Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2007 APS March Meeting
Volume 52, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 5–9, 2007; Denver, Colorado
Session Index
Session U1: RNA Folding at the Crossroads Between Molecular Biology and Statistical Physics
Sponsoring Units: DCMPChair: Robijn Bruinsma, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 2-3
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
U1.00001: BREAK | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
U1.00002: Aggregation and folding phase transitions of RNA molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
U1.00003: Ground state and glass transition of the RNA secondary structure Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
U1.00004: Glassiness in RNA folding Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract |
Session U2: Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Communication I
Sponsoring Units: GQI DCMPChair: Paul Kwiat, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 4
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
U2.00001: Entanglement-Based Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Communication Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
U2.00002: Beller Lectureship Recipient Talk: Applications of Quantum Teleportation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
U2.00003: Twenty two years of quantum key distribution Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
U2.00004: Security of Quantum Key Distribution Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
U2.00005: Towards a practical quantum repeater Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract |
Session U3: Quantum Chaos in Condensed Matter Physics
Sponsoring Units: DCMPChair: Wentao Lu, Northeastern University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2A-3A
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
U3.00001: Single-Channel Scattering from Disordered Samples: a sensitive probe of the eigenfunctions behavior Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
U3.00002: Scattering fidelity in random matrix elastodynamics, the effect of temperature on diffuse ultrasound Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
U3.00003: Analog Experiments on Quantum Chaotic Scattering and Transport Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
U3.00004: Quantum Networks as Models of Mesoscopic Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
U3.00005: The classical limit of quantum transport Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract |
Session U4: Interfaces between Synthetic and Biological Polymers
Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBPChair: Christine Ortiz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2B-3B
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
U4.00001: Design Rules for Thermally Responsive Polymer Brushes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
U4.00002: Studying Polymer Transport on Soft and Hard Surfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
U4.00003: Design of dendrimer-based drug delivery nanodevices with enhanced therapeutic efficacies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
U4.00004: Ligand-receptor binding in the presence of polymeric spacers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
U4.00005: Using Liquid Crystallinity to Design Interfaces between Synthetic and Biological Materials. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract |
Session U5: Pharmaceutical Materials Science
Sponsoring Units: FIAPChair: Peter Stephens, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1A-1B
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
U5.00001: Solid forms of pharmaceuticals and thermodynamic stability Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
U5.00002: Water and stability of pharmaceutical solids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
U5.00003: Physical and Chemical Aspects of Pharmaceutical Solids: Fundamentals of Polymorphs, Hydrates and Solvates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
U5.00004: Stability in Glassy Pharmaceuticals: The Role of Glass Dynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
U5.00005: Cohesion, Cracking, Dilation, and Flow -- Rheological Behavior of Cohesive Pharmaceutical Powders Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract |
Session U6: Recent Progress in Computational Approaches for Rare Events
Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DCPChair: David Chandler, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Colorado Convention Center 207
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
U6.00001: Transition Path Sampling and Rare Events in Complex Fluids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
U6.00002: Phase transformations and transition path sampling methods Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
U6.00003: Computational techniques for the description of rare events Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
U6.00004: Theory and modeling of rare events Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
U6.00005: Metadynamics for the description of rare events Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract |
Session U7: Teaching Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics for the Needs of 21st Century Physicists
Sponsoring Units: GSNP FEdChair: M. Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4A-4B
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
U7.00001: Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics for Today's Graduate Students Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
U7.00002: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity: Incorporating the last 50 years into the statistical mechanics curriculum Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
U7.00003: Teaching at the edge of knowledge: Non-equilibrium statistical physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
U7.00004: Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics in the context of biological physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
U7.00005: The Onsager Matrix Reloaded: Teaching Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics via Modern Applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract |
Session U8: Focus Session: Superconductivity and Magnetism
Sponsoring Units: DMPChair: John Wei, University of Toronto
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1C
Session U9: Superconductivity: Squid Instruments
Sponsoring Units: DMPChair: Mike Osofsky, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1D
Session U10: Charge Density Waves and 1D Systems
Sponsoring Units: DCMPChair: Weiqiang Yu, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1E
Session U12: Focus Session: Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors II
Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAPChair: George Kioseoglou, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C
Session U13: Focus Session: Maganites, Titanates, & Vanadates
Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAGChair: Yoichi Horibe, Rutgers University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4C
Session U14: Focus Session: Magnetization Dynamics and Half Metals
Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAPChair: John Freeland, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4D
Session U15: Focus Session: 1D Quantum Magnetism
Sponsoring Units: GMAGChair: Steve Nagler, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4E
Session U16: Correlated Electrons: Heavy Fermions, Kondo Lattice, and f-electron Systems
Sponsoring Units: GMAGChair: Wei Bao, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4F
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM |
U16.00001: Ultrast study of Kondo-lattice coupling in the d-electron Kenneth Burch, Diyar Talbayev, B.C. Sales, D. Mandrus, A.J. Taylor, R.D. Averitt Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM |
U16.00002: Resonant Ultrasound Studies of Ferromagnetic Yb$_{14}$MnSb$_{11}$ Sriparna Bhattacharya, Veerle Keppens, Ivan A. Sergienko, Brian Sales, David Mandrus Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM |
U16.00003: Valence state and magnetism of Yb$_{7}$Co$_{4}$InGe$_{12}$. Zsolt Rak, Maria Chondroudi, S.D. Mahanti, M.G. Kanatzidis Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM |
U16.00004: Crystal structure and magnetic behavior in CeAu2Si2 and CeAu4Si2 Andriy M. Palasyuk, John D. Corbett, Athena S. Sefat, Paul C. Canfield Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM |
U16.00005: Interplay of Magnetism and Superconductivity in CeCu$_{2}$Si$_{2}$ and RNi$_{2}$B$_{2}$C Probed by Neutron Scattering Michael Loewenhaupt, Oliver Stockert, Andreas Kreyssig Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM |
U16.00006: Muon spin resonance study on UCu$_{1.5}$Sn$_{2}$ S. El-Khatib, A. Llobet, G. Kalvius, D. Noakes, C. Stronach, E. Ansaldo, M. Torikachvili, H. Nakotte Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM |
U16.00007: Characteristic energy scales for field-tuned quantum criticality of CeCoIn$_5$ M.A. Tanatar, J. Paglione, Louis Taillefer, C. Petrovic Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM |
U16.00008: Angular dependent magnetorestriction study of CeCoIn$_{5}$ Catalin Martin, Victor. F. Correa, Kenneth M. Purcell, Timothy P. Murphy, Eric C. Palm, Stanley W. Tozer, George M. Schmiedeshoff, J. C. Cooley Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM |
U16.00009: Metamagnetism in CeIrIn5: magnetoresistance and dHvA study C. Capan, R.G. Goodrich, J.F. DiTusa, L. Balicas, T.P. Murphy, E.C. Palm, S.W. Tozer, R. Movshovich, E.D. Bauer, M.F. Hundley, J.L. Sarrao, J.D. Thompson, D. Hall Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM |
U16.00010: Photoemission in 5f systems - duality and final state effects Tomasz Durakiewicz, John Joyce, Clifford Olson, Eric Bauer, Elzbieta Guziewicz, Martin T. Butterfield, Kevin Graham, John Sarrao, Joe D. Thompson Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM |
U16.00011: Probing the Localization Boundary in 5f electron Systems J.J. Joyce, T. Durakiewicz, K.S. Graham, J.M. Wills, E.D. Bauer, J.L. Sarrao, D.P. Moore, L.A. Morales, C.G. Olson, E. Guziewicz, M.T. Butterfield Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM |
U16.00012: ARPES Study on Ca$_{1.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$RuO$_{4}$ Madhab Neupane, P. Richard, Y. Xu, A.K.P. Shekharan, Z. Wang, H. Ding, R. Jin, D. Mandrus, T. Valla, P.D. Johnson Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM |
U16.00013: Application of Projective QMC to LDA+DMFT calculations for LiV$_2$O$_4$ Ryotaro Arita, Karsten Held, Alexey Lukoyanov, Vladimir Anisimov Preview Abstract |
Session U17: Polymer Surfaces
Sponsoring Units: DPOLYChair: Vivek Prabhu, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 102
Session U18: Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Single Molecules and Nanoparticles
Sponsoring Units: DCPChair: David Nesbitt, University of Colorado
Room: Colorado Convention Center 103
Session U19: Focus Session: Ultrafast Dynamics using X-rays and Electrons I
Sponsoring Units: DCPChair: Dwayne Miller, University of Toronto
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104
Session U20: History of Physics; General Physics
Sponsoring Units: FHPChair: Catherine Westfall, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 105
Session U21: Focus Session: General Theory: Density Functional Theory and Beyond
Sponsoring Units: DCOMPChair: Eric Shirley, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 106
Session U22: Focus Session: Friction
Sponsoring Units: GSNP DMPChair: Elisa Riedo, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 108
Session U23: Low-D Metals and Responses
Sponsoring Units: DCMPChair: Rongying Jin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 110
Session U24: Phase Transitions in Polymeric Systems I
Sponsoring Units: DPOLYChair: Alamgir Karim, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 201
Session U25: Organic Field-Effect Transistors
Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DMPChair: Lynn Loo, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Colorado Convention Center 203
Session U26: Focus Session: Charge Transport in Nanostructures I
Sponsoring Units: DCPChair: Troy van Voorhis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205
Session U27: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience VII-Reactions on Surfaces and Nanostructures
Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMPChair: Hai-ping Cheng, University of Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center 301
Session U28: Focus Session: Graphene IV
Sponsoring Units: DMPChair: Barbaros Qezyilmaz, Columbia University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 302
Session U29: Suspensions and Fluid Dynamics
Sponsoring Units: DFDChair: Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Yale University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 303
Session U30: Focus Session: Fluid Dynamics of Animal Motion
Sponsoring Units: DFDChair: Meredith Betterton, University of Colorado
Room: Colorado Convention Center 304
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
U30.00001: Modeling Bodies Locomoting through Fluids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM |
U30.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM |
U30.00003: Swimming in a viscoelastic fluid Eric Lauga Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM |
U30.00004: A Model for the Viscous Synchronization of Bacterial Flagella Qian Bian, Leila Setayeshgar, Thomas R. Powers, Kenneth Breuer Preview Abstract | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM |
U30.00005: The mechanics of slithering David Hu, John Bush, Michael Shelley Preview Abstract |
Session U31: Supersolids Theory
Sponsoring Units: DCMPChair: Stratos Manousakis, Florida State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401
Session U32: Focus Session: Novel Phases in Quantum Gases
Sponsoring Units: DAMOPChair: Charles Clark, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402
Session U33: Quantum Algorithms, Simulation, and Error Correction
Sponsoring Units: GQIChair: Ian Durham, Saint Anselm College
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403
Session U34: Focus Session: Non-equilibrium Fluctuations in Biomolecules
Sponsoring Units: DBPChair: Ioan Kosztin, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Room: Colorado Convention Center 404
Session U35: Focus Session: Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Migration II
Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP DPOLYChair: Arpita Upadhyaya, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center 405
Session U38: Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy III: High Frequency and Probe Characterization
Sponsoring Units: GIMSChair: Eric Hudson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 501
Session U39: Focus Session: Emerging Research Devices and Materials for the Microelectronics Industry II
Sponsoring Units: FIAPChair: Victoria Soghomonian, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 502
Session U40: Semiconductors: Defects and Impurities
Sponsoring Units: FIAPChair: Chris G. Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503
Session U42: Nitrides, Carbides, Oxides: Surfaces and Properties
Sponsoring Units: DCMPChair: Phil Cohen, University of Minnesota
Room: Colorado Convention Center 505
Session U43: Optical Properties of Quantum Well Systems
Sponsoring Units: DCMPChair: Sergio Ulloa, Ohio University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 506
Session U44: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Metallic Nanostructures: Theory
Sponsoring Units: DMPChair: Alexander Govorov, Ohio University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 507
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