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Session U1: RNA Folding at the Crossroads Between Molecular Biology and Statistical Physics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: 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 DCMP
Chair: 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: DCMP
Chair: 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 DBP
Chair: 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: FIAP
Chair: 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 DCP
Chair: 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 FEd
Chair: 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: DMP
Chair: John Wei, University of Toronto
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1C

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U8.00001: Triplet superconductivity and the long-range proximity effect in superconductor/half-metallic ferromagnet systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U8.00002: Odd-frequency pairing in superconducting heterostructures . A.A. Golubov, Y. Tanaka, T. Yokoyama, Y. Asano Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U8.00003: Phase Diagram and Thermodynamic Properties of Layered Ferromagnet-Superconductor Nanostructures Paul H. Barsic, Oriol T. Valls Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U8.00004: Transition Temperature Shifts in Asymmetric FSF Multilayers Paul Cadden-Zimansky, J. Samuel Jiang, John Pearson, Yaroslaw Bazaliy, Sam Bader Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U8.00005: Conductance spectra of ferromagnetic superconductors Jacob Linder, Martin Gronsleth, Asle Sudbo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U8.00006: Derivation of the Ginzburg-Landau equations of a ferromagnetic $p$-wave superconductor Eskil Dahl, Asle Sudbo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U8.00007: Nearly ferromagnetic superconductors Dietrich Belitz, Qi Li, Ted Kirkpatrick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U8.00008: Anisotropic Pauli depairing effects and field-induced nodal excitations in superconductors without inversion symmetry Satoshi Fujimoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U8.00009: Superconducting properties and the Fermi surface in noncentrosymmetric CeRhSi$_3$ T. Terashima, T. Yamaguchi, T. Matsumoto, S. Uji, N. Kimura, T. Komatsubara, H. Aoki, H. Harima Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U8.00010: Surface states in non-centrosymmetric superconductors Anton Vorontsov, Ilya Vekhter, Matthias Eschrig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U8.00011: Magnetic penetration depth in noncentrosymmetric Re$_3$W Yuri Zuev, Valentina Kuznetsova, James Thompson, David Christen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U8.00012: Helical and stripe vortex phases in non-centrosymmetric superconductors Zhichao Zheng, Daniel Agterberg, Raminder Kaur Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U8.00013: Superconducting properties of noncentrosymmetric Mg$_{10}$Ir$_{19}$B$_{16}$ Tomasz Klimczuk, Robert J. Cava, Joe D. Thompson Preview Abstract

Session U9: Superconductivity: Squid Instruments

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Mike Osofsky, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1D

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U9.00001: Closing the Quantum Metrological Triangle M. Paalanen, A. Kemppinen, A. Manninen, A. Satrapinski, J. Hassel, P. Helisto, A.O. Niskanen, Heikki Seppa, P. Hakonen, Mikko Mottonen, Jukka Pekola, Juha Vartiainen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U9.00002: A low-field SQUID MRI system: design, performance and characterization. Byeong Ho Eom, Konstantin Penanen, Inseob Hahn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U9.00003: Optimization of sensing coil geometry for low-field SQUID MRI and MEG. Konstantin Penanen, Byeong Ho Eom, Inseob Hahn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U9.00004: Noise Temperature of the Microstrip SQUID Amplifier with Cooling Fins Darin Kinion, John Clarke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U9.00005: Cavity Josephson Bifurcation Amplifier: an improved microwave readout for a superconducting qubit Michael Metcalfe, Etienne Boaknin, Vladimir Manucharyan, rajamani Vijayaraghavan, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U9.00006: Symmetry of Charge and Thermal Transport in Andreev Interferometers Jeff Weiss, Philippe Jacquod Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U9.00007: Few quasiparticle dynamics with a single-Cooper-pair transistor. Nadia Court, Andrew Ferguson, Robert Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U9.00008: High Frequency Flux Sampling SQUID Microscope C.P. Vlahacos, J. Matthews, S.P. Kwon, F.C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U9.00009: Fast NDE of Superconducting Magnet Wires using a Flow-Through SQUID Microscope with Coaxial Current Injection J. Matthews, F.C. Wellstood, H. Weinstock Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U9.00010: A three-junction single electron transistor as a diffusive, high-speed thermometer: Experiment and simulation Loren Swenson, D.K. Wood, A.N. Cleland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U9.00011: Ultra-Sensitive Hot-Electron Detectors of IR/sub-mm Radiation Wei Jian, David Olaya, Sergey Pereverzev, Michael Gershenson, Boris Karasik, Andrew Sergeev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U9.00012: Microwave Techniques for SQUID Multiplexing John Mates, Kent Irwin, Leila Vale, Gene Hilton, Konrad Lehnert, Manuel Castellanos-Beltran Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U9.00013: Superconducting Tunnel Junctions as Submillimeter Direct Detectors John Teufel, Minghao Shen, Luigi Frunzio, Daniel Prober, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U9.00014: Single Crystal Superconducting Bolometric Photon Detector Kevin Inderhees, Paul Welander, James Eckstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U9.00015: Ultra-high resolution alpha particle spectroscopy using cryogenic microcalorimeters R. D. Horansky, J. N. Ullom, J. B. Beall, W. B. Doriese, W. D. Duncan, L. Ferreira, G. C. Hilton, K. D. Irwin, C. D. Reintsema, L. Vale, M. W. Rabin, A.S. Hoover, S. P. Lamont, C. R. Rudy Preview Abstract

Session U10: Charge Density Waves and 1D Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Weiqiang Yu, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1E

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U10.00001: A Kadanoff-Wilson renormalization group analysis of half-filled one-dimensional quantum electron-phonon models Hassan Bakrim, Claude Bourbonnais Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U10.00002: Small Bipolarons in the anisotropic 2-dimensional Holstein-Hubbard model. Jun Zhou, Jerome Dorignac, David Campbell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U10.00003: Fermi surface pockets and Luttinger sum rule in low-dimensional systems Christophe Berthod, Thierry Giamarchi, Silke Biermann, Antoine Georges Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U10.00004: Does nesting really cause Charge Density Waves? Michelle Johannes, Igor Mazin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U10.00005: The pseudogap phase in (TaSe$_4$)$_2$I Andras Vanyolos, Balazs Dora, Attila Virosztek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U10.00006: Charge density wave formation and physical properties of $R_{2}$Te$_{5}$ ($R$=Nd, Gd) compounds K.Y. Shin, N. Ru., M.F. Toney, I.R. Fisher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U10.00007: Effect of Chemical Pressure on the Charge Density Wave Transition in Rare-earth Tritellurides $R$Te$_3$ N. Ru, G. Y. Margulis, K. Y. Shin, M. F. Toney, I. R. Fisher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U10.00008: High-resolution STM imaging and spectroscopy of Cu$_{x}$TiSe$_{2}$ Dale Kitchen, Kenjiro K. Gomes, Abhay Pasupathy, Aakash Pushp, Pedram Roushan, Emilia Morosan, Robert J. Cava, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U10.00009: STM Studies of the CDW System TbTe$_3$ Alan Fang, Zhanybek Alpichshev, Nancy Ru, Ian Fisher, Aharon Kapitulnik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U10.00010: APRES study of a complex charge density wave material Gd$_{2}$Te$_{5}$ Ruihua He, Kyungyun Shin, Hong Yao, Jude Laverock, Stephen Dugdale, Nancy Ru, Donghui Lu, Worawat Meevasana, Steve Kivelson, Ian Fisher, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U10.00011: Electronic Structure and CDW Physics in LaTe$_{2}$ using ARPES Daniel Garcia, Gey-Hong Gweon, Shuyun Zhou, Jeff Graf, Chris Jozwiak, Myung-Hwa Jung, Yong Seung Kwon, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U10.00012: Doping (x)- and pressure-dependence of the CDW state in Cu$_{x}$TiSe$_{2}$ using inelastic light scattering Harini Barath, Minjung Kim, S.L. Cooper, Emilia Morosan, R.J. Cava Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U10.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U10.00014: CDW dynamics in NbSe$_3$ probed by $^{93}$Nb NMR S. Suh, P. Monceau, W. G. Clark, R. E. Thorne, S. E. Brown Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U10.00015: Transmission Electron Microscopy of Charge Density Wave Transitions of rare-earth transition-metal silicide R$_{5}$Ir$_{4}$Si$_{10}$ (R=Dy, Ho). C.H. Chen, C.M. Tseng, H.D. Yang Preview Abstract

Session U12: Focus Session: Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: George Kioseoglou, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U12.00001: High Curie temperature ferromagnetism in self-organized GeMn nanocolumns. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U12.00002: Dopant segregation and giant magnetoresistance in manganese-doped germanium A.P. Li, C. Zeng, K. van Benthem, M.F. Chisholm, J. Shen, S.V.S. Nageswara Rao, S.K. Dixit, L.C. Feldman, A.G. Petukhov, M. Foygel, H.H. Weitering Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U12.00003: Ferromagnetism in Mn doped Ge thin films Jiani Yu, Jiwei Lu, Kevin West, Li He, Robert Hull, Stu Wolf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U12.00004: Effects of complementary doping of transition metals into Ge epitaxial films Brian Collins, Liang He, Frank Tsui, Yuncheng Zhong, Stefan Vogt, Yong Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U12.00005: Dopant-assisted Concentration Enhancement of Substitutional Mn in Si and Ge Wenguang Zhu, Zhenyu Zhang, Efthimios Kaxiras Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U12.00006: Interstitial Mn in Si: half-metallic heterostructures studied by density-functional theory Peter Kratzer, Hua Wu, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U12.00007: Ge-Based Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor films on Si Zuoming Zhao, Xiaoyu Zhou, Kang L. Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U12.00008: Local moment and interaction of manganese moment in amorphous silicon thin films Li Zeng, Frances Hellman, Robert Culbertson, Rafiqul Islam, David Smith, Erik Helgren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U12.00009: Spin waves in Mn-doped Si: exchange interactions from first-principles calculations G. Rao and J. E. Raynolds College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany, State University of New York Gayathri Rao, James Raynolds Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U12.00010: Controlling magnetic, magnetotransport and optical properties of Al codoped Zn-Co-O thin films Plamen Stamenov, M. Venkatesan, L. Dorneles, J.M.D. Coey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U12.00011: Electrical transport and magnetic properties of sputtered Co-doped indium-tin oxide films Jolanta Stankiewicz, Francisco Villuendas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U12.00012: Investigation of Mn incorporation on GaN(0001) by spin-polarized STM Yun Qi, M. Weinert, L. Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U12.00013: Electrical manipulation of non-volatile spin cell based on diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum dots Ki Wook Kim Preview Abstract

Session U13: Focus Session: Maganites, Titanates, & Vanadates

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

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U13.00001: Combining DFT and Many-body Methods to Understand Correlated Materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U13.00002: Additional evidence for complex 2-site polarons in CMR manganites. Frank Bridges, Geza Kurczveil, Lisa Downward, John J. Neumeier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U13.00003: Magnetic mapping of phase separated manganite films Casey Israel, Diana Sanchez, Takeshi Kasama, Rafal Dunin-Borkowski, Neil Mathur, Tien-Ming Chuang, Alex de Lozanne Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U13.00004: Observation of Nanoscale Electronic Phase Separation and Charge Density Wave in Manganites Jeehoon Kim, Junwei Huang, Alex de Lozanne, J. S. Zhou, J. B. Goodenough Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U13.00005: Susceptibility imaging of a weakly disordered manganite in high magnetic field Weida Wu, Casey Israel, Alex de Lozanne, Namjung Hur, Soonyong Park, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U13.00006: Evidences for Metal-Insulator Phase Coexistence Below Tc in Self-doped Manganite Films Peng Gao, Trevor A. Tyson, Michael Deleon, Catherine Dubourdieu, Zhenxian Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U13.00007: Phase-segregated Glass Formation Linked to Long-Range Strain using Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy Peter Sharma, S. El-Khatib, I. Mihut, J. B. Betts, A. Migliori, S. B. Kim, S. Guha, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U13.00008: Raman scattering studies of field- and temperature-dependent melting of charge order in La$_{0.25}$Pr$_{0.375}$Ca$_{0.375}$MnO$_{3}$ and La$_{0.5}$Ca$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$ Minjung Kim, H. Barath, S.L. Cooper, M. Rubhausen, S.W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U13.00009: Optical study of Nd$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$ thin films on SrTiO$_{3}$ Seung Yup Jang, M.W. Kim, K.W. Kim, T.W. Noh, N. Nakagawa, H.Y. Hwang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U13.00010: Phase diagram for Bi1-xCaxMnO3 (x $<$ 0.5) Yuhai Qin, Trevor Tyson, Sang-Wook Cheong, Xiaonong Xu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U13.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U13.00012: Investigation of the local Mn-O distortions in the concentration-induced Metal/Insulator transition materials, La$_{1-x}$ Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ (x= 0.16-0.22) using EXAFS. Yu Jiang, Lisa Downward, Frank Bridges, John Neumeier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U13.00013: Temperature- and field-dependent far-infrared studies of (La$_{0.4}$Pr$_{0.6}$)$_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ films Naveen Margankunte, Tara. P. Dhakal, Alexandre Zimmers, D.J. Arenas, Y.J. Wang, Amlan Biswas, D.B. Tanner Preview Abstract

Session U14: Focus Session: Magnetization Dynamics and Half Metals

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: John Freeland, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4D

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U14.00001: Theoretical limit of the minimal magnetization switching field and the shape of a field pulse for minimal reversal time of Stoner particles X.R. Wang, Z.Z. Sun Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U14.00002: Coupled Precession Modes in Indirect Exchanged-Coupled Thin Films Steven Michalski, Jian Zhou, Bob Buckley, Ralph Skomski, Roger Kirby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U14.00003: Frequency-dependent magnetization response of CoFe thin film Mingqiang Bao, Alexander Khitun, Jooyoung Lee, Kang L. Wang, Ajey P. Jacob Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U14.00004: Vortex Dynamics Imaged by Time-Resolved Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U14.00005: Highly-coherent magnetic vortex oscillations driven by a dc spin-polarized current V.S. Pribiag, G.D. Fuchs, P.M. Braganca, O. Ozatay, J.C. Sankey, D.C. Ralph, R.A. Buhrman, I.N. Krivorotov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U14.00006: Driven dynamic mode-splitting of magnetic vortices Kristen Buchanan, Marcos Grimsditch, Frank Fradin, Sam Bader, Val Novosad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U14.00007: Electronic and magnetic properties of the La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ interface from first principles calculations Hand Zenia, Gillian Gehring, Walter Temmerman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U14.00008: Heusler Alloys for CPP-GMR C. Culbert, M. Williams, M. Chshiev, P. LeClair, W. H. Butler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U14.00009: Spin Polarization and Spin Transport in Co-based Heusler alloys Muhammad M. Faiz, Raghava P. Panguluri, Sabine Wurmehl, Claudia Felser, Boris Nadgorny Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U14.00010: A magneto-optical study of Heusler alloy Co$_{2}$MnGe films grown on Ge(111) substrates Pranaba Muduli, Wil Rice, Brian Collins, Liang He, Frank Tsui Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U14.00011: The electronic band structure of CoS$_{2}$ Ning Wu, Yaroslav Losovyj, David Wisbey, Kirill Belashchenko, Wai-Ning Mei, Michael Manno, Lan Wang, Chris Leighton, Peter Dowben Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U14.00012: Spin polarization of the ferromagnetic semimetal EuB$_{6}$ Xiaohang Zhang, Stephan von Molnar, Peng Xiong, Zach Fisk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U14.00013: Sharp switching of the magnetization in Fe$_{1/4}$TaS$_{2}$ Emilia Morosan, Henny Zandbergen, Lu Li, Minhyea Lee, Joseph Checkelsky, Michael Heinrich, Theo Siegrist, N. Phuan Ong, Robert Cava Preview Abstract

Session U15: Focus Session: 1D Quantum Magnetism

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

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U15.00001: Dynamical Structure Factors of quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnets Rob Hagemans, Jean-S\'ebastien Caux, Jean Michel Maillet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U15.00002: Dynamical spin structure factor for the anisotropic spin-1/2 chain Rodrigo G. Pereira, Jesko Sirker, Jean-Sebastien Caux, Rob Hagemans, Jean Michel Maillet, Steve White, Ian Affleck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U15.00003: Bound magnon states in the frustrated ferromagnetic 1D chain Lars Kecke, Tsutomu Momoi, Akira Furusaki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U15.00004: High Frequency Electron Paramagnetic Resonance studies of NiCl$_{2}$-4SC(NH$_{2})_{2}$ Sung Su Kim, S. Hill, P. Sengupta, V.S. Zapf, R. Mcdonald, M. Jaime, C.D. Batista, S. Tozer, A. Paduan-Filho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U15.00005: Magnetic Excitations in the Spin-1 Anisotropic Heisenberg Antiferromagnetic Chain System NiCl$_2$-4SC(NH$_2$)$_2$ Sergei Zvyagin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U15.00006: Far-infrared study of gapped spin excitations in the chains of Sr$_{14}$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$ Dan Huvonen, U. Nagel, T. Room, P. Haas, B. Gorshunov, M. Dressel, Y.-J. Wang, J. Akimitsu, T. Sasaki, T. Nagata Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U15.00007: Quasi one-dimensional magnetism driven by unusual orbital ordering in CuSb$_2$O$_6$ Helge Rosner, Deepa Kasinathan, Klaus Koepernik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U15.00008: Interplay of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya and magnetic field in a one dimensional spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain Jianmin Sun, Suhas Gangadharaiah, Oleg Starykh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U15.00009: Oxygen hole-doping effects on magnetic properties of the spin-chain system Ca$_{2+x}$Y$_{2-x}$Cu$_5$O$_{10-\delta}$ Keeseong Park, Theodore Cackowski, John Markert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U15.00010: Anomalous Curie response of an impurity in a quantum critical spin-$1/2$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet Kaj H{\"o}glund, Anders Sandvik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U15.00011: Thermal response functions for 1D strongly correlated electron systems Michael R. Peterson, Jan O. Haerter, B. Sriram Shastry Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U15.00012: Quantum Monte Carlo study of a spin-Peierls model in a magnetic field Jeongpil Song, R.T. Clay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U15.00013: Magnetic field dependence of spin-forbidden electronic excitations reflects the Haldane or paramagnetic ground state V.C. Long, J.R. Montague, A.C. Kozen, X. Wei, B.R. Landry, K.R. Pearson, M.M. Turnbull, C.P. Landee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U15.00014: Spin waves in LiCu$_{2}$O$_{2}$ and NaCu$_{2}$O$_{2}$: far-infrared study in magnetic field. T. Room, D. Huvonen, U. Nagel, Y.J. Choi, C.L. Zhang, S. Park, S.-W. Cheong, M. Mostovoy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U15.00015: Magnetic anisotropy of doped (Fe, Mn, Cr) NbSe$_{2}$ A. F. Isakovic Preview Abstract

Session U16: Correlated Electrons: Heavy Fermions, Kondo Lattice, and f-electron Systems

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: 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: DPOLY
Chair: Vivek Prabhu, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 102

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U17.00001: Forces between polyelectrolyte brushes in various ionic environments Matthew Tirrell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U17.00002: Evolution of Polymer Brush Dynamics by X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy. Pinar Akcora, Suresh Narayanan, Pappannan Thiyagarajan, Linda Schadler, Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U17.00003: Nanoparticle decoration overlayer for producing a surface enhanced Raman scattering spectrum of a pre-existing polymer surface. Bettina Roan, Thomas Furtak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U17.00004: Dewetting of a Polymer Melt on a Chemically Identical Brush Ophelia Tsui, Xueyun Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U17.00005: Probing Molecular Mobility at the PNIPAM Brush Surface Jiang Zhao, Wei Wang, Shengqin Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U17.00006: Influence of entropic configurational effects on the surface tension of symmetric star polymers Zhenyu Qian, Venkatachala Minnikanti, Lynden Archer, Bryan Sauer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U17.00007: Contact Properties of Surface Modified Elastomeric Membranes and the Recognition of Specific Interactions David A. Brass, Kenneth R. Shull Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U17.00008: Photoresponsive Polymer Surfaces Spiros H. Anastasiadis, M.I. Lygeraki, K. Lakiotaki, M. Varda, A. Athanassiou, M. Farsari, C. Fotakis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U17.00009: Learning from the Venus Flytrap: A Biomimetic Responsive Interface Douglas P. Holmes, Alfred J. Crosby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U17.00010: ``Smart'' Surfaces of Diblock Copolymer Brushes Dong Meng, Qiang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U17.00011: Polymers containing azobenzene as photo-mechanical materials. Christopher Barrett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U17.00012: Light-directed Control of Macromolecule Organization on a Surface Gregory Carroll, Jeffrey Koberstein, Nicholas Turro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U17.00013: High-speed, sub-15 nm feature size thermochemical nanolithography Elisa Riedo, Robert Szoszkiewicz, Takashi Okada, Simon Jones, Tai-De Li, William King, Seth Marder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U17.00014: In-Plane Ordering in Diblock Copolymer Brushes. Bulent Akgun, Gokce Ugur, William J. Brittain, Mark D. Foster, Xuefa Li, Jin Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U17.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session U18: Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Single Molecules and Nanoparticles

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: David Nesbitt, University of Colorado
Room: Colorado Convention Center 103

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U18.00001: Single-Molecule Spectroscopic Investigations of RNA Structural Dynamics Julie L. Fiore, David J. Nesbitt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U18.00002: Addressed Grids for Single-Nanoparticle Studies W.D. Tennyson, C.E. Allen, D.S. Hartnett, M.E. Curtis, A.R. Dedigama, D.J. Wasielewski, M.D. McCutchen, D.H. Dahanayaka, M.B. Johnson, L.A. Bumm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U18.00003: Effect of Environment on Single-Photochromic-Molecule Satoshi Yokojima, Yasutaka Fujiu, Masanori Tachikawa, Jun-Wei Shen, Qi Gao, Paul Tchoupe, Takao Kobayashi, Akinori Murakami, Mitsuru Yoneyama, Katsuya Kanda, Shinichiro Nakamura, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, Tuyoshi Fukaminato, Masahiro Irie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U18.00004: Single-molecule fluorescence quenching near small nanoparticles V. N. Pustovit, T. V. Shahbazyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U18.00005: Atomic-Scale Coupling of Photons to Single-Molecule Junctions Shiwei Wu, Naoki Ogawa, Wilson Ho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U18.00006: Energy Spectra of Individual Gold Monolayer Protected Clusters Measured by Single Electron Tunneling Force Microscopy Ning Zheng, Jon Johnson, Gangli Wang, Clayton Williams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U18.00007: On the reactivity of neutral metal oxide clusters in the gas phase: Detection through 118 nm single photon ionization Sheng-Gui He, Yan Xie, Elliot Bernstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U18.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U18.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U18.00010: Structures and energetics of hydrocarbon molecules in the full hydrogen chemical potential range Yongxin Yao, Tzu-Liang Chan, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Kai-Ming Ho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U18.00011: Structural evolution of Au nanoclusters: From planar to cage to tubular motifs Bokwon Yoon, Xiaopeng Xing, Uzi Landman, Joel H. Parks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U18.00012: Bulk Quantities of Noble Gas Nanoclusters with Five-Fold Symmetry Stabilized in Superfulid Helium V. Kiryukhin, E.P. Bernard, V.V. Khmelenko, R.E. Boltnev, D.M. Lee, N.V. Krainyukova Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U18.00013: Support-induced Catalytic Activity of Gold Nanocluster Chun Zhang, Bokwon Yoon, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U18.00014: The Electronic Structure of Diamondoids: When does a Molecule Become a Nanoparticle? Trevor Willey, Christoph Bostedt, T. Moller, J. E. Dahl, S. G. Liu, R. M. K. Carlson, T. van Buuren, R. W. Meulenberg, E. Nelson, L. J. Terminello Preview Abstract

Session U19: Focus Session: Ultrafast Dynamics using X-rays and Electrons I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Dwayne Miller, University of Toronto
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U19.00001: Ultrafast X-ray Science at SLAC and LCLS Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U19.00002: Ultrafast lattice dynamics in laser-excited solids probed with femtosecond X-ray diffraction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U19.00003: Non-Thermal Liquid Formation Dynamics Studied with Ultrafast Diffuse X-Ray Scattering Kelly Gaffney, Christian Blome, Simon Engemann, David Fritz, Patrick Hillyard, Jorgen Larsson, Aaron Lindenberg, Matthieu Nicoul, David Reis, Klaus Sokolowski-Tinten, Jerry Hastings Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U19.00004: Laser-induced phonon-phonon interaction in bismuth Martin Garcia, Eeuwe Zijlstra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U19.00005: Magnetic field effects on ultrafast lattice compression dynamics of Si(111) crystal when excited by linearly-polarized femtosecond laser pulses Koji Hatanaka, Hideho Odaka, Kimitoshi Ono, Hiroshi Fukumura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U19.00006: X-ray studies of acoustic vibrations from semiconductor superlattices. Mariano Trigo, Yu-Miin Sheu, David Reis, Roberto Merlin, Matthew Reason, Rachel Goldman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U19.00007: Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction Study of Potential Energy Surface Evolution in InSb Under Intense Laser Excitation Patrick Hillyard, Kelly Gaffney, Aaron Lindenberg, Simon Engemann, David Reis, Aniruddha Deb, Drew Meyer, Jerome Hastings Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U19.00008: Transient Lattice Deformation in Laser-Irradiated Semiconductor Studied by Picosecond Time-Resolved X-ray Diffraction Kazutaka Nakamura, Hiroaki KIshimura, Yoichiro Hironaka, Ken-ichi Kondo, Toshiyuki Atoh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U19.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U19.00010: Ultrafast Photoinduced Solid State Phase Transitions Probed by Femtosecond Electron Diffraction R. Ernstorfer, M. Harb, C.T. Hebeisen, T. Dartigalongue, R.E. Jordan, G. Sciaini, R.J.D. Miller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U19.00011: Ultrafast Time-resolved Electron Diffraction with Megavolt Electron Beams Jerome Hastings, Fedor Rudakov, David Dowell, John Schmerge, Stephen Gierman, Peter Weber Preview Abstract

Session U20: History of Physics; General Physics

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Catherine Westfall, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 105

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:24AM		U20.00001: Compartmentalization of Science, Power and Social Responsibility as exemplified in the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Willem Van De Merwe, Todd Ream Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:48AM		U20.00002: The English Revision of The Blegdamsvej Faust Karen Keck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:12AM		U20.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:36AM		U20.00004: A 18$^{th}$ century thermometer recipe: The begin of experimental physics courses in Guadalajara, M\'{e}xico? Durruty Jesus de Alba Martinez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 10:00AM		U20.00005: Historical perspectives on respiratory fluid dynamics and flow phenomena deep in the lung Josue Sznitman, Akira Tsuda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U20.00006: Sustainability and the Use of Non Renewable Resource, Australia as an Example Albert A. Bartlett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U20.00007: Dynamics of the 1,n compound pendulum John Starrett, John Korbin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U20.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U20.00009: myADS-arXiv: A fully customized, open access virtual journal Michael Kurtz, Guenther Eichhorn, Edwin Henneken, Alberto Accomazzi, Carolyn Grant, Donna Thompson, Elizabeth Bohlen, Stephen Murray Preview Abstract

Session U21: Focus Session: General Theory: Density Functional Theory and Beyond

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Eric Shirley, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 106

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U21.00001: Berry phase effects on electronic properties Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U21.00002: Local and non-local vertex corrections in GW for extended and localized systems Martin Stankovski, Andrew Morris, Benjamin Robinson, Rex Godby, Kris Delaney, Patrick Rinke, Ulf von Barth, Carl-Olof Almbladh, Pablo Garc\'Ia-Gonz\'alez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U21.00003: GW Calculations Starting from Generalized Kohn-Sham Schemes Frank Fuchs, J{\"u}rgen Furth{\"u}ller, Friedhelm Bechstedt, Maxim Shishkin, Georg Kresse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U21.00004: The GW space-time formalism at finite temperatures Matthieu Verstraete, Christoph Freysoldt, Patrick Rinke, Rex Godby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U21.00005: $GW$ study of f-shell systems Mark van Schilfgaarde, Athanasios N. Chantis, Takao Kotani, Robert C. Albers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U21.00006: Exact-exchange based quasiparticle energy calculations applied to (transition) metal nitrides: ScN, InN and more P. Rinke, M. Scheffler, A. Qteish, J. Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U21.00007: Electron Correlation Effects And The Electronic Structures of Perovskite Ruthenates SrTi1-xRuxO3 Pao-An Lin, T.Y. Chang, Horng-Tay Jeng, Chen-Shiung Hsue Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U21.00008: \textit{Ab initio} calculations of intrinsic and extrinsic losses in x-ray spectra J. Kas, M. Prange, J. J. Rehr, L. W. Campbell, J. A. Soininen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U21.00009: Reciprocal space calculations of EELS and XAS spectra without the supercell Kevin Jorissen, John Rehr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U21.00010: Real space, real time approach for linear and non-linear optical response of nano-scale molecules Yoshinari Takimoto, Fernando Vila, John Rehr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U21.00011: Assigning Spectral Features in Excitonic Spectra Eric L. Shirley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U21.00012: A generalized Sham-Schl\"uter equation: the link between nonlocality and frequency dependence Matteo Gatti, Valerio Olevano, Lucia Reining, Ilya V. Tokatly Preview Abstract

Session U22: Focus Session: Friction

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DMP
Chair: Elisa Riedo, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 108

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U22.00001: Fundamental aspects of energy dissipation in friction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U22.00002: A nanotribology study of self-mated \textit{vs.} unmated interfaces and local packing density effects for octadecyltrichlorosilane monolayers and silicon Erin Flater, W. Robert Ashurst, Robert Carpick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U22.00003: Dynamical noise and avalanches in quasi-static plastic flow of amorphous solids Ana\"el Lema\^{\i}tre, Christiane Caroli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U22.00004: Dynamics of Phononic Dissipation at the Atomic Scale Haldun Sevincli, Soma Mukhopadhay, R. Tugrul Senger, Salim Ciraci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U22.00005: Friction and Viscous Forces in Sub-Nanometer Water Films Tai-De Li, Elisa Riedo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U22.00006: Friction Reduction Using Self-Assembled Hydrogels Michael J. Mackel, Julia A. Kornfield Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U22.00007: High velocity sliding at a compressed Al(111)/Al(100) interface J. E. Hammerberg, R. Ravelo, T.C. Germann, B.L. Holian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U22.00008: The Dynamics of Precursors to Frictional Sliding Jay Fineberg, Shmuel Rubinstein, Gil Cohen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U22.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U22.00010: Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Frictional Melting Shigenobu Hirose Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U22.00011: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanotribology with Accurate Probe Tip Models Michael Chandross, Christian Lorenz, Gary Grest Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U22.00012: Molecular dynamics studies of friction between bare and oxidized silicon surfaces Woo Kyun Kim, Michael Falk Preview Abstract

Session U23: Low-D Metals and Responses

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Rongying Jin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 110

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U23.00001: Internal friction of a one micron thick silver film between 1 mK and 1 K Andrew Fefferman, R. O. Pohl, J. M. Parpia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U23.00002: Thermal Expansion and Specific Heat of some BeCu Alloys J.C. Cooley, J.C. Lashley, T.J. Tucker, W.L. Hults, S.J. Tracy, G.M. Schmiedeshoff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U23.00003: Optical properties of Al at shock-melt conditions Lorin X. Benedict, John E. Klepeis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U23.00004: Ultrafast Extreme Ultraviolet Holography: Dynamic Measurement of Surface Deformation Mark Siemens, Oren Cohen, Qing Li, Margaret Murnane, Henry Kapteyn, Ra'anan Tobey, Keith Nelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U23.00005: Resonant mapping of image states on metal surfaces using tunable femtosecond light Kevin Knox, Mehmet Yilmaz, Nader Zaki, Jerry Dadap, Richard Osgood, Peter Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U23.00006: Scattering of an Incident Beam by a Magnetic Structure using FDTD. Miguel A. Alvarez-Cabanillas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U23.00007: Measurement of the resonance shift in the radar backscattering cross section of thick stainless steel fibers at 35 GHz Sharhabeel Alyones, Charles Bruce Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U23.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U23.00009: Plasmon Vibrational Delocalization in 1D Disordered Wigner Lattices Shimul Akhanjee, Joseph Rudnick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U23.00010: Evidence of Electron-Plasmon Coupling in Single Crystal Bismuth Riccardo Tediosi, N. Peter Armitage, Enrico Giannini, Dirk van der Marel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U23.00011: Electromagnetic Contribution to Enhanced Raman Scattering from a Metal Nanoshell Dimer Ke Zhao, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U23.00012: Convective Atom Transport as a Modifier of Near-Surface Alloy Composition Yong W. Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U23.00013: Effects of Zr Doping on the Oxidation of Low-index Crystal Surfaces of Single Crystal beta-Nickel Aluminum Serif Uran, Marcos Grimsditch, Boyd Veal, Paul Paulikas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U23.00014: Electronic structure of ultrathin films of Co on Cu(775) stepped surfaces using high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy Shancai Wang, Jerry Dadap, Mehmet Yilmaz, Kevin Knox, Nader Zaki, Richard Osgood, Tonica Valla, Peter Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U23.00015: Oxidation of Pt (100) surface: Ab initio studies Eunja Kim, David Stucke, Tao Pang Preview Abstract

Session U24: Phase Transitions in Polymeric Systems I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Alamgir Karim, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 201

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U24.00001: Influence of Phase Separation and Shear on the Crystallization of Polyolefin Blends Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U24.00002: Formation of micelles in homopolymer-copolymer mixtures Marcus M{\"u}ller, Anna Cavallo, Kurt Binder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U24.00003: Enhancing the segregation strength of amphiphilic block copolymer melts using selectively associating homopolymers: Well ordered systems from inexpensive components. James Watkins, Vijay Tirumala, Alvin Romang, Eric Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U24.00004: Hexagonal Phases in Rod Coil Block Copolymers Rachel Segalman, Bradley Olsen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U24.00005: Morphological Characteristics and Phase Behavior of Nanoparticle-Modified Block Copolymers Michelle Bowman, Michael Bockstaller, Kim Rasmussen, Jon Samseth, Steven Smith, Russell Thompson, Richard Spontak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U24.00006: Structure and Phase Transition in Sulfonated Block Copolymer Moon Jeong Park, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U24.00007: Symmetry Breaking in Block Copolymer Thin Films Eric Cochran, Gila Stein, Kirill Katsov, Ed Kramer, Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U24.00008: Dewetting and Phase Separation in Thin Film Polymer Blends Nigel Clarke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U24.00009: Shear-Induced Phase Transitions in Ternary Polymer Blends Venkat Ganesan, Bharad Narayanan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U24.00010: Formation of a superlattice in mixtures of block copolymer micelles Sayeed Abbas, Timothy P. Lodge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U24.00011: Phase transitions in block copolymers induced by external fields Marco Pinna, Andrei Zvelindovsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U24.00012: Phase behavior and morphology of high hard block content polyurethanes. Alberto Saiani, Julia S. Higgins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U24.00013: Monte Carlo simulation of self-assembled polymer chains with inter-chain attractions Xinjiang L{\"u}, James Kindt Preview Abstract

Session U25: Organic Field-Effect Transistors

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DMP
Chair: Lynn Loo, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Colorado Convention Center 203

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U25.00001: Intrinsic transport anisotropy in single-crystal FETs on new rubrene derivatives A.F. Stassen, W. Kalb, S. Haas, U. Berens, H.J. Kirner, B. Batlogg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U25.00002: RC Transmission Line Characterization of Organic Thin Film Transistors Daniel Lenski, Adrian Southard, Michael S. Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U25.00003: Eliminating gate bias stress effects in organic field-effect transistors Wolfgang L. Kalb, Thomas Mathis, Simon Haas, Arno F. Stassen, Bertram Batlogg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U25.00004: Field dependent hole transport mobility studies on a select group of conjugated polymers N. C. Heston, B. Wilson, E. M. Galand, D. B. Tanner, J. R. Reynolds Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U25.00005: Electric Field Induced Conductivity of Disorder Driven Anderson Insulator Vladimir Prigodin, Arthur Epstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U25.00006: Device Model for Organic Semiconductor Light-Emitting Field-Effect Transistors Darryl Smith, P. Paul Ruden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U25.00007: Electrostatic Injection of Very Large 2D Charge Carrier Densities to Obtain Metallic Conductivities in Organic Semiconductors Matthew Panzer, C. Daniel Frisbie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U25.00008: Charge mobility of discotic mesophases of hexabenzocoronene derivatives: a multiscale quantum/classical study of the effects of side chain substitution Denis Andrienko, Valentina Marcon, Kurt Kremer, James Kirkpatrick, Jenny Nelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U25.00009: The electronic structure and charge carrier dynamics in organic molecular crystals Na Sai, Zhiqiang Li, Vitaly Podzorov, Michael Martin, Michael Gershenson, Dimitri Basov, Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U25.00010: Analysis of the Injection Efficiency Saturation in Polyfluorene Copolymers David Dunlap, Tianjian Lu, Hon Hang Fong, George Malliaras Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U25.00011: High-resolution electrical characterization of polyaniline/p-type organic semiconductor interfaces in thin-film transistors Kwang Seok Lee, Timothy J. Smith, Chris Zangmeister, Joung Eun Yoo, Keith J. Stevenson, Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U25.00012: Polymer LED interfaces studied with resonant soft x-ray reflectivity. Cheng Wang, B. Watts, T. Araki, H. Ade, A. Hexemer, A. Garcia, T.-Q. Nguyen, G.C. Bazan, K.E. Sohn, E.J. Kramer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U25.00013: Enhanced transport in metallic particle modulated organic field-effect transistors Yu Chen, Masaya Nishioka, Allen Goldman, Yu Xia, Daniel Frisbie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U25.00014: Viewing density of states of the contact in organic thin-film transistors Takeo Minari, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, Tetsuhiko Miyadera, Hiromi Ito, Yoshinobu Aoyagi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U25.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session U26: Focus Session: Charge Transport in Nanostructures I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Troy van Voorhis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U26.00001: Transport in nanoscale systems: hydrodynamics, turbulence, and local electron heating Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U26.00002: Molecular conductance simulations with a `hybrid' DFT-NEGF approach Alexander Prociuk, Barry Dunietz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U26.00003: Local electron heating in nanoscopic conductors Roberto D'Agosta, Na Sai, Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U26.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U26.00005: Electroluminescence from individual CdS/CdSe nanowires contacted by poly(3-hexylthiophene) Kristin Maher, Lian Ouyang, Dong Yu, Yong-Joo Doh, Chun Yu, Hongkun Park Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U26.00006: Photoconductivity and multiple exciton generation in arrays of coupled semiconductor nanoparticles Matthew Beard, Joseph Luther, Kelly Knutsen, Qing Song, Randy Ellingson, Arthur Nozik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U26.00007: Photoconductivity of Nanotapes Self-assembled from meso-Tri(4-sulfonatophenyl)monophenylporphine A. L. Yeats, B. Massare, W. F. Smith, A. D. Schwab, J. C. de Paula, D. E. Johnston, A. T. Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U26.00008: Inelastic electron tunneling -induced light emission from a metal - quantum dot - metal double barrier tunnel junction Antti Makinen, Alan Wan, James Long Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U26.00009: Break-down of the density-of-states description of scanning tunneling spectroscopy in supported metal clusters Martin Garcia, Mario De Menech, Ulf Saalmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:48AM		U26.00010: Measurement of the Conductance of Single Conjugated Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U27: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience VII-Reactions on Surfaces and Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Hai-ping Cheng, University of Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center 301

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U27.00001: Effects of Rh coordination and surface strain on NO dissociation Stefano de Gironcoli, Pushpa Raghani, Prasenjit Ghosh, Shobhana Narasimhan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U27.00002: Bridging the materials gap in catalytic kinetics via first principles coarse-grained kinetic Monte Carlo simulations Altaf Karim, Dion Vlachos Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U27.00003: Formation of Pt nano-islands on Ru(0001) surface: insights from ab initio calculations . Talat S. Rahman, Marisol Alcantara Ortigoza, Sergey Stolbov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U27.00004: First principles studies of CO adsorption and diffusion over Pt nano-islands on Ru(0001) surface Sergey Stolbov, Marisol Ancantara Ortigoza, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U27.00005: Mechanism of the Energy Barrier Formation during Dissociation of Hydrogen Molecule on Mg(0001) Shigeyuki Takagi, Kazuo Tsumuraya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U27.00006: Theoretical study of tunneling spectra of tetramantane on Au(111) surface Emmanouil Kioupakis, Y. Wang, R. Yamachika, X. Lu, M. F. Crommie, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U27.00007: Motion of clusters on complex surfaces Sabri Alkis, Jeffrey Krause, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U27.00008: Effects of water on the reactivity and stability of SiO2 nanostructure. Yao He, Chao Cao, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U27.00009: Enantiospecific adsorption of chiral molecules on chiral Au clusters Ignacio L. Garzon, Xochitl Lopez-Lozano, Luis A. Perez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U27.00010: Spin-dependent electronic structure of transition-metal atomic chains adsorbed on single-wall carbon nanotubes Engin Durgun, Salim Ciraci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U27.00011: \textit{Ab inition }study of adenine and thymine adsorption on carbon nanotubes. Yaroslav Shtogun, Lilia Woods, Galyna Dovbeshko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U27.00012: First-Principle Calculation on Hydrogen Dissociation on Pd-doped CNT Chao Cao, Alexandre Kemper, Yao He, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U27.00013: Dynamics and shape fluctuations of nanosized water pools in reverse micelles Janamejaya Chowdhary, Branka Ladanyi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U27.00014: First-Principles Studies of sila-Diamondoids Steven L. Richardson, Rajendra R. Zope, Tunna Baruah, Mark R. Pederson Preview Abstract

Session U28: Focus Session: Graphene IV

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Barbaros Qezyilmaz, Columbia University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 302

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U28.00001: The advent, and physical properties, of new classes of graphene-based materials Rodney S. Ruoff, Inhwa Jung, Supinda Watcharotone, Geoffrey H. B. Dommett, Eric Zimney, Sasha Stankovich, Richard Piner, Sungjin Park, Dmitriy A. Dikin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U28.00002: The Structure of Suspended Graphene Jannik Meyer, Andre Geim, Mikhail Katsnelson, Kostya Novoselov, Tim Booth, Siegmar Roth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U28.00003: Electrostatic Deposition of Graphene Anton Sidorov, Gamini Sumanasekera, Mehdi Yazdanpanah, Romaneh Jalilian, P. Ouseph, Robert Cohn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U28.00004: Characterization and Patterning of Ultrathin Epitaxial Graphene Grown on 4H-SiC Xuebin Li, Zhimin Song, Michael Sprinkle, Xiaosong Wu, Claire Berger, Walter de Heer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U28.00005: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO P27.00015 Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U28.00006: Structural and mechanical properties of `graphene oxide'-based paper Dmitriy A. Dikin, Eric J. Zimney, Sasha Stankovich, Richard D. Piner, Geoffrey H. B. Dommett, Rodney S. Ruoff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U28.00007: Generation of Carbon Scrolls from Graphene films Humberto Gutierrez, Awnish Gupta, Qiujie Lu, Vincent Crespi, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U28.00008: Mechanism of growth of a graphitic edge in a Carbon Monoxide atmosphere Sujata Paul, Erik E. Santiso, Marco B. Nardelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U28.00009: Boron doped graphene nanoribbons Thiago Martins, Hiroki Miwa, Antonio J.R. da Silva, A. Fazzio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U28.00010: Thermal-closing of holes put in single-graphene sheets of carbon nanotubes depending on its curvatures. Masako Yudasaka, Jin Miyawaki, Ryota Yuge, Takasumi Kawai, Jing Fan, Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U28.00011: Fabrication of graphene nanogaps by electrical breakdown Brian Standley, Emma Schmidgall, Marc Bockrath Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U28.00012: Structural Differences Between Graphite Grown on Si- and C- Terminated Polar Faces of 4H-SiC Joanna Hass, Rui Feng, Xuebin Li, Michael Sprinkle, Claire Berger, Edward Conrad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U28.00013: Graphane: a two-dimensional hydrocarbon Jorge Sofo, Ajay Chaudhari, Greg Barber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U28.00014: Morphology and crack toughness behaviour of PP-MWNT nanocomposites R. Weidisch, M. Ganss, B. K. Satapathy, P. Poetschke, D. Jehnichen, A. Janke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U28.00015: Electron fractionalization in two-dimensional graphene-like structures Chang-Yu Hou, Claudio Chamon, Christopher Mudry Preview Abstract

Session U29: Suspensions and Fluid Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Yale University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 303

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U29.00001: Wall-induced Particle migration in Dilute Suspensions of Spheres in Creeping Flow Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Mauricio Zurita-Gotor, Eligiusz Wajnryb Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U29.00002: Effect of surface roughness on rate-dependent slip in simple fluids. Nikolai Priezjev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U29.00003: Rheology of Deformable Particle Suspensions by Dissipative Particle Dynamics Anuj Chaudhri, Jennifer R. Lukes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U29.00004: Reducing Viscosity of Liquid Suspensions by pulsed electric or magnetic field R. Tao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U29.00005: Microbubbling viscous liquids and suspensions Ketan Pancholi, Mohan Edirisinghe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U29.00006: Non-Newtonian Impact Denis Bartolo, Gregoire Narcy, Daniel Bonn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U29.00007: Spectra of single bubble sonoluminescence from noble gas mixtures Mogens Levinsen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U29.00008: Steady-state structure formation of two-phase flow in porous media. Thomas Ramstad, Alex Hansen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U29.00009: Numerical simulation of flow past an oscillating cylinder beneath a free surface Serpil Kocabiyik, Oleg Gubanov, Larisa Mironova Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U29.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U29.00011: Non-Newtonian behavior of complex plasma fluids Alexei Ivlev, Victor Steinberg, Roman Kompaneets, Gregor Morfill Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U29.00012: Magnetic-Force Enhanced Temperature Gradient Jonathan Fraine, Weili Luo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U29.00013: Dynamics of the Shock Waves Generated by High-Speed Liquid Jets Kyoung-su Im, Seong-Kyun Cheong, Jin Wang, Ming-Chia Lai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U29.00014: Optical tweezer based study of the motion of a sphere in an oscillatory boundary layer Shankar Ghosh, Prerna Sharma, Shobo Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U29.00015: Dynamics of electrorhoelogical(ER) fluids Jianwei Zhang, Chun Liu, Ping Sheng Preview Abstract

Session U30: Focus Session: Fluid Dynamics of Animal Motion

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: 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: DCMP
Chair: Stratos Manousakis, Florida State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U31.00001: Thermodynamic instability of a vacancy gas in solid Helium Lode Pollet, Massimo Boninsegni, Anatoly Kuklov, Nikolay Prokof'ev, Boris Svistunov, Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U31.00002: Superfluidity of Grain Boundaries in Solid $^4$He Nikolay Prokofiev, Lode Pollet, Massimo Boninsegni, Anatoly Kuklov, Boris Svistunov, Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U31.00003: Supersolid is Dirty Jiansheng Wu, Philip Phillips Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U31.00004: Defects and Impurities in Solid $^4$He Keola Wierschem, Efstratios Manousakis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U31.00005: Understanding supersolids Miklos Gulacsi, Andre Stoffel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U31.00006: Field Induced Supersolid Phase in Spin-One Heisenberg Models Pinaki Sengupta, Cristian Batista Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U31.00007: A striped supersolid phase in bosons on the triangular lattice Roger Melko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U31.00008: Theory of Small Para-Hydrogen Clusters: Magic Numbers and Superfluid Sizes Saad Khairallah, Mikhail Sevryuk, David Ceperley, Peter Toennies Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U31.00009: Computer simulations of helium-solvated ions: solid-like versus liquid-like defect structures Stefano Paolini, Francesco Ancilotto, Flavio Toigo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U31.00010: The BCS-BEC crossover in density in GaAs heterostructures for bilayers of electrons and holes with mismatched densities David Neilson, Pierbiagio Pieri, Giancarlo Strinati Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U31.00011: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO S31.00014 Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U31.00012: Possible role of $^3He$ impurities in solid $^4He$ Efstratios Manousakis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U31.00013: Magnetothermoelectric response at a superfluid--Mott insulator transition Miraculous Bhaseen, Andrew Green, Shivaji Sondhi Preview Abstract

Session U32: Focus Session: Novel Phases in Quantum Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Charles Clark, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U32.00001: Cold Atoms on Frustrating Lattices Dagim Tilahun, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U32.00002: Atomtronics: Ultracold atom analogs of electronic circuits and devices Ronald Pepino, Brian Seaman, Murray Holland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U32.00003: Reversible quantum phase dispersion in two-component quantum gases A. Widera, S. Trotzky, P. Cheinet, S. F\"olling, F. Gerbier, I. Bloch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U32.00004: Finite quantal systems -- from semiconductor quantum dots to cold atoms in traps Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U32.00005: Thermal Fluctuations of Vortex Matter in Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates Steinar Kragset, Egor Babaev, Asle Sudbo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U32.00006: Radial and angular rotons in trapped dipolar gases Shai Ronen, Daniele Bortolotti, John Bohn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U32.00007: Cold atoms in time dependent optical lattices I. B. Spielman, B. Brown, P. Lee, N. Lundblad, J. V. Porto, W. D. Phillips Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U32.00008: Topological defects and the 2D superfluid transition in $S=1$ spinor condensates Subroto Mukerjee, Cenke Xu, Joel Moore Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U32.00009: Kosterlitz-Thouless physics in a one-dimensional optical lattice Anibal Iucci, Miguel A. Cazalilla, Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U32.00010: Superfluid, Supersolid, and Phase Separation in Strongly Correlated Square Lattice Bosons Liang Ren, Ziqiang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U32.00011: Exotic Superconducting Phases of Ultracold Atom Mixtures on Triangular Lattices Shan-Wen Tsai, Ludwig Mathey, Antonio H. Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U32.00012: Temperature scale and Adiabatic Processes of Bosons in Optical Lattices Qi Zhou, Tin-Lun Ho Preview Abstract

Session U33: Quantum Algorithms, Simulation, and Error Correction

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Ian Durham, Saint Anselm College
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U33.00001: Quantum Simulations of Classical Systems Rolando Somma, Gerardo Ortiz, Cristian Batista, Emanuel Knill Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U33.00002: Simple proof of equivalence between adiabatic quantum computation and the circuit model Ari Mizel, Daniel Lidar, Morgan Mitchell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U33.00003: Quantum cellular automata and quantum simulation Peter Love Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U33.00004: A Two-dimensional Lattice Ion Trap for Quantum Simulation Tongyan Lin, Kenneth Brown, Xie Chen, Grace Cheung, Christopher Pearson, Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U33.00005: Making Moderately Large Ancillae Bryan Eastin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U33.00006: Quantum Error Correction Beyond Completely Positive Maps Daniel Lidar, Alireza Shabani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U33.00007: Adiabatic Quantum Computation and the Theory of Quantum Phase Transitions William Kaminsky, Seth Lloyd Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U33.00008: Simulating the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation with a quantum lattice-gas algorithm Zachary Prezkuta, Mark Coffey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U33.00009: Implement quantum search and quantum counting algorithms by geometric quantum computation Qinghua Zhang, Guilu Long, Zidan Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U33.00010: Multi-dimensional linear diffusion for image enhancement on a type-II quantum computer. Gabriel Colburn, Mark Coffey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U33.00011: Quantum Algorithm for Partial Search Vladimir Korepin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U33.00012: An Index Theorem for the Majorana Zero Modes in Chiral P-Wave Superconductors Sumanta Tewari, Sankar Das Sarma, Dung-Hai Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U33.00013: Breakdown of a topological phase: Quantum phase transition in a loop gas model with tension Simon Trebst, Philipp Werner, Matthias Troyer, Kirill Shtengel, Chetan Nayak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U33.00014: D-Colexes: Topological Computation and Brane-Net Condensates Hector Bombin, Miguel A. Martin-Delgado Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U33.00015: Quantum search algorithm with many bosons in optical lattices David Feder Preview Abstract

Session U34: Focus Session: Non-equilibrium Fluctuations in Biomolecules

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Ioan Kosztin, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Room: Colorado Convention Center 404

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U34.00001: Fluctuations in Proteins Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U34.00002: A Tunable Chemical Pattern Filter Constructed by Networks of Reaction Compartments and Tubes Ludvig Lizana, Zoran Konkoli, Owe Orwar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U34.00003: Effect of Orientation in Translocation of Polymers through Nanopores Stanislav Kotsev, Anatoly Kolomeisky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U34.00004: Assisted DNA hairpin retraction from nanopores Meni Wanunu, Buddhapriya Chakrabarti, Jerome Mathe, David R. Nelson, Amit Meller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U34.00005: Pharmaceuticals in nanopores - A strategy to manipulate the phase behavior M. Beiner, G.T. Rengarajan, S. Pankaj, D. Enke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U34.00006: Thermal fluctuation spectroscopy in histone and nucleosomes during denaturation Arup Raychaudhuri, K.S. Nagapriya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U34.00007: Development of High-Resolution Magnetic Tweezers for Single-Molecule Measurements Kipom Kim, Omar A. Saleh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U34.00008: Single-biomolecule circuits with carbon nanotube wiring John Coroneus, Brett R. Goldsmith, Vaikunth Khalap, Alexander Kane, Gregory A. Weiss, Philip G. Collins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U34.00009: Probing DNA-Protein Interactions on Surfaces Using Spectral Self-interference Fluorescence Microscopy Mehmet Dogan, Peter Droge, Anna K. Swan, Selim Unlu, Bennett B. Goldberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U34.00010: Dynamics of Single Actin Filaments and Bundles in Flow Dagmar Steinhauser, Sarah Koester, Heather M. Evans, Holger Stark, Thomas Pfohl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U34.00011: Segregation of molecules in self-spreading lipid bilayer at ultra-small metal nano-gaps arrayed on solid surface Kei Murakoshi, Hideki Nabika, Masahiro Oowada Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U34.00012: Calibration of Micromachined Force Sensors by Gravitational Force on Precision Microspheres Steven J. Koch, Gayle E. Thayer, Alex D. Corwin, Maarten P. de Boer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U34.00013: Multimode Analysis of SHG Signal from Complex Biological Systems: Parameterization of Features Using Nearest-Neighbor Analysis and Wavelet Transforms Clayton Bratton, Karen Reiser, Andre Knoesen, Diego Yankelevich, Israel Rocha-Mendoza, Mingshi Wang Preview Abstract

Session U35: Focus Session: Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Migration II

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP DPOLY
Chair: Arpita Upadhyaya, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center 405

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U35.00001: Modelling cell motility and pathways that signal to the actin cytoskeleton Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U35.00002: Migration of a Model Lamellipodium by Actin Polymerization: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach Junhwan Jeon, Peter Cummings Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U35.00003: Intracellular dynamics during directional sensing of chemotactic cells Gabriel Amselem, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Carsten Beta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U35.00004: Searching strategies in Dictyostelium Liang Li, Edward Cox Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U35.00005: Perturbing Streaming in Dictyostelium Discoideum Colin McCann, Paul Kriebel, Carole Parent, Erin Rericha, Wolfgang Losert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U35.00006: Traction cytometry applied to chemotacting \textit{Dictyostelium discoideum} Alberto Aliseda, Baldomero Alonso-Latorre, Juan Carlos del Alamo, Javier Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Rudolph Meili, Richard Firtel, Juan C. Lasheras Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U35.00007: Stem cell cytoskeleton is slaved to active motors Florian Rehfeldt, Andre Brown, Adam Engler, Dennis Discher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U35.00008: The Collective Contractile Dynamics of Confluent Epithelial Cells is Highly Coherent Thomas Angelini, Manuel Marquez, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U35.00009: Membrane fluctuations driven by actin and myosin: waves and quantized division. Nir Gov, Roie Shlomovitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U35.00010: Simulation of Actin-Polymerization-Mediated Propulsion Kun-Chun Lee, Andrea Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U35.00011: Symmetry breaking in actin gels - Implications for cellular motility Karin John, Philippe Peyla, Chaouqi Misbah Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U35.00012: A kinematic description of the trajectories of Listeria monocytogenes propelled by actin comet tails Dhananjay Tambe, Vivek Shenoy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U35.00013: Steady-state configurations and dynamics of the MreB helix within bacteria Andrew Rutenberg, Jun Allard Preview Abstract

Session U38: Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy III: High Frequency and Probe Characterization

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Eric Hudson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 501

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U38.00001: Radio-frequency Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (rf-STM) Utku Kemiktarak, Tchefor Ndukum, Keith Schwab, Kamil Ekinci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U38.00002: Very high frequency (VHF) self-sensing nanoscale cantilevers and their mass sensing applications in ambient conditions. Mo Li, Hong Tang, Michael Roukes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U38.00003: High Frequency Cantilevers for Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy Christian Degen, Martino Poggio, Ben Chui, John Mamin, Dan Rugar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U38.00004: Construction of a Low Temperature Capable Frequency-Modulation Magnetic Resonance Force Microscope SangGap Lee, Sun Ho Won, Seung-Bo Saun, Soonchil Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U38.00005: MRFM System Design for the Study of Organic Materials Doran Smith, David Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U38.00006: Progress on Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy Detection of Statistical Polarization of Electron Spins K.C. Fong, I.H. Lee, P. Banerjee, Yu. Obukhov, D. Pelekhov, P.C. Hammel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U38.00007: Cross Polarization Imaging with Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy Kai W. Eberhardt, Qiong Lin, Andreas Hunkeler, Urban Meier, Beat H. Meier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U38.00008: Near-field scanning microwave microscope with separated excitation and sensing probes Keji Lai, M.B. Ji, N. Leindecker, M. Kelly, Z.X. Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U38.00009: Ferromagnetic resonance force microscopy of a permalloy film E. Nazaretski, I. Martin, J.D. Thompson, R. Movshovich, D.V. Pelekhov, P.C. Hammel, P. Wigen, M. Zalalutdinov, T. Mewes, J. Baldwin, B. Houston Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U38.00010: Magnetic particle imaging with a cantilever torque magnetometer John Moreland, Jason Eckstein, Yushun Lin, Sy-Hwang Liou, Steven Ruggiero Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U38.00011: Resonant Measurement of Coupling Forces Between Two Microcantilevers Onur Basarir, Kamil L. Ekinci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U38.00012: Functional Probes for Scanning Probe Microscopy Kotone Akiyama, Toyoaki Eguchi, Toshu An, Yasunori Fujikawa, Yukio Hasegawa, Toshio Sakurai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U38.00013: Determination of the cross-sectional area of the indenter in nano indentation tests Weidian Shen, Jeremy McMinis, Rene Crombez, Eva Montalvo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U38.00014: In-situ observation of the transformation process into the nano-contact of single shell carbon fullerene using TEM-STM Makoto Yoshida, Yoshihiko Kurui, Yoshifumi Oshima, Kunio Takayanagi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U38.00015: Quantitative imaging of lateral stiffness using sub-{\AA}ngstrom oscillation amplitude nc-AFM Mehrdad Atabak, Sevil Ozer, H. Ozgur Ozer, Ahmet Oral Preview Abstract

Session U39: Focus Session: Emerging Research Devices and Materials for the Microelectronics Industry II

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

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U39.00001: Transfer printed organic thin-film transistors using the semiconductors P3HT or pentacene and a polymer dielectric. Adrian Southard, Dan Hines, Elba Gomar-Nadal, Ellen Williams, Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U39.00002: First-principles calculations of mobilities in MOSFETs George Hadjisavvas, Leonidas Tsetseris, Matthew Evans, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U39.00003: Nano-circuit design in the nonohmic regime Vijay Arora Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U39.00004: Emission from Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers after Femtosecond Pulse Injection Botao Zhang, Albert Heberle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U39.00005: Photon storage with ultrafast switching in coupled quantum wells Alexander Winbow, Aaron Hammack, Leonid Butov, Arthur Gossard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U39.00006: High-Power, Single-Mode, Distributed-Feedback Interband Cascade Lasers for the Midwave-Infrared M. Kim, C.S. Kim, W.W. Bewley, C.L. Canedy, J.A. Nolde, J.R. Lindle, I. Vurgaftman, J.R. Meyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U39.00007: The Role of Physics in New Information Processing Technologies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U39.00008: Modeling of resonant terahertz detector with two-dimensional electron gas and lateral Schottky junction Nizami Vagidov, Akira Satou, Victor Ryzhii, Michael Shur, Vladimir Mitin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U39.00009: Si single electron tunneling transistor with tunable barriers Emmanouel Hourdakis, Neil Zimmerman, Stuart Martin, Akira Fujiwara, Hiroshi Inokawa, Kenji Yamazaki, Hideo Namatsu, Yashuo Takahashi, Yukinori Ono Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U39.00010: Extraordinary Electroconductance in In-GaAs hybrid thin film structures Yun Wang, A.K.M. Newaz, K.A. Wieland, S.A. Solin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U39.00011: Investigating the resonant response of a field-effect transistor subjected to an ac signal Manvir Kushwaha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U39.00012: Resistance Switching Behavior in Epitaxial NiO Films Seung Ran Lee, Jino Lee, Kookrin Char Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U39.00013: Nanowire Non-volatile Memory with Silicon Nitride Charge Trapping Layer Qiliang Li, Xiaoxiao Zhu, D.E. Ioannou, J.S. Suehle, C.A. Richter Preview Abstract

Session U40: Semiconductors: Defects and Impurities

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Chris G. Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U40.00001: Substitutional hydrogen as a cause of the unintentional n-type conductivity in ZnO. Anderson Janotti, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U40.00002: Accuracy of defect formation energies from first-principles calculations: A study of vacancies in ZnO Yiyang Sun Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U40.00003: The shallow donor wavefunction in Si: Corrections to the KL effective mass theory (EMT) Theodore Castner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U40.00004: Vacancy--interstitial interactions in crystalline Silicon Matthew J. Beck, L. Tsetseris, S.T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U40.00005: First-Principles Study of Er Location in Er-Si Systems with Oxygen Co-Dopants R.H. Pink, Junho Jeong, Dip N. Mahato, M.B. Huang, T.P. Das, R.H. Scheicher, Sitaram Byahut Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U40.00006: \textit{Ab-initio }Study of the Diffusion Mechanisms of Gallium in a Silicon Matrix Kevin Levasseur-Smith, Normand Mousseau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U40.00007: Surface effects in Si interstitial formation energies Ann E. Mattsson, Ryan R. Wixom, Rickard Armiento Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U40.00008: Confining P Diffusion in Si by an As-doped Barrier Layer Lugang Bai, Guang-Hong Lu, Feng Liu, Qi Wang, Hamza Yilmaz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U40.00009: Genuine impurity states vs. perturbed host states in a supercell approach Yong Zhang, A. Mascarenhas, L.-W. Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U40.00010: Origins of transparent conductivity in SnO$_{2}$ Abhishek Singh, Anderson Janotti, Chris Van de Walle, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U40.00011: Localized Vibrational Modes of $\mathrm{O_{Te}}$ and ($\mathrm{O_{Te}-V_{Cd}}$) Centers in CdTe: Fundamentals and Second Harmonics$^{*}$ Gang Chen, I. Miotkowski, S. Rodriguez, A. K. Ramdas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U40.00012: Theoretical study of the deep defect states in PbTe thin films Khang Hoang, S.D. Mahanti, P. Jena Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U40.00013: \textit{Ab Initio }Study of Electronic Structure of Defects in SnTe and GeTe. Salameh Ahmad, S.D. Mahanti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U40.00014: Interfacial segregation and electrodiffusion of dopants in AlN/GaN superlattices P. Boguslawski, J. Bernholc, N. Gonzalez Szwacki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U40.00015: Effect of Native Defects in InN: Metallic bonding and N$_2$ Formation Xiangmei Duan, Catherine Stampfl Preview Abstract

Session U42: Nitrides, Carbides, Oxides: Surfaces and Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Phil Cohen, University of Minnesota
Room: Colorado Convention Center 505

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U42.00001: Electronic structure of nitride surfaces Chris G. Van de Walle, David Segev, Anderson Janotti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U42.00002: Electronic structures and work functions of InN(0001) films Jung-Hwan Song, Arthur J. Freeman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U42.00003: HREELS, AES, and LEED of InN(000-1): Surface structure and electron accumulation Rudra Bhatta, Brian Thoms, Mustafa Alevli, Nikolaus Dietz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U42.00004: In-situ X-ray Studies of MOCVD Growth of InN Fan Jiang, A. Munkholm, C.D. Dimitropoulos, R.-V. Wang, S.K. Streiffer, G.B. Stephenson, P.H. Fuoss, K. Latifi, Carol Thompson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U42.00005: Atomic and Electronic Structures of Oxygen on the $\beta-$Si$_3$N$_4$ $(10\overline{1}0)$ Surface Weronika Walkosz, Juan C. Idrobo, Serdar Ogut Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U42.00006: Growth and Structure of ZrSiN Thin Films Robert Lad, Xuefei Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U42.00007: Passivation of 4H-SiC Silicon surface G. Pennington, C. Ashman, A. Lelis, N. Goldsman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U42.00008: A DFT study of low index polar surfaces: the case of SiC and ZnO Giuseppe Brandino, Giancarlo Cicero, Alessandra Catellani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U42.00009: Role of neutral impurity scattering in the analysis of Hall data from ZnO Xiaocheng Yang, Chunchuan Xu, Nancy Giles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U42.00010: Direct observation of zinc vacancies and oxygen vacancies in an electron-irradiated ZnO crystal S. M. Evans, N. C. Giles, L. E. Halliburton, L. A. Kappers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U42.00011: Tunable UV-Luminescent MgZnO Nanoalloys John L. Morrison, Jesse Huso, Heather Hoeck, Erin Casy, James Mitchell, Russell Geisthardtand, Leah Bergman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U42.00012: Stability, Electronic and Optical Properties of In$_2$O$_3$(ZnO)$_n$ Alloys Juarez L. F. Da Silva, Su-Huai Wei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U42.00013: Carrier Dynamics and Emission Efficiency in Sulfur-doped ZnO Powders John V. Foreman, Henry O. Everitt, Jie Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U42.00014: Origin of high-density two-dimensional electron gas in ZnO/ZnMgO heterostructures. Shigehiko Sasa, Tetsuya Tamaki, Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Kazuya Fujimoto, Kazuto Koike, Mitsuaki Yano, Masataka Inoue Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U42.00015: Anisotropic thermal expansion in wurtzite materials: an ab-initio calculation for ZnO A.H. Romero, J. Serrano, I. Margiolaki, M. Cardona Preview Abstract

Session U43: Optical Properties of Quantum Well Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Sergio Ulloa, Ohio University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 506

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U43.00001: $\Gamma$-phonons in ZnSe(C$_{2}$H$_{8}$N$_{2}$)$_{1/2}$ and ZnTe(C$_{2}$H$_{8}$N$_{2}$)$_{1/2}$ hybrid materials Ivan Naumov, Huaxiang Fu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U43.00002: The Magnetic-Field Dependent Phonon-Like FIR Absorption in Modulation Doped CdMnTe/CdMgTe quantum Well Structures. Li-Chun Tung, Grzegorz Karczewski, Yong-Jie Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U43.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U43.00004: Investigation of the influence of the magnetic field of different orientations on excitonic states in structures with shallow quantum wells Yuri Khavin, Mikhail Skorikov, Nikolai Sibeldin, Vitaliy Tsvetkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U43.00005: Photoluminescence Studies of Type-I and Type-II In$_{0.27}$Ga$_{0.73}$Sb/In$_{x}$Al$_{1-x}$As$_{y}$Sb$_{1-y}$ Multiple Quantum Well Heterostructures Grown by MBE E.R. Glaser, R. Magno, B.V. Shanabrook, J.G. Tischler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U43.00006: Temperature and Pump Pulse Dependence of Superfluoresence from InGaAs/GaAs Multiple Quantum Well in High Magnetic Fields Xiaoming Wang, Young-Dahl Jho, Jinho Lee, David Reitze, Junichiro Kono, Alexey Belyanin, Vitaly Kocharovsky, Glenn Solomon, Xing Wei, Stephen McGill Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U43.00007: Interface roughness scattering in p-Si/SiGe asymmetric quantum wells Marco Califano, N.Q. Vinh, P.J. Phillips, Z. Ikonic, R.W. Kelsall, P. Harrison, C.R. Pidgeon, B.N. Murdin, D.J. Paul, P. Townsend, J. Zhang, I.M. Ross, A.G. Cullis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U43.00008: Localized charged magnetoexcitons in 2D systems Diana Cosma, Alexander Todd, Alexander Dzyubenko, Andrey Sivachenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U43.00009: Effect of disorder on the lifetime of interface polaritons Igor Smolyarenko, Celestino Creatore, Alexei Ivanov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U43.00010: Generic Theory of Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Active or Passive Metal-Dielectric Interfaces Dentcho Genov, Muralidhar Ambati, Xiang Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U43.00011: Nonequilibrium Green's function modelling of quantum well solar cells Urs Aeberhard, Rudolf H. Morf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U43.00012: Optical and Electronic Properties of Electrochemically Active Perylene Tetracarboxylic Diimide Molecules Nazanin Davani, ken Shimizu, Michael Preiner, Nicholas Melosh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U43.00013: Photoconductivity of Yttrium Neodymium Gadolinium Oxalate Crystals Soosy Kuryan, Rosalin Abraham, Jayakumari Isac Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U43.00014: Plasmon dispersion and Coulomb drag in low-density electron bi-layers S. M. Badalyan, C. S. Kim, G. Vignale, G. Senatore Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U43.00015: Surface Plasmon Polaritons on Concentric Cylindrical Shells Jakub Pritz, Lilia Woods Preview Abstract

Session U44: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Metallic Nanostructures: Theory

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Alexander Govorov, Ohio University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 507

Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U44.00001: Theory and modeling of light interactions with metallic nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U44.00002: General Properties of Local Plasmons in Metal Nanostructures Feng Wang, Ron Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U44.00003: Plasmonic properties of Nanorod Dimers Britain Willingham, Daniel Brandl, Peter Nordlander Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U44.00004: Plasmon Hybridization in finite and periodic structures Daniel Brandl, Peter Nordlander Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U44.00005: Laser Induced Forces Between Metallic Nanospheres; The Role of Collective Plasmon Resonances Ping Chu, Douglas Mills Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U44.00006: Plasmons in Metallic Nanoparticles: Effect of Nanoparticle Shape Garnett Bryant, Javier Aizpurua, Javier Garcia de Abajo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U44.00007: FDTD calculations of the optical properties of nanostars F. Hao, C. Nehl, J. Hafner, P. Nordlander Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U44.00008: Optical Properties of Semiconducting and Metallic Nanoparticle Structures by TDDFT Emily Townsend, Garnett Bryant Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U44.00009: Optical Properties of 2D hexagonal arrays of gold nanoshells Fei Le, Hui Wang, Naomi Halas, Peter Nordlander Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U44.00010: Coherent acoustic vibrations of metal nanoshells A.S. Kirakosyan, T.V. Shahbazyan, C. Guillon, P. Langot, N. Del Fatti, F. Vallee, T. Cardinal, M. Treguer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U44.00011: Surface plasmon polaritons in co-metal nanostructures. Krzysztof Kempa Preview Abstract