Transitions, Barrier Hopping and Dynamic Heterogeniety in Suspensions of Nonspherical Colloids G. Yatsenko, K.S. Schweizer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A29.00005: Experimental Measurement of Freezing Kinetics in Two-Dimensional Colloidal Crystals J.R. Savage, A.D. Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A29.00006: Particle dynamics near the re-entrant glass transition Andrzej Latka, Ahmed Alsayed, Yilong Han, Arjun Yodh, Piotr Habdas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A29.00007: Translation-rotation coupling in dense colloidal suspensions Minsu Kim, Stephen Anthony, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A29.00008: Single liposome tracking in dense suspensions of stabilized liposomes Yan Yu, Stephen Anthony, Liangfang Zhang, Angelo Cacciuto, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A29.00009: Yield stress of stearically stabilized colloids Suresh Ahuja, Terry Bluhm Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A29.00010: Janus Colloids Assemble into Cluster Shapes Liang Hong, Angelo Cacciuto, Erik Luijten, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A29.00011: Wetting layer dynamics in colloid polymer mixtures by evanescent wave dynamic light scattering Benoit Loppinet, Pangiotis Voudouris, Giorgos Petekidis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A29.00012: Gravitational collapse of depletion gels Juan Jose Lietor-Santos, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Chanjoong Kim, Peter J. Lu, David A. Weitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A29.00013: Depletion Interaction: Effect of Depletant's Non-ideality Dzina Kleshchanok, Remco Tuinier, Peter R. Lang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:00AM - 11:12AM		A29.00014: Direct observation of dynamical heterogeneity near the colloidal gel transition Maria Kilfoil, Yongxiang Gao Preview Abstract

Session A30: Self-Assembly of Particles, Droplets, and Amphiphilic Molecules

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Zhengdong Cheng, Texas A&M University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 304

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A30.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A30.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A30.00003: Solution Phase Behavior of Gold Nanoparticles in Colloidal Solution Hao Yan, Amitabha Chakrabarti, Christopher Sorensen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A30.00004: Self Assembly of Colloidal Particles at Small N Guangnan Meng, Zhengdong Cheng, Michael Brenner, Vinothan Manoharan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A30.00005: Self-Organization of Bouncing Oil Drops: Two-Dimensional Lattices and Spinning Clusters Suzanne Lieber, Melissa Hendershott, Apichart Pattanaporkratana, Joseph Maclennan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A30.00006: Self-assembly of helical tubules using a single-tailed surfactant. Hee-Young Lee, Srinivasa Raghavan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A30.00007: Aggregation Properties and Liquid Crystal Phase of a Dye Based on Naphthalenetetracarboxylic Acid Michelle Tomasik, Peter Collings Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A30.00008: Effects of Multivalent Salts and Polyamines on Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals L. Tortora, H.S. Park, D. Finotello, O.D. Lavrentovich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A30.00009: Nanoparticle organization in surfactant mesophases Guruswamy Kumaraswamy, Kamendra Sharma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A30.00010: Self-assembly of ionic detergents: a simulation study of sodium dodecyl sulfate micellization Maria Sammalkorpi, Mikko Karttunen, Mikko Haataja Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A30.00011: Evidence for condensed lipid/cholesterol complexes in lipid membranes. Maria K. Ratajczak, Shelli L. Frey, Eva Chi, Canay Ege, Theodore L. Steck, Yvonne Lange, Jarek Majewski, Kristian Kjaer, Ka Yee C. Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A30.00012: Concentration-curvature coupling in endocytosis, Sarah Nowak, Tom Chou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A30.00013: Entropy-driven ordering in soft matter Yu-qiang Ma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A30.00014: Soft quasicrystals - Why are they stable? Ron Lifshitz, Haim Diamant Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A30.00015: Directing self-assembly by tailoring pair potentials of soft shoulder systems Zach Smith, Paul Beale, Noel Clark, Matt Glaser Preview Abstract

Session A31: Cold Fusion I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Scott Chubb, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A31.00001: Cold Fusion -- An 18 Year Retrospective Short Description Michael C.H. McKubre Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A31.00002: Production of High Energy Particles Using the Pd/D Co-Deposition Process Pamela A. Mosier-Boss, Stanislaw Szpak, Frank E. Gordon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A31.00003: Accuracy of Cold Fusion Calorimetry Melvin H. Miles, Martin L. Fleischmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A31.00004: Resonant Interaction, Approximate Symmetry, and Electromagnetic Interaction (EMI) in Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) Scott Chubb Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A31.00005: 1.6 MHz Sonofusion Model and Measurement Roger S. Stringham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A31.00006: Selective Resonant Tunneling through Coulomb Barrier by Confined Particles in Lattice X.Z. Li, Q.M. Wei, B. Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A31.00007: Low Energy Nuclear Reactions: 2007 Update Steven B. Krivit Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A31.00008: Physics in a Many-Centered Environment Talbot A. Chubb Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A31.00009: Heat Produced During Electrolysis with a Tubular Pd Cathode Wu-Shou Zhang, John Dash, Qiongshu Wang Preview Abstract

Session A32: Focus Session: Rotating Quantum Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Dominic Meiser, JILA
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A32.00001: Rotation of fermions in a two dimensional lattice with a harmonic trap Tun Wang, Susanne Yelin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A32.00002: Using custom potentials to access quantum Hall states in rotating Bose gases Alexis G. Morris, David L. Feder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A32.00003: Quantized vortex states of strongly interacting bosons in a rotating optical lattice Rajiv Bhat, B.M. Peden, B.T. Seaman, M. Kraemer, L.D. Carr, M.J. Holland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A32.00004: Quantum Hall physics in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A32.00005: Vortices in two-component weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensates Sara Bargi, Jonas Christensson, Georgios Kavoulakis, Kimmo Karkkainen, Yongle Yu, Matti Manninen, Stephanie Reimann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A32.00006: Persistent flow in a Bose-Einstein condensate Pierre Clade, Changhyun Ryu, Mikkel Andersen, Vasant Natarajan, Anand Ramanathan, Kristian Helmerson, William Phillips Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A32.00007: Vortex-Lattice Phases in the Strongly-Interacting Limit of the Bose-Hubbard Model Daniel Goldbaum, Erich Mueller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A32.00008: Lifshitz-like transition and enhancement of correlations in a rotating bosonic ring lattice. Ana Maria Rey, Keith Burnett, Indubala Satija, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A32.00009: Vortices of Lattice Bosons Acquire Spin and Fermi Statistics Assa Auerbach, Netanel Lindner, Daniel Arovas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A32.00010: Spin Hall effects for cold atoms in a light induced gauge potential Shi-Liang Zhu, Hao Fu, Congjun Wu, Shou-Cheng Zhang, Luming Duan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A32.00011: Rapidly rotating strongly-correlated few bosons Leslie O. Baksmaty, Constantine Yannouleas, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A32.00012: Symmetry breaking and symmetry restoration for bosonic gases in rotating traps: Rotating boson molecules and Gross-Pitaevskii vortex structures. Igor Romanovsky, Constantine Yannouleas, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A32.00013: Statistics of vortex trapping in cyclically coupled Bose-Josephson junctions Parag Ghosh, Fernando Sols, Tony Leggett Preview Abstract

Session A33: Focus Session: Quantum-Limited Measurements

Sponsoring Units: GQI DAMOP
Chair: Matthew Leifer, University of Waterloo / Perimeter Institute
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A33.00001: Quantum-Limited and Ultra-Precision Measurements Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A33.00002: Assessing the Quality of Quantum Sensors Paul A. Lopata, Thomas B. Bahder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A33.00003: Using a qubit to measure photon number statistics of a driven, thermal oscillator Aashish Clerk, Dian Wahyu Utami Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A33.00004: Evidence of Dispersive Coupling between a Nanomechanical Resonator and a Cooper-Pair Box Matthew LaHaye, Junho Suh, Pierre Echternach, Keith Schwab, Michael Roukes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A33.00005: Laser cooling of a microcantilever using a medium-finesse optical cavity. Andrew Jayich, Benjamin Zwickl, Jack Harris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A33.00006: Noise Temperature and Thermodynamic Temperature of a Sample-on-Cantilever System Below 1K Ania Bleszynski, Will Shanks, Jack Harris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A33.00007: Intrinsic Noise Properties of Atomic Point Contact Displacement Detectors N. E. Flowers-Jacobs, K. W. Lehnert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A33.00008: Heisenberg limited Sagnac interferometry Aziz Kolkiran, G.S. Agarwal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A33.00009: Generalized Limits for Single-Parameter Quantum Estimation Sergio Boixo, Steven Flammia, J.M. Geremia, Carlton Caves Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A33.00010: Quantum projection noise limited spectroscopy with ions in a Penning-Malmberg trap. ---Progress toward spin squeezed states. Nobuyasu Shiga, Wayne Itano, John Bollinger Preview Abstract

Session A38: Focus Session: Acoustic and Optical Instrumentation

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Andreas Mandelis, University of Toronto
Room: Colorado Convention Center 501

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A38.00001: Vibration Potential Imaging: Results for the Forward Problem Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A38.00002: Picosecond Ultrasonic Measurement of Liquids Madeleine Msall, Oliver Wright, Osamu Matsuda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A38.00003: Electromagnetic stimulation of the ultrasonic signal for nondestructive detection of the ferromagnetic inclusions and flaws Peter Finkel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A38.00004: Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy Characterization of Annealing and Grain Growth in Copper Gunes Kaplan, Tim Darling, Katherine McCall Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A38.00005: Vibrational Modes of MEMS based Directional Sound Sensor Timothy Shivok, Byungki Kim, Jose Sinibaldi, Gamani Karunasiri Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A38.00006: Development of a new ABS Acoustic Bubble Spectrometer$^{\mbox{{\textregistered}}\copyright }$ system Xiongjun Wu, James Perea, Michel Tanguay, Chao-Tsung Hsiao, Georges Chahine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A38.00007: Numerical modeling of the impact of the propagation of a finite wave in a bubbly media on the Acoustic Bubble Spectrometer ABS$^{\copyright \mbox{{\textregistered}}}$. Michel Tanguay, Georges Chahine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A38.00008: Resolving dynamics of acoustic phonons by surface plasmons Jincheng Wang, Chunlei Guo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A38.00009: Long Range Surface Plasmon Fluorescence Spectroscopy Amal Kasry, Wolfgang Knoll Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A38.00010: Evanescent field response to patterned features on a planar waveguide measured with a buried detector array. Matthew Stephens, Guangwei Yuan, Ahmad Al-Omari, Kevin Lear, David Dandy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A38.00011: AlGaN based Tunable Hyperspectral Detector: Growth and Device Structure Optimization Neeraj Tripathi, James R. Grandusky, Vibhu Jindal, Fatemeh Shahedipour-Sandvik, L. Douglas Bell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A38.00012: Dielectric Effects in Electro-optic Field Sensors Anthony Garzarella, Dong Ho Wu, Randall Hinton Preview Abstract

Session A39: Focus Session: Phase Transitions and Domains in Ferroelectric Nanostructures I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Sergei Kalinin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 502

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A39.00001: Hybrid semiconductor-ferroelectric and metal-ferroelectric nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A39.00002: The Hunt for a Snark: Spatially Resolved Imaging of Nucleation Centers in Ferroelectrics Sergei Kalinin, Stephen Jesse, Brian Rodriguez, Arthur Baddorf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A39.00003: Probing Ferroelectricity in Barium Titanate Nanorods by Optical Spectroscopy Kin Fai Mak, Daohua Song, Joanna Atkin, Yuanbing Mao, Stanislaus S. Wang, Tony F. Heinz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A39.00004: Ferroelectric domain structures near the morphotorpic phase boundary in the piezoelectric material Pb(Zr$_{1-x}$Ti$_{x})$O$_{3}$ T. Asada, Y. Koyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A39.00005: Ferroelectric Phase transition in (1-x)Pb(Fe$_{2/3}$W$_{1/3})$O$_{3}$-xPbTiO$_{3}$ solid solutions thin films Ashok Kumar, N.M. Murarai, Ram S. Katiyar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A39.00006: Near-field second-harmonic imaging of ferroelectric domain structure of YMnO$_3$ C.C. Neacsu, B.B. van Aken, M. Fiebig, M.B. Raschke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A39.00007: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO A39.00001 Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A39.00008: Nanoscale 180 Degree Stripe Domains in PbTiO$_{3}$ Films Carol Thompson, D. D. Fong, G. B. Stephenson, J. A. Eastman, P. H. Fuoss, F. Jiang, S. K. Streiffer, R. -W. Wang, K. Latifi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A39.00009: Local decomposition of solid solutions at the ferroelectric-antiferroelectric interphase boundaries and formation of nanostructures in the process of phase transformation V.L. Sobolev, V.M. Ishchuk, Z.A. Samoylenko, N.A. Spiridonov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A39.00010: Quasi-amorphous pyro- and piezo- electric SrTiO3. David Ehre, Vera Lyahovitskaya, Igor Lubomirsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A39.00011: Electroactive Properties of Potentially Ferroelectric Cyanopolymer Systems Matt Poulsen, Stephen Ducharme, James Takacs, Sahadeva Reddy, V.M. Fridkin Preview Abstract

Session A40: Semiconductors: Growth of Nitrides

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Nelson Tansu, Lehigh University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A40.00001: Optimized growth of lattice-matched InAlN/GaN heterostructures by molecular beam epitaxy Stefan Schmult, Theo Siegrist, Mike Sergent, Mike Manfra, Rich Molnar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A40.00002: AlN, InN, and their alloys' growth issues in Plasma Source MBE. Yuriy Danylyuk, Gregory Auner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A40.00003: Preferential growth of zinc-blende and wurtzite GaN as effected by the conditions of MBE Benjamin Shi, M.-H. Xie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A40.00004: Non-polar GaN structures on $\gamma $-LiAlO$_{2}$ grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy Li-Wei Tu, H.M. Huang, M.Z. Hsu, L.K. Wang, Y.L. Cheng, M.C. Chou, C.L. Hsiao, Q.Y. Chen, H.W. Seo, W.K. Chu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A40.00005: Effect of nitridation on the molecular beam epitaxy growth of GaN on ZrB$_{2}$(0001)/Si(111) Yukiko Yamada-Takamura, Z.T. Wang, Y. Fujikawa, T. Sakurai, Q.K. Xue, J. Tolle, J. Kouvetakis, I.S.T. Tsong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A40.00006: Critical parameters for growth of optimized GaN and InGaN/GaN MQW structures on freestanding HVPE GaN substrates by MOCVD James Grandusky, Vibhu Jindal, Neeraj Tripathi, Fatemeh Shahedipour-Sandvik, Alexei Vertiatchikh, Greg Dunne, Hai Lu, Edmund Kaminsky, Rajesh Melkote Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A40.00007: Electroluminescence from Er doped III-nitride light emitters synthesized by metal organic chemical vapor deposition C. Ugolini, J. Y. Lin, H. X. Jiang, J. M. Zavada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A40.00008: Effects of polarity on material's quality of Al-rich AlGaN alloys T.M. Al tahtamouni, N. Nepal, J.Y. Lin, H.X. Jiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A40.00009: Growth of Mg-doped InN by Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition N. Khan, N. Nepal, J.Y. Lin, H.X. Jiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A40.00010: Cantilever Epitaxy of AlN using Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy Scott A. Newman, Derrick S. Kamber, Yuan Wu, Edward Letts, Steven P. DenBaars, James S. Speck, Shuji Nakamura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A40.00011: Growth and structural properties of hexagonal BN thin films on graphitized 6H-SiC substrates Y. Kobayashi, H. Hibino, T. Akasaka, T. Makimoto, T. Nakamura, N. Matsumoto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A40.00012: Photoluminescence studies of impurity transitions involving nitrogen vacancies in Mg-doped AlGaN alloys M. L. Nakarmi, N. Nepal, J. Y. Lin, H. X. Jiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A40.00013: Defect Ordering in InN Rebecca E. Jones, H. C. M. van Genuchten, K. M. Yu, W. Walukiewicz, J. W. Ager, III, Z. Liliental-Weber, J. Wu, E. E. Haller, H. Lu, W. J. Schaff Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A40.00014: Redirecting of misfit dislocations from AlN/Si interface into the substrate Z. Liliental-Weber, R.L. Maltez, X. Ni, H. Morkoc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A40.00015: Rare-earth nitride films; Ion assisted growth. Joe Trodahl, Simon Granville, Ben Ruck, Andrew Preston, Tony Bittar, Grant Williams Preview Abstract

Session A41: Semiconductors: Thermodynamics and Transport

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Giti Khodaparast, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 504

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A41.00001: Heat Capacity and Isotopic Masses of Semiconductors Manuel Cardona, Reinhard K. Kremer, Gisela Siegle, Rudolf Lauck, Jorge Serrano, Aldo H. Romero Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A41.00002: Magnetic and electrical transport properties of Fe$_{1-x}$Cr$_{x}$Sb$_{2}$ Rongwei Hu, Vesna Mitrovic, Cedomir Petrovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A41.00003: High Temperature thermoelectric properties of Ba$_{x}$Yb$_{y}$Co$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$ composites Xun Shi, Huijun Kong, Ctirad Uher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A41.00004: Reciprocal capacitance transients? Tim Gfroerer, Peter Simov, Mark Wanlass Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A41.00005: First principles calculation of bulk semiconductor mobilities for radiation detection application Vincenzo Lordi, Daniel Aberg, Andrew Williamson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A41.00006: Two-contact and four-contact magnetoresistance in InSb / Au hybrid structures. E. A. Ward, Hong Chen, J. J. Heremans Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A41.00007: Nonadiabatic electron heat pump F. Sols, M. Rey, M. Strass, S. Kohler, P. Hanggi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A41.00008: Scanned-gate and Kelvin-probe microscopy to investigate surface-acoustic-wave-driven transport through a depleted GaAs channel Rolf Crook, Robert Schneble, Harvey Beere, David Ritchie, David Anderson, Geb Jones, Charles Smith, Chris Ford, Crispin Barnes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A41.00009: Can we use scanned probe microscopy to measure local carrier mobility? Showkat Yazdanian, Seppe Kuehn, Roger Loring, John Marohn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A41.00010: Charge Transfer Statistics in Quantum Point Contact G. Gershon, Y. Bomze, E. Sukhorukov, M. Reznikov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A41.00011: Thermopower of a Quantum Dot in a Coherent Region Takeo Kato, Takeshi Nakanishi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A41.00012: Green Kubo calculations of thermal conductivity for skutterudites Joseph Feldman, Noam Bernstein, David Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A41.00013: Lattice thermal conductivity of porous silicon : Molecular dynamics study Joo-Hyoung Lee, Jeffrey Grossman, John Reed, Andrew Williamson, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract

Session A42: Focus Session: Quantum Size Effects in Metallic Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Hanno Weitering, University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 505

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A42.00001: Quantum size effects in metallic thin films: from thermodynamic stability to superconductivities Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A42.00002: Non-classical second layer nucleation in Pb/Si(111) and the kinetics of the wetting layer. M. Hupalo, Z. Kuntova , Z. Chvoj, C.Z Wang, K.M Ho, M. C. Tringides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A42.00003: Quantum Modulation of Island Nucleation on Top of a Metal Nanomesa Yong Han, M. Hupalo, M.C. Tringides, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A42.00004: In situ x-ray scattering investigation of the Pb/Si(111)7x7 interface Michael Gramlich, Rui Feng, Shawn Hayden, Myron Hupalo, Michael Tringides, Chinkyo Kim, Craig Jeffrey, Philip Ryan, Paul Miceli, Edward Conrad Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A42.00005: Strongly-Driven Coarsening of Height-Selected Pb Islands on Si(111) Maozhi Li, J. W. Evans, C. Z. Wang, M. Hupalo, M. C. Tringides, T.-L. Chan, K. M. Ho Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A42.00006: Stability of magic planar Ag clusters Y.P. Chiu, Y.S. Ou, Y.R. Chang, C.M. Wei, C.S. Chang, Tien T. Tsong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A42.00007: Self Organization of Pb Islands on Si(111) Caused by Quantum Size Effects Hawoong Hong, Leo Basile, Peter Czoschke, Aaron Gray, Tai-Chang Chiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A42.00008: First-principles Study of Pb(111) Nanofilms in the Quantum Regime Yong Han, Raj Ganesh S. Pala, Guang-Hong Lu, Li Huang, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A42.00009: Strength modulation of quantum-well states in Pb islands with periodic distortions S.M. Lu, M.C. Yang, W.B. Su, C.L. Jiang, C.S. Chang, Tien T. Tsong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A42.00010: Coherent Electronic Fringe Structure in Incommensurate Silver-Silicon Quantum Wells Nathan Speer, Shu Tang, Tom Miller, Tai Chiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A42.00011: First-principles studies of quantum growth of PbBi alloy films Yu Jia, M. M. Ozer, James R Thompson, H. H. Weitering, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A42.00012: Umklapp-Mediated Quantization of Electronic States in Ag Films on Ge(111) Shu-Jung Tang, Yen-Ru Lee, Shih-Lin Chang, Thomas Miller, Tai-Chang Chiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A42.00013: The Phases of Ag on Ge(111): A Low Energy Electron Microscopy Investigation. Jason Giacomo, Shirley Chiang Preview Abstract

Session A43: Focus Session: Physics of Thermoelectric Materials and Phenomena I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Jihui Yang, General Motions R&D
Room: Colorado Convention Center 506

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A43.00001: Searching for new Thermoelectric Materials from Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A43.00002: Atomic Ordering and Gap Formation in Ag-Sb Based Ternary Chalcogenides S.D. Mahanti, Khang Hoang, James R. Salvador, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A43.00003: First-principles Studies of ErAs and ErAs/GaAs Heterostructures Kris T. Delaney, Nicola A. Spaldin, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A43.00004: Electronic and vibrational properties of the Na$_{16}$Rb$_{8}$Si$_{136}$ and K$_{16}$Rb$_{8}$Si$_{136}$ clathrates Koushik Biswas, Charles W. Myles Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A43.00005: Theoretical study of lattice thermal conductivity in Si clathrate materials Jianjun Dong, Xiaoli Tang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A43.00006: Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Superlattices from an Adiabatic Bond Charge Model Alistair Ward, David Broido Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A43.00007: First principles Theory of the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Si and Ge D. A. Broido, M. Malorny, N. Mingo, D. A. Stewart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A43.00008: Three-Phonon Phase Space as an Indicator of the Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Semiconductors L. Lindsay, D. A. Broido Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A43.00009: Monte Carlo Simulation of Thermal Conductivity in Randomly Distributed Nanowire Composites W. Tian, R. Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A43.00010: Optimized thermal conductivities of Silicon Germanium nanowires John Reed, Andrew Williamsom, Giulia Galli, Ying Meng, Mueller Tim, Ceder Gerbrand Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A43.00011: First Principles Studies of Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of Si and SiGe Nanowires Trinh Vo, John Reed, Andrew Williamson, Ying Meng, Tim Mueller, Maria Chan, Gerbrand Ceder, Galli Giulia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A43.00012: Calculation of figure of merit for Bi$_2$Te$_3$ nanostructures Fabiano Oyafuso, Smith Nielsen, Seungwon Lee, Jamil Tahir-Kheli, Paul von Allmen, William Goddard III Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A43.00013: Non-equilibrium thermoelectric transport in thin film heterostructures Mona Zebarjadi, Ali Shakouri, Keivan Esfarjani Preview Abstract

Session A44: Focus Session: Nanoscale Transport - Wires, Dots, Point Contacts

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Charlie Marcus, Harvard University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 507

Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A44.00001: Time Resolved Characterization of Tunneling in a Quantum Dot Kenneth MacLean, Sami Amasha, Iuliana Radu, Dominik Zumbuhl, Marc Kastner, Micah Hanson, Arthur Gossard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A44.00002: Charge Transitions in a Quantum Dot Induced by an Adjacent Quantum Point Contact S. Amasha, K. MacLean, D. M. Zumb\"{u}hl, I. P. Radu, M. A. Kastner, M. P. Hanson, A. C. Gossard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A44.00003: Interpretation of Fano lineshape reversal in quantum waveguides H.R. Sadeghpour, N. Moiseyev, S. Klaiman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A44.00004: Spontaneous Spin Polarization in Quantum Point Contacts Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A44.00005: ``0.7'' Conductance Anomaly in quantum point contacts J. Shabani, R.N. Bhatt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A44.00006: Spin-orbit induced spin-density wave in a quantum wire Suhas Gangadharaiah, Jianmin Sun, Oleg Starykh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A44.00007: Suppression of Landau level spin splitting in quantum point contacts Iuliana Radu, J.B. Miller, E. Levenson-Falk, S. Amasha, D.M. Zumb\"{u}hl, M.A. Kastner, C.M. Marcus, L.N. Pffeifer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A44.00008: Effect of a strong spin-charge separation on tunneling into a 1D wire with impurity Andrew Meyertholen, Lingfeng Zhang, Michael Fogler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A44.00009: Quantum Dots on Silicon Nanowires Hyuk Ju Ryu, Jeremy Higgins, Pinray Huang, Jeremy Streifer, Robert Hamers, Song Jin, Mark Eriksson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A44.00010: Ballistic hole transport and spin-orbit effects in GaAs quantum wires Alex Hamilton, R. Danneau, O. Klochan, W.R. Clarke, A.P. Micolich, L.H. Ho, M.Y. Simmons, M. Pepper, D.A. Ritchie, K. Muraki, Y. Hirayama, U. Zuelicke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A44.00011: Quantum dots in graphene Peter Silvestrov, K.B. Efetov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A44.00012: Microwave Conductivity of Silicon Nanowire Arrays Mark Lee, C. Highstrete, A.L. Vallett, S.M. Dilts, J.M. Redwing, T.S. Mayer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A44.00013: Persistent mobility edges and anomalous quantum diffusion in order-disorder separated quantum films Jianxin Zhong, G. Malcolm Stocks Preview Abstract