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Session J1: Cuprate Superconductors: Underdoping and Pseudogaps

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Catherine Kallin, Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 2-3

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J1.00001: Nernst effect, fluctuation diamagnetism and vortices above Tc in cuprates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J1.00002: Controversial Issues in High-T$_c$ Superconductivity - a Specific Heat Perspective Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J1.00003: From Fermi Arcs to the Nodal Metal Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J1.00004: Effect of strong correlations on transport properties of disordered cuprates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J1.00005: Inelastic Tunneling, Electronic Nanoscale Inhomogeneities and Local Pairing in Superconductor with Inhomogeneous Bosonic Modes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J2: Prize Session (DCP, DCOMP, GSNP)

Sponsoring Units: DCP DCOMP GSNP
Chair: Daniel Neumark, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 4

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J2.00001: Frontiers of Surface Science. Structure, Bonding and Dynamics on the Nanoscale at High Pressures and at the Buried (solid-liquid and solid-solid) Interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J2.00002: Aneesur Rahman Prize Talk Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J2.00003: Conformation-specific spectroscopy and dynamics in the complexity gap Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J2.00004: Nicholson Medal - Award Talk Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J2.00005: Nicholas Metropolis Award Talk: Quasi-static Modeling of Plasma and Laser Wakefield Acceleration Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J3: Emerging Science of Solid State Lighting

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMP
Chair: Jeffrey Tsao, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2A-2B

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J3.00001: Current State of the Art in High Brightness LEDs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J3.00002: Scientific Challenges of solid State Lighting Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J3.00003: Inorganic Materials Challenges for Solid State Lighting Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J3.00004: Charge Injection and Transport in Conjugated Polymers. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J3.00005: Cross-Cutting Basic Research Needs for Solid State Lighting Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J4: Polymer-based Composite Materials

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY FIAP
Chair: Karen Winey, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2B-3B

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J4.00001: Nanostructure Evolution in Polymer/Nano-object Hybrids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J4.00002: Curved Brushes: Ordering and Dynamics of Silica Polymer Nanocomposites Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J4.00003: The phase stability and properties of polymer -- nanoparticle blends Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J4.00004: Aggregation,Steric Stabilization,Bridging and Miscibility of Polymer Nanocomposites Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J4.00005: Polymer brushes on nanoparticles: their positioning in and influence on block copolymer morphology. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J5: Topics from the Gordon Research Conference on Teaching Electricity and Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Wolfgang Christian, Davidson College
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1A-1B

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J5.00001: Student understanding of basic concepts in dc electric circuits Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J5.00002: The MIT TEAL Simulations and Visualizations in Electromagnetism Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J5.00003: A simple model for why an active learning approach works best: Experiences with a ``Jackson by Inquiry'' electromagnetism course Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J5.00004: Optical Trapping and Manipulation in the Single- and Many-Body Limits Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J6: Women in Academic Science: Balancing Career and Children

Sponsoring Units: CSWP
Chair: Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Colorado Convention Center 207

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 2:15PM

J6.00001: CSWP Panel Discussion: Women in Academic Science: Balancing Career and Family Susan Coppersmith, Marija Drndic, Ka Yee Lee, Nadya Mason, Katherina Vollmayr-Lee Preview Abstract

Session J7: Scientific Cooperation in the Middle East

Sponsoring Units: FIP FPS
Chair: Arthur Bienenstock, Stanford University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4A-4B

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J7.00001: Bridging the Rift -- Scientific Cooperation between Israel and Jordan Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J7.00002: SESAME \& Scientific Cooperation in the Middle East; the Perspective from Iran Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J7.00003: SESAME, A Scientific Collaboration In The Middle East : Personal and Israeli Perspectives. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J7.00004: Creating an enduring framework for scientific cooperation in the Middle East Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J7.00005: Mobilizing the Global Scientific Enterprise to Foster Cooperation with the Middle East Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session J8: Focus Session: Novel Superconductors IV: Intercalated graphites and related

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Dimitri Papaconstantopoulos, George Mason University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1C

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J8.00001: Superconductivity in alkaline earth-intercalated graphites: CaC$_6$ and SrC$_6$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J8.00002: Bulk evidence for single-gap s-wave superconductivity in the intercalated graphite superconductor C$_6$Yb Nicolas Doiron-Leyraud, Mike Sutherland, Louis Taillefer, Thomas Weller, Mark Ellerby, Montu Saxena Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J8.00003: Superconductivity in Alkali-Earth intercalated graphite. Matteo Calandra, Francesco Mauri Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J8.00004: Far-infrared signature of a superconducting gap in intercalated graphite CaC$_{6}$. U. Nagel, D. Huvonen, T. Room, J.S. Kim, L. Boeri, R. K. Kremer, F. S. Razavi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J8.00005: A First-Principles Insight into the Superconductivity of Graphite Intercalation Compounds Lilia Boeri, Ole Krogh Andersen, Jun Sung Kim, Reinhard Kremer, Matteo Giantomassi, Giovanni B. Bachelet, Feridon S. Razavi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J8.00006: Strong electron-phonon coupling in the rare-earth carbide superconductor La$_2$C$_3$ Reinhard K. Kremer, J.S. Kim, W.-H. Xie, V. Babizhetskyy, O. Jepsen, A. Simon, K.S. Ahn, B. Raquet, H. Rakoto, J.-M. Broto, B. Ouladdiaf Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J8.00007: The potential for mean-field $d$-wave superconductivity in graphite Annica Black-Schaffer, Sebastian Doniach Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J8.00008: Possibility of superconductivity in high pressure phases of BC$_3$ Jonathan E. Moussa, Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J8.00009: Probing electronic structure and electron-phonon interaction in borides using optical spectroscopy Jeremie Teyssier, Alexey Kuzmenko, Riccardo Tediosi, Dirk van der Marel, Natalja Shitsevalova, Vladimir Filippov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J8.00010: Gapless Fermi Surfaces in anisotropic multiband superconductors in magnetic field. Victor Barzykin, Lev P. Gor'kov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J8.00011: Superconducting order parameter in NbSe$_{2}$ derived from the specific heat Jiunn-Yuan Lin, H. Y. Shen, H. D. Yang, C. L. Huang, C. P. Sun, T. K. Lee, H. Berger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J8.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session J9: Superconductivity: Oxide Photoemission I and X-ray Scattering

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Noman Mannella, Stanford University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1D

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J9.00001: A Proposed New Measurement of the Superconducting Gap in YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7}$ G.L. Zhao, D. Bagayoko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J9.00002: Dynamic Response Functions from Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectra Utpal Chatterjee, Dirk Morr, Mike Norman, Mohit Randeria, Juan Carlos Campuzano Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J9.00003: Self Energy Analysis of Photoemission spectral function from parent cuprates, Ca$_{2}$CuO$_{2}$Cl$_{2}$ Chul Kim, Dong Joon Song, Choon Shik Leem, Hyeong Uk Jin, Seung Ryong Park, Hyeong Do Kim, Filip Ronning, Chang Young Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J9.00004: The hierarchy of multiple many-body interaction scales in high-temperature superconductors W. Meevasana, X.J. Zhou, Z.-X. Shen, S. Sahrakorpi, A. Bansil, T. Yoshida, A. Fujimori, Y. Ando, F. Zhou, Z.X. Zhao, T. Sasagawa, K. Fujita, H. Eisaki Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J9.00005: Energy scales revealed by ARPES study on four layered cuprate superconductor Ba$_{2}$Ca$_{3}$Cu$_{4}$O$_{8}$(O$_{\delta }$F$_{1-\delta })_{2}$ Yulin Chen, Akira Iyo, Wanli Yang, Xingjiang Zhou, Weisheng Lee, Worawat Meevasana, Donghui Lu, Hiroshi Eisaki, Ole Andersen, Thomas Devereaux, Zahid Hussain, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J9.00006: The evolution of electronic structure of Bi$_2$Sr$_{2-x}$Bi$_{x}$CuO$_{6+\delta}$ revealed by ARPES Zhihui Pan, P. Bishay, P. Richard, M. Neupane, Z. Wang, H. Ding, H.-H Wen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J9.00007: High-energy kink in high-temperature superconductors Peter Johnson, Tonica Valla, Tim Kidd, W.G Yin, Genda Gu, Z-H Pan, Alexei Fedorov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J9.00008: Systematic ARPES study of n-doped cuprate superconductors Pierre Richard, Madhab Neupane, Yi-Ming Xu, Philopater Bishay, Patrick Fournier, Shiliang Li, Pengcheng Dai, Ziqiang Wang, Hong Ding Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J9.00009: {\it s}-wave-like excitation in the superconducting state of electron-doped cuprates with {\it d}-wave pairing Qingshan Yuan, Xin-Zhong Yan, Chin-Sen Ting Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J9.00010: Spectral function analysis of an e-doped Hi-Tc superconductor near optimal doping, revisited Felix Schmitt, Wei-Sheng Lee, Dong Hui Lu, Worawat Meevasana, Eugene Motoyama, Martin Greven, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J9.00011: Intermediate energy structure of cuprates using Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering Jason Hancock, Guillame Chabot Couture, Li Lu, Martin Greven, Kenji Ishii, Jun'ichiro Mizuki, Thomas Gog, Diego Casa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J9.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J9.00013: RIXS Spectra for Ladder Cuprate $Sr_{14}Cu_{24}O_{41}$ W.M. Al-Sawai, R.S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil, L. Warry, D. Qian, M.Z. Hassan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J9.00014: Inelastic X-ray scattering study of the bond stretching phonon mode in Bi$_2$Sr$_{2x}$Cu$_2$O$_{6+\delta}$ D. Siegel, J. Graf, M. d'Astuto, A.Q.R. Baron, H. Eisaki, A. Lanzara Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J9.00015: Structures and properties of Ni$^{1+/2+}$ nickelates with infinite NiO$_{2}$ layers Konstantin Lokshin, Takeshi Egami, Viktor Poltavets, Martha Greenblatt Preview Abstract

Session J10: Superconductivity: Vortex Imaging

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Timir Datta, University of South Carolina
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1E

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J10.00001: Low Temperature STM Study of Vortex Motion on Fe doped NbSe2 Hui Wang, Jonghee Lee, Michael Dreyer, Barry Barker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J10.00002: Local vortex--defect interaction in moving vortex lattices observed by STM Michael Dreyer, Jonghee Lee, Hui Wang, Barry Barker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J10.00003: Lorentz Imaging of Superconducting Flux Vortices with a Commercial Transmission Electron Microscope James Loudon, Paul Midgley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J10.00004: Single Vortex Resolution Imaging of the Flux Front in a YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$ Single Crystal Lan Luan, O. M. Auslaender, K. A. Moler, D. A. Bonn, Ruixing Liang, W. N. Hardy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J10.00005: Magnetic Induction Profile in Superconductor/Ferromagnet Bilayers Qiang Li, Zuxin Ye Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J10.00006: Dragging Individual Vortices to Probe the Dimensionality of Pinning in YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$ O. M. Auslaender, Lan Luan, K. A. Moler, R. A. Hughes, J. S. Preston, D. A. Bonn, Ruixing Liang, W. N. Hardy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J10.00007: Manipulation of the magnetic flux in superconductor by the ferromagnetic domains in SC/FM hybrid Vitalii Vlasko-Vlasov, Ulrich Welp, Goran Karapetrov, Valentin Novosad, Andrei Belkin, Daniel Rosenmann, Wai Kwok Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J10.00008: Magnetic Force Microscopy of Superconducting Vortices in an Ordered Array of Artificial Pinning Centers Joel Keay, Preston Larson, Kevin Hobbs, Matthew Johnson, Ophir Auslaender, Kathryn Moler, John Kirtley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J10.00009: Vortex dynamics in mesoscopic weak-pinning superconducting channels with a Corbino geometry. T.W. Heitmann, K. Yu, C. Song, B.L.T. Plourde, M.B.S. Hesselberth, P.H. Kes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J10.00010: Structured pinning potentials for guiding vortex motion in superconductors. K. Yu, T.W. Heitmann, C. Song, B.L.T. Plourde, M.B.S. Hesselberth, P.H. Kes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J10.00011: Dynamic flux-quantum phases in weak-pinning V$_{3}$Si and Re$_{3}$W A. A. Gapud, J. D. Hebert, A. Moradmand, P. Shrestha, A. Khan, Y. Zuev, D. K. Christen, V. Kuznetsova, J. R. Thompson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J10.00012: Vortex-antivortex molecules in superconducting films with magnetic dot arrays M.V. Milosevic, J.S. Neal, S.J. Bending, A. Potenza, C.H. Marrows Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J10.00013: Vortex-antivortex phenomena in superconductors with antidot arrays Golibjon Berdiyorov, Milorad Milosevic, Roeland Geurts, Francois Peeters Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J10.00014: Novel Commensurability Effects and Enhanced Pinning at Nonmatching Fields for Vortices Interacting with Diluted Periodic Pinning Arrays Charles Reichhardt, Cynthia J. Olson Reichhardt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J10.00015: Influence of Au layer on the morphology and superconductivity of the ultra-thin Pb film using Low-temperature STM/S Shengyong Qin, Alexander Khajetoorians, Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract

Session J11: Correlated Organic Conductors

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Claude Bourbonnais, Universite de Sherbrooke
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1F

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J11.00001: Mixed spin-charge solitons and thermodynamics of (TMTTF)$_2$X Sumit Mazumdar, R. Torsten Clay, R. P. Hardikar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J11.00002: Finite-Temperature Phase Transitions in Quasi-One-Dimensional Molecular Conductors Hitoshi Seo, Yukitoshi Motome, Takeo Kato Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J11.00003: Soliton Wall Superlattice Phase in Organic Conductor (Per)$_{2}$Pt(mnt)$_{2}$ in a Magnetic Field Si Wu, Andrei Lebed Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J11.00004: Nature of superconducting state in the new phase of (TMTSF)$_{2}$PF$_{6}$ under pressure Lev Gor'kov, Pavel Grigoriev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J11.00005: Angular magnetoresistance oscillations in quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors in the presence of a crystal superstructure Anand Banerjee, Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J11.00006: Angular and Temperature Dependent $^{77}$Se NMR in the Metallic and Field-Induced Spin Density Wave State in (TMTSF)$_{2}$ClO$_{4}$ Lloyd Lumata, Phil Kuhns, Arneil Reyes, James Brooks Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J11.00007: Superconductivity in (TMTSF)$_2$ClO$_4$ probed by $^{77}$Se NMR J. Shinagawa, Y. Kurosaki, S. E. Brown, D. Jerome, J. B. Christensen, K. Bechgaard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J11.00008: Angular Dependent Magnetoresistance Measurements of (Per)$_{2}$Au(mnt)$_{2}$ Under Pressure D. Graf, E.S. Choi, J.S. Brooks, M. Almeida Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J11.00009: Phase diagram of pressure-induced superconductor $\beta $-(BDA-TTP)$_{2}$\textit{MX}$_{4}$ ($M$=Fe, Ga and $X$=Cl, Br) with localized magnetic moments E.S. Choi, D. Graf, T. Tokumoto, J.S. Brooks, Jun-ichi Yamada Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J11.00010: High field ESR study of the \textit{pi}-$d$ interaction effect in beta-(BDA-TTP)$_{2}$MCl$_{4 }$(M=Fe, Ga) Takahisa Tokumoto, J. vanTol, L.-C. Brunel, E.S. Choi, J.S. Brooks, T. Kaihatsu, H. Akutsu, J. Yamada Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J11.00011: Metastable domains at the pressure induced neutral-ionic transition of TTF-CA Zoltan Soos, Anna Painelli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J11.00012: Mapping the temperature-dependent quasiparticle scattering rate over the Fermi surface of an organic superconductor John Singleton, Paul Goddard, Arzhang Ardavan, Stephen Blundell, Ross McDonald, Stan Tozer, Amalia Coldea, John Schlueter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J11.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J11.00014: Coexisting fluctuations of charge ordering in quasi-2D organic conductors, $\theta$-(ET)$_2X$ Masafumi Udagawa, Yukitoshi Motome Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J11.00015: Anisotropy of the competing superconducting and magnetic states in quasi-2D organic conductor $\kappa $-(BEDT-TTF)$_{2}$Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br: An elastic investigation D. Fournier, M. Poirier, K.D. Truong Preview Abstract

Session J12: Focus Session: Spin Control and Dynamics in Quantum Dots

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Michael Flatte, University of Iowa
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J12.00001: Single spins in diamond: polarization, readout, and coherent control Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J12.00002: Valley Kondo Effect in Silicon Quantum Dots Shiueyuan Shiau, Sucismita Chutia, Robert Joynt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J12.00003: Tuning Hole g-Factors in Self-Assembled InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots with an Electric Field Joseph Pingenot, Craig E. Pryor, Michael E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J12.00004: Non-destructive Kerr rotation measurements of a single spin in a quantum dot J. Berezovsky, M.H. Mikkelsen, O. Gywat, N. Stoltz, L. Coldren, D.D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J12.00005: Kerr rotation studies of single electron spin dynamics in a quantum dot M.H. Mikkelsen, J. Berezovsky, O. Gywat, N.G. Stoltz, L.A. Coldren, D.D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J12.00006: Driven coherent oscillations of a single electron spin in a quantum dot Frank Koppens, Christo Buizert, Klaas-Jan Tielrooij, Ivo Vink, Katja Nowack, Tristan Meunier, Leo Kouwenhoven, Lieven Vandersypen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J12.00007: Spin Coherence Modulated Trion Transitions and Probabilistic Initialization in Charged Semiconductor Quantum Dots Yanwen Wu, Erik Kim, Xiaodong Xu, Jun Cheng, Duncan Steel, Sophia Economou, Lu Sham, Dan Gammon, Alan Bracker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J12.00008: Radio frequency charge sensing and nuclear polarization of a two-electron double quantum dot David Reilly, Edward Laird, Jacob Taylor, Jason Petta, Charles Marcus, Micah Hanson, Art Gossard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J12.00009: Fast spin state preparation in a single charged quantum dot Xiaodong Xu, Yanwen Wu, Bo Sun, Jun Cheng, Qiong Huang, Duncan Steel, Allan Bracker, Dan Gammon, Clive Emary, Lu Sham Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J12.00010: Exchange-controlled single-spin rotations in quantum dots William Coish, Daniel Loss Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J12.00011: Mixing of trion spin states in single and coupled dots from electron-hole and electron-electron exchange S. C. Badescu, T. L. Reinecke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J12.00012: Electric Dipole Spin Resonance for Heavy Holes in Quantum Dots Denis Bulaev, Daniel Loss Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J12.00013: Quantum Hall Ferrimagnetism in lateral quantum dot molecules Ramin Abolfath, Pawel Hawrylak Preview Abstract

Session J13: Focus Session: Multiferroics III

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

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J13.00001: Interatomic spin-orbit coupling: mechanism for spin-spiral-caused ferroelectricity T.A. Kaplan, S.D. Mahanti Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J13.00002: Magnetoelectric properties of cobalt oxides with low dimensional structures H. Kuwahara, M. Akaki, K. Noda, F. Nakamura, D. Akahoshi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J13.00003: Ferroelectricity in a quantum chain magnet. S. Park, Y.J. Choi, C.L. Zhang, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J13.00004: Direct transition from a disordered to a multiferroic phase Michel Kenzelmann, Gavin Lawes, Brooks Harris, Gasparovic Goran, Broholm Collin, Art Ramirez, G.A. Jorge, Marcelo Jaime, Sungil Park, A. Ya. Shapiro, L. A. Demianets Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J13.00005: Mapping Structural Phase Separation in Eu$_{0.5}$Y$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$ using 3D X-ray Microdiffraction J.D. Budai, J.Z. Tischler, W. Liu, D.D. Sarma, D. Topwal, G. Shenoy, W. Yang, B.C. Larson, S-W. Cheong, A.A. Mukhin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J13.00006: Resonant magnetic scattering of multiferroic HoMnO$_{3}$ S. Nandi, A. Kreyssig, L. Tan, J.-W. Kim , J.Q. Yan, R.J. McQueeney, P.C. Canfield , A.I. Goldman , A. Barcza Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J13.00007: Crystal Field Excitations in Multiferroic HoMnO$_3$ Owen Vajk, Michel Kenzelmann, Jeff Lynn, Sung-Baek Kim, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J13.00008: Ferroelectricity driven by Y $d^0$-ness with re-hybridization in YMnO$_3$ J.-H. Park, D.-Y. Cho, J.-Y. Kim, B.-G. Park, K.-J. Rho, H.-J. Noh, B.-J. Kim, S.-J. Oh, H.-M. Park, J.-S. Ahn, H. Ishibashi, S-W. Cheong, J. H. Lee, P. Murugavel, T. W. Noh, A. Tanaka, T. Jo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J13.00009: Spin-lattice coupling in RMnO3 (R=rare earth and Y) perovskites J.-Q. Yan, R. J. McQueeney, Y. Ren, J.-S. Zhou, J. B. Goodenough Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J13.00010: Epitaxially stabilized hexagonal TbMnO$_{3}$ thin films Daesu Lee, Jung-Hyuk Lee, Pattukkannu Murugavel, Hyejin Ryu, Tae Won Noh, Jae Wook Kim, Hyung Jin Kim, Kee Hoon Kim, Younghun Jo, Myung-Hwa Jung, Jong-Gul Yoon, Jin-Seok Chung Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J13.00011: Spin structures of magnetic phases in magnetic ferroelectrics, RMn2O5(R = Y and Tb) J.H. Kim, S.-H. Lee, J-H. Chung, M. Kenzelmann, J. Schefer, C.F. Majkrzak, S. Park, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J13.00012: Magnetic excitations in magnetic ferroelectrics, RMn$_2$O$_5$ (R = Y and Tb) Seung-Hun Lee, Jung Hwa Kim, Jae-Ho Chung, Y. Qiu, M. Kenzelmann, T.J. Sato, S. Park, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J13.00013: Resonant and Non-resonant x-ray Scattering Studies on Multiferroic TbMn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ J. Koo, C. Song, S. Ji, J.-S. Lee, T.H. Chang, C.-H. Yang, J.-H. Park, Y.H. Jeong, K.-B. Lee, T.Y. Koo, Y.J. Park, J.-Y. Kim, D. Wemeille, A.I. Goldman, G. Srajer, S. Park, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J13.00014: Elucidaion on the effects of hydrostatic pressure on multiferroic, HoMn2O5 William Ratcliff, C.R. dela Cruz, B. Lorenz, Q. Huang, S. Park, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J13.00015: Pressure Induced Stabilization of the Ferroelectricity and Commensurate Magnetic structure in $R$Mn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ ($R$=Tb,Dy,Ho) C.R. dela Cruz, B. Lorenz, C.W. Chu, W. Ratcliff, J. Lynn, S. Park, S.-W. Cheong, M. Gospodinov Preview Abstract

Session J14: Focus Session: Domain Wall Motion and Spin Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Mark Stiles, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4D

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J14.00001: Effects of domain wall width on current- and field-driven wall motion G.S.D. Beach, C. Knutson, M. Tsoi, J.L. Erskine Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J14.00002: Current induced resonance of vortex domain wall in permalloy nanowires Rai Moriya, Luc Thomas, Masamitsu Hayashi, Xin Jiang, Charles Rettner, Stuart S.P. Parkin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J14.00003: Thermally-Assisted Current-Driven Domain Wall Motion Rembert Duine, Alvaro Nunez, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J14.00004: Oscillatory dependence of current driven domain wall motion on current pulse length Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J14.00005: Spin-Transfer-Torque-Driven Domain-Wall Dynamics in Permalloy Nanowires Shuqiang Yang, James Erskine Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J14.00006: Coherent precession of propagating domain walls in permalloy nanowires Masamitsu Hayashi, Luc Thomas, Charles Rettner, Rai Moriya, Stuart Parkin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J14.00007: Damping in Ferromagnets: Landau-Lifshitz versus Gilbert Wayne M. Saslow, Mark D. Stiles, Andrew Zangwill Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J14.00008: Interactions between spin polarized current and local spin systems: A Quantum Mechanical Approach Fatih Dogan, Lucian Covaci, Wonkee Kim, Frank Marsiglio Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J14.00009: Giant voltage response to magnetic field of model granular magnetic films and spin mixing effects Jean-Philippe Ansermet, M. Hillenkamp, G. Didomenicantonio, C. Felix, L. Gravier, S. Serrano-Guisan, M. Abid Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J14.00010: Dynamics of spin flipping Lucian Covaci, Wonkee Kim, Fatih Dogan, Frank Marsiglio Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J14.00011: Non-Equilibrium Spin Dynamics in the Subpicosecond Regime Adnan Rebei Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J14.00012: Thermal hysteresis in transport properties of chromium films due to Spin Density Wave (SDW) quantization and Domain-wall scattering Ravi K. Kummamuru, Yeong-Ah Soh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J14.00013: Direct measurement of antiferromagnetic domain fluctuations Oleg Shpyrko, Eric Isaacs, Jonathan Logan, Hyekyung Kim, Yejun Feng, Rafael Jaramillo, Thomas Rosenbaum, Gabriel Aeppli, Paul Zschack, Michael Sprung, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy Preview Abstract

Session J15: Focus Session: Frustrated 1D Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Michel Kenzelmann, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4E

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J15.00001: Quantum helimagnetism of the frustrated spin 1/2 chain LiCuVO4 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J15.00002: Properties of frustrated one dimensional S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnets in zero and applied fields Michael Banks, Reinhard Kremer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J15.00003: Specific-heat and magnetocaloric-effect study of the S=1/2 frustrated-chain antiferromagnet Cu$_{3}$(CO$_{3})_{2}$(OH)$_{2}$ Y. Yoshida, B. Andraka, Y. Takano, H. Tsujii, Y. Inagaki, H. Kikuchi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J15.00004: Commensurate Fluctuations in the Pseudogap and Incommensurate Spin-Peierls Phases of TiOCl J.P. Clancy, B.D. Gaulin, K.C. Rule, J.P. Castellan, F.C. Chou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J15.00005: High-pressure structural investigation of the spin-Peierls compound TiOCl. A. Prodi, J. Hu, E. Abel, F.C. Chou, Y.S. Lee Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J15.00006: NMR and $\mu $SR studies of Sc (S=0) doping effects in a spin-Peierls system TiOCl T. Imai, E. Mehes, F.L. Ning, S. Golin, S.R. Saha, A. Aczel, J. Rodriguez, F.C. Chou, G.M. Luke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J15.00007: Hole-doping of Ca$_{1-x}$Na$_x$V$_2$O$_4$ ($x = 0 - 0.5$) With Zig-Zag Vanadium Chains A. Niazi, D.C. Johnston Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J15.00008: $^{51}$V NMR Study of the Magnetic Structure of the Frustrated Zig-Zag Spin-1 Chain Compound CaV$_2$O$_4$ X. Zong, B.J. Suh, A. Niazi, D.C. Johnston Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J15.00009: Bilinear-Biquadratic Spin 1 Heisenberg Zig-Zag Chain Philippe Corboz, Andreas Laeuchli, Hirokazu Tsunetsugu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J15.00010: Static Holes in Geometrically Frustrated Bow Tie Ladder George Martins, Wolfram Brenig Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J15.00011: Magnetic and transport properties of a one dimensional frustrated t-J model for vanadate nanotubes Jose Riera, Sebastian Costamagna Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J15.00012: Quantized Berry phase for itinerating singlets in one-dimensional t-J mod Isao Maruyama, Yasuhiro Hatsugai Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J15.00013: Field-Induced New Phases in the S=1/2 Three-Leg Spin Tube Toru Sakai, Masahiro Sato, Yuichi Otsuka, Kouichi Okunishi, Kiyomi Okamoto Preview Abstract

Session J16: Focus Session: Molecular Magnets

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Enrique del Barco, University of Central Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4F

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J16.00001: Interactions Between Thin Metallic Films and Mn$_{12}$-Acetate. Joel Means, Winfried Teizer, Kim R. Dunbar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J16.00002: Magnetism of Rubidium Cobalt Hexacyanoferrate Nanoparticles. D.M. Pajerowski, M.W. Meisel, F.A. Frye, D.R. Talham Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J16.00003: Fabrication of nano-gapped single-electron transistors for transport studies of individual single-molecule magnets Christopher Ramsey, John Hemderson, Enrique del Barco, Abhudaya Mishra, George Christou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J16.00004: Will spin-relaxation times in molecular magnets permit quantum information processing? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J16.00005: Transverse magnetization and transient oscillations in the quantum tu nneling of molecular magnets Timothy Ziman, Maxime Clusel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J16.00006: Energy relaxation between low lying tunnel split spin-states of the single molecule magnet Ni$_4$ G. de Loubens, G. D. Chaves-O'Flynn, A. D. Kent, C. Ramsey, E. del Barco, C. Beedle, D. N. Hendrickson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J16.00007: Electrodes for Molecular Spin-Valves Bruce Hinds, Pawan Tyagi, Steve Holmes, Dongfeng Li Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J16.00008: Ferromagnetism in Organic Iron Phthalocyanine Thin Films Thomas Gredig, Ge Liu, Corneliu N. Colesniuc, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J16.00009: High frequency (240 GHz) ferrimagnetic resonance (FMR) of room temperature organic based magnetic semiconductor V[TCNE]$_{x}$ (x$\sim $2) films N.P. Raju, K.I. Pokhodnya, J.van Tol, J.S. Miller, A.J. Epstein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J16.00010: Exotic quantum magnetization process observed in the \{Cu$_3$\} triangular spin ring K.-Y. Choi, A. P. Reyes, P. L. Kuhns, N. S. Dalal, Y. H. Matsuda, H. Nojiri, F. Hussain, U. Kortz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J16.00011: Magnetic ordering and switching of iron porphyrin molecules on a substrate Olle Eriksson, Heiko Wende, Pooja Panchmatia, Biplab Sanyal, Peter Oppeneer, Klaus Baberschke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J16.00012: Spatial and Morphology Controlled Magnetic Patterns on Organic Monolayers Shahid Ahmad, Saleem Rao, Donny Magana, Geoffrey Strouse, Shahid Shaheen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J16.00013: Magnetic ordering of new molecule-based magnet: [Fe(TCNE)(NCMe)$_{2}$][FeCl$_{4}$]. Konstantin Pokhodnya, Michael Bonner, Jae-Hyuk Her, Peter W. Stephens, Arthur J. Epstein , Joel S. Miller Preview Abstract

Session J17: Elastomers & Gels

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Ronald Hedden, Pennsylvania State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 102

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J17.00001: Depth Dependence of Shear Properties in Articular Cartilage Mark Buckley, Jason Gleghorn, Lawrence Bonassar, Itai Cohen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J17.00002: Determining Local Mechanical Properties of Soft Materials with Cavitation Rheology Jessica A. Zimberlin, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J17.00003: Soft Segment Orientation Effects on the Morphology Ryan Waletzko, Paula Hammond Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J17.00004: Structure and mechanical properties of hydrophobically modified hydrogels Guillaume Miquelard-Garnier, Dominique Hourdet, Costantino Creton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J17.00005: Molecular Origins for the Superior Toughness of Double-Network Hydrogels Taiki Tominaga, Vijay Tirumala, Eric Lin, Wen-li Wu, Jian Ping Gong, Hidemitsu Furukawa, Yoshihito Osada Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J17.00006: Neutron scattering from polyelectrolyte solutions in the presence of a hydrophilic polymer Wen-li Wu, Sanghun Lee, Taiki Tominaga, Vijay Tirumala, Eric Lin, Jian Ping Gong, Hidemitsu Furukawa, Yoshihito Osada Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J17.00007: Neutron scattering from double-network hydrogels subjected to uniaxial extension Vijay Tirumala, Taiki Tominaga, Steven Hudson, Eric Lin, Wen-li Wu, Jian Ping Gong, Hidemitsu Furukawa, Yoshihito Osada Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J17.00008: The Conformational Elasticity Theory and Its Applications Xiaozhen Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J17.00009: Modeling mechanochemical transduction in chemo-responsive gels. Olga Kuksenok, Victor Yashin, Anna C. Balazs Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J17.00010: Thermoreversible Ion Gels by Block Copolymer Self-assembly in Ionic Liquids Yiyong He, Timothy Lodge Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J17.00011: Diblock copolymers containing compositionally-uniform poly(HEMA-co-DMAEMA) Kyle Guice, Raymond Teoh, Yueh-Lin Loo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J17.00012: Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of the Counterion Effects on the Molecular Conformation and Structure of Charged G4 PAMAM Dendrimers in Aqueous Solutions Wei-Ren Chen, Lionel Porcar, Yun Liu, Paul Butler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J17.00013: Creasing of soft surfaces under compression Ryan Hayward, Veronica Trujillo, Genevieve Tucker, Emine Memis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J17.00014: Schallamach Wave Periodicity in Soft Elastomer Friction Charles Rand, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J17.00015: Complex diffusion in biopolymer networks with added molecular crowding Daniel R. Sisan, Jeffrey S. Urbach Preview Abstract

Session J19: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory I

Sponsoring Units: DCP DCOMP
Chair: Martin Head-Gordon, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J19.00001: Post-Hartree-Fock Correlation Models Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J19.00002: Resolutions of the Coulomb Operator Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J19.00003: Spin Polarization Resolved Energetics of a Quasi One Dimensional Electron Gas Luke Shulenburger, Michele Casula, Richard M. Martin, Gaetano Senatore Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J19.00004: Electronic Counting Rules for the Stability of Metal-Silicon Clusters Jose Ulises Reveles, Shiv N. Khanna Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J19.00005: Compact Representations of Kohn-Sham Invariant Subspaces Francois Gygi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J19.00006: Density Functional Theory in Transition Metal Chemistry: A Self-Consistent Hubbard U approach Heather Kulik, Matteo Cococcioni, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J19.00007: Linear Scaling First-Principles DFT Calculations with Grid-based Adaptive Orbitals Jean-Luc Fattebert Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J19.00008: How localized is ``local?'' Efficiency vs. accuracy of $O(N)$ domain decomposition in local orbital based all-electron electronic structure theory Vile Havu, Volker Blum, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J19.00009: Bonding in elemental boron: a view from electronic structure calculations using maximally localized Wannier functions Tadashi Ogitsu, Francois Gygi, John Reed, Eric Schwegler, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J19.00010: Structural distortions in AlF$_3$ derived using density functional methods L. L. Boyer, M. J. Mehl, Dan Finkenstadt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J19.00011: Quantum Monte Carlo studies of transition metal atoms and molecules Ryo Maezono, Lucas K. Wagner, Michal Bajdich, Jindrich Kolorenc, Lubos Mitas Preview Abstract

Session J20: Insulators: Radiation Detection, Defects, Thermal Properties

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Timo Thonhauser, Rutgers University / Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 105

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J20.00001: Substitutional NaCl hydration in ice Peter J. Feibelman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J20.00002: Investigation of silicon complexes in Si-doped calcium phosphate bioceramics P. Gillespie, M.J. Stott, M. Sayer, G. Wu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J20.00003: Dose-Rate Dependence of Ionizing Radiation Damage in Silicon Transistors Harold Hjalmarson, George Vizkelethy, Charles Hembree, Ronald Pease Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J20.00004: Information-Driven Exploration of Crystal Chemistries for Radiation Detection Materials Kim Ferris, Bobbie-Jo Webb-Robertson, Dumont Jones Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J20.00005: Electronic structure of lead pyrophosphate Malliga Suewattana, David Singh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J20.00006: Full potential LAPW calculations of positron lifetimes in materials Hiroyuki Takenaka, David Singh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J20.00007: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO B20.00013 Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J20.00008: Simulated electrolyte-metal interfaces -- Li$_3$PO$_4$ and Li Xiao Xu, Yaojun A. Du, N.A.W. Holzwarth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J20.00009: Li-ion diffusion mechanisms in crystalline Li$_3$PO$_4$ electrolytes Yaojun A. Du, N.A.W. Holzwarth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J20.00010: Negative-thermal-expansion ZrW$_{2}$O$_{8}$. Elasticity and pressure Cristian Pantea, Albert Migliori, Peter Littlewood, Yusheng Zhao, Hassel Ledbetter, Jason Lashley, Tsuyoshi Kimura, Joost Van Duijn, Glen Kowach Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J20.00011: Specific heat of tri-glycine sulfate in electric field Jason Lashley, N. Hur, Mike Hundley, W. Hults, Jason Cooley, Bogdan Mihaila, James Smith, Trevor Finlayson, Cyril Opeil, Robert Fisher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J20.00012: Effect of temperature on the thermodynamic properties of Na$_2$Ti$_3$O$_7$ Hong Zhang, Haiying Wu Preview Abstract

Session J21: Medical Physics: Approaches to Cancer Treatment

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Paul Gueye, Hampton University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 106

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J21.00001: The use of Monte Carlo methods in heavy charged particle radiation therapy. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J21.00002: Simulating the migration of multiple cancer cells in the bloodstream Keng-Hwee Chiam Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J21.00003: Multicatheter Device for Brachytherapy Treatment Carlos Velasco, Paul Gueye, Cynthia Keppel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J21.00004: Calibration Of An Active Mammosite Using A Low Activity Sr-90 Radioactive Source Jacquelyn Winston Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J21.00005: Brachytherapy with an improved MammoSite Radiation Therapy System Nanda Karthik, Cynthia Keppel, Vahagn Nazaryan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 1:15PM		J21.00006: Recent advances in radiation cancer therapy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J21.00007: An Active MammoSite{\copyright} for Breast Cancer Treatment Alice Quan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J21.00008: Optical Interferometric Response of Living Tissue to Cytoskeletal Anticancer Drugs David Nolte, Kwan Jeong, John Turek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J21.00009: Characterization and modeling of relative efficiency of optically stimulated luminescence Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$:C detectors exposed to heavy charged particles Gabriel Sawakuchi, Eduardo Yukihara Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J21.00010: Computed Tomography Measurements Using Optically Stimulated Luminescence of KBr:Eu In Real-Time. David Klein, David Peakheart, Razvan Gaza, X. John Rong, Stephen McKeever Preview Abstract

Session J22: Focus Session: Collective Dynamics of Self-Driven Particles

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD
Chair: M. Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 108

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J22.00001: From cell extracts to fish schools to granular layers: the universal hydrodynamics of self-driven systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J22.00002: Simulations of Interacting Magnetic Micro-swimmers Eric Keaveny, Martin Maxey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J22.00003: Response and Fluctuations in an Active Bacterial Suspension Andy W.C. Lau, Daniel T. Chen, Arjun G. Yodh, Tom C. Lubensky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J22.00004: Collective dynamics of concentrated swimming micro-organisms John O. Kessler, Luis Cisneros, Raymond E. Goldstein, Christopher Dombrowski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J22.00005: Large scale flows and density fluctuation in ensembles of swimming bacteria Andrey Sokolov, Igor Aronson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J22.00006: Chemotaxis and Target Finding using Chemical Echolocation Tom Chou, Ajay Gopinathan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J22.00007: Dynamics of Gas-Fluidized Bipolar Rods L. Daniels, D. Durian Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J22.00008: Simulation of suspensions of hydrodynamically interacting self-propelled particles Patrick Underhill, Juan Hernandez-Ortiz, Michael Graham Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J22.00009: Hydrodynamics of self-propelled hard particles. Aparna Baskaran, Cristina Marchetti Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J22.00010: Traffic jams in driven intracellular transport on parallel lanes Thomas Franosch, Tobias Reichenbach, Erwin Frey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J22.00011: DNA multi-ring formation via evaporation process Lu Zhang, Siddharth Maheshwari, Hsueh-Chia Chang, Y. Elaine Zhu Preview Abstract

Session J23: Metals: Actinides and Transport

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Duane Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Colorado Convention Center 110

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J23.00001: Evolving Magnetism from self-damage in PuAm alloys S.K. McCall, M.J. Fluss, B.W. Chung, M.W. McElfresh, G.F. Chapline, R.G. Haire Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J23.00002: Study of Phonons in $\delta $-Plutonium near the $\delta -\alpha $' Structural Phase Transition by X-ray Thermal Diffuse Scattering Ruqing Xu, Joe Wong, Paul Zschack, Hawoong Hong, Tai-Chang Chiang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J23.00003: Lattice dynamics of the light actinides Johann Bouchet Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J23.00004: Density-Functional Calculations of $\alpha $-Pu-Ga (Al) Alloys Alexander Landa, Per Soderlind, Levente Vitos Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J23.00005: The Elastic Moduli of Monoclinic and Orthorhombic Plutonium Albert Migliori, Jon B. Betts, C. Pantea, I. Mihut, C. Mielke, J.N. Mitchell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J23.00006: Magnetotransport properties and the Fermi surface of high-quality single crystal VB$_{2}$ A.B. Karki, D. Gautreaux, J.Y. Chan, N. Harrison, D. Browne, R.G. Goodrich, D.P. Young Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J23.00007: Nernst-Ettingshausen effect in Bismuth across the quantum limit Kamran Behnia, Marie-Aude Measson, Yakov Kopelevich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J23.00008: Hall Effect and Magnetoresistance in cubic helimagnets J.F. DiTusa, C. Capan, A. Karki, D. Young, L. Pham, A.D. Bianchi, Z. Fisk, E. Thomas, J. Chan, G. Aeppli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J23.00009: Quantum kinetics in layered systems Dmitrii Maslov, Dmitri Gutman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J23.00010: Giant Fluctuations of the Coulomb Drag Boris Narozhny, Adam Price, Alex Savchenko, David Ritchie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J23.00011: Phase coherence of conduction electrons below the Kondo temperature Gassem M. Alzoubi, Norman O. Birge Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J23.00012: Pre-Exponential factor and hopping criterion in the Efros-Shklovskii regime Miguel Rodriguez, Bonalde Ismardo, Ernesto Medina Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J23.00013: Interaction Effects in a High-Mobility Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in a Nonquantizing Magnetic Field Tigran Sedrakyan, Eugene Mishchenko, Mikhail Raikh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J23.00014: Electric-Field-Induced Hopping Conductivity in Polymers Steven Hart, J.R. Dennison, Jerilyn Brunson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J23.00015: Dephasing in the semiclassical limit is system-dependent Philippe Jacquod Preview Abstract

Session J24: Frank J. Padden Award Symposium

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Azar Alizadeh, General Electric Research Center
Room: Colorado Convention Center 201

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J24.00001: How ideal are the ideal-like polymers David Shirvanyants, Sergey Panyukov, Michael Rubinstein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J24.00002: Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Solvent Neal Scruggs, Rafael Verduzco, Julia Kornfield Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J24.00003: Threading Synthetic Polyelectrolytes through Protein Pores Ryan Murphy, Murugappan Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J24.00004: Order and Disorder in Polydisperse Block Copolymer Melts Nathaniel Lynd, Marc Hillmyer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J24.00005: Morphological Evolution of Poly (caprolactone) Dendrites during Isobaric Relaxation of Metastable Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface Bingbing Li, Alan Esker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J24.00006: How Polymers Diffuse in Molecularly-Thin Films Liang Hong, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J24.00007: Phononics and elastic moduli in polymeric and biological nanostructures Ryan Hartschuh, Johnathan Neiswinger, Huiming Xiong, Alexander Kisliuk, Alexei Sokolov, Stephen Wargacki, Richard Vaia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J24.00008: Surface Dynamics of Glassy Polymer Films and Its Effect on Glass Transition Temperature Zahra Fakhraai, James A. Forrest Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J24.00009: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control of Charged Triblock Copolymer Assembly into Complex Nanostructures Honggang Cui, Darrin Pochan, Zhiyun Chen, Karen Wooley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J24.00010: Structured Interfaces of Surface Wrinkles for Adhesion, Optics and Sensors Edwin Chan, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract

Session J25: Focus Session: Hybrid Organic, Inorganic Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Assembly

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Rich Vaia, Air Force Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 203

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J25.00001: Directing and Orienting Nanoparticles and Nanorods at Fluid Interfaces, within Templates, and on Substrates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J25.00002: Formation of Giant Meso-Polymers from Magnetic Nanoparticles Using Fossilized Liquid Assembly Jason Benkoski, Steven Bowles, Ronald Jones, Jack Douglas, Jeffrey Pyun, Alamgir Karim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J25.00003: Nanoparticle Alignment and Repulsion During Failure of Glassy Polymer Nanocomposites Alfred Crosby, Jong-Young Lee, Qingling Zhang, Todd Emrick Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J25.00004: Solvent-Mediated Plasmon-Tuning in a Nanoparticle-Poly(Ionic Liquid) Organogels and Hydrogels Millicent Firestone, Dolly Batra, Soenke Seifert Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J25.00005: Immobilizing Au Nanoparticles with Polymer Single Crystals, Patterning and Asymmetric Functionalization Bing Li, Christopher Li Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J25.00006: High-Energy Density Capacitors using Nanoparticle-Polymer Composite Dielelectrics Kristin Kraemer, Jiangyu Li, Lei Zhang, D.J. Sellmyer, X. Wei, Stephen Ducharme Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J25.00007: Fabrication of Patterned Mesoporous Silica Films Templated From Chemically Amplified Block Copolymers Sivakumar Nagarajan, Joan Bosworth, Christopher Ober, James Watkins, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J25.00008: Metal nanocrystals incorporated within pH-responsive microgel particles Maria Vamvakaki, D. Palioura, S.H. Anastasiadis, S.P. Armes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J25.00009: Self-Assembly of Magnetic Nanoparticles at the Surface and Within Block Copolymer Films Chen Xu, Kohji Ohno, Russell Composto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J25.00010: Effect of Nanoparticles on the Phase Morphology of Block copolymers. David Bucknall, Deepali Palta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J25.00011: Limitations of electric field assisted patterning of nanoparticle filled polymers. Hilmar Koerner, Richard Vaia, Wei Lu, Evangelos Manias Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J25.00012: Separation of Ionic Solutes Using Nanoparticle-Crosslinked Polymer Hydrogels Peter Thomas, Bani Cipriano, Srinivasa Raghavan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J25.00013: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cubic Phases in Pluronics Systems and Their Role in Templating Nanoparticles Joshua Anderson, Alex Travesset, Chris Lorenz Preview Abstract

Session J26: Focus Session: Non-adiabatic Molecular Dynamics and Control at Conical Intersections II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Michael Ashfold, University of Bristol
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J26.00001: Aspects of conical intersections: Dynamics, bound states embedded in the continuum and short-lived electronic states Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J26.00002: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J26.00003: Semiclassical Description of Non-Adiabatic Dynamics - Part I Nandini Ananth, Charulatha Venkataraman, William Miller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J26.00004: Semiclassical description of non-adiabatic dynamics - Part II Charulatha Venkataraman, Nandini Ananth, William Miller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J26.00005: Non-adiabatic effects in photoelectron spectroscopy Michael Schuurman, David Yarkony Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J26.00006: Fast and accurate self-interaction-free methods for calculating electronic excitations Martin Head-Gordon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J26.00007: Using quantum dynamics simulations to understand motion around a conical intersection Graham Worth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J26.00008: Direct dynamics using variational Gaussian wavepackets. Application to the intelligent control of benzene photochemistry Benjamin Lasorne, Michael J. Bearpark, Michael A. Robb, Graham A. Worth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J26.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J26.00010: Towards Modeling Coherent Control in Ab Initio Multiple Spawning Methods Todd Martinez Preview Abstract

Session J27: Focus Session: DNA Translocation / Nanopores - Experiments

Sponsoring Units: DMP DBP
Chair: Aniket Bhattacharya, University of Central Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center 301

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J27.00001: A tunable DNA spring in a nanochannel Robert Riehn, Rory Staunton, Shuang Fang Lim, Robijn Bruinsma, Walter Reisner, Robert Austin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J27.00002: dsDNA and nanobubble studies using solid-state nanopores Ralph Smeets, Ulrich Keyser, Diego Krapf, Meng-Yue Wu, Nynke Dekker, Cees Dekker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J27.00003: Protein translocating as unfolded chains through solid-state nanopores Thomas Aref, Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J27.00004: Fabrication of sealed nanofluidic channels with single wall carbon nanotube electrodes for electronic DNA detection and analysis Chih-kuan Tung, Robert Riehn, Lukas Urban, Ali Yazdani, Robert Austin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J27.00005: Capturing and Expulsion Processes of DNA Translocations in Solid-State Nanopores James Uplinger, Daniel Fologea, Brian Thomas, Ryan Rollings, John Wang, Jiali Li Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J27.00006: Manipulating DNA molecules inside nanopores using magnetic tweezers Hongbo Peng, Sean Ling Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J27.00007: Controlling DNA translocation through nanopores using optical tweezers Shanshan Wu, Xinsheng Sean Ling Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J27.00008: Metastability and capillary condensation hysteresis in nearly ideal cylindrical alumina nanopores Felix Casanova, Casey E. Chiang, Chang-Peng Li, Igor V. Roshchin, Anne M. Ruminski, Michael J. Sailor, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J27.00009: Natural Gas Storage on Nanoporous Carbon. Jacob Burress, Mikael Wood, Sarah Barker, John Flavin, Cintia Lapilli, Parag Shah, Galen Suppes, Peter Pfeifer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J27.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J27.00011: Anisotropy of photoluminescence from dye molecules and zeolite-dye composites Hyunjin Lim, Hyeonsik Cheong, Jin Seok Lee, Kyung Byung Yoon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J27.00012: How conductive polymer/nano-conductive filler composites can be? SuPing Lyu, Darrel Untereker, James Schley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J27.00013: Free-volume anomaly in confined glycerol. Duncan Kilburn, Victoria Garcia-Sakai, Ashraf Alam, Paul Sokol Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J27.00014: Induced Thermal Dynamics in Aerosil Dispersed Glass Forming Liquid Dipti Sharma, Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract

Session J28: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotube Optics III

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Anna Swan, Boston University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 302

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J28.00001: Resonance Raman of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J28.00002: Raman Studies of Exciton-Phonon Coupling in Carbon Nanotubes: Quantitation of Bundled vs. Isolated Behavior Stephen Doorn, Andrew Shreve, Sergei Tretiak, Zhengtang Luo, Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J28.00003: Exciton-phonon interaction and Raman intensity of carbon nanotubes Riichiro Saito, Jie Jiang, Ado Jorio, Kentaro Sato, Gene Dresselhaus, Millie Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J28.00004: Tunable Electron-Phonon Coupling in Isolated Metallic Carbon Nanotubes Observed by Raman Scattering Yang Wu, Janina Maultzsch, Ernst Knoesel, Bhupesh Chandra, Mingyuan Huang, Matt Sfeir, Louis Brus, James Hone, Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J28.00005: Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Phonons in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Erik Haroz, David Hilton, Junichiro Kono, Robert Hauge, Ki-Ju Yee, Yong-Sik Lim, Stephen Doorn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J28.00006: Theory of coherent phonons in carbon nanotubes Gary Sanders, Chris Stanton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J28.00007: Intrinsic BWF-lineshape Observed by Raman Scattering in Isolated Metallic Carbon Nanotubes Janina Maultzsch, Yang Wu, Ernst Knoesel, Bhupesh Chandra, Mingyuan Huang, Matt Sfeir, Louis Brus, James Hone, Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J28.00008: Bundling and Electronic Effects on the BWF Feature for Doped and Undoped Carbon Single-wall Nanotubes Jeff Blackburn, Timothy McDonald, Chaiwat Engtrakul, Anne Dillon, Michael Heben Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J28.00009: First-principles study of resonant Raman spectroscopy in graphite and carbon nanotubes David Prendergast, Jack Deslippe, Steven Louie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J28.00010: Signature of the electron-phonon interaction in the electron spectral function of graphene Cheol Hwan Park, Feliciano Giustino, Marvin L. Cohen, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J28.00011: 1st and 2nd order Raman scattering from n-Graphene Layer (nGL) Films on Silicon Substrates. Awnish Gupta, Gugang Chen, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J28.00012: Raman Scattering Study of the Graphene-Substrate Interaction. Peter Eklund, Awnish Gupta, Gugang Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J28.00013: Raman Spectroscopy of single and double layer graphene Yan Yin, Sebastian Remi, Svetlana Anissimova, Anna Swan, Bennett Goldberg Preview Abstract

Session J29: Focus Session: Granular Flows I

Sponsoring Units: DFD GSNP
Chair: Mark Shattuck, City College of New York
Room: Colorado Convention Center 303

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J29.00001: Lateral stripe state in rapid granular flow on an inclined plane Robert Ecke, Tamas Borzsonyi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J29.00002: Universality of granular impact dynamics Hiroaki Katsuragi, Douglas Durian Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J29.00003: The Liquid Nature of a Granular Jet Hitting a Fixed Target Xiang Cheng, German Varas, Daniel Citron, Heinrich Jaeger, Sidney Nagel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J29.00004: Rapid Granular Flows: From Kinetic Theory to Hydrodynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J29.00005: Kinetic theory of hydrodynamic response functions for a dense granular fluid James Dufty, Aparna Baskaran, Javier Brey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J29.00006: Velocity correlations in dense granular flows observed with internal imaging Arshad Kudrolli, Ashish Orpe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J29.00007: Lubrication forces in dense granular flow with interstitial fluid: A simulation study with Discrete Element Method Oleh Baran, Deniz Ertas, Thomas Halsey, Fuping Zhou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J29.00008: Geometrical Mechanism for Solid-Fluid transition in a Granular system Rohit Ingale, Mark Shattuck Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J29.00009: Swirling Motion in the System of Vibrated Elongated Particles Igor Aranson, Dmitrii Volfson, Lev Tsimring Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J29.00010: Angle of Repose of Small, Conducting and Non-Conducting Plates Paul J. Dolan, Jr., Denisa S. Melichian, Alan Feinerman, Rebecca J. Carlton, Kathy Augustyn, Justin Johnson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J29.00011: Large scale surface flow generation in driven suspensions of magnetic microparticles: Experiment, theoretical model and simulations Maxim Belkin, Alexey Snezhko, Igor Aranson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J29.00012: The Behavior of Ultrafine Particles in the Absence and Presence of External Fields Meenakshi Dutt, Bruno Hancock, Craig Bentham, James Elliott Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J29.00013: Quasi-equilibrium in tapered chains Robert Doney, Surajit Sen Preview Abstract

Session J30: Focus Session: Characterizing Spatio-Temporal Complexity in Fluids and Materials

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Michael Schatz, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 304

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J30.00001: Topological Analysis of Spatial Temporal Patterns Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J30.00002: Coarse-grained velocity gradients in turbulence Nicholas Ouellette, Haitao Xu, Eberhard Bodenschatz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J30.00003: Turbulent-Laminar Patterns in Shear Flows Dwight Barkley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J30.00004: Turbulence structures and unstable periodic orbits Genta Kawahara Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J30.00005: Computational Homology in Rayleigh-Benard convection experiments Michael Schatz, Huseyin Kurtuldu, Marcio Gameiro, Konstantin Mischaikow Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J30.00006: State and Parameter Estimation of Spatio-Temporally Chaotic Systems: Application to Rayleigh-Benard Convection Matthew Cornick, Brian Hunt, Edward Ott, Hussein Kurtuldu, Mike Schatz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J30.00007: Geometric Diagnostics of Complex Patterns: Spiral Defect Chaos in Convection Hermann Riecke, Santiago Madruga Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J30.00008: Pattern selection and control via localized feedback Roman Grigoriev, Andreas Handel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J30.00009: Structural analysis of particulate suspensions under simple shear flow Kyung Ahn, Sunjin Song, Seung Lee Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J30.00010: Light Propagation in Quasi-Ordered Media Randall Tagg, Masoud Asadi-Zeydabadi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J30.00011: Oscillons and reciprocal oscillons Edgar Knobloch, John Burke, Arik Yochelis Preview Abstract

Session J31: Transport in Carbon Nanotubes: Experiment

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Bhupesh Chandra, Columbia University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J31.00001: Transport in Carbon Nanotube -- Polymer Field Emission Cathodes. David Carey, Richard Smith Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J31.00002: A comparative study of transport properties between low- and high-resistance nanotube field-effect transistors Swastik Kar, Aravind Vijayaraghavan, Caterina Soldano, Pulickel Ajayan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J31.00003: Transport properties of metallic nanocluster impregnated multi wall carbon nanotubes Caterina Soldano, Swastik Kar, Saikat Talapatra, Saroj Nayak, Pulickle Ajayan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J31.00004: Electronic transport in loops comprised of individual carbon nanotubes Jinseong Heo, Gil Refael, Marc Bockrath Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J31.00005: Sagnac interference in Carbon nanotube loops Gil Refael, Jinseong Heo, Marc Bockrath Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J31.00006: Electronic transport across a Carbon nanotube Heterojunction: Experimental observations of high temperature Coulomb Charging and level spacing. Bhupesh Chandra, Yang Wu, Meninder Purewal, Mingyuan Huang, Hugen Yan, Limin Huang, Stephen Brien, Tony Heinz, Philip Kim, James Hone Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J31.00007: Thermomagnetic Measurements of Transport in Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes J. P. Heremans, C. M. Thrush, V. Jovovic, J. West Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J31.00008: Observation of unusual structure in the low-temperature conductance of carbon nanotubes Jeffrey D. Stephens, Jerome C. Licini, A.T. Charlie Johnson, Douglas R. Strachan, Sam Khamis, Danvers E. Johnston Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J31.00009: Low temperature electron transport measurements of dielectrophoretically assembled single wall carbon nanotube Paul Stokes, Liwei Liu, Saiful Khondaker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J31.00010: Electrical transport through tunable pn junctions in suspended carbon nanotubes Ferdinand Kuemmeth, Shahal Ilani, P. L. McEuen, D. C. Ralph Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J31.00011: Scaling of Resistance with Channel Length in Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Meninder Purewal, Byung Hee Hong, Aniruddh Ravi, Bhupesh Chandra, James Hone, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J31.00012: Magnetic and Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotube-Based One-Dimensional Nanocomposite Materials Adam Friedman, Latika Menon, Jesse Silverberg, Yung Joon Jung Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J31.00013: One-Dimensional Carbon Nanotube Electrodes Carla Aguirre, Benoit St. Antoine, Mathieu Paillet, Patrick Desjardins, Richard Martel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J31.00014: Heat Transport in Carbon Nanotubes Measured using Raman Spectroscopy I-Kai Hsu, Michael Pettes, Rajay Kumar, Li Shi, Stephen Cronin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J31.00015: Breakdown of Fourier's law in nanotube thermal conductors Chih-Wei Chang, David Okawa, Henry Garcia, Arunava Majumdar, Alex Zettl Preview Abstract

Session J32: Quantum Computing in AMO Systems

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP GQI
Chair: Dana Berkeland, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J32.00001: Super-fluid assisted quantum computation with group II atoms David Hayes, Satyan Bhongale, Ivan Deutsch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J32.00002: Interfacing Collective Atomic Excitations and Single Photons Jonathan Simon, Haruka Tanji, James Thompson, Vladan Vuletic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J32.00003: Anyonic Braiding in Optical Lattices Chuanwei Zhang, Vito Scarola, Sumanta Tewari, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J32.00004: Turning back time in the optical lattice: How to measure the fidelity of a quantum simulation. Fernando Cucchietti Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J32.00005: Characterization of scalable ion traps for quantum computation R.J. Epstein, J.J. Bollinger, D. Leibfried, S. Seidelin, J. Britton, J.H. Wesenberg, N. Shiga, J.M. Amini, R.B. Blakestad, K.R. Brown, J.P. Home, W.M. Itano, J.D. Jost, C. Langer, R. Ozeri, D.J. Wineland Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J32.00006: Entangling operations and rapid measurement of clock-state qubits in Yb or Sr for quantum information processing Rene Stock, Nathan S. Babcock, Barry C. Sanders Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J32.00007: Quantum spin relaxation in mixtures of spinor cold atoms Yi-Ya Tian, Po-Chung Chen, Daw-Wei Wang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J32.00008: Microfabricated surface-electrode ion traps for scalable quantum information processing Signe Seidelin, Joe Britton, John Chiaverini, Rainer Reichle, John Bollinger, Didi Leibfried, Janus Wesenberg, Brad Blakestad, Ryan Epstein, Jason Amini, Kenton Brown, Jonathan Home, David Hume, Nobu Shiga, Wayne Itano, John Jost, Emmanuel Knill, Chris Langer, Roee Ozeri, David Wineland Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J32.00009: A Point Paul Trap for Quantum Information Experiments Robert Clark, Li Yang, Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J32.00010: Optical MEMS Based Beam Steering for 2D lattice Caleb Knoernschild, Changsoon Kim, Felix Lu, Bin Liu, Jungsang Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J32.00011: surface-electrode ion trap loaded by laser ablation Paul Antohi, Waseem Bakr, Isaac Chuang, Jaroslaw Labaziewicz, Ken Brown Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J32.00012: Sideband cooling and anomalous heating of trapped $Sr^+$ ion. Jaroslaw Labaziewicz, Yufei Ge, Paul Antohi, Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J32.00013: One-way quantum computing in optical lattices with many atom measurements. Timothy P. Friesen, David L. Feder Preview Abstract

Session J33: Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits II

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: John Martinis, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J33.00001: Two Superconducting Charge Qubits Coupled by a Josephson Inductance Michio Watanabe$^1$, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto$^{1,2,3}$, Yuri A. Pashkin$^{1,2}$, Oleg Astafiev$^{1,2}$, Yasunobu Nakamura$^{1,2,3}$, Jaw-Shen Tsai$^{1,2,3}$ Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J33.00002: Kinetics of quasiparticle trapping in a Cooper-pair box. Roman Lutchyn, Leonid Glazman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J33.00003: Narrow band microwave radiation from a biased single-Cooper-pair transistor Ofer Naaman, Jos\'e Aumentado Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J33.00004: Measurement of the Excited State Lifetime of a Cooper-Pair Box Youngnoh Yoon, B.S. Palmer, F.C. Wellstood, J.F. Schneiderman, P.M. Echternach Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J33.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J33.00006: Efficient one- and two-qubit pulse gates for an oscillator stabilized Josephson flux qubit Frederico Brito, D.P. DiVincenzo, R.H. Koch, Matthias Steffen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J33.00007: A Quantum Computer based on Tunable Flux Qubits Matthias Steffen, Frederico Brito, David DiVincenzo, Roger Koch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J33.00008: The voltage-controlled superconducting flux qubit Luca Chirolli, Guido Burkard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J33.00009: Microwave-Induced Cooling of a Superconducting Persistent-Current Qubit Sergio Valenzuela, William Oliver, David Berns, Karl Berggren, Leonid Levitov, Terry Orlando Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J33.00010: Coherent Quasiclassical Dynamics of a Superconducting Persistent-Current Qubit David M. Berns, William D. Oliver, Sergio O. Valenzuela, Andrei V. Shytov, Karl K. Berggren, Leonid S. Levitov, Terry P. Orlando Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J33.00011: Adiabatic Evolution of a System of Four Coupled Flux Qubits Richard Harris, Andrew Berkley, Mark Johnson, Paul Bunyk, Sergei Govorkov, Sergey Uchaikin, Murray Thom, Brock Wilson, Jaspaul Chung, Jake Biamonte, Mohammed Amin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J33.00012: Studies of decoherence in a large area Nb flux qubit Douglas Bennett, Luigi Longobardi, Vijay Patel, Wei Chen, Dmitri Averin, Antonio Di Lorenzo, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Jaan Mannik, Shawn Pottorf, Kristian Rabenstein, James Lukens Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J33.00013: Measurement of relaxation time in a large-inductance superconducting flux qubit Wei Qiu, Bo Mao, Siyuan Han, Yu Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J33.00014: Long-range coupling mechanism and architecture for superconducting flux qubits Austin Fowler, William Thompson, Zhizhong Yan, Ashley Stephens, Frank Wilhelm Preview Abstract

Session J34: In vivo Imaging and Biomolecular Fibrils

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Wolfgang Losert, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center 404

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J34.00001: Crystallographic Properties of Physiological Hydroxyapatite as a Function of Age Th. Leventouri, R. Venturelli, A. Kyriacou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J34.00002: Single fluorescent nanodiamond as a cellular biomarker Hsu-Yang Lee, Huan-Cheng Chang, Wunshain Fann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J34.00003: Intracellular Osmolyte Distributions Assessed by $^{1}$H and $^{23}$Na Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Samuel Grant Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J34.00004: Harmonic Generation Spectroscopy of Enzymatic Activity in Live Organisms Jie Fang, Gustavo Cardenas, Shih-Ying Hsu, William Widge, John Miller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J34.00005: Near-Infrared Fluorescence of the NBT/BCIP Chromogenic Stain M. D. McCutchen, L. A. Bumm, D. W. McCauley, L. A. Trinh, M. Bonner-Fraser, S. E. Fraser Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J34.00006: Development of a `Protein Microscope' to Map Peptide Distributions in Cells J.A. Hoffmann, M.E. Reeves Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J34.00007: The fate of cells in skin: from clonal analysis to cell kinetics Allon M. Klein, David P. Doupe, Douglas J. Winton, Phil H. Jones, Benjamin D. Simons Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J34.00008: Photo-ionization Potential Threshold of Single Human Fibrinogen Molecule Absorbed onto Silicon Surfaces Xianhua Kong, Jacob Gauguilo, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J34.00009: In vitro, interaction of homotrimers with heterotrimers of type I collagen Sejin Han, Wolfgang Losert, Sergey Leikin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J34.00010: Determining Beta Sheet Crystallinity in Fibrous Proteins by Thermal Analysis and Infrared Spectroscopy Xiao Hu, David Kaplan, Peggy Cebe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J34.00011: Resonance Effects in the Ultraviolet Raman Spectroscopy of Collagen in Mineralized Tissues J. W. Ager III, M. Pugach, S. Habelitz, G. Balooch, J. H. Kinney, G. W. Marshall, R. O. Ritchie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J34.00012: Surface modification of cotton and silk fabrics by SF$_{6}$ plasma Satreerat Hodak, Thidarat Supasai, Varong Pavarajarn, Boonchoat Paosawatyanyong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J34.00013: Fundamental Investigations of the Extracellular Proteins Fibrin and Collagen in Microchannel Devices Heather M. Evans, Sarah Koester, Thomas Pfohl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J34.00014: Biomolecule surface patterning by aqueous polymer nanografting (APN) Robert Davis, Katherine Barnett, Jodi Knoebel, Matthew Linford Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J34.00015: Mechanical Single Molecule Investigations of SNARE Protein Interactions Wei Liu, Vedrana Montana, Vladimir Parpura, Umar Mohideen Preview Abstract

Session J35: Protein Water Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DBP DCP DCOMP
Chair: Andrea Markelz, University of Buffalo
Room: Colorado Convention Center 405

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J35.00001: Oscillatory Growth of Ice Crystals Observed in a Solution of Antifreeze Glycoprotein Yoshinori Furukawa, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Salvador Zepeda, Hiroyuki Nakaya, Etsuro Yokoyama Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J35.00002: A model of self-oscillatory growth of ice crystals in antifreeze glycoprotein solutions Etsuro Yokoyama, Yoshinori Furukawa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J35.00003: Antifreeze Protein (AFP) and Antifreeze Glycoprotein (AFGP) Kinetics at the Ice/Solution Interface Salvador Zepeda, Hiroyuki Nakaya, Yukihiro Uda, Etsuro Yokoyama, Yoshinori Furukawa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J35.00004: Protein slaving to the solvent and the relation to hydrodynamics P. W. Fenimore, Guo Chen, B. H. McMahon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J35.00005: Dynamics of Lysozyme in a Glycerol-Water system Pavan Ghatty, Gustavo Carri Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J35.00006: An extended dynamical solvation shell around proteins. Seung Joong Kim, Simon Ebbinghaus, Matthias Heyden, Xin Yu, Udo Heugen, Martin Gruebele, David Leitner, Martina Havenith Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J35.00007: Structural and dynamical properties of water in hydrophobic confinement, as probed by \textit{ab-initio }molecular dynamics. Giancarlo Cicero, Jeffrey C. Grossman, Eric Schwegler, Galli Giulia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J35.00008: Basal Plane Affinity of an Insect Antifreeze Protein N. Pertaya, S.Y. Gauthier, P.L. Davies, I. Braslavsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J35.00009: Study of Hydrogen Bond and Dipolar Interaction in Water-like Fluid with Toy Model Y.S. Jho, C.S. Chang, P.A. Pincus, M.W. Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J35.00010: Density and Structure of Water under Confinement as Determined using Monte Carlo Simulations Sumit Sharma, Sanat K. Kumar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J35.00011: The protein hydration transition Yunfen He, Joseph Knab, Jing-Yin Chen, Andrea Markelz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J35.00012: Inverted Solubility of the Pro 23 to Val Mutant of Human $\gamma $D Crystallin-- Altered Phase Diagram from a Single Amino Acid Substitution and the Effect of PEG J.J. McManus, A. Lomakin, M. Basan, O. Ogun, A. Pande, J. Pande, G.B. Benedek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J35.00013: Free energy study of uranyl complexes across water-oil and water-oil+tri-butyl phosphate (TBP) interfaces Manori Jayasinghe, Thomas L. Beck Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J35.00014: Differential Dielectric Spectroscopy of Protein Solutions: Observation of Protein Interactions Brian Mazzeo, Andrew Flewitt Preview Abstract

Session J38: Focus Session: X-ray and Neutron Instruments and Sciences II

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Carolyn MacDonald, State University of New York at Albany
Room: Colorado Convention Center 501

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J38.00001: Picosecond X-ray Pulse Generation at the Advanced Photon Source Dennis Mills Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J38.00002: TEMPO Beamline at the Soleil Synchrotron Radiation Source Fausto Sirotti, Manuel Izquierdo, Mathieu Silly, Francois Polack, Christian Chauvet Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J38.00003: Using crystal optics as a guard aperture in coherent diffraction imaging experiments Xianghui Xiao, Hanfei Yan, Martin de Jonge, Yuncheng Zhong, Yong Chu, Qun Shen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J38.00004: Phase retrieval from coherent x-ray diffraction data utilizing pre-determined partial information Sang Soo Kim, Hyon Chol Kang, Shashi Marathe, Su Nam Kim, Do Young Noh, Alec R. Sandy, Suresh Narayan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J38.00005: Nano-Scale Resolution Spectro-Microscopy by Coherent X-ray Diffraction. C. Song, D. Ramunno-Johnson, H. Jiang, A. Mancuso, J. Miao, M. de Jonge, C. Rau, D. Paterson, I. McNulty Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J38.00006: Diffuse scattering due to nanoprecipitation in Ni-Al-Si alloys Rozaliya Barabash, G. Ice, E. Specht, P. Zshack Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J38.00007: Studies of stressor effects on silicon nanostructures using synchrotron X-ray nanodiffraction Zhonghou Cai, Ashesh Parikh, Paul Evans Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J38.00008: X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy in microfluidic ssytems Andrei Fluerasu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J38.00009: Development of new x-ray absorption spectroscopy measurement Hoyoung Jang, Jun-Sik Lee, Kyung-Tae Ko, Hangil Lee, Jae-Young Kim, Ki Bong Lee, Jae-Hoon Park Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J38.00010: Overcoming Experimental and Intrinsic Broadening in Excited State Spectroscopies using Richardson-Lucy Deconvolution W.T. Elam, T.T. Fister, G.T. Seidler, K.P. Nagle, J.J. Kas, J.O. Cross Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J38.00011: Organic-modified and biological silica studied by synchrotron x-ray pair distribution function measurements Elaine DiMasi, Clayton Jeffryes, Gregory Rorrer, David Belton, Carole Perry Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J38.00012: Non-Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering and Energy-Resolved Wannier Function Investigation of \textit{d-d} Excitations in NiO and CoO B.C. Larson, J.Z. Tischler, P. Zschack, Wei Ku, C.C. Lee Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J38.00013: Wave-optical simulation of hard X-ray nanofocusing by precisely figured elliptical mirrors Albert Macrander, Cameron Kewish, Lahsen Assoufid, Jun Qian Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J38.00014: Producing small size parallel x-ray beam by multi-plate crystal cavity with compound refractive lenses S.-Y. Chen, Y.-Y. Chang, M.-T. Tang, Yu. Stetsko, M. Yabashi, H.-H. Wu, Y.-R. Lee, B.-Y. Shew, S.-L. Chang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J38.00015: Alignment system for doubly curved crystal x-ray optics Ayhan Bingolbali, Carolyn MacDonald Preview Abstract

Session J39: Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Gregory Meisner, General Motors R&D
Room: Colorado Convention Center 502

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J39.00001: Strategies for increasing hydrogen storage capacity and adsorption energy in MOFs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J39.00002: Structure, lattice dynamics, and hydrogen adsorption properties of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 W. Zhou, H. Wu, T. Yildirim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J39.00003: Quantum methyl rotations in zeolitic imidazolate framework-8: Inelastic neutron scattering and first-principles calculations J. J. Rush, W. Zhou, H. Wu, T. J. Udovic, T. Yildirim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J39.00004: Hydrogen molecule binding to unsaturated metal sites in metal-organic frameworks studied by neutron powder diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering Yun Liu, Craig Brown, Dan Neumann, Mircea Dinca, Jeffrey Long, Vanessa Peterson, Cameron Kepert Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J39.00005: Infrared spectroscopy of trapped hydrogen in metal-organic-frameworks Stephen FitzGerald, Kelty Allen, Patrick Landerman, Jesse Rowsell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J39.00006: Gas separation using novel materials: kinetics of gas adsorption on RPM-1 and Cu-BTC metal-organic frameworks~ Kathleen Lask, Vaiva Krungleviciute, Aldo Migone, J.-Y. Lee, Jing Li Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J39.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J39.00008: High Pressure Volumetric Sorption Measurements On Small Samples At Low Temperatures Philip Parilla, Linn Simpson, Jeff Blackburn, Anne Dillon, Michael Heben Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J39.00009: Novel H2 Sorption Measurements of Nanostructured Materials Lin Simpson, Phillip Parilla, Jeff Blackburn, Kevin O'Neill, Michael Sanders, Anne Dillon, Erin Whitney, Michael Heben, Thomas Gennett Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J39.00010: Hydrogen Adsorption in Carbon-Based Materials Studied by NMR Yue Wu, Alfred Kleinhammes, Robert Anderson, Shenghua Mao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J39.00011: In-situ electronic structure study of H$_2$ adsorption on HOPG Per-Anders Glans, Jinghua Guo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J39.00012: Hydrogen Adsorption on Nanoporous Biocarbon M.B. Wood, J.W. Burress, C.M. Lapilli, P. Pfeifer, P.S. Shah, G.J. Suppes, A.C. Dillon, P.A. Parilla Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J39.00013: Adsorption of supercritical carbon dioxide and propane in porous aerogel Yuri Melnichenko, Gernot Rother, George Wignall, David Cole, Henrich Frielinghaus Preview Abstract

Session J40: QHE

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Mansour Shayegan, Princeton University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J40.00001: Experimental observation of six valleys and an anisotropic integer quantum Hall effect on H-Si(111) surfaces Kevin Eng, Robert N. McFarland, Bruce E. Kane Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J40.00002: Anomalous Resistance Fluctuations in a Macroscopic 2DEG on a H-Si(111) Surface Robert N. McFarland, Kevin Eng, Bruce E. Kane Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J40.00003: Spin Susceptibility of an Anisotropic 2D Electron System in an AlAs Quantum Well T. Gokmen, M. Padmanabhan, E. P. De Poortere, E. Tutuc, M. Shayegan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J40.00004: Effetcs of thickness and mass anisotropy on the spin susceptibility of the 2DEG in AlAs QWs Stefania De Palo, Saverio Moroni, Gaetano Senatore Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J40.00005: Scanning Probe Study of Edge States in a Two-Dimensional Electron System Cemil Kayis, Stuart Tessmer, Loren Pfeiffer , Ken West Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J40.00006: Characterization and modelling of one-dimensional states in a bent quantum Hall system L. Steinke, D. Schuh, M. Bichler, G. Abstreiter, M. Grayson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J40.00007: Temperature Limited Spectroscopy of the Quantum Hall Liquid O.E. Dial, R.C. Ashoori, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J40.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J40.00009: Time-Dependent Conductivity in the Quantum Hall Effect Manabu Machida, Naomichi Hatano, Jun Goryo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J40.00010: Simple-layered high mobility field effect heterostructured two-dimensional carrier devices. Robert Willett, Loren Pfeiffer, Kenneth West Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J40.00011: 2D hole transport in GaAs MOSFETs Tzu-Ming Lu, Keji Lai, Daniel Tsui, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J40.00012: Towards Novel Electron and Hole Structures: Characterizing n- and p-Type (110) GaAs/AlAs M. Grayson, S. Dasgupta, S. F. Roth, N. Isik, A. Fontcuberta-i-Morral, M. Bichler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J40.00013: Electron correlations and single particle physics in the integer quantum Hall effect Alexander Struck, Bernhard Kramer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J40.00014: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO S40.00013 Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J40.00015: Experimental technique for the realization of multiple simultaneous Hall effects Ramesh Mani Preview Abstract

Session J41: Photonics/Optoelectronics

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Donald Morelli, Michigan State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 504

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J41.00001: Chemically and Electrically Tunable Block Copolymer Photonic Gels: Exceptionally Large Tunability via Uniaxial Swelling Youngjong Kang, Joe Walish, Taras Gorishnyy , Edwin L. Thomas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J41.00002: Polarization conversion in a silica microsphere Pablo Bianucci, Chris Fietz, John W. Robertson, Gennady Shvets, Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J41.00003: Light Propagation in Colloidal Glass: enhancement of scattering at reduced coordination number Xiaotao Peng, A.D. Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J41.00004: Bio-functional subwavelength optical waveguides for chemical detection. Donald Sirbuly, Olgica Bakajin, Aleksandr Noy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J41.00005: Focused Surface Plasmons for Enhanced Raman Scattering Alexandra Imre, John T. Bahns, Liaohai Chen, John E. Pearson, Jon M. Hiller, Vitalii K. Vlasko-Vlasov, Ulrich Welp Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J41.00006: Evanescent field response to small patterned features on a planar waveguide biosensor Guangwei Yuan, R. Yan, M. Stephens, D. Dandy, K. Lear Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J41.00007: Surface-plasmon-polariton band structure of nanostructured multi-layer systems Erich Runge, Stephan Schwieger, Parinda Vasa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J41.00008: Photonic bandgap properties of gradient-index thin films with one-dimensional periodicity and anisotropic structure. Matthew Hawkeye, Michael Brett Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J41.00009: Periodically bent porous metal oxide nanostructures as linear polarization selective Bragg filters Nicholas Wakefield, Kyrylo Tabunshchyk, Michael Brett, Andriy Kovalenko, Jeremy Sit Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J41.00010: Extraordinary optoconductance in InSb-Au thin film hybrid structures K.A. Wieland, Yun Wang, S.A. Solin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J41.00011: 200 nm deep ultraviolet photodetectors based on AlN R. Dahal, J. Li, Z.Y. Fan, M.L. Nakarmi, J.Y. Lin, H.X. Jiang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J41.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J41.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J41.00014: Microlens Fabrication by Fluid Deposition of Curable Optical Polymers Paul Rugheimer, Cameron Chen, Yves Idzerda Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J41.00015: Efficient calculations of the dielectric response in semiconductor nanostructures for optical metrology Hugh Wilson, Giulia Galli, Francois Gygi, Sebastien Hamel, Andrew Williamson, Ed Ratner, Dan Wack Preview Abstract

Session J42: Focus Session: Metal-Semiconductor Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Chih-Kang Shih, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Colorado Convention Center 505

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J42.00001: Shape transition and migration of TiSi$_{2}$ nanostructures embedded in a Si matrix Anderson Sunda-Meya, David J. Smith, Robert J. Nemanich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J42.00002: Growth and stability of dysprosium silicide nanostructures on Si(001) Matthew Zeman, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J42.00003: Spatial First-passage Statistics of Al$/$Si(111)-($\sqrt{3}\times\sqrt{3}$) Step Fluctuations: Implications for Nanoscale Structures Brad Conrad, William Cullen, Daniel Dougherty, Igor Lyubinetsky, Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J42.00004: Au-Induced Nanostructuring of Vicinal Si Surfaces Mark Gallagher, Wei Wu, Laura Pedri Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J42.00005: Density Functional Study on Energetic Instability of the 5$\times$2 structure on Au/Si(111) and Au/Si(775) surfaces. Masashi Noda, Takuya Kadohira, Satoshi Watanabe, Chris Fischer, Gerbrand Ceder Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J42.00006: One-dimensional plasmons in atom wires on Si(111)-5x2-Au T. Nagao, C. Liu, S. Yaginuma, T. Nakayama Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J42.00007: First-principles calculations of low coverage growth of Ba on Si(001) C. R. Ashman, C. J. Foerst, P. E. Bloechl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J42.00008: Controlled self-organization of atom vacancies in pseudomorphic adsorbate layers: Ga/Si(112) E.J. Moon, P.C. Snijders, C. Gonz\'alez, J. Ortega, F. Flores, H.H. Weitering Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J42.00009: Generalized Electron Counting in Determination of Metal-Induced Reconstruction of Compound Semiconductor Surfaces Lixin Zhang, Enge Wang, Qikun Xue, Shengbai Zhang, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J42.00010: Transport properties of electrodeposited Ni films on GaAs(110) Sreenivasulu Vutukuri, Rainer Schad, Patrick LeClair Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J42.00011: Interfacial Structure of Fe-GaAs(001) with annealing and substrate surface morphology Ryan Philip, Jong-Woo Kim, Paul Micelli, Justin Shaw, Charles M. Falco Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J42.00012: Interaction of PH$_{3}$ with Si(111)-7x7 Surfaces: Adsorption, Desorption and P-segregation. T.-C. Shen, Jeong-Young Ji Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J42.00013: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO N18.00013 Preview Abstract

Session J43: Focus Session: Materials for Quantum Information Processing II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Bruce Kane, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center 506

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J43.00001: Solid-state materials and devices for single-photon generation and more Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J43.00002: Dynamical nuclear spin polarization and the Zamboni effect in gated double quantum dots Guy Ramon, Xuedong Hu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J43.00003: Dephasing of exchange coupled spin qubits by electron-phonon coupling Xuedong Hu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J43.00004: Two- and three- energy level mixing effects in vertically coupled quantum dots Chris Payette, David Austing, Guolin Yu, James Gupta, Selva Nair Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J43.00005: Magnetic field induced resonance and hysteresis effects in the current flowing through coupled vertical quantum dots at high source-drain bias David Austing, Chris Payette, Guolin Yu, James Gupta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J43.00006: Three-electron bonding and entanglement in single and molecular quantum dots Yuesong Li, Constantine Yannouleas, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J43.00007: Long range spin qubit interaction mediated by microcavity polaritons Carlo Piermarocchi, Guillermo F. Quinteiro, Joaquin Fernandez-Rossier Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J43.00008: Optically detected quantum dynamics of hydrogenic donor qubits Dan Allen, Sangwoo Kim, Mark Sherwin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J43.00009: Characterization of (In,Ga)As Quantum Posts for Terahertz Quantum Information Processing C. M. Morris, D. G. Allen, J. He, C. Pryor, P. M. Petroff, M. S. Sherwin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J43.00010: Enhancement of electron spin coherence by optical preparation of nuclear spins Dimitrije Stepanenko, Guido Burkard, Geza Giedke, Atac Imamoglu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J43.00011: Exchange energy in vertically coupled double quantum dots Tetsuo Kodera, Yousuke Kitamura, Keiji Ono, Shinichi Amaha, Yasuhiro Tokura, Seigo Tarucha Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J43.00012: Electronic structure, entanglement and double occupancy in asymmetric dot molecule quantum gate Lixin He, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract

Session J44: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanocrystals

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Victor Klimov, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 507

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J44.00001: Polarization-resolved fine structure and magneto-optics of single CdSe nanocrystal quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J44.00002: State-to-state femtosecond relaxation dynamics of excitons in semiconductor quantum dots. Patanjali Kambhampati, Samuel Sewall, Ryan Cooney, Kevin Anderson, Eva Dias Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J44.00003: Size Dependence of Fluorescence Blinking Statistics from CdSe Nanorods Siying Wang, Claudia Querner, Thomas Emmons, Marija Drndic, Catherine Crouch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J44.00004: Size and shape dependence of CdSe nanocrystal band-edge exciton fine structure$^{\ast }$ Qingzhong Zhao, Kwiseon Kim, Peter A. Graf, Wesley B. Jones, Alberto Franceschetti, Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J44.00005: Ab initio Theory of Semiconductor Nanocrystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J44.00006: Size-dependent optical spectrum of CdSe nanocrystals W. Jaskolski, G.W. Bryant, J.G. Diaz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J44.00007: Carrier Multiplication in PbSe Quantum Dots Alberto Franceschetti, Joonhee An, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J44.00008: Optical Properties of PbSe Nanocrystal Quantum Dots Under Pressure Kirill K. Zhuravlev, Jeffrey M. Pietryga, Robert K. Sander, Richard D. Schaller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J44.00009: Theory of InP nanocrystals under pressure J.G. Diaz, G.W. Bryant, W. Jaskolski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J44.00010: Quantum Dots Confined in Nanoporous Alumina Membranes Jun Xu, Jianfeng Xia, Jun Wang, Joseph Shinar, Zhiqun Lin Preview Abstract