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Session D1: Induced Superconductivity in Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Chun Ning (Jeanie) Lau, University of California, Riverside
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 2-3

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D1.00001: Induced Superconductivity in Nanowires and Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D1.00002: Andreev reflection in graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D1.00003: Superconducting Nanotube Dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D1.00004: Josephson junctions with tuneable single wall carbon nanotubes as barriers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D1.00005: Gate-controlled superconductivity in diffusive multiwalled carbon nanotube Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D2: Ion Traps for Scalable Quantum Computation

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Lorenza Viola, Dartmouth College
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 4

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D2.00001: Architectural Design Issues for Reliable Trapped Ion Quantum Computers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D2.00002: Quantum information processing and quantum-limited metrology using trapped ions at NIST. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D2.00003: Ion Trap Quantum Networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D2.00004: Scalable Designs for Planar Ion Trap Arrays Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D2.00005: Quantum Simulations in Ion Traps Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D3: DMP Prize Symposium

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: David Vanderbilt, Rutgers University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2A-3A

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D3.00001: Organic-based Magnets - New Materials for New Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D3.00002: Predictable and New Physics and Potential for Applications of Organic-based Magnets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D3.00003: A Brief History of the Harris Criterion Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D3.00004: Opportunities in Nanomagnetism Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D4: Polymer Crystallization: 50 years of Chain Folding

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Buck Crist, Northwestern University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2B-3B

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D4.00001: Fifty (Plus) Years of Polymer Nano-Science (Art) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D4.00002: The Morphology of Crystallizable Polymers: Past and Present. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D4.00003: Insights provided by the build-up, structure and morphology of polymer single crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D4.00004: Laws controlling crystallization and melting in bulk polymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D4.00005: Growth kinetics and morphology of polymer crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D5: Pake Prize Symposium: Magnetic Storage and Applications

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Stefan Zollner, Freescale Semiconductor
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1A-1B

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D5.00001: Seventy Years of Magnetic Disk Drive Technology. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D5.00002: New Developments in Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D5.00003: New Developments in MRAM Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D5.00004: High Anisotropy Magnetic Recording Media Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D5.00005: Automotive Applications of Physics and Materials Research: Permanent Magnets, Thermoelectrics, and Hydrogen Storage Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D6: Computational Challenges in Describing Mechanical Phenomena at the Nanoscale

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Jeff Grossman, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Colorado Convention Center 207

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D6.00001: Energy Transfer and Resonance Enhancement at the Nanoscale. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D6.00002: Interfacial proximity effects on nanostructure thermal transport Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D6.00003: Heat flow at solid-liquid interfaces: confrontation between experiment and simulation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D6.00004: First-principles simulations of failure mechanisms, mechanical strength and electromechanical response Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D6.00005: Lattice thermal transport through atomically defined systems in a quantum mechanical description. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D7: Signatures of Non-Abelian Quantum Hall States

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Steven Simon, Lucent Technologies
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4A-4B

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D7.00001: Non-Abelian quantum Hall states of fermions and bosons Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D7.00002: Edge states and tunneling of non-Abelian quasiparticles in the nu=5/2 quantum Hall state and p+ip superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D7.00003: Current noise and AC conductivity as probes of non-abelian quasi-particles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D7.00004: Toplogical Quantum Compiling Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D7.00005: Detecting fractional statistics with anyonic Mach-Zehnder interferometer Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D8: Superconductivity: STM of Cuprates

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Allen Goldman, University of Minnesota
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1C

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D8.00001: Tunneling Spectroscopy on $c$-axis Y$_{1-x}$Ca$_x$Ba$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ Thin Films: Evidence for Multiband Superconductivity J.H. Ngai, W.A. Atkinson, J.Y.T. Wei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D8.00002: Direct evidence for predominantly phonon-mediated pairing in high-temperature superconductors Guo-meng Zhao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D8.00003: Inelastic tunneling spectroscopic imaging study of electron-lattice interactions in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$. Kazuhiro Fujita, J. Lee, K. McElroy, J. Slezak, M. Wang, Y. Aiura, H. Bando, M. Ishikado, T. Masui, J. -X. Zhu, A. Balatsky, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, J. C. Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D8.00004: Atomic Scale Investigation of the Effects of Pb doping in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CuO$_{6+x}$ W. D. Wise, Kamalesh Chatterjee, M. C. Boyer, Ming Yi, Takeshi Kondo, E. W. Hudson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D8.00005: Spectroscopic imaging STM study of Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2-x}$Ln$_{x}$CuO$_{6+\delta }$ Jhinhwan Lee, K. Fujita, K. McElroy, Jinho Lee, J.W. Alldredge, M. Wang, S. Illani, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, J.C. Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D8.00006: $d^2I/dV^2$-STS measurements of isotope effect on the electron-lattice interaction(ELI) energy and the gap energy in Bi-2212. Jinho Lee, K. Fujita, M. Wang, K. McElroy, J. Slezak, J. -X. Zhu, A. V. Balatsky, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, J. C. Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D8.00007: Local pairing and the origin of pseudogaps in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$Ca$_{2}$CuO$_{8+\delta }$ probed with high-resolution STM measurements Kenjiro K. Gomes, Abhay Pasupathy, Aakash Pushp, Shimpei Ono, Yoichi Ando, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D8.00008: Spatially Inhomogeneous Collapse of Superconducting Gaps on the Nanoscale: Connection to Macroscopic Measurements on Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+x}$ Ali Yazdani, Abhay Pasupathy, Kenjiro Gomes, Aakash Pushp, Shimpei Ono, Yoichi Ando Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D8.00009: Atomic-Position Tracking and Spectroscopy of Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+x}$ across T$_{c}$ Abhay Pasupathy, Kenjiro Gomes, Aakash Pushp, Genda Gu, Shimpei Ono, Yoichi Ando, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D8.00010: Real Space Mapping of Electronic States in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2-y}$La$_{y}$CuO$_{6}$ as a function of Temperature. Aakash Pushp, Abhay Pasupathy, Kenjiro K. Gomes, Shimpei Ono, Yoichi Ando, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D8.00011: Superconducting Scanning Tunneling Microscope -- Josephson effect and High-T$_{C}$ superconducting cuprate Hikari Kimura, Robert Dynes, Shimpei Ono, Yoichi Ando Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D8.00012: STM Spectroscopy of Electron Doped Pr$_{1-x}$LaCe$_{x}$CuO$_{4-\delta }$ Francis Niestemski, Shankar Kunwar, Vidya Madhavan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D8.00013: Atomic Resolution Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Electron-Doped Pr$_{1-x}$LaCe$_{x}$CuO$_{4-\delta }$ Shankar Kunwar, Francis Niestemski, Vidya Madhavan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D8.00014: Tunneling spectroscopy of e-doped cuprates Lei Shan, Yan Huang, Yong-Lei Wang, Shi-Liang Li, Jun Zhao, Peng-Cheng Dai, Hai-Hu Wen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D8.00015: Competing Orders: Origin of the Non-Universal Low-Energy Pseudogap Phenomena in Cuprate Superconductors Ching-Tzu Chen, A. D. Beyer, N.-C. Yeh Preview Abstract

Session D9: Superconductivity: Charge Order and Inhomogeneity

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Steve Kivelson, Stanford University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1D

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D9.00001: What does charge order have to do with the mechanism of high temperature superconductivity? Steven Kivelson, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D9.00002: How optimal inhomogeneity produces high temperature superconductivity Eduardo Fradkin, Steven Kivelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D9.00003: Thermodynamic properties of inhomogeneous superconductors near their transition temperature Srinivas Raghu, Reza Jamei, Steven Kivelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D9.00004: Global phase diagram of the checkerboard Hubbard model Hong Yao, Wei-Feng Tsai, Steven Kivelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D9.00005: Superconductivity in zigzag CuO chains Erez Berg, Steve Kivelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D9.00006: Stripes near a Quantum Critical Point Erica W. Carlson, Daoxin Yao, David K. Campbell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D9.00007: s-Wave Superconductivity Phase Diagram for the Two Dimensional Inhomogeneous Attractive Hubbard Model Karan Aryanpour, Thereza C. Paiva, Warren E. Pickett, Richard T. Scalettar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D9.00008: Competition between charge order and superconductivity in La$_{7/8}$Ba$_{1/8}$CuO$_{4}$ Jungho Kim, A. Kageda, G.D. Gu, C.S. Nelson, T. Gog, D. Casa, Young-June Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D9.00009: On the dimensionality of spin and charge modulations in 1/8 doped lanthanum cuprates Boris Fine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D9.00010: Fluctuating Cu-O-Cu Bond model of high temperature superconductivity in cuprates D.M. Newns, C.C. Tsuei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D9.00011: Pair Binding in Small Hubbard Clusters W.-F. Tsai, H. Yao, S. Kivelson, A. Lauchli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D9.00012: Searching for orbital currents in the pseudo-gap state of $\mathrm{La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4}}$ G.J. MacDougall, G.M. Luke, A.A. Aczel, J. Rodriguez, Y.J. Uemura, J.P. Carlo, T. Ito, P.L. Russo, S. Wakimoto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D9.00013: The effect of inhomogeneous pairing amplitude on superfluid stiffness in a $d$-wave superconductor Ming Cheng, Wu-Pei Su Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D9.00014: The Ground State of the Pseudogap in Cuprates T. Valla, A. V. Fedorov, Jinho Lee, J. C. Davis, G. D. Gu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D9.00015: The effects of local inhomogeneities on the phonon modulated DOS in Bi2212 Steven Johnston, Thomas Devereaux Preview Abstract

Session D10: Theory and Simulations of Systems with Disorder

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Vadim Oganesyan, Yale University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1E

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D10.00001: Percolation transition and dissipation in quantum Ising magnets Jose Hoyos, Thomas Vojta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D10.00002: Nature of triplet excitations in the diluted 2D Heisenberg model Ling Wang, Anders Sandvik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D10.00003: Monte Carlo Study of Entanglement Scaling in Random S=1/2 Heisenberg Chains Huan Tran, Nicholas Bonesteel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D10.00004: Quantum Monte Carlo Study of a Magnetic-Field-Driven 2D Superconductor-Insulator Transition Kwangmoo Kim, David Stroud Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D10.00005: On the role of inhomogeneities for correlated d-wave superconductors. Rastko Sknepnek, Jun Liu, Joerg Schmalian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D10.00006: The geometrically-averaged density of states as a measure of localization Rachel Wortis, Yun Song, William Atkinson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D10.00007: Mott and Band Insulator Transitions in the Binary Alloy Hubbard Model Andrew Baldwin, Richard Scalettar, Norman Paris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D10.00008: Quantum critical behaviour of the cluster glass phase Matthew Case, Vladimir Dobrosavljevic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D10.00009: Local defect in a magnet with long-range interactions Thomas Vojta, Jose Hoyos Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D10.00010: ``Exact'' algorithm for random-bond Ising models in 2D Yen Lee Loh, Erica W. Carlson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D10.00011: Quenched disorder and structure of short-range spin correlations Igor Zaliznyak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D10.00012: Simulation on depinning of a magnetic domain wall based on Heisenberg spin model Katsuyoshi Matsushita, Xiao Hu Preview Abstract

Session D11: Focus Session: Correlated Electron Superlattices

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Jak Chakhalian, University of Arkansas
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1F

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D11.00001: A tight-binding LDA+DMFT study of manganite superlattices Claude Ederer, Chungwei Lin, Andrew Millis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D11.00002: A Realistic Model Calculation on Manganite Superlattice Chungwei Lin, Claude Ederer, Andrew Millis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D11.00003: Two-Dimensional Spin-Polarized Electron Gas at the Perovskite Manganite Interface : SrMnO$_3$/LaMnO$_3$ Birabar Nanda, Sashi Satpathy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D11.00004: First-principles study of LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ thin films Kristopher Andersen, C. Stephen Hellberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D11.00005: Theory of band alignment at the LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ interface Jaekwang Lee, Alex Demkov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 4:06PM		D11.00006: Correlation driven charge order at LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ and LaTiO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ Interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D11.00007: Origin of the charge carriers at LaAlO$_{3}$-on-SrTiO$_{3 }$ hetero-interfaces; possibility of intrinsic doping Gertjan Koster, Wolter Siemons, Hideki Yamamoto, Walter Harrison, Gerald Lucovsky, Theodore Geballe, Dave Blank, Malcolm Beasley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D11.00008: Kondo effect and ferromagnetic ordering at the $n$-type SrTiO$_3$ - LaAlO$_3$ conducting interface Alexander Brinkman, Mark Huijben, Maarten van Zalk, Jeroen Huijben, Wilfred van der Wiel, Guus Rijnders, Dave Blank, Hans Hilgenkamp Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D11.00009: Optical Conductivity of LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ Superlattices C.L.S. Kantner, M. Huijben, J. Seidel, M. Warusawithana, D.G. Schlom, R. Ramesh, J. Orenstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D11.00010: Properties of epitaxial LaMnO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ interfaces. Hans M. Christen, Dae Ho Kim, Ho Nyung Lee, Maria Varela, Leon Petit, Thomas Schulthess Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D11.00011: Interface effect on the positive magnetoresistence in a heterostructure composed of two perovskite oxides Kui-juan Jin, Hui-bin Lu, Qing-li Zhou, Guo-zhen Yang, Meng He, Kun Zhao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D11.00012: Band structure engineering of LaMnO3:SrTiO3 superlattices at the molecular level Xiaofang Zhai, Chandra Mohapatra, Anand Bhattacharya, Amish Shah, Bin Jiang, Jianguo Wen, Jian-Min Zuo, James Eckstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D11.00013: Potential profiling of the nanometer-scale charge-depletion layer in $n$-ZnO/$p$-NiO junction using photoemission spectroscopy Yukiaki Ishida, Hiromichi Ohta, Masahiro Hirano, Atsushi Fujimori, Hideo Hosono Preview Abstract

Session D12: Focus Session: Spin Dynamics and Magnetism in Quantum Dots

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Leonid Rokhinson, Purdue University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D12.00001: Trion spectroscopy and electrical control of a Single Mn Atom in a Quantum Dot J. Fern\'andez-Rossier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D12.00002: Tailoring Magnetism in Quantum Dots Igor Zutic, Ramin Abolfath, Pawel Hawrylak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D12.00003: The influence of quantum confinement on magnetism in quantum dots. Ramin Abolfath, Igor Zutic, Pawel Hawrylak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D12.00004: Theory of phonon-induced spin relaxation in coupled lateral quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D12.00005: Control of electron spin and orbital resonance in quantum dots through spin-orbit interactions Peter Stano, Jaroslav Fabian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D12.00006: Electron Spin Decoherence via Optical Phonons in Quantum Dots Yuriy Semenov, Ki Wook Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D12.00007: Towards Electrical Spin Injection into a Single InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot C. H. Li, G. Kioseoglou, A. T. Hanbicki, O. M. J. van 't Erve, B. T. Jonker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D12.00008: Quantum Point Contacts as Spin Injectors and Detectors for Studying Rasha Spin Precession in Semiconductor Quantum Wires Philippe Debray, Ivan Shorubalko, Hongqi Xu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D12.00009: Spin Dynamics of InAs Quantum Dots with Uniform Height. T.A. Kennedy, J. Whitaker, A.S. Bracker, D. Gammon, S.E. Economou, T.L. Reinecke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D12.00010: Gating a ferromagnetic semiconductor A. Bove, F. Altomare, N. Kundtz, A.M. Chang, Y.J. Cho, X. Liu, J. Furdyna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D12.00011: Non-equilibrium Kondo effect in a quantum dot: Real-time density matrix formulation with non-crossing approximation Changxue Deng, Xuedong Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D12.00012: Nuclear Polarisation in Quantum Wires Anson Cheung, V. Tripathi Preview Abstract

Session D13: Focus Session: Electronic Structures of Transition-Metal Oxides

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Silke Biermann, Centre de Physique Theorique, Ecole Polytechnique
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4C

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D13.00001: Probing the Electronic Structure of Metal Oxides using Resonant Inelastic Soft X-Ray Scattering and Soft X-ray Emission Spectroscopy. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D13.00002: Hybridization of local Frenkel excitons in strongly interacting NiO Wei Ku, Chi-Cheng Lee, Hung-Chung J. Hsueh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D13.00003: Unusual magnetic ground state in MnO under pressure. Klaus Koepernik, Deepa Kasinathan, Warren E. Pickett Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D13.00004: Evolution of MnO under Pressure from Dynamical Mean Field Theory Warren E. Pickett, Kwan-woo Lee, Richard T. Scalettar, Jan Kune\v{s}, A.V. Lukoyanov, V.I. Anisimov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D13.00005: Structural and Electronic Properties of Monoclinic TiO$_2$ (B) Polymorph Michel Posternak, Alfonso Baldereschi, Bernard Delley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D13.00006: Photoinduced charge and spin dynamics in strongly correlated electron systems Hiroaki Matsueda, Sumio Ishihara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D13.00007: Novel electronic and magnetic properties of a new class of cupper oxides Xiao Hu, Xiangang Wan, Masanori Kohno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D13.00008: Theory of thermopower in strongly correlated electron systems Wataru Koshibae, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D13.00009: Hybrid density functional study of Mott transition in MnO Cristian V. Diaconu, Richard L. Martin, Ionut D. Prodan, Gustavo E. Scuseria Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D13.00010: Disorder driven quantum phase transitions in transition metal oxides Kohjiro Kobayashi, Nandini Trivedi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D13.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session D14: Focus Session: MRAM and Magnetic Devices

Sponsoring Units: GMAG FIAP
Chair: Steve Russek, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4D

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D14.00001: Microstrip phase shifter using Fe as the active element Andrew Hutchison, Yuri Khivintsev, Bijoy Kuanar, Ian Harward, Zbigniew Celinski, Robert Camley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D14.00002: Nonlinear effects in iron based microstrip structures. Zbigniew Celinski, Bijoy K. Kuanr, Yuri V. Khivintsev, Andrew Hutchison, Robert E. Camley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D14.00003: Injection and Propagation of Magnetic Domain Walls in Thin Film Nanowires Carl Knutson, Geoffrey Beach, James Erskine, Maxim Tsoi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D14.00004: Switching of magnetic domain structure in permalloy microstructures using 2D electron gas. Andrey Belkin, Jan Fedor, Piotr Pankowski, Valentyn Novosad, Goran Karapetrov, Vladimir Cambel, Dagmar Gregusova, Robert Kudela Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D14.00005: Systematic tuning of magnetization reversal properties in Permalloy nanowires using sloped ends Oleg Petracic, Dan Read, Russell Cowburn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D14.00006: First principles Modeling of Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Memory devices Kurt Stokbro, Morten Stilling, Karsten Flensberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D14.00007: Nanomagnetic Bit Cells for MRAM Applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D14.00008: Permanent-Magnet Free Biasing of MR Sensors with Tunable Sensitivity Sean Halloran, Fabio daSilva, David Pappas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D14.00009: Effect of Interfacial Disorder on 1/f Noise in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Stephen Russek, Justin Shaw, Juan Francisco Sierra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D14.00010: IrMn pinning rings to suppress closure domains in the sense layer of magnetic tunnel junctions William Egelhoff, Cindi Dennis, John Unguris, Casey Uhlig, Robert McMichael, Mark Stiles, Cedric Powell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D14.00011: Position dependence of thin layer notch filter waveguides Tim Fal, Bijoy K. Kuanr, Robert E. Camley, Zbigniew Celinski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D14.00012: Subwavelength Magnetic Plasmon Waveguides Dentcho Genov, Hui Liu, Dongmin Wu, Yongmin Liu, Jennifer Steele, Cheng Sun, Shining Zhu, Xiang Zhang Preview Abstract

Session D15: Focus Session: Triangular Lattice Antiferromagnetism

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Oleg Tchernyshyov, The Johns Hopkins University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4E

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D15.00001: Spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on an anisotropic triangular lattice Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D15.00002: Effective field theory with a $\theta$-vacua structure for 2d spin systems Akihiro Tanaka, Xiao Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D15.00003: Spin Waves in Stacked Triangular Antiferromagnetic Thin Films E. Meloche, M. L. Plumer, C. M. Pinciuc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D15.00004: Octupolar order in the multiple spin exchange model on a triangular lattice Tsutomu Momoi, Philippe Sindzingre, Nic Shannon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D15.00005: Quadrupolar phases of the S=1 bilinear-biquadratic Heisenberg model on the triangular lattice Andreas L\"auchli, Fr\'ed\'eric Mila, Karlo Penc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D15.00006: Flat spin wave dispersion in a triangular antiferromagnet Oleg Starykh, Andrey Chubukov, Alexander Abanov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D15.00007: Frustrated antiferromagnet on generalized partial line graphs of a honeycomb lattice Shin Miyahara, Chisa Hotta, Kenn Kubo, Nobuo Furukawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D15.00008: Excitation spectra of the spin-$1/2$ triangular-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet Rajiv R. P. Singh, Weihong Zheng, John Fj{\ae}restad, Ross McKenzie, Radu Coldea Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D15.00009: Excitation spectrum of an ordered Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a triangular lattice Sasha Chernyshev, Michael Zhitomirsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D15.00010: Spinon excitation in spatially anisotropic frustrated Heisenberg models Masanori Kohno, Leon Balents, Oleg Starykh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D15.00011: Competition between charge and spin orders on a frustrated system: The triangular lattice. B. Davoudi, S.R. Hassan, A.-M.S. Tremblay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D15.00012: Anisotropic interactions in a Quantum Antiferromagnet Cs$_2$CuCl$_4$ as revealed by NMR. Marc-Andre Vachon, Georgios Koutroulakis, Vesna F. Mitrovic, Arneil P. Reyes, Philip L. Kuhns, Radu Coldea Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D15.00013: Spin Order by Frustration in Triangular Lattice NaCrO$_2$ : A Neutron Scattering Study D. Hsieh, D. Qian, R.F. Berger, B. Ueland, P. Schiffer, R.J. Cava, J.W. Lynn, Q. Huang, M.Z. Hasan Preview Abstract

Session D16: Focus Session: Multiferroics II

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Gavin Lawes, Wayne State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4F

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D16.00001: Manipulation of the ferromagnetic domains of a manganite using an electric field. Tara Dhakal, Sinan Selcuk, Arthur F. Hebard, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D16.00002: Controlling the magnetic phase of a hole-doped manganite with an out-of-plane electric field. Sung Hee Yun, Rajiv Misra, A. F. Hebard, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D16.00003: Colossal piezoresistance in manganites. Jacob Tosado, Josymir Lopez, Tara Dhakal, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D16.00004: Spin filtering with magnetic oxide tunnel barriers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D16.00005: Ferroelectricity in a Collinear Magnetic Phase of Orthorhombic Perovskites Ivan Sergienko, Cengiz Sen, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D16.00006: Ferroelectricity in perovskite HoMnO$_{3}$ and YMnO$_{3}$ induced by magnetic order. B. Lorenz, Y. Q. Wang, C. W. Chu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D16.00007: Ferroelectricity driven by zig-zag magnetic chains: orthorhombic HoMnO3 as a multiferroic? Silvia Picozzi, Kunihiko Yamauchi, Biplab Sanyal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D16.00008: Multiferroicity induced by phase modulated spin-density waves Jeroen Vandenbrink, Joseph Betouras, Gianluca Giovannetti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D16.00009: High Magnetic Tunability of Dielectric Properties in Magnetically-Driven Ferroelectricity Sang-Wook Cheong, S. Park, Y. J. Choi, C. L. Zhang, S. Guha Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D16.00010: A Microscopic Model of Multiferroics RMn$_2$O$_5$ Chen Fang, Jiangping Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D16.00011: Direct evidence of spin-phonon coupling in multiferroic DyMn$_2$O$_5$ via magneto-infrared measurements J. Cao, J. L. Musfeldt, Y. J. Wang, S. Park, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D16.00012: Magnetic-field-induced quantum phase transition in multiferroic BiMn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ J.W. Kim, S.Y. Ham, Y.S. Oh, Kee Hoon Kim, S. Park, S.-W. Cheong, P. Sharma, M. Jaime, N. Harrison Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D16.00013: Local Structure of the Multiferroic System RMn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ T. A. Tyson, M. DeLeon, Q. Qian, A. Ignatov, S. Park, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract

Session D19: Focus Session: New Frontiers in Imaging III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Mark Conradi, Washington University in St. Louis
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D19.00001: Tissue Imaging and Multidimensional Spectroscopy Using Shaped Femtosecond Laser Pulses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D19.00002: Laser-detected Magnetic Resonance Imaging Shoujun Xu, Marcus Donaldson, Charles Crawford, Simon Rochester, Valeriy Yashchuk, Dmitry Budker, Alexander Pines Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:54PM		D19.00003: New Techniques for Signal Optimization in Harmonic and Multiphoton Absorption Fluorescence Microscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D19.00004: Research Applications of Photoelectron Emission Microscopy Wayne Hess, Gang Xiong, Alan Joly, Kenneth Beck, Wei Wei, J. Mike White, Mingdong Cai, J. Thomas Dickinson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D19.00005: Medical Applications of X-Ray Phase Contrast Imaging Christoph Rose-Petruck, Christopher Laperle, Theron Hamilton, Guohua Cao, Philip Wintermeyer, Gerald Diebold, Jack Wands Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D19.00006: Optical/MRI Multimodality Molecular Imaging Lixin Ma, Charles Smith, Ping Yu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D19.00007: Compressed Sensing for Multispectral and Confocal Microscopy Kevin Kelly, Dharmpal Takhar, Ting Sun, Jason Laska, Marco Duarte, Richard Baraniuk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D19.00008: Source localization of auditory evoked responses from a human brain with an atomic magnetometer K. Kim, H. Xia, A. Ben-Amar Baranga, D. Hoffman, M. V. Romalis Preview Abstract

Session D20: Focus Session: Ferroelectric and Other Oxides

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: C. Stephen Hellberg, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 105

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D20.00001: Electric Field Gradient Comparisons in Perovskites Dandan Mao, Eric J. Walter, Henry Krakauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D20.00002: Comparative study of the properties of BaTiO$_3$ and PbTiO$_3$ using DFT (LDA, GGA), HF and hybrid (B3LYP) functionals D. I. Bilc, P. Hermet, Ph. Ghosez, J. Iniguez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D20.00003: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Chemical Shielding Calculations of Bulk Oxides Daniel Pechkis, Eric J. Walter, Henry Krakauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D20.00004: Structure and Antiferroelectric Properties of Cesium Niobate, Cs$_{2}$Nb$_{4}$O$_{11}$ Jianjun Liu, Wai-Ning Mei, Robert W. Smith, Chunhua Hu, Kuan-Jiuh Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D20.00005: First-principles study of polarization and piezoelectric properties of Zn$_{1-x}$Mg$_x$O Andrei Malashevich, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D20.00006: Ferroelectricity in CsPbF$_3$ Marco Fornari Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D20.00007: Enhanced Piezoelectricity from Polarization Rotation in Perovskites Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D20.00008: Theoretical study of ferroelectric KNO$_3$ Oswaldo Dieguez, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D20.00009: Distortions in charge-ordered LuFe$_2$O$_4$ Takeshi Nishimatsu, David Vanderbilt, Karin M. Rabe, Yoichi Horibe, Sang-Wook Cheong, Claude Ederer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D20.00010: High-pressure x-ray diffraction of PbTiO$_{3 }$at low temperature Muhtar Ahart, Maddury Somayazulu, Ronald Cohen, Russell Hemley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D20.00011: Phase diagram of PZT solid solutions near the morphotropic phase boundary from first principles I. Kornev, L. Bellaiche, P.-E. Janolin , B. Dkhil , E. Suard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D20.00012: Dynamic fluctuations and static speckle in critical X-ray scattering from SrTiO$_{3}$ Martin Holt, Mark Sutton, Paul Zschack, Hawoong Hong, T.-C. Chiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D20.00013: Theoretical investigation of phase transitions in hafnia Xuhui Luo, Alexander A. Demkov Preview Abstract

Session D21: Undergraduate Physics Education

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: David Haase, North Carolina State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 106

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D21.00001: Five Inexpensive Ways to Involve More Women in Undergraduate Physics Hillary Smith Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D21.00002: NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program as an Effective Educational Outreach Platform for Native Americans T.M. Ritter, M.L. Grimsley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D21.00003: Polymer-Based Nanocomposites: An Internship Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Peggy Cebe, Daniel Cherdack, B. Seyhan Ince-Gunduz, Robert Guertin, Terry Haas, Regina Valluzzi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D21.00004: An ``Unknown'' Magnetic Moment Measured Five Independent Ways Jonathan F. Reichert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D21.00005: Teaching Laboratory and Research Skills as Preparation for Careers in Science and Education Brian Thoms Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D21.00006: Implementing a New Undergraduate Course: Biophysics Mitra Shojania Feizabadi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D21.00007: NanoLab: a Hands-On Introduction to Nanoscience for Scientists and Engineers Matthew Johnson, Lloyd Bumm Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D21.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D21.00009: Physics Problems Based on Up-to-Date Science and Technology. Lorcan M. Folan, Vladimir I. Tsifrinovich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D21.00010: Computational Physics in a Classical Mechanics Text Javier Hasbun Preview Abstract

Session D22: Focus Session: Fracture

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DMP
Chair: Elisabeth Bouchaud, CEA-SACLAY
Room: Colorado Convention Center 108

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D22.00001: Failure of heterogeneous materials: Scaling properties of fracture surfaces and implications on models of cracks in disordered media. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D22.00002: Low self-affine exponents of fractured glass ceramics surfaces Laurent Ponson, Harold Auradou, Daniel Bonamy, Elisabeth Bouchaud, Jean-Pierre Hulin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D22.00003: Rapid and slow self-affine fracture in glass Moises Hinojosa, Claudia Guerra, Leonardo Chavez, Edgar Reyes-Melo, Virgilio Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D22.00004: Roughness Exponent Measurements for the Central Force Model Jan {\O}. H. Bakke, Alex Hansen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D22.00005: Local waiting time fluctuations along a randomly pinned crack front Stephane Santucci, Knut Jorgen Maloy, Renaud Toussaint, Jean Schmittbulh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D22.00006: A Dissipative Particle Dynamics Model of Fracture Da Gao, Paul Meakin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D22.00007: Sub-critical crack growth in a sheet of paper L. Vanel, S. Santucci, N. Mallick, P.-P. Cortet, S.G. Roux, S. Ciliberto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D22.00008: Stability and roughness of crack paths in 2D heterogeneous brittle materials Eytan Katzav, Mokhtar Adda-Bedia, Bernard Derrida Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D22.00009: Statistical properties of microcracking in polyurethane foams under tensile and creep tests: influence of temperature and density. Stephanie Deschanel, Gerard Vigier, Nathalie Godin, Loic Vanel, Sergio Ciliberto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D22.00010: Do Plastic Zones form at Crack Tips in Silicate Glasses? Sheldon Wiederhorn, Theo Fett, Jean-Pierre Guin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D22.00011: Fragmentation in brittle rods Nicolas Vandenberghe, Romain Vermorel, Emmanuel Villermaux Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D22.00012: Mechanisms for Fragment Formation in Brittle Solids Artem Levandovsky, Anna Balazs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D22.00013: Competition between Diffusion and Fragmentation: Evolution of polycrystalline materials under stress Joachim Mathiesen, Jesper Ferkinghoff-Borg, Mogens H. Jensen, Poul Olesen Preview Abstract

Session D23: Focus Session: High Pressure III - Earth and Planetary Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Eric Schwegler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 110

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D23.00001: First principles investigation of the ice VII-VIII (order-disorder) phase boundary Renata Wentzcovitch, Koichiro Umemoto, Stefano de Gironcoli, Stefano Baroni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D23.00002: Freezing kinetics in overcompressed water Marina Bastea, S. Bastea, J. Reaugh, D. Reisman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D23.00003: The effect of dynamic compression on phase transformation: Solidification of water and crystal growth of ice VI using dynamic diamond anvil cell Geun Woo Lee, William Evans, Choong-Shik Yoo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D23.00004: Laser-driven shock studies on planetary ices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D23.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D23.00006: High pressure-temperature Raman spectroscopy of H$_{2}$-H$_{2}$O clathrate. Maddury Somayazulu, Alexander Levedahl, Alexander Goncharov, Ho-Kwang Mao, Russell Hemley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D23.00007: Computational analysis of methane occupation within gas hydrates Phillip Mendonca, Philip Shemella, Saroj Nayak, Anurag Sharma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D23.00008: Theoretical Tools for the Analysis and Prediction of Multi-component Systems at High Pressures and Densities J. F. Kenney Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D23.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D23.00010: Chemical Dissociation of Cyclohexane under Shock Loading Ricky Chau, Neil C. Holmes Preview Abstract

Session D26: Focus Session: Protein Folding: Theory and Simulations III

Sponsoring Units: DCP DBP
Chair: Dave Thirumalai, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D26.00001: Mechanisms of Protein Assembly and Folding: Lessons from Minimalist Models Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D26.00002: Direct application of a simple model to the quantitative analysis of experiments on an ultrafast folding protein Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D26.00003: Desolvation effects and topology-dependent protein folding Allison Ferguson, Zhirong Liu, Hue Sun Chan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D26.00004: Networks in Protein Folding Erzs\'ebet Ravasz Regan, Zolt\'an Toroczkai, G. Gnanakaran Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D26.00005: Intramolecular Vibrational Preparation of the Unfolding Transition State of Zn$^{\rm II}$-substituted Cytochrome \emph{c}: Picosecond Time-Resolved Fluorescence and Dynamic Stokes Shift Studies Warren F. Beck, Sanela Lampa-Pastirk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D26.00006: Single Mutation Effect on Lysozyme Stability and Misfolding Ruhong Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D26.00007: On the Mechanism of Protein Unfolding by Pressure A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study J. Raul Grigera, Andres McCarthy , Carlos Ferrara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D26.00008: Free Energy Landscape - Settlements of Key Residues. Svetlana Aroutiounian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D26.00009: Interplay between secondary and tertiary structure formation in a lattice model alpha helical hairpin peptide Prem Chapagain, Bernard Gerstman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D26.00010: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO P35.00002 Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D26.00011: First Principles Study of the Reaction Mechanism for Intein C-terminal Cleavage Philip Shemella, Saroj Nayak, Brian Pereira, Shekhar Garde, Georges Belfort Preview Abstract

Session D27: Fullerenes, Nano-membranes, and Quasicrystals

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Yayu Wang, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Colorado Convention Center 301

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D27.00001: The equilibrium and electronic structure of large icosahedral fullerenes using an all-electron fully analytic density functional theory Rajendra Zope, Brett Dunlap Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D27.00002: Fullerene in a Metal-Organic Matrix: Design of the Electronic Structure Michel Cote, Sebastien Hamel, Vladimir Timochevski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D27.00003: The Smoluchowski Effect and Step-Edge Behavior of Nanocars and Azofullerenes Andrew Osgood, Yasuhiro Shirai, Takashi Sasaki, J.M. Tour, K.F. Kelly Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D27.00004: Cage-Core Interactions in Fullerenes Enclosing Metal Clusters with Multiple Scandium and Yttrium Atoms. Liu Dan, Frank Hagelberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D27.00005: Hydrogen Storage in Novel Carbon-based Nanostructured Materials Erin Whitney, Calvin Curtis, Chaiwat Engtrakul, Mark Davis, Kim Jones, Philip Parilla, Lin Simpson, Anne Dillon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D27.00006: Microscopic ESR study of N@C$_{60}$ using a Magnetic Resonance Force Microscope P. Banerjee, D. V. Pelekhov, K. C. Fong, I. H. Lee, P. C. Hammel, W. Harneit Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D27.00007: Dimensional evolution of the electronic and structural properties of K$_{x}$C$_{60}$ multilayers studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Yayu Wang, Ryan Yamachika, Andre Wachowiak, Mike Grobis, Mike Crommie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D27.00008: Crystal structure of Rb$_{4}$C$_{60}$ under pressure Ashfia Huq, Peter W. Stephens Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D27.00009: Structural characterization and molecular dynamics of fullerene or fullerene-derivative nanowhiskers Hironori Ogata, Satoru Motohashi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D27.00010: Formation of SiC Clusters with Bucky Diamond Structures M. Yu, C. Ghosh, C.S. Jayanthi, S.Y. Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D27.00011: In-situ microscopic investigations of the nucleation and growth of C$_{60}$ films on Bi(0001)/Si(111) Jerzy T. Sadowski, T. Nishihara, A. Al-Mahboob, Y. Fujikawa, K. Nakajima, T. Sakurai, T. Nagao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D27.00012: Elastic strain-sharing as a means of fabricating strained-Si(110) nanomembranes Shelley Scott, Arrielle Opotowsky, Donald Savage, Michelle Roberts, Max Lagally Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D27.00013: Dislocation-free, uniformly strained Si fabricated by Si nano-membrane (SiNM) technology Chanan Euaruksakul, Zhiwei Li, Donald E. Savage, Max G. Lagally Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D27.00014: Mechanism of quasicrystal nucleation and growth Sharon Glotzer, Aaron Keys Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D27.00015: Specific heat of rhombohedral C60 polymer in the temperature range of 2-300K Min Gu, Guanglei Cui, Lihang Wang, Xiao Chen Preview Abstract

Session D28: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotube Optics II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Vasili Perebeinos, IBM Watson
Room: Colorado Convention Center 302

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D28.00001: Inelastic X-ray Scattering Studies of Plasmons in Carbon Nanotubes M.H. Upton, R.F. Klie, J.P. Hill, T. Gog, D. Casa, W. Ku, Y. Zhu, M.Y. Sfeir, J. Misewich, G. Eres, D. Lowndes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D28.00002: Ab-inito study of metallic and semi-conducting carbon nanotubes . Sumit Saxena, Trevor A. Tyson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D28.00003: Raman Study of Phonon Softening in Individual Metallic Single Wall Nanotubes Hootan Farhat, Hyungbin Son, Jing Kong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D28.00004: Controlled Screening of Excitons in Single, Suspended Carbon Nanotubes. Andrew Walsh, A. Nickolas Vamivakas, Yan Yin, Stephen Cronin, Bennett Goldberg, M. Selim Unlu, Anna Swan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D28.00005: Direct Measurement of Strain-induced Changes in Carbon Nanotube Bandstructure Mingyuan Huang, Yang Wu, Bhupesh Chandra, Yuyao Shan, Tony Heinz, James Hone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D28.00006: Raman Spectroscopy of Axially Strain Carbon Nanotubes Rajay Kumar, Stephen Cronin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D28.00007: Optical Spectroscopy of Individual Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D28.00008: Direct Measurement of the Quantum Yield of Isolated Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Lisa Carlson, Todd Krauss Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D28.00009: Low Temperature Micro-photoluminescence and Raman Spectroscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Ajit Srivastava, Erik Haroz, Yoichi Murakami, Junichiro Kono Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D28.00010: Photoluminescence from inter-tube carrier migration in single-walled carbon nanotube bundles O. N. Torrens, D. E. Milkie, M. Zheng, J. M. Kikkawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D28.00011: Unique Optical and Electrical Properties of Almost-Isolated Vertically Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Shigeo Maruyama, Erik Einarsson, Masayuki Kadowaki, Zhengyi Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D28.00012: Absolute potential of the Fermi level of single-walled carbon nanotubes via hydrogenase complex formation. Timothy McDonald, Drazenka Svedruzic, Yong-Hyun Kim, Jeffrey Blackburn, Shengbai Zhang, Paul King, Michael Heben Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D28.00013: $\iota -$Carrageenan as a Matrix for Carbon Nanotube Spectroscopy William Rice, Yoichi Murakami, Junichiro Kono Preview Abstract

Session D29: Focus Session: Colloids II

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Mark Bowick, Syracuse University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 303

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D29.00001: Imaging the Dynamics of Freezing and Sublimation of Colloidal Crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D29.00002: Dynamics and Instabilities of Defects in Curved Two-Dimensional Crystals Mark Bowick, Homin Shin, Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D29.00003: Two-Dimensional Melting of Microgel Colloidal Crystals Yilong Han, Na Young Ha, Ahmed Alsayed, Arjun Yodh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D29.00004: Angular rheology study of colloidal nanocrystals using Coherent X-ray Diffraction Mengning Liang, Ross Harder, Ian Robinson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D29.00005: Correlated Motion of Rods Diffusing in 3D Kenneth Desmond, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D29.00006: Two-Dimensional Phase Behavior of Colloidal Peanuts Sharon Gerbode, Angie Wolfgang, Stephanie Lee, Bettina John, Chekesha Liddell, Fernando Escobedo, Itai Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D29.00007: Cage Trapping and Melting of Colloidal Suspensions under Confinement and Shear Excitation Prasad Sarangapani, Y. Elaine Zhu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D29.00008: Phase transitions in charged colloidal suspensions Gregg Lois, Corey O'Hern Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D29.00009: Coulomb Interactions of Colloidal Particles in Oil Sunil Sainis, Eric Dufresne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D29.00010: Computer Simulation of Colloidal Electrophoresis Burkhard Duenweg, Vladimir Lobaskin, Krishnan Seethalakshmy-Hariharan, Christian Holm Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D29.00011: Structure of highly packed microgel particles Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Johan Mattson, Hans Wyss, Lidia Rodriguez-Maldonado, Manuel Marquez, Enrique Lopez-Cabarcos, Antonio Fernandez-Barbero, David A. Weitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D29.00012: Effective Interactions Between Like-Charged Colloids: The Role of Colloid Charge Stephen Barr, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D29.00013: Diffusion of charged colloidal particles at aqueous interfaces Penger Tong, Wei Chen Preview Abstract

Session D30: Fluid Structure and Properties

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: David Vaknin, Affiliation: Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 304

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D30.00001: Crystallization-induced fluid flow in polymer melts undergoing solidification Zhigang Wang, Donghua Xu, Jack F. Douglas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D30.00002: The reversible freezing and melting of colloidal crystal and glass Hua Guo, Gerard Wegdam, Peter Schall, T. Narayanan, Michael Sztucki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D30.00003: The riddle of nanoconfined liquids -solid or liquid? Peter Hoffmann, George Matei, Mircea Pantea, Shiva Patil, Ashis Mukhopadhyay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D30.00004: Phonons in a One-Dimensional Microfluidic Crystal at Very Low Re Tsevi Beatus, Tsvi Tlusty, Roy Bar-Ziv Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D30.00005: Synchrotron x-ray ultrafast x-ray imaging on dynamic multiphase flow studies Yujie Wang, Kamel Fezzaa, Jin Wang, Kyoung-Su Im Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D30.00006: Circular polarization memory effect in low-coherence enhanced backscattering of light Young L. Kim, Prabhakar Pradhan, Min H. Kim, Vadim Backman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D30.00007: Penetration depth of low-coherence enhanced backscattering photons in the sub-diffusion regime Hariharan Subramanian, Prabhakar Pradhan, Young Kim, Vadim Backman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D30.00008: Dynamics of Single Polymer Chain in Colloidal Suspensions in Narrow Channels Amir Amini, Marc Robert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D30.00009: In Situ Surface Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy for the Analysis of the Adsorption and Desorption Process of Au nanoparticles on the SiO2/Si Surface D. Enders, T. Nagao, T. Nakayama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D30.00010: Opening the Pandora's box to understand flow behavior of polymeric fluids. Sham Ravindranath, Pouyan Boukany, Yangyang Wang, Shi-Qing Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D30.00011: Critical stresses and cracking in thin films of colloidal dispersions Weining Man, William Russel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D30.00012: A Novel Approach to Extracting the Pair Distribution Function of Bulk Liquids and Liquid Surfaces David Vaknin, Wei Bu, Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D30.00013: Femtosecond movies of water at sub-nanometer lengthscales Robert H. Coridan, Ghee Hwee Lai, Nathan S. Schmidt, Michael Krisch, Peter Abbamonte, Gerard C. L. Wong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D30.00014: Fluctuation dynamics of water-hydrophobic interface Sung Chul Bae, Adele Poynor, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D30.00015: Anisotropic polarizability of single wall carbon nanotubes measured via the electro-optical effect Jeffrey A. Fagan, Barry J. Bauer, Erik K. Hobbie Preview Abstract

Session D31: Novel Properties in Nanomaterials

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Guangyu Chai, University of Central Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D31.00001: In Situ Measurement of Noise and Resistance Reductions During the High Temperature Anneal of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Alexander Kane, Brett Goldsmith, Philip Collins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D31.00002: Characterization and Reduction of 1/f Noise in Carbon Nanotube Devices Yu-Ming Lin, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D31.00003: Tunneling spectroscopy in carbon nanotubes Yung-Fu Chen, Gassem Al-Zoubi, Norman Birge, Nadya Mason Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D31.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D31.00005: Experimental and Theoretical studies on Synthesis of Massively Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Transistor Applications. Koungmin Ryu, Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D31.00006: Extreme Thermal Stability of Carbon Nanotubes Gavi Begtrup, Keith G. Ray, Brian M. Kessler, Thomas D. Yuzvinsky, Henry Garcia, Alex Zettl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D31.00007: High Current All-Semiconductor Carbon Nanotube Electronics Guangyu Zhang, Pengfei Qi, Xinran Wang, Yuerui Lu, Xiaolin Li, Ryan Tu, Sarunya Bangsaruntip, David Mann, Li Zhang, Hongjie Dai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D31.00008: Chemoresistance of carbon nanotube circuits incorporating electrochemically-decorated defects Vaikunth Khalap, Alexander Kane, Phillip Collins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D31.00009: Electron channeling through an individual multiwall carbon nanotube Guangyu Chai, Helge Heinrich, Lee Chow, Thomas Schenkel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D31.00010: Test for superconductivity in individual end-bonded MWNTs Y. Sun, S. Chen, J.Y. Huang, Z.F. Ren, J.I. Oh, M.J. Naughton, M. Vaziri Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D31.00011: Electron-phonon scattering in suspended carbon nanotubes Vikram Deshpande, Adam Bushmaker, Steve Cronin, Marc Bockrath Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D31.00012: Ge/Si nanowire mesoscopic Josephson junctions Jie Xiang, Andy Vidan, Michael Tinkham, Robert M. Westervelt, Charles M. Lieber Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D31.00013: One-dimensional electron behavior in semiconducting carbon nanotubes studied using random telegraph signal David Tobias, A. Tselev, P. Barbara, C.J. Lobb, M.S. Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D31.00014: Torsional Electromechanics of Carbon Nanotubes Ernesto Joselevich, Tzahi Cohen-Karni, Lior Segev, Onit Srur-Lavi, Sidney R. Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D31.00015: Effects of Torsional Strain in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Hyungbin Son, Xiaojie Duan, Yingying Zhang, Georgii Samsonidze, Mildred Dresselhaus, Jing Kong, Jin Zhang Preview Abstract

Session D32: Focus Session: Fermi Gases with Unequal Spin Populations or Masses

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Leo Radzihovsky, University of Colorado
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D32.00001: Polarized Fermi gases in an axially symmetric trap: A Bogoliubov-deGennes analysis William Schneider, Rajdeep Sensarma, Mohit Randeria Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D32.00002: Single-plane-wave Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Fulde-Ferrell state in BCS--Bose-Einstein condensation crossover Yan He, Chih-Chun Chien, Qijin Chen, Kathy Levin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D32.00003: Pairing and superfluid properties of dilute fermions with unequal masses Chien-Hua Pao, Shin-Tza Wu, Sungkit Yip Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D32.00004: Universal phase diagram of a strongly interacting polarized Fermi gas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D32.00005: Finite Temperature Effects in Trapped Unitary Fermi Gases with Population Imbalance Chih-Chun Chien, Qijin Chen, Yan He, Katheryn Levin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D32.00006: Unconventional interaction between vortices in a polarized Fermi gas Vladimir M. Stojanovic, W. Vincent Liu, Yong Baek Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D32.00007: Two-component Fermi gas with unequal masses at unitarity: A diffusion Monte Carlo study D. Blume, G.E. Astrakharchik, S. Giorgini Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D32.00008: The effective Bose-Fermi scattering length in spin-polarized Fermi superfluids Edward Taylor, Allan Griffin, Yoji Ohashi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D32.00009: Pairing in Asymmetrical Fermi Systems with Intra- and Inter-Species Correlations Renyuan Liao, Khandker Quader Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D32.00010: FFLO phase in one-dimensional polarized Fermi gases Xia-Ji Liu, Hui Hu, Peter Drummond Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D32.00011: Nonuniform mixed-parity superfluid state in Fermi gases M. S. Mar'enko, K. V. Samokhin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D32.00012: Polarised Fermi condensates with equal and unequal masses Francesca Maria Marchetti, Meera Parish, Austen Lamacraft, Ben Simons Preview Abstract

Session D33: Focus Session: Quantum Foundations II

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Steven Flammia, University of New Mexico
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D33.00001: Adiabaticity in Open Quantum Systems Daniel Lidar, Marcelo Sarandy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D33.00002: Quantum Erasure and Nonlocality in Electronic Mach-Zehnder Interferometers Kicheon Kang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D33.00003: Lyapunov Generation of Entanglement and the Correspondence Principle Cyril Petitjean, Philippe Jacquod Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D33.00004: Time-Symmetric Quantum Mechanics K.B. Wharton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D33.00005: Decoherence and the Uncertainty Principle: Theory David Craig, Adam Lemke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D33.00006: Decoherence and the Uncertainty Principle: Numerics Adam Lemke, David Craig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D33.00007: Quantum Young's experiment, nonlocality and trajectories Edward R. Floyd Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D33.00008: Phase-Covariant Cloning and EPR Correlations in Entangled Macroscopic Quantum Systems Francesco De Martini, Fabio Sciarrino Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D33.00009: A Local de-Broglie Bohm interpretation of entanglement Michael Clover Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D33.00010: The Fabrication of de Broglie Wave J.X. Zheng-Johansson, P.-I. Johansson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D33.00011: Replacing The General Covariance In the SM Dirac Equation Gauge Derivatives With An Equivalent General Covariance In The Metric That This Dirac Equation is Derived From Joel Maker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D33.00012: Purple bacteria and quantum Fourier transform Samir Lipovaca Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D33.00013: The Mystery of Genetic Tape Shantilal Goradia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D33.00014: Do Particles have Barcodes? Shantilal Goradia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D33.00015: More on Atonic Mechanics Alfred Phillips Preview Abstract

Session D34: Cell Level Patterning During Embryonic Development

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: James Glazier, Indiana University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 404

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D34.00001: The \textit{de novo} formation of a vascular network, in warm-blooded embryos, occurs via a self-assembly process that spans multiple length and time scales Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D34.00002: Physical Mechanisms of Patterning Instabilities in the Formation of Vascular Network Abbas Shirinifard, James Glazier, Shantia Yarahmadian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D34.00003: Physical Mechanisms of Pattern Formation in the Early Chick Embryo Ariel Balter, James Glazier, Benji Zaitlen, Mark Chaplain, Cornelis Weijer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D34.00004: Interface Instabilities and Fingering in a Simulated Growing Tumor Nikodem Poplawski, Maciej Swat, James Glazier, Alexander Anderson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D34.00005: Pattern formation of glioma cells: effects of adhesion Evgeniy Khain, Michal O. Nowicki, E. Antonio Chiocca, Sean E. Lawler, Leonard M. Sander Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D34.00006: Role of viscosity and surface tension of zebrafish embryonic tissues in tissue flows during gastrulation. E.M. Schoetz, T. Bacarian, M.S. Steinberg, R.D. Burdine, W. Bialek, C.P. Heisenberg, R.A. Foty, F. Julicher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D34.00007: Stochastic model of cell rearrangements in convergent extension of ascidian notochord Sharon Lubkin, Tracy Backes, Russell Latterman, Stephen Small Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D34.00008: Time markers for Drosophila morphogenesis based on cell-pattern topology. Richard Zallen, Jennifer A. Zallen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D34.00009: Different Strategies for Aggregation in Social Amoeba Colonies Carl Franck, Ryan Monaghan, Albert Bae, Duane Loh, Eberhard Bodenschatz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D34.00010: Optimal Foraging by Zooplankton Ricardo Garcia, Frank Moss Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D34.00011: Precision and Reproducibility in Biological Patterning Thomas Gregor, Eric F. Wieschaus, William Bialek, David W. Tank Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D34.00012: A lattice model of parasite-host population dynamics Brian Skinner, Beate Schmittmann, Royce Zia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D34.00013: Cell Assisted Cell Growth Experiments with Dictyostelium discoideum Albert Bae, Wui Ip, Carl Franck Preview Abstract

Session D35: Focus Session: Biological Networks

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Eivind Almaas, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 405

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D35.00001: Synthetic Gene Networks: \textit{De novo constructs -- in numero} descriptions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D35.00002: Origin of Modularity in Recombination Evolution Jun Sun, Michael Deem Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D35.00003: Dynamic network analysis of protein interactions Eivind Almaas, Joya Deri Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D35.00004: Growth induced instability in metabolic networks Sidhartha Goyal, Ned S. WIngreen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D35.00005: Emergent Criticality from Co-evolution in Random Boolean Networks Min Liu, Kevin E. Bassler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D35.00006: Protein-Protein interaction networks: why static MpK model works and preferential attachment does not Jingshan Zhang, Eugene Shakhnovich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D35.00007: A closer look at activity in metabolic networks Natali Gulbahce, Takashi Nishikawa, Adilson E. Motter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D35.00008: Stochastic Chemical Kinetics in Biochemical Reaction Networks. Garegin Papoian, Yueheng Lan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D35.00009: Noise propagation in combined cellular control motifs Cheol-Min Ghim, Eivind Almaas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D35.00010: Stochastic effects in reaction networks Aryeh Warmflash, Aaron Dinner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D35.00011: Universal patterns in the behavior of complex systems: from relaxation in fractal networks to distribution of income Valerica Raicu, Michael Stoneman, Russell Fung Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D35.00012: Understanding Dynamic Patterns of NF-$\kappa $B Signaling: Derivation and Analysis of a Minimal Model through Sensitivity Analysis Jaewook Joo, Steve Plimpton, Shawn Martin, Laura Swiler, Jean-Loup Faulon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D35.00013: Sloppy systems biology: tight predictions with loose parameters James Sethna, Ryan Gutenkunst, Joshua Waterfall, Fergal Casey, Kevin Brown, Christopher Myers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:30PM - 5:42PM		D35.00014: A Physical Theory of the Competition that Allows HIV to Escape from the Immune System Michael Deem Preview Abstract

Session D38: Nanoinstrumentation for Biological and Other Applications

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Karen Waldrip, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: Colorado Convention Center 501

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D38.00001: Assembly of a minimal protocell Steen Rasmussen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D38.00002: High throughput electronic cell identification techniques for microfluidic systems David Wood, Gary Braun, Jean-Luc Fraikin, Loren Swenson, Norbert Reich, Andrew Cleland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D38.00003: Dynamic Detection of a Single Bacterium: Nonlinear Rotation Rate Shifts of Driven Magnetic Microspheres Brandon H. McNaughton, Rodney R. Agayan, Raoul Kopelman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D38.00004: Nanolaser spectroscopy of Normal and Genetically Defective Mitochondria: New Biostatistical Tool for Studying Disease Paul Gourley, Judy Hendricks, Robert Naviaux, Michael Yaffe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D38.00005: Gas sensing behavior of individual carbon nanotube field effect transistors Michael Stadermann, Alexander Artyukhin, Olgica Bakajin, Aleksandr Noy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D38.00006: Large-scale assembly of CNT based DNA sensor array on SiO2 substrate Joohyung Lee, Byung Yang Lee, Dong Joon Lee, Kyungeun Byun, Seunghun Hong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D38.00007: Calcium Induced Voltage Gating and Negative Incremental Resistance in Single Conical Nanopores. Zuzanna Siwy, Matthew Powell, Michael Sullivan, Christina Trautmann, Robert Eisenberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D38.00008: Protein denaturing on Nanospheres James Forrest, Jonathan Teichroeb Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D38.00009: Nanoscale Radiofrequency Molecular Biosensing Jean-Luc Fraikin, David Wood, Mike Stanton, Andrew Cleland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D38.00010: Nano-scale resolution full-field microscopy using tabletop extreme ultraviolet lasers Fernando Brizuela, Courtney Brewer, Georgiy Vaschenko, Yong Wang, Miguel Larotonda, Bradley Luther, Mario Marconi, Jorge Rocca, Carmen Menoni, Weilun Chao, Yanwei Liu, Erik Anderson, David Attwood, Alexander Vinogradov, Igor Artioukov, Yuri Pershyn, Viktor Kondratenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D38.00011: Nano-Optics for Chemical and Materials Characterization Michael Beversluis, Stephan Stranick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D38.00012: Simultaneous Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Imaging and Spectroscopy in Confocal Mode. Denis Pristinski$^1$, Melek Erol$^2$, Henry Du$^1$, Svetlana Sukhishvili$^2$ Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D38.00013: Initial Development of a sub-micron Angle Resolved Photoemission Microscope Aaron Bostwick, Jessica McChesney, Eli Rotenberg Preview Abstract

Session D39: Focus Session: Materials and Applications for Solar Energy II

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Dave Ginley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 502

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D39.00001: Intermediate- band solar cells: future prospects and challenges Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D39.00002: Materials characterization and optimization in silicon heterojunction solar cells using spectroscopic ellipsometry Dean Levi, Eugene Iwaniczko, Qi Wang, Howard Branz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D39.00003: Characterization of Grain Boundaries in Polycrystalline Photovoltaic Devices using Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy. J.M. Yarbrough, I.C. Schick, V. Kaydanov, T.R. Ohno, R.T. Collins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D39.00004: Theory of photo-conversion in polycrystalline silicon A.I. Shkrebtii, A.V. Sachenko, A.P. Gorban, V.P. Kostylyov, I.O. Sokolovsky, A. Kazakevitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D39.00005: Photovoltaic applications of hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin films grown by the Saddle Field Glow Discharge Method F. Gaspari, A.I. Shkrebtii, A. Kazakevitch, A.V. Sachenko, I.O. Sokolovsky, N. Kherani, T. Teatro, J. Perz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D39.00006: Simple method to examine the work function of transparent conducting oxide for traditional and organic based photovoltaics Joseph Berry, Matthew Reese, John Perkins, David Ginley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D39.00007: Combinatorial Development of Amorphous Mixed Metal Oxide Transparent Conductors J.D. Perkins, M.F.A.M. van Hest, M.I. Bertoni, C.W. Teplin, J.J. Berry, J.L. Alleman, M.S. Dabney, L.M. Gedvilas, B.M. Keyes, B. To, A. Leenheer, M.P. Taylor, Dennis Readey, R. O'Hayre, D.S. Ginley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D39.00008: Optimization of amorphous In-Zn-O (IZO) transparent conductor sputtered at ambient temperature Andrew Leenheer, John Perkins, Andrew Cavendor, Matthew Taylor, Maikel van Hest, David Ginley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D39.00009: Transparent Conducting ZnO Thin Films Doped with Al and Mo Joel Duenow, Timothy Gessert, David Wood, David Young, Timothy Coutts Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D39.00010: A theoretical study on native point defects and dopants in cuprous oxide Weichao Wang, Dangxin Wu, Qiming Zhang, Meng Tao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D39.00011: Thin film preparation of the p-type transparent semiconductor Cu$_{3}$TaS$_{4}$ Paul Newhouse, Peter Hersh, Douglas Keszler, Janet Tate Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D39.00012: Properties of a potential transparent p-type semiconductor Cu$_{3}$TaQ$_{4}$ (Q = S or Se) Peter Hersh, Paul Newhouse, Douglas Keszler, Janet Tate Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D39.00013: Transparent conductive BaCuTeF thin films by pulsed laser deposition Robert Kykyneshi, David McIntyre, Janet Tate, Cheol-Hee Park, Douglas Keszler Preview Abstract

Session D40: Semiconductors: Electronic Structure

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Hai Ping Cheng, University of Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D40.00001: First-Principles Dielectric Spectra of Silicon: THz through UV H.M. Lawler, S. Dalosto, Z.H. Levine, E.L. Shirley, J.J. Rehr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D40.00002: Symmetry in optical properties: Silicon temperature dependent dielectric function M.J.G. Lee, A. Shkrebtii, W. Richter, M. Drago, G. Nicholls, Z.A. Ibrahim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D40.00003: \textit{Ab initio} Optical Absorption by A Simple and Efficient Method: Single Excitation Configuration Interaction After Downfolding Kazuma Nakamura, Yoshihide Yoshimoto, Ryotaro Arita, Masatoshi Imada, Shinji Tsuneyuki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D40.00004: Band-offsets of semiconductor heterostructures using hybrid density functionals Amita Wadehra, John W. Wilkins, Richard G. Hennig, Gustavo E. Scuseria Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D40.00005: B3LYP Works for Semiconductors Heterostructures Jeremy Nicklas, John Wilkins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D40.00006: Analysis of core-valence linearization in $G_{\mathrm{0}}W_{\mathrm{0}}$ calculations Ricardo Gomez-Abal, X. Li, M. Scheffler, C. Ambrosch-Draxl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D40.00007: Band gap bowing in large size-mismatched II-VI alloys Su-Huai Wei, Chang-Youn Moon, Y.Z. Zhu, G.D. Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D40.00008: Large band gap bowing in CuAgGaS2 chalcopyrite semiconductors and its effect on optical parameters Chandrima Mitra, Walter Lambrecht Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D40.00009: Optical properties of semiconductor alloys and superlattices HyeJung Kim, Yia-Chung Chang, Y.D. Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D40.00010: First principles exploration of the possibility of high mobility phases and alloys of group IV semiconductors. Jay Sau, Marvin Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D40.00011: Band Edge Energies and Band Gaps of Quaternary GaInAsSb Alloys Rita Magri, Alex Zunger, Herbert Kroemer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D40.00012: Inverse Band Structure determination of optical properties of (In,Ga)(As,Sb) alloys Paulo Piquini, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D40.00013: First-principles investigation of the band gap evolution in (Pb,Sn)Te Xing Gao, Murray Daw Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D40.00014: Structure, Electronic Structure and Phonons of ZnSnN2 Tula R. Paudel , Walter R. L. Lambrecht Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D40.00015: Electronic structure of SmN, DyN, and GdN B. Ruck, S. Granville, A.R.H. Preston, D.H. Housden, H.J. Trodahl, A. Bittar, J.E. Downes, K.E. Smith, P. Larson, W.R.L. Lambrecht Preview Abstract

Session D41: Magnetism in 2 Dimensions

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jason Crain, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 504

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D41.00001: Spin-polarized scanning tunneling spectroscopy of individual magnetic adatoms Yosef Yayon, Victor Brar, Michael Crommie, Lax Senapati, Steve Erwin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D41.00002: Spin-polarized metastable-atom deexcitation spectroscopy study of Xenon-adsorbed iron surfaces Yasushi Yamauchi, Mitsunori Kurahashi, Taku Suzuki, Xia Sun, Zhongping Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D41.00003: Homochiral magnetism in low-dimensional magnets Stefan Blugel, Marcus Heide, Gustav Bihlmayer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D41.00004: Temperature-induced Domain Shrinking in Dipolar Frustrated Ising Ferromagnet Danilo Pescia, Alessandro Vindigni, Oliver Portmann, Paolo Politi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D41.00005: Controlling Spin-Density Wave Periodicity in Thin Cr$_{1-x }$V$_{x}$ Films Oleg Krupin, Eli Rotenberg, S. D. Kevan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D41.00006: Manipulating spins using spin-valves of self-assembled molecular wires Vladimir Burtman, Valy Z. Vardeny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D41.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D41.00008: Structural and magnetic properties of ferromagnetic metal-oxide films grown by polymer assisted deposition M. Jain, P. Shukla, M. F. Hundley, A. K. Burrell, T. M. McCleskey, Q. X. Jia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D41.00009: Growth, structure and magnetic properties study of CVD cobalt layers Nirmalendu Deo, Harold S. Gamble Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D41.00010: Combinatorial Exploration of Magnetostriction of Fe$_{1-x-y}$Ga$_{x}$M$_{y}$ Ternary Alloys Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Kyu Sung Jang, Samuel E. Lofland, Noble Woo, Bruce Van Dover, Manfred Wuttig, Ichiro Takeuchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D41.00011: Memory interference in stage-2 CoCl$_{2}$ graphite intercalation Masatsugu Suzuki, Itsuko Suzuki, Motohiro Matsuura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D41.00012: Experimental Determination of the Heats of Formation for the Ordered Intermetallics in the Fe-Pt System David Berry, Katayun Barmak, Ysela Chiari Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D41.00013: Resistivity, transverse magnetoresistance and Hall effect induced by electron-surface scattering on thin gold films deposited onto preheated mica substrates under high vacuum Raul C. Munoz, Juan P. Garcia, Ricardo Henriquez, German Kremer, Luis Moraga Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D41.00014: Kapitza Pendulum Effect in Weakly Disordered Continuously Degenerate Magnetic Materials Igor Fomin Preview Abstract

Session D42: Self-Ordering Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Karsten Pohl, University of New Hampshire
Room: Colorado Convention Center 505

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D42.00001: Novel mechanisms for self-assembled pattern formation in nanoscopic metal films R. Kalyanaraman, J. Trice, C. Favazza, D. Thomas, R. Sureshkumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D42.00002: Growth and ordering of gas films on a decagonal AlNiCo quasicrystal surface W. Setyawan, R.D. Diehl, N. Ferralis, M.W. Cole, S. Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D42.00003: An Addressable Supramolecular Rotary Switch Featuring Distinguishable Positions Embedded In A Two-Dimensional Porphyrin-Based Porous Network Meike Stoehr, Nikolai Wintjes, Hannes Spillmann, Andreas Kiebele, Serpil Boz, Thomas Jung, Fuyong Cheng, Davide Bonifazi, Francois Diederich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D42.00004: Creation of open networks from perylene derivatives Manfred Matena, Meike Stoehr, Markus Wahl, Tomas Samuely, Thomas A. Jung, Lutz H. Gade Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D42.00005: Statistical Mechanics of Pore Self-Ordering in Porous Alumina Arief Budiman, Daniel Lo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D42.00006: Characterization of molecular linkages of Zeolite microcrystal assembly Heeju Lee, Jin Seon Park, Kyung Byung Yoon, Hyunjung Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D42.00007: Determination of the hyperpolarizability components of hemicyanine dyes by measuring the anisotropic fluorescence and second harmonic of the dyes uniformly aligned within zeolite channels Doseok Kim, Taekyu Shim, Myounghee Lee, Bumku Rhee, Hyeonsik Cheong, Hyunsung Kim, Kyungbyung Yoon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D42.00008: Orientational Order and Hyperpolarizability of Nonlinear Chromophore Molecules Supported in Amphiphilic 4-Helix Bundle Peptides Grazia Gonella, Andrey Tronin, Michael J. Therien, Hai-Lung Dai, J. Kent Blasie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D42.00009: \textit{Ab initio }simulations of alkyl-terminated Si(001) surfaces. Giancarlo Cicero Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D42.00010: Structure and morphology of (111) textured Au/Co/Au trilayers grown on glass by MBE. Divine Kumah, J.R. Skuza, A. Cebollada, C. Clevaro, J.M. Garcia Martin, R.A. Lukaszew, Roy Clarke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D42.00011: Silicon-on-insulator for symmetry-converted growth Y. Fujikawa, Y. Yamada-Takamura, G. Yoshikawa, T. Ono, M. Esashi, P. Zhang, M. G. Lagally, T. Sakurai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D42.00012: Nanotube Formation from Self-Bending Nanofilms Driven by Atomic-scale Surface Stress Imbalance Ji Zang, Minghuang Huang, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D42.00013: Formation of metallic periodic nanostructures by spontaneous oscillation in self-organized electrocrystallization Mu Wang, Ruwen Peng, Guobin Ma, Xiping Hao, Naiben Ming Preview Abstract

Session D43: Synthesis and Growth of Nanostructured Materials

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Chris Palmstrom, Univeristy of Minnesota
Room: Colorado Convention Center 506

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D43.00001: Detailed Structure Determination of Nanostructures by Low-Energy Electron Diffraction. Michel Van Hove, G.M. Gavaza, Z.X. Yu, L. Tsang, C.H. Chan, S.Y. Tong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D43.00002: Modeling the Role of Ligands in Controlling the Sizes, Shapes and Supramolecular Ordering of Quantum Dots Michael Tambasco, Sanat Kumar, Igal Szleifer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D43.00003: Migration-influenced island size distribution in interfacial growth Da-Jun Shu, Mu Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D43.00004: A level-set method for self-organized pattern formation during heteroepitaxial growth Christian Ratsch, Young-Ju Lee, Xiaobin Niu, Russel Caflisch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D43.00005: Phononic Band Gaps in Colloidal Crystals at Hypersonic Frequencies George Fytas, Wei Cheng, Eugenia Nunez, Ulrich Jonas, Nikolaos Stefanou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D43.00006: Local crystal structure of iron oxide nanoparticles synthesized from Ferritin Michael Krispin, Marcus Preisinger, Peter Pfalzer, Siegfried Horn, Daniel Strongin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D43.00007: Viscoplasticity and granularity in films of colloidal nanocrystals Dongyun Lee, Shengguo Jia, Sarbajit Banerjee, Joze Bevk, Irving Herman, Jeffrey Kysar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D43.00008: Doping colloidal nanocrystals: the role of surfactacts Mao-Hua Du, Steven Erwin, Alexander Efros Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D43.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D43.00010: Sub-100 nm interferometric lithography realized with table top extreme ultraviolet lasers Mario Marconi, Przemyslaw Wachulak, Dineshchandra Patel, Maria Gabriela Capeluto, Carmen Menoni, Jorge Rocca Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D43.00011: Chemical Nanomachining of Si Jeremy Robinson, Paul Evans, J. Alex Liddle, Oscan Dubon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D43.00012: Sculpting of Nanopores in Silicon-Nitride Membranes Kristin Lucas, Jeffrey L. Wasserman, Soo Hyung Lee, Nina Markovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D43.00013: Nanocrystalline Composite Media in the GeO$_{2}$-Ga$_{2}$O$_{3}$ Mullite-Type System: Synthesis and Conventional as Well as Synchrotron Based Characterization Kristina E. Lipinska-Kalita, Patricia E. Kalita, Oliver Hemmers, Cedric L. Gobin, Gino Mariotto, Thomas Hartmann, Longzhou Ma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D43.00014: GaAs$_{x}$P$_{1-x}$ Superlattice nanowires. Romaneh Jalilian, Sharvil Desai, Anton Sidorov, Zhiqiang Chen, B. K. Pradhan, Gamini Sumanasekera Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D43.00015: Quantitative structural characterization of annealed InAs/GaSb superlattices Ge Liu, Bernd Fruhberger, Ivan K. Schuller, Heather J. Haugan, Gail J. Brown Preview Abstract

Session D44: Focus Session: Spin and Nonlinear Dynamics in Optical Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Gabriel Bester, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 507

Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D44.00001: Optical control and determination of charge in self-assembled quantum dots M. Korkusinski, P. Hawrylak, A. Babinski, M. Potemski, S. Raymond, J. Lapointe, Z. Wasilewski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D44.00002: Spin effects in coupled quantum dots under ac electric fields Lilia Meza-Montes, Arezky H. Hernandez, Sergio E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D44.00003: Qubit identification and entanglement in tunneling and F\"{o}rster coupled quantum dots Juan E. Rolon, Sergio E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D44.00004: Spin Interactions in Optically Excited Quantum Dot Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D44.00005: Theory of Spin States in Coupled Quantum Dots. Ilya Ponomarev, Matt Doty, Michael Scheibner, Allan Bracker, Dan Gammon, Tom Reinecke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D44.00006: Polarized stimulated emission from photonic molecule states in coupled microdisk lasers X. Li, B.J. Cooley, N. Samarth, F.M. Mendoza, R.C. Myers, D.D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D44.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D44.00008: Spin Multiphoton Antiresonance at Finite Temperatures Christian Hicke, Mark Dykman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D44.00009: Nonlinear interlevel optical phenomena in quantum dots Victor Bondarenko, Yang Zhao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D44.00010: Origin of second-harmonic generation of Si nanoinclusions in glass E.J. Adles, D.E. Aspnes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D44.00011: Rabi Coupling Between IR-active Phonon and Cavity-resonant Electromagnetic Modes Gavin K. Brennen, H.M. Lawler, Sanjiv Shresta, J.N. Byrd Preview Abstract
Monday, March 5, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D44.00012: Electron-Photon interaction associated Uncertaity Relation based Tunneling in a Parallel Double Quantum Dot System Kao-Chin Lin Preview Abstract