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Session N1: Quantum Electronics in Silicon

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Xuedong Hu, State University of New York at Buffalo
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 2-3

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N1.00001: Spin Coherence in Silicon Quantum Structures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N1.00002: Spectroscopy of Few-Electron Quantum Dots in Silicon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		N1.00003: Single-dopant spectroscopy in triple-gate nano MOSFETs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		N1.00004: Coherent electron spin transport and fault-tolerant semiconductor-based quantum computer architectures. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session N2: Progress in Superconducting Quantum Computing

Sponsoring Units: GQI DCMP
Chair: Robert Schoelkopf, Yale University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 4

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N2.00001: Superconducting qubits on the way to a quantum processor Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N2.00002: Solid State Qubits with Current-Controlled Coupling Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		N2.00003: Measurement and Generation of Single Photons in a Circuit Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		N2.00004: Direct Measurement of the Entanglement of Two Superconducting Qubits via State Tomography. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		N2.00005: Flux qubits: quantum nondemolition readout and controlled-not gate Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session N3: Frontiers in Ultra-cold Gases in Optical Lattices

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Alexander Fetter, Stanford University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2A-3A

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N3.00001: Evidence for Superfluidity of Ultracold Fermions in an Optical Lattice Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N3.00002: Interacting Fermions and Bose-Fermi mixtures in Optical Lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		N3.00003: Doing Solid State Physics With Cold Atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		N3.00004: 2-D Lattices at JILA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		N3.00005: Normal State of a Polarized Fermi Gas at Unitarity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session N4: Novel Approaches Aimed at Rational Design of Functional Polymeric Materials

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Jan Genzer, North Carolina State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2B-3B

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N4.00001: Conformation -- Dependent Design of Copolymer Sequences Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N4.00002: Novel Antimicrobial Materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		N4.00003: Biosynthetic Polypeptides as Templates in Materials Design Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		N4.00004: Polyvalent Recognition of Biopolymers:The Design of Potent Inhibitors of Anthrax Toxin Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		N4.00005: Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Polymeric Nanostructured Materials. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session N5: The Generation of Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos and the Role of Turbulence

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Annick Pouquet, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1A-1B

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N5.00001: Laboratory models of the Earth's outer core Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N5.00002: Making Magnetic Fields on Cosmic Scales Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		N5.00003: Generation of magnetic field by dynamo action in a turbulent flow of liquid sodium Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		N5.00004: Dynamo action in penetrative Boussinesq convection Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		N5.00005: Scale interactions in MHD turbulence and dynamo action Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session N6: Condensed Matter Physics at Synchrotron Facilities: History as Prologue to the Future

Sponsoring Units: FHP DPB
Chair: David Moncton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 207

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N6.00001: Soft X-Ray Science -- From Photon Drought to X-Ray Lasers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N6.00002: Inelastic X-ray Scattering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		N6.00003: Surface Structure as a Foundation of Nanotechnology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		N6.00004: Magnetic X-Ray Scattering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		N6.00005: The Use of Coherent X-Ray Beams to Study the Dynamics of Soft Condensed Matter Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session N7: Nonlinear Rheology and Dynamics of Soft Materials

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: David Weitz, Harvard University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4A-4B

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N7.00001: Elasticity of Crosslinked Biopolymer Networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N7.00002: Strain-Rate Frequency Superposition (SRFS) - A rheological probe of structural relaxation in soft materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		N7.00003: Probing the nonlinear response of soft materials by active microrheology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		N7.00004: Nonlinear structural dynamics in metal nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session N8: Focus Session: Novel superconductors V: Borides, Organics and Others

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

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N8.00001: Engineering superconductors with ab initio methods: the example of LiB Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N8.00002: Electronic structure of MS2-LiB under hydrostatic pressure. Edgar Martinez-Guerra, Romeo de Coss, Aleksey N. Kolmogorov, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N8.00003: Combining the advantages of superconducting MgB2 and CaC6 in one material: suggestions from first-principles calculations Amy Liu, Igor Mazin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N8.00004: The Structural and Physical Properties of the Vacancy Ordered LiBC Phases Bora Kalkan, Ebru Gungor, Engin Ozdas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N8.00005: The Pressure Effect on the Electronic Structure of the Ordered LiBC Ebru Gungor, Engin Ozdas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N8.00006: Mechanism of Superconductivity in Boron-Doped Diamond Feliciano Giustino, Jonathan R. Yates, Ivo Souza, Marvin L. Cohen, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N8.00007: Critical fields, vortex melting and the irreversibility line in quasi 2D organic superconductors. Braunen Smith, Kyuil Cho, Charles Agosta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N8.00008: Unconventional Metallic States of the Superconducting Layered Organic Charge Transfer Salts Eddy Yusuf, B. J. Powell, R. H. McKenzie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N8.00009: Specific heat study of the effect of cooling rate on the superconducting and normal states of $\kappa$-(ET)$_2$Cu[N(CN)$_2$]Br Antony Carrington, O.J. Taylor, C.M.J. Andrew, R.W. Giannetta, T. Olheiser, J. Schlueter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N8.00010: Low temperature penetration depth of $\kappa$-(ET)$_2$Cu[N(CN)$_2$]Br J.D. Fletcher, A. Carrington, R.W. Giannetta, J. Schlueter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N8.00011: Mott Transition, Antiferromagnetism, and d-wave Superconductivity in Two-Dimensional Organic Conductors A.-M.S. Tremblay, Bumsoo Kyung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N8.00012: Comparative Studies of Quasi-One-Dimensional Superconductivity in Sc$_{5}$Ir$_{4}$Si$_{10}$ and Lu$_{5}$Ir$_{4}$Si$_{10}$ Tsuyoshi Tamegai, Guoji Li Preview Abstract

Session N9: Superconductivity: Oxide Photoemission II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Michael Fluss, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1D

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N9.00001: Theory of Photoemission Line Shape in High Temperature Superconducter $Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta}$ via Dipolon Mediated Electron-Electron Pairing Mechanism Ram Sharma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N9.00002: Van Hove singularity crossing in overdoped superconducting cuprates - effect on superconducting and normal-state properties Jeffery L. Tallon, James Storey, Tobias Fellmeth, Grant Williams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N9.00003: Distinct Fermi-momentum dependent energy gaps in deeply underdoped Bi2212. K. Tanaka, W.S. Lee, D.H. Lu, A. Fujimori, T. Fujii, * Risdiana, I. Terasaki, K. Fujita, M. Ishikado, S. Uchida, D.J. Scalapino, T.P. Devereaux, Z. Hussain, Z.-X. Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N9.00004: Detail Properties of Band Renormalization Effect of the Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$Ca$_{1}$Cu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$ Wei-Sheng Lee, Worawat Meevesana, Donghui Lu, Steve Johnston, Tomas Devereaux, Hiroshi Eisaki, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N9.00005: Evidence for two energy scales in the superconducting state of optimally doped (Bi,Pb)$_2$(Sr,La)$_2$CuO$_{6+\delta}$ Takeshi Kondo, Tsunehiro Takeuchi, Syunsuke Tsuda, Shik Shin, Adam Kaminski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N9.00006: Laser-ARPES studies of BSCCO-BASED cuprate superconductors J.F. Douglas, J.D. Koralek, Z. Sun, N.C. Plumb, Q. Wang, T.J. Reber, J.D. Griffith, Y. Aiura, K. Oka, H. Eisaki, D.S. Dessau, T.P. Devereaux, S.S. Johnson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N9.00007: VUV Laser-Based ARPES on Electronic Structure of High Temperature Superconductors Xingjiang Zhou, Guodong Liu, Wentao Zhang, Haiyun Liu, Lin Zhao, Jianqiao Meng, Xiaoli Dong, Z.Y. Xu, G.L. Wang, H.B. Zhang, Y. Zhou, C.T. Chen, Y. Zhu, G.C. Zhang, X.H. Wen, G.D. Gu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N9.00008: Protected nodes and the collapse of the Fermi arcs in high $T_{c}$ cuprates Amit Kanigel, U. Chatterjee, M. Randeria, M.R. Norman, S. Souma, M. Shi, Z.Z. Li, H. Raffy, J.C. Campuzano Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N9.00009: The Shrinking ``Fermi Arc'' in Cuprates Lijun Zhu, C. M. Varma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N9.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N9.00011: Nature of the quasiparticle remnant in La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ (LSCO) A. Bansil, S. Sahrakorpi, R.S. Markiewicz, M. Lindroos, V. Arpiainen, X.J. Zhou, T. Yoshida, W.L. Yang, T. Kakeshita, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, A. Fujimori, Z. Hussain, Z.-X. Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N9.00012: Universal spectral weight transfer in high temperature superconductors Jeff Graf, Gey-Hong Gweon, Kyle McElroy, Shuyun Zhou, Chris Jozwiak, Eli Rotenberg, Andreas Bill, T. Sasagawa, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, H. Takagi, Dung-Hai Lee, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N9.00013: Spectral properties of the Hubbard-Holstein model and comparison to ARPES experiments in the copper oxides Brian Moritz, Alexandru Macridin, Ehsan Khatami, Francois Vernay, Thomas Maier, Thomas P. Devereaux, Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N9.00014: Intermediate Phase in the Superconducting Cuprates. Takeshi Egami Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N9.00015: Dual character of the electronic structure in YBa$_2$Cu$_4$O$_{8}$: conduction bands of CuO$_2$ planes and CuO chains A. Kaminski, T. Kondo, R. Khasanov, J. Karpinski, S.M. Kazakov, N.D. Zhigadlo, T. Ohta, H.M. Fretwell, A.D. Palczewski, J.D. Koll, J. Mesot, E. Rotenberg, H. Keller Preview Abstract

Session N10: Metal-Insulator Transition II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Erik Helgren, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1E

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N10.00001: Infrared study of the metal-insulator transition regime in vanadium dioxide M. M. Qazilbash, B. G. Chae, H. T. Kim, D. N. Basov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N10.00002: Metal-Insulator Transition in Ca$_{1-x}$Na$_{x}$IrO$_{3}$ with Post-Perovskite Structure Kenya Ohgushi, Hirotada Gotou, Takehiko Yagi, Yoko Kiuchi, Fumiko Sakai, Yutaka Ueda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N10.00003: Metal-insulating phase transition in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6+x}$ by First-Principles Alessio Filippetti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N10.00004: Quantum Monte Carlo Study of an Interaction-Driven Band Insulator to Metal Transition Norman Paris, Karim Bouadim, Frederic Hebert, George Batrouni, Richard Scalettar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N10.00005: Metal to Nonmagnetic-Insulator Transition in LiVS$_{2}$ Naoyuki Katayama, Minoru Nohara, Masaya Uchida, Hidenori Takagi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N10.00006: Use of Abrikosov-Gorkov Density of State to Extract Spin Polarization at the Metal-Insulator Transition R. V. A. Srivastava, W. Teizer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N10.00007: X-ray absorption spectroscopy studies of Vanadium dioxide thin films across the metal-insulator phase transition boundary Dmitry Ruzmetov, Shriram Ramanathan, Sanjaya D. Senanayake Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N10.00008: Mott-Hubbard Scenario for the Metal-Insulator Transition in the Two Dimensional Electron Gas Ping Sun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N10.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N10.00010: 2D Wigner crystal: metal to insulator transition via self doping Sergey Pankov, Vladimir Dobrosavljevic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N10.00011: Disappearance of the metal-like behavior in GaAs two-dimensional holes below 30mK. Jian Huang, Jian-Sheng Xia, D. C. Tsui, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N10.00012: Metal-insulator transition and domains in suspended VO2 nanobeams Jiang Wei, Wei Chen, Zenghui Wang, David Cobden Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N10.00013: Physical properties of VO$_{2}$ and V$_{2}$O$_{3}$ nanowires. Wei Chen, Jiang Wei, David Cobden Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N10.00014: Orientation Studies of Recrystallized Vanadium Dioxide Felipe Rivera, Mike Clemens, Laurel Burk, Robert Davis, Richard Vanfleet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N10.00015: Electron Dynamics in Transition Metal Granular Films N.E. Massa, J.C. Denardin, L.M. Socolovsky, M. Knobel, X.X. Zhang Preview Abstract

Session N11: Structural and Magnetic Phase Transitions

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Craig Fennie, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1F

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N11.00001: Ti-V alloy phase diagram: DFT-based cluster approach Michael R. Fellinger, John W. Wilkins, Dallas R. Trinkle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N11.00002: Phase Transition to Modulated Cubic Phase in AuZn alloy S. M. Shapiro, J. C. Lashley, W. Ratcliff, D. J. Thoma, J. L. Smith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N11.00003: Structural Studies on First-Order Phase Transitions inRPd$_{2}$Ga$_{2}$ Robin Macaluso, L. Chapon, E. Goremychkin, R. Osborn, J. Mitchell, B. Rainford Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N11.00004: High pressure phases of alkali ternary borohydrides Ravhi Kumar, Andrew Cornelius Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N11.00005: First-principles study of the Jahn-Teller distortion in transition metal dihydrides. Ramiro Quijano, Romeo de Coss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N11.00006: Phonon-based Mechanisms for Structural Transformations in Pu Turab Lookman, Avadh Saxena, Robert Albers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N11.00007: Classical and quantum formalism of mode-based atomic-scale descriptions of lattice distortions K.H. Ahn, Jichan Moon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N11.00008: Homogeneous nucleation of Lennard-Jones liquids Hui Wang, Harvey Gould, W. Klein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N11.00009: Time-domain thermoreflectance of FeRh across magnetic/structural phase transition D.A. Walko, J. Wang, D.G. Cahill, J.-U. Thiele, E.E. Fullerton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N11.00010: Thermodynamic and transport anisotropic properties of RVSb3 crystals Athena S. Sefat, Sergey L. Bud'ko, Paul C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N11.00011: X-ray resonant magnetic scattering study of the spin-flop transition in Gd$_5$Ge$_4$ Lizhi Tan, Shibabrata Nandi, Andreas Kreyssig, Shuang Jia, Alan Goldman, Robert McQueeney, Paul Canfield, Jonathan Lang, Zahirul Islam, Thomas Lograsso, Deborah Schlagel, Vitalij Pecharsky, Karl Gschneidner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N11.00012: Pressure-Dependent Magnetization Studies of Two Rare Earth-Based Intermetallic Systems R.P. Guertin, E.S. Choi, B. Andraka, C.R. Rotundu, W. McCallum, Y. Janssen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N11.00013: The equivalency between hydrostatic pressure and Si doping in the giant magnetocaloric compound Gd$_{5}$(Si$_{x}$Ge$_{1-x})_{4}$ studied by X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism. Y.C. Tseng, D. Haskel, J. Lang, S. Sinogeikin, Ya. Mudryk, V.K. Pecharsky, K. Gschneidner Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N11.00014: Fluctuation induced first-order phase transitions in a dipolar Ising ferromagnetic slab Rafael M. Fernandes, Harry Westfahl Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N11.00015: Hidden zero-temperature bicritical point in the 2D anisotropic Heisenberg model: Monte Carlo simulations and novel finite-size scaling Chenggang Zhou, David Landau, Thomas Schulthess Preview Abstract

Session N12: Focus Session: Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Ramin Abolfath, State University of New York at Buffalo
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N12.00001: Effects of co-doping on ferromagnetism in (Zn,Cr)Te. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N12.00002: Reentrant ferromagnetism and its stability in magnetic semiconductors Igor Zutic, Steven Erwin, Andre Petukhov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N12.00003: Ferromagnetic transition temperature of a two-band model for diluted magnetic semiconductors Florentin Popescu, Yucel Yildirim, Gonzalo Alvarez, Cengiz Sen, Adriana Moreo, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N12.00004: Magnetic properties of the two-impurity Anderson model for a semiconductor host Nejat Bulut, Yoshihiro Tomoda, Kazuo Tanikawa, Saburo Takahashi, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		N12.00005: Phase Diagram of the Disordered RKKY Model in Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N12.00006: Absence of Self-Averaging in Disordered Heisenberg Models Donald Priour, Jr., Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N12.00007: The Mobility Edge in Disordered Ferromagnetic Doped Semiconductors Erik Nielsen, R. N. Bhatt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N12.00008: Exchange interactions in Mn-doped ScN Aditi Herwadkar, Walter R. L. Lambrecht Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N12.00009: Coulomb attraction and defects in dilute magnetic semiconductors P. L. Reis, M.A. Majidi, J. Moreno, R.S. Fishman, M. Jarrell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N12.00010: Numerical Study of Magnetically doped III-V Zinc-Blende-Type Semiconductors Yucel Yildirim, Gonzalo Alvarez, Adriana Moreo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N12.00011: Complexities in diluted magnetic semiconductors-a theoretical perspective from ab-initio electronic structure calculations Biplab Sanyal, Diana Iusan, Olle Eriksson Preview Abstract

Session N13: Focus Session: Multiferroics IV

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Claude Ederer, Columbia University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4C

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N13.00001: Multiferroic Domain Dynamics and Phase Transitions in Strained SrTiO$_3$ Films S. Denev, A. Vasuvaderao, A. Kumar, M. Biegalski, Y. Li, L.-Q. Chen, S. Trolier-McKinstry, D. Schlom, V. Gopalan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N13.00002: Broadband IR Spectroscopy of Multiferroic BiFeO$_{3}$ J. Seidel, C.L.S. Kantner, Y.-H. Chu, L. Yang, Z. Schlesinger, D. Viehland, J. Orenstein, R. Ramesh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N13.00003: Electrodynamics of a multiferroic perovskite manganite in terahertz frequency range N. Kida, Y. Ikebe, R. Shimano, Y. Yamasaki, T. Arima, Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N13.00004: Magnetoelectric Emission in a Magnetic Ferroelectric Er-doped (Ba,Sr)TiO$_3$ Yoshi-Aki Shimada, Masakazu Matsubara, Yoshio Kaneko, Jing-Ping He, Yoshinori Tokura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N13.00005: Colossal magnon-phonon coupling in multiferroic Eu$_{0.75}$Y$_{0.25}$MnO$_3$ Rolando Valdes Aguilar, A.B. Sushkov, H.D. Drew, C. Zhang, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N13.00006: Giant magnetoelastic effect in multiferroic Ba$_{0.6}$Sr$_{1.4}$Zn$_{2}$Fe$_{12}$O$_{22}$ Diyar Talbayev, Richard D. Averitt, Antoinette J. Taylor, Tsuyoshi Kimura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N13.00007: Far-infrared transmission spectroscopy studies of HoMn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ single crystals at the commensurate-incommensurate phase transition A.A. Sirenko , S. Park , S. M. O' Malley , G. L. Carr , S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N13.00008: Electromagnons in multiferroic RMn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ compounds Andrei Sushkov, Rolando Valdes Aguilar, Dennis Drew, Soonyong Park, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N13.00009: Magnons and electromagnons in multiferroic materials Maxim Mostovoy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N13.00010: Theory of electrical control of spin waves in multiferroic materials Rogerio de Sousa, Joel Moore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N13.00011: Temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy of multiferroic TbMn$_2$O$_5$ J. R. Simpson, A. R. Hight Walker, R. Valdes Aguilar, A. B. Sushkov, H. D. Drew, S. Park, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N13.00012: Magnetic properties and electronic structure of doped multiferroic Y$_{x}$A$_{1-x}$MnO$_{3}$(A=Ca, Sr, Ba) J. Y. Juang, C. C. Hsieh, T. Y. Cheng, J. M. Lee, J. M. Chen, J.-Y. Lin, K. H. Wu, T. M. Uen, Y. S. Gou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N13.00013: Multiferroic Behavior in Barium Hexaferrite Probed with Optical Second Harmonic Generation Eftihia Vlahos, Sava Denev, Venkatraman Gopalan, Tsuyoshi Kimura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N13.00014: Observation of local non-centrosymmetry in weakly ferroelectric YCrO3 Anna Llobet, Kannadka Ramesha, Thomas Proffen, C.R. Serrao, C.N.R. Rao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N13.00015: Computational study of the ferromagnetic and ferroelectric properties of (Bi$_{2}$Mn NiO$_{6})_{4}$. Leonard Kleinman, B.R. Sahu, Adrian Ciucivara Preview Abstract

Session N14: Focus Session: Current Induced Magnetization Dynamics and Spin Transfer

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Tingyong Chen, The Johns Hopkins University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4D

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N14.00001: Temperature rise due to Joule heating in a spin transfer torque nano-pillar structure Chun-Yeol You, Seung-Seok Ha, Hyun-Woo Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N14.00002: Current-Hysteretic Low Frequency Oscillations in Spin-Transfer Nanocontacts Matthew Pufall, William Rippard, Michael Schneider, Thomas Silva, Stephen Russek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N14.00003: Thermal effects in spin torque switching Michael Schneider, Mattheew Pufall, William Rippard, Stephen Russek, Jordan Katine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N14.00004: Nonlocal magnetization dynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N14.00005: Precession damping in itinerant ferromagnets Keith Gilmore, Mark Stiles, Yves Idzerda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N14.00006: Fast Pulse Measurements and Temperature Variation of Enhanced Magnetic Damping of Spin-Transfer Excitation E. M. Ryan, A. G. F. Garcia, P. M. Braganca, G. D. Fuchs, N. C. Emley, J. C. Read, E. Tan, D. C. Ralph, R. A. Buhrman, J. A. Katine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N14.00007: Modeling study on the self-consistent feedback between inhomogeneous magnetization and the spin torque Kyung-Jin Lee, Bernard Dieny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N14.00008: Planar Spin-Transfer Device with a Dynamic Polarizer. Yaroslaw Bazaliy, Debo Olaosebikan, Barbara Jones Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N14.00009: Role of Spin dependent Inelastic Scattering in Spin Torque Devices Sayeef Salahuddin, Supriyo Datta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N14.00010: Spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscope and the Kondo effect Kelly Patton, Stefan Kettemann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N14.00011: Absence of persistent spin transport Noah Bray-Ali, Zohar Nussinov, Alexander Balatsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N14.00012: Effect of Annealing on Extraordinary Hall Effects in Sputtered Granular Cu$_{80}$Co$_{20}$ Thin Films Nam H. Wang, Jian-Qing Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N14.00013: Evidence for a disorder-dependent localization correction to the anomalous Hall conductance of ultrathin Fe films Rajiv Misra, Arthur F. Hebard Preview Abstract

Session N15: Focus Session: Quantum Dimers and Bose Einstein Condensation

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Matthew Stone, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4E

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N15.00001: Engineering exotic phases for topologically protected quantum computation: Emulating quantum dimer models A.F. Albuquerque, H.G. Katzgraber, M. Troyer, G. Blatter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N15.00002: Devil's staircases, quantum dimer models, and stripe formation in strong coupling models of quantum frustration. Kumar Raman, Stefanos Papanikolaou, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N15.00003: Quantum Phase Transition of Heisenberg Antiferromagnet with Four-Spin Ring Exchange Daoxin Yao, Valeri N. Kotov, Antonio H. Castro Neto, David K. Campbell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N15.00004: Phase separation and crystallization in doped quantum dimer models Stefanos Papanikolaou, Erik Luijten, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N15.00005: Exotic Phases of Hard-core Bosons with Correlated Hopping Kai P. Schmidt, Julien Dorier, Andreas Laeuchli, Frederic Mila Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N15.00006: Bose-Einstein Condensation in quasi-one dimensional Ladder materials Thierry Giamarchi, Edmond Orignac, Roberta Citro Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N15.00007: Excitations from a Bose-Einstein condensate of magnons in coupled spin ladders. Andrey Zheludev, Ovidue Garlea, Takatsugu Masuda, Hirotaka Manaka, Louis-Pierre Regnault, Jae-Ho Chung, Yiming Qiu, Klaus Habicht, Klaus Kiefer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N15.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N15.00009: Magnetic Excitation Spectrum of Doped and Undoped Spin Ladders B. Lake, S. Notbohm, D. A. Tennant, R. I. Bewley, C. D. Frost, P. Manuel, R. S. Eccleston, K. P. Schmidt, G. S. Uhrig, P. Ribeiro, C. Hess, C. Sekar, R. Klingeler, G. Krabbes, G. Behr, B. Buchner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N15.00010: A low-field disordered-free-moment phase in site-diluted spin-gap antiferromagnets Rong Yu, Tommaso Roscilde, Stephan Haas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N15.00011: SP (N) Treatment of Frustrated Spin Dimer Systems in Magnetic Field Marianna Maltseva, Rebecca Flint, Piers Coleman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N15.00012: Complex 2D Oxide BaCuSi$_2$O$_6$: A NMR Study R. Stern, S. Kr\"{a}mer, M. Horvatic, C. Berthier, I. Heinmaa, E. Joon, T. Kimura, S.E. Sebastian, I.R. Fisher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N15.00013: Magnons dispersion and anisotropies in SrCu$_2$(BO$_3$)$_2$ Olivier Cepas, Y. F. Cheng, P.W. Leung, T. Ziman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N15.00014: Perturbation Effects in the Spin-Singlet State of the Two-Dimensional System SrCu$_2$(BO$_3$)$_2$ Adam Aczel, Graeme Luke, Greg MacDougall, Jose Rodriguez, Chris Wiebe, Hanna Dabkowska, Yasutomo Uemura, Peter Russo, Andrei Savici, Hiroshi Kageyama Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N15.00015: Signatures of phonon splitting in the infrared spectra of a quantum magnet SrCu$_2$(BO$_3$)$_2$ S.V. Dordevic, C.C. Homes, T. R{\~o}{\~o}m, D. H{\"u}vonen, U. Nagel, A. Gozar, G. Blumberg, A. LaForge, D.N. Basov, N. Drichko, M. Dressel, H. Kageyama Preview Abstract

Session N16: Focus Session: Spin and Magnetization Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DCOMP DMP
Chair: Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns Hopkins University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4F

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N16.00001: {\it Ab-initio} calculation of electron-phonon coupling for spin relaxation in metals. Miguel Pruneda, Ivo Souza Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N16.00002: Gilbert damping and spin Coulomb drag in a magnetized electron liquid with spin-orbit interaction. Ewelina Hankiewicz, Giovanni Vignale, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N16.00003: Wannier interpolation study of the Elliot-Yafet spin relaxation in metals Eric Roman, Ivo Souza, Jonathan Yates Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N16.00004: Berry phase Chern number spin Hamiltonians for nanomagnets using DFT techniques Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N16.00005: Gauge fields, the Berry phase, motive forces and the dynamics of domain walls etc. Stewart Barnes, Jun-ichi Ieda, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N16.00006: Topology of composite domain walls in magnetic nanostrips O. Tchernyshyov, O. Tretiakov, Ya. B. Bazaliy, D. Clarke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N16.00007: Dissipative dynamics of composite domain walls in magnetic nanostrips O. Tretiakov, Ya. B. Bazaliy, O. Tchernyshyov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N16.00008: First-principles laser-driven magnetic switching scenario in NiO Georgios Lefkidis, Wolfgang H\"ubner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N16.00009: Atomistic simulations of domain wall dynamics in magnetic wires Maria Stamenova, Tchavdar Todorov, Stefano Sanvito Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N16.00010: Magnetization induced by an acoustic wave Simon Kos, Peter Littlewood, Darryl Smith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N16.00011: Effects of surface waves on crystals of molecular magnets: Semi-classical approach. Carlos Calero, Eugene Chudnovsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N16.00012: Ferromagnetism and current-controlled magnetization of nanomagnets with giant magnetic anisotropy Bang-Gui Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N16.00013: Strain and Stress in nano-structure spintronics devices due to spin transfer torque. Hao Yu, Jun-Ming Liu Preview Abstract

Session N17: Adsorption Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Hide Yokoyama, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Room: Colorado Convention Center 102

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N17.00001: Adsorption of polymers on colloid particles Dadong Yan, Shuang Yang, Charles C. Han, An-Chang Shi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N17.00002: Colloidal Lithography and Particle Decoration Metrology Steven Hudson, Thuy Chastek, Barry Bauer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N17.00003: Adsorption and Fractionation of RAFT-polymerized PS-b-PMMA Block Copolymers for 2D Liquid Chromatography Junwon Han, Chang Y. Ryu, Ho-Cheol Kim, Greg Breyta, Hiroshi Ito Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N17.00004: Direct Fluorescence Measurements of Polymer Surface Diffusion and Intramolecular Rearrangements Janet Wong, Liang Hong, Sung Chul Bae, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N17.00005: Brownian diffusion close to polymer brushes Benoit Loppinet, Emma Filippidi, Vassilik Michailidou, George Fytas, Juergen Ruehe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N17.00006: Displacer Effects on Pre-adsorbed Polystyrenes In Nanoporous Silica Chang Y. Ryu, Chansu Kim, Joel Batson, Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N17.00007: Theory of the adsorption of polymers onto chemically non-uniform surfaces with applications to the polymer adsorption onto the mixed brushes. Alexander Chervanyov, Gert Heinrich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N17.00008: Effect of Silane Sizing on Polymer-Glass Adhesion Moshe Gottlieb, Haim Dvir Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N17.00009: Dynamic Self-Assembly of Polymers from a Sphere-on-Flat Geometry Zhiqun Lin, Suck Won Hong, Jun Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N17.00010: Monte Carlo Simulations of the Selective Adsorption of Heteropolymers on Heterogeneous Surfaces Jesse Ziebarth, Jennifer Williams, Yongmei Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N17.00011: The breaking of chiral symmetry using long-range electrostatic forces Kevin Kohlstedt, Francisco Solis, Graziano Vernizzi, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N17.00012: Activated Desorption of Water from a Polymer Surface Carolina C. Ilie, P.A. Jacobson, I.N. Yakovkin, L.G. Rosa, Matt Poulsen, D. Sahadeva Reddy, J.M. Takacs, S. Ducharme, Peter A. Dowben Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N17.00013: Understanding Polymer Adhesion: First-principles calculations of the adsorption of organic molecules onto Si surfaces Karen Johnston, Risto M. Nieminen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N17.00014: Quartz Microbalance Measurement of Adsorption Potential Well-Depths Ryan Foltz, Rafael Garcia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N17.00015: Phonon-induced Anisotropy in Dispersion Forces on a Metallic Substrate Je-Luen Li Preview Abstract

Session N18: Surfaces, Interfaces, and Colloids I

Chair: Gil Nathanson, University of Wisconsin
Room: Colorado Convention Center 103

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N18.00001: Interfacial interactions of alkane and ether molecules tethered to mesoporous MCM-41 using quasielastic neutron scattering Edward Kintzel, Kenneth Herwig, Michelle Kidder, Phillip Britt, A.C. Buchanan, III, Alan Chaffee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N18.00002: Thermodynamic Investigation of thin n-Heptane films adsorbed on Magnesium Oxide (100) surfaces David Fernandez-Canoto, John Larese Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N18.00003: Structure of Iron Oxide Water Interface: a combined CTR and DFT study Sanjit Ghose, Peter Eng, Cynthia Lo, Kunaljit Tanwar, Thomas Trainor, Glenn Waychunas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N18.00004: Structure and dynamics of fluorinated alkanes on silicon dioxide surfaces Mesfin Tsige Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N18.00005: Delayering of Intermediate-Length Alkanes Adsorbed on Solid Surfaces H. Taub, M. Bai, A. Diama, K. Knorr, U.G. Volkmann, F.Y. Hansen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N18.00006: Linear surfactant-mediated spreading of nanodroplets: molecular dynamics simulation Hye-Young Kim, Yong Qin, Kristen Fichthorn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N18.00007: State-resolved inelastic and reactive scattering dynamics of gases with liquid surfaces Bradford Perkins, Alexander Zolot, Paul Dagdigian, David Nesbitt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N18.00008: Dielectric Response of Thin Surface Water Layer Feng Chen, Jason Shulman, Rafael Longoria, Stephen Tsui, Yuyi Xue, C. W. Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N18.00009: Lateral Adhesion Balance (LAB) -- a Novel Surface Characterization Technique Rafael Tadmor Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N18.00010: How Water Meets a Hydrophobic Surface: Reluctantly and with Fluctuations Adele Poynor, Liang Hong, Steve Granick, Ian Robinson, Paul Fenter, Zhan Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N18.00011: Studies of dynamical layering in adsorbed alkane films by molecular dynamics simulations and quasielastic neutron scattering. F.Y. Hansen, P. Soza, A. Diama, H. Taub, U.G. Volkmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N18.00012: Contact Angle Measurements by AFM on Droplets of Intermediate-Length Alkanes Adsorbed on SiO$_{2}$ Surfaces M. Bai, H. Taub, K. Knorr, U.G. Volkmann, F.Y. Hansen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N18.00013: Adsorption and Growth Studies of CF$_{4}$ on CF$_{3}$Cl - Covered HOPG Petros Thomas, Daniel Velazquez, George Hess Preview Abstract

Session N19: Focus Session: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory III

Sponsoring Units: DCP DCOMP
Chair: Peter Gill, Australian National University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N19.00001: A New View of the Kondo Effect from an Ab Initio Embedded Configuration Interaction Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N19.00002: First-principles calculations of nanoscale capacitors at finite bias potential Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N19.00003: \textit{Ab Initio} Quantum Simulations of Liquid Water John Gergely, David Ceperley, Francois Gygi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N19.00004: Adaptive multilevel Finite Element Method for Solving the Electronic Schr\"{o}dinger Equation Eric Bylaska, Mike Holst, John Weare Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N19.00005: GW calculations of large model structures Paolo Umari, Stefano Baroni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N19.00006: Toward an accurate and practical description of Xe/Cu(111) physisorption Garold Murdachaew, Stefano de Gironcoli, Patrick Huang, Emily Carter, Giacinto Scoles Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N19.00007: Boundary Conditions for States with Maximally Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry Roger Haydock, C.M.M. Nex Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N19.00008: Importance of second neighborhood ensembles on PdAu bimetallic surfaces Dingwang Yuan, Ruqian Wu, Xingao Gong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N19.00009: Dielectric function by FLAPW method. Tatsuya Shishidou, Tamio Oguchi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N19.00010: State-of-the Art Procedure for the Calculation of Quartic Force Fields: Application to HO$_{2}^{+}$ Timothy Lee, Xinchuan Huang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N19.00011: A Correct, Density Functional Description of Semiconductors D. Bagayoko, G. Zhao, L. Franklin, H. Jon Preview Abstract

Session N20: Dielectrics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Fred Walker, Yale University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 105

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N20.00001: The mechanism of Fermi level pinning/unpinning at high k Oxide/GaAs interface M.L. Huang, W.C. Lee, P. Chang, T.D. Lin, Y.J. Lee, M. Hong, J. Kwo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N20.00002: MOS Ge Diodes Based on High $\kappa $ Gate Dielectrics Grown by MBE and ALD Kun Yu Lee, W.C. Lee, T.D. Lin, C.S. Lee, Y.C. Chang, Y.J. Lee, M.L. Huang, Y.D. Wu, M. Hong, J. Kwo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N20.00003: Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy of Silicon Based MOS Diode with High Permittivity Gate Dielectrics Syuanlong You Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N20.00004: MBE and ALD grown High k Dielectrics Gate Stacks on GaN Y.C. Chang, K.Y. Lee, W.C. Lee, T.D. Lin, Y.J. Lee, M.L. Huang, M. Hong, J. Kwo, Y.H. Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N20.00005: Spectroscopic Study of Band Alignment in Alternative High-k MOS Dielectric Stacks E. Bersch, S. Rangan, E. Garfunkel, R.A. Bartynski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N20.00006: First-principles study of direct electron tunneling through ultra-thin SiO$_{2}$ layers Joongoo Kang, K.J. Chang, Y.-H. Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N20.00007: Search for Sub lattice Disorder in CaCu$_{3}$Ti$_{4}$O$_{12}$ Kevin Stone, Jae-Hyuk Her, Peter Stephens, Jonathan Hanson, Haiding Mo, Christie Nelson, Lijun Wu, Yimei Zhu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N20.00008: Extrinsic Mechanisms for the Giant Dielectric Constant in CaCu$_{3}$Ti$_{4}$O$_{12}$: A Low-Temperature Specific-Heat Study C.P. Sun, H.D. Yang, Jianjun Liu, W.N. Mei, J.-Y. Lin, Chun-gang Duan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N20.00009: Fabrication and properties of TiO$_{2}$ cluster films Xiaohui Wei, Y.F Xu, Z Sun, Ralph Skomski, D.J Sellmyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N20.00010: Second-harmonic generation measurements of porous low-k dielectric materials Joanna Atkin, Daohua Song, Robert Laibowitz, Eduard Cartier, Thomas Shaw, Robert Rosenberg, Tony F. Heinz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N20.00011: First-principles calculations for the elastic properties of superhard TiN/Si$_{3}$N$_{4}$ superlattices Sanwu Wang, Y.G. Shen, S.T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N20.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session N21: Computational Methods: Multiscale Modeling

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Brian Good, NASA Glenn
Room: Colorado Convention Center 106

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N21.00001: The Improvement of Length Scaling in the Hyperdynamics Method Soo Young Kim, Arthur Voter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N21.00002: Finding the minimum-energy atomic configuration in large multi-atom structures: Genetic Algorithm versus the Virtual-Atom Approach Mayeul d'Avezac, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N21.00003: The global space-group optimization approach to crystal structure prediction Giancarlo Trimarchi, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N21.00004: Quantifying cluster expansions in multicomponent systems:\ Precise expansions from noisy databases Alejandro Diaz-Ortiz, Helmut Dosch, Ralf Drautz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N21.00005: Diffusion, coarsening and plasticity in alloys using the phase field crystal model Pak Yuen Chan, Jonathan Dantzig, Nigel Goldenfeld Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N21.00006: Rapid First-Principles Design Estimates of Alloy Order-Disorder Temperatures Teck L. Tan, Nikolai Zarkevich, D.D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N21.00007: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Interface Failure Martina E. Bachlechner, Deng Cao, Robert H. Leonard, Eli T. Owens, Wm. Trevor Swan, III, Samuel C. Ducatman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N21.00008: Spatial Stratification of Order As Used in Failure Analysis Robert H. Leonard, Martina E. Bachlechner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N21.00009: Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Study of the Thermal Resistance at the Interface Between Two Materials John Lyver IV, Estela Blaisten-Barojas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N21.00010: Graded-Sequence-of-Approximations: Quantum Mechanical Forces for Molecular Dynamics Keith Runge, DeCarlos E. Taylor, V. V. Karasiev, S. B. Trickey, Frank E. Harris Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N21.00011: Incoporating Existing Large Applications in the PUPIL System: Amber Sam Trickey, Juan Torras Costa, Gustavo de Miranda Seabra, Adrian Roitberg, E. Deumens Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N21.00012: Concepts of Multi-Scale Modeling A. Mallik, K. Runge, J.W. Dufty Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N21.00013: Quasi-continuum orbital-free density-functional theory (QC-OFDFT) Vikram Gavini, Kaushik Bhattacharya, Michael Ortiz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N21.00014: First-passage Monte Carlo for simulations of alloy microstructure Aleksandar Donev, Vasily Bulatov, Tomas Oppelstrup, Malvin Kalos, George Gilmer, Babak Sadigh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N21.00015: Adaptive Resolution in Molecular Dynamics Simulations Matej Praprotnik, Luigi Delle Site, Kurt Kremer, Silvina Matysiak, Cecilia Clementi Preview Abstract

Session N22: Focus Session: Jamming I

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Jennifer Schwarz, Syracuse University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 108

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N22.00001: Discontinuous jamming transition in driven foam Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N22.00002: Dynamical heterogeneity at the jamming transition Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N22.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N22.00004: A Statistical Ensemble for Soft Granular Matter Silke Henkes, Corey O'Hern, Bulbul Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N22.00005: Some Packings Are More Equal Than Others Leo Silbert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N22.00006: Isostatic Frictional Packings: Topology and Response Functions David Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N22.00007: Growing length scale for dynamical heterogeneity in an air-driven granular system near jamming Aaron Keys, Sharon Glotzer, Adam Abate, Douglas Durian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N22.00008: Jamming with attractive interactions Corey O'Hern, Gregg Lois, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N22.00009: Shear-Induced crystallization in jammed systems Daniel Lacks, Nathan Duff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N22.00010: Heterogeneity of the structural relaxation of jammed state in particle-filled elastomers Xiaorong Wang, Christopher Robertson Preview Abstract

Session N24: Organic LEDS and Light Emission

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DMP
Chair: Eric Lin, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 201

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N24.00001: Green polariton photoluminescence in organic microcavities containing the red-emitting phosphor PtOEP Stephane Kena-Cohen, Stephen R. Forrest Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N24.00002: Morphology, structure and photoluminescence properties of thin films of a conjugated polymer poly(2,5-dinonyl para phenyleneethynylene) Craig Szymanski, Yunfei Jiang, Jasson McNille, Dvora Perahia, Uwe H. F. Bunz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N24.00003: Photoemission study of tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum/aluminum oxide/tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum interface Huanjun Ding, Serkan Zorba, Yongli Gao, Liping Ma, Yang Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N24.00004: Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Semiconductor Structures: Efficient F\"orster Energy Coupling and Prospective Optical Devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N24.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N24.00006: Luminescence from single colloidal nanocrystals embedded in organic light emitting devices. August Dorn, Hao Huang, Vladimir Bulovic, Moungi Bawendi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N24.00007: Charge injection and Raman scattering studies from polyfluorene-based light-emitting diodes M. Arif, S. Guha Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N24.00008: Multi-walled carbon nanotube sheets as transparent anodes in organic light-emitting diodes Christopher Williams, Raquel Ovalle Robles, Mei Zhang, Sergey Li, Ray Baughman, Anvar Zakhidov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N24.00009: Conformations in di-octyl substituted polyfluorene: a combined theoretical and experimental Raman scattering study C. Volz, M. Arif, S. Guha Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N24.00010: Influence of Environment on the Electronic Structure of Polyfuorenes Elizabeth M. Lupton, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N24.00011: NEXAFS measurements of chain alignment in order polyfluorene thin films Xiaosong Liu, Hyeunseok Cheun, Frank Galbrecht, F. J. Himpsel, Ullrich Scherf, Michael Winokur Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N24.00012: Optical studies of platinum-containing conjugated polymers Minghong Tong, Alessio Gambetti, Tomer Drori, Zeev Vardeny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N24.00013: Crystalline PTCDA waveguides grown by organic molecular beam deposition V.R. Gangilenka, J. Markus, H. Schmitzer, H.P. Wagner Preview Abstract

Session N25: Focus Session: Biopolymers I: Mechanical Properties

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBP
Chair: Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Colorado Convention Center 203

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N25.00001: Probing Polarization Dynamics and Energy Dissipation in Ferroelectric Polymers on the Nanoscale Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N25.00002: Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Study on the Effect of the Tau protein on the Mechanical Properties of Microtubules Myung Chul Choi, Uri Raviv, Herbert Miller, Michelle Massie, Youli Li, Leslie Wilson, Stuart Feinstein, Mahn Won Kim, Cyrus Safinya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N25.00003: Time-resolved studies of actin organization by multivalent ions and actin-binding proteins Ghee Hwee Lai, Kirstin Purdy, James R. Bartles, Gerard Chee Lai Wong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N25.00004: Elastic Behavior of Composite Actin and Microtubule Networks Yi-Chia Lin, Gijsje Koenderink, Frederick Mackintosh, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N25.00005: Mechanics of actin networks crosslinked with mutant human $\alpha$-actinin-4 Sabine Volkmer, Daniel Blair, Karen Kasza, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N25.00006: Viscoelastic properties of Ionomer Melt Monojoy Goswami, Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N25.00007: Controlling the Properties of Thermoreversible Protein Hydrogels Hui Yan, Alberto Saiani, Aline Miller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N25.00008: Electrospinning of Hyaluronic acid (HA) and HA/Gelatin Blends Aihua He, Junxing Li, Charles Han, Dufei Fang, Benjamin Hsiao, Benjamin Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N25.00009: Rheology and lubricity of hyaluronic acid Jing Liang, Wendy E. Krause Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N25.00010: Physical Control of Stem Cells via Matrix Elasticity Florian Rehfeldt, Dennis Discher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N25.00011: Elasticity of Short DNA Molecules: Quantitative Agreement Between Theory and Experiment Yeonee Seol, Jinyu Li, Philip Nelson, Thomas Perkins, M. D. Betterton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N25.00012: Tube Radius in Entangled Networks of Semiflexible Polymers Hauke Hinsch, Jan Wilhelm, Erwin Frey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N25.00013: Stretching and bending in cross-linked biopolymer networks Claus Heussinger, Erwin Frey Preview Abstract

Session N26: Focus Session: Non-adiabatic Molecular Dynamics and Control at Conical Intersections IV

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Anna Krylov, University of Southern California
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N26.00001: Coherent 2D Spectroscopy and Control of Molecular Complexes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N26.00002: Watching the electronic motions driven by a conical intersection Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N26.00003: Electronic relaxation dynamics in (water)$_{n}^{-}$ ($n$=25-100) and (CH$_{3}$OH)$_{n}^{-}$ ($n\sim $140-530) clusters via femtosecond photoelectron imaging Aster Kammrath, Graham Griffin, Jan Verlet, Art Bragg, Daniel Neumark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N26.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N26.00005: Quantum dynamics and photochemistry of negative ions via photoelectron imaging and photofragment spectroscopy. Andrei Sanov, Emily Grumbling, Richard Mabbs, Terefe Habteyes, Kostya Pichugin, Luis Velarde Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N26.00006: Conformationally controlled chemistry: Excited state dynamics dictate ground state dissociation Arthur Suits, Myung-Hwa Kim, Lei Shen, Bailin Zhang, Hongli Tao, Todd Martinez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N26.00007: Conformer-selected photodissociation: Ab Initio Multiple Spawning Dynamics of Excited Propanal Cation Hongli Tao, Todd Martinez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N26.00008: A Numerical Study of Pulse-Shape Control of Non-Adiabatic Electron Excitation in the Strong-Field Regime Stanley Smith, Xiaosong Li, Alexei Markevitch, Dmitri Romanov, H. Bernhard Schlegel, Robert Levis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N26.00009: Adaptive Control Goal Selection for Strong-Field Dissociative Ionization of Polyatomic Molecules Dmitri Romanov (1,3), Huyen Tran (2,3), Robert Levis (2,3) Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N26.00010: Probing Strong-Field Electron-Nuclear Dynamics of Polyatomic Molecules Using Proton Motion Robert Levis (1,3), Alexei Markevitch (1,3), Dmitri Romanov (2,3), Stanley Smith (1,3) Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N26.00011: Toward Coherent Control of Cis-Stilbene Photodynamics Jason Quenneville, Todd J. Martinez Preview Abstract

Session N27: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience IV - Nanoparticles

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

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N27.00001: Evolution of Magnetism from Atoms to Crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N27.00002: Electronic and structural properties of binary Pt-Ni nanoclusters Luis A. P\'erez, Ignacio L. Garz\'on Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N27.00003: First principles studies of the geometric and electronic structure of nanoalloy Ag$_{27}$Cu$_{7}$. M. Alcantara Ortigoza, T.S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N27.00004: Bond Stiffening in Small Clusters, and its Consequences Shobhana Narasimhan, Raghani Pushpa, Umesh Waghmare Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N27.00005: Structural Properties of Small Pd Clusters Jos\'e Rogan, Griselda Garc{\'i}a, Juan Alejandro Valdivia, Ricardo Ram{\'i}rez, Miguel Kiwi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N27.00006: Efficient method to calculate total energies of large nanoclusters Min Yu, Rampi Ramprasad, Gayanath W. Fernando, Richard M. Martin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N27.00007: First principles study of coulombic correlation effect on lithium doped zinc oxide nanocrystals Hyunwook Kwak, Murilo L. Tiago, James R. Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N27.00008: Excitonic effects and optical properties of passivated CdSe clusters Marie Lopez del Puerto, Murilo Tiago, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N27.00009: Structure and Dynamics of Silicon Carbide Clusters: A Tight-Binding Adaptive Monte Carlo Application Anthony Patrick, Xiao Dong, Estela Blaisten-Barojas, Thomas Allison, Anwar Hasmy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N27.00010: First-principles studies of isomerization processes of silicon clusters Leonidas Tsetseris, George Hadjisavvas, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N27.00011: Investigation of the structure and properties of vacancies in Si and Ge nano-crystals by \textit{ab initio} methods Scott Beckman, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N27.00012: Self-purification in semiconductor nanostructures Gustavo Dalpian, James R. Chelikowsky Preview Abstract

Session N28: Focus Session: Graphene II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Zhihong Chen, IBM - Watson
Room: Colorado Convention Center 302

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N28.00001: Superconducting junctions in graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N28.00002: Mesoscopic Electron Transport in Nanostructured Graphene Barbaros Oezyilmaz, D. Efetov, K. Bolotin, M. Y. Han, P. Jarillo-Herero, P. Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N28.00003: Observation of Proximity Effect and Multiple Andreev Reflections in Graphene/Superconductor Junctions Xu Du, Ivan Skachko, Eva Y. Andrei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N28.00004: Quantum Transport in Single and Bi-Layer Graphene Coupled to Superconducting Electrodes F. Miao, S. Wijeratne, U. Coskun, Y. Zhang, C. N. Lau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N28.00005: Low Field Electronic Transport Properties and Scattering Mechanisms of Graphene Y.-W. Tan, Y. Zhang, M. Han, J. A. Jaszczak, P. Kim, H. L. Stormer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N28.00006: Controlling the Electronic Structure of Bilayer Graphene Taisuke Ohta, Aaron Bostwick, Jessica McChesney, Thomas Seyller, Karsten Horn, Eli Rotenberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N28.00007: Superconductivity in metal coated graphene Bruno Uchoa, Antonio Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N28.00008: Tunneling and Josephson coupling studies of n-layer graphene Conor Puls, Neal Staley, Haohua Wang, Jeremy Forster, Kelly McCarthy, Ben Clouser, Ying Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N28.00009: RPA Theory of Carrier Correlations in Graphene Yafis Barlas, Tami Pereg-Barnea, Marco Polini, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N28.00010: Localization and Polarization in Graphene Systems with Edges Jason Hill, Hongki Min, Tami Pereg-Barnea, Nikolai Sinitsyn, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N28.00011: Impact of substrate-graphene interaction on transport properties of graphene Jianhao Chen, Masa Ishigami, Elba-Gomar Nadal, Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N28.00012: Electrostatic Driving of Graphite Resonators Arend van der Zande, Scott Bunch, Scott Verbridge, Ian Frank, David Tanenbaum, Jeevak Parpia, Harold Craighead, Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N28.00013: Absence of Wigner Crystallization in Graphene Hari Dahal, Yogesh Joglekar, Kevin Bedell, Alexander Balatsky Preview Abstract

Session N29: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: John Cumings, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center 303

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N29.00001: HRTEM studies of various carbon nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N29.00002: Growth Characteristics of Long, Gas Flow Aligned Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Alfonso Reina, Mario Hofmann, David Zhu, Jing Kong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N29.00003: Distribution and stability of Carbon in Fe-C nanoparticles. Neha Awasthi, Aiqin Jiang, Aleksey Kolmogorov, Wahyu Setyawan, Kim Bolton, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N29.00004: Challenges for Growth of Smallest Diameter Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Catalytic Method Oleg Kuznetsov, Elena Mora, Toshio Tokune, Stefano Curtarolo, Kim Bolton, Avetik Harutyunyan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N29.00005: Growth of carbon nanotubes by the pyrolysis of thiophene Gaohui Du, Wenzhi Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N29.00006: Initial Stage of Growth of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes: Modeling and Simulations I. Chaudhuri, M. Yu, C. S. Jayanthi, S. Y. Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N29.00007: Universal Template Technique for Patterned Growth of Carbon Nanotubes Ying Chen, Hua Chen, Jun Yu, Bill Li, Vince Creig, James Williams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N29.00008: Synthesis of Narrow Chirality Distributions of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes using Catalyst Particle Templates Produced by Nanosphere Lithography Noureddine Tayebi, Joseph Lyding Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N29.00009: Synthesis and characterization of dense, vertically-aligned carbon nanotube forests from 10nm colloidal iron oxide nanoparticles David Hutchison, Brendan Turner, Richard Vanfleet, Robert Davis, Brian Woodfield, Juliana Boerio-Goates Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N29.00010: Synthesis and Structure of Carbon Nanotube Y-junctions Bimal Pandey, Wenzhi Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N29.00011: Melting and Premelting of Carbon Nanotubes Kaiwang Zhang, G. Malcolm Stocks, Jianxin Zhong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N29.00012: Direct growth of carbon nanotubes on BaTiO$_3$ thin films for ferroelectric field effect devices Patrycja Paruch, Agham-Bayam Posadas, Charles H. Ahn, Paul L. McEuen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N29.00013: Replicating carbon nanotubes with molybdenum chalcogenide nanowires Teng Yang, David Tomanek, Igor Popov, Gotthard Seifert Preview Abstract

Session N30: Liquid Crystals: Experiments

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Noel Clark, University of Colorado at Boulder
Room: Colorado Convention Center 304

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N30.00001: Alignment of Liquid Crystals by Nano- and Micro -Scale Topographic Patterns Made by Nanoimprint Lithography Youngwoo Yi, Michi Nakata, Alexander Martin, Noel Clark, Vaibhav Khire, Christopher Bowman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N30.00002: Absence of uniform nematic phase for thin 8CB films Ergys Subashi, Rafael Garcia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N30.00003: Electrically controlled negative refraction in a uniaxial nematic liquid crystal Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Oleg P. Pishnyak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N30.00004: Effect of the Functionalization Compound on the Magnetic Nanoparticle -- Smectic-A Liquid Crystal Interaction: A Phenomenological Model Luz J. Martinez-Miranda, Lynn K. Kurihara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N30.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N30.00006: Broadening the Smectic C* Sub-Phases by Chiral and Achiral Doping J. Kirchhoff, L.S. Hirst Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N30.00007: Use of the chiral smectic A liquid crystal electroclinic effect for sensitive measurement of enantiomeric excess Duong Nguyen, Lior Eshdat, Arthur Klittnick, Renfan Shao, David Walba, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N30.00008: Topological Defect Structure and Annihilation in High-Polarization Freely Suspended Films Chenhui Zhu, Apichart Pattanaporkratana, Joseph Maclennan, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N30.00009: Interactions between Structurally Chiral Islands on Freely-Suspended Smectic C films Apichart Pattanaporkratana, Cheol Park , Joseph Maclennan , Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N30.00010: A New Bistable SmA Display Mode Hui-Yu Chen, Renfan Shao, Eva Korblova, David Walba, Wei Lee, Noel A. Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N30.00011: The frequency-dependent electrooptic response of the electroclinic effect in deVries SmA materials Christopher D. Jones, Ute Dawin, Frank Giesselmann, Noel Clark, Per Rudquist Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N30.00012: Effect of Polarization on the Interactions of SmC* Islands on Freely-Suspended Films Cheol Park , Apichart Pattanaporkratana, Joseph Maclennan , Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N30.00013: Combination of separate smectic-C-alpha phases in binary mixtures Zengqiang Liu, Bradley McCoy, Suntao Wang, Ron Pindak, Wolfgang Caliebe, Philippe Barois, Paulo Fernanders, H.T. Nguyen, C.S. Hsu, C.C. Huang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N30.00014: Evidence of Broken Reciprocity in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals Nithya Venkataraman, Michele Moreira, Bahman Taheri, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N30.00015: Lasing Thresholds of Obliquely Pumped Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Lasers Michele Moreira, Bahman Taheri, Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Vladimir Belyakov Preview Abstract

Session N31: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Sensors and Adsorption

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Masa Ishigami, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N31.00001: Raman Spectroscopy in Single-Wall and Double-Wall Carbon Nanotube Systems Doped with H$_2$SO$_4$ Eduardo Barros, Antonio Souza Filho, Yoong-Ahm Kim, Hiroyuki Muramatsu, Takuya Hayashi, Riichiro Saito, Moribonu Endo, Mildred Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N31.00002: Evidence of a possible phase transition in ethane adsorbed on purified HiPco Nanotubes Murat Bulut, Dinesh Rawat, Aldo Migone Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N31.00003: First Principles Study of Metal Adatom Adsorption on Carbon Nanotubes Kevin T. Chan, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N31.00004: Accessible surface area in filter deposited, single wall carbon nanotube films Rajib K. Das, Bo Liu, Ryan M. Walczak, Andrew G. Rinzler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N31.00005: Gas Adsorption on Carbon Nanohorns Aggregates Jeff Wagner, M. Mercedes Calbi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N31.00006: Kinetic Selectivity and Competitive Adsorption on Carbon Nanotube Bundles Jared Burde, M. Mercedes Calbi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		N31.00007: Scaffolding Carbon Nanotubes into Single-Molecule Circuitry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N31.00008: Supported Lipid Bilayer/Carbon Nanotube Hybrids Xinjian Zhou, Jose Moran-Mirabal, Harold Craighead, Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N31.00009: Carbon nanotube biosensors strongly affected by the biosensitivity of quasi reference electrodes Ethan Minot, Anne Janssens, Iddo Heller, Dirk Heering, Cees Dekker, Serge Lemay Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N31.00010: Theoretical Investigation on Alcohol Sensing of Glycine-Coated Carbon Nanotubes Tao Jiang, Gary Kussow, Young-Kyun Kwon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N31.00011: Detection of Individual Gas Molecules Absorbed on Graphene Andre Geim, Kostya Novoselov, Fred Schedin, Sergey Morozov, Da Jiang, Ernie Hill Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N31.00012: Elucidating the mechanism of bio-sensing with carbon nanotube devices in solution. Iddo Heller, Anne Janssens, Ethan Minot, Hendrik Heering, Serge Lemay, Cees Dekker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N31.00013: Light-assisted oxidation of carbon nanohorns for enhancing bio-compatibility Minfang Zhang, Masako Yudasaka, Kumiko Ajima, Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract

Session N32: Casimir Forces, Precision Measurements, and Fundamental AMO Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Tim Gay, University of Nebraska
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N32.00001: An Electron EDM Search Using Trapped Molecular Ions Laura Sinclair, John Bohn, Aaron Leanhardt, Edmund Meyer, Russell Stutz, Eric Cornell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N32.00002: Testing local position invariance with four Cesium primary frequency standards and four NIST Hydrogen masers Neil Ashby, Thomas Heavner, Steven Jefferts, Thomas Parker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N32.00003: Absolute optical frequency measurements of Cs two-photon transitions with a femtosecond frequency comb Vela L. Mbele, Jason E. Stalnaker, Vladislav Gerginov, Tara Fortier, Carol E. Tanner, Scott A. Diddams, Leo Hollberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N32.00004: Rb Magnetic Resonance Near Coated Glass Surfaces in an Inhomogeneous Field Kaifeng Zhao, M. Schaden, Z. Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N32.00005: Nuclear spin relaxation of $^{129}$Xe due to persistent xenon dimers B. Saam, B.N. Berry-Pusey, B.C. Anger, G. Laicher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N32.00006: Geometric Weakening of the Casimir Interaction Liviu Mateescu, Martin Schaden Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N32.00007: Casimir force measurements between a sphere and a surface with high-aspect ratio, nanoscale channel arrays Yiliang Bao, Ho Bun Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N32.00008: Measurements of the Casimir force in fluids Jeremy Munday, Federico Capasso Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N32.00009: Casimir force measurements between metal and high-$T_c$ superconductor surfaces Mark B. Romanowsky, Jeremy N. Munday, Richard Schalek, Federico Capasso, Qiang Li, Genda Gu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N32.00010: The Casimir force on transparent conductors Limor Spector, Jeremy Munday, Federico Capasso, Nicholas Geisse, Kevin Kit Parker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N32.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N32.00012: Adiabatic change assisted Rabi transitions between Adiabatic change assisted Rabi transitions between decoupled quantum states Xingxiang Zhou, Ari Mizel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N32.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N32.00014: Direct Dissociative Recombination of NO$_2$ Daniel J. Haxton, Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N32.00015: Neutralization/Ionization of Si Scattered from Adsorbate Sites Xiaojian Chen, Zdenek Sroubek, Jory Yarmoff Preview Abstract

Session N33: Quantum Measurement

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Girish S. Agarwal, Oklahoma State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N33.00001: Simple multi-parameter unitary estimation Sergio Boixo, Rolando Somma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N33.00002: Quantum State Detection through Repetitive Mapping D. B. Hume, T. Rosenband, J. C. Bergquist, D. J. Wineland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N33.00003: Examination of the Charge Quantum in a Single-Electron Pump Mark W. Keller, Neil M. Zimmerman, Ali L. Eichenberger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N33.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N33.00005: Radio frequency operation of a quantum point contact charge detector Madhu Thalakulam, A.J. Rimberg, L.N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N33.00006: Radio-frequency measurement of an asymmetric single electron transistor Zhongqing Ji, Weiwei Xue, A.J. Rimberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N33.00007: Spin Measurement in Quantum Electro-Mechanical Systems Dian Wahyu Utami, Jason Twamley, Hsi-Sheng Goan, Gerard J. Milburn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N33.00008: Laser cooling of diffraction limited size micromirrors Constanze Metzger, Ivan Favero, Khaled Karrai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N33.00009: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO J32.00013 Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N33.00010: Quantum Undemolition: Undoing quantum measurement by erasing information Alexander Korotkov, Andrew Jordan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N33.00011: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO U33.00015 Preview Abstract

Session N34: Focus Session: Brownian Motors in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Dean Astumian, University of Maine
Room: Colorado Convention Center 404

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N34.00001: Brownian Heat Engines -- from Leidenfrost Droplets to Nanowire Thermoelectrics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N34.00002: Study of single flagellar propulsion with optical tweezers Suddhashil Chattopadhyay, Xiao-Lun Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N34.00003: The stochastic dynamics of filopodial growth Yueheng Lan, Garegin Papoian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N34.00004: Swimming movements of filaments in a linearly viscoelastic medium Henry Fu, Thomas Powers, Charles Wolgemuth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N34.00005: Fusion versus endocytosis: the stochastic entry of enveloped viruses Tom Chou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N34.00006: Exact results for random deposition-driven ratcheting Maria-Rita D'Orsogna, Tom Chou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N34.00007: Molecular motors driven by asymmetric nucleation Amit Lakhanpal, Tom Chou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N34.00008: Free boundaries and confinement in driven diffusive systems Pak-Wing Fok, Sarah Nowak, Tom Chou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N34.00009: Slow axonal transport: Neurofilaments switch between distinct mobile and stationary states during their transport along axons Peter Jung, Niraj Trivedi, Lei Wang, Anthoni Brown Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N34.00010: A Geometric Mechanism for Asymmetric Diffusion and Membrane Rectification Robert Shaw, Norman Packard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N34.00011: Untying molecular friction knots Serdal Kirmizialtin, Dmitrii Makarov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N34.00012: Exact Solutions of Burnt-Bridge Models for Molecular Motor Transport Alexander Morozov, Ekaterina Pronina, Anatoly Kolomeisky, Maxim Artyomov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N34.00013: Molecular Dynamics simulation of Buttiker-Landauer Refrigerator Ronald Benjamin, Ryoichi Kawai Preview Abstract

Session N35: Focus Session: Time Resolved Structural Investigations on Protein Folding and Function

Sponsoring Units: DBP DCP
Chair: Aihua Xie, Oklahoma State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 405

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N35.00001: Correlating folding and signaling in a photoreceptor by single molecule measurements and energy landscape calculations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N35.00002: Spectroscopic probes of enzyme-ligand interaction dynamics Christopher Cheatum, Jigar Bandaria, Samrat Dutta, Sarah Hill, Amnon Kohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N35.00003: Shallow Free Energy Landscapes Remodelled by Ligand Binding Troy Messina, David Talaga, Emilio Gallichio, Ronald Levy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N35.00004: High-throughput biophysics of functional tuning in photoactive yellow protein Wouter Hoff, Andrew Philip, George Papadantonakis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N35.00005: Probing protein dynamics using Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer with donors of different lifetimes Weiqun Peng, Tania Chakrabarty, Paul Goldbart, Paul Selvin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 10:00AM		N35.00006: Advanced Infrared Spectroscopy for Time-Resolved Structural Investigation of Protein Structure and Function Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N35.00007: Channel noise reduction due to gating charge effects Gerhard Schmid, Igor Goychuk, Peter H\"anggi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N35.00008: A Molecular Dynamics-Decorated Finite Element Method (MDeFEM) Framework for Simulating the Gating of Mechanosensitive Channels Xi Chen, Yuye Tang, Guoxin Cao, Jejoong Yoo, Arun Yethiraj, Qiang Cui Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N35.00009: Develop vibrational structural makers for probing the protonation state and hydrogen bonding interactions of tyrosine in proteins and their functional intermediates Anupama Thubagere, Beining Nie, Edward Manda, Aihua Xie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N35.00010: Correlated Fluorescence Parameters of Single Molecules Claudiu Gradinaru, David Chandler, Carl Hayden Preview Abstract

Session N38: Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy II: Force Methods

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Andreas Heinrich, IBM-Almaden
Room: Colorado Convention Center 501

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N38.00001: AFM/STM with sub-Angstrom modulation. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N38.00002: Atomically-resolved surface imaging by low temperature atomic force microscopy using a quartz resonator Yukio Hasegawa, Toshu An, Takahiro Nishio, Toyoaki Eguchi, M. Ono, Kotone Akiyama Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N38.00003: Imaging of electronic defect states in SiO2 and HfSiOx films with sub-nanometer spatial resolution by two-way Single Electron Tunneling Force Mircroscopy J.P. Johnson, N. Zheng, C.C. Williams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N38.00004: Detection of Embedded nanostructures by Electrostatic Force Microscopy Zonghai Hu, Yuanzhen Chen, Michael Fischbein, Robin Havener, Marija Drndic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N38.00005: Sinc or Sine? The Band Excitation Method and Energy Dissipation Measurements by SPM Stephen Jesse, Sergei Kalinin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N38.00006: Spring constant calibration of AFM cantilevers with a piezolever transfer standard D. Hurley, E. Langlois, G. Shaw, J. Kramar, J. Pratt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N38.00007: High Speed Scanning Property Measurements David Shuman, Ramesh Nath, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Bryan Huey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N38.00008: Atomic Force Microscope Tip for Dielectrophoresis J.A. Aguilar, T.P. Hunt, A.C. Bleszynski, R.M. Westervelt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N38.00009: Cantilever mean deflection: average tip-sample force in tapping mode spectroscopy F. Michael Serry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N38.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N38.00011: Monotonic and fatigue tests of amorphous silicon nanostructures using atomic force microscope Churamani Gaire, D.-X. Ye, T.-M. Lu, G.-C. Wang, C. R. Picu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N38.00012: Enhanced compositional sensitivity in atomic force microscopy by the excitation of the first two flexural modes Ricardo Garcia, Nicolas F. Martinez, Shivprasad Patil, Jose R. Lozano Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N38.00013: Systematic Variations in Apparent Topographic Height as Measured by Non-contact Atomic Force Microscopy Deng-Sung Lin, T.-C. Chiang, K.M. Yang, J.Y. Chung, M.F. Hsieh, S.S. Ferng Preview Abstract

Session N39: Focus Session: Emerging Research Devices and Materials for the Microelectronics Industry I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Jean Heremans, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 502

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N39.00001: Silicide Nanowires for Low-Resistance CMOS Transistor Contacts. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N39.00002: Atomistic pseudopotential simulation of nanometer sized CMOS devices Lin-Wang Wang, Jun-Wei Luo, Shu-Shen Li, Jian-Bai Xia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N39.00003: Interfacial engineering and electrical properties of Hf oxide films on InGaAs Lyudmila Goncharova, Ozgur Celik, Eric Garfunkel, Torgny Gustafsson, Niti Goel, Safak Sayan, Wilman Tsai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N39.00004: A theoretical investigation of selected silicides and germanides Manish Niranjan, Len Kleinman, Alexander A. Demkov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N39.00005: Strain-based self assembly of nanostructures for non-destructive large-scale integration E. V. Moiseeva, Y. M. Senousy, C. K. Harnett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N39.00006: Electronic Structure and Carrier Mobility in Strain-Engineered Nanostructures Decai Yu, Yu Zhang, Ji Zang, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N39.00007: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Si(001)/Si (110) Junctions Adrian Ciucivara, Sachin Joshi, B.R. Sahu, Sanjay Banerjee, Leonard Kleinman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N39.00008: Electron Transport in SiGe single-electron transistors Ian Gelfand, Jian Liu, Ya-Hong Xie, Marc Kastner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N39.00009: Raman Spectroscopy Study of Uniaxial Strained SOI with SiGe Junctions Yan Du, Mehmet Ozturk, Veena Misra, Johnson Kasim, Zexiang Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N39.00010: Low-temperature transport in Ga-implanted wires in Si S.J. Robinson, J.R. Tucker, T. Schenkel, T.-C. Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N39.00011: On the Origins of Non-Exponential, Pulse Bias Induced, Capacitance Transients in Semiconductor PN Junctions Walter R. Buchwald, Peter J. Drevinsky, Christian P. Morath Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N39.00012: Tuning of plasmonic resonance via modification of the shape factor of silver pillars embedded in nanopatterned silicon Jeffrey Shainline, Jimmy Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N39.00013: Electro-Optic Films for Transmission-Mode Wavelength Demultiplexing Applications Kashma Rai, Anna Fox, Adam Fontecchio Preview Abstract

Session N40: Semiconductors: Magneto-optics and Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: David Reitze, University of Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N40.00001: Cyclotron Dephasing Times in the Quantum Hall Regime X. Wang, D. J. Hilton, L. Ren, D. M. Mittleman, J. Kono, J. L. Reno, M. M. Fogler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N40.00002: Theory of Cyclotron Resonance in Si,Ge,Zn and Cd Shigeji Fujita, Robert Simion, Rohit Singh, Rohit Singh, Seichi Watanabe, Salvador Godoy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N40.00003: Infrared longitudinal and Hall conductivity of SrRuO$_3$ and Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_x$As films obtained by magneto-polarization measurements M.-H. Kim, G. Acbas, M.-H. Yang, J. Cerne, I. Ohkubo, H. Christen, D. Mandrus, M.A. Scarpulla, O.D. Dubon, Z. Schlesinger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N40.00004: Time-resolved Faraday rotation measurements of spin relaxation in InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots Jennifer Robb, Ye Chen, Adam Timmons, Oleg Shchekin, Dennis Deppe, Kimberley Hall Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N40.00005: Measurement of the GaSb surface band bending potential from the magnetotransport characteristics of GaSb-InAs-AlSb quantum wells Patrick Folkes, Godfrey Gumbs, Wen Xu, M. Taysing-Lara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N40.00006: Magnetoexcitons in InSb Quantum Wells William Gempel, Taroshani Kasturiarachchi, Ryan Doezema, Madhavie Edirisooriya, Tetsuya Mishima, Michael Santos, Gary Sanders, Christopher Stanton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N40.00007: Time-resolved infrared spectroscopy of a DMS InGa(Mn)As film H. Zhang, D.H. Reitze, C.J. Stanton, D.B. Tanner, G. Khodaparast, J. Kono, H. Munekata, G.L. Carr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N40.00008: Effects of a parallel magnetic field on the Fermi-energy in two-dimensional electron systems Y.D. Jho, X. Wang, D.H. Reitze, J. Kono, S.A. Crooker, C. Kadow, A.C. Gossard, M. Semtsiv, W.T. Masselink Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N40.00009: Magnetic field induced Raman excitations in Zn$_{1-x}$Cr$_{x}$Te, Cd$_{1-x}$Cr$_{x}$Te and Cd$_{1-x}$Cr$_{x}$Se X. Lu, S. Tsoi, I. Miotkowski, S. Rodriguez, A.K. Ramdas, H. Alawadhi, T.M. Pekarek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N40.00010: Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in Type-II ZnSe$_{1-x}$Te$_{x}$ excitons. I.R. Sellers, V.R. Whiteside, B.D. McCombe, I.L. Kuskovsky, W. MacDonald, A.O. Govorov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N40.00011: NMR Probing Spin Excitations in the Ring-Like Structure of a Two-Subband System Xinchang Zhang, Gavin Scott, Hongwen Jiang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N40.00012: The dynamics of Bloch electrons in 2D hexagonal systems M. J. Rave, W. C. Kerr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N40.00013: Optical phonon spectra of CdS crosslinked sulfonate polystyrene nanocomposites Jayesh Govani, Felicia Manciu, S. Ortiz-Col\'on, Matthew Espe, Ronald Ziolo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N40.00014: Phonon-assisted coherent control of injected carriers in indirect bandgap semiconductors Julien Rioux, Fred Nastos, John E. Sipe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N40.00015: \textit{Ab Initio} XAS Debye-Waller Factors Beyond the Harmonic Approximation Fernando Vila, H. H. Rossner, H. J. Krappe, J. J. Rehr Preview Abstract

Session N42: Focus Session: STM of Surface-Based Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Arthur Smith, Ohio University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 505

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		N42.00001: Roles in Modulation of Molecular Structures on Metal Surfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N42.00002: Molecular organization: the role of substrate interaction Martin Oehzelt, Leonhard Grill, Stephen Berkebile, Georg Koller, Falko P. Netzer, Michael G. Ramsey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N42.00003: Self-assembly of methanethiol on cluster arrays of Co/Au(111) Georgi Nenchev, Bogdan Diaconescu, Karsten Pohl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N42.00004: An STM Study of Nucleation and Growth of Co Nanostructures on Stepped Cu(775) Nader Zaki, Denis Potapenko, Richard Osgood, Jr., Peter Johnson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N42.00005: Size dependent superconductivity of nano-sized Pb islands studied by low temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy under magnetic field Takahiro Nishio, Masanori Ono, Toyoaki Eguchi, Hideaki Sakata, Yukio Hasegawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N42.00006: STM and LEEM Observations of Pb Growth on W(110) Shirley Chiang, Donell Hoffman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N42.00007: STM investigation of quantum size effect on adsorption and reactivity of different gases and alkali metals on thin Pb films Alexander Khajetoorians, Shengyong Qin, Murat Ozer, Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N42.00008: Automated Tracking of Nanometer-Scale Feature Evolution Using an STM Russell Lake, Adam Dean, Niru Maheswaranathan, Chad Sosolik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N42.00009: Chemical Identification in the Cu$_3$Au (100) Surface Using STM and DFT Rodrigo B. Capaz, Luis G. Dias, Alexandre A. Leit\~ao, Ralf-Peter Blum, Horst Niehus, Carlos A. Achete Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N42.00010: STM characterization of a graphitized SiC(0001)surface Victor Brar, Yuanbo Zhang, Yossi Yayon, Taisuke Ohta, Jessica McChesney, Eli Rotenberg, Mike Crommie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N42.00011: Calibrating the Bending of Molecule Adsorbed Nanoscale Si Cantilevers with a Modified Stoney Formula Ji Zang, Feng Liu Preview Abstract

Session N43: Focus Session: Physics of Thermoelectric Materials and Phenomena III

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Ctirad Uher, University of Michigan
Room: Colorado Convention Center 506

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N43.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N43.00002: Thermoelectric and Thermomagnetic Properties of Nanostructured Lead Chalcogenides. Suraj Joottu Thiagarajan, Troy Pyles, Ramachandra R. Revur, Vladimir Jovovic, Joseph D. West, Joseph P. Heremans, Suvankar Sengupta, J. Richard Schorr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N43.00003: Transport and magnetic properties of dilute rare-earth-PbSe alloys V. Jovovic, S. Joottu-Thiagarajan, J. West, J. P. Heremans, T. Story, Z. Golacki, W. Paszkowicz , V. Osinniy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		N43.00004: Synthesis \& Properties of Nano-Composite Thermoelectric Materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N43.00005: Neutron scattering study of phonon dynamics on cage compounds C.H. Lee, H. Yoshizawa, I. Hase, H. Sugawara, M.A. Avila, T. Takabatake, H. Sato Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N43.00006: Superconductivity of Ba8Si46-xGax clathrates Yang Li, Ruihong Zhang, Ning Chen, Xingqiao Ma, Guohui Cao, Z.P. Luo, C.R. Hu, Joseph H. Ross, Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N43.00007: Thermoelectric Properties of RE$_{3}$Ru$_{4}$Ge$_{13}$ compounds (RE = Y, Dy, Ho, Lu) D. Morelli, H. Kong, X. Shi, C. Uher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N43.00008: The thermoelectric properties of Bi nanowires. Role of quantum size and surface effects. Tito Huber, Albina Nikolaeva, Dmitri Gitsu, Leonid Konopko, Michael Graf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N43.00009: Thermoelectric properties of SiGe nanoparticle composites Ming Tang, Hohyun Lee, Asegun Henry, Ronggui Yang, Dezhi Wang, Jean-Pierre Fleurial, Pawan Gogna, Gang Chen, Zhifeng Ren, Mildred Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N43.00010: Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocomposite Chalcogenides Joshua Martin, W. Zhang, L. Chen, G.S. Nolas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N43.00011: Time-Resolved Diffraction Studies of Nanoscale Thermal Transport Matt Highland, Bryan Gundrum, Yee Kan Koh, Victor Elarde, James J. Coleman, David G. Cahill, Don Walko, Eric Landahl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		N43.00012: Thermoelectric Properties of Heterostructure InAs/InP Nanowires Eric Hoffmann, Ann Persson, Henrick Nilsson, Linus Fr\"oberg, Lars Samuelson, Heiner Linke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		N43.00013: Round-robin measurement survey for Seebeck coefficient standard reference material Nathan Lowhorn, Winnie Wong-Ng, Makoto Otani, Martin Green, Thanh Tran Preview Abstract

Session N44: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanowires and Nanocrystals

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Greg Salamo, University of Arkansas
Room: Colorado Convention Center 507

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		N44.00001: Electronic and optical properties of single-walled GaN nanotubes from first principles Sohrab Ismail-Beigi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		N44.00002: Optical Second-Harmonic Generation from Single GaN Nanowires. J.P. Long, B.S. Simpkins, D.J. Rowenhorst, P.E. Pehrsson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		N44.00003: Non-Equilibrium Exciton Spin Dynamics in Resonantly Pumped Single Core-Shell GaAs-AlGaAs Nanowires Thang B. Hoang, L.V. Titova, H.E. Jackson, L.M. Smith, J.M. Yarrison-Rice, A.O. Govorov, Y. Kim, H.J. Joyce, H.H. Tan, C. Jagadish Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		N44.00004: Photoluminescence dynamics of single InP nanowires L.V. Titova, A. Mishra, Thang B. Hoang, H.E. Jackson, L.M. Smith, J.M. Yarrison-Rice, H.J. Joyce, Y. Kim, Q. Gao, H.H. Tan, C. Jagadish Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		N44.00005: Low temperature photoluminescence of single InP nanowires A. Mishra, D. Shereen, Thang B. Hoang, L.V. Titova, H.E. Jackson, L.M. Smith, J.M. Yarrison-Rice, H.J. Joyce, Y. Kim, Q. Gao, H.H. Tan, C. Jagadish Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		N44.00006: Temperature dependence of photoluminescence from single InP nanowires D. Shereen, A. Mishra, Thang B. Hoang, L.V. Titova, H.E. Jackson, L.M. Smith, J.M. Yarrison-Rice, H.J. Joyce, Y. Kim, Q. Gao, H.H. Tan, C. Jagadish Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		N44.00007: Synthesis and Raman Scattering from DMS Zn1-xMnxS Nanowires Jian Wu, Humberto Gutierrez, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		N44.00008: Optical imaging of oscillating nanowires Dan Hessman, Monica Lexholm, Kimberly Dick, Sara Ghatnekar-Nilsson, Lars Samuelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		N44.00009: Optical Absorption in Small Diameter Si Nanowires Kofi Adu, Gugang Chen, Humberto Guti\'errez, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		N44.00010: Short-wavelength visible light emission from silicon nanocrystals Xiaodong Pi, Rick Liptak, Stephen Campbell, Uwe Kortshagen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		N44.00011: Dynamical and Optical Properties of Si and Ge Nanocrystals Kelly Knutsen, Matt Beard, P.R. Yu, Qing Song, Wyatt Metzger, Art Nozik, Randy Ellingson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		N44.00012: Visible light absorption and photodarkening in Te-modified TiO$_{2}$ nanocrystals Steven Phillips, Ian James, Bret Hess Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		N44.00013: Density Matrix Approach for Valence Band Optical Properties M.P. Prange, J.J. Rehr Preview Abstract