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Session V1: New Developments in Supersolids

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: William Halperin, Northwestern University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 2-3

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V1.00001: Squeezing superfluid from a stone: Coupling superfluidity and elasticity in a supersolid Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V1.00002: Elimination of the Supersolid State Through Crystal Annealing Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V1.00003: Superfluidity of grain boundaries and supersolid behavior Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V1.00004: Supersolids? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V1.00005: Measurements on the melting curve of $^{4}$He down to 10 mK Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V2: Kavli Foundation Symposium on Nanowire Quantum Devices

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Lars Samuelson, Lund University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 4

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V2.00001: Engineering the electronic properties of nanowires for device applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V2.00002: Kinetic measurements during the vapor-liquid-solid growth of Si and Ge nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V2.00003: Spin properties of strongly interacting quantum wires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V2.00004: Mesoscopic Josephson Junctions Employing Ge/Si Core/Shell Nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V2.00005: Imaging Few-Electron Quantum Dots in InAs/InP Nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V3: Detection & Applications of NMR and MRI at Microtesla Magnetic Fields

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: John Clarke, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2A-3A

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V3.00001: SQUID-detected microtesla MRI Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V3.00002: Low Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) using SQUIDs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V3.00003: High resolution NMR spectroscopy in the Earth's magnetic field Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V3.00004: Simultaneous Measurement of Magnetic Resonance and Neuronal Signals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V3.00005: Optical methods for detection of nuclear magnetic resonance. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V4: Dynamics in Polymeric Systems

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Ophelia Tsui, Boston University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2B-3B

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V4.00001: Dynamics of polymer glasses under active deformation. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V4.00002: Dynamics of Polymer Blends: Beyond Self-Concentration. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V4.00003: Looking inside the tube: what molecular dynamics simulations are revealing about polymer entanglements Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V4.00004: Glass Transition Temperature Reductions in Freely-Standing Films of Different Polymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V4.00005: Dynamics in Confined Systems:~ Polymer Thin Films and Surfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V5: Unusual Transport Phenomena in Chalcogenides

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Marie-Louise Saboungi, CNRS
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1A-1B

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V5.00001: Quantum Linear Magnetoresistance: Solution of an Old Mystery Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V5.00002: The quest for imperfection Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V5.00003: Non-saturating magnetoresistance in heavily disordered semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V5.00004: The Evolution from CDW to Superconductivity in Cu$_{x}$TiSe$_{2}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V5.00005: Current Jets and Non-saturating Magnetoresistance in Disordered Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V6: Cell Motility

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Henrik Flyvbjerg, Riso National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 207

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V6.00001: Extremes in motility: actin acrobatics, spasmin spasms and jellyfish jabs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V6.00002: Natural descriptions of motor behavior: examples from \textit{E. coli} and \textit{C. elegans}. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V6.00003: How Molecular Motors Shape the Flagellar Beat Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V6.00004: Physical Aspects of Evolutionary Transitions to Multicellularity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V6.00005: Mechanics of actin-based motility Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V7: Current Issues in Climate Change

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Barbara Levi, Physics Today, American Institute of Physics
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4A-4B

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V7.00001: Overview of Climate Change 2007: IPCC WG1 Key Findings Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V7.00002: The uncertain hockey stick: a statistical perspective on the reconstruction of past temperatures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V7.00003: Counting the Clouds Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V7.00004: Simulating Earth's Past and Future Greenhouse Climates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V8: Superconductivity: Spin Excitations and Ordering in Cuprates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Penchang Dai, University of Tennessee
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1C

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V8.00001: Antiferromagnetism and superconductivity do not seem to coexist in Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_{4\pm\delta}$ Eugene Motoyama, Guichuan Yu, Inna Vishik, Owen Vajk, Patrick Mang, Martin Greven Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V8.00002: New phase diagram of ideally flat CuO$_{2}$ plane: Cu-NMR study in Five-layered Cuprates Hidekazu Mukuda, Machiko Abe, Sunao Shimizu, Yoshio Kitaoka, Akira Iyo, Hijiri Kito, Yasumoto Tanaka, Yasuharu Kodama, Kazuyasu Tokiwa, Tsuneo Watanabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V8.00003: High-Tc superconductivity and antiferromagnetism on self-doped high-Tc cuprate Ba$_{2}$Ca$_{3}$Cu$_{4}$O$_{8}$F$_{2}$ Sunao Shimizu, Hidekazu Mukuda, Yoshio Kitaoka, Akira Iyo, Yasuharu Kodama, Hijiri Kito, Kazuyasu Tokiwa, Tsuneo Watanabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V8.00004: Effect of oxgyen ordering on the spin dynamics of YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6.5}$ Shiliang Li, Z. Yamani, H.J. Kang, Feng Ye, C. Bircher, K. Segawa, Y. Ando, Xin Yao, H. A. Mook, Pengcheng Dai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V8.00005: Evolution of hourglass like magnetic excitation in underdoped La$_{1.90}$Sr$_{0.10}$CuO$_{4}$. Maiko Kofu, Tetsuya Yokoo, Kazuyoshi Yamada, Frans Trouw Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V8.00006: Neutron Scattering in High-T$_c$ Cuprates: Two Component Spin-Fermion Model Yunkyu Bang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V8.00007: Inelastic neutron scattering study on spin excitations of Pr$_{0.88}$LaCe$_{0.12}$CuO$_{4-\delta}$ ($T_c$=27.5K) Jun Zhao, Shiliang Li, Stephen Wilson, Hye Jung Kang, Jeff Lynn, Pengcheng Dai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V8.00008: Spin wave excitations in Nd2CuO4 Chad Bircher, Hyunjge Woo, Shiliang Li, Pengcheng Dai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V8.00009: Incommensurate Spin Ordering and Excitations in Underdoped La$_{2-x}$Ba$_x$CuO$_4$ S.R. Dunsiger, Y. Zhao, B.D. Gaulin, Y. Qiu, J.R.D. Copley, H.A. Dabkowska, Z. Yamani, W.J.L. Buyers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V8.00010: Spin and Charge Excitations in Checkerboards based on a Superstructure David K. Campbell, Daoxin Yao, Erica W. Carlson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V8.00011: Connecting spin and charge response in electron-doped cuprates Andreas Schnyder, Dirk Manske Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V8.00012: Local moment and inhomogeneous hyperfine interaction in the CuO$_2$ plane of Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ (Bi2212) single crystal by ${}^{17}$O NMR Bo Chen, Sutirtha Mukhopadhyay, William Halperin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V8.00013: Low-energy spin dynamics in La$_{1.95}$Sr$_{0.05}$CuO$_4$ Wei Bao, Ying Gasparovic, Kasu Yamada, Emilio Lorenzo, J-H. Chung Preview Abstract

Session V9: Superconductivity: Vortex States

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Allen Hermann, Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of Kentucky
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1D

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V9.00001: Does a Bose-Glass State Exist in Commercial High-T$_c$ Wires? Jose P. Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V9.00002: The low-temperature vortex liquid in $\rm La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4$ and $\rm Bi_2Sr_{2-y}La_yCuO_6$ Lu Li, Yayu Wang, Joseph G. Checkelsky, Seiki Komiya, Shimpei Ono, Yoichi Ando, Nai Phuan Ong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V9.00003: High-frequency response of Josephson vortex lattice in layered superconductors Alexei Koshelev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V9.00004: Universality in the Self Organized Critical behavior of a cellular model of superconducting vortex dynamics Yudong Sun, Tegy Vadakkan, Kevin Bassler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V9.00005: Molecular Dynamics simulations of the vortex matter two-stage melting transition in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_8$ in the presence of straight and of tilted columnar defects Jin-Tao Liu, Yadin Y. Goldschmidt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V9.00006: Disparities in the vortex state electrodynamics of high Tc cuprates Andrew LaForge, Zhiqiang Li, Willie Padilla, Kenneth Burch, Sasa Dordevic, Kouji Segawa, Yoichi Ando, Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V9.00007: Magnetic measurement of RF-induced flux lattice annealing (RIFLA) in the electron-doped superconductor Pr$_{1.85}$Ce$_{0.15}$CuO$_{4-y}$. W.G. Clark, G. Gaidos, G. Wu, S.E. Brown, R.L. Greene, H. Balci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V9.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V9.00009: Puzzling magnetic behavior of non-centrosymmetric superconductor Re$_{3}$W V. Kuznetsova, J.R. Thompson, Y. Zuev, D.K. Christen, R. Jin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V9.00010: Ground state of interlayer Josephson vortex systems and the shear modulus Yoshihiko Nonomura, Xiao Hu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V9.00011: Thermal study of vortex states in mesoscopic superconducting disks Florian Ong, Olivier Bourgeois, Sergey Skipetrov, Jacques Chaussy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V9.00012: Vortex Lattice Structural Transitions: A generalized (thermal fluctuations and quench disorder) Ginzburg-Landau Approach Pei-Jen Lin, Golan Bel, Baruch Rosenstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V9.00013: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO J8.00012 Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V9.00014: Deconfinement of Vortices with Continuously Variable Fractions of the Unit Flux Quanta in Two-Gap Superconductors Jun Goryo, Singo Soma, Hiroshi Matsukawa Preview Abstract

Session V10: Critical and Non-equilibrium Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Thomas Vojta, University of Missouri - Rolla
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1E

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V10.00001: Scaling Functions and Conformal Invariance at the Quantum Critical Point of the Sub-Ohmic Bose-Fermi Kondo Model Stefan Kirchner, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V10.00002: Zero Bias Anomaly Out of Thermal Equlibrium Dmitri Gutman, Yuval Gefen, Alexander Mirlin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V10.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V10.00004: Numerical renormalization group study of a dissipative quantum dot M.T. Glossop, K. Ingersent Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V10.00005: Anomalous Conductance Quantization in Side-Gated InAs Quantum Point Contacts Saydur Rahman, Steven Herbert, Richard Newrock, Philippe Debray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V10.00006: Phase-ordering dynamics in itinerant quantum ferromagnets R. Saha, D. Belitz, T.R. Kirkpatrick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V10.00007: Universal non-linear conductivity near to an itinerant-electron quantum critical point Patrick Hogan, Andrew Green Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V10.00008: Quantum critical behavior in itinerant electron systems: Eliashberg theory and instability of a ferromagnetic quantum-critical point Jerome Rech, Catherine Pepin, Andrey Chubukov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V10.00009: Verification of universality in strong critical adsorption with three techniques. Matthew Brown, Bruce Law, Lyle Marschand, Laurence Lurio, Serif Uran Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V10.00010: Critical Behavior Near the Ferromagnetic Transition in Nanostructured Gadolinium Paul Shand, Justin Bohnet, Jared Goertzen, Jeffrey Shield, Geoffrey Shelburne, David Schmitter, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V10.00011: Spin-orbit coupling triggered Mott insulator Sr$_{2}$IrO$_{4}$. Bum Joon Kim, Hosub Jin, Soon Jae Moon, Jae-Young Kim, Choon Shik Leem, Jaejun Yu, Tae-Won Noh, Changyoung Kim, Se-Jung Oh, Jae-Hoon Park, Gang Cao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V10.00012: Spin-orbit coupling in quasiperiodic systems Carlos Wexler, Daijiro Tobe, Mahito Kohmoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V10.00013: Influence of Boundary Conditions on the Critical Scaling of Finite Systems Benjamin Vollmayr-Lee, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V10.00014: Measurement Noise Maximum as a Signature of a Phase Transition Zhi Chen, Clare Yu Preview Abstract

Session V11: Heavy Fermions

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Peter Sharma, RIKEN
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1F

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V11.00001: Magnetic Field Effects in the Heavy Fermion Ce$_{3}$Co$_{4}$Sn$_{13}$ A.D. Christianson, F. Ronning, Y. Tokiwa, J.S. Gardner, H.J. Kang, J.-H. Chung, E.A. Goremychkin, P. Manuel, J.D. Thompson, J.L. Sarrao, A.L. Cornelius, J.M. Lawrence Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V11.00002: Thermal Expansion of the Heavy Fermion Borocarbide YbNi$_{2}$B$_{2}$C G.M. Schmiedeshoff, A.W. Lounsbury, D.J. Luna, W.E. Okraku, S.J. Tracy, J.C. Cooley, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V11.00003: Infrared and magneto-optical studies of heavy fermion skutterudites YbFe$_4$Sb$_{12}$ and CeRu$_4$Sb$_{12}$ L.W. Kohlman, S.V. Dordevic, K.S.D. Beach, D.N. Basov, R. Baumbach, M.B. Maple, R. Tung, Y.J. Wang, N. Takeda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V11.00004: Kondo ground state of 6 related Yb-based intermetallic compounds E-D. Mun, S. Jia, M.S. Torikachvili, A.S. Sefat, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V11.00005: Spin Dynamics in the f-electron non Fermi Liquid alloy Sc1-xUxPd3 Stephen Wilson, Pengcheng Dai, D. Adroja, Y. Qiu, N.P. Butch, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V11.00006: Interplay between Disorder and Quantum and Thermal Fluctuations in Ferromagnetic Alloys -- New Systems G.R. Stewart, J.S. Kim, M.B. Silva Neto, A.H. Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V11.00007: Effects of Disorder in the Heavy Fermion Antiferromagnet CeCu$_{6-x}$Au$_{x}$ D.J. Burnette, J.S. Kim, G.R. Stewart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V11.00008: Elastic property of a high-field ordered state observed in PrFe$_{4}$P$_{12}$ Yoshiki Nakanishi, Takuya Fujino, Peijie Sun, Mitsuteru Nakamura, Masahito Yoshizawa, Hitoshi Sugawara, Daisuke Kikuchi, Hideyuki Sato Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V11.00009: Disorder and quantum size effects on Kondo interactions and magnetic correlation in CePt$_{2}$ Y.Y. Chen, T.K. Lee, J.M. Lawrence, C.H. Booth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V11.00010: Probing the Magnetic Order of UPt$_{3}$ by Magnetoresistance Thomas M. Lippman, John P. Davis, Hyoungsoon Choi, Johannes Pollanen, William J. Gannon, William P. Halperin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V11.00011: Doped Mott insulator physics in the 4f antiferromagnet CeIn3 and implications for pressure-tuned superconductivity Neil Harrison, Suchitra Sebastian, Cristian Batista, Marcelo Jaime, Stuart Trugmann, Victor Fanelli, Takao Ebihara, Eric Palm, Tim Murphy, Hisatomo Harima Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V11.00012: The superconducting pairing states in CeCu$_2$Si$_2$ H. Q. Yuan, M. B. Salamon, H. S. Jeevan, C. Geibel, F. Steglich Preview Abstract

Session V12: Focus Session: Magneto-optics and Spin Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Scott Crooker, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V12.00001: Determination of effective sp-d exchange integrals in wide-gap DMS Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V12.00002: Magneto-optical Kerr Spectroscopy of GaMnAs C. Sun, D. J. Hilton, J. Kono, H. Munekata, L. Cywinski, L. J. Sham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V12.00003: Theory of sub-picosecond light-induced demagnetization in GaMnAs and InMnAs Lukasz Cywinski, L.J. Sham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V12.00004: Mn ion spin dynamics in GaMnAs quantum wells R.C. Myers, M.H. Mikkelsen, N.P. Stern, A.C. Gossard, D.D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V12.00005: Photo-induced precession of magnetization in ferromagnetic GaMnAs Yusuke Hashimoto, Hiro Munekata Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V12.00006: Time Resolved Magneto-Optical Studies of Ferromagnetic InMnSb Films Matthew Frazier, Rajeev Kini, Kanokwan Nontapot, Aliya Gifford, Giti Khodaparast, Tomasz Wojtowicz, Xinyu Liu, Jacek Furdyna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V12.00007: Ultrafast Photo-induced Ferromagnetism in III-Mn-V Semiconductors Ingrid Cotoros, Jigang Wang, K.M. Dani, X. Liu, J.K. Furdyna, Daniel Chemla Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V12.00008: Gate-tunability of electron spin precession in an InGaAs quantum well below an interdigitated ferromagnetic grating Gian Salis, Lorenz Meier, Christoph Ellenberger, Emilio Gini, Klaus Ensslin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V12.00009: Dynamically Decoupled Precession of Interfacial Electron Spins in Fe/AlGaAs (001) Gunter Luepke, Haibin Zhao, Diyar Talbayev, Aubrey Hanbicki, Connie Li, Berry Jonker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V12.00010: Development of an 8-12 GHz variable frequency microwave resonant cavity for optically-detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) of GaAs-related semiconductors J.S. Colton, L.R. Wienkes, L.R. Oestreich, P.M. Schroeder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V12.00011: Simple Model for the Photon Energy Dependence of Optical Nuclear Polarization in GaAs Patrick Coles, Jeffrey Reimer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V12.00012: Localization of excitons in Cd$_{1-x}$Mn$_{X}$Te semimagnetic semiconductors near temperature of phase transition : paramagnetic-spin glass Yurij Gnatenko, Petro Bukivskij Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V12.00013: Magnetoplasmon excitations in a quasi-two-dimensional Rashba spintronic systems: Oscillations, resonances, and energy gaps Manvir S. Kushwaha Preview Abstract

Session V13: Focus Session: Geometrical Frustration

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

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V13.00001: Field-induced spin-solid phases in the spin liquids Tb$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$ and Nd$_{3}$Ga$_{5}$SiO$_{14}$ Luis Balicas, Younjung Jo, Haidong Zhou, Eun Sang Choi, Christopher Wiebe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V13.00002: Freezing the 2D distorted kagome spin liquid Nd$_3$Ga$_5$SiO$_{14}$ Christopher Wiebe, Haidong Zhou, Brandon Vogt, John Janik, Y.-J. Jo, Luis Balicas, Jason Gardner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V13.00003: Geometric Frustration and Chemical Tuning of Magnetic Order in the Kagome Lattice System YBaCo$_{4}$O$_{7+x}$ John Mitchell, Hong Zheng, Laurent Chapon, Paolo Radaelli, Ashfia Huq, Peter Stephens Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V13.00004: Magnetic Phase Diagram of Co$_{3}$V$_{2}$O$_{8}$ Fei Yen, Bernd Lorenz, Y. Q. Wang, Y. Y. Sun, C. W. Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V13.00005: Field dependence of the magnetic order in Co$_3$V$_2$O$_8$ Ying Chen, J. W. Lynn, Q. Huang, F. M. Woodward, T. Yildirim, G. Lawes, A. P. Ramirez, N. Rogado, R. J. Cava, A. Aharony, O. Entin-Wohlman, A. B. Harris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V13.00006: High-Energy Magneto-Dielectric Effect in Co$_{3}$V$_{2}$O$_{8}$. L. I. Vergara, R. C. Rai, J. Cao, S. Brown, J. L. Musfeldt, D. J. Singh, G. Lawes, N. Rogado, R. J. Cava, X. Wei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V13.00007: A Microscopic Model of Magnetoelectric Interactions in Ni3V2O8 Taner Yildirim, A. B. Harris, A. Aharony, O. Entin-Wohlman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V13.00008: Synthesis and characterization of thin film Ni$_3$V$_2$O$_8$ G. Lawes, C. Sudakar, P. Kharel, R. Naik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V13.00009: Thermal expansion and pressure effect in the Kagome-staircase compound Ni$_{3}$V$_{2}$O$_{8}$ R. Chaudhury, F. Yen, C. R. dela Cruz, B. Lorenz, Y. Q. Wang, Y. Y. Sun, C. W. Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V13.00010: Optical Properties and Magnetic Field-Induced Phase Transitions in the Ferroelectric State of Ni$_3$V$_2$O$_8$ R.C. Rai, J. Cao, S. Brown, J.L. Musfeldt, D. Kashinathan, D.J. Singh, G. Lawes, N. Rogado, R.J. Cava, X. Wei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V13.00011: Magnetodielectric coupling in Mn$_3$O$_4$ and MnCr$_2$O$_4$ R. Tackett, E. Toberer, R. Seshadri, G. Lawes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V13.00012: Ab-intitio studies of electronic properties of chalcogenide spinels. Mairbek Chshiev, Y.-H. A. Wang, Arunava Gupta, Joanna Bettinger, Yuri Suzuki, William H. Butler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V13.00013: Magnetic anisotropy and geometrical frustration in the Ising spin-chain system Sr$_{5}$Rh$_{4}$O$_{12}$ Gang Cao, Shalinee Chikara, Vinobalan Durairaj, Sean Parkin, Pedro Schlottmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V13.00014: Antiferromagnetism and geometrical frustration in one-dimensional Ca$_{5}$Ir$_{3}$O$_{12}$ and Ca$_{4}$IrO$_{6}$ single crystals Angela Douglass, Vinobalan Durairaj, Shalinee Chikara, Gang Cao, Sean Parkin, Pedro Schlottmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V13.00015: Configurational Electronic Entropy and the Phase Diagram of Mixed-Valence Oxides: The Case of Li$_x$FePO$_4$ Fei Zhou, Thomas Maxisch, Gerbrand Ceder Preview Abstract

Session V14: Focus Session: High Anisotropy Magnetic Nanoparticles and Composite Materials

Sponsoring Units: GMAG FIAP
Chair: Andreas Berger, Hitachi GST
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4D

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V14.00001: Magnetic and chemical ordering properties of FePt nanoparticles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V14.00002: Array Formation and Size Effects in Chemically Synthesized FePt Nanoparticles Levent Colak, George Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V14.00003: Role of disorder and structural inhomogeneity on the magnetic structure of FePt nanoparticles Paul Kent, Don Nicholson, Markus Eisenbach, Thomas Schulthess Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V14.00004: Magnetic Properties and Chemical Synthesis of FePt and CoPt Nanoclusters Yao Zhao, Yucheng Sui, David Sellmyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V14.00005: Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of L1$_{0}$FePt / Silica Core Shell Nanoparticles Andrew Heitsch, Doh Lee, Brian Korgel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V14.00006: Surface anisotropy enhancement of Co nanoparticles by capping with Ag. Juan Bartolome, Fernando Luis, Luis Miguel Garc\'ia Vinuesa, Fernando Bartolome, Frederic Petroff, C. Deranlot, Anatoly Rogalev, P. Bencok, F. Wilhelm, Nick Brookes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V14.00007: Synthesis and characterization of hard/soft bimagnetic nanoparticles Vikas Nandwana, Girija Shankar Chaubey, Kazuaki Yano, J. Ping Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V14.00008: Element- and depth resolved magnetic study of Sm-Co/Fe exchange spring magnet films with enhanced effective coupling Y. Choi, J. S. Jiang, J. E. Pearson, S. D. Bader, Y. Ding, Z. L. Wang, A. Zambano, M. Murakami, I. Takeuchi, J. P. Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V14.00009: Bulk nanocomposite magnets with enhanced exchange coupling Chuan-bing Rong, Vikas Nandwana, J. Ping Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V14.00010: High-throughput Investigation of Exchange Coupling Interaction in Soft/Hard Magnetic Bilayer Systems A. Zambano, H. Oguchi, I. Takeuchi, Y. Choi, J. S. Jiang, J. P. Liu, S. Lofland, D. Josell, L. Bendersky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V14.00011: First-principles study of interface exchange coupling in SmCo$_{5}$/Co nanocomposite materials Dangxin Wu, Qiming Zhang, J.P. Liu, Renat F. Sabirianov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V14.00012: Simulation of magnetic coupling in die-upset composite magnets George Hadjipanayis, Alexander Gabay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V14.00013: High performance isotropic R-(Co,Fe)-C magnets by melt spinning (R= Sm, Pr) Dilara Sultana, Alexander Gabay, George Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract

Session V15: Focus Session: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Small Systems

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DBP
Chair: R. Dean Astumian, University of Maine
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4E

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V15.00001: The nonequilibrium thermodynamics of small systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V15.00002: Activation barrier scaling and crossover for noise-induced switching in a micromechanical parametric oscillator Corey Stambaugh, Ho Bun Chan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V15.00003: Scaling crossovers in activated escape of nonequilibrium systems: a resonantly driven oscillator Oleg Kogan, Ira Schwartz, Mark Dykman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V15.00004: Spontaneous symmetry breaking in parametrically driven atomic trap and measurement of dynamic critical exponents Wonho Jhe, Myoung-Sun Heo, Yonghee Kim, Kiwhan Kim, Heung-Ryoul Noh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V15.00005: Equilibrium theory for a particle pulled by a moving optical trap Raymond Dean Astumian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V15.00006: Energy and efficiency optimization of a Brownian heat engine Mulugeta Bekele, Yeneneh Yalew Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V15.00007: Relationships involving spatial transitions for Brownian particles within a potential-well. Ross Brody Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V15.00008: Analytical calculation of Jarzynski free-energy estimator bias Matteo Palassini, Nikos Skantzos, Felix Ritort Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V15.00009: Exact equality between dissipation and irreversibility Ryoichi Kawai, Juan M. R. Parrondo, Christian Van den Broeck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V15.00010: Free Energy Surface Reconstruction Using Jarzynski's Equality Ching-Hwa Kiang, Nolan Harris Preview Abstract

Session V16: Correlated Electrons: Luttinger Liquids, Ladders, and Charge Ordered Systems

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Noah Bray Ali, University of Southern California
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4F

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V16.00001: Much Ado about Zeros: The Luttinger Surface and Mottness Philip Phillips, Tudor Stanescu, Ting-Pong Choy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V16.00002: Theory of STM Spectroscopy in Luttinger Liquids with a Spin Gap Akbar Jaefari, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V16.00003: A finite Luttinger liquid with longer range interactions Imke Schneider, Sebastian Eggert, Alexander Struck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V16.00004: Possible Dimensional Crossover in Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ observed through Thermal Expansion Experiments Carlos A. M. dos Santos, B. D. White, Y.-K. Yu, J. J. Neumeier, J. A. Souza Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V16.00005: Electrical Transport Properties of the Purple Bronze Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ Mario S. da Luz, Jamy Moreno, C. A. M. dos Santos, B. D. White, J. A. Souza, J. J. Neumeier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V16.00006: Ground state properties of quasi-1D systems Kenneth Graham, Samuel Moukouri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V16.00007: Binding of spinon and holon in the anisotropic 1D $t-J$ model Jurij Smakov, Alexander Chernyshev, Steven White Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V16.00008: Probing the pairing symmetry and pair charge stiffness of doped $t-J$ ladders: a DMRG study Adrian E. Feiguin, S. R. White, D. J. Scalapino Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V16.00009: Hole Dynamics in a 2D Striped-Ordered Quantum Antiferromagnet Satyaki Kar, Efstratios Manousakis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V16.00010: Charge dynamics in an incommensurate layered cuprate $Sr_{14}Cu_{24}O_{41}$ : A momentum-resolved study Lewis Wray, Dong Qian, David Hsieh, Matthew Xia, Hiroshi Eisaki, Zahid Hasan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V16.00011: Pressure effect on the charge-density-wave order in pure and doped (La,R)AgSb$_2$ (R = Ce, Nd) compounds M.S. Torikachvili, S.L. Bud'ko, S.A. Law, M.E. Tillman, E.D. Mun, P.C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V16.00012: Bond-stretching phonon mode in stripe ordered orthorhombic $\bf Nd_{1.67}Sr_{0.33}NiO_4$. M. H\"ucker, T. Fukuda, G. D. Gu, J. M. Tranquada, A. Q. R. Baron, J. P. Hill Preview Abstract

Session V17: Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Assembly, and Applications II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY FIAP
Chair: Ryan Hayward, University of Massachusetts
Room: Colorado Convention Center 102

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V17.00001: Photoinduced Reduction of Noble Metal Ions to Metal Nanoparticles on Tubular J-Aggregates D.M. Eisele, A. Burmistrova, H. v. Berlepsch, C. Boettcher, S. Kirstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V17.00002: The chemical and structural properties of PECVD polymerized ferrocene deposited by the sublimation of the precursor material Jesse Enlow, Hao Jiang, Someshwar Peri, Mark Foster, Timothy Bunning Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V17.00003: Selective dispersion of nanofillers in PET/PC blends E. Manias, M.J. Heidecker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V17.00004: The thermal properties and the microstructures of organic-inorganic nano-composite materials KengChing Lin, Kuo-Hsin Chang, WeiFang Su Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V17.00005: Enhanced Oxygen Barrier and Interfacial Adhesion of Polystyrene/Clay Nanocomposites via Plasma Surface Modification Patchara Tasanatanachai, Rathanawan Magaraphan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V17.00006: Structure and Morphology of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites formed by Chaotic Smart Blending Dilru R. Ratnaweera, Dvora Perahia, Chaitra Mahesha, Dvid Zumbrunnen , Mark A. Kampf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V17.00007: A Nanoparticle Self-Assembled Tactile Sensor with Sensitivity {\&} Resolution of Human Finger vivek maheshwari, Chieu Nguyen, Ravi Saraf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V17.00008: Novel Route to Nanoparticle Dispersion Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Rahmi Ozisik, Kumin Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V17.00009: Directing self-assembly of gold nanoparticles in diblock copolymer scaffold Qifang Li, Jinbo He, Elizabeth Glogowski, Todd Emrick, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V17.00010: Simple Fabrication of Mesoporous Silica with Remarkable High Temperature Stability at Neutral pH and Ambient Conditions from TEOS David Hess, Radha Vippagunta, James Watkins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V17.00011: Hydrophilic Silica-Polypeptide Composite Particles Erick Soto-Cantu, Paul Russo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V17.00012: Polymer-Graphite Nanocomposites: Comparison to Clay- and Carbon Nanotube-Based Hybrids Katsuyuki Wakabayashi, Kosmas Kasimatis, John M. Torkelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V17.00013: Organic-Inorganic Photovoltaic Composite Materials Based on Polymer-Functionalized Semiconductor Nanorods Qingling Zhang, Suresh Gupta, Todd Emrick, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V17.00014: Controlled Clustering of Oxide Nanoparticles using Block Copolymers for Coating and Biomedical Applications Jean-Francois Berret Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V17.00015: Novel Nanocomposite Materials Synthesis and Their Application YuanQiao Rao Preview Abstract

Session V18: Chemical Dynamics & Molecular Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Elliot Bernstein, Colorado State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 103

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V18.00001: Ultrafast 2D IR vibrational echo chemical exchange spectroscopy Junrong Zheng, Michael Fayer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V18.00002: Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) Using Nitroxide Radicals Brandon Armstrong, Evan McCarney, Songi Han Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V18.00003: Comparison of Electronically Excited Photodissociation between Nitramine Energetic Materials and Model Systems Yuanqing Guo, Margo Greenfield, Atanu Bhattacharya, Elliot Bernstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V18.00004: UV excited electronic state decomposition of energetic materials and model systems using fs laser spectroscopy Margo Greenfield, Yuanqing Guo, Atanu Bhattacharya, Elliot Bernstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V18.00005: Photoinduced ring-opening mechanism in several model diarylethenes Petra Sauer, Roland E. Allen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V18.00006: Cooling and Trapping of NH radicals L. Paul Parazzoli, Carlos Romero, Daniel Lobser, Heather Lewandowski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V18.00007: First Principles Simulations of THz Spectra of Acephate: Insight Into the Phonon Signatures. Yiming Zhang, Xihong Peng, Yunqing Chen, Saroj Nayak, X.-C. Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V18.00008: Hydrophobic dependence of molecules at the liquid/solid interface as studied with infrared-visible sum frequency generation spectroscopy Bryan Hsu, Veronique Lachat, Gabor Somorjai, Mohsen Yeganeh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V18.00009: Observation of the $\widetilde{A}-\widetilde{X}$ Electronic Transition of the Jet-Cooled Methyl Peroxy Radical by High Resolution CRDS Patrick Dupr\'{e}, Shenghai Wu, Patrick Rupper, Terry Miller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V18.00010: Modeling the transient vibrational dynamics of photofragments Steve Young, Sara Mason, Hai-Lung Dai, Andrew Rappe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V18.00011: Raman spectra of benzene derivatives adsorbed on metal substrates D.A. Alexson, S.C. Badescu, O.J. Glembocki, S.M. Prokes, R.W. Rendell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V18.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V18.00013: Single photon ionization of hydrogen bonded clusters with a desk-top size soft x-ray laser: (HCOOH)$_{n }$ and (HCOOH)$_{m}$(H$_{2}$O)$_{n}$ Scott Heinbuch, Feng Dong, Jorge Rocca, Elliot Bernstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V18.00014: Formation and Distribution of Neutral Transition Metal Oxide Clusters: Single Photon Ionization at 26.5 eV Feng Dong, Scott Heinbuch, Jorge Rocca, Elliot Bernstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V18.00015: UV Single Photon Dissociation of Furazan Based Energetic Materials: DAAF Atanu Bhattacharya, Yuanqing Guo, Margo Greenfield, Elliot Bernstein Preview Abstract

Session V19: Focus Session: Ultrafast Dynamics using X-rays and Electrons II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Christoph Rose-Petruck, Brown University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V19.00001: Picosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy of light-induced processes in liquids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V19.00002: Ultrafast Structural Dynamics of Photoactive Metal Complexes in Solar Energy Conversion. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V19.00003: Watching proteins function with 150-ps time-resolved X-ray crystallography Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V19.00004: The Laser-Assisted Photoelectric Effect on Surfaces Luis Miaja-Avila, Guido Saathoff, Chifong Lei, Margaret Murnane, Henry Kapteyn, Martin Aeschlimann, John Gland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V19.00005: Dynamics of small polaron formation in epitaxial pentacene films Matthias Muntwiler, William Tisdale, Ehua Fan, Chad Lindstrom, Xiaoyang Zhu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V19.00006: Dynamics on nanointerfaces investigated by ultrafast electron nano-crystallography Chong-Yu Ruan, Yoshie Murooka, Ramani Kalyan Raman, Ryan Murdick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V19.00007: Multiple Reference Soft X-ray Fourier Transform Holography W. Schlotter, K. Chen, R. Rick, A. Scherz, J. Stohr, J. Luning Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V19.00008: X-ray Resonant Photoemission in organic thin films. Alberto Morgante, Dean Cvetko, Albano Cossaro, Luca Floreano, Gregor Bavdek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V19.00009: Atomic Scale Force Spectroscopy Suggests Low Reorganization Entropy For Electron Transfer J.T. Sage, A. Barabanschikov, B. Barbiellini, E.D. Coulter, D.M. Kurtz, E.E. Alp, W. Sturhahn Preview Abstract

Session V20: Focus Session: Superlattices and Oxides on Silicon

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Kristopher Andersen, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 105

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V20.00001: Tailoring the properties of artificially layered ferroelectric superlattices Matthew Dawber, Nicolas Stucki, Celine Lichtensteiger, Stefano Gariglio, Jean-Marc Triscone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V20.00002: Electrostatics of superlattices by first principles Xifan Wu, Oswaldo Di\'eguez, Massimiliano Stengel, Karin Rabe, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V20.00003: Interfacial Intermixing in Ferroelectric Superlattices from First Principles Valentino R. Cooper, Karen Johnston, Karin M. Rabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V20.00004: Understanding, enhancing and fine-tuning polar properties in multicomponent perovskite superlattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V20.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V20.00006: Ferroelectricity and Polarization-Dependent Tunneling in BaTiO$_{3}$ Films Below 10 Layers Arthur P. Baddorf, Junsoo Shin, Sergei V. Kalinin, Von Braun Nascimento, E. Ward Plummer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V20.00007: Surface morphology of PbTiO$_{3}$ films on SrTiO$_{3}$ (001) K. Latifi, Carol Thompson, D. D. Fong, G. B. Stephenson, P. H. Fuoss, J. A. Eastman, F. Jiang, S. K. Streiffer, R.-V. Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V20.00008: Ferroelectricity in ultra-thin and thick ferroelectric films of~Pb$_{0.35}$Sr$_{0.65}$TiO$_{3}$ studied by second~harmonic generation Shiwei Liu, Jacques Chakhalian, Min Xiao, Chonglin Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V20.00009: Functional Interfaces of a Crystalline Oxide on Semiconductor Fred Walker, Curt Billman, Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli, Rodney McKee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V20.00010: Surprises in the Growth of SrTiO$_3$ on Silicon: a Charged Interface and Polar Film. C. Stephen Hellberg, Kristopher E. Andersen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V20.00011: Structural and electrical properties of crystalline LaAlO$_{3}$ on Silicon (100) James Reiner, Agham Posadas, Miaomiao Wang, T.P. Ma, Charles Ahn Preview Abstract

Session V21: General Theory: Computational Quantum Monte Carlo Methods

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Jim Gubernatis, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 106

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V21.00001: Efficiency of Rejection-Free Monte Carlo Algorithms for Particles Systems Marta Guerra, Mark Novotny Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V21.00002: Faster QMC with Lagrange and splines William Parker, John Wilkins, Richard Hennig, Cyrus Umrigar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V21.00003: Approach toward Linear Scaling QMC Bryan Clark, David Ceperley, Eric de Sturler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V21.00004: Spinor path integral Quantum Monte Carlo for fermions Daejin Shin, Hosam Yousif, John Shumway Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V21.00005: Accuracy of the fixed-node and pseudopotential approximations in diffusion Monte Carlo Richard G. Hennig, Julien Toulouse, Cyrus J. Umrigar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V21.00006: Correction of finite-size errors in many-body electronic structure Hendra Kwee, Shiwei Zhang, Henry Krakauer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V21.00007: Wang-Landau integration --- The application of Wang-Landau sampling in numerical integration Ying Wai Li, Thomas Wuest, David P. Landau, Hai Qing Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V21.00008: Quantum Monte Carlo with short directed loops Ying-Jer Kao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V21.00009: Optimization of quantum Monte Carlo wave functions by energy minimization Julien Toulouse, Cyrus Umrigar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V21.00010: Systematic improvement of trial wavefunctions for Constrained Path Quantum Monte Carlo R. Torsten Clay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V21.00011: Generalized pairing wave functions in electronic structure quantum Monte Carlo Michal Bajdich, Lubos Mitas, Kevin E. Schmidt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V21.00012: Bond breaking in auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo Wissam A. Al-Saidi, Henry Krakauer, Shiwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V21.00013: Bond Breaking of Simple Molecules in Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo with GVB Wave Functions Wirawan Purwanto, Henry Krakauer, Shiwei Zhang, Wissam Al-Saidi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V21.00014: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO N21.00014 Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V21.00015: Monte-Carlo Simulations of High-q Anti-ferromagnetic Potts Models Shafiqur Rahman, Suvarshi Bhadra, Joshua Monk Preview Abstract

Session V22: Focus Session: Jamming II

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: David Wu, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Colorado Convention Center 108

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V22.00001: A Local, Geometrical Probe for Jamming Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V22.00002: A critical length scale in jammed granular media Wouter Ellenbroek, Ellak Somfai, Martin van Hecke, Wim van Saarloos Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V22.00003: Critical Scaling at the Jamming Transition for Zero and Finite Applied Shear Stress Peter Olsson, Stephen Teitel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V22.00004: The fluid-glass transition for hard spheres John Drozd, Colin Denniston Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V22.00005: Correlated Percolation Models of Jamming and Glass Transitions Monwhea Jeng, Jennifer Schwarz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V22.00006: Fluctuations in the crossover from aging to equilibrium of a structural glass Azita Parsaeian, Horacio E. Castillo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V22.00007: Colloidal Glass Transition Observed in Confinement Kazem Edmond, Carrie Nugent, Hetal N. Patel, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V22.00008: The Manhattan Model: A simple model for glassy dynamics Prasanta Pal, Corey O'Hern, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V22.00009: Simultaneous measurements of bulk moduli and particle dynamics in a sheared colloidal glass Michael V. Massa, Christoph Eisenmann, Chanjoong Kim, David A. Weitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V22.00010: Discontinuous shear thickening, or shear jamming, of dense suspensions of uniform non-spherical particles Ryan Larsen, Jin-Woong Kim, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V22.00011: Flow fields caused by local perturbations of colloidal glasses Lov Goel, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V22.00012: Signatures of critical phenomena of a filled elastomer under deformation Mindaugas Rackaitis, Xiaorong Wang Preview Abstract

Session V23: High Pressure VI

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Renata Wentzcovitch, University of Minnesota
Room: Colorado Convention Center 110

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V23.00001: Potentially novel ultrahigh pressure form of ABX$_3$-type compounds Koichiro Umemoto, Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V23.00002: Reactive Molecular Dynamics Studies of Thermal Induced Chemistry in TATB Timothy Germann, Jason Quenneville Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V23.00003: Long timescale dynamics of shocked nitromethane Laurence Fried, Evan Reed, Riad Manaa, Kurt Glaesemann, John Joannopoulos Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V23.00004: Shear strain induced structural and electronic modifications of the energetic molecular crystal 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene Sergey Rashkeev, Maija Kuklja Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V23.00005: An Infrared Study of Secondary Explosives under High Pressure. Brian Yulga, Michael Pravica, Zhenxian Liu, Oliver Tschauner, Malcolm Nicol Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V23.00006: Vibrational spectra of solid HNFX (C$_6$H$_8$F$_8$N$_8$O$_4$): Experiments and theory Malcolm Nicol, Cedric Gobin, Eunja Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V23.00007: High Pressure Behavior in Hydrated Metal Hexafluorosilicates M(H2O)6SiF6 Alice Acatrinei, Monika Hartl, Luke Daemen, Jianzhong Zhang, Yusheng Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V23.00008: On the High-Pressure Behavior of Titanium Hydride Patricia E. Kalita, Stanislas Sinogeikin, Kristina E. Lipinska-Kalita, Thomas Hartmann, Andrew Cornelius Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V23.00009: Pressure tuned phonon mode splitting in magnetic frustrated spinel ZnCr$_{2}$O$_{4}$ Tao Zhou, Zhenxian Liu, Chenglin Zhang, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V23.00010: Optical properties of CdSe semiconductor nanocrystals under high pressures Chi-Tsu Yuan, Wu-Ching Chou, Der-San Chuu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V23.00011: High Pressure Characterization of the thermoelectric Bi2Te3 Matthew Jacobsen, Ravhi Kumar, Andrew Cornelius Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V23.00012: Pressure dependance of the Curie temperature of TbNi$_2$Mn, investigated using designer diamond anvils Damon Jackson, Scott McCall, Samuel Weir, Dave Young, Qiu Wei, Yogesh Vohra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V23.00013: Spectroscopic evidence for pressure-induced metallization in solid silane Xiao-Jia Chen, Viktor V. Struzhkin, Alexander Goncharov, Yang Song, Zhen-Xian Liu, Ho-kwang Mao, Russell J. Hemley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V23.00014: Search for superconductivity in LiBC at high pressure Amy Lazicki, Choong-Shik Yoo, Hyunchae Cynn, William J. Evans, Warren E. Pickett, Justin Olamit, Kai Liu, Y. Ohishi Preview Abstract

Session V24: Phase Transitions in Polymeric Systems II

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

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V24.00001: Phase Transition of Long Chain Normal Alkanes in Confined Geometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V24.00002: Supercritical Fluid-Assisted Electrospinning of Polymers Mark McHugh, Manuel Marquez, Zhihao Shen, Jun Liu, Sanho Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V24.00003: Origin of the Difference in Order-Disorder Transition \mbox{Temperature} Between Polystyrene-block-Poly(2-vinylpyridine) and Polystyrene-block-Poly(4-vinylpyridine) Copolymers Jin Kon Kim, Dong Hyun Lee, Sung Hyun Han, Weibin Zha, Chang Dae Han, Jin Ho Kang, Cheol Park Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V24.00004: Stucture and dynamics of a microphase separating block copolymer melt. Amish Patel, Nitash Balsara, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy, Simon Mochrie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V24.00005: Pressure Dependence of Block Copolymer Phase Transition in Selective Solvent. Yongsheng Liu, Rama Bansil, Milos Steinhart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V24.00006: Nanoporous Materials Formed in Condensed Carbon Dioxide William Edmonds, Timothy Lodge, Marc Hillmyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V24.00007: Morphological transformation and mesostructure formation in diblock copolymer blends Kishore Tenneti, Xiaofang Chen, Christopher Li, Lixia Rong, Benjamin Hsiao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V24.00008: Salt Complexation in Cleavable Polystyrene-b-poly (ethylene oxide) Thin Films Ling Yang, Mingfu Zhang, Serkan Yurt, Matthew Misner, E. Bryan Coughlin, D. Venkataraman, Thomas Russell, Benjamin Ocko, Xuefa Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V24.00009: Modeling of self-assembly in diblock copolymer and particle mixtures using self-consistent field theory Seung Ha Kim, Eric Cochran Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V24.00010: Effect of solvent vapor type on evolution of thin film morphology of block copolymer-nanoparticle composites. Deepali Palta, David Bucknall Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V24.00011: An SCFT Study of Nanostructuring in Epoxy Thermosets Folusho Oyerokun, Glenn Fredrickson, Ludwik Leibler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V24.00012: Fluctuation effects and stability of the Fddd phase in diblock copolymer melts Bing Miao, Robert Wickham Preview Abstract

Session V25: Organic Based Magnetism and Organic Spintronics

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DMP
Chair: Bin Hu, University of Tennessee
Room: Colorado Convention Center 203

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V25.00001: Spin Response in Organic Spin-Valves based on LSMO Electrodes Fujian Wang, Cungeng Yang, Z. Valy Vardeny, Xiaoguang Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V25.00002: Spin Valve Effects in Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Devices Yaohua Liu, Taegweon Lee, Howard E. Katz, Daniel H. Reich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V25.00003: Morphology Influenced Properties in Organic Semiconducting Thin Films for Spin-Valves J. Sheung, M. Teague, C.R. Hughes, S. Mitrovic, N.-C. Yeh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V25.00004: Dipolar-Biased Tunneling of Magnetization in Crystals of Single Molecule Magnets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V25.00005: Regioregular polythiophene based spintronic devices: effect of interface Ronald Osterbacka, Sayani Majumdar, Himadri Majumdar, Reino Laiho, Pekka Laukkanen, Juhani Vayrynen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V25.00006: Ferrimagnetic resonance study on photo-induced magnetism in hybrid magnetic semiconductor V(TCNE)$_x$, $x \sim 2$ film Jung-Woo Yoo, R. Shima Edelstein, D. M. Lincoln, A. J. Epstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V25.00007: On the Mechanism Causing Large Room-Temperature Magnetoresistance in OLEDs Y. Sheng, T. Nguyen, G. Veeraraghavan, J. Rybicki, O. Mermer, M. Wohlgenannt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V25.00008: Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth of Organic Spin Valves K. Pi, W. Wang, R. Thamankar, Y. Chye, Y. F. Chiang, Y. Li, R. K. Kawakami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V25.00009: Boosting quantum efficiency of single layer organic light emitting device by doping CoFe magnetic nanoparticles. Chengjun Sun, Yue Wu, Zhihua Xu, Bin Hu, Jian-Ping Wang, Jian Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V25.00010: Spin dynamics of photoexcited polarons in MEH-PPV: optically detected magnetic resonance studies Cungeng Yang, Zeev Vardeny, Eitan Ehrenfreund Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V25.00011: Role of triplet polaron pairs in conjugated polymer photophysics Elizabeth Wesely, Lewis Rothberg, Alfred Marchetti, Shaw Chen, Yanhou Geng, Sean Culligan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V25.00012: Efficient plastic scintillators utilizing phosphorescent dopants. Ian Campbell, Brian Crone Preview Abstract

Session V26: Focus Session: Charge Transport in Nanostructures II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Hongkun Park, Harvard University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V26.00001: Electronic transport in semiconductor nanowires: physics studies and possible device applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V26.00002: Charge Transport in Semiconductor Nanocrystal Solids Dmitri Talapin, Elena Shevchenko, Jong Soo Lee, Jeffrey Urban, David Mitzi, Christopher Murray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V26.00003: Tuning the Height of the Tunnel Barrier in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanoparticle Films Venda Porter, Scott Geyer, Jonathan Halpert, Moungi Bawendi, Tamar Mentzel, Marc Kastner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V26.00004: Transport measurements of semiconductor nanocrystals and nanorods using nanoscale devices. Claudia Querner, Michael D. Fischbein, Marija Drndic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V26.00005: Electron Transport in Arrays of Lead Selenide Nanocrystals Tamar Mentzel, Venda Porter, Scott Geyer, Sophie Charpentier, Moungi Bawendi, Marc Kastner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V26.00006: Charge Transport in Magnetite Nanoparticle Arrays Seongjin Jang, Hao Zeng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V26.00007: Single Step Growth and Low Resistance Interconnecting of Metallic Nanowires Bret Flanders, Birol Ozturk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V26.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V26.00009: Electronic-structure and quantum conductance of pristine and defective graphene layers and ribbons Giovanni Cantele, Young-Su Lee, Domenico Ninno, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 2:03PM		V26.00010: Theory of transport through molecular magnets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V27: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience VIII - Nanotransport, Contact and Conduction

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Room: Colorado Convention Center 301

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V27.00001: Understanding Molecular Conduction: Old Wine in a New Bottle? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V27.00002: Ab initio Green's function method and Boltzmann averaging for electrical conductance of a single molecular junction Tomofumi Tada, Arihiro Tawara, Toshiya Matsuyama, Satoshi Watanabe, Satoru Tanibayashi, Hideo Sekino Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V27.00003: The current-voltage characteristic of a metal-molecule-metal junction studied by an integrated and piecewise thermal equilibrium approach Y.-H Tang, T.-H Lu, M.-H. Tsai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V27.00004: First-Principles Investigation on Atomic and Electronic Transport in Ag-Ag$_{2}$S-Ag Zhongchang Wang, Takuya Kadohira, Tomofumi Tada, Satoshi Watanabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V27.00005: GW electronic Correlations in Quantum Transport : Renormalization and finite lifetime effects on real systems Pierre Darancet, Andrea Ferretti, Didier Mayou, Valerio Olevano Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V27.00006: Non-equilibrium Transport in Carbon based Adsorbate Systems Joachim F\"urst, Mads Brandbyge, Kurt Stokbro, Antti-Pekka Jauho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V27.00007: First-Principles Analyses of Capacitance and Conductance of Atomic Point Contacts Michiko Tanaka, Shinnosuke Furuya, Satoshi Watanabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V27.00008: Atomic dimer shuttling and two-level conductance fluctuations in Nb nanowires Robert N. Barnett, Chun Zhang, Alexei Marchenkov, Zhenting Dai, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V27.00009: Electronic Structure of Metal-Semiconductor Nanocontacts Denis Demchenko, Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V27.00010: Benchmark Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations of Optical gaps of carbon Nanotubes Fernando Reboredo, Paul Kent Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V27.00011: First-principles study of effects of metallic electrode contacts on transport properties of carbon nanotubes Nobuhiko Kobayashi, Taisuke Ozaki, Kenji Hirose Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V27.00012: Nano-helix based quantum transistor, charge pump and motor Xiaoliang Qi, Shoucheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V27.00013: Low temperature transport properties of semiconducting nanocrystal arrays Andreas Glatz, Igor Beloborodov, Valerii Vinokur Preview Abstract

Session V28: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Chemistry

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Philip Collins, University of California, Irvine
Room: Colorado Convention Center 302

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V28.00001: Resonance Raman spectroscopy of length fractionated single-walled carbon nanotubes A. Hight Walker, J.A. Fagan, B.J. Bauer, E.K. Hobbie, J.R. Simpson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V28.00002: Modeling of the SWNT-DNA complexes in the water solution Alexey A. Tsukanov, Eugene A. Grachev, Slava V. Rotkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V28.00003: Electronic structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes inside helical DNA wraps Stacy Snyder, Slava Rotkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V28.00004: Aminoacid Functionalization and Raman Characterization of DWNT Moreno Meneghetti, Gabriele Marcolongo, Giorgio Ruaro, Vincenzo Amendola, Jessica Alfonsi, Marina Gobbo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V28.00005: Directed Linking of Carbon Nanotubes with CdSe Quantum Dots and Au Nanoparticles Kathryn Leach, Todd Krauss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V28.00006: Size Selective Interaction of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Collagen Sanjib Bhattacharyya, Jean-Paul Salvetat, Debdulal Roy, Marie-Louise Saboungi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V28.00007: Optical modulation of single walled carbon nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V28.00008: Targeted Damage of Carbon Nanotubes Luke Donev, Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V28.00009: {\em Ab Initio} Study of Crosslinking of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes Igor Vasiliev, Seamus A. Curran Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V28.00010: Deformation of $sp^2$ graphitic nanostructure by irradiation with highly charged ion Yoshiyuki Miyamoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V28.00011: Metallic carbon nanotubes destruction using Laser Irradiation Hisashi Kajiura, Houjin Huang, Ryuichiro Maruyama, Koji Kadono, Kazuhiro Noda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V28.00012: First-principles characterization of carbon nanotubes functionalized with [2+1] cycloadditions Young-Su Lee, Nicola Bonini, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V28.00013: First Principles Calculations for Destructive Deformation of Carbon Nanotubes by Oxygen Molecule Takazumi Kawai, Yoshiyuki Miyamoto Preview Abstract

Session V29: Foams and Emulsions

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Douglas Durian, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Colorado Convention Center 303

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V29.00001: Coarsening in steady-state aqueous foam Klebert Feitosa, Douglas J. Durian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V29.00002: Polymorphism in Monodisperse Foams Olivia L. Halt, Randall D. Kamien Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V29.00003: Rheology of wet foams of different bubble sizes and surfactant chemistry Stephan Koehler, Raenell Soller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V29.00004: Flow of soft glassy materials in confined geometry Julie Goyon, Annie Colin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V29.00005: Novel Shear Banding in 2D Foam Probes Soap Film Friction James Glazier, Ariel Balter, Rebecca Perry Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V29.00006: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO A29 Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V29.00007: Entropically Driven Colloidal Assembly in Emulsions Keng-hui Lin, Liang-jie Lai, Hui Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V29.00008: Rheology of solid-stabilized emulsions Kosta Ladavac, Rodrigo Guerra, Pabitra Sen, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V29.00009: Flow of colloidal gels through constrictions Jacinta Conrad, Jennifer Lewis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V29.00010: Non-affine bubble motion in a two-dimensional, linearly sheared foam Matthias Mobius, Gijs Katgert, Martin van Hecke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V29.00011: Thermal conductivity measurements in a 2D Yukawa system V. Nosenko, A. Ivlev, S. Zhdanov, G. Morfill, J. Goree, A. Piel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V29.00012: Experimental microrheology of quiescent soap films Vikram Prasad, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V29.00013: Janus particles on colloidosomes (Pickering emulsions) and the role of added surfactant Shan Jiang, Liang Hong, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V29.00014: Observing asphaltene aggregation by NMR spectroscopy and relaxation Yi-Qiao Song, Andrew Pomerantz, Kosta Ladavac, Pabitra Sen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V29.00015: Towards a 2D nonperiodic Solid Xiaochao Xu, David Pine Preview Abstract

Session V30: Biologically Inspired Physics

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Marilyn Gunner, City College of New York
Room: Colorado Convention Center 304

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V30.00001: Investigating gecko setae adhesion using a dual-axis MEMS force sensor Ginel Hill, Daniel Soto, Anne Peattie, Robert Full, Thomas Kenny Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V30.00002: The venation network in leaves as anticracks? Pedro Reis, Denis Vallet, Benoit Roman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V30.00003: Dynamics of macromolecules in confined environments Armin Rahmanisisan, Claudio Castelnovo, Jeremy Schmit, Claudio Chamon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V30.00004: Piezoelectricity as possible mechanism for mechano-, and magneto-receptions Antal Jakli, John Harden, Cody Notz, Chris Bailey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V30.00005: Planar Model of Orbital Paramagnetism in B-DNA and A-DNA at Low Temperatures. Michael J. Harrison Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V30.00006: Electromechanics: An analytic solution for graded biological cell. Kin Lok Chan, K. W. Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V30.00007: TASEP with extended particles and local inhomogeneities Jiajia Dong, Beate Schmittmann, Royce K.P. Zia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V30.00008: The Real-Time Dose Measurement Scintillating Fiber Array for Brachytherapy Procedures Lawrence Tynes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V30.00009: Modeling Blood Filtration in the Treatment of Septic Shock Glenn Foster, Alfred Hubler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V30.00010: A novel flow cytometry configuration for the detection of magnetic microparticles. John Martin, Christopher Carr, Andrei Matlachov, Henrik Sandin, Michelle Espy, Robert Kraus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V30.00011: Computational Phlebology: The Simulation of a Vein Valve Gavin Buxton, Nigel Clarke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V30.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V30.00013: Evolution of DNA Compaction in X-Ray Compatible Microflow Foil Devices Sarah Koester, Heather M. Evans, Rolf Dootz, Bernd Struth, Thomas Pfohl Preview Abstract

Session V31: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Thermal, Mechanical, Adsorption

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Meninder Purewal, Columbia University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V31.00001: Thermoelectric power of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes at the Ballistic Conduction Limit Yuri M. Zuev, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V31.00002: Phonon-Phonon Interaction In Carbon Nanotube Assemblies. Ali Aliev, Mei Zhang, Anvar Zakhidov, Ray Baughman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V31.00003: Electromechanical Resonators from Atomically Thin Graphite Scott Bunch, Arend van der Zande, Scott Verbridge, Ian Frank, David Tanenbaum, Jeevak Parpia, Harold Craighead, Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V31.00004: Microwave Nano-abacus Electro-mechanical Oscillator Haibing Peng, C.W. Chang, S. Aloni, T.D. Yuzvinsky, A. Zettl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V31.00005: Metal-carbon nanotube composite nanoelectromechanical torsional resonators Young Duck Kim, Seung Sae Hong, Jung Hoon Bak, Byung Yang Lee, Sung Woon Cho, Ki Sung Suh, Seunghun Hong, Yun Daniel Park Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V31.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V31.00007: Strain sensitivity in the photocurrent of single wall nanotubes Prasanth Gopinath, A. Mohite, H. Shah, J. Lin, B. Nagabhirava, T. Bansal, B. Alphenaar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V31.00008: Nanotubes stretched in Liquid-Metal-Ion-Sources:their influence on the cluster emission and on the isotopic anomalies. Rene Jean Tarento, Pierre Joyes, Jean van de Walle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V31.00009: Organic-vapor-induced repeatable movements of C$_{60}$ in/from single-wall carbon nanohorns at room temperature Jin Miyawaki, Masako Yudasaka, Ryota Yuge, Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V31.00010: Resonance Raman study of polyynes inside single-walled carbon nanotubes. Marcos Pimenta, Leandro Malard, Daisuke Nishide, Ana Paula Gomes, Ado Jorio, Hisanori Shinohara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V31.00011: Localization of inserted species inside single walled carbon nanotubes bundles: experimental and \textit{ab initio} study. Nedjma Bendiab, A. Marco Saitta, Robert Almairac, Raymond Aznar, Jean-Louis Sauvajol, Isabelle Mirebeau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V31.00012: Experimental Evidence for Water Intercalation into Graphite Dinko Chakarov, Hans Fredriksson, Guido Ketteler, Bengt Kasemo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V31.00013: Dependence of single-walled carbon nanotubes' adsorption kinetics on temperature and binding energy Vaiva Krungleviciute, Dinesh Rawat, Murat Bulut, Luke Heroux, Aldo Migone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V31.00014: Temperature and Pressure Dependence of Hydrogen Coverage on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Jun Ni, Xiaobao Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V31.00015: Transport characteristics of a single multiwall carbon nanotube by bending in SEM and STM Suenne Kim, Jeehoon Kim, Morgann Berg, Alex de Lozanne Preview Abstract

Session V32: Optical Lattices

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Chris Oates, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V32.00001: Ion Chains in Optical Lattices as Simple Quantum Glasses Roman Schmied, Tommaso Roscilde, Diego Porras, Ignacio Cirac Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V32.00002: Predicted quantum stripe ordering in optical lattices Congjun Wu, W. Vincent Liu, Joel Moore, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V32.00003: BCS-BEC crossover on the two dimensional honeycomb lattice Erhai Zhao, Arun Paramekanti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V32.00004: Mixture of bosonic and spin-polarized fermionic atoms in an optical lattice Lode Pollet, Corinna Kollath, Ulrich Schollw\"ock, Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V32.00005: Coexistence of superfluid and Mott phases of strongly-interacting lattice bosons Courtney Lannert, Roman Barankov, Smitha Vishveshwara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V32.00006: Noise spectroscopy for detecting multi-atomic composite states in optical lattices Henning Moritz, Anatoly Kuklov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V32.00007: Dynamics of multicomponent Bose-Einstein condensates on two- and three-dimensional optical lattices R. Mark Bradley, L.D. Carr, J.E. Bernard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V32.00008: Analysis of the coherence time of a Bose-Einstein-condensate interferometer with optical control of dynamics James Stickney, Dana Z. Anderson, Alex Zozulya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V32.00009: Pairing and density-wave phases in Fermion-Boson mixtures at fixed filling Filippos Klironomos, Shan-Wen Tsai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V32.00010: Quantum Monte Carlo simulations of resonantly interacting ultracold atoms Valy Rousseau, Peter Denteneer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V32.00011: Systematic Ground-state Exploration for Strongly-interacting Fermions Loaded on Optical Lattices Masahiko Machida, Yoji Ohashi, Hideki Matsumoto, Susumu Yamada Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V32.00012: Two Critical velocities for a superfluid in a periodic potential Biao Wu, Junren Shi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V32.00013: Finite-size effects and entanglement in ultracold atoms on optical lattices L. D. Carr$^{2,3}$, R. C. Brown$^{2,3}$, D. G. Schirmer$^{2,3}$, R. V. Mishmash$^2$, S. P. Santos$^2$, I. Danshita$^3$, J. E. Williams$^3$, Charles W. Clark$^3$ Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V32.00014: Quantum Entangled Dark Solitons in the Bose-Hubbard Model R.V. Mishmash, L.D. Carr Preview Abstract

Session V33: Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Communication II

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Christopher Fuchs, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V33.00001: Photonic quantum memories for quantum repeaters Christoph Simon, Nicolas Sangouard, Hugues de Riedmatten, Mikael Afzelius, Hugo Zbinden, Nicolas Gisin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V33.00002: Investigations of an optical memory based on stimulated photon echoes Wolfgang Tittel, Matthias Staudt, Sara Simon-Hastings, Mikael Afzelius, Valerio Scarani, Nicolas Gisin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V33.00003: Numerical Modeling and Optimization of Type-I Entangled-Photon Sources Gleb Akselrod, Joseph Altepeter, Michael Goggin, Jaime Valle, Joseph Yasi, Paul Kwiat Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V33.00004: Hyperentangled Bell-state analysis Tzu-Chieh Wei, Julio Barreiro, Paul G. Kwiat Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V33.00005: Security aspects of the authentication used in quantum key growing Jan-{\AA}ke Larsson, J\"orgen Cederl\"of Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V33.00006: Unconditional security at a low cost Xiongfeng Ma, Hoi-Kwong Lo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V33.00007: Decoy State Quantum Key Distribution: Theory and Practice Yi Zhao, Hoi-Kwong Lo, Xiongfeng Ma, Bing Qi, Kai Chen, Li Qian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V33.00008: What kind of assistance enables quantum cloning? Koji Azuma, Masato Koashi, Nobuyuki Imoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V33.00009: Stochastic Local Distinguishability Somshubhro Bandyopadhyay, Anirban Roy, Jonathan Walgate Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V33.00010: Detector dead-time effects in high-speed quantum key distribution Daniel Rogers, Joshua Bienfang, Anastase Nakassis, Charles W. Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V33.00011: Wigner Function in Phase Coding QKD Martin Suda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V33.00012: Characteristics of the near field diffraction of Laguerre-Gaussian modes using computer generated holograms. Ayman Sweiti, Warner Miller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V33.00013: Quantum Communication with a Twist: QKD using Orbital Angular Momentum Photons Warner Miller, Ayman Sweiti Preview Abstract

Session V34: Focus Session: Nonlinear Dynamics of Neuronal Systems

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Peter Jung, Ohio University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 404

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V34.00001: Dynamics and pattern formation of synaptic learning: Why do we profit from slow learning? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V34.00002: Synchronized dynamics of cortical neurons with time-delay feedback Alexandra Landsman, Ira Schwartz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V34.00003: Eye-Target Synchrony and Attention R. Contreras, R. Kolster, S. Basu, H. U. Voss, J. Ghajar, M. Suh, S. Bahar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V34.00004: Complex patterns of synchrony in networks undergoing exogenous drive Jack Waddell, Michal Zochowski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V34.00005: Measurements of synchronization between interacting networks in a model of focal epilepsy S. Feldt, H. Osterhage, F. Mormann, K. Lehnertz, M. Zochowski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V34.00006: Structural network heterogeneities and network dynamics: a possible dynamical mechanism for hippocampal memory reactivation. Piotr Jablonski, Gina Poe, Michal Zochowski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V34.00007: Processing of odor stimuli by neuronal network models of the olfactory bulb Stuart Wick, Martin Wiechert, Hermann Riecke, Rainer Friedrich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V34.00008: The dynamics of temporal ordering in driven integrate-and-fire-neurons. Jan Engelbrecht, Renato Mirollo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V34.00009: Rocking the boat: Auditory localization of ground-borne vibrations in snakes J. Leo van Hemmen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V34.00010: Two-dimensional encoding and adaptation in the songbird auditory forebrain Tatyana Sharpee, Katherine Nagel, Allison Doupe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V34.00011: Astrocytes optimize synaptic fidelity Suhita Nadkarni, Peter Jung, Herbert Levine Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V34.00012: Dynamical analysis of Bayesian inference models and its relation to connectionist neural network models for the Eriksen task Yuan Liu, Angela Yu, Philip Holmes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V34.00013: Walking at stability's edge John Milton, David Nichols, Adam Coleman, Coury Clemens, Annie Nguyentat, Ami Radunskaya Preview Abstract

Session V35: DNA/RNA in Vitro

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Henryk Bohr, Technical University of Denmark
Room: Colorado Convention Center 405

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V35.00001: UV exposed electronically activated damage and photoreactivation repair Henrik Bohr, Bary Malik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V35.00002: Mean-Field Analysis of Recursive Entropic Segmentation of Biological Sequences Siew-Ann Cheong, Paul Stodghill, David Schneider, Christopher Myers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V35.00003: Exploring Threaded Intercalation Using Optical Tweezers Thayaparan Paramanathan, Micah J. McCauley, Fredrik Westerlund, Ioulia Rouzina, Mark C. Williams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V35.00004: A simple method to deposit elongated DNA onto fused-silica surfaces for single molecule studies of protein-DNA interactions Yao Zhang, Keryn Gold, Y. M. Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V35.00005: Strain dependent twist-stretch elasticity in elastic filaments Moneesh Upmanyu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V35.00006: Condensation of liquid crystals of complementary nDNA duplexes from a solution of mixed oligomers Giuliano Zanchetta, Tommaso Bellini, Michi Nakata, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V35.00007: Structural Analysis of D- and L-RNA by UV-Resonance Raman Spectroscopy S. Binder, S. Bolik, B. Schulz, M. Ruebhausen, M. Perbandt, M. Kramer, C. Betzel, V.E. Erdmann, S. Klussmann, N. Genov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V35.00008: Anomalous small-angle x-ray scattering (ASAXS) study of multivalent ion-DNA interactions Kurt Andresen, Jessica Lamb, Xiangyun Qiu, Lisa Kwok, Hye Yoon Park, Lois Pollack Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V35.00009: Study of Electronic Structures of Nucleobases and Associated Nuclear Quandrupole Interactions for $^{14}$N, $^{17}$O and $^{2}$H in A-DNA and B-DNA R.H. Scheicher, Dip N. Mahato, R.H. Pink, M.B. Huang, T.P. Das, Archana Dubey, H.P. Saha, Lee Chow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V35.00010: Experimental studies of the relationship between DNA structure and chemical modification, and its charge transport properties V. Soghomonian, D. E. Davis, A. A. Belak, J. F. Dowd, J. J. Heremans Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V35.00011: Density Functional Analysis of Stabilizing Effects of Stacking Interactions in Nucleic Acid Base Pair Steps David C. Langreth, Valentino R. Cooper, Timo Thonhauser, Aaron Puzder, Elsebeth Schr\"{o}der, Bengt I. Lundqvist Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V35.00012: Molecular Simulations of DNA Hybridization in Solution and in Microarrays. Juan Araque, Athanassios Panagiotopoulos, Marc Robert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V35.00013: Interactions between Counterions and Brushes of ssDNA D. Y. Petrovykh, A. Opdahl, Xiaosong Liu, F. J. Himpsel, L. J. Whitman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V35.00014: Single DNA electrophoresis in Pluronic F127 in a real-time fluorescence microscopy Seungyong You, David Van Winkle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V35.00015: Shear unzipping of DNA: A semi-microscopic approach Buddhapriya Chakrabarti, David R. Nelson Preview Abstract

Session V38: Focus Session: Instrumentation and Metrology for Fundamental Physics

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: J. Geremia, University of New Mexico
Room: Colorado Convention Center 501

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V38.00001: Mechanical effects of strong measurement: back-action noise and cooling Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V38.00002: An apparatus for measuring short-range deviations from Newtonian gravity including a magnetic force calibration Andrew Geraci, David Weld, John Chiaverini, Sylvia Smullin, Aharon Kapitulnik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V38.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V38.00004: Feedback Control and Characterization of a Microcantilever Using Optical Radiation Pressure David Weld, Aharon Kapitulnik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V38.00005: SQUID-based magnetic thermometry for fundamental physics and applications below $1$ K R. Sultan, R. Rahman, F. Baset, B. L. Zink Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V38.00006: Shot Noise Thermometry down to 10 mK Lafe Spietz, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V38.00007: A new approach to the measurement of relaxation heat capacity. Jonathan B. Betts, Albert Migliori, Izabela Stroe, Scott Riggs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V38.00008: A new thin film nanocalorimeter for measuring the heat capacity of 50nm films from 300mK to 500K. Daniel Queen, Frances Hellman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V38.00009: New design of a microcalorimeter with enhanced accuracy through the consideration of thermal loss of the membrane platform K. S. Suh, H. J. Kim, J. W. Kim, Y. D. Park, Kee Hoon Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V38.00010: Nonlinearity in the effect of an inhomogeneous Hall angle Daniel W. Koon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V38.00011: Electrical measurements of parametric resonance in silicon cantilevers Michael Requa, Kimberly Turner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V38.00012: Detectors of the Cyrogenic Dark Matter Search: Charge Transport in the Zero-Point Regime Kyle Sundqvist Preview Abstract

Session V39: Focus Session: Negative Differential Resistance I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Udo Pernisz, Dow Corning Corporation
Room: Colorado Convention Center 502

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V39.00001: Negative Differential Resistance Phenomena in Molecular Metal-Insulator-Metal Junctions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V39.00002: Characterization of Electrical Devices Based Upon Organic Monolayers Directly Attached to Si. C.A. Richter, C.A. Hacker, N. Gergel-Hackett, L.J. Richter, T.C. Allison, V. Mujica, C.A. Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V39.00003: Voltage-controlled non-linear characteristics of interdigitated MIM devices Bonnie Ludwig, Alex Hegyi, Christopher Kelly, Damian Khan, Mark Banaszak Holl, Bradford Orr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V39.00004: Scanning Probe Microscopic Characterization of Electronic Properties of Self-Assembled Organic Monolayers on Au Surface Govind Mallick, Shashi Karna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V39.00005: Absolute Negative Resistance Induced by Directional Electron-Electron Scattering in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Ismet I. Kaya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V39.00006: Resonant tunnelling assisted electrical switching in amorphous-carbon multilayer-superlattice structures Somnath Bhattacharyya, S. R. P. Silva Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V39.00007: Negative Differential Resistance in Covalently-Bridged Carbon Nanotube Junctions K.H. Khoo, Y.-W. Son, Marvin L. Cohen, J.B. Neaton, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract

Session V40: FQHE: Nu=5/2, Topological Quantum Computing

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Nick Bonesteel, Florida State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V40.00001: Quantum Hall effect in a quantum point contact at Landau filling fraction $\nu=\frac{5}{2}$ Jeffrey Miller, Iuliana Radu, Dominik Zumb\"uhl, Eli Levenson-Falk, Marc Kastner, Charles Marcus, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V40.00002: Spin and NMR at $\nu = 5/2$ L.A. Tracy, J.P. Eisenstein, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V40.00003: 5/2 FQHE without assuming pairing Jainendra Jain, Csaba T\H oke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V40.00004: Properties of a double point contact in the Moore-Read quantum Hall state. Eddy Ardonne, Eun-Ah Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V40.00005: Nature of excitations of the 5/2 fractional quantum Hall effect Nicolas Regnault, Csaba Toke, Jainendra Jain Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V40.00006: Explicit monodromy of Moore-Read wave functions on a torus Suk Bum Chung, Michael Stone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V40.00007: Mapping the Braiding Properties of Non-Abelian FQHE Liquids. Emil Prodan, F. D. M. Haldane Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V40.00008: Edge Excitations and Non-Abelian Statistics in the Moore-Read State: A Numerical Study in the Presence of Coulomb Interaction and Edge Confinement Kun Yang, Xin Wan, Edward Rezayi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V40.00009: Spin Order and Spin Textures in Paired Quantum Hall States Ivailo Dimov, Chetan Nayak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V40.00010: Interferometry Measurements of Anyonic Charge Parsa Bonderson, Johannes Slingerland, Kirill Shtengel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V40.00011: Anyons in a weakly interacting system Conan Weeks, Babak Seradjeh, Marcel Franz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V40.00012: Topological invariants of time-reversal-invariant band structures Joel Moore, Leon Balents Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V40.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V40.00014: Probing Non-Abelian Statistics with Quasiparticle Interferometry Johannes Slingerland, Parsa Bonderson, Kirill Shtengel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V40.00015: Abelian and non-abelian quasi-particles as domain-wall type defects Alexander Seidel, Dung-Hai Lee Preview Abstract

Session V42: Metal Oxides: Growth, Structure, Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jiandi Zhang, Florida International University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 505

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V42.00001: Characterization of Epitaxial Ag$_{2-x}$O Thin Films Grown on Sapphire S.B. Rivers, G. Bernhardt, M.W. Wright, D.J. Frankel, M.M. Steeves, R.J. Lad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V42.00002: Ultrathin CoO (100) films on Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ (100): a photoemission study Hui-Qiong Wang*, Eric I. Altman**, Victor E. Henrich* Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V42.00003: Biaxial Texture Evolution in Ion-Beam Assisted Deposition of MgO Vladimir Matias Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V42.00004: Phase diagram for the Ni/Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$ interface and relationships to adhesion Xiao-Gang Wang, John Smith Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V42.00005: Interplay between structure and electronic properties in metal-oxide interfaces Matias Nunez, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V42.00006: Morphology of cerium oxide surfaces in an oxidzing enviroment:a first-principles investigation Marco Fronzi, Aloysius Soon, Catherine Stampfl, Bernard Delley, Enrico Traversa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V42.00007: Stabilization mechanisms of polar ZnO surfaces revisited Shengbai Zhang, Mao-Hua Du, Steven Erwin, John Northrup Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V42.00008: Crystalline Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Films for Renewable Energy Technologies Anne Dillon, Se-Hee Lee, Rohit Deshpande, Philip Parilla, Kim Jones, Harv Mahan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V42.00009: Nanostructured Molybdenum Oxides for Lithium-Ion Batteries Se-Hee Lee, Rohit Deshpande, Phil Parilla, Kim Jones, Bobby To, Harv Mahan, Anne Dillon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V42.00010: The Onset of Ordered Vacancy Configurations on the TiO$_{2}$ (110) Surface. Scott J. Thompson, Steven P. Lewis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V42.00011: One-dimensional Au chains on TiO$_{2}$(110) Adam Kiejna, Tomasz Pabisiak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V42.00012: Time Resolved Surface Diffuse Scattering During Oxide Growth J.Z. Tischler, B.C. Larson, Gyula Eres, C.M. Rouleau, P. Zschack Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V42.00013: Leakage current reduction and magneto-electric coupling studies in BiFeO$_{3}$ thin films N.M. Murari, Ashok Kumar, Ram S. Katiyar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V42.00014: Ab initio Study of Metal Interfaces with HfO$_{2}$ and SiO$_{2}$: Work Function Modulation Blanka Magyari-K\"ope, Yoshio Nishi, Luigi Colombo, Kyeongjae Cho Preview Abstract

Session V43: Electronic Properties in Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Ilya Ponomarev, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 506

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V43.00001: $g$-factors and discrete energy level velocities in nanoparticles Eduardo R. Mucciolo, Caio H. Lewenkopf, Leonid I. Glazman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V43.00002: Full counting statistics for a quantum nanoelectromechanical system Steven Bennett, Aashish Clerk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V43.00003: {\em Ab Initio} Calculations for the Surface Energy of Silver Nanoclusters Bharat Medasani, Igor Vasiliev, Young Ho Park Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V43.00004: The structures and energetics of interacting ionic nanocrystals from atomistic simulations. Paul Tangney, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V43.00005: Fermi-edge singularity in a spin-incoherent Luttinger liquid Gregory A. Fiete Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V43.00006: Free Energy of a 1D Metal-Molecule Interface: C$_{60}$-Decorated Ag Islands T. J. Stasevich, C. Tao, E. D. Williams, T. L. Einstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V43.00007: Permanent polarization of small metallic particles Andrey Shytov, Michael Pustilnik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V43.00008: Tuning the Conductivity of Semiconductor Nanostructures by Dielectric Engineering Aniruddha Konar, Debdeep Jena Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V43.00009: Dielectrophoretic alignment of VO$_{2}$ nanowires in device geometries Irving Herman, Sarbajit Banerjee, Vladimir Blagojevic, Kellen Petersen, Manav Malhotra, Michael Steigerwald, Louis Brus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V43.00010: Universal behavior of surface-dangling bonds in hydrogen-terminated Si, Ge, and Si/Ge nanowires. Ricardo Nunes, Ricardo Kagimura, H\'elio Chacham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V43.00011: Superlattice nanowires via double-sided heteroepitaxy on compliant ultra-thin Si ribbons Clark S. Ritz, Frank S. Flack, Michelle M. Roberts, Douglas M. Detert, Yu Zhang, Donald E. Savage, Paul G. Evans, Feng Liu, Max G. Lagally Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V43.00012: Ground-state properties of quantum rings with a few electrons Yasuhiro Saiga, Dai Hirashima, Junko Usukura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V43.00013: Quantum Impurities and Persistent Currents: Decoupling through Integrability Hans-Peter Eckle, Johan Nilsson, Henrik Johannesson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V43.00014: Energy Spectra and Oscillatory Magnetization of Two-Electron Self-Assembled InGaAs/GaAs Ring-Like Nanostructures V.M. Fomin, V.N. Gladilin, J.T. Devreese, N.A.J.M. Kleemans, H.C.M. van Genuchten, P.M. Koenraad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V43.00015: Electric-field lithography of LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ quasi-two-dimensional electron gas Cheng Cen, Jeremy Levy, Stefan Thiel, Jochen Mannhart Preview Abstract

Session V44: Focus Session: Plasmons in Nanoholes, Arrays and Structured Surfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Fernando Reboredo, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 507

Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V44.00001: Nonlinear Optical Effects in Periodic Arrays of Nanoholes in Metallic Films Xiwen Wang, Stephen Gray, George Schatz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V44.00002: Theoretical Study of Optical Transmission Enhancement through Sub-Wavelength Apertures: Determining the Role of Surface Plasmon Polaritons Philip Flammer, James Martineau, Reuben Collins, Ian Schick, Michael Horowitz, Russell Hollingsworth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V44.00003: The coupling of surface plasmons in periodic arrays of subwavelength holes Ruwen Peng, Zhaohui Tang, Zhan Wang, Yongjun Bao, Mu Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V44.00004: Plasmonic properties of a nanosized hole in a thin metallic film Tae-Ho Park, Peter Nordlander Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V44.00005: Interaction between surface plasmon and 2-dimensional nano-defects at metallic surfaces. Raul Garcia-Llamas, Jorge Gaspar-Armenta, Judith Tánori-Cordova, Manuel Leyva-Lucero Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V44.00006: Mapping of the optical emission in the vicinity of the surface of a subwavelength aperture flanked by periodic grooves in a gold film Ian C. Schick, James T. Martineau, Reuben T. Collins, P. David Flammer, Russell E. Hollingsworth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V44.00007: Dependence of Transmission Through Subwavelength Linear Apertures on Grating/Aperture Separation Michael Hurowitz, Ian Schick, Philip Flammer, James Martineau, Russell Hollingsworth, Reuben Collins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V44.00008: Lensless focusing and optical trapping Christopher DuFort, Bogdan Dragnea Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V44.00009: Effective Non-Localities of Nano-Layered Meta-Materials Justin Elser, Viktor Podolskiy, Ildar Salakhutdinov, Ivan Avrutsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V44.00010: Fluorescence enhancement from silver nanostructures. Shyhauh Guo, Hung-Chih Kan, Ray Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V44.00011: Influence of Local Field and Particle Plasmon on Fluorescence Enhancement from Spherical Nano-silver Particles Shu-Ju Tsai, Hung-Chih Kan, Shy-Hauh Guo, De-Hao Tsai, Michael Zachariah, Ray Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V44.00012: Ultra-long range surface plasmon modes Charles G. Durfee, Reuben T. Collins, Thomas E. Furtak, Russell E. Hollingsworth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V44.00013: Suppression of transmission minima and maxima with structured metal surface Yongyuan Zhu, Qianjin Wang, Chengping Huang, Jiaqi Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V44.00014: Enhanced Optical Transmission with Coaxial Apertures Michael Haftel, Carl Schlockermann, Shannon Orbons, Ann Roberts, David Jamieson, Darren Freeman, Barry Luther-Davies Preview Abstract