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Session B1: 20th Anniversary of High Tc Superconductivity 'Woodstock' Session

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: M. Brian Maple, University of California, San Diego
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 2-3

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B1.00001: Introduction and Overview of the 1987 `Woodstock' Session Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B1.00002: The Discovery of High-Tc Superconductivity and the Countdown to the Rally Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B1.00003: High $T_{c}$: The Discovery of RBCO Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B1.00004: Some Prehistory to Woodstock Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B1.00005: The 1987 High Tc `Woodstock' Session and High Tc at IBM Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B1.00006: Bell Labs and High Tc Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B1.00007: High Tc and Condensed Matter Theory in 1987 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B1.00008: Early High Tc Activity in Japan: The Franco Rasetti Lecture Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B1.00009: High Tc at BellCore Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B1.00010: High Tc at Stanford Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B1.00011: High Tc Superconductivity --1987 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 2:15PM		B1.00012: Panel on Discovery of HTc Preview Abstract

Session B2: Spin Transfer-Driven Magnetic Excitations

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Dan Ralph, Cornell University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 4

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B2.00001: Spin Transfer Torque in Non-Uniform Magnetizations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B2.00002: Spin-Torque Diode Effect in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B2.00003: Ferromagnetic resonance of individual nanomagnets driven by spin-polarized currents. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B2.00004: X-Ray Imaging of Spin Transfer Induced Magnetization Reversal Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B2.00005: Temperature dependence of the spin torque effect in current-induced domain wall motion Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B3: Phonons and Magnetic Frustration in Pyrochlores

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Leon Balents, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2A-3A

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B3.00001: Quenching ground state degeneracy in pyrochlore antiferromagnets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B3.00002: Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the pyrochlore lattice: order from distortion Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B3.00003: Nonlinear optical signatures of the tensor order in Cd$_2$Re$_2$O$_7$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B3.00004: Frustrated and Satisfied Ground States in Pyrochlore Antiferromagnet Tb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B3.00005: Neutron scattering studies of magnetic pyrochlores Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B4: Population Imbalanced Superfluid Fermi Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Allan Griffin, University of Toronto
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2B-3B

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B4.00001: Phase-Separation in a Polarized Fermi Gas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B4.00002: Superfluidity in a Strongly Interacting Polarized Fermi Gas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B4.00003: The Low-Temperature Phases of Polarized Fermionic Superfluids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B4.00004: Surface tension and collective modes in population imbalanced Fermi gases in the BCS-BEC crossover regime Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B4.00005: The important role of temperature in BCS--Bose-Einstein condensation crossover phenomena with population imbalance Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B5: Adaptation in Biological Systems

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Ned Wingreen, Princeton University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1A-1B

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B5.00001: Precise Adaptation in Bacterial Chemotaxis through ``Assistance Neighborhoods'' Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B5.00002: Adaptation in neural processing Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B5.00003: Adaptation by Plasticity of Genetic Regulatory Networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B5.00004: How Large Asexual Populations Adapt Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B6: Control and Architecture in Directed Macromolecular Self-Assembly

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DPOLY
Chair: Alex Travesset, Iowa State University and Ames National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 207

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B6.00001: Geometry and universality in self-assembly Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B6.00002: Colloidal atoms and molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B6.00003: Colloidal Armor Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B6.00004: Recent Advances in Solution-state Assembly of Synthetic Polymers into Well-defined Nanostructures. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B6.00005: Non-ionic micelles and encapsulation. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B7: Emergent Patterns in Geophysical Processes

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Raymond Goldstein, University of Cambridge
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4A-4B

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B7.00001: Dynamics of precipitation pattern formation at geothermal hot springs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B7.00002: Scaling in Columnar Joints Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B7.00003: How the Icicle Got Its Shape Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B7.00004: Snow spikes: formation of laboratory penitentes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B7.00005: Triboelectrification and Razorbacks: Geophysical Patterns Produced in Dry Grains Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B8: Focus Session: Novel Superconductors II: CeCoIn5 and NaxCoO2

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Rongyin Jin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1C

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B8.00001: Influence of Al doping on the superconducting properties of magnesium diboride single crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B8.00002: De Haas-van Alphen Effect across the CeRh$_{1-x}$Co$_x$In$_5$ Phase Diagram Swee K. Goh, Johnpierre Paglione, M. Sutherland, C. Bergemann, T. A. Sayles, M. B. Maple Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B8.00003: Synthesis and Characterization of High Quality Single Crystal CeCoIn$_{5}$ Tesfaye Gebre, Abebe Kebede, T.D. Dail, T. Haywood, D. Kumar, J. Abiade, D. Worku, D. Seifu, K.A. Storr, F. Drymitis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B8.00004: NMR study of the Cd-doped CeCoIn$_{5}$ heavy-fermion superconductor R.R. Urbano, N.J. Curro, J.D. Thompson, Ben-Li Young, Long D. Pham, Z. Fisk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B8.00005: Impurities induced configuration space phase transition in the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state Qian Wang, Chia-Ren Hu, Chin-Sen Ting Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B8.00006: Fermi-liquid effects in the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state of two-dimensional d-wave superconductors Matthias J. Graf, Anton B. Vorontsov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B8.00007: Evolution of FFLO state of CeCo(In$_{1-x}$Cd$_{x})_{5}$ Yoshifumi Tokiwa, Filip Ronning, Joe Thompson, Roman Movshovich, Long Pham, Zachary Fisk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B8.00008: Specific Heat of Na$_{0.35}$CoO$_{2}\cdot $1.3H$_{2}$O: Effects of Sample Age; Two Energy Gaps; Non-Magnetic Pair Breaking N.E. Phillips, R.A. Fisher, N. Oeschler, R.J. Cava, M.-L. Foo, J.E. Gordon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B8.00009: Systematic ARPES study on high Na-level Na$_{x}$CoO$_{2}$ (x$>$0.75) Y.M. Xu, Z.H. Pan, P. Richard, R. Jin, B.C. Sales, D. Mandrus, F.C. Chou, Z. Wang, H. Ding Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B8.00010: Complete d-Band Dispersion Relation in Sodium Cobaltates Dong Qian, L. Wray, D. Hsieh, L. Viciu, R.J. Cava, J.L. Luo, D. Wu, N.L. Wang, M.Z. Hasan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B8.00011: Angle-resolved photoemission study of superconducting cobalt oxide Na$_{x}$CoO$_{2}$ yH$_{2}$O Takahiro Shimojima, Kyoko Ishizaka, Syuntaro Watanabe, Shik Shin, Takayuki Kiss, Tadashi Togashi, Takayoshi Yokoya, Petre Badica, Kazuyoshi Yamada, Kazumasa Togano Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B8.00012: Phase Diagrams, Thermodynamic Quantities and Possible Two Different Superconducting States of Multiorbital Superconductor NaxCoO2.yH2O Masahito Mochizuki, Masao Ogata Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B8.00013: Unified origin for superconductivity and 3D magnetism in Na$_x$CoO$_2$ Kazuhiko Kuroki, Shuhei Ohkubo, Hidetomo Usui, Takumi Nojima, Ryotaro Arita, Seiichiro Onari, Yukio Tanaka Preview Abstract

Session B9: Superconductivity: Currents and Vortex Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Paul Barnes, Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1D

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B9.00001: Critical current density distribution in YBCO coated conductors measured with a ``magnetic knife'' Jens H\"{a}nisch, Stephen P. Ashworth, Fred M. Mueller, Yates Coulter, Vladimir Matias Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B9.00002: Testing the limits for critical currents in YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7}$ films Leonardo Civale, Boris Maiorov, Scott Baily, Honghui Zhou, Frank Hunte, Igor Usov, Stephen Foltyn, Terry Holesinger, Quanxi Jia, Judith MacManus-Driscoll, Haiyan Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B9.00003: Irreversibility line of YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7}$ films as a function of angle and field up to 50 Tesla S.A. Baily, B. Maiorov, F. Hunte, H. Zhou, S.R. Foltyn, Q.X. Jia, L. Civale, F.F. Balakirev, M. Jaime Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B9.00004: AC current driven vortex dynamics in YBCO thin films and coated conductors Andrea Lucarelli, Ran Yang, Gunter Luepke, Francesco Grilli, Timothy Haugan, George Levin, Paul Barnes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B9.00005: Influence of disorder on the vortex pinning and cutting of YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ films B. Maiorov, L. Civale, Q.X. Jia, H. Zhou, S.R. Foltyn, T.G. Holesinger, S. Baily, H. Wang, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, T.N. Haugan, P.N. Barnes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B9.00006: Evolution of the vortex-solid to vortex-liquid melting line inY$_{1-x}$Pr$_{x}$Ba$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6.96}$ and YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6.5}$ to 45 tesla B.J. Taylor, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B9.00007: Vortex pinning in single crystal CaC$_{6}$ Ulrich Welp, Daniel Rosenmann, Ruobing Xie, David Hinks, Helmut Claus, Goran Karapetrov, John Schlueter, Wai-Kwong Kwok, Lisa Paulius Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B9.00008: Magnetic relaxation and critical currents of NdBCO coated conductors A.O. Ijaduola, S.H. Wee, A. Goyal, J. Li, P.M. Martin, J.R. Thompson, D.K. Christen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B9.00009: Vortex Phases in Mesoscopic Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$ Single Crystals in Magnetic Fields Near \textit{ab}-plane Jovan Mirkovic, Yuimaru Kubo, Masahi Kohri, Kohei Kawamata, Takashi Yamamoto, Itsuhiro Kakeya, Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B9.00010: Peak Effect in Polycrystalline Vortex Matter Ivo Dimitrov, Nikos Daniilidis, Charles Elbaum, Jeff Lynn, Xinsheng Ling Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B9.00011: Magnetocaloric Studies of the Peak Effect in Nb Nikos Daniilidis, Ivo Dimitrov, Vesna Mitrovi{\'c}, Charles Elbaum, Xinsheng Ling Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B9.00012: Collapse of the critical state in superconducting niobium Ruslan Prozorov, Daniel V. Shantsev, Roman G. Mints Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B9.00013: Analysis of collective pinning and depinning of the flux line lattice in pristine 2H-NbSe$_{2}$ Jonghee Lee, Hui Wang, Michael Dreyer, Barry I. Barker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B9.00014: Paramagnetic effect in nano-opal-lead structure Fulin Zuo, Hengsheng Zhang, Di Wu, Jing Shi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B9.00015: A concept of the upper threshold field for dendritic vortex avalanches in superconductors. Vitaliy Yurchenko, D.V. Shantsev, I. Maasilta, K. Senapati, T.H. Johansen Preview Abstract

Session B10: Non-Fermi Liquids

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Anton Burkov, Harvard University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1E

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B10.00001: Nonanalytic Magnetic Response of Fermi- and non-Fermi Liquids Andrey Chubukov, Dmitrii Maslov, Ronojoy Saha Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B10.00002: Derivation of the Marginal Fermi Liquid for the Cuprates Vivek Aji, Chandra Varma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B10.00003: Pomeranchuk instabilities of Fermi fluids in the spin channel Kai Sun, Congjun Wu, Eduardo Fradkin, Shou-Cheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B10.00004: Theory of non-fermi liquid in a diagonal electronic nematic state Hae Young Kee, Ying-Jer Kao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B10.00005: Diamagnetism of nodal fermions in semimetals: graphene and significant others Amit Ghosal, Pallab Goswami, Sudip Chakravarty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B10.00006: Self-energy corrections to anisotropic Fermi surfaces Rafael Roldan, M. Pilar Lopez-Sancho, Francisco Guinea, Shan-Wen Tsai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B10.00007: Gradient Expansion approach to interacting Fermi Liquids Ryuichi Shindou, Leon Balents Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B10.00008: Effect of Nonmagnetic Impurity in Nearly Antiferromagnetic Fermi Liquid: Magnetic Correlations and Transport Phenomena Hiroshi Kontani, Masanori Ohno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B10.00009: Kondo physics in a dissipative environment K. Ingersent, M. T. Glossop, N. Khoshkhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B10.00010: Nonequilibrium steady-state density of states for a strongly correlated electron system in the presence of a large electric field. Alexander Joura, Jim Freericks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B10.00011: Experimental Evidence of Spin-Incoherent Luttinger Liquid State in Semiconductor Quantum wires Mustafa Muhammad, Steven Herbert, Richard Newrock, Philippe Debray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B10.00012: Hall effect in strongly correlated low dimensional systems Gladys Leon, Christophe Berthod, Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B10.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B10.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session B11: Exotic Quantum Phases and Transitions

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Shailesh Chandrasekharan, Duke University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1F

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B11.00001: Spinon Deconfinement at the Quantum Critical Point of $2+1$ D Antiferromagnets Zaira Nazario, David I. Santiago Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B11.00002: Experimental Consequences of O(3) Deconfined Criticality in 2+1 D Antiferromagnets David I. Santiago, Zaira Nazario Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B11.00003: Emergent supersymmetry at a critical point of a lattice model Sung-Sik Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B11.00004: Critical exponents in a transition between an AFM and a valence bond crystal Samuel Moukouri, Kenneth Graham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B11.00005: Self-optimized resonating-valence-bond trial wavefunctions Kevin Beach, Anders Sandvik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B11.00006: Simulating finite-momentum states of quantum spin systems in the valence bond basis Anders Sandvik, Kevin Beach Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B11.00007: Spin-liquid phase in a spin-1/2 quantum magnet on the kagome lattice Sergei Isakov, Yong Baek Kim, Arun Paramekanti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B11.00008: First-order phase transition in a gauge theory of $S=1/2$ quantum antiferromagnets in the deep easy-plane limit Asle Sudbo, Steinar Kragset, Eivind Smorgrav, Joakim Hove, Flavio Nogueira Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B11.00009: Non-Abelian Anyon Superconductivity Waheb Bishara, Chetan Nayak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B11.00010: Strongly correlated fermions on frustrated lattices Frank Pollmann, Kirill Shtengel, Joseph Betouras, Erich Runge, Peter Fulde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B11.00011: Spinless Fermions on a Checkerboard Lattice Kirill Shtengel, Frank Pollmann, Joseph Betouras, Peter Fulde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B11.00012: Spinless charges on the triangular lattices in the strong repulsion limit: possibility of a new charge ordered liquid Nobuo Furukawa, Chisa Hotta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B11.00013: Local density of states in electronic nematic phase Hyeonjin Doh, Hae-Young Kee Preview Abstract

Session B12: Focus Session: Spin Injection

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B12.00001: Highly Efficient Room Temperature Spin Injection Using Spin Filtering in MgO Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B12.00002: Electrical spin injection from Fe into Al$_{x}$Ga$_{1-x}$As quantum well spin-LEDs Imran Khan, Manuel Diaz-Avila, Mesut Yasar, Athos Petrou, Aubrey T. Hanbicki, George Kioseoglou, Berend T. Jonker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B12.00003: Spin injection from Fe into GaAs quantum wells populated by electrons or holes: A comparison A. Petrou, M. Yasar, I. Khan, M. Diaz-Avila, G. Kioseoglou, A.T. Hanbicki, B.T. Jonker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B12.00004: Generation and detection of spin current in GaAs with MgO tunnel barriers Replace Y.J. Park, M. van Veenhuizen, J.S. Moodera, C.H. Perry, D. Heiman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B12.00005: Electrical spin injection from Fe$_{1-x}$Ga$_{x}$ (001) films into AlGaAs/GaAs(001) LEDs G. Kioseoglou, A.T. Hanbicki, O.M.J. van 't Erve, C.H. Li, M. Osofsky, S.-F. Cheng, B.T. Jonker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B12.00006: Electron distribution among the $\Gamma $, L, and X GaAs conduction band valleys in an Fe/GaAs(n) Schottky barrier. Stuart Holmes, J. Laloe, I. Farrer, Imran Khan, Mesut Yasar, Manuel Diaz-Avila, Athos Petrou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B12.00007: Electrical spin injection into the ground and excited states of uniform InAs quantum dots M. Yasar, I. Khan, M. Diaz-Avila, A. Petrou, G. Kioseoglou, C.H. Li, B.T. Jonker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B12.00008: Measurement of the spin detection efficiency of the s, p,d, and f shells in InAs QDs using optical pumping M. Diaz-Avila, M. Yasar, I. Khan, A. Petrou, C.H. Li, G. Kioseoglou, B.T. Jonker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B12.00009: Model for the Bias Dependence of the Sign of Spin Injection in Ferromagnetic Metal/Semiconductor Schottky Tunnel Contacts P.P. Ruden, D.L. Smith Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B12.00010: Hot electron injection, vertical transport, and electrical spin detection in Silicon Ian Appelbaum, Biqin Huang, Igor Altfeder, Douwe Monsma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B12.00011: All Epitaxial Heterostructure for Spin Injection from a Half Metal into Silicon Maitri Warusawithana, Darrell Schlom, James Eckstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B12.00012: Non-equilibrium Fe-Si thin films as potential spin injection materials Jian Zhou, Erik Helgren, Li Zeng, Frances Hellman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B12.00013: Spin Injection and Spin Dynamics at CuPc/GaAs (100) Interface Huanjun Ding, Yongli Gao, Marina Sanchez-Albaneda, Mirko Cinchetti, Jan-Peter W\"ustenberg, Oleksiy Andreyev, Michael Bauer, Martin Aeschlimann Preview Abstract

Session B13: Focus Session: Cobaltates and Manganites

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

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B13.00001: Tuning Physical Properties via Isovalent Doping in Ba$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{4}$ Hao Sha, Jiandi Zhang, Q. Huang, V.O. Garlea, B.C. Sales, D. Mandrus, R. Jin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B13.00002: Spin-state transitions and magnetic polaron in lightly doped La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3}$. A. Podlesnyak, M.W. Haverkort, K. Conder, E. Pomyakushina, Daniel Khomskii Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B13.00003: Incommensurate Spin Correlations in La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3}$ D. Phelan, D. Louca, K. Kamazawa, S.-H. Lee, S. Rosenkranz, J.F. Mitchell, S.N. Ancona, M.F. Hundley, Y. Motome, Y. Moritomo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B13.00004: A non-Griffiths-like clustered phase above the Curie temperature of the doped perovskite cobaltite La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3}$ Chunyong He, Maria Torija, Jing Wu, Jeff Lynn, John Mitchell, Chris Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:39PM		B13.00005: Competing ferromagnetic and incommensurate order in perovskite cobaltites La$_{1-x}$Sr$_x$CoO$_3$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B13.00006: Thickness dependence of the structural, magnetic, and electronic, properties of epitaxial La$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$CoO$_{3}$ films on SrTiO$_{3}$(001) substrates Manish Sharma, Maria Torijja, Chris Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B13.00007: Fabrication, characterization, and magnetic and electronic properties of epitaxial La$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$CoO$_{3}$ films M.A. Torija, M. Sharma, J. Wu, C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B13.00008: Doping Dependence of Polaron Hopping Energies in La$_{1-x}$Ca$_x$MnO$_3$ ($0\leq x\leq 0.15$) Krishna Neupane, Joshua Cohn, John Neumeier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B13.00009: Magnetic susceptibility of La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$ at very low magnetic fields in the vicinity of the ferromagnetic transition John J. Neumeier, Jose A. Souza, Yi-Kuo Yu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B13.00010: Critical Exponents and Pressure Dependence of $T_c$ of La(Ca)MnO$_3$ Jose A. Souza, B. D. White, J. J. Neumeier, Y.-K. Yu, C. A. M. dos Santos Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B13.00011: High Pressure Effects on Structural and Transport of self-doped Manganite La$_{0.9}$MnO$_{3}$ Zhiqiang Chen, Trevor Tyson, Zhong Zhong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B13.00012: Effects of internal structural parameters on the properties of Ba-substituted La$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$ Omar Chmaissem, Bogdan Dabrowski, Stanislaw Kolesnik, Leopoldo Suescun, James Mais, Timothy Maxwell, James D. Jorgensen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B13.00013: Structural and magnetic properties of SrMn$_{1-x}$Ru$_{x}$O$_{3}$ perovskites B. Dabrowski, S. Kolesnik, O. Chmaissem, T. Maxwell Preview Abstract

Session B14: Focus Session: Magnetic Nanowires, Nanodots, Multilayers

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Justin Shaw, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4D

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B14.00001: Enhancement of AMR in Permalloy Point Contacts due to Quantum Interference. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B14.00002: Temperature dependence of anisotropic magnetoresistance fluctuations and observations of atomic motion in ferromagnetic metal break junctions Sufei Shi, Kirill Bolotin, Ferdinand Kuemmeth, D.C. Ralph Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B14.00003: Magnetic Stripe Domains in Thermally Evaporated Ni Strips Soo Hyung Lee, Frank Zhu, Chia-Ling Chien, Nina Markovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B14.00004: Oscillatory Curie Temperature of Fe/ Cu-wedge/ Fe/ Cu(111) nanodots. Noppi Widjaja, W.C. Lin, K. Fuchigami, M.A. Torija, M.-T. Lin, E.W. Plummer, J. Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B14.00005: Temperature dependence of the uncompensated magnetization in Fe$_{x}$Ni$_{1-x}$F$_2$/Co bilayers David Lederman, Miyeon Cheon, Zhongyuan Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B14.00006: Magnetic properties of one dimensional Ni/ Cu (Al) /Ni nanowires: Role of non-magnetic spacer Partha Pratim Pal, Ranjit Pati Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B14.00007: Dipole-Exchange modes in ferromagnetic nano-wires of arbitrary cross sections Rodrigo Arias, Douglas Mills Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B14.00008: High Magnetization FeCo/Pd multilayers Michael Walock, Frank Klose, Mairbek Chshiev, Gary Mankey, William Butler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B14.00009: Modulating magnetic properties of the one dimensional (1-D) Fe/Pt /Fe multilayered Nanowires: A first principles study Puspamitra Panigrahi, Ranjit Pati Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B14.00010: Imprinting magnetic vortices into heterostructure multilayer rings Volker Rose, Vitali Metlushko, Bojan Ilic, John W. Freeland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B14.00011: Size dependence and metastability of the vortex state in magnetic nanodots Igor V. Roshchin, Chang-Peng Li, X. Batlle, J. Mejia-Lopez, D. Altbir, A. H. Romero, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B14.00012: Optical and magneto-optical properties of composite noble-metal-ferromagnetic thin films Michelle Sestak, Jonathan Skuza, R. Alejandra Lukaszew Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B14.00013: The importance of the dipolar interaction strength in magnetization hysteresis curves of two-dimensional nanomagnet arrays Richard Klemm, Marisol Alcantara Ortigoza, Talat Rahman Preview Abstract

Session B16: Focus Session: Spin Transport and Orbital Polarization Effects

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DCOMP DMP
Chair: Adnan Rebei, Seagate Research
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4F

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B16.00001: Spin-dependent electronic transport through magnetic molecules Carsten Timm, Florian Elste Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B16.00002: Spin-polarized transport through the endohedral fullerene Gd@C$_{82}$ Laxmidhar Senapati, Steven C. Erwin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B16.00003: Magnetic phenomena, spin orbit effects, and electron transport in Pt nanowire contacts Alexander Smogunov, Andrea Dal Corso, Erio Tosatti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B16.00004: Progress in ab initio methods for spin transport Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B16.00005: Calculations of spin-disorder resistivity from first principles Aleksander Wysocki, Kirill Belashchenko, Julian Velev, Mark van Schilfgaarde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B16.00006: Size-dependent alternation of magnetoresistive properties in atomic chains R. Tugrul Senger, Engin Durgun, Haldun Sevincli, Hatem Mehrez, Salim Ciraci Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B16.00007: T-dependent matrix elements in x-ray magnetic circular dichroism Yongbin Lee, Bruce Harmon, Alan Goldman, Jonathan Lang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B16.00008: Orbital Polarization in Itinerant Magnets Igor Solovyev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B16.00009: Magnetic circular dichroism and the orbital magnetization of ferromagnets Ivo Souza, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B16.00010: Alternative approach to ab-initio NMR spectra for periodic systems Timo Thonhauser, Arash Mostofi, Nicola Marzari, David Vanderbilt, Raffaele Resta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B16.00011: Orbital magnetization in a supercell framework: Single {\bf k}-point formula Davide Ceresoli, Raffaele Resta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B16.00012: Orbital magnetism of mesoscopic integrable system Ming Lou, Slava Serota Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B16.00013: Orbital Ordering in Cs$_{2}$AgF$_{4}$ - an electronic structure study Deepa Kasinathan, Klaus Koepernik, Ulrike Nitzsche, Helge Rosner Preview Abstract

Session B17: Focus Session: Pentacene and Field Effect Transistors

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DMP
Chair: Chang Y. Ryu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Room: Colorado Convention Center 102

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B17.00001: Organic Field Effect Transistors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B17.00002: Growth of pentacene on inorganic and organic dielectrics and sub-micron channel oTFT fabrication G. Leising, B. Stadlober, U. Haas, A. Haase, H. Gold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B17.00003: The improvement of out of plane crystalline size of pentacene thin films on plastic substrates by transfer printing S.A. Solin, Y. Shao, D.R. Hines, E.D. Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B17.00004: Enantiotropic Polymorphs in Pentacene Theo Siegrist, Celine Besnard, Simon Haas, Mark Schiltz, Philip Pattison, Dmitry Chernyshov, Bertram Batlogg, Christian Kloc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B17.00005: Effect of impurities on pentacene thin film growth for field-effect transistors Elba Gomar-Nadal, Brad R. Conrad, Ellen D. Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B17.00006: Aggregation of pentacene molecules on SiO2 substrates and its influence on the FET characteristics. Genki Yoshikawa, J. T. Sadowski, A. Al-Mahboob, Y. Fujikawa, T. Sakurai, Y. Tsuruma, S. Ikeda, K. Saiki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B17.00007: Orientation of Pentacene Molecules on SiO$_{2}$: From a Monolayer to the Bulk Fan Zheng, Byoung-Nam Park, Soonjoo Seo, Paul G. Evans, Franz J. Himpsel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B17.00008: Structure of a pentacene monolayer deposited on SiO$_{2}$: Role of trapped interfacial water Songtao Wo, Binran Wang, Hua Zhou, Yiping Wang, Jonathan Bessette, Randall L. Headricka, Alex C. Mayer, George G. Malliaras, Alexander Kazimirov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B17.00009: Molecular Scale Structure of Pentacene Interfaces Soonjoo Seo, Paul Evans Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B17.00010: Pentacene Molecules on Inert Surfaces Yina Mo, Paul Maragakis, Efthimios Kaxiras Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B17.00011: Charge-Transport Parameters in Molecular Organic Semiconductors. Veaceslav Coropceanu, Pavel Paramonov, Roel S. S\'anchez-Carrera, Demetrio A. da Silva Filho , Jean-Luc Bredas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B17.00012: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Pentacene films Deposited on SiC Sandeep Gaan, Roberto Duca, Randall Feenstra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B17.00013: Time Resolved Microscopy of Charge Trapping in Polycrystalline Pentacene Michael Jaquith, Erik Muller, John Marohn Preview Abstract

Session B18: Structure and Dynamics in Polymer Nanocomposites

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Mitch Anthamatten, University of Rochester
Room: Colorado Convention Center 103

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B18.00001: Externally Activated, Thermodynamically Governed Dispersion Behavior of Silica Nanoparticles in PMMA Frederick Beyer, Philip Costanzo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B18.00002: Single Chain Mean Field Theory (SCMF) in Polymer Nanocomposites Sudeepto Sen, Sanat Kumar, Igal Szleifer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B18.00003: Improved Mechanical Properties by Grafting Nylon 6, 10 to Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes M. Moniruzzaman, Jayanta Chattopadhay, William E. Billups, Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B18.00004: Mechanical properties of nanocomposite systems George Papakonstantopoulos, Manolis Doxastakis, Mihail Vladkov, Jean-Louis Barrat, Juan de Pablo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B18.00005: Morphological dependence on the conductance of polymer/MWNT electrospun mats Derrick Stevens, Satyajeet Ojha, Wesley Roberts, Seth McCullen, Russell Gorga, Laura Clarke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B18.00006: Effect of MWNT and Carbon Nanofiber Orientation in Polymer Nanocomposites on Electrical Conductivity Karen I. Winey, Lai-Ching Chou, Minfang Mu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B18.00007: Controlling the Average and Local Glass Transition Temperatures of PMMA-SWCNT Nanocomposites Perla Rittigstein, T. Ramanathan, L. Catherine Brinson, John M. Torkelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B18.00008: The Aging Effect on Segmental Dynamics of PMMA brushes Studied by Incoherent Neutron Scattering Pinar Akcora, Victoria Garcia-Sakai, Linda Schadler, Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B18.00009: Polymer Diffusion in Single Wall Nanotube / Polystyrene Nanocomposites Minfang Mu, Russell J. Composto, Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B18.00010: Origin of dynamical properties in PMMA-C$_{60}$ nanocomposites Jamie Kropka, Peter Green Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B18.00011: Instabilities in Nanoporous Media Jiun-Tai Chen, Mingfu Zhang, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B18.00012: Dynamic Consequences of the Fractal Network of Nanotube - Poly(ethylene oxide) Nanocomposites Tirtha Chatterjee, Ramanan Krishnamoorti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B18.00013: Gelation of Freely Associating Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Networks Daniel Chen, Larry Hough, Mohammad Islam, Arjun Yodh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B18.00014: Preparation and rheology of supercritical CO$_{2}$-based dispersed polymer-clay nanocomposites Rangaramanujam Kannan, Steven Horsch, Esin Gulari Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B18.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session B19: Focus Session: New Frontiers in Imaging II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Galina Pavlovskaya, Colorado State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B19.00001: NMR mapping of ionic currents and electro-osmotic flow in microsystem channel networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B19.00002: Insights into the Distribution of Water in Operating Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Using H-1 NMR Imaging. Roderick Wasylishen, Kirk Feindel, Steven Bergens Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B19.00003: Concentration and Velocity Measurements of Both Phases in Liquid-Solid Slurries Stephen Altobelli, Kimberly Hill, Arvind Caprihan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B19.00004: NMR velocity imaging of single liquid drops A. Amar, S. Stapf, B. Bluemich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B19.00005: Velocity, correlation time and diffusivity measurements in highly turbulent gas flow by an MRI method Zhi Yang, Ben Newling Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 1:15PM		B19.00006: Recent progress in NMR/MRI in petroleum applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B19.00007: MRI measurements of heterogeneity in carbonate rock cores Andrew Pomerantz, Eric Sigmund, Yi-Qiao Song Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B19.00008: Visualization of the secondary flow formation during contraction flow of a viscoelastic fluid by NMR methods Galina Pavlovskaya Preview Abstract

Session B20: Focus Session: Properties of Ferroelectrics and Relaxors

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Hans Christen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 105

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B20.00001: Multiple-Scattering of Millimeter Waves in Random Dielectrics Dustin McIntosh, John A. Scales, L. D. Carr, Valentin Freilikher, Yu. P. Bliokh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B20.00002: Effect of Stress on Dielectric Loss Behavior in Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3 Thin-Films Ricardo Zednik, Paul McIntyre, John Baniecki, Masatoshi Ishii, Kazuaki Kurihara, Kazunori Yamanaka Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B20.00003: Ferroelectric Phase Transition Study of Coupling KTN Perovskites Oxide by Scanning Microwave Microscope. Shuogang Huang, Mark Reeves, Jennifer Sigman, David Norton, Hans Christen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B20.00004: Interaction of Terahertz Radiation with Ferroelectrics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B20.00005: Elastic constants and sound velocities in single crystal transition metal scandates Matthew G. Hilt, K.A. Pestka II, Jin H. So, J.D. Maynard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B20.00006: Additional mode of PbZr$_{x}$Ti$_{1-x}$O$_{3}$ films Chi Yat Yau, Relva Buchanan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B20.00007: Phonon anomalies induced by polar nano-regions in a relaxor ferroelectric Guangyong Xu, Jinsheng Wen, Chris Stock, Peter Gehring Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B20.00008: Cubic ground state of field-cooled PbMg$_{1/3}$Nb$_{2/3}$O$_3$ Peter Gehring, Chris Stock, Guangyong Xu, Haosu Luo, Hu Cao, Jiefang Li, Dwight Viehland, Gen Shirane Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B20.00009: Dielectric Spectroscopy and conductivity relaxation of PSN-PST relaxor thin films Margarita Correa, Natasan Baskaran, Ram Katiyar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B20.00010: Quantitative Huang-scattering analysis of local structure in the relaxor-based piezoelectric PZN-4.5{\%}PT Branton J. Campbell, Vayee Vue, Daniel Robertson, Stephan Rosenkranz, Peter Lee, Stine N. Anacona, Ray Osborn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B20.00011: NMR Observation of Impurity-Pair Ordering in Weakly Disordered Solid Solutions David Ailion, Bostjan Zalar, Andrija Lebar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B20.00012: Local Basis Set Supercell Studies of (K,Na)NbO$_3$ Solid Solutions Ricardo Kagimura, Malliga Suewattana, David J. Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B20.00013: Effect of elastic strain and Sc dopant concentration-dependent cell volume on the electrical properties of Epitaxial (Ba,Sr)TiO$_{3}$ thin films WooYoung Park, CheolSeong Hwang, John D. Baniecki, Masatoshi Ishii, Kazuaki Kurihara, Kazunori Yamanaka Preview Abstract

Session B21: Society of Physics Students

Sponsoring Units: SPS
Chair: Gary White, Society of Physics Students/AIP-Education
Room: Colorado Convention Center 106

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B21.00001: Electronic Structure Calculations of Si, SiC, Si$_{3}$N$_{4}$ and SiO$_{2}$ Ryan Jacob, A.R. Chourasia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B21.00002: Electronic energy transfer in the layered single crystal Sm[Ag$_{.5}$Au$_{.5}$(CN)$_{2}$]$_{3}$ Stefan Oehrlein, Christie Larochelle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B21.00003: Anomalous elastic response of diamond single crystals to shock compression Keith McLaughlin, Mikhail Ladanov, Ivan Oleynik, Sergey Zybin, Mark Elert, C.T. White Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B21.00004: Magnetic Properties of Manganese(III) in Cluster-based Coordination Polymers. Kevin J. Little, D.M. Pajerowski, M.W. Meisel, D.R. Talham, H. Zhou, A. Lachgar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:27PM		B21.00005: Thickness dependent properties of CMR Manganite thin films on lattice mismatched substrates: Distinguishing Strain and Interface Effects Anthony Davidson III, Rajeswari Kolagani, Ellisaveta Bacharova, Grace Yong, Vera Smolyaninova, David Schaefer, Rajeh Mundle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:51PM		B21.00006: Aspects of melting in thin molecular films adsorbed onto a graphite substrate using molecular dynamics simulations Cary Pint Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B21.00007: First-principles molecular reactive dynamics of energetic materials Aaron Landerville, Ivan Oleynik, Carter White Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B21.00008: Determining the Time Evolution of Bose-Einstein Condensate Merideth Frey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B21.00009: Regulating the Tumor Cell Population Dynamics by Controlling the Proliferation Rate Sarah Hirschbeck, Mitra Shojania Feizabadi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B21.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B21.00011: Coherent Population Exchange between BCS Atom Pairs and Ground Molecular BEC Atom Pairs Andrew Robertson, Hong Ling Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B21.00012: Cr$^{3+}$ optical probes of structural transformation in porous alumina M.L. Lombardi, J.K. Krebs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B21.00013: Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes Richard Bergstrom Jr., Ernst Knoesel Preview Abstract

Session B22: Systems Far from Equilibrium

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Beate Schmittman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 108

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B22.00001: Aging in disordered magnets and local scale-invariance Michel Pleimling, Malte Henkel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B22.00002: Minimal Modeling of Driven Dissipative Systems Yair Shokef, Dov Levine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B22.00003: Work Distributions far from Equilibrium in Quantum Spin Chaines Sven Dororsz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B22.00004: Conjugate Field and Fluctuation-Dissipation Relation for the Dynamic Phase Transition in the Two-dimensional Kinetic Ising Model D.T. Robb, P.A. Rikvold, A. Berger, M.A. Novotny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B22.00005: A possible classification of nonequilibrium steady states. Royce K.P. Zia, Beate Schmittmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B22.00006: Noise induced chaos in optically driven colloidal rings. Yael Roichman, George Zaslavsky, David G. Grier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B22.00007: Fluctuation-dissipation relations in driven dissipative systems Guy Bunin, Yair Shokef, Dov Levine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B22.00008: Time Correlations on the Ziff-Gulari-Barshad Model with Random Defects C.S. Dias, A. Cadilhe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B22.00009: Renormalization Group Treatment of the Trapping Reaction Jack Hanson, Scott McIsaac, Benjamin Vollmayr-Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B22.00010: Comparing Extremal and Hysteretic Optimization in Spin Glasses Bruno Goncalves, Stefan Boettcher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B22.00011: Shock-induced crystalline instabilities Ramon Ravelo, Brad Lee Holian, Timothy C. Germann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B22.00012: Hydrodynamic solutions of spatially-varying 1D exclusion processes Greg Lakatos, Tom Chou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B22.00013: Off-Lattice 3D Eden Cluster Growth Model Eric Kuennen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B22.00014: Nucleation and growth of islands during submonolayer deposition on Ag/Ag(100) Nuno Araujo, Antonio Cadilhe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B22.00015: Surface Growth Modeling of Load Balancing in Parallel Discrete Event Simulations (PDES) Poonam Verma, Mark Novotny Preview Abstract

Session B23: Focus Session: High Pressure II - Earth and Planetary Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Alexander Goncharov, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Room: Colorado Convention Center 110

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B23.00001: High-pressure investigations of Earth's interior Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B23.00002: Infrared Reflectance of Magnesiowustite(Mg$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$O): Experiment and Theory Tao Sun, Philip B. Allen, David G. Stahnke, Steven D. Jacobsen, Christopher C. Homes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B23.00003: Dynamical mean-field theory study of the high pressure behavior of FeO A.C. Kollias, R.E. Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B23.00004: Elastic Signature of the High-Spin to Low-Spin Transition in Magnesiow\"{u}stite Cesar da Silva, Renata Wentzcovitch, Taku Tsuchiya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B23.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B23.00006: \textit{Ab initio} Study of the Composition Dependence of the Pressure-Induced Spin Transition in Perovskite (Mg,Fe)SiO$_{3}$ Amelia Bengtson, Kristin Persson, Dane Morgan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B23.00007: First-principles investigation of the spin state of ferrous iron in MgSiO$_3$ under pressure Yonggang Yu, Ryan Requist, Koichiro Umemoto, Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B23.00008: Structure and freezing of MgSiO$_3$ liquid in Earth's interior Lars Stixrude, Bijaya Karki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B23.00009: Consequences of the Quasiharmonic Approximation: Tests and Predictions Pierre Carrier, Jun Tsuchiya, Renata M. Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B23.00010: Quantum Monte Carlo Benchmarks Functionals for Silica Polymorphs K.P. Driver, J.W. Wilkins, R.G. Hennig, C.J. Umrigar, G. Scuseria, B. Militzer, R.E. Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B23.00011: Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of the Quartz to Stishovite Transition in SiO$_2$ R.E. Cohen, Mike Towler, Pablo Lopez Rios, Neil Drummond, Richard Needs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B23.00012: First-principles calculations of thermodynamic properties and phase transitions in Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$ and Ga$_{2}$O$_{3}$ at high temperature and high pressure Bin Xu, Jianjun Dong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B23.00013: Proton behaviour, structure and elasticity of serpentine at high-pressure Mainak Mookherjee, Lars Stixrude Preview Abstract

Session B24: Focus Session: Reversibly Associating Polymers: Theory & Experiments

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Sanat Kumar, Columbia University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 201

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B24.00001: Reversible Associating Polymers as Biological Mimics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B24.00002: Architectural effect on the self-assembly of supramolecular triblock copolymer melts Won Bo Lee, Richard Elliott, Kirill Katsov, Glenn H. Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B24.00003: Osmotic Properties of Acrylic Triblock Copolymer Gels Rafael E. Bras, Kenneth R. Shull Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B24.00004: Computational study of gel transition and jamming in an ensemble of reversible associating polymers Arlette Baljon, Danny Flynn, David Krawzsenek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B24.00005: Phase Behavior of Semi-Flexible Polymer Gels Venkatram H. Padmanabhan, Sanat K. Kumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B24.00006: Modeling the Crystallization of Proteins Hongjun Liu, Sanat Kumar, Shekhar Garde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B24.00007: Physical Properties of Anionic Peptide Amphiphile Fibers Grown in the Presence of Polyion Salt Megan Greenfield, Yuri Velichko, Samuel Stupp, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B24.00008: Reversible and Tunable Network Formation of Ca$^{2+}$-Sensitive Biomaterials Shana Topp, Vikram Prasad, Gianguido C. Cianci, Eric R. Weeks, Justin P. Gallivan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B24.00009: Folding and Aggregation of Mucin Domains. Brigita Urbanc, Rama Bansil, Bradley Turner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B24.00010: Shape-Memory Network Polymers Containing Reversible H-Bonding Associating Groups Jiahui Li, Mitchell Anthamatten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B24.00011: Miscibility studies on blends containing telechelic supramolecular polymers Michelle Wrue, Mitchell Anthamatten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B24.00012: Design and characterization of well-defined supramolecular polymers Kathleen Schaefer, Matthew Kade, Craig Hawker, Edward Kramer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B24.00013: Structure and stability of oligomer/$\alpha $-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes. Marcus Hunt, Silvia Villar, Marian Gomez, Alan Tonelli, Maury Balik Preview Abstract

Session B25: Focus Session: Adhesion, Swelling, and Elastic Properties of Thin Polymer Films

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Theresa Hermel-Davidock, Dow Chemical
Room: Colorado Convention Center 203

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B25.00001: Interaction and Viscoelastic Deformation of Polymeric Surfaces Measured with the Atomic Force Microscope Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B25.00002: Surface wrinkling of grafted polymer brushes and its effect on interfacial adhesion Christopher M. Stafford, Heqing Huang, Jun Young Chung Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B25.00003: Experiments of compaction of an elastic sheet closely-packed in a rigid container Deboeuf Stephanie, Boue Laurent, Adda-Bedia Mokhtar, Boudaoud Arezki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B25.00004: Dependence of the in-plane modulus of thin free-standing polymer films Adam N. Raegen, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B25.00005: Measuring Correlation Functions and Elastic Constants of 2D Layers of Block Copolymers by Single Crystal Diffraction Gila Stein, Edward Kramer, Xuefa Li, Jin Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B25.00006: Polymer-Solid Interface Connectivity and Adhesion: Design of a Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Shana P. Bunker, Richard P. Wool Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B25.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B25.00008: Welding Immiscible Polymer with Supercritical Fluid Xiaochu Wang, Isaac Sanchez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B25.00009: Off-Specular Neutron and X-ray Reflectometry for the Structural Characterization of Buried Interfaces Kristopher Lavery, Vivek Prabhu, Eric Lin, Wen-li Wu, Kwang-Woo Choi, Sushil Satija, Matthew Wormington Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B25.00010: Confinement Effects on the Swelling Behavior of Thin Polymer Films Aleta Hagman, Kenneth R. Shull, Jin Wang, Martin Tolkiehn, Xuefa Li, Suresh Narayanan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B25.00011: Equilibrium and Kinetic Water Uptake in Ultrathin Chitosan Films Chris Murray, John Dutcher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B25.00012: Grafting of Telechelic Polymers onto Functionalized Substrate in Polymeric Matrices Rujul Mehta, Zhenyu Huang, Haining Ji, Jimmy Mays, Mark D. Dadmun Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B25.00013: Kinetics of Grafting and Loop Formation of Telechelic Polymers on Solid Substrate Mark Dadmun, Zhenyu Huang, Haining Ji, Jimmy Mays Preview Abstract

Session B26: Focus Session: Protein Folding: Theory and Simulations II

Sponsoring Units: DCP DBP
Chair: Jose Onuchic, University of California, San Diego
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B26.00001: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B26.00002: Protein folding and dynamics from simulations of coarse protein models. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B26.00003: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B26.00004: The folding of an ``average'' beta trefoil protein. Shachi Gosavi, Pat Jennings, Jose Onuchic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B26.00005: Life in a Crowd: Macromolecular Crowding and Confinement Effects on Protein Interactions in Living Systems Margaret Cheung Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B26.00006: 2D IR Spectroscopy of Ubiquitin Unfolding Dynamics Ziad Ganim, Hoi Sung Chung, Andrei Tokmakoff Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B26.00007: Generalization of distance to higher dimensional objects, and applications to biopolymer folding Steven Plotkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B26.00008: Collapse transition for self-avoiding random walks with hydrophobic interaction on a 2 dimensional lattice Mathieu Gaudreault, Jorge Vinals Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B26.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session B27: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience II-Methods and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Sanjay Khare, University of Toledo
Room: Colorado Convention Center 301

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B27.00001: Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of Ag(111) island coarsening Giridhar Nandipati, Yunsic Shim, Jacques Amar, Altaf Karim, Abdelkader Kara, Talat Rahman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B27.00002: Self-Learning Off-Lattice Kinetic Monte Carlo method as applied to growth on metal surfaces Oleg Trushin, Abdelkader Kara, Talat Rahman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B27.00003: Diffusion Limited Processes Using Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Erdi Bleda, Xing Gao, Murray Daw Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B27.00004: Extension of Mean-Field Nucleation Theory with Long-Range Interactions John A. Venables, James Degraffenreid, Ramon Grima Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B27.00005: Capture-Zone Areas \& the Wigner Distribution: New Case of Universal Scaling of Spacings in Fluctuating Systems A. Pimpinelli, T.L. Einstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B27.00006: Feature detection for large-scale molecular dynamics simulations Hyoungki Park, David Richie, Jeongnim Kim, Joseph Gorse, John Wilkins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B27.00007: Objective Molecular Dynamics Traian Dumitrica, Richard James Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B27.00008: Decorrelation of samples in Quantum Monte Carlo calculations and applications to metallic nanoclusters Daniel Nissenbaum, Bernardo Barbiellini, Arun Bansil Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B27.00009: Linear Scaling NanoScience Simulations for Petascale Computing Zhengji Zhao, Lin-Wang Wang, Juan Meza Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B27.00010: Including spin-orbit coupling in materials-specific studies of spin transport. A.A. Starikov, P.J. Kelly Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B27.00011: Modeling the deformation of materials with stochastic fractal microstructure M.A. Soare, R.C. Picu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B27.00012: Binding energies of CO$_{2}$ with some ionic liquids William Eucker, John Bendler Preview Abstract

Session B28: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotube Optoelectronics

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Tony Heinz, Columbia University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 302

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B28.00001: Excited states and electro-optics of carbon nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B28.00002: Electrically driven thermal light emission from individual single-walled carbon nanotubes Y.K. Kato, D. Mann, A. Kinkhabwala, E. Pop, J. Cao, X. Wang, L. Zhang, Q. Wang, H. Dai, J. Guo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B28.00003: Electroluminescence Properties of Carbon Nanotube Network Transistors Benoit St-Antoine, Elyse Adam, Carla Aguirre, David Menard, Richard Martel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B28.00004: Localized Photoresponse and Raman Spectra of Long Carbon Nanotube FET's James Tsang, Marcus Freitag, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B28.00005: Interplay Between Transport and Optical Properties in Carbon Nanotube $p-n$ Diodes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B28.00006: Impact Excitation by Hot Carriers in Carbon Nanotubes Vasili Perebeinos, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B28.00007: Exciton Annihilation Processes in Individual Single-Wall Nanotubes Aditya Mohite, Prasanth Gopinath, Hemant Shah, Bhaskar Nagabhirava, Tanesh Bansal, Bruce Alphenaar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B28.00008: The role of intrinsic regions in nanotube photodiodes Derek Stewart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B28.00009: Dependence of Raman-active modes on the external voltage in single-wall carbon nanotube thin films Giovanni Fanchini, Goki Eda, Husnu Emrah Unalan, Manish Chhowalla Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B28.00010: Absolute Absorptivity of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes Employing a Pyroelectric Detector Katherine Hurst, Anne Dillon, John Lehman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B28.00011: Photoresponse of Suspended Carbon Nanotube Networks: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Infrared Bolometer Mikhail E. Itkis, Ferenc Borondics, Aiping Yu, Robert C. Haddon Preview Abstract

Session B29: Dense Granular Flows and Jamming

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Martin van Hecke, University of Leiden
Room: Colorado Convention Center 303

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B29.00001: Affine and Non-Affine motion in a Granular Couette Experiment Brian Utter, Robert Behringer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B29.00002: Nonlinear elastic stress response in granular materials Brian Tighe, Joshua Socolar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B29.00003: Upward penetration through a granular medium D. Costantino, T.J. Sheidemantel, M.B. Stone, J. Cole, C. Conger, K. Klein, M. Lohr, W. McConville, Z. Modig, P. Schiffer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B29.00004: Sound and Force Propagation in Granular Materials Clifford E. Chafin, Karen E. Daniels Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B29.00005: Testing the equal-probability assumption of jammed particle packings Guo-Jie Gao, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Corey O'Hern Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B29.00006: Experimental study of the compaction dynamics for 2D granular pile of spherical and cylindrical grains Geoffroy Lumay, Nicolas Vandewalle, Francois Ludewig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B29.00007: Packing and segregation in thermally cycled granular materials Ke Chen, John Draskovic, Julia Cole, Andrew Harris, Casey Conger, Matthew Lohr, Kit Klein, Thomas Scheidemantel, Peter Schiffer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B29.00008: Experimental Characterization of the Jamming Transition in a Granular Material Trushant Majmudar, Robert Behringer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B29.00009: Stress, strain rate, and free volume in dense granular flow Chris Rycroft, Ken Kamrin, Martin Bazant Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B29.00010: The force network in emulsions and the role of external stress Jing Zhou, Tim Prisk, Su Long, Habib Skaff, Qian Wang, Todd Emrick, Anthony D. Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B29.00011: The packing and compaction dynamics of granular polymers Ling-Nan Zou, Xiang Cheng, Heinrich Jaeger, Sidney Nagel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B29.00012: The Stochastic Flow Rule and Rate Sensitivity in Dense Granular Flows. Ken Kamrin, Chris H. Rycroft, Martin Z. Bazant Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B29.00013: The Dynamics of Sandpile Model and Its Application to Earthquakes Yunfan Gong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B29.00014: Smoothing a Rock by Chipping Sidney Redner, Paul Krapivsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B29.00015: Comparison of the influence of a strong current and of a spark on the distribution of the resistance of a contact between two grains Stephane Dorbolo, Alexandre Merlen, Eric Falcon, Matthieu Creyssels, Bernard Castaing, Nicolas Vandewalle Preview Abstract

Session B30: Instabilities and Turbulence

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Robert Ecke, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 304

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B30.00001: Lagrangian statistics in two-dimensional turbulence Michael Rivera, Robert Ecke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B30.00002: Pressure Fluctuations in Two-dimensional Turbulence Yonggun Jun, X.L. Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B30.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B30.00004: Three regularizations as turbulent subgrid models Jonathan Pietarila Graham, Darryl Holm, Pablo Mininni, Annick Pouquet Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B30.00005: Simultaneous Velocity Discrimination Method of Two-Phase Flows Using Time Resolved Stereo PIV and PTV P.B. Vanderwerker, Y. Chen, M.M. Torregrosa, F.J. Diez, S. Photos, D. Troolin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B30.00006: Measurement of entrainment and mixing in oceanic overflows Philippe Odier, Jun Chen, Michael Rivera, Robert Ecke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B30.00007: Finite Size Effects in the Quasi-geostrophic Inverse Cascade Colm Connaughton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B30.00008: Measured oscillations of the velocity and temperature fields in turbulent Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard convection in a rectangular cell Sheng-Qi Zhou, Chao Sun, Ke-Qing Xia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B30.00009: A connexion between turbulence in Rayleigh Taylor flows and turbulence in other buoyant flows Olivier Poujade Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B30.00010: Unsteady Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of an inmiscible interface with a large contrast in viscosity Harunori Yoshikawa, Jose-Eduardo Wesfreid Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B30.00011: Growth of Convective and Absolute Instabilities in Co-flowing Jets Andrew Utada, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B30.00012: Lattice Boltzmann Model for Two-Dimensional Flow of Immiscible Fluids between Closely-Spaced Plates Alex Fore, Robert Sekerka, Michael Widom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B30.00013: A Numerical Study of Shock-Bubble Multiple Interaction Lingling Wu, Xiaolin Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B30.00014: Non-Brownian microrheology of a fluid-gel interface Erik K. Hobbie, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Satish Kumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B30.00015: Spin dewetting of wetting and partially wetting fluids Shomeek Mukhopadhyay, Robert Behringer Preview Abstract

Session B31: Cold Fusion II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Edmund Storms
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B31.00001: Future Power Production by LENR with Thin-Film Electrodes George H. Miley, Heinz Hora, Andrei Lipson, Nie Luo, P. Joshi. Shrestha Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B31.00002: Engineering of Condensed Matter Nuclear Physics: Heterodyne Behavior in Condensed Matter Nuclear Systems Mitchell R. Swartz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B31.00003: Maruhn-Greiner Maximum for Confirmation of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) via a Compound Nucleus with Double Magic Numbers Heinrich Hora, George Miley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B31.00004: The Science of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions Edmund Storms Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B31.00005: Time Resolved, High Resolution Gamma Ray and Integrated Charged and Knock-on Particle Measurements of a Pd:D Co-deposition Cell Lawrence P.G. Forsley, Gary Phillips, Jay Khim, Pamela Mosier-Boss, Frank Gordon, Stanislaw Szpak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B31.00006: Two-level systems and a low-energy oscillator: Excitation transfer and energy exchange Peter Hagelstein, Irfan Chaudhary Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B31.00007: Material Science Developments Enhancing Excess of Power Reproducibility V. Violante, M. Bertolotti, E. Castagna$^1$, M. McKubre, F. Sarto, C. Sibilia$^1$, F. Tanzella$^2$, T. Zilov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B31.00008: Quantization of Differences Between Atomic and Nuclear Rest Masses and Self-organization of Atoms and Nuclei F.A. Gareev, I.E. Zhidkova Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B31.00009: Anomalous Nuclear Phenomena Associated with Ultrafast Processes Xingliu Jiang, Xiaoping Zhou, Lijun Han , Liyin Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B31.00010: Search for Charged Particle Tracks Using CR-39 Detectors to Replicate the SPAWAR Pd/D External Field Co-Deposition Protocol Winthrop Williams Preview Abstract

Session B32: Strong Field and Ultrafast Physics

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Marc Vrakking, Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B32.00001: Spatial Dependence of High Harmonic Generation in Hydrogen Atom Seth Ross, G.P. Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B32.00002: Demonstration of a high brightness injection-seeded soft x-ray laser amplifier using a dense plasma Eduardo Granados, Yong Wang, Miguel A. Larotonda, Mark Berrill, Brad M. Luther, Dinesh Patel, Carmen S. Menoni, Jorge J. Rocca Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B32.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B32.00004: Quasi Phase Matching and Quantum Path Control of High Harmonic Generation using Counterpropagating Light Xiaoshi Zhang, Amy Lytle, Oren Cohen, Henry Kapteyn, Margaret Murnane Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B32.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B32.00006: Controlling rotational revivals in asymmetric tops Vinod Kumarappan, Lotte Holmegaard, Simon Viftrup, Christer Bisgaard, Henrik Stapelfeldt, Edward Hamilton, Tamar Seideman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B32.00007: Heterodyne control of attosecond pulse generation Thomas Pfeifer, Lukas Gallmann, Mark J. Abel, Phillip M. Nagel, Aurelie Jullien, Daniel M. Neumark, Stephen R. Leone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B32.00008: Measurement of higher-order moments of a rotational wave packet dynamics and alignment Klaus Hartinger, Randy Bartels Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B32.00009: In-situ probe of ionization and coherent buildup for high-order harmonic generation in hollow waveguides using counterpropagating light Amy Lytle, Xiaoshi Zhang, Margaret Murnane, Henry Kapteyn, Oren Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B32.00010: High harmonic generation from ions in a capillary discharge Tenio Popmintchev, David M. Gaudiosi, Oren Cohen, Margaret M. Murnane, Henry C. Kapteyn, Michael Grisham, Brendan Reagan, Mark Berrill, Jorge J. Rocca, Barry C. Walker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B32.00011: Computational Study of Orientation-dependent Molecular High Harmonic Spectra Anthony Dutoi, Tamar Seideman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B32.00012: Effect of nuclear motion on the absorption spectrum of dipicolinic acid Petra Sauer, Yuri Rostovtsev, Roland Allen Preview Abstract

Session B33: Focus Session: Quantum Foundations I

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Carlton Caves, University of New Mexico
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B33.00001: Almost quantum theory: classical theories with a constraint on knowledge Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B33.00002: Cloning, Broadcasting and the de Finetti theorem in Generalized Probablistic Theories Matthew Leifer, Howard Barnum, Jonathan Barrett, Alexander Wilce Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B33.00003: Quantum Mechanics on Phase Space and Informational Completeness Franklin E. Schroeck, Jr. Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B33.00004: Quasi-Orthonormal Bases for the Space of Density Operators Christopher A. Fuchs, D. M. Appleby, Hoan B. Dang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B33.00005: Macrorealism Emerging from Quantum Physics Caslav Brukner, Johannes Kofler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B33.00006: Critical sets of rays in four dimensions proving the Bell-Kochen-Specker theorem P.K. Aravind Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B33.00007: Probing Contextuality with Pre- and Post-selection Jeff Tollaksen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B33.00008: On the logical structure of Bell theorems. Jonathan Walgate, Anne Broadbent, Hilary Carteret, Andre Methot Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B33.00009: Tests of local realism and the coincidence-time problem Jan-{\AA}ke Larsson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B33.00010: Entanglement and correlations in mixed-state quantum computation Animesh Datta, Steven Flammia, Carlton Caves, Guifre Vidal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B33.00011: Multiply constrained bounds on measures of entanglement Anil Shaji Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B33.00012: Graphical description of the action of Clifford operators on stabilizer states Matthew Elliott, Bryan Eastin, Carlton Caves Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B33.00013: Entanglement and the second law Ian Durham Preview Abstract

Session B38: Focus Session: Bioinstrumentation and Biophotonic Technologies

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

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B38.00001: Fourier-Domain Biophotoacoustic Sub-surface Depth Selective Amplitude and Phase Imaging of Turbid Phantoms and Biological Tissue Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B38.00002: An application of fast response Polarized Light Microscopy Deependra Kantha, David Van Winkle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B38.00003: Evaluation of optical excitation conditions for ruthenium complex for biosensor optodes Sean Pieper, Zhong Zhong, Kevin L. Lear, Ken Reardon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B38.00004: Two-Photon Microscope with Spectral Resolution Russell Fung, Mike Melnichuk, Anurag Chaturvedi, Devin Gillman, Valerica Raicu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B38.00005: Exploration of detection sensitivity of biomarker acetone in aqueous samples using cavity ringdown spectroscopy Armstrong Mbi, Chuji Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B38.00006: Optofluidic intracavity spectroscopy of single cells in a passive Fabry-Perot resonator Hua Shao, Weina Wang, Susan Lana, Kevin Lear Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B38.00007: Magnetically Directed Cell Co-Localization Edward Felton, Daniel Reich, Yoojin An, Christopher Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B38.00008: Detection of cancer protein using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry as Surface Plasmon Resonance Mode Yunbog Kim, Dongryul Jeon, Min-ah Woo, Myunghaing Cho Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B38.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B38.00010: In-line Phase Contrast Imaging of Soft Tissue in the Mammalian Cochlea Lixin Fan, C. Rau, I. Robinson, C.-P. Richter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B38.00011: Dental Photothermal Radiometry: Theoretical Analysis. Anna Matvienko, Raymond Jeon, Andreas Mandelis, Stephen Abrams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B38.00012: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO J21.00010 Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B38.00013: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO J21.00009 Preview Abstract

Session B39: Focus Session: Materials and Applications for Solar Energy I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Mike McGehee, Stanford University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 502

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B39.00001: Multiple Exciton Generation for Highly Efficient Solar Cells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B39.00002: Optical properties of II-VI structures for solar energy utilization Joshua Schrier, Denis Demchenko, Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B39.00003: Local Structures Around S in CdS:O Thin Films Photovoltaic Materials Probed by S K-edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structures Y. L. Soo, W. H. Sun, S. C. Weng, Y. S. Lin, S. L. Chang, L. Y. Jang, X. Wu, Y. Yan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B39.00004: P-type InGaN alloys D.M. Yamaguchi, R.E. Jones, N.R. Miller, E.E. Haller, J.W. Ager, K.M. Yu, W. Walukiewicz, H. Lu, W.J. Schaff Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B39.00005: Seven Excitons per Single Photon Using Semiconductor Nanocrystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B39.00006: Theoretical investigation of vacuum thermionic energy conversion devices for efficient conversion of solar to electrical energy Joshua Smith, Robert Nemanich, Griff Bilbro Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B39.00007: Novel photophysics and tandem device designs for solar hydrogen production Justin Johnson, Matt Law, Nathan Neale, Arthur Frank, Josef Michl, Arthur Nozik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B39.00008: Optimization of Nanostructured ZnO / Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Devices Dana Olson, Yun-Ju Lee, Erik Spoerke, Darren Dunphy, James Voigt, Julia Hsu, Matthew White, Sean Shaheen, David Ginley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B39.00009: Theoretical Insights on Interfacial Charge Transfer across the P3HT/Fullerene Photovoltaic Heterojunction from ab Initio Calculations Yosuke Kanai, Jeffrey C. Grossman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B39.00010: Hybrid Tandem Solar Cells: CIGS/DSC with Carbon Nanotube Interlayer anvar Zakhidov, William Shafarman, Mei Zhang, Shaoli Fang, Ray Baughman Preview Abstract

Session B40: QHE in Graphene

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B40.00001: The Nature of Quantum Hall States near the Charge Neutral Dirac Point in Graphene Zhigang Jiang, Yuanbo Zhang, Yanwen Tan, Horst Stormer, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B40.00002: Room Temperature Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene Andre Geim, Philip Kim, Kostya Novoselov, Zhigang Jiang, Horst Stormer, Yuanbo Zhang, Sergey Morozov, Uli Zeitler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B40.00003: Quantum transport of massless Dirac fermions in graphene Kentaro Nomura, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B40.00004: Dirac and Normal Fermions in Graphite and Graphene: Implications to the Quantum Hall Effect Igor Luk'yanchuk, Yakov Kopelevich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B40.00005: Delocalization of electrons in the lowest Landau level of disordered graphene Pallab Goswami, Xun Jia, Sudip Chakravarty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B40.00006: Quantum Hall Stripes in Graphene Jianhui Wang, Andrew Iyengar, Herbert Fertig, Luis Brey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B40.00007: Localization and resistance oscillations in n-layer graphene Neal Staley, Haohua Wang, Conor Puls, Jeremy Forster, Kelly McCarthy, Ben Clouser, Ying Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B40.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B40.00009: Quantum Hall ferromagnetism in monolayer and bilayer graphene Kentaro Nomura, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B40.00010: Magnetic field effects in bilayer graphene systems Daniel Arovas, Srinivas Raghu, Taylor Hughes, Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B40.00011: Biased bilayer graphene: semiconductor with a gap tunable by electric field effect Eduardo V. Castro, J.M.B. Lopes dos Santos, N.M.R. Peres, K.S. Novoselov, S.V. Morozov, A.K. Geim, F. Guinea, Johan Nilsson, A.H. Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B40.00012: Quantum Hall effect in carbon nanotubes and curved graphene strips Jose Gonzalez, Enrico Perfetto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B40.00013: Long-range interactions and Pseudo-relativistic Phenomena in Disordered Graphene: The Zero-bias Anomaly William Shively, Dmitri Khveshchenko Preview Abstract

Session B41: Nanotechnology

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Eric Dufresne, Yale University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 504

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B41.00001: Transport of Nanomaterials in Air and Aquatic Systems -- An Ontological Approach Ashok Vaseashta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B41.00002: Some Relaxed Equilibrium Configurations for a Few Hydrogen Atoms Inside a Unit Graphene Cell of Variable Volume Juan Salvador Arellano Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B41.00003: Gas sensors based on single-wall carbon nanotubes and polypyrrole-coated carbon nanotubes Young Wook Chang, Je Seung Oh, Seung Hwan Yoo, Ji Hun Kim, Hyang Hee Choi, Kyung-Hwa Yoo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B41.00004: The Intensity and the Lifetime Variation of the Single Quantum Dot with its Mirror Image System Jui Wen Chou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B41.00005: `Sliding Kinetics' of Carbon Nanotubes on Self-Assembled Monolayer Patterns Jiwoon Im, Minbaek Lee, Sung Myung, Juwan Kang, Dong Joon Lee, Seunghun Hong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B41.00006: Synthesis and nano-placement of nanoparticle using cage-shaped protein S. Kumagai, S. Yoshii, K. Yamada, K. Nishio, N. Matsukawa, K. Iwahori, I. Yamashita Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B41.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B41.00008: Nanophotonic Circuit Elements Aric Sanders, Norman Sanford, John Schlager, Eric Dufresne, Mark Reed Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B41.00009: Applications of Nanotemplates and Nanoparticles in Nanomanufacturing and Nanomedicine E. Gultepe, D. Nagesha, C. Fantasia, S. Lloyd, S. Tai, S. Sridhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B41.00010: Molecular switch modifications by single atom manipulation M. Mamatkulov, L. Stauffer, Ph. Sonnet, M. Martin, M. Lastapis, D. Riedel, G. Dujardin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B41.00011: Novel Parametric Actuation Scheme in Piezoelectric NEMS Rassul Karabalin, Sotiris Masmanidis, Ron Lifshitz, Michael Cross, Michael Roukes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B41.00012: Hysteretic melting and freezing of nanoscale indium islands using local thermal cycling for phase-change memory nodes Todd Brintlinger, Kamal Hussain Baloch, Yi Qi, William G. Cullen, David Goldhaber-Gordon, John Cumings Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B41.00013: Application of mesoscopic light transport theory to ultra-early detection of cancer in a single biological cell Prabhakar Pradhan, Hariharan Subramanian, Yang Liu, Young Kim, Hemant Roy, Vadim Backman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B41.00014: Multiple-layer SOI based on Single-Crystal Si Nanomembrane Transfer Weina Peng, Michelle Roberts, Eric Nordberg, Frank Flack, Paula Colavita, Robert Hamers, Donald Savage, Max Lagally, Mark Eriksson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B41.00015: Inelastic Tunneling Spectroscopy Study of nm-thick oxides in Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Structure Jino Lee, Kookrin Char, Sangjin Hyun, Sangbom Kang, Siyoung Choi Preview Abstract

Session B42: Focus Session: Kinetics of Self-Assembly at Surfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ray Phaneuf, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center 505

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B42.00001: Theory of kinetics of surface evolution: simulations, Langevin, and Fokker-Planck approach Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B42.00002: Strain induced metastability in the shape evolution of self-assembled nanoislands on Si(111): real-time electron microscopy observations and numerical simulations Nikhil Medhekar, Vivek Shenoy, James Hannon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B42.00003: Atom-Scale Mechanisms for Unstable Growth on Patterned GaAs(001) Tabassom Tadayyon-Eslami, Hung-Chih Kan, Lynn Calhoun, Ray Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B42.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B42.00005: Multiscale simulations of self-assembly of CdTe nanoparticles into sheets Zhenli Zhang, Zhiyong Tang, Nicholas Kotov, Sharon Glotzer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B42.00006: Charging in CdSe nanocrystals and mechanistic elucidation of the electrophoretic deposition of nanocrystal films Shengguo Jia, Sarbajit Banerjee, Irving Herman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B42.00007: Phase Field Crystal Modeling of Island Formation and Dislocation Nucleation During Strained Film Growth Zhi-Feng Huang, Ken Elder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B42.00008: An Investigation into InAs/GaAs Thin Film Growth Maria Mignogna, Kristen Fichthorn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B42.00009: Nanocrystal Formation in Ion-Beam Synthesized GaAs:N and InAs:N A. Wood, W. Ye, X. Weng, P.T. Wang, R.S. Goldman, Y.Q. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B42.00010: Dual-surfactant effect on enhancing Zn-Doping of GaP Junyi Zhu, Gerald Stringfellow, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B42.00011: Design Principles Incorporating Surface Dynamics for Creating Ordered Organic Nanostructures on Si and SiC Dimerized Surfaces via Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics Robin Hayes, Mark Tuckerman Preview Abstract

Session B43: Focus Session: Materials for Quantum Information Processing I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Steve Lyon, Princeton University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 506

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B43.00001: Sputtered Gold as an Effective Schottky Gate for Strained Si/SiGe Nanostructures Gavin Scott, Ming Xiao, Ed Croke, Eli Yablonovitch, HongWen Jiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B43.00002: Phosphorus Donors in Highly Strained Silicon M. S. Brandt, H. Huebl, A. R. Stegner, M. Stutzmann, G. Vogg, F. Bensch, E. Rauls, U. Gerstmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B43.00003: Process integration and electron spin coherence of donor atom implants in silicon T. Schenkel, A. Persaud, A. M. Tyryshkin, S. A. Lyon, J. Bokor, C. C. Lo, R. deSousa, I. Chakarov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B43.00004: Double donors in Si quantum computer architecture Maria J. Calderon, Belita Koiller, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B43.00005: Electric-field driven donor-based charge qubits in semiconductors Belita Koiller, Xuedong Hu, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B43.00006: Suppressing anisotropic hyperfine induced electron spin echo modulations in Si:P Wayne Witzel, Xuedong Hu, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B43.00007: Electron transport through STM-patterned dopants in silicon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B43.00008: Electron Spin Resonance on Arrays of Etched Quantum Dots in $^{28}$Si/SiGe Jianhua He, A. M. Tyryshkin, S. A. Lyon, D. E. Savage, M. A. Eriksson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B43.00009: Electron Spin Resonance of Electrons in a Large-Area Silicon MOSFET Shyam Shankar, A. M. Tyryshkin, Sushobhan Avasthi, S. A. Lyon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B43.00010: Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance of Shallow Donors in Accumulation Layer MOSFETs Cheuk Chi Lo, J. Bokor, T. Schenkel, R. de Sousa, Jianhua He, G. Sabouret, S. Shankar, F. R. Bradbury, A. M. Tyryshkin, S. A. Lyon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B43.00011: Large Tunable Valley Splitting in a Si/SiGe Quantum Point Contact Lisa McGuire, K.A. Slinker, Mark Friesen, Srijit Goswami, O.J. Chu, Robert Joynt, S.N. Coppersmith, Mark A. Eriksson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B43.00012: Multiscale analytic calculation of valley splitting in silicon quantum wells. Sucismita Chutia, Susan Coppersmith, Mark Friesen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B43.00013: Enhancement mode single electron transistor in pure silicon Binhui Hu, C.H. Yang, G.M. Jones, M.J. Yang Preview Abstract

Session B44: Focus Session: Nanoscale Transport - Molecules I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: J.B. Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 507

Monday, March 5, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B44.00001: Conductance of Single Molecule Junctions: Dependence on Structure and Conformation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B44.00002: DFT-based transport calculations for single molecules: Can Coulomb blockade effects be reproduced by local functionals? Max Koentopp, Kieron Burke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B44.00003: First-principles Studies of Single-molecule Conductance in Amine Linked Junctions Su Ying Quek, Mark S. Hybertsen, Latha Venkataraman, Michael Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls, Steven G. Louie, J.B. Neaton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B44.00004: Electronic transport through alkane chains: the case of end group functionalization G. Kim, W. Lu, S. Wang, M. Buongiorno Nardelli, J. Bernholc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B44.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B44.00006: Transport in Molecular Junctions with Different Metallic Contacts John Lawson, Charles Bauschlicher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B44.00007: Effects of -NO$_{2}$ substitution on charge addition and reorganization energies in phenylene ethynylene oligomers Steven Robey, N. E. Gruhn, J. Cizek, J. M. Tour Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B44.00008: Theoretical Analysis of the Trends in Single Molecule Junction Conductance Formed Using Amine-Gold Links Mark Hybertsen, Michael Steigerwald, Latha Venkataraman, Colin Nuckolls Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B44.00009: Electronic transport through single molecules: effects of strain and contacts Helio Chacham, Ronaldo Batista, Mario Mazzoni, Ignacio Garzon, Marcela Beltran, Pablo Ordejon, Emilio Artacho Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B44.00010: Controlled Fabrication and High-Resolution Imaging of Molecular-Scale Three-Terminal Devices Douglas R. Strachan, Danvers E. Johnston, Beth S. Guiton, T.-H. Park, M.J. Therien, Peter K. Davies, Dawn A. Bonnell, A.T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B44.00011: Movies of Electromigration During the Formation of Break Junctions Thiti Taychatanapat, K. I. Bolotin, F. Kuemmeth, D. C. Ralph Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B44.00012: Formation of a Metallic Contact: Jump to Contact Revisited. C. Untiedt, M.J. Caturla, M.R. Calvo, J.J. Palacios, R.C. Segers, J.M. van Ruitenbeek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B44.00013: High Quality Nanogap Electrodes for Electronic Transport Measurements of Single Molecules Danvers E. Johnston, Douglas R. Strachan, Beth S. Guiton, Peter K. Davies, Tae Hong Park, Michael J. Therien, A. T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract