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Session S1: Magnetic Excitations in High Tc Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Michael Norman, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 2-3

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S1.00001: Spin Dynamics in the electron-doped high-$T_c$ superconductors Pr$_{0.88}$LaCe$_{0.12}$CuO$_{4-\delta}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S1.00002: Spin dynamics of YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6+x}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S1.00003: New Insight into an Under-doped Regime of High Tc Superconductivity - NMR Studies of Multi-layered Cuprates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S1.00004: Two Energy Scales in the Spin Excitations of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$Cu0$_{4}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S1.00005: Magnetic Excitations and the Exchange Energy Available for Superconductivity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S2: Symposium on Exchange Bias

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Dan Dahlberg, University of Minnesota
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 4

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S2.00001: Energy and Length Scales in the Exchange Bias Problem Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S2.00002: Using Exchange Bias to Control Magnetic Vortices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S2.00003: Induced magnetic structure in exchange-coupled ferro-/antiferromagnet thin films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S2.00004: Understanding Thermal Activation Processes in Exchange Bias Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S2.00005: Electric and Magnetic Field control of Exchange Bias Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S3: 1D Electrons Outside the Luttinger Liquid Paradigm

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Gregory Fiete, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2A-3A

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S3.00001: Dynamic Response of One-Dimensional Interacting Fermions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S3.00002: Direction Controlled Coulomb Drag in Coupled One-Dimensional Quantum Wires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S3.00003: Power-laws in one-dimensional transport: Luttinger liquid or disorder? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S3.00004: Aharonov-Bohm effect in the spin-incoherent regime of strongly correlated 1D electrons Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S4: Disordered Quantum Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Yong Chen, Rice University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2B-3B

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S4.00001: Ultracold Atoms in Optical Potentials and Novel Quantum Phases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S4.00002: Localisation of interacting Bose-Einstein Condensates expanding in a 1D random potential created by laser speckle Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S4.00003: Mott-insulator phases of coupled two-component Bose gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S4.00004: Prospects for strong localization of matter waves by scattering from atoms in a lattice Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S4.00005: Weak and strong localization of cold bosons in optical speckle potentials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S5: Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics: Developments and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Victor Batista, Yale University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1A-1B

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S5.00001: Modeling Enzymatic Reactions in Proteins. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S5.00002: Challenges and advances in QM/MM methods for studies of energetics and dynamics of biological systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S5.00003: QM/MM in complex systems using SCC-DFTB and its implementation in Amber. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S5.00004: Improved QM Methods and Their Application in QM/MM Studies of Enzymatic Reactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S5.00005: Local and global refinement of electronic and structural properties of proteins via QM/MM Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S6: X-ray Synchrotron Instrumentation

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Tim Graber, University of Chicago
Room: Colorado Convention Center 207

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S6.00001: Multilayer Laue Lenses -- A Path Towards Nanofocusing of X-rays. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S6.00002: Bright Field X-ray Topography with Sub-100-nm Spatial Resolution Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S6.00003: The 4$^{th}$ Generation Light Source at Jefferson Lab. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S6.00004: Nanofocusing of hard x-rays with profile coated elliptical mirrors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S7: Percolation

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Robert Ziff, University of Michigan
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4A-4B

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S7.00001: Percolation, Schramm-Loewner evolutions, and applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S7.00002: 2d Turbulence, percolation and SLE Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S7.00003: Percolation properties of complex networks with weak and strong clustering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S7.00004: Critical 2-D Percolation: Crossing Probabilities, Modular Forms and Factorization Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S7.00005: Quantum phase transitions on percolating lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S8: Superconductivity Theory: Nano and Mesoscopics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: M.R. Beasley, Stanford University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1C

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S8.00001: Multiple fluxoid transitions in mesoscopic superconducting rings Hendrik Bluhm, Nicholas C. Koshnick, Martin E. Huber, Kathryn A. Moler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S8.00002: Imprinting properties of magnetic vortices into superconducting films. Javier E. Villegas, C.-P. Li, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S8.00003: Phase diagram and the metallic state in destructive regime in ultrathin doubly connected superconducting Al cylinders Haohua Wang, Neal Staley, Ben Clouser, Ying Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S8.00004: Fluctuation Superconductivity in Mesoscopic Quasi-1D Superconducting Rings Nicholas C. Koshnick, Hendrik Bluhm, Martin E. Huber, Kathryn A. Moler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S8.00005: Switching-current distributions for superconducting nanowires. Mitrabhanu Sahu, Andrey Rogachev, David Pekker, Tzu-Chieh Wei, Nayana Shah, Paul M. Goldbart, Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S8.00006: S-shaped Nonlinearities in the I(V) Characteristic of YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ Microstrips Due to the Presence of Phase Slip Lines. P. Morales, J.Y.T. Wei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S8.00007: Microscopic theory of thermal phase slips in clean narrow superconducting wires Alexander Zharov, Andrei Lopatin, Alexei Koshelev, Valerii Vinokur Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S8.00008: Vortices in superconducting nanoshells. Jacques Tempere, Vladimir Gladilin, Isaac Silvera, Jozef Devreese Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S8.00009: Proximity induced superconductivity and multiple Andreev reflections in Graphene Alexandros Shailos, Willy Nativel, Alik Kasumov, Christian Collet, Meydi Ferrier, Sophie Gu\'eron, Richard Deblock, H\'el\`ene Bouchiat Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S8.00010: Size quantization effect in graphite based proximity systems Andreas Bill, Vladimir Z. Kresin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S8.00011: Theory of superconductivity in multiwall carbon nanotubes Enrico Perfetto, Jose Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S8.00012: Synthesis and characterization of superconducting NbN nanowires and nanoribbons U. Patel*, Z. L. Xiao*, H. Claus, J. Hua*, R. Divan, U. Welp, W. K. Kwok Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S8.00013: Magnetoresistance of granular superconductors at low temperatures Igor Beloborodov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S8.00014: Interplay between electronic transport and mechanical degrees of freedom in metallic atomic-size contacts Alexei Marchenkov, Zhenting Dai, Brandon Donehoo, Chun Zhang, Robert Barnett, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S8.00015: Phonon Squeezing in a Superconducting Molecular Transistor Alex Zazunov, Denis Feinberg, Thierry Martin Preview Abstract

Session S9: Superconductive Tunneling

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Myron Salamon, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1D

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S9.00001: An asymmetric SQUID for measurement of ultra-small Josephson junctions D.F. Sullivan, J.R. Anderson, C.J. Lobb, F.C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S9.00002: The interplay of the gap, the magnetic resonance, and the van Hove singularity Giorgio Levy, Christophe Berthod, Oystein Fischer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S9.00003: Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CuO$_{6+x}$ Kamalesh Chatterjee, M.C. Boyer, W.D. Wise, Ming Yi, Takeshi Kondo, E.W. Hudson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S9.00004: Temperature-Dependent STM Studies of the High Temperature Superconductor BSCCO Ming Yi, Kamalesh Chatterjee, M.C. Boyer, W.D. Wise, Takeshi Kondo, E.W. Hudson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S9.00005: Point-contact spectroscopy of the pure and Cd-doped heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn$_{5}$ W. K. Park, L. H. Greene, J. L. Sarrao, J. D. Thompson, L. D. Pham, Z. Fisk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S9.00006: Superconducting gap anisotropy in LuNi$_{2}$B$_{2}$C by point-contact spectroscopy Xin Lu, Wan Kyu Park, Laura H. Greene, Jung-Dae Kim, Sunmog Yeo, Sung-IK Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S9.00007: What is local about the Local Density Of States? Reza Jamei, John Robertson, Eun-Ah Kim, Alan Fang, Aharon Kapitulnik, Steven Kivelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S9.00008: Tunneling DOS of Superconductor / Strong Ferromagnet Bilayers Paul SanGiorgio, Malcolm Beasley, Serge Reymond, Jun Hyung Kwon, Tesu Kim, Kookrin Char Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S9.00009: Node-like excitations in superconducting PbMo$_6$S$_8$ probed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy Gilles Santi, C\'edric Dubois, Alexander Petrovic, {\O}ystein Fischer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S9.00010: Superconducting and vortex properties of the $\beta$-pyrochlore KOs$_2$O$_6$ probed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy C\'edric Dubois, Gilles Santi, {\O}ystein Fischer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S9.00011: Doping-dependent effect of competing orders (CO) on low-energy quasiparticle (QP) excitations in cuprate superconductivity (SC) Andrew Beyer, Ching-Tzu Chen, Nai-Chang Yeh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S9.00012: The duality of the density orderings in the high temperature superconductor Kangjun Seo, Jiangping Hu, Handong Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S9.00013: Coulomb Interaction-induced Checkerboard Patterns in Disordered Cuprates Degang Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S9.00014: Atomic Scale Imaging of Quasiparticle Lifetimes in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d J.W. Alldredge, Jinho Lee, K. McElroy, K. Fujita, M. Wang, J.A. Slezak, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, J.C. Davis Preview Abstract

Session S10: Heavy Fermion Effects in Pu, Ce, and U

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Cedomir Petrovic, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1E

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S10.00001: Theory of magnetism in Pu at high magnetic fields Per Soderlind Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S10.00002: Strongly correlated state in $\delta$-Pu and Am A. Shick, J. Kolorenc, L. Havela, V. Drchal Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S10.00003: Dynamical Mean Field Treatment of the Valence Transition in Yb Erik Ylvisaker, Andrew McMahan, Warren Pickett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S10.00004: From $\delta$-Pu to PuCoGa$_5$: Kondo effect investigations of strong electronic correlations in Pu Eric D. Bauer, J. N. Mitchell, D. S. Schwartz, J. D. Thompson, J. L. Sarrao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S10.00005: Ultra-High Magnetic Field Study of Actinide Elements Charles Mielke, Ross McDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S10.00006: Volume collapse in Ce alloys under pressure by neutron diffraction James L. Smith, Anna Llobet, Sergei M. Stishov, Darrick Williams, Jason C. Lashley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S10.00007: Phonon Anomalies in $\alpha$-Uranium Xiaodong Yang, Peter Riseborough Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S10.00008: Spectral Properties of Elemental Pu Studied by LDA+DMFT Jian-Xin Zhu, A.K. McMahan, M.D. Jones, J.M. Wills, R.C. Albers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S10.00009: Role of Phonons in Heavy Fermion Volume Collapse within the Periodic Anderson Model M. A. Majidi, J. Moreno, B. Moritz, A. Macridin, M. Jarrell, A. K. McMahan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S10.00010: Fermi Surface of the Kondo Lattice Antiferromagnets and Ferromagnets: A Continuum Field Theory Approach Seiji Yamamoto, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S10.00011: Non-linear Sigma Model of Kondo Lattice in Antiferromagnetic Regime Tzen Ong, Barbara Jones Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S10.00012: Nonperturbative Scaling of the Disorder Quenched Kondo Effect Stefan Kettemann, Andrey Zhuravlev, Isa Zharekeshev, Eduardo Mucciolo Preview Abstract

Session S11: Focus Session: Surfaces of Correlated Electron Systems

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: John Hill, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1F

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S11.00001: Are the surfaces of CrO$_{2}$ metallic? A photoelectron spectroscopy study of epitaxial CrO$_{2}$(100) and CrO$_{2}$(110) films C. A. Ventrice, Jr., D. R. Borst, H. Geisler, G. X. Miao, A. Gupta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S11.00002: Surface vs. Bulk Characterizations in Electronic Inhomogeneity of a VO2 thin film. Young Jun Chang, J.S. Yang, T.W. Noh, D.-W. Kim, J.-S. Chung, E. Oh, B. Kahng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S11.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S11.00004: Giant Gap Surface Charge Density Waves in NaMo$_6$O$_{17} $ and KMo$_6$O$_{17} $ Feng Wang, S.-K. Mo, J. W. Allen, G.-H. Gweon, J. Marcus, C. Schlenker, H. H\"ochst Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S11.00005: Strong electron correlation on the Fe$_3$O$_4$(0 0 1) surfaces Henry Pinto, Simon D. Elliott, Adam Foster, R. M. Nieminen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S11.00006: Electronic structure of the (001) surface of half-metallic manganites Miguel Pruneda, Valeria Ferrari, Peter B Littlewood, Emilio Artacho Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S11.00007: A FP-LAPW Study of Atomic Chemisorption on the (100) Surface of $\delta $-Pu Raymond Atta-Fynn, Asok Ray Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:30PM		S11.00008: Scanning tunneling spectroscopy study of charge ordering, stripes and phase separation in manganese perovskite oxides. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S11.00009: Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Investigation of La$_{2-2x}$Sr$_{1+2x}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7 }$(x=0.32, 0.4) at Low Temperatures Junwei Huang, Jeehoon Kim, Alex de Lozanne, J.-S. Zhou, J. B. Goodenough Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S11.00010: Spectroscopic Imaging Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Ruthenates M. Wang, Jinho Lee, A. Schmidt, Y. Kohsaka, S.A. Grigera, R.S. Perry, A.P. Mackenzie, J.C. Davis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S11.00011: STM studies of electronic inhomogenieties in $La_{0.35}Pr_{0.275}Ca_{0.375}MnO_{3}$ thin films A. K. Gupta, Udai Raj Singh, S. Chowdhury, R. C. Budhani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S11.00012: Evidence of Coulomb blockade behavior in finite, one-dimensional quantum well Vincent Meunier, Minghu Pan, Frederic Moreau, Kenneth Park, Ward Plummer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S11.00013: Surface segregation in La$_{2-2x}$Sr$_{1+2x}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7}$(001). V.B. Nascimento, R.G. Moore, H. Liu, M.H. Pan, E.W. Plummer, J. Rundgren, D. Mazur, J.W. Freeland, J.F. Mitchell Preview Abstract

Session S12: Focus Session: III-Mn-V Ferromagnetic Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Andre Petukhov, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S12.00001: Large-Scale Monte Carlo Study of a Realistic Lattice Model for $\rm Ga_{\it 1-x}Mn_{\it x}As$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S12.00002: Evidence of impurity band conduction in GaMnAs Leonid Rokhinson, Yuli Lyanda-Geller, Z. Ge, S. Shen, X. Liu, M. Dobrowolska, Jacek K. Furdyna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S12.00003: Conclusive Evidence for Impurity Band Conduction in Metallic Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$As K.S. Burch, D.B. Shrekenhamer, E.J. Singley, J. Stephens, B.L. Sheu, R.K. Kawakami, D.D. Awschalom, N. Samarth, P. Schiffer, D.N. Basov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S12.00004: Insulating ferromagnetic (Ga,Mn)As with low Mn-doping B.L. Sheu, R.C. Myers, N. Samarth, D.D. Awschalom, P. Schiffer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S12.00005: Imaging of single magnetic dopants in III-V semiconductor hosts Paul Koenraad, Cem Celebi, Andrei Silov, Andrei Yakunin, Jian-Ming Tang, Michael Flatte, Maria Kaminska Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S12.00006: Atom-by-Atom substitution of Mn in n-type GaAs and Electron mediated Mn-Mn interaction in GaAs Anthony Richardella, Pedram Roushan, Dale Kitchen, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S12.00007: Anisotropic spin-spin interactions of Mn-Mn pairs in III-V semiconductors Jian-Ming Tang, Michael E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S12.00008: X-ray standing wave imaging of Mn in GaAs Jorg Zegenhagen, Tien-Lin Lee, Isabelle Joumard, Martin Brandt, Wladimir Schoch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S12.00009: Near field infrared spectroscopy of the ferromagnetic semiconductor Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_x$As at the nanoscale. G.O. Andreev, M. Brehm, F. Keilmann, M.M. Qazilbash, T. Driscoll, K.S. Burch, J. Stephens, D.D. Awschalom, D.N. Basov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S12.00010: Interlayer Magnetic Coupling in AlBeGaAs/GaMnAs/GaAs/GaMnAs Heterotructures, as Probed with Polarized Neutron Reflectometry Brian Kirby, Mike Fitzsimmons, Julie Borchers, Xinyu Liu, Zhiguo Ge, Jacek Furdyna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S12.00011: The role of Mn acceptors in determining the Zeeman splitting of the band edges in GaMnAs. R. Chakarvorty, Y. -Y. Zhou, Y. -J. Cho, X. Liu, J. K. Furdyna, M. Dobrowolska Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S12.00012: Ferromagnetism in InMnAsP epitaxial films Nidhi Parashar, Philip Chiu, Bruce Wessels Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S12.00013: Magnetic Properties of Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$ P-based Quaternary Ferromagnetic Semiconductors P.R. Stone, M.A. Scarpulla, I.D. Sharp, E.E. Haller, O.D. Dubon, E. Arenholz, J.W. Beeman, K.M. Yu Preview Abstract

Session S13: Focus Session: 4d & 5d Transition-Metal Oxides

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Warren Pickett, University of California, Davis
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4C

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S13.00001: Superconductivity and Unusual Lattice Dynamics in the $\beta $-Pyrochlore Oxides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S13.00002: Structural Studies of Technetium and Rhenium Oxides Efrain E. Rodriguez , Frederic Poineau, Anna Llobet, Alfred P. Sattelberger, Ken Czerwinski, Anthony K. Cheetham Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S13.00003: Manifestation of on-site Coulomb and spin-orbit interactions in the ground state electronic structure of Sr$_2$IrO$_4$ Hosub Jin, Jaejun Yu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S13.00004: Spin-Orbit Coupling Assisted Mott Insulator Sr$_{2}$IrO$_{4}$ S. J. Moon, J. S. Lee, M. W. Kim, T. W. Noh, H. Jin, B. J. Kim, J. Yu, S.-J. Oh, J.-H. Park, C. Kim, G. Cao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S13.00005: Elastic properties of the Mott transition system Ca$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$RuO$_{4}$. Veerle Keppens, Yanbing Luan, Sriparna Bhattacharya, Rongying Jin, David Mandrus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S13.00006: Strong orbital-dependent $d$-band hybridization and Fermi surface reconstruction in metallic Ca$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$RuO$_4$ Eunjung Ko, B. J. Kim, C. Kim, Hyoung Joon Choi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S13.00007: Surface Structural Phases of Ca$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$RuO$_{4}$ R. G. Moore, V. B. Nascimento, Jiandi Zhang, Ismail NLS, R. Jin, D. Mandrus, E. W. Plummer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S13.00008: Dopant-Induced Nanoscale Electronic Inhomogeneity in Ca2-xSrxRuO4 Jiandi Zhang, Rob Moore, Shancai Wang, Hong Ding, Rongying Jin, David Mandrus, Ward Plummer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S13.00009: Antiferromagnetic metallic state: A transport and thermodynamic study of Ca$_{3}$(Ru$_{1-x}$Cr$_{x}$)$_{2}$O$_{7}$* V. Durairaj, S. Chikara, G. Cao, P. Schlottmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S13.00010: Effects of Doping on the Field-dependent Phases of Ca$_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7}$ J. F. Karpus, S. L. Cooper, G. CAO Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S13.00011: Measurement of the Mott insulating gap in Ca$_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7 }$by tunneling spectroscopy Anthony Bautista, V. Durairaj, S. Chikara, G. Cao, K.-W. Ng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S13.00012: Quantum criticality and coexistence of spontaneous ferromagnetism and field- induced metamagnetism in triple-layered Sr$_{4}$Ru$_{3}$O$_{10}$ Shalinee Chikara, Vinobalan Durairaj, Gang Cao, Joseph W. Brill, Pedro Schlottmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S13.00013: Evidence of strong disorder in both the ferromagnetic and antoferromagnetic phases of SrRu$_{1-x}$Mn$_x$O$_3$ using the M\"{o}ssbauer Effect Michael DeMarco, B. Graves, G. Harmon, N. Miller, D. Coffey, B. Dabrowski, S. Kolesnik, M. Maxwell, S. Toorongian, M. Haka Preview Abstract

Session S14: Focus Session: Spin Transfer Torque

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

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S14.00001: Spin Transfer Switching and Magnetization Dynamics in Py/Cu/Py Nanopillar Spin-Valves with Sidewall Oxide Passivation and Nonuniform Current Injection Ozhan Ozatay, Kee Wee Tan, Praveen Gowtham, Patrick M. Braganca, Eric Michael Ryan, Gregory D. Fuchs, John C. Read, Andre K. Mkhoyan, Malcolm G. Thomas, Kiran V. Thadani, Jack C. Sankey, John Silcox, Daniel C. Ralph, Robert A. Buhrman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S14.00002: Current-Induced Magnetization Switching (CIMS) for `Ballistic' and `Diffusive' Transport Through the Non-Magnetic (N) metal in Permalloy/N/Permalloy Nanopillars Nikoleta Theodoropoulou, Amit Sharma, Mustafa AlHaj-Darwish, William Pratt Jr., Jack Bass Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S14.00003: Temperature dependence of current induced magnetization switching in spin-valves with a ferrimagnetic CoGd free layer Li Gao, Xin Jiang, Jonathan Sun, Stuart Parkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S14.00004: Spin-torque-induced reversal in nanopillars containing perpendicularly magnetized layers. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S14.00005: Ferromagnetic resonance studies of nanopillars with Co/Ni multilayer free layers Wenyu Chen, J-M. L. Beaujour, G. de Loubens, Andrew D. Kent, M. J. Rooks, N. Ruiz, Jonathan Z. Sun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S14.00006: Reducing the critical switching current of magnetic multilayers -- an ab-initio approach. Paul Haney, Derek Waldron, Alvaro Nunez, Rembert Duine, Hong Guo, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S14.00007: Spin-Motive Force Studies in Spin-Valves Jun'ichi Ieda, Sadamichi Maekawa, Stewart Barnes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S14.00008: Magneto-transport and spin-torque effects in current perpendicular to the plane spin-valves with Co-Fe-Al magnetic layers Stefan Maat, Matthew Carey, Jeffrey Childress Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S14.00009: Magnetization and resistance noise in spin valves J{\o}rn Foros, Arne Brataas, Gerrit E. W. Bauer, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S14.00010: Effect of Bias on Spin-Transfer Torque in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions. Ioannis Theodonis, Alan Kalitsov, Nicholas Kioussis, Mairbek Chshiev, W.H. Butler Preview Abstract

Session S15: Focus Session: Magnetism and More on Cornersharing Tetrahedra

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Seunghun Lee, University of Virginia
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4E

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S15.00001: Spin nematics in pyrochlore antiferromagnet with ferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor interaction Gia-Wei Chern, Oleg Tchernyshyov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S15.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S15.00003: Diffuse Magnetic Scattering in GeCo$_{2}$O$_{4}$ M.K. Crawford, R.L. Harlow, S. Hara, Y. Yoshida, S.I. Ikeda, P. Manuel, D.T. Adroja, J.W. Lynn, Y. Chen, R.A. Fisher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S15.00004: Quantum Spin Ordering in Tb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ Stephanie Curnoe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S15.00005: Static Spin Disorder and Field-Induced Low Dimensionality in the Spin Ice Phase of Ho$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ Jacob Ruff, Sarah Dunsiger, Bruce Gaulin, Hanna Dabkowska, Yang Zhao, Jason Gardner, Yiming Qiu, John Copley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S15.00006: Order-by-disorder in frustrated diamond lattice antiferromagnets Jason Alicea, Doron Bergman, Emanuel Gull, Simon Trebst, Leon Balents Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S15.00007: Spiral spin liquid correlations in diamond antiferromagnets Doron Bergman, Jason Alicea, Emanuel Gull, Simon Trebst, Leon Balents Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S15.00008: High-dimensional fractionalization and spinon deconfinement in pyrochlore antiferromagnets Zohar Nussinov, Cristian Batista, Bruce Normand, Stuart Trugman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S15.00009: Gapless Bosonic Excitation without symmetry breaking: Novel Algebraic Spin liquid with soft Gravitons Cenke Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S15.00010: Topological order and topological entropy in classical systems Claudio Castelnovo, Claudio Chamon Preview Abstract

Session S17: Modeling of Polymers: Blocks, Networks and Solutions

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DCOMP
Chair: Venkat Ganesan, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Colorado Convention Center 102

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S17.00001: Single-Chain in Mean-Fied simulations for Block Copolymer/Nanoparticle Composites Francois Detcheverry, Yioryos Papakonstantopoulos, Huiman Kang, Paul Nealey, Juan De Pablo, Kostas Daoulas, Marcus Mueller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S17.00002: Multiscale Simulations of Pluronic Micelles Grant Smith, Dmitry Bedrov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S17.00003: Spinodal Decomposition of Polydispersed ABA' Triblock Copolymers Determined from the Random Phase Approximation T.W. Capehart, Armand Soldera Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S17.00004: Architecture phase diagram for branched block copolymers: Scott Sides, Bobby Sumpter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S17.00005: Theoretical Investigation of Hydrogen Bonding Networks in Cellulose I$\alpha $ and I$\beta$ Xianghong Qian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S17.00006: Percolation and Diffusivity of Ideal Polymer Networks Yong Wu, Beate Schmittmann, Royce Zia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S17.00007: Random Networks of Semiflexible Polymers Panayotis Benetatos, Annette Zippelius Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S17.00008: Collapse transition of a chain in the bulk and next to adsorbing surfaces I.A. Bitsanis, A.N. Rissanou, S.H. Anastasiadis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S17.00009: Polymer relaxation in flow: dynamical slowdown around the coil-stretch transition D. Vincenzi, E. Bodenschatz, A. Puliafito, A. Celani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S17.00010: Solvation potentials for polymer chains in solution Mark Taylor Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S17.00011: Model-specific features of random walk polymers beyond the mean field limit Kirill Titievsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S17.00012: Amorphous and crystalline states of ultrasoft colloids: A Molecular Dynamics study A.N. Rissanou, M. Yiannourakou, I.G. Economou, D. Vlassopoulos, I.A. Bitsanis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S17.00013: Polymer Statics and Dynamics Under Box Confinement Joshua Kalb, Bulbul Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S17.00014: Polymer Translocation in Crowded Environments Ajay Gopinathan, Yong Woon Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S17.00015: Models of polymers subject to a force Gerasim Iliev Preview Abstract

Session S18: Semi-Crystalline Polymers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Vahik Krikorian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 103

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S18.00001: Tuning Surface and Interface Properties Through Crystal Engineering Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Ryan Van Horn, Wenbin Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S18.00002: Temperature Effects on Interlamellar Chain Entanglement and Structural Changes in Isotactic Polypropylene during Uniaxial Tensile Deformation Benjamin Hsiao, Feng Zuo, Jongkahk Keum, Xuming Chen, Hongyu Chen, Jing Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S18.00003: Influence of Stereotacticity Defects on the crystallization of Isotactic Polypropylene Xiaofeng Chen, Rahmi Ozisik, Sanat K. Kumar, Phillip Choi, Wayne L. Mattice Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S18.00004: Polymer crystallization enabled carbon nanotube functionalization Christopher Li, Lingyu Li, Bing Li, Cristin Yavorsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S18.00005: A Second Harmonic Generation Study of Polyethylene Crystallization Howard Wang, Narayan Ch Das, Hongtao Bian, Yuan Guo, Hongfei Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S18.00006: Spectroscopically Deciphering the Difference in Stabilizing Interactions of Poly(lactic acid) Polymorphs Kaoru Aou, Xiguo Zeng, Shaw Ling Hsu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S18.00007: Effects of Confinement on the Crystallization of Perfectly Linear Polyethylene Sasha Myers, Richard Register Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S18.00008: AFM Study of the Beta to Alpha Transition in Isotactic Polypropylene Jerold Schultz, Huihui Li, Xiaoli Sun, Shouke Yan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S18.00009: An investigation of the effect of processing conditions on the lamellar and spherulitic morphology of polyhydroxyalkanoates Yuping Xie, Yvonne A. Akpalu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S18.00010: Confinement effects in polymer crystal nucleation from the bulk to ``few-chain'' systems Kari Dalnoki-Veress, Michael V. Massa, Jessica L. Carvalho Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S18.00011: Architecture dependence of crystallizable sequences in semicrystalline polymers Vikram K. Kuppa, Gregory C. Rutledge Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S18.00012: Tailor-Made Onion-Like Stereocomplex Crystals in Incompatible Enantiomeric Polylactide Containing Block Copolymer Blends Lei Zhu, Lu Sun, Lixia Rong, Benjamin Hsiao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S18.00013: Crystallization of linear polyethylene in nanoporous cylindrical pores Kyusoon Shin, Euntaek Woo, June Huh, Young-Gyu Jeong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S18.00014: Crystallization of Nucleator Nanofibrils in Polypropylene Melt J. Lipp, Y. Cohen, R.L. Khalfin, M. Shuster, A.E. Terry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S18.00015: Effect of OMS on Crystal Phases of PVDF Crystallized From the Melt B.S. Ince-Gunduz, R. Alpern, D. Amare, K. Burke, P. Cebe, J. Crawford, B. Dolan, S. Jones, R. Kobylarz, M. Koplitz, M. Meleski, M. Reveley, A. Sagiv Preview Abstract

Session S19: Mesoscopic Systems, Clusters, and Nanoscale Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Ravindra Pandry, Michigan Technological University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S19.00001: First principles study of adsorption and dissociation of H$_{2}$, O$_{2}$, and CO on $\alpha $-Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$ (0001) supported Pt-Co alloy T.J. Dhilip Kumar, C. Zhou, B. Naduvalath Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S19.00002: Influence of Charge State on the Reaction of FeO$_{3}^{+/-}$ with Carbon Monoxide J.U. Reveles, S.N. Khanna, N.M. Reilly, G.E. Johnson, A.W. Castleman Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S19.00003: Atomic-scale Characterization of Free Radical Adsorption to the Si(111)-7 x 7 Surface Nathan Guisinger, Shaun Elder, Nathan Yoder, Mark Hersam Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S19.00004: CO$_{2}$ Sensing and CO and H$_{2}$O Interactions on Mats of Gold Nanoparticle Decorated GaN Nanowires. C.A. Berven, R. Abdelrahaman, W. Barredo, D.N. McIlroy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S19.00005: Sorption and condensation of Neon in MCM48 as monitored by X-ray diffraction. Paul Sokol, Duncan Kilburn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S19.00006: Water in Carbon Nanotubes:A New Quantum Phase of Water George Reiter, Christian Burnham, Dirar Homouz, Philip Platzman, Jeremy Mayers, Tyno Abdul-redah, Alexander Moravsky, Jichen Li, C.-K. Loong, Alexander Kolesnikov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S19.00007: Bulk vs. Nanoscale WS$_2$: Finite Size Effects and Solid State Lubrication S. Brown, J.L. Musfeldt, I. Mihut, J.B. Betts, A. Migliori, R. Rosentsveig, R. Tenne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S19.00008: Theory of surface enhanced Raman scattering from a molecule adsorbed on a chain-like cluster of metallic nanoparticles and nanoshells Jeanne Bonner, Karamjeet Arya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S19.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S19.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S19.00011: Assembly and Interaction of Au/C Core-Shell Nanoparticles Peter Sutter, Eli Sutter, Yimei Zhu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S19.00012: DFT study on the charge density shift bucky-ferrocene vs. bucky-ruthenocene Tunna Baruah, Rajendra Zope, Mark Pederson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S19.00013: Temperature-dependent properties of SiC Clusters C. Ghosh, M. Yu, S. Shen, C.S. Jayanthi, S.Y. Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S19.00014: Thermodynamic Properties and Grain Growth in Pt Nanoparticles Katherine Sloyan, Thomas Ekiert, Karl Unruh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S19.00015: Ligand control of solubility and capping structure of colloidal CdSe nanorods Wei Wang, Sarbajit Banerjee, Shengguo Jia, Michael Steigerwald, Irving Herman Preview Abstract

Session S20: Focus Session: Nanoscale Ferroelectrics, Switching, and Domains

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ho Nyung Lee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 105

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S20.00001: Probing nanoscale ferroelectricity by ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S20.00002: Abnormal retention behavior of Bi$_{3.25}$La$_{0.75}$Ti$_{3}$O$_{12}$ thin films observed by electrostatic force microscopy T.Y. Kim, J.H. Lee, H.R. Yoon, Y.J. Oh, M.R. Choi, W. Jo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S20.00003: Chemical Control of Ferroelectric Switching in PbTiO$_3$ Films Ruey-Ven Wang, Stephen Streiffer, Fan Jiang, Paul Fuoss, Dillon Fong, Jeffrey Eastman, G. Brian Stephenson, Kujtim Latifi, Carol Thompson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S20.00004: Difference in ferroelectric aging between A-site and B-site acceptor doped BaTiO$_{3}$ crystals. Lixue Zhang, Xiaobing Ren Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S20.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S20.00006: High Speed Nanoscale Ferroelectric Domain Reading and Writing Ramesh Nath, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Bryan Huey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S20.00007: Switching domain dynamics in ferroelectric thin films. Alexei Grigoriev, Dal-Hyun Do, Rebecca Sichel, Paul Evans, Bernhard Adams, Eric Dufresne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S20.00008: Coexistence of polar order and local domain dynamics in ferroelectric SrTi$^{18}$O$_3$ Annette Bussmann-Holder, Helmut Buettner, Alan Bishop Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S20.00009: Ferroelastic domain dynamics in polydomain, epitaxial BaTiO$_{3}$ thin films Anthony Meier, Bruce Wessels Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S20.00010: Ferroelectric domain dynamics under an external field Andrew Rappe, Young-Han Shin, Ilya Grinberg, I-Wei Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S20.00011: Ferroelectric instabilities in CaTiO3 nanoparticles from first principles Shen Li, Karin Rabe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S20.00012: A single electric relaxation time in $Ba_{1-x}Sr_{x}TiO_{3}$ nanoparticles at low temperatures Liyuan Zhang, Jun Zhou, Zhonglin Wang, Dragomir Davidovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S20.00013: Size Effect on Ferroelectric Transitions in Nanograin Barium Titanate Polycrystals I-Wei Chen, Yudi Wang, Tieyu Sun, Xiaohui Wang Preview Abstract

Session S21: Physics Education and Outreach

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Margaret McMahan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 106

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S21.00001: PhysicsQuest: Sparking Middle School Interest in Physics Jessica Clark, Kendra Rand Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S21.00002: Adopt-a-Physicist: Connecting Physicists with High School Students Kendra Rand, Jessica Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S21.00003: Curriculum that incorporates good physics and good math -- AT THE SAME TIME! Derek Weisel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S21.00004: Preparing graduate students to be educators Edward Price, Noah Finkelstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S21.00005: Who Benefits from PER?: PER as a component of teacher preparation Brian Pyper Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S21.00006: Teaching Interventions to Increase Outside Class Study Hours of Non-Science Majors Taking Physical Science Courses Liang Zeng, G. Herold Poelzer, Matthew Cowan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S21.00007: Correlating students' beliefs about physics with learning, retention, and recruitment Katherine K. Perkins, Wendy K. Adams, Mindy Gratny, Steven J. Pollock, Carl E. Wieman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S21.00008: Do Students Know What Physicists Think About Physics? Kara E. Gray, Wendy K. Adams, Carl E. Wieman, Katherine K. Perkins Preview Abstract

Session S22: Nonlinear Dynamics and Applications

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Alfred Hubler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Colorado Convention Center 108

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S22.00001: Stochastic ``Time'' Toru Ohira Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S22.00002: Towards a RMT Scattering-matrix with universal frequency correlations Richard L. Weaver Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S22.00003: Synthesizing Chaos Jonathan Blakely, Ned Corron, Scott Hayes, Shawn Pethel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S22.00004: Eigenvalues of the time evolution operator governing nuclear spin behavior in solids Steven W. Morgan, Brian Saam Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S22.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S22.00006: Bayesian Inference and the Symbolic Dynamics of Deterministic Chaos Christopher C. Strelioff, James Crutchfield, Alfred Hubler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S22.00007: Nonlinear Dynamics of Nanomechanical Resonators Subramanian Ramakrishnan, Yuiry Gulak, Bala Sundaram, Haym Benaroya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S22.00008: Interference of fractals - a method to control the deterministic stochastic multiresonance Slawomir Matyjaskiewicz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S22.00009: Arnold Tongue Mixed Reality States in an Interreality System Vadas Gintautas, Alfred Hubler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S22.00010: Complex Dynamics in Systems of Interacting Bosons Moritz Hiller, Joshua Bodyfelt, Tsampikos Kottos, Theo Geisel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S22.00011: Synchronization in a chain of nearest neighbors coupled oscillators with fixed ends Yinka Fuwape Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S22.00012: Stationary and traveling solitons in one-dimensional quartic lattices Sanghamitra Neogi, Gerald D. Mahan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S22.00013: Universality of Synchrony Kevin Wood, Christian Van den Broeck, Ryoichi Kawai, Katja Lindenberg Preview Abstract

Session S23: High Pressure V

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Joel Kresse, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 110

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S23.00001: Quantum Monte Carlo determination of the equation of state of cubic boron nitride K.P. Esler, B. Militzer, R.E. Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S23.00002: First-principles study of cubic BC6N: Structural forms and ideal strength Yi Zhang, Hong Sun, Changfeng Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S23.00003: Towards a mulitphase equation of state of Carbon from first principles Alfredo Correa, Lorin Benedict, Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S23.00004: VLab: A Collaborative Grid/Portal System for Computations of Materials Properties at High Pressures and Temperatures Pedro da Silveira, Cesar R. S. da Silva, Renata M. Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S23.00005: Shock-wave propagation in carbon nanotube reinforced a-SiC composites Deepak Srivastava, Maxim Makeev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S23.00006: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Hypervelocity Impacts Eli T. Owens, Martina E. Bachlechner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S23.00007: The generation of dissipative structures in solids at high pressures Roger W. Minich, Daniel Orlikowski, Jeff H. Nguyen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S23.00008: Large scale MD Simulations of the time-resolved optical properties of warm dense metals S. Mazevet, J. Clerouin, L. Soulard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S23.00009: Dynamics of ultracold neutral plasma Lee Collins, Byoungseon Jeon, Joel Kress, Niels Gronbech-Jensen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S23.00010: Hot and Cold Ionization of Strongly Coupled Plasmas Generated by Intense Shock Waves Vladimir Fortov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S23.00011: Relaxation of laser-induced two component plasma Byoungseon Jeon, Lee Collins, Joel Kress, Niels Gronbech-Jensen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S23.00012: First Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Diopside Liquid at High Pressure Ni Sun, Lars Stixrude, Bijaya Karki Preview Abstract

Session S24: Focus Session: Interaction of Polymers with Biological Structures

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBP
Chair: R. Kannan, Wayne State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 201

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S24.00001: Theoretical and Numerical Modeling of faceted Ionic crystalline vesicles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S24.00002: Microchannels with adhesive posts trap cells with specific mechanical properties Guangdong Zhu, Alexander Alexeev, Anna Balazs Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S24.00003: Biomimetic Micellar Networks John Zupancich, Marc Hillmyer, Frank Bates Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S24.00004: Post-Functionalized Polymer Brushes for Bio-Separation: Tuning GFP Adsorption via Functional Group Display Steve Diamanti, Shafi Arifuzzaman, Jan Genzer, Rajesh Naik, Richard Vaia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S24.00005: Structure and dynamics of water near the interface with oligo(ethylene oxide) self-assembled monolayers Ahmed E. Ismail, Gary S. Grest, Mark J. Stevens Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S24.00006: Development of novel antibiofouling materials from natural phenol compounds Rahul Chelikani, Dong Shik Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S24.00007: Conformation Distributions in Adsorbed Proteins. Curtis W. Meuse, Joseph B. Hubbard, John S. Vrettos, Jackson R. Smith, Marcus T. Cicerone Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S24.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S24.00009: Strain-stiffening response in organogels assembled using steroidal biomolecules Shih-Huang Tung, Srinivasa R. Raghavan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S24.00010: Solvent Viscosity at the Protein Surface Sheila Khodadadi, Marian Paluch, Sebastian Pawlus, Yoshihito Hayashi, Alexei Sokolov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S24.00011: Correlation of chitosan's rheological properties to its ability to electrospin Wendy E. Krause, Hailey A. Queen, Rebecca R. Klossner, Andrew J. Coughlin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S24.00012: Diblock Copolymer as a Surface Delivery Vehicle for DNA Chip Construction Lu Chen, Chris Grigoras, Jeffrey Koberstein, Mong Marma, Zengmin Li, Jingyue Ju Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S24.00013: Effect of copolymer microstructure on single chain collapse Ashok Dasmahapatra, Guruswamy Kumaraswamy, Hemant Nanavati Preview Abstract

Session S25: Block Copolymer Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Thomas H. Epps, University of Delaware
Room: Colorado Convention Center 203

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S25.00001: Surfactant Assisted Orientation of PS-b-PMMA Block Copolymer Thin Films Jeong Gon Son, Xavier Bulliard, Huiman Kang, Paul F. Nealey, Kookheon Char Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S25.00002: Controlled Alignment of Lamellar Phase in Thin Films of a Block Copolymer and a Silica Precursor Mixture H.-C. Kim, C. Rettner, J. Cheng, O.-H. Park, L. Sundstrom Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S25.00003: Defect structures in block copolymer thin films epitaxially assembled on chemically nanopatterned surfaces Sang Ouk Kim, Bong Hoon Kim, Kwanghyon Kim, Mark Stoykovich, Paul Nealey, Harun Solak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S25.00004: Graphoepitaxy of diblock-copolymers microdomains with chemical patterns Antonio Checco, Benjamin M. Ocko, Matthew Misner, Ji Xu, Thomas P. Russell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S25.00005: The Alignment of Ion-Complexed Symmetric Diblock Copolymer Thin Films under an Electric Field Jia-Yu Wang, Ting Xu, Julie Leiston-Belanger, Suresh Gupta, James Sievert, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S25.00006: Shear-induced Long Range Order in Diblock Copolymer Thin Films Xuan Ding, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S25.00007: Control of Ordering Kinetics and Morphology using Zone Annealing of Thin Block Copolymer Films Alamgir Karim, Brian Berry, Ronald Jones Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S25.00008: Orientation of Microdomains of Block Copolymers by Zone casting Chuanbing Tang, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Tomasz Kowalewski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S25.00009: The Effect of Humidity on the Ordering of Triblock Copolymer Thin Films Joona Bang, Bumjoon J. Kim, Gila E. Stein, Edward J. Kramer, Craig J. Hawker, Thomas P. Russell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S25.00010: Directing the Assembly of Patterns with Complex Geometries using Block Copolymers and Chemically Nanopatterned Substrates SangMin Park, Prabu Ravindran, Young-Hye La, Nicola Ferrier, Paul Nealey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S25.00011: Order and disorder in cylindrical block copolymers on a surface with positive and negative Gaussian curvature A. Hexemer, E. J. Kramer, V. Vitelli, C. D. Santangelo, R. D. Kamien Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S25.00012: Rod-Coil Block Copolymer Self-Assembly in Thin Films B.D. Olsen, X. Li, J. Wang, R.A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S25.00013: Self-consistent field theory simulations of block copolymer assembly on a sphere T.L. Chantawansri, A.W. Bosse, A. Hexemer, H.D. Ceniceros, C.J. Garcia-Cervera, E.J. Kramer, G.H. Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S25.00014: Freestanding nanowire arrays from soft-etch block copolymer templates. E. Crossland, S. Ludwigs, M. Hillmyer, U. Steiner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S25.00015: Investigation of polystyrene-b-polyferrocenyl silane diblock copolymer thin films via conducting probe atomic force microscopy James Li, Shan Zou, David Rider, Ian Manners, Gilbert Walker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:30PM - 5:42PM		S25.00016: Directed Assembly of Block Copolymers to Pattern Isolated Features and Essential Integrated Circuit Geometries M. P. Stoykovich, H. Kang, G. Liu, K. Ch. Daoulas, J. J. de Pablo, M. Mueller, P. F. Nealey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:42PM - 5:54PM		S25.00017: Reversible reordering of a sphere-forming diblock at the substrate interface: surface directed sphere to lamellar transition Jessica L. Carvalho, Michael V. Massa, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:54PM - 6:06PM		S25.00018: Lamellar nanostructures of diblock copolymers confined in submicro-patterns Sehee Kim, Kookheon Char, Byeong-Hyeok Sohn Preview Abstract

Session S26: Focus Session: Electron & Ion Solvation in Clusters & the Condensed Phase II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: J. Matthias Weber, University of Colorado at Boulder
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S26.00001: Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Excess Electrons in Clusters Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S26.00002: Theoretical Studies of Negatively Charged Water Clusters: The Role of Polarization and Dispersion for Electron Binding Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S26.00003: Excess Electrons in Water: Clusters, Interfaces, and the Bulk Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S26.00004: Optical Spectrum of the Hydrated Electron in Supercooled and Supercritical Water and Ice David Bartels, Erica Price, Yiqui Du Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S26.00005: Evidence for the Formation and Solvation of the (Na$^{+}$,e\={ }) Complex Pairs in Tetrahydrofuran (THF) Molly Cavanagh, Ross Larsen, Benjamin Schwartz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S26.00006: Single and Double Excess Electrons in Water Clusters Ying Li, Robert Barnett, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S26.00007: Charge-transfer reactions, energy gaps, and electron-transfer diabatic surfaces Nicola Marzari, P. H.-L. Sit Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S26.00008: Isomers and the correlation between excess electron binding and the local H-bonding motif in hydrated electron clusters. Mark Johnson Preview Abstract

Session S27: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience VI - Nanowires

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Nicola Marzari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 301

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S27.00001: The electrostatic and structural properties of GaN nanorods/nanowires from first-principles M.-H. Tsai, Z.-F. Jhang, J.-Y. Jiang, Y.-H. Tang, L.W. Tu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S27.00002: The electronic structure of radial p-n junction silicon nanowires Shan-Haw Chiou, Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S27.00003: Equilibrium charge and potential distribution of a surrounding-gate silicon nanowire in the LDA approximation. Bart Soree, Wim Magnus, Geoffrey Pourtois, Steven Compernolle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S27.00004: Structural and Electronic Properties of Silicon Carbide Nanowires Sanguo Shen, M. Yu, C. Leahy, C.S. Jayanthi, S.Y. Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S27.00005: Novel polyicosahedral Si nanowire: A molecular-dynamics study. Kengo Nishio, Tetsuya Morishita, Wataru Shinoda, Masuhiro Mikami Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S27.00006: Investigation of surface reconstructions in [110] Ge nano-wires. Jiaxin Han, Scott Beckman, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S27.00007: {\it Ab initio} computations of structural and electronic properties of doped and undoped Ge nanowires D. Medaboina, V. Gade, S. K. R. Patil, S. V. Khare Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S27.00008: Electronic structures and optical properties of GaN and ZnO nanowires T. Akiyama, A.J. Freeman, K. Nakamura, T. Ito Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S27.00009: DFT Study of ZnO Nanowire with Wurtzite (0001) Structure Xiao Shen, Philip B. Allen, Mark R. Pederson, Jin-Cheng Zheng, James W. Davenport, James T. Muckerman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S27.00010: Capillary stability of nanowires in the presence of dislocations Mark Jhon, Daryl Chrzan, Andreas Glaeser Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S27.00011: Stability of conductance oscillations in monatomic sodium wires Petr Khomyakov, Geert Brocks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S27.00012: Quantum and classical simulations of nanowire self-assembly Zhigang Wu, Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S27.00013: Molecular Simulation of Size-Dependent Properties of Polymeric Nanofibers Sezen Curgul, Greg Rutledge, Krystyn VanVliet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S27.00014: Raman Antenna Effect in Semiconducting Nanowires. Gugang Chen, Qihua Xiong, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S27.00015: Structure and stability of suspended monatomic metal chains Anwar Hasmy, Luis Rincon, Raiza Hernandez, Manuel Marquez, Vladimiro Mujica, Carlos Gonzalez Preview Abstract

Session S28: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Devices

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Bhupesh Chandra, Columbia University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 302

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S28.00001: Electrical Contacts to Nanotubes and Nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S28.00002: Tunable contact barriers at single wall carbon nanotube/silicon heterojunctions Zhuangchun Wu, Bo Liu, Andrew G. Rinzler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S28.00003: Encapsulation of floating carbon nanotubes in SiO$_2$ Leonidas Tsetseris, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S28.00004: Carbon Nanotube FET Mixers and High Frequency Applications Zhaohui Zhong, xinjian Zhou, Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S28.00005: Capacitance Measurement for FETs of Individual SWNTs with Altra-Thin ALD High-k Dielectric Yuerui Lu, Ryan Tu, Yoshio Nishi, Hongjie Dai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S28.00006: Observing sub-60mV/dec Switching in Carbon Nanotube Tunneling Field Effect Transistor Xinran Wang, Yuerui Lu, Hongjie Dai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S28.00007: Simultaneous electrical transport and STM of carbon nanotubes B.J. LeRoy, I. Heller, C. Dekker, S.G. Lemay Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S28.00008: Electron transport in single-walled carbon nanotube coupled to superconducting leads Yong Zhang, Gang Liu, Jeanie Lau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S28.00009: Evidence for Gated Spin Transport through Individual Semiconducting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes. Tanesh Bansal, Bhaskar Nagabhirava, Aditya Mohite, Prasanth Gopinath, Bruce Alphenaar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S28.00010: Probing the characteristics of carbon nanotube based devices through the Aharonov-Bohm phase Georgy Fedorov, Dmitry Smirnov, Alexander Tselev, David Jim\'enez, Sylvain Latil, Nikolay G. Kalugin, Paola Barbara, Stephan Roche Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S28.00011: Density-functional study of Peierls instability in carbon nanotubes using hybrid functionals Guillaume Dumont, Paul Boulanger, Michel Cote, Matthias Ernzerhof Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S28.00012: Asymmetric Noise in Carbon Nanotube Quantum Dots Chris Merchant, Nina Markovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S28.00013: Remote phonon scattering in NT field effect transistors Alexey G. Petrov, Slava V. Rotkin Preview Abstract

Session S29: Glassy Dynamics and Jamming II

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Eric Weeks, Emory University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 303

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S29.00001: Correlations of spatial structure and particle motion in shear-induced clusters of a near-glassy colloidal suspension. Denis Semwogerere, Dandan Chen, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S29.00002: Shear-driven dynamic clusters in a colloidal glass Christoph Eisenmann, Chanjoong Kim, Johan Mattsson, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S29.00003: Reversibility and self-organization in non-Brownian suspensions Laurent Cort\'{e}, Paul Chaikin, Jerry Gollub, David Pine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S29.00004: Ultraslow relaxation in aqueous glucose solutions near the glass transition David Sidebottom Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S29.00005: Anisotropic spatially heterogeneous dynamics in a model glass-forming binary mixture Grzegorz Szamel, Elijah Flenner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S29.00006: Isothermal compressibility effects in glass-forming liquids and polymers Wenjuan Liu, Ralph Colby, Jane Lipson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S29.00007: Localization Transition of the Three-Dimensional Lorentz Model and Continuum Percolation Felix Hoefling, Thomas Franosch, Erwin Frey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S29.00008: Dynamics during a transient gelation process studied by XPCS Andrei Fluerasu, Abdellatif Moussaid, Andrew Schofield, Anders Madsen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S29.00009: Changing the Packing Fraction by Changing the Geometry: A Hyperbolic Approach to Jamming Carl D. Modes, Randall D. Kamien Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S29.00010: Packing of Tetrahedral and other Dice Paul Chaikin, Stacy Wang, Alexander Jaoshvili Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S29.00011: Elastic heterogeneity of soft random solids Xiaoming Mao, Paul M. Goldbart, Xiangjun Xing, Annette Zippelius Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S29.00012: The jamming transition and beyond: Density dependence of the relevant length and time scales in a horizontally vibrated granular monolayer Frederic Lechenault, Olivier Dauchot Preview Abstract

Session S30: Monolayers, Membranes & Microemulsions

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Alex Levine, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: Colorado Convention Center 304

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S30.00001: Structure, Wrinkling, and Reversibility of Langmuir Monolayers of Gold Nanoparticles Binhua Lin, David Schultz, Xiao-Ming Lin, Dongxu Li, Mati Meron, Jeff Gebhardt, P. James Viccaro Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S30.00002: Experimental and theoretical studies of collapsed fatty-acids Langmuir monolayers Wei Bu, Chris Lorenz, Alex Travesset, David Vaknin, Sushil K. Satija Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S30.00003: Dynamic spiral patterns in Langmuir monolayers of chiral molecules Lena Lopatina, Jonathan V. Selinger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S30.00004: Effects of topology and curvature on the hydrodynamics of membranes and interfaces Mark L. Henle, A.J. Levine, Ryan McGorty, A.D. Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S30.00005: Langmuir-Gibbs Surface Phases and Transitions Benjamin Ocko, Eli Sloutskin, Zvi Sapir, Lilach Tamam, Moshe Deutsch, Colin Bain Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S30.00006: Electrostatics of planar interfaces in salt solution William Kung, A.W.C. Lau, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S30.00007: Crystallography on Curved Surfaces Vincenzo Vitelli, Julius Lucks, David Nelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S30.00008: The use of specular reflectivity of neutrons for the investigation of polymeric membranes Guedioura Bouzid, Bendjaballah Noueddine, Hamdi Maamar, Kerdjoudj Hacene Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S30.00009: Coexistence of two colloidal crystals at the nematic liquid crystal-air interface A. Nych, V. Pergamenshchik, U. Ognysta, B. Lev, V. Nazarenko, M. Skarabot, I. Musevic, O. Lavrentovich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S30.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S30.00011: Nanoparticle-coated liquid-metal droplets: interfacial tension and electron transport across the interface Kan Du, B. Samanta, L. Glogowski, V. Rotello, M. Tuominen, T. Emrick, T. Russell, A. Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S30.00012: Strong Attractions with Controllable Size between Hydrophilic Inorganic Macroanions and Reversible Supramolecular Formations Melissa Kistler, Anish Bhatt, Guang Liu, Tianbo Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S30.00013: Imaging the structure of water near hydrophobic solutes Gerard C. L. Wong, Robert H. Coridan, Ghee Hwee Lai, Nathan S. Schmidt, Michael Krisch, Peter Abbamonte Preview Abstract

Session S31: Quantum Fluids

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Yoonseok Lee, University of Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S31.00001: High Frequency Transverse Acoustics in Superfluid $^{3}$He John P. Davis, Hyoungsoon Choi, Johannes Pollanen, William P. Halperin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S31.00002: High Porosity Silica Aerogels Engineered for Superfluid $^{3}$He Research J. Pollanen, S. Blinstein, H. Choi, J.P. Davis, T.M. Lippman, K.R. Shirer, W.P. Halperin, L.B. Lurio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S31.00003: Understanding Superfluid $^{3}$He by Determining \textit{$\beta $}-Coefficients of Ginzburg-Landau Theory H. Choi, J.P. Davis, J. Pollanen, W.P. Halperin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S31.00004: Anisotropic properties of superfluid $^3$He near free surface studied by surface electrons Kimitoshi Kono, Hiroki Ikegami Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S31.00005: Ultrasound Propagation in the Normal State of Liquid $^{3}$He/ 98{\%} Aerogel. H.C. Choi, N. Masuhara, B.H. Moon, P. Bhupathi, M.W. Meisel, Y. Lee, N. Mulders Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S31.00006: Mass of a quantized vortex David Thouless, James Anglin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S31.00007: Vortex stability influenced by surface topology I. Neumann, P. Voll, N. ApRoberts-Warren, R.J. Zieve Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S31.00008: Energy Loss from Reconnection with a Vortex Mesh Rena Zieve, Ingrid Neumann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S31.00009: Phase-slip avalanches in the superflow of $^4$He through arrays of nano-apertures David Pekker, Roman Barankov, Paul M. Goldbart Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S31.00010: Thinning of superfluid films: critical effects immediately below the $\lambda$ point Aviva Shackell, Roya Zandi, Joseph Rudnick, Mehran Kardar, Lincoln Chayes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S31.00011: Superfluid p-H$_{2}$ Monolayer in Carbon Nanostructures Milen Kostov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S31.00012: Properties of Helium-4 In and Near the Self-Organized Critical State S.T.P. Boyd, D.A. Sergatskov, R.V. Duncan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S31.00013: High Tc Magnet Leads for Research Cryostats Yuko Shiroyanagi, Gokul Gopalakrishnan, Sanghun An, Thomas Gramila Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S31.00014: Wave-function approach for a rotating fermionic superfluid Victor Vakaryuk Preview Abstract

Session S32: Slow Molecular Beams and Quantum Optics

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: John Bohn, University of Colorado
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S32.00001: Slow beams of molecules with masses up to 6000 u Hendrik Ulbricht, Sarayut Deachapunya, Andre Stefanov, Markus Arndt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S32.00002: Magnetic trapping of Stark decelerated OH Benjamin Lev, Brian Sawyer, Eric Hudson, Benjamin Stuhl, Manuel Lara, Josh Dunn, Chris Greene, John Bohn, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S32.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S32.00004: Semi-Classical Theory of Radiation Pressure Cooling of a Mechanical Oscillator by dynamical Backaction Nima Nooshi, Tobias Kippenberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S32.00005: Cooling of a micro-mechanical oscillator using radiation pressure induced dynamical back-action Albert Schliesser, Nima Nooshi, Pascal Del'Haye, Kerry Vahala, Tobias Kippenberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S32.00006: Stopping Single Photons in One-dimensional Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics Systems Jung-Tsung Shen, Shanhui Fan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S32.00007: Coherence Investigations of Erbium doped in Waveguide Structures for a Quantum Memory M.U. Staudt, S.R. Hastings-Simon, B. Lauritzen, M. Afzelius, H. de Riedmatten, N. Sangouard, C. Simon, W. Tittel, N. Gisin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S32.00008: Dispersive, superfluid-like shock waves in optics Wenjie Wan, Shu Jia, Jason Fleischer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S32.00009: Coherent Quantum Engineering of Laser Cooling Josh W. Dunn, Chris H. Greene, J. W. Thomsen, Flavio C. Cruz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S32.00010: Three Level Systems for Quantum Memories in Erbium Doped Materials Sara Hastings-Simon, Matthias Staudt, Bjoern Lauritzen, Mikael Afzelius, Hugues de Riedmatten, Nicolas Sangouard, Christoph Simon, Wolfgang Tittel, Nicolas Gisin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S32.00011: A Kapitza-Dirac Talbot-Lau interferometer for molecules Stefan Gerlich, Lucia Hackermueller, Fabienne Goldfarb, Klaus Hornberger, Tim Savas, Alexander Stibor, Hendrik Ulbricht, Markus Arndt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S32.00012: Quantum phase transitions for light and XY spin models in coupled cavity arrays Dimitris Angelakis, Marcelo Franca Santos, Sougato Bose Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S32.00013: Moments Formulation of Optical-Pulse Propagation in Insulators David Y. Smith, William Karstens Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S32.00014: Controlled Spontaneous Emission M.A. Rohrdanz, J.-S. Lee, A. Khitrin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S32.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session S33: Physical Implementations of Qubits

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Alexander Korotkov, University of California, Riverside
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S33.00001: Integrated Optics Approach to State Manipulation and Detection in Ion Trap Quantum Computation. Jungsang Kim, Changsoon Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S33.00002: Progress towards a multiplexed, semiconductor ion trap for quantum computation David Leibrandt, Robert Clark, Jaroslaw Labaziewicz, Kenneth Brown, Bernard Yurke, Richart Slusher, Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S33.00003: High-speed linear optics quantum computing via active feed-forward Robert Prevedel, Philip Walther, Felix Tiefenbacher, Pascal Boehi, Rainer Kaltenbaek, Thomas Jennewein, Anton Zeilinger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S33.00004: High fidelity universal quantum gates using non-adiabatic rapid passage Frank Gaitan, Ran Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S33.00005: A general approach to two qubit gate construction for coupled-qubit models Emily Pritchett, Michael Geller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S33.00006: Proposal for optical rotations of electron spin trapped in a quantum dot Sophia Economou, Lu Sham, Yanwen Wu, Duncan Steel, Thomas Reinecke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S33.00007: Few Electron Quantum Dots in Si/SiGe Nakul Shaji, Christie Simmons, Levente Klein, Don Savage, Susan Coppersmith, Mark Friesen, Hua Qin, Robert Blick, Mark Eriksson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S33.00008: Quantum gates between capacitively coupled double quantum dot two-spin qubits Guido Burkard, Dimitrije Stepanenko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S33.00009: Single quantum dot nanowire LEDs Maarten van Kouwen, Ethan Minot, Freek Kelkensberg, Jorden van Dam, Leo Kouwenhoven, Valery Zwiller, Magnus Borgstr\"om, Olaf Wunnicke, Marcel Verheijen, Erik Bakkers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S33.00010: Spin qubits in graphene quantum dots Bjoern Trauzettel, Denis Bulaev, Daniel Loss, Guido Burkard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S33.00011: Charge sensing in Si/SiGe quantum dots using single electron transistors Feng Pan, Tim Gilheart, Alexander Rimberg, Lisa McGuire, Christie Simmons, Mark Eriksson, Don Savage Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S33.00012: Feasibility of the controlled-NOT gate from certain model Hamiltonians Mark W. Coffey, Gabriel G. Colburn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S33.00013: Randomized Benchmarking of Quantum Gates E. Knill, D. Leibfried, R. Reichle, J. Britton, R. B. Blakestad, J. D. Jost, C. Langer, R. Ozeri, S. Seidelin, D. J. Wineland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S33.00014: Electrical spin measurements of diffused phosphorous donors in crystalline silicon Heather Seipel, Christoph Boehme Preview Abstract

Session S38: Focus Session: Negative Index Materials: Concepts to Applications I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Stefan Zollner, Freescale Semiconductor
Room: Colorado Convention Center 501

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S38.00001: Plasmolecular Electronics and Photonics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S38.00002: New approach to all-angle-negative-refraction in two-dimensional photonic crystals Y. J. Huang, W. T. Lu, S. Sridhar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S38.00003: Molecular Scale Imaging with A Smooth Superlens Nicholas Fang, Pratik Chaturvedi, Wei Wu, ViJay Logeeswaran, Zhaoning Yu, Yi Xiong, Saif Islam, Shih-Yuan Wang, Xiang Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S38.00004: Direct Magnetic Resonances with Infrared Light from Plasmonic Single Closed Ring Resonators Zhao Hao, Michael C. Martin, Bruce Harteneck, Stefano Cabrini, Erik H. Anderson, Willie J. Padilla Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S38.00005: Strong Broadband Resonances Observed between 1 and 3 microns from Nanolithographically Fabricated Metallic Metamaterials Michael C. Martin, Zhao Hao, Bruce Harteneck, Alex Liddle, Stefano Cabrini, Willie J. Padilla Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S38.00006: Isotropic optical negative index of refraction metamaterials composed of randomly arranged nanoparticles Adil-Gerai Kussow, Alkim Akyurtlu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S38.00007: Left-handed Metamaterials in actively pumped Host Medium and Plasmonic Nanolaser Andrey Sarychev, Gennady Tartakovsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S38.00008: Electromagnetic forces in photonic crystals and in metamaterials Manolis Antonoyiannakis, Richard M. Osgood Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S38.00009: All-angle negative refraction and imaging by anisotropic media Yongmin Liu, Dentcho Genov, Cheng Sun, Xiang Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S38.00010: Tunability of Superconducting Split-Ring Resonators With dc And rf Magnetic Fields Michael Ricci, Hua Xu, Steven Anlage, Ruslan Prozorov, Alexander Zhuravel, Alexey Ustinov Preview Abstract

Session S39: Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage IV

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Robert Bowman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 502

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S39.00001: Thermodynamic and Vibrational Properties of LaTM$_{5}$ (TM = Co, Ni) Hydrides from Density Functional Theory Louis Hector Jr., Jan Herbst Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S39.00002: Hydrogen Bonding in CaSiH(D)$_{1+x}$: Is there Covalent Character? T. J. Udovic, H. Wu, W. Zhou, J. J. Rush, T. Yildirim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S39.00003: Slow H hopping motions in MgH$_{2}$ and alanates M.S. Conradi, Erik Carl, T.M. Ivancic, R.C. Bowman, Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S39.00004: Structure and Bonding in Destabilized Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S39.00005: Neutron Scattering And thermodynamic Investigations of Hydrogen Adsorbed on or within Nanomaterials Lillian Frazier, Richard Cook, Tom Arnold, Annibal Cuesta-Ramirez , John Larese Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S39.00006: A Study of Magnesium Hydride Thin Film Phase Transition Kinetics Using \textsl{In-Situ} Hydriding/Dehydriding Stephen Kelly, Raj Kelekar, Hermione Giffard, Bruce Clemens Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S39.00007: Cohesion of BaReH$_9$ and BaMnH$_9$: Density Functional Calculations and Prediction of (MnH$_9$)$^{2-}$ Salts David Singh, M. Gupta, R. Gupta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S39.00008: Thermodynamic considerations in the synthesis of complex metal hydrides via mechanicosynthetic techniques Ashley C. Stowe, Polly A. Berseth, Arthur Jurgensen, Donald Anton, Ragaiy Zidan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S39.00009: Combinatorial thin film deposition and infrared emission characterization of hydrogen storage materials Leonid Bendersky, Hiroyuki Oguchi, Edward Heilweil, Daniel Josell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S39.00010: Hydrogen Fueling via Guanidine J. A. Van Vechten Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S39.00011: Bi-Liquid Hydrogen Generation Using Familiar Materials Jeremiah Cronin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S39.00012: Hydrogen clathrate hydrates as a potential hydrogen storage material Dubravko Sabo, Jacalyn Clawson, Susan Rempe, Jeffery Greathouse, Marcus Martin, Kevin Leung, Sameer Varma, Randall Cygan, Todd Alam Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S39.00013: Clathrate hydrates studied by diffraction and vibrational spectroscopy. Timothy Jenkins, Russell Hemley, Wendy Mao, Ho-kwang Mao, Burkhard Militzer, Viktor Struzhkin Preview Abstract

Session S40: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Wei Pan, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S40.00001: Probing phase separation in the fractional quantum Hall fluid at $\nu = 1/3$ Javier Groshaus, Irene Dujovne, Yann Gallais, Cyrus Hirjibehedin, Aron Pinczuk, Brian Dennis, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S40.00002: Valley Susceptibility Measurements of Composite Fermions around Filling Factor $\nu$ = 3/2 Nathaniel Bishop, Medini Padmanabhan, Kamran Vakili, Yakov Shkolnikov, Etienne De Poortere, Mansour Shayegan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S40.00003: Gap and mass measurements of composite fermions at $\nu$=5/3 in a 2D electron system with tunable valley occupation Medini Padmanabhan, Nathaniel Bishop, Yakov Shkolnikov, Etienne De Poortere, Mansour Shayegan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S40.00004: Localized quasielectrons in fractional quantum Hall states Hans Hansson, Maria Hermanns, Susanne Viefers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S40.00005: Numerical test of bosonization of the 1/3 FQHE edge Shivakumar Jolad, Chia-Chen Chang, Jainendra Jain Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S40.00006: Pinning mode of 2D electron stripe phase around 9/2 Landau level filling G. Sambandamurthy, R.M. Lewis, H. Zhu, Y.P. Chen, L.W. Engel, D.C. Tsui, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S40.00007: RF resonance of two dimensional electron systems in higher Landau levels: Effect of in-plane magnetic fields H. Zhu, G. Sambandamurthy, L. Engel, D. C. Tsui, L. Pfeiffer, K. West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S40.00008: Variational studies of nematic phase of half-filled Landau level 2 dimensional electron gas (2DEG) system Quoc Doan, Efstratios Manousakis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S40.00009: Short-range disorder induced RIQHE in the lowest Landau level Wanli Li, D. R. Luhman, D. C. Tsui, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S40.00010: New structures in graphene FQHE Csaba Toke, Paul Lammert, Vincent Crespi, Jainendra Jain Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S40.00011: A new collective mode in the fractional quantum Hall liquid Giovanni Vignale, Ilya Tokatly Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S40.00012: Interpretation of quantum Hall effect from angular momentum theory and Dirac equation. Keshav Shrivastava Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S40.00013: A simple view on the quantum Hall system Emil J. Bergholtz, Anders Karlhede Preview Abstract

Session S41: Steps, Facets, and Evolution of Surface Structures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Alberto Pimpinelli, Universite Blaise Pascal
Room: Colorado Convention Center 504

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S41.00001: Temperature Dependence of the Step Line Tension and Island Decay on the Si(111) (1x1) Surface M.S. Altman, K.L. Man, A.B. Pang, T. Stasevich, F. Szalma, T.L. Einstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S41.00002: Phase Field Model for Step Dynamics Including Elastic Interactions Between Steps and the Ehrlich-Schwoebel Barrier Dong-Hee Yeon, Katsuyo Thornton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S41.00003: Distinctive Fluctuations of Facet Edges M. Degawa, T. J. Stasevich, W. G. Cullen, Alberto Pimpinelli, T. L. Einstein, E. D. Williams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S41.00004: Evolution of patterned step structure on vicinal Si(111) surface during high temperature annealing Hung-Chih Kan, Taesoon Kwon, Raymond Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S41.00005: Step Density Minimum on Vicinal Surfaces and Surface Cusps in Epitaxial Regrowth on Patterned Substrates Tian Li, A. Ballestad, T. Tiedje Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S41.00006: The reconstructions of Si(15 3 23) Teresa Davies, Cristian Ciobanu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S41.00007: Faceting of Re ($11\bar {2}1)$ induced by ammonia Hao Wang, Wenhua Chen, Theodore E. Madey, Timo Jacob Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S41.00008: LEEM study of nucleation, growth, and decay of Ag nanowires on Cu(110) Indrajith Senevirathne, Ezra Bussmann, Gary Kellogg, Richard Kurtz, Phillip Sprunger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S41.00009: Studies of Cu adatom island ripening on Cu(100) by LEEM Ezra Bussmann, Gary L. Kellogg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S41.00010: Growth of Au on Si(111) surface A.-L. Chin, F.-K. Men Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S41.00011: Nucleation, Structure, Morphology of Co on Ag(110): temperature dependent subsurface migration. Phillip Sprunger, Indrajith Senevirathne, Orhan Kizilkaya, Richard Kurtz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S41.00012: Morphology Evolution of Cobalt Thin Films on Al$_2$O$_3$ (110) Above the Roughening Transition: Formation of Gigantic Multilayered Islands Jorge Espinosa, Leonardo Golubovic, David Lederman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S41.00013: First-principles studies of the $\surd $ 7 $\times \quad \surd $ 7 R19.1$^{\circ}$ structure of sulfur on the Pd(111) surface Dominic Alfonso Preview Abstract

Session S42: Reactions: Kinetics & Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Kristen Fichthorn, Pennsylvania State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 505

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S42.00001: Dissociative and molecular adsorption and recombinative desorption of methylchlorosilanes at the Cu~(001) surface J. Lallo, L.V. Goncharova, A.V. Ermakov, B.J. Hinch, D. Strongin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S42.00002: CO adsorption on a transition metal quantum well system: fcc Co/Cu(100).$^{1}$ Levan Tskipuri, Hua Yao, Robert Bartynski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S42.00003: The influence of overlap interactions on chemical reactions in confinement Erik E. Santiso, Keith E. Gubbins, Aaron M. George, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S42.00004: Reactions of water molecules at the Si/SiO2 interface I.G. Batyrev, L. Tsetseris, D.M. Fleetwood, R.D. Schrimpf, S.T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S42.00005: Growth kinetic of perovskite oxide monolayers on SrTiO$_{3}$(100) studied with reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) and oblique-incidence optical reflectivity difference measurements. Xu Wang, Yiyan Fei, Xiangdong Zhu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S42.00006: Grating-coupled excitation and detection of surface plasmon polariton waves (SPPW) on Cu(111) using periodic density patterns of rare gas monolayers. Yiyan Fei, Xu Wang, Xiangdong Zhu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S42.00007: STM-induced passivation of Si (100) surface from physisorbed molecular hydrogen at 5 K Amena L. T. Khan, Allan R. MacDairmid, David C. Fortin, Xiaobin Zhu, Mark R. Freeman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S42.00008: Quantum Size Effects on Surface Catalysis from First-Principles Studies Li Huang, Xingao Gong, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S42.00009: Theoretical investigation of CO oxidation on AuAg (110) alloy surface. Jyh Pin Chou, Ching-Ming Wei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S42.00010: What is Special in Silver for Ethylene Epoxidation Paola Gava, Anton Kokalj, Stefano de Gironcoli, Stefano Baroni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S42.00011: CS radical formation in the Hot Filament CVD of diamond thin film by the CRDS Madalina Buzaianu, Vladimir Makarov, Arturo Hidalgo, Brad Weiner, Gerardo Morell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S42.00012: High Pressure and High Temperature Decomposition Studies of PETN and TATB Michael Pravica, Hubertus Giefers, Edward Romano, Brian Yulga, Zachary Quine, Wenge Yang, Hans Peter Liermann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S42.00013: Investigation of the SH formation mechanism in Hot Filament CVD of diamond thin film by CRDS Vladimir Makarov, Madalina Buzaianu, Arturo Hidalgo, Brad Weiner, Gerardo Morell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S42.00014: Investigation of the Role of Surface Oxides in Catalysis by Gold Nanoparticles Hongqing Shi, Catherine Stampfl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S42.00015: Modeling the effect of adsorbates on the surface segregation of binary alloy surfaces Ole M. L{\O}vvik, Susanne M. Opalka Preview Abstract

Session S43: Photonic Crystals

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Mark Sherwin, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Colorado Convention Center 506

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S43.00001: Theory of Band Structure of Thin Photonic Crystals Jeffrey Sokoloff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S43.00002: Quasi-phase-matched Cerenkov radiation generation in a two-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystal waveguide S.N. Zhu, Y. Zhang, Z. Qi, G. Zhao , W. Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S43.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S43.00004: Thermal emission from two-dimensional metallo-dielectric photonic crystals Mohit Diwekar, Z.V. Vardeny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S43.00005: Berry phase for optical wavepacket propagation in deformed photonic crystals Kei Sawada, Shuichi Murakami, Naoto Nagaosa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S43.00006: Terahertz transmittance of single-mode photonic crystal slabs Cristo Yee, Nathan Jukam, Mark Sherwin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S43.00007: Multi-layered photonic crystals \textit{de novo}: new formalism, results, insights, and analytic possibilities Frank Szmulowicz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S43.00008: The Rayleigh Hypothesis and Scattering at Photonic Crystal Surfaces Prabasaj Paul, Kyaw Nyein, Robert Choudury Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S43.00009: Optical Characterization of 3D Photonic Crystals Fabricated by Holographic Lithography Ying-Chieh Chen, Joseph B. Geddes III, Paul V. Braun, Pierre Wiltzius Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S43.00010: Tunable Mesoporous Defects in Photonic Crystals F.C. Peiris, J.R. Rodriguez, V. Kitaev , G.A. Ozin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S43.00011: Robust Optimization of Aperiodic Photonic Structures Omid Nohadani, Kwong Meng Teo, Dimitris Bertsimas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S43.00012: Enhanced and Tailored Emission from Luminescent Three-Dimensional Ru(bpy)$_{3}$(PF$_{6})_{2}$ Inverse-Opal Photonic Crystals Andrew Brzezinski, Jyh-Tsung Lee, Jason Slinker, Pierre Wiltzius, George Malliaras, Paul Braun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S43.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S43.00014: A direct time integration of Maxwell equations in dielectric and magnetic dispersive materials for FDTD modelling of metamaterials Jesus Manzanares-Martinez, Jorge Gaspar-Armenta Preview Abstract

Session S44: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Plasmonic Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Emily Townsend, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 507

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S44.00001: Au Bowtie Nanostructures for Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Daniel Ward, Nathaniel Grady, Carly Levin, Naomi Halas, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S44.00002: Optical Response of Metal Nanoantennas to Femtosecond Pulses Sushmita Biswas, Albert Heberle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S44.00003: Two-Photon Vibrational Spectroscopy using local optical fields of gold and silver nanostructures Katrin Kneipp, Janina Kneipp, Harald Kneipp Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S44.00004: Interparticle and Interfacial Effects on Second Harmonic Generation from Gold Nanoparticles Matthew McMahon, Davon Ferrara, Richard Haglund Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S44.00005: Strong Field Enhancement in a Scanning Nanogap for Infrared Imaging of Single Nanoparticles (lambda/1000) Javier Aizpurua, Antonija Cvitkovic, Nenad Ocelic, Reinhard Guckenberger, Rainer Hillenbrand Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S44.00006: Enhanced thermal emission from individual antenna-like nanoheaters Snorri Ingvarsson, James A. Lacey, Hendrik F. Hamann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S44.00007: Plasmon Assisted Heating of Metal Nanoparticles Adam Bushmaker, David Boyd, Rajay Kumar, David Goodwin, Stephen Cronin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S44.00008: Modifying the visual appearance of metal nanoparticle composites by infrared laser annealing Andrej Halabica, J. C. Indrobo, R. H. Magruder III, R. F. Haglund Jr., J. M. Epp, S. Rashkeev, L. A. Boatner, S. J. Pennycook, S. T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S44.00009: First Principles Absorption Spectra of Si$_n$ ($n=20-28$) Clusters: TDLDA versus Predictions from Mie Theory Koblar Jackson, Juan C. Idrobo, Serdar Ogut, Mingli Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S44.00010: Optical Properties of Cage Versus Space-Filling Gold Clusters: A TDLDA Study Weronika Walkosz, Juan C. Idrobo, Serdar Ogut, Jinlan Wang, Julius Jellinek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S44.00011: Isomeric Forms, Polarizabilities, and Optical Absorption Spectra of Ag$_{11}$ Serdar Ogut, Juan C. Idrobo, Karoly Nemeth, Julius Jellinek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S44.00012: Preparation and control of optical properties of plasmonic crystals using colloidal crystals as templates. Zhen-Lin Wang, Peng Zhan, Nai-Ben Ming Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S44.00013: Optical Metamaterials at Near IR Range Fabricated by Nanoimprint Lithography E. Kim, W. Wu, E. Ponizovskaya, Y.R. Shen, A. Bratkovsky, S.Y. Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S44.00014: Nanoparticles in alumina: Microscopy and Theory Juan C. Idrobo, Andrej Halabica, Sergey Rashkeev, Michael V. Glazoff, Lynn A. Boatner, Richard F. Haglund, Stephen. J. Pennycook, Sokrates T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S44.00015: Probing the Surface Guided Modes from Infrared to Ultraviolet by Fast Electrons Aycan Yurtsever, Martin Couillard, David A. Muller Preview Abstract