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Session P1: Recent Advances in Magnetization Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jonathan Sun, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 2-3

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P1.00001: Imaging fast spin dynamics at the nanoscale with soft x-ray microscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		P1.00002: The Spin Transfer Torque Critical Current in Magnetic Nanopillars Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		P1.00003: Very low damping in epitaxial Fe and Fe1-xVx films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		P1.00004: Spin Momentum Transfer and Oersted Field Induce a Vortex Nano-Oscillator in Thin Ferromagnetic Film Devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		P1.00005: Fingerprinting Magnetic Nanostructures by First Order Reversal Curves Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P2: Nanopore World: from Single-Molecules to Bionanotechnology Prospects

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Liviu Movileanu, Syracuse University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 4

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P2.00001: Towards DNA Sequencing using Solid-State Nanopores Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		P2.00002: Entropic springs in single-molecule polymer partitioning into protein nano-pores Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		P2.00003: Forces on DNA in a solid-state nanopore Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		P2.00004: Molecular Tweezers: Using the Electric Field in a Synthetic Nanopore to Disrupt Biomolecular Binding Forces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P3: Advances in Nanostructured Materials for Electronics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: John Wilkins, The Ohio State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2A-3A

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P3.00001: From nano to micro: hierarchical ordering at the nanoscale Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		P3.00002: Controlled formation of epitaxial III-V nanowires for device applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		P3.00003: Electron confinement and long-range interactions in 1-D atom chains Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		P3.00004: Biologically templated synthesis of Co3O4/Au nanowires for flexible Li-ion batteries Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		P3.00005: Superconductivity in DNA templated metal nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P4: Magnetic Bose-Einstein Condensation

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Stephen Hill, University of Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2B-3B

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P4.00001: High field behavior of the spin-dimer compound BaCuSi$_2$O$_6$: magnon BEC and the role of crystal structure Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		P4.00002: Geometric Frustration and Dimensional Reduction at a Quantum Critical Point Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		P4.00003: Quantum Magnetism and possible BEC in an organic Nickel compound Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		P4.00004: Magnetic phase diagram of F$_{2}$PNNNO Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		P4.00005: Quasiparticle condensation and breakdown in a quantum spin liquid Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P5: Entanglement Entropy in Condensed Matter Physics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1A-1B

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P5.00001: Probing order beyond the Landau paradigm Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		P5.00002: Universal contributions to entanglement entropy at critical points in two spatial dimensions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		P5.00003: Entanglement entropy of quantum-critical spin chains with strong randomness Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		P5.00004: Entanglement and efficient simulation of many-body quantum systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P6: Condensed Matter Physics and Future Accelerator-based Light Sources

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DPB
Chair: Alan Todd, Advanced Energy Systems
Room: Colorado Convention Center 207

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P6.00001: New x-ray sources illuminate hidden corners of space and time -- revolutionary solid-state science and how we'll get there through the Advanced Photon Source upgrade Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		P6.00002: Energy Recovery LINAC: Experimental Challenges Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		P6.00003: Seeded Free Electron Lasers: The Technical Challenges and the Scientific Impact Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		P6.00004: Studies of Dynamics Using Coherent X-rays Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		P6.00005: Research at DESY's VUV-FEL user facility FLASH Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P7: Science Meets Policy: Careers and Advocacy

Sponsoring Units: FGSA
Chair: Gavi Begtrup, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4A-4B

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P7.00001: Becoming the Citizen Scientist: Opportunities and Challenges in Science Policy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		P7.00002: Fixing a Flat at the Noisy Intersection of Science and Politics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		P7.00003: Advising Students about Participating in the Science and Policy Interface Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		P7.00004: Connecting Science and Society: Basic Research in the Service of Social Objectives Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P8: Focus Session: Novel Superconductors:Miscellaneous Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Amy Liu, Georgetown University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1C

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P8.00001: Recent progress in applications of the superconducting density functional theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P8.00002: First-Principles Investigation of Superconductivity in Transition Metal Carbides Jesse Noffsinger, Feliciano Giustino, Steven G. Louie, Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P8.00003: Strong Electron-Phonon Coupling in Elemental Metals Under Pressure Zhiping Yin, Warren Pickett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P8.00004: Calculations of Superconducting Properties in Yttrium and Calcium under High Pressure Dimitrios Papaconstantopoulos, Lei Shi, Michael Mehl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P8.00005: Assessment of the importance of correlation effects in Li$_x$NbO$_2$ K.-W. Lee, R. T. Scalettar, W. E. Pickett, J. Kunes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P8.00006: Nearly-free electron superconductor Ag$_5$Pb$_2$O$_6$ Shingo Yonezawa, Mike Sutherland, Peter D. A. Mann, Christoph Bergemann, Yoshiteru Maeno Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P8.00007: Electron-phonon interaction in the polymeric superconductor, polysulfur nitride, (SN)$_{x}$. Paul M. Grant Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P8.00008: Microscopic theories for Cubic and Tetrahedral Superconductors Shantanu Mukherjee, Daniel Agterberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P8.00009: Density of states, specific heat and nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate in PrOs$_4$Sb$_{12}$ Tayseer Abu Alrub, Stephanie Curnoe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P8.00010: Multiband superconductivity and penetration depth in PrOs$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$ D.E. MacLaughlin, Lei Shu, R.H. Heffner, J.E. Sonier, F.D. Callaghan, G.D. Morris, O.O. Bernal, W.M. Yuhasz, N.A. Frederick, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P8.00011: Fully gapped $s$-wave superconductivity in KOs$_2$O$_6$ I. Bonalde, R. Ribeiro, W. Bramer-Escamilla, Z. Hiroi, Y. Yamaura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P8.00012: Muon spin relaxation and hyperfine-enhanced $^{141}$Pr nuclear spin dynamics in (Pr,La)Os$\rm{_4}$Sb$\rm{_{12}}$ and Pr(Os,Ru)$\rm{_{4}}$Sb$\rm{_{12}}$ Lei Shu, D.E. MacLaughlin, W. Higemoto, R.H. Heffner, K. Ohishi, T.U. Ito, Y. Aoki, Y. Tunashima, Y. Yonezawa, S. Sanada, D. Kikuchi, H. Sato, K. Ishida, R. Kadono, A. Koda, O.O. Bernal, H. Sugawara, N.A. Frederick, W.M. Yuhasz, T.A. Sayles, T. Yanagisawa, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P8.00013: Andreev Spectroscopy Study of the Heavy-Fermion Superconductor PrOs$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$ C.S. Turel, I. Fridman, J.Y.T. Wei, W.M. Yuhasz, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract

Session P9: Superconductivity: Synthesis

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Doug Kirven, Sigma-K
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1D

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P9.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P9.00002: Superconducting properties of the hexagonal layered molybdenum carbide $\eta $-Mo$_{3}$C$_{2}$ K. Yamaura, Q. Huang, M. Akaishi, E. Takayama-Muromachi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P9.00003: Origin of Superconductivity in the Y-Sr-Ru-O System Eduard Galstyan, Yuyi Xue, Milko Iliev, Yanyi Sun, Paul Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P9.00004: Growth and superconductivity of single crystals La$_{2-x}$Ba$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ G. D. Gu, J. S. Wen, Z. J. Xu, G. Y. Xu, J. M. Tranquada, Q. Li, A. R. Moodenbaugh, K. Yamada Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P9.00005: Refined crystal growth and characterization of the high-T$_{c}$ superconductor HgBa$_{2}$CuO$_{4+\delta }$ Yuan Li, Neven Barisic, Guillaume Chabot-Couture, Yong-Chan Cho, Gertjan Koster, Guichuan Yu, Xudong Zhao, Martin Greven Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P9.00006: Carrier density control and phase diagram of Li$_x$ZrNCl superconductors Yasujiro Taguchi, Atsushi Kitora, Yoshihiro Iwasa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P9.00007: Strain induced morphological instability of epitaxial YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta }$ films deposited on LAO and STO. Priya.V. Chinta, O. Lozano, P. Wadekar, Q.Y. Chen*, X.M. Wang, J.R. Liu, W.K. Chu, H.W. Seo, L.W. Tu, H.M. Huang, Y.L. Cheng, C.P. Sun, H.D. Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P9.00008: Disordered superconducting films in strong magnetic fields Yonatan Dubi, Yigal Meir, Yshai Avishai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P9.00009: Investigation of tunneling density of state of FSF trilayers. Jun Hyung Kwon, Jewook Park, Seong Kook Choi, Kookrin Char, P.G. SanGiorgio, M.R. Beasley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P9.00010: Magnetic Field Enhanced Insulating Behavior in Thin Films with Local Cooper Pairing K. H. Sarwa B. Tan, Kevin A. Parendo, Z. Ovadyahu, A. M. Goldman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P9.00011: Electrical transport properties of ultrathin superconducting Pb films. R.P. Panguluri, M.M. Ozer, J.R. Thompson, H.H. Weitering, B.E. Nadgorny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P9.00012: The effect of magnetic field on superconductivity in ultrathin amorphous Pb films with paramagnetic impurities. Ashwani Kumar, H. Jeffrey Gardner, Peng Xiong Preview Abstract

Session P10: URu2Si2 and Related Compounds

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Filip Ronning, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1E

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P10.00001: Effects of Rhenium doping on the high magnetic field versus temperature phase diagram of URu2Si2 Sonia Francoual, Neil Harrison, Marcello Jaime, Scott Baily, Alex Lacerda, Nicholas Butch, Brian Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P10.00002: Field-induced Fermi surface reconstruction and adiabatic continuity between antiferromagnetism and hidden-order state in URu$_2$Si$_2$ Y.J. Jo, L. Balicas, C. Capan, K. Behnia, P. Lejay, J. Flouquet, J.A. Mydosh, P. Schlottmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P10.00003: Interplay between Fermi surface topology and ordering in URu$_{2}$Si$_{2}$ revealed through abrupt Hall coefficient changes Yoon Seok Oh, Kee Hoon Kim, P. A. Sharma, N. Harrison, H. Amitsuka, J. A. Mydosh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P10.00004: NMR Study of Line Shape Effects Caused by the Hidden Order in a Random Powder of URu$_2$Si$_2$ S. Jung, O. O. Bernal, D. E. MacLaughlin, T. J. Gortenmulder, J. A. Mydosh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P10.00005: Inelastic neutron scattering studies of itinerant spin excitations in URu2Si2 near the hidden order transition John Janik, G. MacDougall, G. Luke, Y.-J. Jo, L. Balicas, Y. Qiu, J. Copley, Z. Yamani, B. Buyers, C. Wiebe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P10.00006: The Evolution of the Hidden Order Phase in URu$_{2-x}$Re$_x$Si$_2$ under Pressure J.R. Jeffries, N.P. Butch, B.T. Yukich, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P10.00007: The Search for Quantum Criticality in the URu$_{2-x}$Re$_{x}$Si$_{2}$ Phase Diagram N.P. Butch, J.R. Jeffries, B.T. Yukich, T.A. Sayles, J. Paglione, P.-C. Ho, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P10.00008: Crystal fields, magnetoresistance, and superconductivity of Pr$_{1-x}$La$_{x}$Os$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$ Bohdan Andraka, Costel R. Rotundu, Martin E. McBriarty Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P10.00009: A comparison of the normal and superconducting state properties of Pr(Os$_{1-x}$Ru$_x$)$_4$Sb$_{12}$ and Pr$_{1-x}$Nd$_x$Os$_4$Sb$_{12}$ P.-C. Ho, T. Yanagisawa, N.P. Butch, W.M. Yuhasz, N.A. Frederick, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P10.00010: The disordered ground state of quantum critical Ce(Ru$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$)$_2$Ge$_2$ Wouter Montfrooij, Jagat Lamsal, Meigan Aronson, Marcus Bennett, Anne de Visser, Huang Ying Kai, Nguyen Thanh Huy, Mark Lumsden, Mohana Yethiraj, Yiming Qiu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P10.00011: Magnetic field tuning of the low temperature state in YbNiSi$_3$: magnetic field induced quantum criticality Marcos A. Avila, Toshiro Takabatake, Sergey L. Bud'ko, Paul C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P10.00012: Thermal Transport in ZrZn$_2$ - Probing the Marginal Fermi Liquid State Michael Sutherland, R. Smith, K. Noriaki, G.G. Lonzarich, S. Takashima, M. Nohara, H. Takagi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P10.00013: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO R1 Preview Abstract

Session P11: Correlated Electrons: DMFT

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Randy Fishman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1F

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P11.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P11.00002: An Extended Dynamical Cluster Approximation for Local-Moment Systems Karlis Mikelsons, Thomas Maier, Randy Fishman, Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P11.00003: Performance analysis of continuous-time solvers for quantum impurity models Emanuel Gull, Philipp Werner, Andrew Millis, Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P11.00004: Efficient DMFT simulation of the Holstein-Hubbard model Philipp Werner, Andrew J. Millis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P11.00005: Dynamical vertex approximation --- a step beyond dynamical mean field theory Alessandro Toschi, Andrey Katanin, Karsten Held Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P11.00006: Optical Spectral Weight of the Hubbard Model -- Single-site DMFT Calculation and Comparison to Experimental Data Armin Comanac, Luca de' Medici, Massimo Capone, Andrew J. Millis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P11.00007: Strong correlations on a triangular lattice: spectral weight suppression on the cobaltates. Dimitrios Galanakis, Tudor Stanescu, Philip Phillips Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P11.00008: Analysis of the Dynamical Cluster Approximation for the Triangular Lattice Hubbard Model Christopher Varney, Richard Scalettar, Mark Jarrell, Alexandru Macridin, Brian Moritz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P11.00009: NiO - Dynamical Mean Field Study of Charge-Transfer Insulator J. Kunes, V.I. Anisimov, A.V. Lukoyanov, D. Vollhardt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P11.00010: Calculation of Magnetic Exchange Interactions in Mott-Hubbard Systems Quan Yin, Xiangang Yin, Sergey Savrasov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P11.00011: Combined LDA+Exact Diagonalization Study for Actinide Compounds Alexey Gordienko, Sergey Savrasov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P11.00012: Non-collinear magnetism of GdB$_{4}$: A DFT+$U$ study M. N. Huda, Leonard Kleinman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P11.00013: GW+exact diagonalization approach for electronic structure calculations in Mott insulators Nikolay Zein, Serguie Savrasov, Gabriel Kotliar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P11.00014: Novel Phase Between Band and Mott Insulators in Two Dimensions Srivenkateswara Sarma Kancharla, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P11.00015: Kernel sweeping method for exact diagonalization of spin models - numerical computation of a CSL Hamiltonian Darrell Schroeter, Eliot Kapit, Ronny Thomale, Martin Greiter Preview Abstract

Session P12: Focus Session: Spin-Orbit Coupling

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Roland Winkler, Northern Illinois University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P12.00001: Electrical manipulation of spin-orbit coupling in semiconductor heterostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P12.00002: Spin generation by strong inhomogeneous electric fields Ilya Finkler, Hans-Andreas Engel, Emmanuel Rashba, Bertrand Halperin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P12.00003: Tuning of the spin-orbit interaction and resistance in two-dimensional GaAs holes via strain Babur Habib, Javad Shabani, Etienne P. De Poortere, Mansour Shayegan, Roland Winkler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P12.00004: Electron transport in semiconductor heterostructures with strong spin orbit coupling Andrei Garcia, Dennis Lo, David Goldhaber-Gordon, Jason Stephens, Shawn Mack, David Awschalom Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P12.00005: Physical factors affecting Rashba Spin-orbit coupling Chih-Piao Chuu, Ming-Che Chang, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P12.00006: Spin transport and the giant Zeeman effect in systems with spin-orbit interaction Anh Ngo, Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P12.00007: Spin-Orbit Coupling in AlGaN/AlN/GaN Heterostructures with a Polarization Induced Two-Dimensional Electron Gas H. Cheng, C. Kurdak, N. Biyikli, U. Ozgur, H. Morkoc, V.I. Litvinov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P12.00008: A Study of Dresselhaus and Rashba Effects in InSb/InAlSb Heterostructures via Anti-Weak Localization Measurements Aruna Dedigama, Dilhani Jayathilaka, Sheena Murphy, Madhavie Edirisooriya, Niti Goel, Tetsuya Mishima, Michael Santos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P12.00009: Spin interference effect in a triangular loop array fabricated in (001)In$_{0.53}$Ga$_{0.47}$As/In$_{0.52}$Al$_{0.48}$As quantum wells Hiroshi Okutani, Takaaki Koga, Yoshiaki Sekine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P12.00010: Spin and charge optical conductivities in spin-orbit coupled systems Jesus A. Maytorena, Catalina Lopez-Bastidas, Francisco Mireles Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P12.00011: Spin interference effects in a 2D-hole ring with spin-orbit interaction. Alexey Kovalev, Mario Borunda, Jairo Sinova Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P12.00012: Exchange energy and generalized polarization in the presence of spin-orbit coupling in two dimensions Stefano Chesi, Gabriele F. Giuliani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P12.00013: High density limit of the correlation energy of a two dimensional electron liquid in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit Gabriele F. Giuliani, Stefano Chesi Preview Abstract

Session P13: Focus Session: High-Tc Cuprates and Nickelates

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Michelle Johannes, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4C

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P13.00001: Enhanced polaron formation, suppression of superconducting T$_c$, and the isotope effect in the Hubbard model with phonons Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P13.00002: The effect of strong impurity scattering on superconductivity in the 2D Hubbard model Alexander Kemper, Thomas Maier, Mark Jarrell, Cheng Hai-Ping Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P13.00003: Exact thermodynamics of pairing and charge-spin separation in Hubbard nanoclusters Tun Wang, Armen Kocharian, Gayanath Fernando, Kalum Palandage, Jim Davenport Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:51PM		P13.00004: Field Induced Suppression of the Resonance Mode in N-type High-T$_{c}$ Cuprate Pr$_{.88}$LaCe$_{.12}$CuO$_{4-\delta }$ (T$_{c}$=24K) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P13.00005: Local Electronic Structure of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 near Oxygen Dopants: A Window on the High-Tc Pairing Mechanism Yao He, Peter Hirschfeld, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P13.00006: Metal to insulator transition and ground state electronic structure of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ T.C. Schulthess, W.M. Temmerman, Z. Szotek, P.R.C. Kent Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P13.00007: A pressure induced insulator-to-metal critical point in the copper-oxides Tanja Cuk, Viktor Struzhkin, Thomas Devereaux, Alexander Goncharov, Christopher Kendziora, Hiroshi Eisaki, Ho-kwang Mao, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P13.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P13.00009: Suppression of charge stripes in highly strained, epitaxial La$_{5/3}$Sr$_{1/3}$NiO$_{4}$ films Changkun Xie, Barrett Wells, Feizhou He, Arnold Moodenbaugh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P13.00010: Study of the antiferromagnetism in electron-doped cuprate superconductors with disorder C. S. Ting, Xin-Zhong Yan, Qingshan Yuan Preview Abstract

Session P14: Focus Session: Magnetic Nanostructures I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Richard Kodama, University of Illinois at Chicago
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4D

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P14.00001: Coercivity of nanometer size Ni granular films as a function of temperature, grain size and dipolar interaction R. Das, A.F. Hebard, A. Gupta, D. Kumar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P14.00002: Dynamic Hysteresis of Fe$_{10}$Co$_{90}$ Nanoparticle Compacts K.M. Chowdary, S.A. Majetich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P14.00003: Cluster Beam Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticles R.H. Kodama, J.J. Kavich, M. Vedpathak, M.C. Peterson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P14.00004: Detection of exchange interaction in diatomic molecules by Fano resonance Jonas Fransson, Alexander Balatsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P14.00005: Measurement of Magnetic Anisotropy for Individual Atomic Spins on Surfaces Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin, Alexander F. Otte, Markus Ternes, Christopher P. Lutz, Andreas J. Heinrich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P14.00006: Ferromagnetic multipods fabricated by solution phase synthesis and hydrogen reduction Yucheng Sui, Yao Zhao, Jun Zhang, Sitaram Jaswal, Xingzhong Li, David Sellmyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		P14.00007: Magnetic Exchange Force Microscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P14.00008: Micromagnetic Modeling of Ferromagnetic Resonance in Nonuniform Magnetic Field D.V. Pelekhov, I. Martin, Yu. Obukhov, J. Kim, E. Nazaretski, T. Mewes, P.E. Wigen, R. Movshovich, P.C. Hammel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P14.00009: Local investigations of 2 micrometer permalloy dot array using Magnetic resonance force microscopy. J. Kim, Yu. Obukhov, D. Pelekhov, T. Mewes, S. Batra, P.E. Wigen, S. An, T. Gramila, P.C. Hammel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P14.00010: Self-assembly of magnetic nanoparticles JiYeon Ku, Phillip Geissler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P14.00011: FeCo Nanoparticles by Salt-Matrix Annealing Narayan Poudyal, Girija S. Chaubey, Chuan-bing Rong, J. Ping Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P14.00012: Static and dynamic magnetic properties of ``dumbbell'' and ``flower'' shaped Au-Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ nanoparticles N.A. Frey, S. Srinath, H. Srikanth, Chao Wang, Shouheng Sun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P14.00013: Magnetite nanoparticles with almost bulk magnetic properties: the role of the surfactant Xavier Batlle, Pablo Guardia, Oscar Iglesias, Am\'ilcar Labarta, Alejandro G. Roca, M. Puerto Morales, Carlos J. Serna Preview Abstract

Session P15: Focus Session: Current and Magnetization Driven Effects

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DCOMP DMP
Chair: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4E

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P15.00001: Nonlinear and Nonequilibrium Spin Injection in Magnetic Tunneling Junctions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P15.00002: Fermi-Surface Evaluation of Anomalous Hall Conductivity using Wannier Interpolation Xinjie Wang, David Vanderbilt, Jonathan Yates, Ivo Souza Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P15.00003: Spin Hall effect: from the ballistic to diffusive regime Roksana Golizadeh-Mojarad, Supriyo Datta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P15.00004: Berry-phase blockade in single-molecule magnets Gabriel Gonzalez, Michael Leuenberger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P15.00005: The anomalous Hall effect and Nernst effect in CuCr$_{2}Se_{4-x}Br_{x}$: First principles studies Zhong Fang, Yugui Yao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P15.00006: Chern Number effective Hamiltonian for Mn clusters in GaAs. Tor Olof Strandberg, Carlo M. Canali, Allan H. MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P15.00007: Electron corrected Lorentz forces in solids and molecules in magnetic field Davide Ceresoli, Riccardo Marchetti, Erio Tosatti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P15.00008: Tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance driven by resonant surface states Athanasios Chantis, Kirill Belashchenko, Evgeny Tsymbal, Mark van Schilfgaarde Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P15.00009: Fully relativistic spin torques and spin currents Peter Weinberger, Andras Vernes, Balazs L. Gyorffy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P15.00010: First principles theory of the current-modulated exchange bias. Paul Haney, Rembert Duine, Alvaro Nunez, Olle Heinonen, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P15.00011: Conventional spin current in Dirac equation Soo Yong Lee, Hyun-Woo Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P15.00012: Markov Chain Analysis of Stochastic Micromagnetic Simulations S. Hill Thompson, G. Brown, P.A. Rikvold Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P15.00013: Thermoinduced Magnetization in Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Chains Gregory Brown, Markus Eisenbach, G. Malcolm Stocks Preview Abstract

Session P18: Condensed Phase Dynamics, Structure and Thermodynamics

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Branka Ladanyi, Colorado State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 103

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P18.00001: First-principles study of molecular point defects in ice Ih Maurice de Koning, Alex Antonelli, Antonio J.R. da Silva, Adalberto Fazzio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P18.00002: Size- and Temperature- Dependent Crystal Growth Rates Xian-Ming Bai, Mo Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P18.00003: ESR Studies of a Reorienting Nickel Complex Bruce Kowert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P18.00004: Low coverage Neon adsorption on HiPCo$^{TM}$ nanotube bundles Subramanian Ramachandran, Oscar Vilches Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P18.00005: Structure and dynamics of levitated liquid aluminates Louis Hennet, Irina Pozdnyakova, Marie-Louise Saboungi, David L. Price Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P18.00006: Thermal Fluctuations and Excitonic Interactions in Polyadenosine John Jean Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P18.00007: The activation of phosphoramide mustard anticancer drugs from ab initio simulations. Markus Allesch, Eric Schwegler, Mike Colvin, Francois Gygi, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P18.00008: Use of light scattering data to determine free energies of ternary mixtures George Thurston, David Ross, Carl Lutzer, Seth Fraden Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P18.00009: Proton momentum distributions in water: A path integral molecular dynamics study Varadharajan Srinivasan, Joseph A. Morrone, Daniel Sebastiani, Roberto Car Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P18.00010: Calculation of Proton Transfer Rates in Liquids Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations Yin Guo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P18.00011: Local structure and the intermediate-energy fine structure in x-ray Raman scattering from ice Ih G.T. Seidler, T.T. Fister, C. Hamner, F.D. Vila, J.O. Cross Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P18.00012: Covalency in Actinide and Lanthanide Hexachloride Anions Ping Yang, Enrique Batista, Richard Martin, Christin Carlson, David Clark, Steven Conradson, Daniel Schwarz, Marinne Wilkerson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P18.00013: Site Sensitivity and local electronic symmetries in carboranes T.T. Fister, G.T. Seidler, F.D. Vila, J.O. Cross, J.C. Linehan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P18.00014: The electronic structure of Co and Ni tetraazaannulenes Jing Liu, Jie Xiao, P. Jeppson, P.A. Dowben, Seok-Bong Choi, L. Jarabek, A.N. Caruso, Ya.B. Losovyj Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P18.00015: Pump-Probe Photoionization Spectroscopy of penta methyl cyclopentadiene Peter Weber, Fedor Rudakov Preview Abstract

Session P19: Focus Session: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory IV

Sponsoring Units: DCP DCOMP
Chair: Troy van Voonhis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P19.00001: Ab-initio DMRG and Canonical Transformation Theories of Electronic Structure Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		P19.00002: Real-time {\it ab initio} simulations of excited-state dynamics in nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P19.00003: First principles spectroscopy of confined water. Manu Sharma, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P19.00004: Quadratic Scaling Local Canonical Transformation Method. Debashree Ghosh, Takeshi Yanai, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P19.00005: Representing molecules as atomic-scale electrical circuits with fluctuating-charge models Jiahao Chen, Todd Mart\'Inez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P19.00006: Partition-of-unity finite element method for large, accurate electronic-structure calculations John Pask, Natarajan Sukumar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P19.00007: Anti-Hermitian Contracted Schr{\"o}dinger Equation for the Determination of Ground-state Energies and Two-electron Reduced-density-matrices without Wavefunctions David Mazziotti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P19.00008: A Near Linear-Scaling Smooth Local Coupled Cluster Algorithm for Electronic Structure Joseph Subotnik, Alex Sodt, Martin Head-Gordon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P19.00009: Linear scaling integral fitting Alexander Sodt, Martin Head-Gordon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P19.00010: New many-body approach to photoemission and spectral functions Carl-Olof Almbladh, Claudio Verdozzi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P19.00011: Targeting individual excited states in DMRG. Jonathan Dorando, Johannes Hachmann, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan Preview Abstract

Session P20: Focus Session: Multiferroics and other Functional Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Marco Fornari, Central Michigan University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 105

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P20.00001: The ferroelectric to antiferroelectric transition in multiferroic BiFe$_{1-x}$Cr$_{x}$O$_{3}$ epitaxial films Dae Ho Kim, Ho Nyung Lee, Maria Varela, Hans M. Christen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P20.00002: Broadband Characterization of Multiferroic Thin-Films Nathan Orloff, Jordi Mateu, Makoto Murakami, Ichiro Takeuchi, James Booth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P20.00003: Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of BiFeO3 Lucas K. Wagner, David Sulock, Lubos Mitas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P20.00004: Ab-initio investigation of ferroelectricity in asymmetrically layered magnetic perovskites Alison Hatt, Nicola Spaldin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P20.00005: Bond polarization induced by magnetic order Jung Hoon Han, Chenglong Jia, Shigeki Onoda, Naoto Nagaosa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P20.00006: Resonant soft x-ray scattering study of the multiferroicity in TbMn$_2$O$_5$ J. Okamoto, D. J. Huang, K. S. Chao, H.-J. Lin, C. T. Chen, C. Y. Mou, S. Park, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P20.00007: Growth and Characterization of Low Loss BaM-BSTO Multilayer Films Jaydip Das, Arkajit RoyBarman, Carl Patton, Boris Kalinikos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P20.00008: Ferroelectric switching induced magnetic anisotropy in Fe/BaTiO$_{3}$ bilayers Chun-Gang Duan, S. S. Jaswal, E. Y. Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P20.00009: Magneto-electric Coupling in Ferromagnetic Cobalt/Ferroelectric Copolymer Multi-layer Films A. Mardana, Mengjun Bai, A. Baruth, S. Ducharme, S. Adenwalla Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P20.00010: Natural off-stoichiometry and asymmetry in $p$/$n$-dopability of wide-gap oxides$^{1}$ S. Lany, J. Osorio-Guillen, H. Raebiger, A. Zunger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P20.00011: Raman scattering studies of resistance-changing NiO films with and without IrO$_{2}$ buffer layers S. Yoon, E. Cho, H. Cheong, S. Seo, B. Schulz, M. Ruebhausen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P20.00012: Molecular Beam Epitaxy of MgO on Perovskite Substrates M. Snyder, J. Xu, P. Fisher, M. Skowronski, P. Salvador, O. Maksimov, V. Heydemann Preview Abstract

Session P21: Computational Methods for Strongly Correlated Systems and Many Body Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Adriana Moreo, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 106

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P21.00001: Spectral weight of the Emery model within different computational schemes Simone Chiesa, Jan Kunes, Warren Pickett, Richard Scalettar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P21.00002: Equation of state in single-band Hubbard models in two- and three-dimensions Chia-Chen Chang, Shiwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P21.00003: Does the $t^{'}{-}t{-}J$ model catch the main features of the cuprates phase diagram? Leonardo Spanu, Massimo Lugas, Federico Becca, Sandro Sorella Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P21.00004: Fermionic functional renormalization group flows into phases with broken symmetry Roland Gersch, Carsten Honerkamp Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P21.00005: Variational reduced-rensity-matrix theory applied to the hubbard model Jeff Hammond, David Mazziotti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P21.00006: Functional renormalization group and bosonization as a solver for 2D fermionic Hubbard models Florian Schuetz, Brad Marston Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P21.00007: Effects of electron-phonon coupling on the d-wave pairing superconducting phase Ka-Ming Tam, Shan-Wen Tsai, Antonio H. Castro Neto, David K. Campbell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P21.00008: Sum-rule Conserving Spectral Functions from the Numerical Renormalization Group Andreas Weichselbaum, Jan von Delft Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P21.00009: New diagrammatic approach to the steady-state transport: nonlinear thermoelectric effects in interacting systems Jong Han, Ryan Heary Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P21.00010: Density Matrix Renormalization Group study of magnon bound states of Heisenberg S=1 Y-junctions Haihui Guo, Steven White Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P21.00011: A new warm-up procedure for the density-matrix renormalization group Masaki Tezuka Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P21.00012: A DMRG study of transport properties and correlations of quantum dots Fabian Heidrich-Meisner, Khaled Al-Hassanieh, Elbio Dagotto, George Martins, Adrian Feiguin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P21.00013: Quadratic scaling \textit{ab initio} DMRG for strong nondynamic correlation Johannes Hachmann, Wim Cardoen, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P21.00014: Quantum Optimization: Spin Glasses and Wavefunction Annealing Javier Rodriguez-Laguna, Giuseppe Santoro Preview Abstract

Session P22: Focus Session: Social Dynamics and Scaling

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Sidney Redner, Boston University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 108

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P22.00001: The impact of social network complexity: from collaboration teams to epidemics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P22.00002: Modeling self-organization of communication and topology in Social Networks Kim Sneppen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P22.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P22.00004: Large-scale Individual-based Models of Pandemic Influenza Mitigation Strategies Kai Kadau, Timothy Germann, Ira Longini, Catherine Macken Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P22.00005: Dynamics of epidemics outbreaks in heterogeneous populations Dirk Brockmann, Alejandro Morales-Gallardo, Theo Geisel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P22.00006: The effect of heterogeneity in infectivity and susceptibility on epidemic spread Joel Miller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P22.00007: Phase diagram of the diffusive epidemic process Ronald Dickman, Daniel Souza Maia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P22.00008: Epidemics on dynamic networks with spatial structure Leah Shaw, Ira Schwartz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P22.00009: Proximity Networks and Epidemics Hasan Guclu, Zolt\'an Toroczkai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P22.00010: Adaptive networks: the example of consensus formation. Balazs Kozma, Alain Barrat Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P22.00011: Social network analysis based on WWW search engine Sang Hoon Lee, Pan-Jun Kim, Yong-Yeol Ahn, Hawoong Jeong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P22.00012: The voter model on an adaptive network. Beate Schmittmann, Izabella Benczik, Royce K.P. Zia, Sandor Benczik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P22.00013: Resolution limit in community detection Marc Barthelemy, Santo Fortunato Preview Abstract

Session P23: Structural Materials and Hydrogen

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: David Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 110

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P23.00001: Thin Film Synthesis and Characterization of MAX-Phase Compounds T. H. Scabarozi, W. Tambussi, J. D. Hettinger, S. E. Lofland, M. W. Barsoum Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P23.00002: Composition Dependence of Elastic properties in M$_{2}$AX Materials T. Scabarozi, S. E. Lofland, J. D. Hettinger, S. Amini, P. Finkel, M. Barsoum Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P23.00003: Structural phase transformations in Ti$_{3}$Al$_{2}$Nb system, a first-principles approach Mahdi Sanati, Damien West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P23.00004: Precipitation behavior of sigma phase in 304 and 430 stainless steels as hot-rolled at 800$^{\circ}$C Chih-Chun Hsieh, Dong-Yih Lin, Weite Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P23.00005: Intrinsic mechanism of the solid solution softening and hardening in bcc transition metal alloys: combined first principles calculations with atomic row modeling N. I. Medvedeva, Yu. N. Gornostyrev, A. J. Freeman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P23.00006: Phase field model for recrystallization kinetics S. Sreekala, Mikko Haataja Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P23.00007: Possible Mechanism of the Pseudogap Formation in Intermetallic Compound Al$_3$V Susumu Miyahara, Kazuo Tsumuraya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P23.00008: Thermal expansion and magnetostriction in RAl$_3$ (R = Tm,Yb,Lu) single crystals S.L. Bud'ko, J. Frederick, P.C. Canfield, G.M. Schmiedeshoff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P23.00009: Theoretical Prediction of Activities in Dilute .$\gamma $-Ni(Al) Solid Solution at Elevated Temperatures Yong Jiang, John Smith, Anthony Evans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P23.00010: Ab Initio Study of the Effect of Solute Atoms on Stacking Fault Energy in Aluminum Yue Qi, Raja Mishra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P23.00011: Thermal stability and diffusion of defects on an Al(100) Francesca Baletto, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P23.00012: Phonons in nickel and aluminum at elevated temperatures from neutron scattering Max Kresch, Olivier Delaire, Rebecca Stevens, Jiao Lin, Brent Fultz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P23.00013: A first principles calculation and statistical mechanics modeling of defects in Al-H system Min Ji, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Kai-Ming Ho Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P23.00014: Elastic Constants of Rare Earth and Transition Metal Di-Hydrides C. S. Snow, J. A. Knapp, J. F. Browning Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P23.00015: Ab initio electronic and lattice dynamical properties of cerium dihydride Tanju Gurel, Resul Eryigit Preview Abstract

Session P24: Focus Session: Organic Heterojuncture Photovoltaics

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DMP
Room: Colorado Convention Center 201

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P24.00001: Organic Semiconductors: A Molecular Picture of the Charge-Transport and Energy-Transport Processes. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P24.00002: Predicting structure/property relations in polymeric photovoltaic devices. Gavin Buxton, Nigel Clarke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P24.00003: Synthesis and Application of Conducting Block Copolymers in Organic Photovoltaics Bryan W. Boudouris, Marc A. Hillmyer, C. Daniel Frisbie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P24.00004: Fluorescence of Dendrons based on Donors and Accepter with Different Linkages J.H. Park, Y. Wu, D.A. Modarelli, J.R. Parquette, A.J. Epstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P24.00005: The interplay of morphology and carrier recombination in dendrimer-based organic photovoltaics. Sean Shaheen, Nikos Kopidakis, William Mitchell, William Rance, Jao van de Lagemaat, Garry Rumbles Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P24.00006: Below gap external quantum efficiency of organic solar cells. Alexandre Ndobe, Valy Vardeny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P24.00007: Nanocrystalline organic solar cells. Fan Yang, Kai Sun, Stephen Forrest Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P24.00008: Fabrication and characterization of photovoltaic devices based on `self corralled' CdSe nanorods functionalized with polythiophene Suresh Gupta, Qingling Zhang, Ali Cirpan, Frank Karasz, Todd Emrick, Thomas P. Russell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P24.00009: Femtosecond transient studies of photoinduced charge transfer in~polymers doped with strong acceptor molecules; applications~for organic solar cells Josh Holt, Tomer Drori, Chuanxiang Sheng, Z. Valy Vardeny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P24.00010: Photoinduced charge transfer from polymers to fullerene molecules revisited. Tomer Drori, Chuanxiang Sheng, Alex Ndobe, Cungeng Yang, Minghong Tong, Valy Vardeny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P24.00011: Nanoscale Composition and Efficiency of Conjugated Polymer Based Photovoltaic Devices Benjamin Watts, Chris McNeill, Lars Thomsen, Warwick Belcher, Harald Ade, Neil Greenham, Paul Dastoor Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P24.00012: Optimization of the Negative Electrode in Organic Photovoltaic Devices Matthew Reese, Matthew White, Garry Rumbles, David Ginley, Sean Shaheen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P24.00013: Time-Resolved Microwave Photoconductivity study of the Photophysics of Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaic Devices Nikos Kopidakis, Andrew Ferguson, Sean Shaheen, Garry Rumbles Preview Abstract

Session P25: Focus Session: Dynamics and Structure in Polymer Melts and Glasses

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Ramanan Krishnamoorti, University of Houston
Room: Colorado Convention Center 203

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P25.00001: Evolution of stress and entanglements during deformation of glassy polymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P25.00002: Role of Fluctuations in Predicting the Glass Formation Line Grigori Medvedev, James Caruthers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P25.00003: Entanglement Theories: Packing vs. Percolation Richard Wool Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P25.00004: Interdiffusion at Ring-Shaped Polystyrene / Its Deuterated Counterpart Bilayer Interfaces Daisuke Kawaguhi, Atsushi Takano, Keiji Tanaka, Toshihiko Nagamura, Naoya Torikai, Robert Dalgliesh, Yushu Matsushita Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P25.00005: Monte Carlo Simulation of the Glass Transition in Polyethylene Rajesh Khare, Orestis Alexiadis, Vlasis Mavrantzas, Job Beckers, Arlette Baljon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P25.00006: Glassy Dynamics and Pressure Effects in Polymer Melts Erica J. Saltzman, Kenneth S. Schweizer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P25.00007: Anomalous Surface Dynamics Near Tg in Supported Polystyrene Films by XPCS Zhang Jiang, Mrinmay Mukhopadhyay, Sunil Sinha, Sanghoon Song, Hyunjung Kim, Laurence Lurio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P25.00008: Theory of Segmental Relaxation and Physical Aging in Polymer Glasses Kenneth Schweizer, Kang Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P25.00009: Power Law Behavior of Dynamics in Simple Glass Formers John McCoy, Julieanne Heffernan, Joanne Budzien, Douglas Adolf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P25.00010: Cure of Bisphenol M Dicyanate Ester/Polycyanurate under Nanoscale Constraint Qingxiu Li, Sindee Simon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P25.00011: Probing Chain Entanglement in Polymer Glasses in Sub-nano Level Gi Xue, Xiaoliang Wang, Dongshan Zhou, Pinchuan Sun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P25.00012: Synchrotron X-ray scattering study of structure and dynamics of thin block copolymer films Hyunjung Kim, Heeju Lee, Young Joo Lee, Sanghoon Song, Youngsuk Byun, Zhang Jiang, Sunil K. Sinha, Adrian R{\" u}hm, Suresh Narayanan Preview Abstract

Session P26: Focus Session: Electron & Ion Solvation in Clusters & the Condensed Phase I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Peter Rossky, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P26.00001: How do solvent structure and counterion distribution control quantum solvation in liquids? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		P26.00002: Dynamics in the First Hydration Shell of Anions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		P26.00003: Electronic Excitation in Aqueous Anions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P26.00004: Infrared spectroscopy of hydrated sulfate dianions Jia Zhou, Gabriele Santambrogio, Mathias Brummer, David Moore, Ludger Woste, Gerard Meijer, Daniel Neumark, Knut Asmis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P26.00005: Charge-transfer (CT) dynamics of iodide salts in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and THF-water mixtures. Arthur Bragg, Benjamin Schwartz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P26.00006: Density Functional Theory calculations of energies of ions in water and in nanopores Kevin Leung, Martijn Marsman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P26.00007: Hydrogen bonding and coordination in normal and supercritical water from X-ray inelastic scattering P. H.-L. Sit, Christophe Bellin, Bernardo Barbiellini, D. Testemale, J.-L. Hazemann, T. Buslaps, Nicola Marzari, Abhay Shukla Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P26.00008: Binding Energies between Guest Atoms in Clathrate II Hidekazu Tomono, Kazuo Tsumuraya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P26.00009: Solvation of anions by aromatic molecules probed by infrared spectroscopy J. Mathias Weber, Holger Schneider, Kristen M. Vogelhuber Preview Abstract

Session P27: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience V - Nanotubes

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Rajendra Zope, University of Texas at El Paso
Room: Colorado Convention Center 301

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P27.00001: Absorption Coefficient for Cylindrical Nanotubes Godfrey Gumbs, Antonios Balassis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P27.00002: Nanocables made of a transition metal wire and boron nitride Chih-Kai Yang, Jijun Zhao, Jianping Lu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P27.00003: {\it First principles} study of Crystalline Bundles of Single-Walled Boron Nanotubes Kah Chun Lau, Roberto Orlando, Ravindra Pandey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P27.00004: Dielectric Response and Born Dynamic Charge of BN Nanotubes from \textit{Ab Initio} Finite Electric Field Calculations Guang-Yu Guo, Shoji Ishibashi, Tomoyuki Tamura, Kiyoyuki Terakura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P27.00005: First-Principles Study of Nucleic Acid Bases Physisorbed on Graphene S. Gowtham, R. H. Scheicher, Rajeev Ahuja, Ravindra Pandey, Shashi P. Karna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P27.00006: The work function of small radius carbon nanotubes. Wan-Sheng Su, Tsan-Chuen Leung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P27.00007: Work function of functionalized single-wall carbon nanotubes Nicholas Singh-Miller, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P27.00008: Continuum description of defects in carbon nanotubes Elif Ertekin, Daryl Chrzan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P27.00009: Anharmonic phonon lifetimes in graphene, graphite and carbon nanotubes Nicola Bonini, Nicola Marzari, Michele Lazzeri, Francesco Mauri Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P27.00010: Electronic structures of MoS2 nanotubes. Lingyun Xu, Murray Daw, Xing Gao, Erdi Bleda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P27.00011: The role of electron-phonon interactions and external strain on the~ electronic properties of semiconducting carbon nanotubes Denis Karaiskaj, Angelo Mascarenhas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P27.00012: Pi electron plasmon modes by the method of tight binding in an array of armchair single-walled carbon nanotubes. M. E. Markes, P. F. Williams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P27.00013: Electronic structure of Defective and Deformed Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes L.M. Woods, Ya. Shtogun, T.L. Reinecke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P27.00014: Electron-phonon coupling mechanism, Kohn anomalies and Peierls instabilities in two-dimensional graphite and single-wall carbon nanotubes Georgy Samsonidze, Eduardo Barros, Riichiro Saito, Hyungbin Son, Gene Dresselhaus, Mildred Dresselhaus Preview Abstract

Session P28: Focus Session: Graphene III

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Columbia University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 302

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P28.00001: Band Gaps and Quasiparticle Energies of Graphene Nanoribbons Li Yang, Cheol Hwan Park, Young-Woo Son, Marvin L. Cohen, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P28.00002: Graphene ribbon electronics Zhihong Chen, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P28.00003: Engineering The Energy Band Gap of Graphene Quantum Structures Melinda Han, Yuanbo Zhang, Barbaros Oezyilmaz, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		P28.00004: Electronic, magnetic and transport properties of graphene nanoribbons Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P28.00005: First-Principles Simulations of Armchair-Edge Graphene Nanostrips. Junwen Li, John W. Mintmire, Daniel Gunlycke, Carter T. White Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P28.00006: Performance Limit and Scaling Behaviors of Carbon Nanoribbon Transistors Jing Guo, Yijian Ouyang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P28.00007: Applications of Nanoribbon Devices Thushari Jayasekera, John W. Mintmire Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P28.00008: Ballistic transport in zigzag-edge graphene nanostrips Daniel Gunlycke, Hadley M. Lawler, Denis A. Areshkin, Carter T. White Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P28.00009: first-principles tight-binding study of band gaps in graphene ribbons Daniel Finkenstadt, Gary Pennington, Chris Ashman, Mike Mehl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P28.00010: Effects of disorder in the biased graphene bilayer Johan Nilsson, Antonio Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P28.00011: Edge disorder in armchair-edge graphene nanostrips Denis A. Areshkin, Daniel Gunlycke, Carter T. White Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P28.00012: Carrier transport in 2D graphene layers near the Dirac point Shaffique Adam, E.H. Hwang, S. Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P28.00013: Dislocation and pentagon-heptagon pair generation in vacancy-induced graphene layer Byoung Wook Jeong, Hoonkyung Lee, Gun-Do Lee, Jisoon Ihm Preview Abstract

Session P29: Focus Session: Granular Flows II

Sponsoring Units: DFD GSNP
Chair: Karen Daniels, North Carolina State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 303

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P29.00001: Beyond Navier-Stokes Order Effects in Granular Gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P29.00002: Power-law tail of the velocity distribution in granular gases Wenfeng Kang, Eli Ben-Naim, Jon Machta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P29.00003: Translations and Rotations are correlated in Granular Gases Annette Zippelius, Nicolai Brilliantov, Thorsten Poeschel, Till Kranz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P29.00004: On the possibility of aeolian dunes on a laboratory scale Matthias Sperl, R.P. Behringer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P29.00005: Experiments on Washboard Road Stephen Morris, Nicolas Taberlet, James McElwaine, Stuart Dalziel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P29.00006: Probing Avalanche Dynamics using Speckle-Visibility Spectroscopy. Adam Abate, Hiroaki Katsuragi, Doug Durian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P29.00007: Erosion of a granular bed by laminar fluid flow Ashish Orpe, Alex Lobovsky, Ryan Molloy, Arshad Kudrolli, Daniel Rothman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P29.00008: Segregation in horizontal rotating cylinders: radial and axial band formation, band traveling and merging studied by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Thoa Nguyen, Andrew Sederman, Lynn Gladden Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P29.00009: Granular Flow in a Rotating Drum: Dry vs. Submerged Flow Deniz Ertas, Hubert E. King, Arnold Kushnick, Fuping Zhou, Christopher Briscoe, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P29.00010: Velocity Profiles in a Rotating Drum: The Effects of Cohesion Robert C. Brewster, Leonardo E. Silbert, Gary S. Grest, Alex J. Levine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P29.00011: Stability of Binary Granular Mixtures Adrian Swartz, Jeremy Olson, J. Bryce Kalmbach, Rena Zieve Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P29.00012: Shape and Velocity Profile of the Core in a Radially Segregated Rotating Cylinder of Granular Particles Lori Sanfratello, Eiichi Fukushima Preview Abstract

Session P30: Focus Session: Rheology and Hydrodynamics of Wormlike Micellar Fluids

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Andrew Belmonte, Pennsylvania State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 304

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P30.00001: Dynamics of the Shear Banding Instability Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P30.00002: Light-Induced Gelling in a Micellar Fluid Based on a Zwitterionic Surfactant. Rakesh Kumar, Srinivasa Raghavan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P30.00003: PB-PEO wormlike micelles under oscillatory shear flow as probed by Time-resolved SANS Minne Paul Lettinga, Barbara Lonetti, Joerg Stellbrink, Joachim Kohlbrecher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P30.00004: A rheological study of wormlike micelles flows in microchannel Jean-Baptiste Salmon, Chlo\'e Masselon, Annie Colin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P30.00005: Nonlinear microrheology of wormlike micelle solutions using ferromagnetic nanowire probes N. Cappallo, C. Lapointe, D. H. Reich, R. L. Leheny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P30.00006: Disentanglement behavior of DNA and wormlike micellar solutions as probed with particle-tracking velocimetry. Pouyan Boukany, Shi-Qing Wang Preview Abstract

Session P31: Supersolid Experiments

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Norbert Mulders, University of Delaware
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P31.00001: Effect of $^{3}$He impurity on the supersolid transition of $^{4}$He E. Kim, J. S. Xia, J. T. West, X. Lin, M. H. W. Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P31.00002: NCRI in Helium Crystals Grown Under Constant Pressure A.C. Clark, M.H.W. Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P31.00003: Characterization of $^4$He Samples Exhibiting NCRI M.J. Bowne, Z. Cheng, J.T. West, A.C. Clark, M.H.W. Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P31.00004: Excess specific heat of solid $^4$He Xi Lin, A. C. Clark, M. H. W. Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P31.00005: Shear measurements of bulk solid $^{4}$He James Day, John Beamish Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P31.00006: Flow mechanisms of solid $^{4}$He near melting John Beamish, James Day Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P31.00007: Effect of Crystal Growth Velocity on ``Supersolidity'' of $^4$He Keiya Shirahama, Motoshi Kondo, Shunichi Takada, Yoshiyuki Shibayama Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P31.00008: Influence of sample geometry on the supersolid signal Ann Sophie C. Rittner, John D. Reppy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P31.00009: Torsional Oscillator for Studying Supersolid $^4$He at Two Resonant Frequencies Joseph Graves, Yuki Aoki, Harry Kojima Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P31.00010: Search for new evidence of superfluidity in solid $^4$He by phonon propagation Yuki Aoki, Harry Kojima Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P31.00011: Debye-Waller factor in solid He-4 at sub-Kelvin temperatures Elizabeth Blackburn, John M. Goodkind, Sunil K. Sinha, Jacob Hudis, Collin Broholm, Joost van Duijn, Richard Down, Oleg Kirichek, Chris D. Frost Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P31.00012: Precise neutron diffraction study of hcp and bcc $^{4}$He Ralph Simmons, Robert Blasdell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P31.00013: New excitations in bcc $^{4}$He - an inelastic neutron scattering study Oshri Pelleg, Jacques Bossy, Emmanuel Farhi, Meni Shay, Slava Sorkin, Emil Polturak Preview Abstract

Session P32: Bosons in Optical Lattices

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Lincoln Carr, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P32.00001: Paired phases of bosons in optical lattices Stephen Powell, Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P32.00002: Edge States in Cold Atom Optical Lattices Vito Scarola, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P32.00003: Superfluid to Mott Transition in the Bose Hubbard Model: Evidence for New Modes Naoki Kawashima, Yasuyuki Kato, Chiara Menotti, Nandini Trivedi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P32.00004: Lattice with a Twist: A Helical Waveguide for Ultracold Matter M. Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P32.00005: Tunneling resonances and entanglement dynamics of ultracold bosons in a tilted two-well potential Dimitri Dounas-Frazer, Ann Hermundstad, Lincoln Carr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P32.00006: Cavity QED determination of atomic number statistics in optical lattices. Wenzhou Chen, Dominic Meiser, Pierre Meystre Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P32.00007: Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices: Resonantly Enhanced Tunneling and Nonlinear Effects Alessandro Zenesini, Carlo Sias, Lignier Hans, Yeshpal Singh, Donatella Ciampini, Sandro Wimberger, Riccardo Mannella, Oliver Morsch, Arimondo Ennio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P32.00008: Phase diagram for ultracold bosons in double-well optical lattices Ippei Danshita, James E. Williams, Carlos Sa de Melo, Charles W. Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P32.00009: On-site number statistics of ultracold lattice bosons Evgeny Kozik, Barbara Capogrosso-Sansone, Nikolay Prokof'ev, Boris Svistunov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P32.00010: Phases in an anisotropic two-dimensional optical lattice Sara Bergkvist, Anders Rosengren, Robert Saers, Emil Lundh, Magnus Rehn, Anders Kastberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P32.00011: Mach-Zehnder Interference of Boson Flavor States in the Excited Band of a 2D Optical Lattice John Challis, Steven Girvin, Leonid Levitov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P32.00012: Exploring the correspondence principle with spinor condensates: from quantum Bloch oscillations to classical Bogoliubov excitations Reinhold Walser, Carsten Wei{\ss}, Oliver Crasser, Wolfgang Schleich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P32.00013: Dispersive shock waves in optical lattices Shu Jia, Wenjie Wan, Jason Fleischer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P32.00014: Evolution of Hard-Core Bosons in a Time-Dependent Trap Aditya Raghavan, Marcos Rigol, Stephan Haas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P32.00015: Quantum phases and phase transitions in bosonic mixtures induced by non-s-wave Feschbach resonances in optical lattices Anatoly Kuklov Preview Abstract

Session P33: Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits IV

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Charles Bennett, IBM Yorktown Heights
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P33.00001: A new type of superconducting qubit: How the transmon thwarts the $T_2$ problem Terri M. Yu, Jens Koch, Jay Gambetta, Andrew A. Houck, David I. Schuster, Johannes Majer, Robert J. Schoelkopf, Steven M. Girvin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P33.00002: Circuit QED with a new type of qubit: The transmon coupled to a transmission line resonator Jens Koch, Terri M. Yu, Jay Gambetta, Andrew A. Houck, David I. Schuster, Johannes Majer, Robert J. Schoelkopf, Steven M. Girvin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P33.00003: Sources of Decoherence in the Transmon Qubit. Joseph Schreier, Steve Girvin, Rob Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P33.00004: Macroscopic quantum tunneling in high-T$_c$ superconducting rings with intrinsic Josephson junction stacks X.Y. Jin, J. Lisenfeld, Y. Koval, A.V. Ustinov, P. M\"uller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P33.00005: Observation of macroscopic resonant tunneling in a superconducting flux qubit Bo Mao, Wei Qiu, Siyuan Han Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P33.00006: Effects of a resonant cavity on macroscopic quantum tunneling of fluxons in long Josephson junctins Ju Kim, Ramesh Dhungana Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P33.00007: rf-reflectrometry measurements of a Josephson junction oscillator circuit at milliKelvin temperatures R. M. Lewis, B. K. Cooper, B. Palmer, Hanhee Paik, S. K. Dutta, T. A. Palomaki, A. J. PrzyPysz, H. Kwon, J. R. Anderson, A. J. Dragt, C. J. Lobb, F. C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P33.00008: For Improving Superconducting Qubits. Raymond W. Simmonds, M.S. Allman, F. Altomare, K. Cicak, K.D. Osborn, A.J. Sirois, J.A. Strong, J.D. Whittaker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P33.00009: Energy Decay in Josephson Qubits from Off-Resonant Coupling to Two-Level States J. Martinis, M. Ansmann, R. Bialczek, N. Katz, E. Lucero, R. McDermott, M Neeley, A. O'Connell, M. Steffen, E. Weig, A. Cleland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P33.00010: Quantum Process Tomography Using Superconducting Qubits Radoslaw C. Bialczak, M. Ansmann, N. Katz, E. Lucero, R. McDermott, M. Neeley, A. D. O'Connell, M. Steffen, E. Weig, A. Cleland, J. Martinis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P33.00011: A Josephson junction~resonator to test~the quality of superconducting qubit circuits Kevin Osborn, Josh Strong, Adam Sirois, Raymond Simmonds Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P33.00012: Optimal Control of a Qubit coupled to a Two-Level Fluctuator Patrick Rebentrost, Ioana Serban, Frank K. Wilhelm, Thomas Schulte-Herbr\"uggen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P33.00013: A two-qubit gate based on a multi-terminal double barrier Josephson Serhii Shafraniuk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P33.00014: Non-Linear, DC-Biased, Vacuum-Gap Capacitor LC Oscillators M.S. Allman, K. Cicak, K.D. Osborn, J.A. Strong, R.W. Simmonds Preview Abstract

Session P34: Focus Session: Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Migration I

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP DPOLY
Chair: Margaret Gardel, Scripps Institute
Room: Colorado Convention Center 404

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P34.00001: Integration of actin dynamics and adhesion in cell migration Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P34.00002: The Translation of Actin Dynamics into Traction Force via Focal Adhesions in Migrating Cells Margaret Gardel, Benedikt Sabass, Lin Ji, Ulrich Schwarz, Clare Waterman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P34.00003: Modeling and imaging the topography of nascent adhesions. Erdinc Altigan, David Entenberg, Ben Ovryn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P34.00004: Actin-Filamin Networks and Cell Mechanics Karen Kasza, Fumihiko Nakamura, Thomas Stossel, Ning Wang, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P34.00005: Critical state enhances cross-linker denaturation under stress in biopolymer networks Brian DiDonna, Alex J. Levine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P34.00006: Molecular motor-induced instabilities and crosslinkers determine biopolymer organization David Smith, Falko Ziebert, David Humphrey, Cynthia Duggan, Walter Zimmermann, Josef Kaes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P34.00007: Instabilities in filament-motor solutions with crosslinkers. Falko Ziebert, Ronny Peter, Walter Zimmermann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P34.00008: Interaction of Semi-flexible Filaments and Molecular Motors Dmitry Karpeev, Igor Aronson, Lev Tsimring, Hans Kaper Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P34.00009: Effective medium theory of semiflexible filamentous networks Moumita Das, Alex J. Levine, F.C. MacKintosh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P34.00010: Forced shape deformations of interfaces and biopolymer networks Wolfgang Losert, Andrew Pomerance, Cory Poole, Erin Rericha Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P34.00011: Viscoelasticity and rheology of a suspension of active filaments M. Cristina Marchetti, Tanniemola B. Liverpool Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P34.00012: Dynamics and statistical mechanics of semiflexible polymer bundles Claus Heussinger, Mark Bathe, Erwin Frey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P34.00013: Dynamic Control of F-actin Polymerization Using Electrical Interfaces Ian Y. Wong, Matthew J. Footer, Nicholas A. Melosh Preview Abstract

Session P35: Focus Session: Protein Motin Vibrations to Conformational Changes

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

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P35.00001: Dose and exposure requirements for the protein x-ray serial crystallography. Dmitri Starodub Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P35.00002: Impact of solvent pH on buried charge formation and protein quake of photoactive yellow protein Aihua Xie, Sandip Kaledhonkar, Lorand Kelemen, Wouter D. Hoff, Anupama Thubagere Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P35.00003: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO D26.00011 Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P35.00004: Conformational dependence of a protein kinase phosphate transfer reaction Montiago LaBute, Graeme Henkelman, Chang-Shung Tung, Paul Fenimore, Ben McMahon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P35.00005: Interaction of Receptors and GTPase-Activating Proteins in a G Protein Signaling Module Marc Turcotte, Wei Tang, Elliott M. Ross Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P35.00006: Fast motion of the surface alcohol molecules deduced from sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy Jaeho Sung, Doseok Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P35.00007: Effect of molecular vibrations on charge transfer in polypeptide chains Nikolai Sergueev, Alexander Demkov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P35.00008: No Long-Lived Coherent Oscillations in Proteins at Room Temperature Robert Austin, Michael White Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P35.00009: Slow light with bacteriorhodopsin solutions Chandra Yelleswarapu, Francisco Aranda, Reji Philip, Rao Devulapalli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P35.00010: Physical basis for membrane-charge selectivity of cationic antimicrobial peptides Bae-Yeun Ha, Sattar Taheri-Araghi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:51PM		P35.00011: Investigating Potential Surfaces with QM/MM Methods Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session P38: Sensors and Signal Analysis

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Charles Agosta, Clark University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 501

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P38.00001: An Ultra-Wideband Cross-Correlation Radiometer for Mesoscopic Experiments Ryan Toonen, Cyrus Haselby, Hua Qin, Mark Eriksson, Robert Blick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P38.00002: Monochromatic Photo-Field Electron Emission Sources Theodore Vecchione, Gary Hembree, Uwe Weierstall, John Spence, Nigel Browning Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P38.00003: Design and Fabrication of Piezoresistive Microcantilevers for Low Temperature Torque Magnetometry Dan J. Hills, Jack K. Luo, Christoph Bergemann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P38.00004: New de Haas-van Alphen effect measurement electronics Patrick Rourke, Alix McCollam, Stephen Julian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P38.00005: Permanent Magnet with Very Low Field Gradient (0.1G/mm) for NMR Spectroscopy Ognjen Ilic, David Issadore, Tom Hunt, Robert Westervelt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P38.00006: Identifying the Constituents of and Transformations in Diatomaceous Earth and Polysiloxane Foams Through the Use of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Michael Blair, Ross Muenchausen, Bryan Bennett, James Smith, Thomas Stephens, Wayne Cooke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P38.00007: Time resolved measurements of single electron tunneling events Julie Love, Michel Devoret, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P38.00008: Noise Characteristics of Nanocluster-Based Chemiresistors Walter Kruppa, Ronald Rendell, Arthur Snow, Edward Foos, Mario Ancona Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P38.00009: Stray Light Correction as a Deblurring Problem John Hornstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P38.00010: The Physical Origin of the Forward Character of the Electromagnetic Optical Theorem Matthew Berg, Christopher Sorensen, Amit Chakrabarti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P38.00011: Generating, and Processing, Quadrature Signals in Interferometry David Van Baak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P38.00012: The effect of the energy and the momentum resolution on the extraction of Eliashberg function from angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy TeYu Chien, Hong Liu, Ward Plummer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P38.00013: Spectral Weight Oracle: Model-Independent Sum Rule Analysis Based on Limited-Range Spectral Data Alexey Kuzmenko, Dirk van der Marel, Fabrizio Carbone, Frank Marsiglio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P38.00014: Experimental Confirmation of Backscattering Enhancement Induced by a Photonic Jet. Alexander Heifetz, Kevin Huang, Alan Sahakian, Xu Li, Allen Taflove, Vadim Backman Preview Abstract

Session P39: Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage III

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Taner Yildirim, NIST Center for Neutron Research
Room: Colorado Convention Center 502

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P39.00001: Hydrogen Storage in Chemically Reducible Microporous Ti Oxides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P39.00002: Novel nanostructured materials with binding ``pockets" for hydrogen storage media Sungjong Woo, Young-Kyun Kwon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P39.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P39.00004: Transition Metal-Ethylene Complexes as High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage Media E. Durgun, S. Ciraci, W. Zhou, Taner Yildirim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P39.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P39.00006: Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures as Potential Hydrogen Storage Media Mina Yoon, Shenyuan Yang, Enge Wang, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P39.00007: Theoretical study of hydrogen bonding to metal-coated carbon nanotubes Jeongnim Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P39.00008: Interaction of Transition Metals with Carbon Nanostructures Shenyuan Yang, Mina Yoon, Enge Wang, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P39.00009: First principles study of Interaction of H2 with doped Carbon Nanotube and Graphite Surfaces Li Chen, Yiming Zhang, Nikihil Koratkar, Puru Jena, Saroj Nayak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P39.00010: Endohedral Metallofullerenes: A Smart Material for Hydrogen Storage Yufeng Zhao, Michael J. Heben, Anne C. Dillon, Lin Simpson, Jeff Blackburn, Harry C. Dorn, Shengbai B. Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P39.00011: Computational Study of hydrogen storage characteristics of the Covalent-Bonded Graphites. Noejung Park, Seung-Hoon Jhi, Kyubong Kim, Suklyun Hong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P39.00012: Recombination pathways for atomic hydrogen on the graphite (0001) and single-wall carbon nanotubes Zeljko Sljivancanin, Liv Hornekaer, Eva Rauls, Bjork Hammer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P39.00013: Hydrogen generation and storage over transition metal-decorated fullerenes and related materials Liping Huang, Erik Santiso, Keith Gubbins, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract

Session P40: Semiconductors: Structure, Surface, and Phase Transitions

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Roy Clarke, Univeristy of Michigan
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P40.00001: Interfacial Structure, Bonding and Composition of InAs and GaSb Thin Films Determined Using COBRA Codrin Cionca, Donald Alan Walko, Yizhak Yacoby, Catalina Dorin, Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, Roy Clarke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P40.00002: A RHEED study on the self-assembly of InAs quantum dots on GaAs(001) by MBE Itaru Kamiya, Kohtaro Matsuura, Tsuyoshi Higashinakagawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P40.00003: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Nanoparticle-Substrate Collisions Traian Dumitrica, Paolo Valentini Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P40.00004: Measuring and Modeling Dopant Charging in Semiconductors using a Scanning Probe Method Stuart Tessmer, Irma Kuljanishvili, Cemil Kayis, James Harrison, Carlo Piermarocchi, Thomas Kaplan, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P40.00005: Self-Consistent Non-Equilibrium Green's Function Considerations in STM Height Models Applied to Si(100) K.H. Bevan, F. Zahid, D. Kienle, H. Guo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P40.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P40.00007: Low energy positrons as probes of reconstructed semiconductor surfaces. Nail G. Fazleev, Alex H. Weiss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P40.00008: The type-C defect on the Si(001)-2$\times$1 surface Ja-Yong Koo, Sang-Yong Yu, Hanchul Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P40.00009: Self-Alignment of Dimer Vacancies on Si(001) Arief Budiman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P40.00010: $\alpha -$ to $\beta $- to $\gamma $-spinel transformations in Mg$_{2}$SiO$_{4}$. Zhongqing Wu, Yonggang Yu, Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P40.00011: DFT study of the structural properties of silver halides: LDA vs GGA calculations. G. Murrieta, R. de Coss, L.A. Palomino-Rojas, M. Lopez-Fuentes, G.H. Cocoletzi, N. Takeuchi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P40.00012: The high-pressure structural phase transition in~heavier RH3 (R: rare earth metals) by ab initio theory Wei Luo, Rajeev Ahuja Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P40.00013: Phase transition of the Ge-Sb-Te(GST) ternary alloy system for the phase-change memory Jae-Hyeon Eom, Jino Im, Jin-Woo Jung, Young-Gui Yoon, Ki-Min Park, Jisoon Ihm Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P40.00014: Structural phase transition of GeTe under pressure Gap-Sok Do, Seung-Hoon Jhi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P40.00015: Development of a neural network based algorithm for multi-scale roughness~parameters of In6S7 semiconductucting compound. Raouf Bennaceur, Lilia Bennaceur Farah, Imed Riadh Farah, Houda Ben Abdallah Preview Abstract

Session P42: Focus Session: Biological and Chemical Self-Assembly at Surfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Kalyanaraman Ramki, Washington University in St. Louis
Room: Colorado Convention Center 505

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		P42.00001: Directing the assembly of nanostructured films with living cells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P42.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P42.00003: STM studies of the molecular-level organization of chiral tartaric acid domains on Ag(111) Nancy Santagata, Amit Lakhani, Darryl DeWitt, Thomas Pearl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P42.00004: Inter- and intramolecular dispersion in a highly ordered organic molecular crystal. Stephen Berkebile, Peter Puschnig, Georg Koller, Falko P. Netzer, Michael G. Ramsey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P42.00005: Kinetics-driven growth mechanism of self-organized pentacene thin films Abdullah Al-Mahboob, Jerzy T. Sadowski, Yasunori Fujikawa, Kazuo Nakajima, Toshio Sakurai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P42.00006: Improved Molecular Dynamics simulations of hexane on graphite near monolayer completion M.W. Roth, M.J. Connolly, Carlos Wexler, Paul A. Gray Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P42.00007: Nucleation and post-growth relaxation of tetracene thin films on silicon oxide. Jun Shi, X. R. Qin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P42.00008: Designing Self-assembled Nanostructures: Metal -- Organic Molecule Coordination Networks at Surfaces Steven L. Tait, A. Langner, N. Lin, S. Stepanow, C. Rajadurai, M. Ruben, K. Kern Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P42.00009: Real-Time Monitoring of Organic Thin Film Morphology by Organic Vapor Phase Deposition Richard R. Lunt, Jay B. Benziger, Stephen R. Forrest Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P42.00010: Characterizing the copper-based catalyst for the oxygen-assisted water-gas shift reaction at a sub-nano scale. Aloysius Soon, Mira Todorova, Catherine Stampfl, Bernard Delley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P42.00011: First-principles study of the self-organization mechanism of NH$_{3}$ on Si(001) Yong-Sung Kim, Hanchul Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P42.00012: Structure of tetracene films on hydrogen-passivated Si(001) studied via STM, AFM and NEXAFS Andrew Tersigni, Jun Shi, D. T. Jiang, X. R. Qin Preview Abstract

Session P43: Focus Session: Materials for Quantum Information Processing III

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ray Simmonds, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder
Room: Colorado Convention Center 506

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P43.00001: Complete stabilization and improvement of the characteristics of tunnel junctions by thermal annealing Ilari Maasilta, Panu Koppinen, Lasse Vaisto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P43.00002: Gating a two dimensional electron gas in silicon using a metallic single electron transistor Luyan Sun, K.R. Brown, B.E. Kane Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P43.00003: Fluctuating Potentials In Micrometer Scale Atomic Ion Traps J. Britton, S. Seidelin, J. Chiaverini, R. Reichle, J.J. Bollinger, D. Leibfried, J.H. Wesenberg, R.B. Blakestad, R.J. Epstein, N. Shiga, J.M. Amini, K.R. Brown, J.P. Home, D.B. Hume, W.M. Itano, J.D. Jost, C. Langer, R. Ozeri, D.J. Wineland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		P43.00004: Oxide-Semiconductor Materials for Quantum Computation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		P43.00005: Ultra-efficient electron transfer above micro-channels of superfluid helium F.R. Bradbury, Guillaume Sabouret, Shyam Shankar, S.A. Lyon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		P43.00006: Epitaxial growth of V and MgO films for Josephson junction qubits Jeffrey Kline, Seongshik Oh, David Pappas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		P43.00007: Investigating energy loss in substrates of gigahertz LC resontaors J.D. Whittaker, K.D. Osborn, A.J. Sirois, R.W. Simmonds Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P43.00008: Shadow Evaporated Josephson Junctions for superconducting qubits Fabio Altomare, Jos\'{e} Aumentado, Kevin Osborn, Joshua Strong, Raymond Simmonds Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P43.00009: Role of tunnel barrier crystallinity in the coherence properties of superconducting phase qubits Seongshik Oh, Jeffrey Kline, Mika Sillanpaa, Adam Sirois, Katarina Cicak, Kevin Osborn, Raymond Simmonds, David Pappas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P43.00010: Generating Spin Echoes with Pi-Pulses: More is Different Dale Li, Anatoly Dementyev, Yanqun Dong, Rona Ramos, Sean Barrett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P43.00011: Visualizing and Manipulating the Density Matrix to Understand Multiple Pulse NMR Yanqun Dong, Dale Li, Rona Ramos, Sean Barrett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P43.00012: New Spin Echo Phenomena Arising from Strong Pi-Pulses Rona Ramos, Yanqun Dong, Dale Li, Sean Barrett Preview Abstract

Session P44: Focus Session: Nanoscale Transport - Metals

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Doug Natelson, Rice University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 507

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		P44.00001: Universal conductance fluctuations imply excess high frequency noise in mesoscopic gold wires. A. Trionfi, S. Lee, D. Natelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		P44.00002: Low Resistance Interfacing of Single-Crystal Gold Nanowires Birol Ozturk, Tetsuya D. Mishima, Daniel R. Grischkowsky, Bret N. Flanders Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		P44.00003: Long Range Directional Growth of Electrochemical Nanowires Prem Thapa, Bret Flanders Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		P44.00004: Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Few-Atom Nb Nanoclusters on an Ultrathin Insulating Surface. C.D. Ruggiero, T. Choi, J.A. Gupta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		P44.00005: Electron transport in magnetite nanoparticles Sungbae Lee, John T. Mayo, Vikki L. Colvin, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		P44.00006: Strong magnetic scattering from TiO$_{x}$ adhesion layers D. Natelson, A. Trionfi, S. Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		P44.00007: Quantum Tunneling of Phase Slips in Al Nanowires. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		P44.00008: Observation of Josephson junction behavior in an individual superconducting NbSe$_{2}$ nanowire Zhixian Zhou, R. Jin, Gyula Eres, D. Mandrus, P. Schlottmann, Y.S. Hor, Z.L. Xiao, J.F. Mitchell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		P44.00009: Electric Field Effect Modulation of Charge Transport in Atomically Thin Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta}$ Asher Mullokandov, Solomon Endlich, Joel Chudow, Yuanbo Zhang, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		P44.00010: Electron transport studies of superconducting Pb single-electron tunneling transistors Kang Luo, Dong-Hun Chae, Zhen Yao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		P44.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		P44.00012: Fabrication of Variable-Height Nanostructures via Dynamic Stencil Deposition Jeffrey Wasserman, Kristin Lucas, Soo Hyung Lee, Caitlin Crowl, Anthony Ashton, Nina Markovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		P44.00013: Sub-10 nm Device Fabrication in a High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope Michael Fischbein, Marija Drndic Preview Abstract