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Session W1: Quantum Coherence in Superconducting Devices

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Moses Chan, Pennsylvania State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 2-3

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W1.00001: Flux Qubits: Coupling and Decoherence Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W1.00002: Mach-Zehnder Interferometry and Microwave-Induced Cooling in Persistent-Current Qubits Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W1.00003: Vacuum Rabi oscillations observed in a flux qubit LC-oscillator system Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W1.00004: Controllable coupling of superconducting flux qubits Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W1.00005: Quantum Dynamics of a d-wave Josephson Junction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W2: Molecular Motors (Biophysical Society Symposium)

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Carlos Catalano, University of Washington
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 4

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W2.00001: Pathway of Force Production by the Kinesin-Microtubule ATPase Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W2.00002: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W2.00003: Optical tweezers studies of viral DNA packaging: Motor function and DNA confinement in Bacteriophages phi29, lambda, and T4 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W2.00004: The Viral DNA Packaging Motor of Bacteriophage Lambda Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W2.00005: Structural dynamics of myosin V: characterization of the one-head bound intermediate Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W3: Magnetotransport in Organic Conductors and Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Zeev Vardeny, University of Utah
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2A-3A

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W3.00001: Spins and Organic Materials: The Spin-dependent OLED Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W3.00002: Spin correlations in organic semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W3.00003: Characterization and Application of Large Magnetoresistance in Organic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W3.00004: Spin-Orbital Coupling and Magnetoresistance Tuning in Organic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W3.00005: Low Field, Large Magnetoresistance in Nonmagnetic Organic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W4: Computational Challenges in Simulations of Macromolecular Assemblies

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DCOMP
Chair: Grant Smith, University of Utah
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2B-3B

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W4.00001: Confined Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W4.00002: Simulation of driven self assembly of complex polymeric systems across multiple length scales Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W4.00003: Chemistry Unified Language Interface: a Novel Toolkit for Hybrid Macromolecular Models Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W4.00004: Modeling Microcapsule-Substrate Interactions: Repairing Damages Surfaces and Separating Damaged Cells. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W4.00005: Non-equilibrium dynamics at polymer surfaces and interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W5: Crystallography Without Crystals

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Abbas Ourmazd, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1A-1B

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W5.00001: Crystallography without Crystals: An Overview Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W5.00002: New X-Ray Optics and Sources for Single-particle Crystallography Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W5.00003: Serial Crystallography Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W5.00004: Electron Densities from Diffraction Patterns of Randomly Oriented Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W5.00005: Crypto-tomography: the data assembly challenge in single-molecule diffraction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W6: Keithley Award

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Stan Tozer, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 207

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W6.00001: Keithley Award Talk Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W6.00002: Cold Probes of the Hot Universe Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W6.00003: The Cosmic Microwave Background Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W6.00004: Dark Matter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W6.00005: Quantum Calorimeter Gamma-ray Detectors: New Tools for Non-proliferation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W7: Novel Phenomena in Quantum Fluid He-3

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Gary Ihas, University of Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4A-4B

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W7.00001: Transport in highly spin-polarized normal liquid 3He Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W7.00002: Magnetic Relaxation and Minority Spin Condensate in Spin-Polarized Superfluid $^3$He A$_1$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W7.00003: Specific Heat of Superfluid $^{3}$He and Andreev Bound States Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W7.00004: Surface Andreev Bound States of $^3$He-B by Transverse Acoustic Impedance Measurements Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W7.00005: Pure quantum turbulence in superfluid $^{3}$He. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W8: Superconductivity Theory: Phonons and Other Mechanisms

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Nandini Trivedi, The Ohio State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1C

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W8.00001: Anti-Jahn-Teller effect and d-wave phonon mechanism in cuprates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W8.00002: Effects of Inhomogeneous Magnetic Correlations on the Penetration Depth in d-Wave Superconductors William Atkinson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W8.00003: Frustrated metallicity in the quasi-one-dimensional conductor PrBa$_2$Cu$_4$O$_8$ Alessandro Narduzzo, Araz Enayati-Rad, Florence Rullier-Albenque, Shigeru Horii, Nigel Hussey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W8.00004: Critical Number of Fermions in Anisotropic QED$_{3}$; Application to the Pseudogap State of High-T$_c$ Cuprates Andres Concha, Valentin Stanev, Zlatko Tesanovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W8.00005: Properties of the ``quasi-particles'' at a nodal nematic quantum critical point Eun-Ah Kim, Paul Oreto, Steve Kivelson, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W8.00006: Excitons in QED$_3$ and spin response in a phase-fluctuating $d$-wave superconductor Babak Seradjeh, Igor Herbut Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W8.00007: Effects of inhomogeneities and thermal fluctuations on the spectral function of a model d-wave superconductor Daniel Valdez-Balderas, David Stroud Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W8.00008: Enhanced superconductivity due to inhomogeneous bond order in a doped Mott insulator Jun Liu, Joerg Schmalian, Nandini Trivedi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W8.00009: Mott transition in Kagom{\'e} lattice Hubbard model Takuma Ohashi, Norio Kawakami, Hirokazu Tsunetsugu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W8.00010: Spin susceptibility representation of the pairing interaction for the two-dimensional Hubbard model Thomas Maier, Mark Jarrell, Douglas Scalapino Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W8.00011: Electron-Phonon Interaction and Antiferromagnetic Correlations Giorgio Sangiovanni, Olle Gunnarsson, Erik Koch, Claudio Castellani, Massimo Capone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W8.00012: High Energy Kinks in the Cuprates R.S. Markiewicz, S. Sahrakorpi, A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W8.00013: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO P8.00003 Preview Abstract

Session W9: Superconductivity: Optical and Raman Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: David Tanner, University of Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1D

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W9.00001: Evolution of the Spin Susceptibility of High-$T_c$ Superconductors. Thomas Timusk, Jungseek Hwang, Ewald Schachinger, Jules Carbotte Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W9.00002: Intraband Optical Spectral Weight in the presence of a van Hove singularity: application to Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ Frank Marsiglio, Fabrizio Carbone, Alexey Kuzmenko, Dirk van der Marel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W9.00003: Hall conductivity spectral weight in electron and hole doped cuprates H. D. Drew Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W9.00004: High energy scales in electronic self-energy imaged by optical conductivity E.J. Nicol, J. Hwang, T. Timusk, A. Knigavko, J.P. Carbotte Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W9.00005: Optical and thermodynamic properties of Hg-1201 E. van Heumen, R. Lortz, F. Carbone, A.B. Kuzmenko, D. van der Marel, X. Zhao, G. Yu, Y. Cho, N. Barisic, M. Greven, C.C. Homes, S.V. Dordevic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W9.00006: Optical conductivity of single plane cuprate superconductor HgBa$_2$CuO$_4$ R.P.S.M. Lobo, N. Bontemps, J. Hwang, J. Yang, T. Timusk, D. Colson, A. Forget Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W9.00007: Visible Pump-THz Probe Spectroscopy of the Undoped Cuprate Sr$_2$CuCl$_2$O$_2$ Jesse Petersen, J. Steven Dodge, Ruixing Liang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W9.00008: Small Magnetic Fields Arrest the Josephson Plasma Resonance in La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4 }$for x=1/8 Alexander Schafgans, Andrew LaForge, Sasa Dordevic, Seiki Komiya, Yoichi Ando, Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W9.00009: Order parameter of the paired hole states in Sr$_{14}$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$ studied by optics and UV-resonance Raman scattering Andrivo Rusydi, B. Schulz, R. Rauer, I. Mahns, H. Eisaki, Y. Fujimaki, S. Uchida, P. Abbamonte, M. R\"ubhausen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W9.00010: Ultrafast Observation of the Coexistence of Antiferromagnetism and Superconductivity in the High-T$_{c}$ Superconductor Tl-2223 Elbert E.M. Chia, Jian-Xin Zhu, D. Talbayev, A.J. Taylor, R.D. Averitt, In-Sun Jo, Kyu-Hwan Oh, Sung-Ik Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W9.00011: Electron-phonon coupling in SrTi$_{1-x}$Nb$_{x}$O$_{3}$ D. van Mechelen, P. Armitage, C. Grimaldi, A. Kuzmenko, J. Teyssier, D. van der Marel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W9.00012: First demonstration of a superconducting detector cooled by solid-state refrigerators. N.A. Miller$^{1,2}$, J.A. Beall$^{1}$, D.J. Benford$^{3}$, T.C. Chen$^{4}$, J.A. Chervenak$^{3}$, W.D. Duncan$^{1}$, F. Finkbeiner$^{5}$, G.C. Hilton$^{1}$, K.D. Irwin$^{1}$, S.H. Moseley$^{3}$, G.C. O'Neil$^{1,2}$, D.R. Schmidt$^{1}$, L.R. Vale$^{1}$, R.F. Silverberg$^{3}$, J.N. Ullom$^{1}$ Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W9.00013: Fast, Single-photon Detection with Superconducting Niobium Nanowires Anthony Annunziata, Aviad Frydman, Michael Rooks, Daniel Prober Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W9.00014: Antenna-Coupled Superconducting Bolometers for Studying Dynamics with Terahertz Spectroscopy Daniel Santavicca, Matthew Reese, Alan True, Charlie Schmuttenmaer, Daniel Prober Preview Abstract

Session W11: Low-dimensional Systems; Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Kirill Shtengel, University of California, Riverside
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1F

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W11.00001: Pseudogap in a Magnetic Field: A Case of Quantum Vortex Liquid in a Corelated d-wave Superconductor Zlatko Tesanovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W11.00002: Hidden charge 2e boson in doped Mott insulators philip phillips, Robert Leigh, Ting-Pong choy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W11.00003: Metal-Insulator Transition Revisited for Cold Atoms in Non-Abelian Gauge Potentials Indubala Satija, Daniel Dakin, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W11.00004: Anomalous superfluidity in two dimensional spin-1 systems Shailesh Chandrasekharan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W11.00005: Superconductivity in a two-orbital Hubbard model on a square lattice with Hund's rule coupling Katsunori Kubo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W11.00006: Phase separation and electron pairing in repulsive Hubbard clusters Armen Kocharian, Gayanath Fernando, Tun Wang, Kalum Palandage, Jim Davenport Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W11.00007: Ferromagnetism in the one-band Hubbard Model on a triangular lattice Shi-quan Su, Zhong-bing Huang, Rui Fan, Hai-qing Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W11.00008: Novel Electronic Properties of the Hubbard Model on a Frustrated Triangular Lattice Bumsoo Kyung Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W11.00009: Luttinger Liquid Kink Trinanjan Datta, Erica W. Carlson, Jiangping Hu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W11.00010: Heisenberg spin chains with four-spin couplings Alexios Klironomos, Julia Meyer, Toshiya Hikihara, Konstantin Matveev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W11.00011: Phase diagram of the one dimensional Hubbard-Holstein Model at 1/2 and 1/4 filling Rahul Hardikar, Torsten Clay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W11.00012: Deformation of SU(4) singlet spin-orbital state due to Hund's rule coupling Hiroaki Onishi, Takashi Hotta Preview Abstract

Session W12: Focus Session: Spin Dependent Tunneling II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Athos Petrou, State University of New York at Buffalo
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W12.00001: Spin polarization of electrons in 2D structures due to reflection from a barrier V. Teodorescu, R. Winkler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W12.00002: Spin-dependent properties of Fe/MgO/GaAs heterostructures Y. Li, Y. Chye, Y. Chiang, J. Stephens, D. Awschalom, R. Kawakami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W12.00003: Magnetic field dependence of a resonant tunneling diode based in the GaMnAs/AlGaAs material system. Edward Likovich, Kasey Russell, Wei Yi, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Keh-Chiang Ku, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W12.00004: Electron Tunneling across EuS / InAs Heterojunctions R.L. Kallaher, Peng Xiong, Stephan von Moln\'{a}r, Mark Field, Gerard J. Sullivan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W12.00005: Digital magneto resistance in magnetic MOBILEs Christian Ertler, Jaroslav Fabian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W12.00006: Reversing the sign of the spin-polarized current across a Fe/GaAs tunnel barrier at finite voltage bias S.A. Crooker, X. Lou, C. Adelmann, E.S. Garlid, J. Zhang, S.M. Reddy, S.D. Flexner, C.J. Palmstrom, P.A. Crowell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W12.00007: Spin extraction theory and its spintronics applications Hanan Dery, Lu J. Sham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W12.00008: Spin-dependent tunneling properties in GaMnAs-based magnetic tunnel transistors Yosuke Mizuno, Shinobu Ohya, Pham Nam Hai, Masaaki Tanaka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W12.00009: Resonant tunneling effect and tunneling magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic-semiconductor quantum heterostructures Shinobu Ohya, Pham Nam Hai, Yosuke Mizuno, Masaaki Tanaka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W12.00010: Exchange Splitting and 100\% Spin Polarization in Monolayer level EuO Films Tiffany Santos, Jagadeesh Moodera, Ezana Negusse, Yves Idzerda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W12.00011: Room Temperature Tunneling Characteristics through SDT Nanoscaled Lines into n-Doped Si Yu Zhang, Nam H. Kim, Jian-Qing Wang, Jim Daughton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W12.00012: Measuring Spin Dependent Hot Electron Transport in Fe/Si(001) Schottky Diodes Andrew Stollenwerk, Michael Krause, John Garramone, Evan Spadafora, Vincent LaBella Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W12.00013: Spin-Valve Photo-Transistor Biqin Huang, Igor Altfeder, Ian Appelbaum Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W12.00014: Influence of Spin-Orbit Interactions on Point Contact Andreev Reflection Ion Garate, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W12.00015: Zero-Bias Conductance Peak in Al/AlOx/Sc Tunnel Junctions Sheng-Shiuan Yeh, Juhn-Jong Lin Preview Abstract

Session W13: Focus Session: Thin Films and Superlattices

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Manuel Bibes, Universite Paris Sud
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4C

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W13.00001: Fabrication and Funcntionality of Complex Oxide Superlattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W13.00002: Physical properties of epitaxial n-type La$_{0.7}$Ce$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$ films. Hsiung Chou, C. Y. Wu, C. B. Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W13.00003: Influence of $B$-site cationic ordering on the magnetic properties of La$_{2}$NiMnO$_{6}$ epitaxial thin films. A. Venimadhav, D.A. Tenne, M.J. Wilson, P. Schiffer, Qi Li, J.H. Lee , D.G. Schlom, X.X. Xi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W13.00004: Structural and Magnetic Characterization of Fe-doped La$_{2/3}$Ca$_{1/3}$MnO$_{3}$ Films Oscar Luis Arnache Olmos, Axel Hoffmann, Doris A. Girata Lozano Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W13.00005: Electrical Transport and Magnetic Behavior of Pr$_{0.5}$Ca$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$ Film Grown by Chemical Solution Deposition Technique M. Jain, Q.X. Jia, F. Ronning, T. Park, J.D. Thompson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W13.00006: Characterization of Anisotropy in Manganite (LPCMO) Thin Films G. Singh-Bhalla, S. Tongay, T. Dhakal, R. Rairigh, A. Biswas, A.F. Hebard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W13.00007: Plasmon Enhancement of Photoinduced Resistivity Changes in Bi$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3 }$ Thin Films Vera Smolyaninova, E. Talanova, Rajeswari Kolagani, G. Yong, R. Kennedy, M. Steger, K. Wall Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W13.00008: Colossal Magneto Resistive (CMR) Bolometric Sensors as a Total Energy Monitor for the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) Free Electron Laser (FEL) G. Yong, R. Kolagani, R. Mundle, A. Davidson, Y. Liang, O. Drury, E. Ables, S. Friedrich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W13.00009: Observing Metal-Insulator Transitions in Spatially-Confined Perovskite Manganite Thin Films T. Zac Ward, H.Y. Zhai, J.X. Ma, Kenji Fuchigami, E.Ward Plummer, Jian Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W13.00010: Low-Electric-Field Tuned Mobile Carrier Density and Heat Conduction in SrMnO$_3$ Joshua Cohn, Corneliu Chiorescu, John Neumeier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W13.00011: Low-Electric-Field Tuned Impurity Conduction in Antiferromagnetic Manganites Corneliu Chiorescu, Joshua Cohn, John Neumeier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W13.00012: Voltage-induced Metal-Insulator Transitions in Perovskite Oxide Thin Films Doped with Strongly Correlelated Electrons Yudi Wang, Soo Gil Kim, I-Wei Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W13.00013: Variable electron correlation in high-quality MBE- and PLD-grown SrRuO$_{3}$ thin films. Wolter Siemons, Gertjan Koster, Hideki Yamamoto, Arturas Vailionis, Theodore Geballe, Dave Blank, Malcolm Beasley Preview Abstract

Session W14: Focus Session: Nanomagnetic Oxides

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Christian Binek, University of Nebraska
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4D

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W14.00001: Magnetic Properties of Epitaxial Cr/Cr$_{2}$O$_{3}$/ Cr Multilayers Tathagata Mukherjee, Sarbeswar Sahoo, Christian Binek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W14.00002: Piezomagnetism in Epitaxial Cr$_{2}$O$_{3}$ Thin Films Yi Wang, Sarbeswar Sahoo, Christian Binek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W14.00003: Magnetoelectric thin films for electrically controlled exchange bias in spintronic applications Xi He, Sarbeswar Sahoo, Srinivas Polisetty, Yi Wang, Tathagata Mukherjee, Christian Binek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W14.00004: Coupling Magnetism to Electricity in Multiferroic Heterostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W14.00005: Coercivity and Nano-structure in Magnetic Spinel Mg(Mn,Fe)$_{2}$O$_{4}$ Chenglin Zhang, S. Yeo, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W14.00006: Magnetic Properties of Cobalt-Ferrite Nanoparticles Prepared by a Sol-Gel Synthesis Technique Thomas Ekiert, Karl Unruh, E. Carpenter, K. Pettigrew, J. Long, D. Rolison Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W14.00007: Investigations of a New Diluted Magnetic Oxide with Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Co-doped HfO$_{2}$ Y.H. Chang, W.C. Lee, M.L. Huang, S.F. Lee, Y.L. Soo, M. Hong, J. Kwo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W14.00008: Magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in Nickel Ferrite nanoparticles J. Gass, M.B. Morales, N.A. Frey, M.J. Miner, S. Srinath, H. Srikanth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W14.00009: Verwey transition and magnetic irreversibility in nano-crystalline magnetite produced by magnetotactic bacteria T. Prozorov, R. Prozorov, T.J. Williams, D.A. Bazylinski, S.K. Mallapragada, B. Narasimhan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W14.00010: Magnetic properties of Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ and CoFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$ ferrofluids M.B. Morales, J. Gass, S.L. Morrow, H. Srikanth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W14.00011: Quantum Monte-Carlo Study of Mn and Mn-oxide clusters. Hiori Kino, Lucas K. Wagner, Lubos Mitas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W14.00012: Magnetic Isomerization of Chromium Clusters Wei Jiang, Forrest Payne, Louis Bloomfield Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W14.00013: Simulation of interacting nanoparticles with random anisotropy axes Julio F. Fernandez, Juan J. Alonso Preview Abstract

Session W15: Magnetic Cooperative Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Chris Leighton, University of Minnesota
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4E

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W15.00001: Ultrafast time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr study of coherent spin waves in La$_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ thin films Yuhang Ren, Daimian Wang, Roberto Merlin, Adyam Venimadhav, Qi Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W15.00002: Spin band gap and emerging low energy excitations in a doped cobaltate perovskite Andrei Savici, Igor Zaliznyak, Genda Gu, Ying Chen, Vasile Garlea Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W15.00003: Multi phonon resonance Raman scattering, spin phonon coupling and lattice dynamics of antiferromagnetic NdFeO$_{3}$ Manoj K. Singh, Ram S. Katiyar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W15.00004: Dynamic Spin Correlations in a Pyrochlore Slab Goran Gasparovic, S.-H. Lee, C. Broholm, R. J. Cava Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W15.00005: Magnetic Phase Transition and Spin Dynamics in Magnetoelectric Effect LiMnPO$_{4}$ J. Li, W. Tain, J.L. Zarestky, D. Vaknin, Y. Chen, J.W. Lynn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W15.00006: Inelastic neutron scattering study of the Verwey transition in YBaCo$_2$O$_5$ S. Chang, P. Karen, M.P. Hehlen, F.R. Trouw, R.J. McQueeney Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W15.00007: Neutron scattering study of vanadium spinel MnV$_{2}$O$_{4}$. Ovidiu Garlea, Stephen Nagler, Rongying Jin, David Mandrus, Bertrand Roessli, Martha Miller, Arthur Schultz, Christopher Frost, Doug Abernathy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W15.00008: Spin wave dispersion in the helical spin ordered system SrFeO$_3$ and CaFeO$_3$ C. Ulrich, G. Khaliullin, V. Damljanovic, M. Reehuis, A. Maljuk, A. Ivanov, K. Schmalzl, Ch. Niedermayer, K. Hradil, B. Keimer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W15.00009: Magnetic and Physical Properties of RCuGe V. Goruganti, Weiping Gou, Ji Chi, K. D. D. Rathnayaka, Joseph H. Ross, Jr. , Y. Oner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W15.00010: Magnetism in GdFe2Zn20 Vladimir Antropov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W15.00011: Microemulsion phases in one and two dimensional magnetic models with long-range interactions Erik Nielsen, R. N. Bhatt, David Huse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W15.00012: The spin glass transition of the three dimensional Heisenberg spin glass. Sergio Perez-Gaviro, Isabel Campos, Maria Cotallo-Aban, Victor Martin-Mayor, Alfonso Tarancon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W15.00013: Impurity induced order and moment distribution in quantum antiferromagnets Sebastian Eggert, Olav Syljuasen, Fabrizio Anfuso, Markus Andres, Stellan Ostlund Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W15.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session W16: Focus Session: Theory of Magnetism: Traditional and Novel Magnets

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DCOMP DMP
Chair: Yaroslaw Bazaliy, University of South Carolina
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4F

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W16.00001: Exact Diagonalization studies of frustrated AFM Heisenberg polytopes Ioannis Rousochatzakis, Andreas Laeuchli, Frederic Mila Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W16.00002: Berry-Phase Oscillations of the Kondo Effect in Single-Molecule Magnets Michael N. Leuenberger, Eduardo R. Mucciolo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W16.00003: Single-ion and exchange anisotropy in high-symmetry tetramer single molecule magnets Dmitri Efremov, Richard Klemm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W16.00004: Double-Exchange Model for Molecule-Based Magnets Serkan Erdin, Michel van Veenendaal Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W16.00005: Stripes and hysteresis in thin film ferromagnets David Clarke, Oleg Tretiakov, Oleg Tchernyshyov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W16.00006: Stray Fields and Metastable Magnetization Configurations in Thin Films Adebanjo Oriade, Siu-Tat Chui Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W16.00007: 2d order ferromagnetic resonance in nanoparticles and the dating of archaeological ceramics Derek Walton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W16.00008: First-principles Calculation of the Single Impurity Surface Kondo Resonance Chiung-Yuan Lin, Antonio Castro Neto, Barbara Jones Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W16.00009: Shot Noise in the SU(4) Kondo regime Vitushinskiy Pavel, Le Hur Karyn, Clerk Aashish Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W16.00010: Exact solution of SU(4) non-equilibrium Kondo model at the Toulouse point. Solomon Duki, Harsh Mathur Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W16.00011: Spatially dependent Kondo effect in Quantum Corrals Enrico Rossi, Dirk K. Morr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W16.00012: Propagators in Position, Momentum, and Spin Variables Bailey Hsu, Jean-Francois Van Huele Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W16.00013: Size Distribution of Superparamagnetic Particles Determined by Magnetic Sedimentation Jean-Francois Berret Preview Abstract

Session W17: Dynamics and Glass Transition Phenomena in Thin Polymer Films

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Christopher Stafford, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 102

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W17.00001: Effect of Confinement on the Relaxation Dynamics in an Antiplasticized Polymer Melt Robert Riggleman, Juan de Pablo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W17.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W17.00003: A New Look at Polymer Films and the Glass Transition Jane Lipson, Scott Milner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W17.00004: The Glass Transition of Miscible Binary Polymer-Polymer Thin Films Peter Green, Brian Besancon, Christopher Soles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W17.00005: Molecular-dynamics simulations of thin films with a free surface Simone Peter, Hendrik Meyer, Joerg Baschnagel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W17.00006: Dewetting of Thin Polymer Films Elie Raphael, Thomas Vilmin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W17.00007: Hole growth in free-standing block copolymer films: does lamellar structure imitate a support? Matthew J. Farrar, Andrew B. Croll, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W17.00008: Confinement and interfacial effects on the alpha relaxation dynamics of thin polymer films Rodney Priestley, Linda Broadbelt, Koji Fukao, John Torkelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W17.00009: Free Volume behavior and Structure of Polymer Thin Film Seisuke Ata, Toshiaki Ougizawa, Makoto Muramatsu, Toshiyuki Ohdaira, Ryoichi Suzuki, Toshitaka Oka, Kenji Ito, Yoshinori Kobayashi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W17.00010: Effect of Confinement in Ultrathin Films on Translational Diffusion in Polymers near the Glass Transition Manish K. Mundra, John M. Torkelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W17.00011: Hindering Cooperative Segmental Dynamics at the Free Surface of Polystyrene: The Impact of Narrow Immiscible Interfaces in Polymer Multilayer Films Connie B. Roth, John M. Torkelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W17.00012: Dynamics of Polymer Melts Confined by Smooth Walls: Crossover from Non-entangled to Entangled Regime Qi Liao, Yijie Li, Dongshan Wei, Xigao Jin, Charles Han Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W17.00013: Surface Dynamics of Polymer Brushes in the Melt State: An XPCS Study Mark D. Foster, Bulent Akgun, Gokce Ugur, William J. Brittain, Suresh Narayanan, Heeju Lee, Sanghoon Song, Hyunjung Kim, Zhang Jiang, Sunil K. Sinha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W17.00014: Dynamics from Buried Polymer-Polymer Interfaces in Thin Films Jyotsana Lal, Xuesong Hu, Zhang Jiang, Sunil K. Sinha, Suresh Narayanan, Alec R. Sandy, Xuesong Jiao, Laurence B. Lurio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W17.00015: Dynamics of complicated phase behavior in ultrathin film of polymer blend by in situ AFM Tongfei Shi, Yonggui Liao, Lijia An Preview Abstract

Session W18: Theoretical Methods and Algorithms

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Anne Chaka, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center 103

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W18.00001: Quantum Entanglement and Electron Correlation in Molecular Systems Hefeng Wang, Sabre Kais Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W18.00002: Infinite, periodic systems in external fields -- an efficient, theoretical method Michael Springborg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W18.00003: Quantum master equation in phase space: Application to the Brownian motion in a periodic potential William Coffey, Yuri Kalmykov, Sergey Titov, Bernard Mulligan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W18.00004: Scrutinizing concepts in chemical kinetics: Sensitivity analysis and mean-field approximation Hakim Meskine, Karsten Reuter, Matthias Scheffler, Horia Metiu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W18.00005: A new mixed quantum/semiclassical propagation methodology Steven Schwartz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W18.00006: Improved Polarizabilities and Dissociation in DFT: Vignale-Kohn Revisited Neepa Maitra, Meta van Faassen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W18.00007: What decides if a smarter army can win a battle? Linda Shanahan, Surajit Sen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W18.00008: Foundations for Cooperating with Control Noise in the Manipulation of Quantum Dynamics Feng Shuang, Herschel Rabitz, Mark Dykman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W18.00009: Enthalpy of molecular solids beyond the harmonic approximation: application to hydrogen storage Nikolai Zarkevich, D.D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W18.00010: Realistic simulations of low temperature Cu(100) growth: extending time and length scales by parallel temperature-accelerated dynamics Y. Shim, J.G. Amar, A.F. Voter, B.P. Uberuaga Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W18.00011: Electrostatics in Periodic-boundary Conditions and Real-space Corrections Ismaila Dabo, nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W18.00012: Quantum instanton evaluation of the kinetic isotope effects Jiri Vanicek, William H. Miller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W18.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W18.00014: Novel mechanism of dissipation in synthetic rotary motors Corina Barbu, Vincent Crespi Preview Abstract

Session W19: Ultrafast Dynamics using X-rays and Electrons

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Phil Bucksbaum, Stanford University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W19.00001: Rydberg electrons spy conformational dynamics of hot molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W19.00002: Attosecond Electron Interferometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W19.00003: Ultrafast Transient Absorption and Photoelectron Spectroscopy with High Order Harmonics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W19.00004: Observation of Intra-molecular Dynamics using High-Harmonic Generation as a Probe Nick Wagner, Xibin Zhou, Wen Li, Robynne Hooper, Margaret Murnane, Henry Kapteyn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W19.00005: Ultrafast x-ray pulses emitted from a liquid mercury laser target Christopher Laperle, Christian Reich, Brian Ahr, Xiaodi Li, Frank Benesch-Lee, Christoph Rose-Petruck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W19.00006: Control and interrogation of electronic dynamics by above-threshold ionization Mark Abel, Thomas Pfeifer, Phil Nagel, Daniel Neumark, Stephen Leone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W19.00007: Vibrational Modulation of High Harmonic Generation in SF$_{6}$ Zachary Walters, Stefano Tonzani, Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W19.00008: Strong-field ionization of Xe probed by femtosecond high-order harmonic absorption spectroscopy Zhi-Heng Loh, Munira Khalil, Raoul E. Correa, Robin Santra, Stephen R. Leone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W19.00009: Using high-order harmonics with momentum imaging techniques to study atomic and molecular dynamics Arvinder Sandhu, Etienne Gagnon, Ariel Paul, Margaret Murnane, Henry Kapteyn Preview Abstract

Session W21: General Theory: Electronic Structure and Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Richard Scalettar, University of California, Davis
Room: Colorado Convention Center 106

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W21.00001: Spectral-product representations of atomic and molecular Hamiltonians P.W. Langhoff, R.J. Hinde, J.D. Mills, J.A. Boatz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W21.00002: A Quantum Monte Carlo study of Molecular Hydrogen adsorbed on Benzene Todd D. Beaudet, Jeongnim Kim, Michele Casula, Richard M. Martin, Simone Chiesa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W21.00003: Quantum Monte Carlo study of equilibrium phase stability of crystalline FeO J. Kolorenc, L. Mitas, A. Kollias, K. Esler, R. E. Cohen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W21.00004: Continuum Mechanics of An Inhomogeneous System Jianmin Tao, Giovanni Vignale Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W21.00005: Ground state spin of a Fermi system with random interactions Vladimir Zelevinsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W21.00006: Numerical Linked-Cluster Algorithms for Quantum Lattice Models Tyler Bryant, Marcos Rigol, Rajiv R. P. Singh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W21.00007: A study of a nonuniform, non-interacting electron gas in two dimensions. Michael Koivisto, M. J. Stott Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W21.00008: Study of two-dimensional interacting electrons under the renormalized-ring-diagram approximation Xin-Zhong Yan, C. S. Ting Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W21.00009: The Holstein polaron: coupling to multiple phonon branches Mona Berciu, Lucian Covaci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W21.00010: The Green's Funciton of the Holstein Polaron Glen Goodvin, Mona Berciu, George Sawatzky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W21.00011: A uniform algebraically-based approach to computational physics and efficient programming James Raynolds, Lenore Mullin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W21.00012: Transverse Quantum Noise in Landau-Zener Transition. Bogdan Dobrescu, Valery Pokrovsky, Deqiang Sun Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W21.00013: Finite Size Scaling with Gaussian Basis Sets Sabre Kais, Winton Moy, Pablo Serra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W21.00014: Data Parallel Real Symmetric Eigensolver for Approximate Eigen-Solutions in SCF Yihua Bai, Guoping Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W21.00015: Conductance and transmission times of electrons and electromagnetic wave packets Pedro Pereyra, Herbert Simajuntak Preview Abstract

Session W22: Applications to Networks and Organized Systems

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: John Rundle, University of California, Davis
Room: Colorado Convention Center 108

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W22.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W22.00002: Predicting large events in power-law distributed avalanches: implications for earthquake forecast. Osvanny Ramos, Ernesto Altshuler, Knut Jorgen Maloy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W22.00003: Space-Time Clustering and Correlations of Earthquakes James Holliday, John Rundle, Donald Turcotte, William Klein, Kristy Tiampo, Andrea Donnellan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W22.00004: Numerical simulations of the 2-dimensional Robin-Hood model Gabriel Cwilich, Perry Fox, Fredy Zypman, Sergey Buldyrev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W22.00005: Self-organized criticality of elastic networks Mykyta V. Chubynsky, M.-A. Bri\`ere, Normand Mousseau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W22.00006: Transport in Weighted Networks: Partition into Superhighways and Roads Zhenhua Wu, Lidia A. Braunstein, Shlomo Havlin, H. Eugene Stanley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W22.00007: Geometric properties of minimal-cost spanning trees Tom Jackson, N. Read Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W22.00008: Ridge Network of Crumpled Paper Christian Andresen, Alex Hansen, Jean Schmittbuhl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W22.00009: Physics of curling ribbons Anna M. Klales, Buddhapriya Chakrabarti, Vincenzo Vitelli, L. Mahadevan, Vinothan Manoharan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W22.00010: Griffiths singularities and algebraic order in the exact solution of an Ising model on a modular network Michael Hinczewski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W22.00011: Nonstationary Increments, Scaling Distributions, and Variable Diffusion Processes in Financial Markets Gemunu Gunaratne, Kevin Bassler, Joeseph Mccauley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W22.00012: Parameter Inference in the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Process Paul Mullowney, Satish Iyengar Preview Abstract

Session W23: Metals: Alloys and Compounds

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 110

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W23.00001: Anomalous electronic correlations in ground state momentum density of Al$_{97}$Li$_3$ B. Barbiellini, J. Kwiatkowska, S. Kaprzyk, A. Bansil, H. Kawata, N. Shiotani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W23.00002: Pseudo-gap Observed at Martensite Transition in Ni$_{2}$MnGa Single Crystal C.P. Opeil, J.C. Lashley, R.K. Schulze, B. Mihaila, W.L. Hults, J.L. Smith, P.S. Riseborough, L. Manosa, A. Planes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W23.00003: First-principles electronic structure of shape-memory alloy Ni$_2$MnGa Bogdan Mihaila, Alice Acatrinei, Christopher D. Taylor, Cyril P. Opeil, Llu\'is Ma\~nosa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W23.00004: Electronic Structure Theory of the Structural Transformation of Shape Memory NiTi Nicholas Hatcher, Oleg Kontsevoi, Arthur Freeman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W23.00005: Possible metastable rhombohedral states of the bcc transition metals Michael Mehl, Daniel Finkenstadt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W23.00006: The pressure-induced bcc-hcp structural transformation in iron Babak Sadigh, Micheal Surh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W23.00007: Prediction of a metastable cubic phase for the transition metals with hcp ground state. Romeo de Coss, Aaron Aguayo, Gabriel Murrieta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W23.00008: Anharmonic Phonons in Vanadium Alloys and Compounds. Olivier Delaire, Max Kresch, Matthew Lucas, Rebecca Stevens, Jorge Munoz, Brent Fultz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W23.00009: Ab-initio calculations of phonon properties for the Nb-Mo alloy using the virtual crystal approximation O. de la Pe\~{n}a-Seaman, R. de Coss, R. Heid, K.-P. Bohnen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W23.00010: Electronic Gr\"{u}neisen Parameter in the Non-equilibrium Regime Jincheng Wang, Chunlei Guo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W23.00011: A new intermetallic prototype? Verifying new structure predictions in CdPt and PtPd Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W23.00012: Novel ground states in mixed bcc/fcc, high-/low-spin Fe-(Ni,Pd,Pt) from first-principles Sergey V. Barabash, Roman V. Chepulskii$^3$, Volker Blum$^4$, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W23.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W23.00014: The Role of Displacement Short Range Order in the Determination of Higher Order Correlation Yevgeniy Puzyrev, Don Nicholson, Malcolm Stocks, Gene Ice Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W23.00015: Short-range atomic ordering in magnetostrictive Fe-Ga alloys Yingzhou Du, Robert McQueeney, Mianliang Huang, Thomas Lograsso, Deborah Schlagel, Sung Chang, Douglas Robinson Preview Abstract

Session W24: Microphysical Properties of Block Copolymer Aggregates, Going Beyond Structure

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

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W24.00001: Solvated Block Copolymers as a Novel Class of Electroactive Nanostructured Polymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W24.00002: Self-Assembled Micro-Phase Separated Semi-Permeable Membranes. Dale Handlin, Scott Trenor, Carl Willis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W24.00003: Toward structure-property relationships in block copolymer electrolytes Enrique Gomez, Mohit Singh, Vincent Chen, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W24.00004: Phase Behavior of Block Copolymers containing Poly(vinyl pyridine) by Coordination with Metal Chloride Dong Hyun Lee, Hwang Yong Kim, Jin Kon Kim, Du Yeol Ryu, June Huh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W24.00005: Brownian Dynamics Simulation of ABA Block Copolymer in Selective Solvent: Kinetics of HEX Cylinders to BCC Spheres Transition Minghai Li, Yongsheng Liu, Rama Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W24.00006: Symmetric Diblock Copolymers in Nanopores: Monte Carlo Simulations and Strong-Stretching Theory Qiang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W24.00007: Self-assembly of a diblock a copolymer melt absorbed in porous materials. Panagiotis Maniadis, Ioannis Tsimpanogiannis, Edward Kober Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W24.00008: Effective Control of Pore Size in the Block Copolymer by Matrix Crosslinking E. Kim, C. Shin, D.Y. Ryu, J. Bang, C. Hawker, T. Russell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W24.00009: Superelastic materials based on multigraft copolymers U. Staudinger, R. Weidisch, Y. Zhu, S. P. Gido, D. Uhrig, J. W. Mays, M. Klueppel, G. Heinrich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W24.00010: Mesoscopic Archimedian Tiling Patterns in ABC Star-Shaped Terpolymers Atsushi Takano, Kenichi Hayashida, Tomonari Dotera, Yushu Matsushita Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W24.00011: Hierarchical Structures of a Multiblock Copolymer Melt Weihua Li, An-Chang Shi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W24.00012: Whispering Gallery Modes in Highly Hexagonal Symmetric Structures of Three Dimensional SBA-1 Mesoporous Silica Chih-Wei Chen, Yang-Fang Chen Preview Abstract

Session W25: Polymer Melts and Solutions

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Kyusoon Shin, Seoul National University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 203

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W25.00001: Dynamic Light Scattering Studies of Light Absorbing Solutions Thomas Seery, Maria DeMesa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W25.00002: Small Angle Neutron Scattering Study of Oligo(ethylene glycol) Grafted Polystyrene in Aqueous Solutions G. Cheng, Y.B. Melnichenko, G.D. Wignall, F. Hua, K. Hong, P.F. Britt, J.W. Mays Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W25.00003: Steady state structure factor and stress in sheared semi-dilute polymer solutions Prasanth Jose, Grzegorz Szamel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W25.00004: Structure of polydisperse star branched polymers grown by diffusion Guillermo Ramirez-Santiago, Carlos I. Mendoza Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W25.00005: Modeling the liquid-solid transition in saturated triglycerides C.B. Hanna, D.A. Pink, A.J. MacDonald, K. Thillainadarajah, R. Corkery, D. Rousseau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W25.00006: Kinetics of Anionic Polymerization of Polybutadienyl Lithium in Benzene: An Osmotic Effect on Propagation Process. Hiroshi Watanabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W25.00007: Conformational studies of conjugated polymers substituted with different side chains Yunfei Jiang, Uwe H. F. Bunz, Dvora Perahia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W25.00008: High-Pressure Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polymers E.D. Emmons, R.G. Kraus, J.S. Thompson, A.M. Covington Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W25.00009: Conformational Heat Capacity of Liquid Biodegradable Polymers in the Absence and Presence Water Marek Pyda, Elzbieta Nowak-Pyda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W25.00010: Diffusion in Polypropylene Melts: Role of Stereochemistry. Ernst von Meerwall, Numan Waheed, Wayne Mattice Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W25.00011: An examination of the whipping instability of viscoelastic jets in electrospinning. Pradipto Bhattacharyya, Jian Yu, Gregory Rutledge, Gareth McKinley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W25.00012: The role of extensional stress in the formation of electrospun fibers Jian Yu, Sergey Fridrikh, Gregory Rutledge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W25.00013: First observation of the first-order transition in ultra-filtration of flexible linear polymer chains Chi Wu, Fan Jin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W25.00014: First-order Conformation Transition of Single Polyelectrolyte Molecules in Aqueous Solutions Shengqin Wang, Jiang Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W25.00015: Influence of the solvent size on the behavior in polymer solution Lijia An, Yunqi Li, Tongfei Shi Preview Abstract

Session W26: Focus Session: Charge Transport in Nanostructures III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Mark Ratner, Northwestern University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W26.00001: Magneto-Resistance of Nanoscale Molecular Devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W26.00002: Shot Noise in Single-Molecule Transistors Zachary Keane, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W26.00003: Magnetoconductance of molecularly linked Au nanoparticle arrays near the metal-insulator transition Al-Amin Dhirani, Jeff Dunford, Brian Statt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W26.00004: Metal to Insulator Transition in Films of Molecularly Linked Gold Nanoparticles Amir Zabet-Khosousi, Al-Amin Dhirani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W26.00005: Theoretical study of molecule mediated spin-polarized electron tunneling between magnetic materials Haiying He, Ravindra Pandey, Shashi Karna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W26.00006: Influence of Correlated Hybridization on the Conductance of Molecular Transistors Jong-Chin Lin, Frithjof Anders, Daniel Cox Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W26.00007: Path integral simulations of quantized conductance in nanowires John Shumway, Matthew Gilbert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W26.00008: Ab-initio study of transport in the Coulomb-blockade regime Haitao Wang, Osamu Hino, Garnet Chan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W26.00009: Non-Markovian Transport of Charges in Solid-State Quantum Dots e. Ying-Tsan Tang, Yueh-Nan Chen, Brandes Tobias, Der-San Chuu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W26.00010: Controlled production and electronic characterization of defects in carbon nanotubes Brett Goldsmith, Vaikunth Khalap, Alexander Kane, Philip Collins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W26.00011: Electrons, holes, and electron-hole junctions in carbon nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W27: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience IX - Nanowire, Rods & SAMs

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

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W27.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W27.00002: Conductance of telescoped double wall nanotubes calculated with ADF program package Ryo Tamura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W27.00003: Origin of Giant Piezoresistance in Pristine $<$111$>$-Si nanowires Juexian Cao, Ruqian Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W27.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W27.00005: The structure and stability of thin H-passivated $<$112$>$ silicon nanowires Ning Lu, Cristian Ciobanu, Tzu-liang Chan, Cai-zhuang Wang, Kai-ming Ho, Feng-Chuan Chuang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W27.00006: Small World Carbon Nanomaterials: Density Functional Theory Simulations Jeremy Yancey, Mark Novotny, Steven Gwaltney Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W27.00007: Electronic properties of 1D LaB$_{6}$ rods G. P. Li, W. N. Mei, Jing Lu, R. F. Sabirianov, C. L. Cheung, X. C. Zeng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W27.00008: Measuring Order and the Debye-Waller Factor for Porous Arrays Forrest Kaatz, Adhemar Bultheel, Takeshi Egami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W27.00009: Molecular Simulations of Liquid/Vapor Phase Equilibria for Single Component and Binary Mixtures of Nanoparticles Mark Horsch, Pieter In't Veld, Jermey Lechman, Gary Grest Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W27.00010: Structural and Electronic Properties of Aromatic Isocyanide Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111) Surface Yan Li, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W27.00011: Computer Simulation of Ligated Nanoparticle Assembly from Solution Flint Pierce, Amit Chakrabarti, Chris Sorensen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W27.00012: The electronic and structural properties of the self-assembled monolayer of Au-benzene-1,4-dithiol-Au molecules T.-H. Lu, Y.-H. Tang, M.-H. Tsai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W27.00013: Auger electron-hole scattering leads to efficient $P\rightarrow S$ electronic relaxation in self-assembled (In,Ga)As/GaAs quantum dots Gustavo A. Narvaez, Gabriel Bester, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract

Session W28: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Transport and Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Yuri Zuev, Columbia University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 302

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W28.00001: Hall Effect and Magnetoresistance of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes S. H. Jhang, S. H. Lee, U. Dettlaff, D. S. Lee, S. Roth, Y. W. Park, C. Strunk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W28.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W28.00003: Energy Anomaly and Polarizability of Carbon Nanotubes Dmitry Novikov, Leonid Levitov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W28.00004: Massive Integration of Nanotube/Nanowire-based Devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W28.00005: Quantum capacitance and gate coupling in NT array field effect devices Slava V. Rotkin, John A. Rogers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W28.00006: Self-assembled Monolayers of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Properties Vladimir Samuilov, Jaseung Koo, Jean Galibert, Vitaly Ksenevich, Nikolaj Poklonski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W28.00007: Towards an optimal nanotube dispersion for transparent conductive coatings Matthew Garrett, Ilia Ivanov, Bin Zhao, Alex Puretzky, David Geohegan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W28.00008: Ambient Formation of Aligned Carbon Nanotube Networks Marcus Lay, Pornnipa Vichchulada Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W28.00009: Geometry-dependent resistivity scaling in single-walled carbon nanotube films Ashkan Behnam, Ant Ural Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W28.00010: Modeling of Nanotube Network Semiconductors Meg Noah, Young-Kyun Kwon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W28.00011: Microwave Conductivity of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Arrays C. Highstrete, E.A. Shaner, Mark Lee, F.E. Jones, P.M. Dentinger, A.A. Talin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W28.00012: Kohn anomalies and non-adiabaticity in doped carbon nanotubes A. Marco Saitta, Nicolas Caudal, Michele Lazzeri, Francesco Mauri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W28.00013: Radiation Protection Materials for Space Missions and Industries Ram Tripathi Preview Abstract

Session W29: Focus Session: Graphene V

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Kirill Bolotin, Columbia University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 303

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W29.00001: Scanning tunneling microscopy of graphene field effect transistors Masa Ishigami, Jianhao Chen, Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W29.00002: Scanning Probe Microscopy studies of 2D and quasi-2D graphene crystal structures. Elena Polyakova, Yuanbo Zhang, Melinda Han, Philip Kim, George Flynn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W29.00003: Imaging Electronic Interference Effects in Ultrathin Epitaxial Graphite Jason Crain, Gregory Rutter, Joseph Stroscio, Tianbo Li, Phillip First Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W29.00004: Instabilities of correlated electrons on the honeycomb lattice Carsten Honerkamp Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W29.00005: Fermi Liquid Theory of a Fermi Ring Tobias Stauber, Nuno Peres, Francisco Guinea, Antonio Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W29.00006: Electronic Excitations in Bilayer Graphene J.H. Ho, Y.H. Lai, M.F. Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W29.00007: Correlation Energy of Graphene Valeri Kotov, A. H. Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W29.00008: Electromechanical instabilities of suspended carbon nanotubes - multi mode excitations Magnus Jonsson, Leonid Gorelik, Robert Shekhter, Mats Jonson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W29.00009: Electronic properties of graphene multilayers Francisco Guinea, Antonio H. Castro Neto, Nuno M.R. Peres Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W29.00010: Local density of states of graphene with diagonal and off-diagonal disorder N.M.R. Peres, Joao Ricardo Santos, F. Klironomos, Shan-Wen Tsai, J.M.B. Lopes dos Santos, A.H. Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W29.00011: Moire patterns in graphene bilayers: electronic structure Joao Lopes dos Santos, Nuno Peres, Antonio Castro Neto, Eduardo Castro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W29.00012: Experimental signatures of topological defects in graphene Andrew Iyengar, Herbert Fertig, Luis Brey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W29.00013: Direct Observation of Interface States between Single Layer Graphene and SiC* Gregory Rutter, Tianbo Li, Phillip First, Jason Crain, Emily Jarvis, Nathan Guisinger, Mark Stiles, Joesph Stroscio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W29.00014: Graphene-based Silica Composite Thin Films Supinda Watcharotone, Dmitriy Dikin, Sasha Stankovich, Richard Piner, Geoffrey Dommett, Inhwa Jung, Guennadi Evmenenko, Rodney Ruoff, Shang-En Wu, Shu-Fang Chen, Chuan-Pu Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W29.00015: Preparation and transport studies of single layer graphite oxide and graphene films Song Han, Scott Gilje, Richard Kaner, Kang Wang Preview Abstract

Session W30: Pattern Formation and Nonlinear Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Carsten Beta, Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
Room: Colorado Convention Center 304

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W30.00001: Optically-Induced Spatial Forcing in Rayleigh-Benard Convection Gabriel Seiden, Stephan Weiss, Eberhard Bodenschatz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W30.00002: Apparatus for Real-Time Acoustic Imaging of Rayleigh-B\`{e}nard Convection Kerry Kuehn, Jonathan Polfer, Joanna Furno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W30.00003: Tension kills ... harmonic moments in viscous fingering Matthew Thrasher, Alexander Leshchiner, Harry L. Swinney, Mark B. Mineev-Weinstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W30.00004: The early stages of sidebranching in dendritic crystal growth. Andrew Dougherty, Thomas Nunnally Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W30.00005: Pattern selection in columnar joints Lucas Goehring, Stephen Morris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W30.00006: Flowers in the Fourth Dimension Rebecca Thompson-Flagg, Michael Marder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W30.00007: Pattern formation in heterogeneous self-oscillating polymer gels. Victor Yashin, Anna Balazs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W30.00008: The effects of pattern morphology on late time scaling in the Cahn-Hilliard model Timothy Sullivan, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W30.00009: The onset of activations in the oscillatory Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction Harold Hastings, Sabrina Sobel, Richard Field Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W30.00010: Classical 2d dynamics simulations of metallic spheres in highly viscous medium Peter Fleck, Alfred Hubler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W30.00011: Particle-based model of Min-protein oscillations in {\it Escherichia coli} Adam Berman, Kerwyn Huang, Ned Wingreen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W30.00012: Highly nonlinear dynamics in 1D granular metamaterials: anomalous interaction of solitary waves with interfaces Chiara Daraio, Vitali F. Nesterenko, Eric B. Herbold Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W30.00013: Topology of the intermediate state in pinning-free type-I superconductors of different shapes Jacob R. Hoberg, Ruslan Prozorov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W30.00014: Continuum Model for Chaotic Pattern Dynamics on Au Surfaces Sputtered by Focused Ion Beam Kevin Mitchell, Arvin Yazdi, Tom Tiedje Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W30.00015: Degenerate four-wave mixing with defocusing nonlinearity Jason Fleischer, Wenjie Wan, Shu Jia Preview Abstract

Session W31: Nano-tubes, Wires, and Dots: Optical and Raman Experiments

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Walter Smith, Haverford College
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W31.00001: Raman Spectroscopy of Heat-Treated Boron Doped Double Wall Carbon Nanotubes F. Villalpando, H.B. Son, G.G. Samsonidze, S.G. Chou, Y.A. Kim, H. Muramatsu, T. Hayashi, M. Endo, M. Terrones, M.S. Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W31.00002: Optical Transmittance and Sheet Resistance of B-doped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes XiaoMing Liu, Hugo Romero, Humberto Gutierrez, Kofi Adu, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W31.00003: Raman Spectroscopy Studies of Oxygen and Hydrogen RF-Plasma Treated Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Chaminda Jayasinghe, David B. Mast Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W31.00004: Persistent Photoconductivity and Photo-induced Morphology Changes of Porphyrin Nanorods B.E. Feldman, E.A. Muller, V.H. Joines, W.F. Smith, A.D. Schwab, J.C. de Paula, D.E. Johnston, A.T. Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W31.00005: Finite Size Effect in ZnO Nanowires Chung-Jen Chien, Pai-Chun Chang, Zhiyong Fan, Jia Grace Lu, Daniel Stichtenoth, Carsten Ronning Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W31.00006: Electrical and Photoconductive Properties of Vertical ZnO Nanowires in High Density Arrays Zhiyong Fan, Deepanshu Dutta, Chung-Jen Chien, Evan C. Brown, Pai-chun Chang, Jia Grace Lu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W31.00007: Imaging the response of individual carbon nanotubes to polarized light in aqueous environments Bryant Walker, Todd Brintlinger, Michael S. Fuhrer, John Cumings, Erik Hobbie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W31.00008: Raman spectroscopic investigation of the confined optical phonon modes in the aligned CdSe nanorod arrays Concetta Nobile, Luigi Carbone, Stefan Kudera, Liberato Manna, Roberto Cingolani, Roman Krahne, Vladimir A. Fonoberov, Alexander A. Balandin, Gerwin Chilla, Tobias Kipp, Detlef Heitmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W31.00009: Raman Scattering from Si$_{1-x}$Ge$_{x}$ Alloy Nanowires Qiujie Lu, Kofi Adu, Xi Zhang, Kok-Keong Lew, Pramod Nimmatoori, Elizabeth Dickey, Joan Redwing, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W31.00010: Transport and optical properties of electrochemically fabricated Bi nanowires Hong Zhang, Haidong Liu, Zuxin Ye, Wenhao Wu, Serguei Jerebtsov, Alexandre Kolomenski, Hans Schuessler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W31.00011: Suspension of SWNTs in water: a dynamic optical study Goki Eda, Giovanni Fanchini, Manish Chhowalla Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W31.00012: Optical Properties of Nanostructured of Ce-doped Y$_{2}$SiO$_{5}$ Luiz G. Jacobsohn, Bryan L. Bennett, Ross E. Muenchausen, James F. Smith, Stephanie C. Sitarz, Michael W. Blair, D. Wayne Cooke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W31.00013: Optical Properties of Molecular Dots Timothy Russin, Gugang Chen, James Adair, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W31.00014: Synthesis and Optical Properties of Boron Nitride Nanotubes, Nanowires and Nanorods Ying Chen, Hua Chen, Jun Yu, Hongzhou Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W31.00015: Second-Harmonic Generation of Aligned Single-Walled 0.4nm Carbon Nanotubes Kam Sing Wong, Huimin Su, Jianting Ye, Zikang Tang Preview Abstract

Session W32: Bose-Einstein Condensation in Trapped Atomic Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Murray Holland, University of Colorado
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W32.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W32.00002: Collective Excitations of a Two-Component Bose Condensate at Finite Temperature Chang-hua Zhang, Herbert A. Fertig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W32.00003: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO B21.00008 Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W32.00004: Dispersive Shock Wave Collisions in Bose-Einstein Condensates and Light Mark Hoefer, Mark Ablowitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W32.00005: Effects of Disorder on a Bose-Einstein Condensate with Tunable Interaction: Transition to an Insulator and Loss of Phase Coherence$^1$ Yong P. Chen, J. Hitchcock, D. Dries, M. Junker, C. Welford, R.G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W32.00006: Quantum Accelerator Modes in BEC Vijayashankar Ramareddy, Ghazal Behin-Aein, Peyman Ahmadi, Gil Summy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W32.00007: Density Profiles of $^{85}$Rb--$^{87}$Rb Binary Mixtures Laura Halmo, Alison Lota, Mark Edwards, Scott Papp, Deborah Jin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W32.00008: Bose-Einstein S=1 Spinor Condensates, Dynamics, Noise Statistics and Scaling George I. Mias, Steven M. Girvin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W32.00009: Nonlinear quantum hydrodynamics in Bose-Einstein condensates Peter Engels, Collin Atherton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W32.00010: Quantum Field Theoretical Description of Dynamical Instability of Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates Makoto Mine, Masahiko Okumura, Tomoka Sunaga, Yoshiya Yamanaka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W32.00011: Conversion efficiency of heteronuclear Feshbach molecules Shohei Watabe, James E. Williams, Tetsuro Nikuni Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W32.00012: Using modified Gaussian distribution to study the physical properties of one and two-component ultracold atoms Chou-Chun Huang, Wen-Chin Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W32.00013: Study of impurities immersed in a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate* Kwangsik Nho, D. P. Landau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W32.00014: Modeling the Expansion of Bose--Einstein Condensate Mixtures in the Thomas--Fermi Limit Alison Lota, Laura Halmo, Charles Holcombe, Mark Edwards Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W32.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session W33: Quantum Entanglement

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Daniel Lidar, University of Southern California
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W33.00001: Entanglement Purification of Any Stabilizer State Scott Glancy, Emanuel Knill, Hilma Vasconcelos Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W33.00002: An observable entanglement measure Florian Mintert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W33.00003: The su(1,1) symmetry of tripartite entangled Gaussian states Barry Sanders, Zahra Shaterzadeh Yazdi, Peter Turner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W33.00004: Quantum Chaos and Entanglement for Two Coupled Spins Collin Trail, Ivan Deutsch, Leigh Norris, Parin Sripakdeevong, Arjendu Pattanayak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W33.00005: Entanglement Entropy in Gapped Quantum Spin Chains Hosho Katsura, Takaaki Hirano, Yasuhiro Hatsugai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W33.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W33.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W33.00008: Experimental purification of two-atom entanglement in an ion trap array D. Leibfried, R. Reichle, E. Knill, J. Britton, R. B. Blakestad, J. D. Jost, C. Langer, R. Ozeri, S. Seidelin, D. J. Wineland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W33.00009: Entanglement Dynamics of Two-Atom Jaynes-Cummings Model under Phase Telegraph Noise Huseyin Karacali, Resul Eryigit Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W33.00010: Nonequilibrium thermal entanglement Luis Quiroga, Ferney Rodriguez, Maria Ramirez, Roberto Paris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W33.00011: Thermal entanglement in two double quantum dots Lesvia-Debora Contreras-Pulido, Fernando Rojas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W33.00012: Comparisons of experimental entanglement witnesses and measures for a two-qubit system K.A. Walsh, A.J. Schauf, J.S. Lesniak, E.C. Behrman, J.E. Steck, S.R. Skinner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W33.00013: A non-Markovian optical signature for detecting entanglement in coupled excitonic qubits Ferney Rodriguez, Luis Quiroga, Neil Johnson Preview Abstract

Session W34: Biological Physics and Bacterial Behaviors

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Robert Austin, Princeton University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 404

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W34.00001: Near-Perfect Adaptation in the {\it E. coli} Chemotaxis Signal Transduction Network Yang Yang, Sima Setayeshgar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W34.00002: Adaptation, Bacteria and Maxwell's Demons Peter Galajda, Juan E. Keymer, Robert H. Austin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W34.00003: Effects of Noise on Ecological Invasion Processes: Bacteriophage-mediated Competition in Bacteria Jaewook Joo, Harvill Eric, Reka Albert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W34.00004: Synchronized Cycles: An allosteric model of the cyanobacterial circadian oscillator David Lubensky, J.S. van Zon, P. Altena, P.R. ten Wolde Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W34.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W34.00006: The \textit{E. Coli} Response To A Phage Perturbation Emily Chapman-McQuiston, Xiao-Lun Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W34.00007: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Cell-Cell Signaling in a Living Cell Microarray Utkur Mirsaidov, Winston Timp, Kaethe Timp, Paul Matsudaira, Greg Timp Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W34.00008: \textit{in silico} simulation and analysis of microbial metabolism. Sheng Hui, Shenghua Liang, Lei-Han Tang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W34.00009: Study of Signal Detection, Integration, and Propagation in Quorum Sensing at the Single Cell Level Tao Long, Bonnie Bassler, Ned Wingreen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W34.00010: Evolution of Mutation Rate in Asexual Populations Scott Wylie, Herbert Levine, David Kessler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W34.00011: Control of growth and adaptation to nutritional shifts for bacteria exposed to amino acid-limiting environments Eduard M. Mateescu, Terence Hwa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W34.00012: Phase Transitions in Bacterial Cultures Hanna Salman, Anton Zilman, Albert Libchaber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W34.00013: Positioning of receptor clusters along the bacterial cell wall Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Hui Wang, Yigal Meir, Ned Wingreen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W34.00014: Genome-scale reconstruction of the metabolic network in {\it Yersinia pestis} CO92 Ali Navid, Eivind Almaas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W34.00015: Modeling of the Effect of Dynamical Changes of Cell Geometry on MinCDE Oscillations During Cell Division in \textit{E. coli}. Jason Ellis, Diane Stroup, Michael Lee Preview Abstract

Session W35: Dynamic Forces at Cell and Subcell Levels

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 405

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W35.00001: Correlation of Force Production with Apoptosis in Tissue Dynamics Yusuke Toyama, Xomalin Peralta, Stephanos Venakides, Daniel Kiehart, Glenn Edwards Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W35.00002: Recoil Dynamics after Laser Ablation of Single Cell Edges in Embyronic Epithelia Xiaoyan Ma, M. Shane Hutson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W35.00003: Confounding Effect of Spot-Size on the Wavelength-Dependence of Tissue Ablation Metrics M. Shane Hutson, Gilma Adunas, Yaowu Xiao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W35.00004: Nanosecond Infrared Laser for Tissue Ablation G.S. Edwards, R.D. Pearlstein, M.L. Copeland, M.S. Hutson, K. Latone, A. Spiro, G. Pasmanik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W35.00005: Morphogenic asymmetries in tissue dynamics Xomalin G. Peralta, Y. Toyama, R. Montague, S. Venakides, D.P. Kiehart, G.S. Edwards Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W35.00006: The detection of cancer in living tissue with single-cell precision and the development of a system for targeted drug delivery to cancer Adam Fields, Sean Pi, Alex Ramek, Taylor Bernheim, Jessica Fields, Nadine Pernodet, Miriam Rafailovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W35.00007: Characterizing Cell Mechanics with AFM and Microfluidics N. Walter, A. Micoulet, S. Suresh, J.P. Spatz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W35.00008: Measurement of the adhesion and elasticity of single cells using a novel micropipette-based technique Marie-Josee Colbert, Adam N. Raegen, Cecile Fradin, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W35.00009: Measuring the Interaction between Cell-Surface Markers and Substrate-Coupled Proteins as a Means of Determining Cell Membrane Fluidity Andrea Carbonaro, Lucy A. Godley, Lydia L. Sohn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W35.00010: Cooperativity of Integrin-mediated Adhesion on Nanopatterned Substrates Christine Selhuber, Thorsten Erdmann, Ulrich Schwarz, Horst Kessler, Joachim Spatz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W35.00011: Dynamics of Cell Migration for cells embedded in Collagen using a multimodal platform of Optical Coherence Tomography, Multi-Photon excitation and Second Harmonic Generation Kandice Tanner, Shuo Tang, Enrico Gratton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W35.00012: Coordinated Buckling of Microtubule Bundles Produces the Long Wavelength of Microtubule Birefringent Pattern Yongxing Guo, Yifeng Liu, Allan Bower, Jay Tang, James Valles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W35.00013: Cell elasticity as a function of actin expression Carsten St\"uber, Josef K\"as Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W35.00014: Measuring mitotic spindle formation through connection graphs Stuart Schaffner, Jorge Jose Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W35.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session W38: Focus Session: Negative Index Materials: Concepts to Applications II

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Evgenii Narimanov, Princeton University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 501

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W38.00001: Negative-Index Metamaterials in the Visible Range Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W38.00002: Simulations of ferrite-dielectric-wire composite negative index materials Frederic Rachford, Douglas Armstead, Vincent Harris, Carmine Vittoria Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W38.00003: Superlens with a virtual focus Alexei Efros Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W38.00004: Filtering Components in Optical Nanocircuits Using Plasmonic Metamaterials Nader Engheta, Andrea Alu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W38.00005: Experimental Observation and Theory of Optical Magnetism in Dielectrics Samuel Oliveira, Stephen Rand Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W38.00006: Coupling to nanoscale negative-refraction planar waveguides Robyn Wangberg, Viktor Podolskiy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W38.00007: A spectroscopic multi-angle probe of metamaterial permeability Tom Driscoll, Sabarni Palit, Willie Padilla, Tong Ren, Jack Mock, Gregory Andreev, Sang-Yeon Cho, Nan Marie Jokerst, David Smith, Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W38.00008: Ensembles of plasmonic nanoparticles at optical frequencies for negative index media A.M. Bratkovsky, E. Ponizovskaya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W38.00009: Optical Hyperlens: Far-field imaging beyond the diffraction limit Zubin Jacob, Leonid Alekseyev, Evgenii Narimanov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W38.00010: Nanoparticle susceptibilities and the bianisotropic formalism Jeremy Neal, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract

Session W39: Focus Session: Negative Differential Resistance II

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Ravindra Pandey, Michigan Technological University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 502

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W39.00001: Negative Differential Resistance in Insulating Systems: From Molecules to Polymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W39.00002: Bloch Oscillations of a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in a Lateral Superlattice S.K. Lyo, W. Pan, J.L. Reno, J.A. Simmons, D. Li, S.R.J. Brueck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W39.00003: Nonequilibrium Kubo formula of a finite conductor connected to reservoirs obtained by the Keldysh formalism Tatsuya Fujii Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W39.00004: Length-Dependence of Electron Transfer in Conjugated Molecular Wires Shashi Karna, Govind Mallick, Ravindra Pandey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W39.00005: Probing single molecule vibrations with the inelastic resonant tunneling Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W39.00006: Universal Negative Differential Resistance in Single-Electron Transport through Atoms and Molecules Nikita Simonian, Jingbin Li, Konstantin Likharev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W39.00007: Ab initio RTM/NEGF method for Electron Transport through Single Molecules Kenji Hirose, Nobuhiko Kobayashi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W39.00008: Negative differential resistance in molecular conductors Mortko Kozhushner, Ivan Oleynik Preview Abstract

Session W40: Magnetotransport in 2DEGs

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Rui-Rui Du, Rice University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W40.00001: Microwave mode of a two dimensional electron system in a spatially varying magnetic field B. A. Magill, L. W. Engel, M. P. Lilly, J. A. Simmons, J. L. Reno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W40.00002: Magnetotransport in a two-dimensional electron system in DC electric fields Wenhao Zhang, Hung-Sheng Chiang, Michael Zudov, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W40.00003: Magnetoresistance oscillations in two-dimensional electron systems induced by both AC and DC fields Michael Zudov, Wenhao Zhang, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W40.00004: Non-linear Resistivity of a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in a Magnetic Field Maxim G Vavilov, Igor L. Aleiner, Leonid I. Glazman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W40.00005: B-periodic oscillations in microwave irradiated high-mobility 2D electron gas K. Stone, C.L. Yang, Z.Q. Yuan, R.R. Du, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W40.00006: DC-current induced magneto-oscillations in very high-mobility 2D electron gas C.L. Yang, Chi Zhang, R.R. Du, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W40.00007: Magnetoresistance and microwave photoresistance of a periodically modulated high-mobility 2D electron gas Z. Q. Yuan, C. L. Yang, K. Stone, R. R. Du, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W40.00008: Resistivity of a high mobility two-dimensional hole gas on (100) GaAs in the vicinity of the metal-to-insulator transition Michael Manfra, L. Pfeiffer, K. West, A.M. Sergent Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W40.00009: Electronic Transport Studies in Thin GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Wells D.R. Luhman, D.C. Tsui, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W40.00010: Effect of DC electric field on longitudinal resistance of two dimensional electrons in a magnetic field Jing-Qiao Zhang, Sergey Vitkalov, Alexey Bykov, A.K. Kalagin, A.K. Bakarov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W40.00011: Experimental analysis of tunneling from a two-dimensional electron gas into the bulk in the presence of strong scattering. Kasey Russell, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Federico Capasso, Joshua Zide, Arthur Gossard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W40.00012: Undoped Electron-Hole Bilayers in a GaAs/AlGaAs Double Quantum Well J.A. Seamons, D.R. Tibbetts, J.L. Reno, M.P. Lilly Preview Abstract

Session W42: Liquids and Tribology

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Mu Wang, Nanjing University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 505

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W42.00001: Monolayer Degradation and Sidewall Tribometer Studies of Vapor Phase Lubricants for MEMS D. Adam Hook, Brendan Miller, Shannon J. Timpe, Michael T. Dugger, Jacqueline Krim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W42.00002: Tribological properties of bound plus mobile lubricants for MEMS application. Brendan Miller, D. Adam Hook, Jacqueline Krim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W42.00003: Self-organization of surfactant aggregates on rough and smooth surfaces Hannes C. Schniepp, Ho C. Shum, Dudley A. Saville, Ilhan A. Aksay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W42.00004: Real-time observation of self-assembling nanostructures of Langmuir-Blodgett films of vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer by Atomic Force Microscopy. Jihee Kim, Stephen Ducharme, Brian Rodriguez, Sergei Kalinin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W42.00005: Study of Low Temperature Fuel Cells Thin Films Morphology by GISAXS Tomomi Irita, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W42.00006: Feasibility of Large Free-standing Liquid Films in Space Rui Zheng, Thomas Witten Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W42.00007: Characterization of Surface Nanobubbles Shangjiong Yang, Stephan Dammer, Harold Zandvliet, Stefan Kooij, Bene Poelsema, Detlef Lohse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W42.00008: High Density Monolayer Deposition of Fine Nanoparticles for Opto-Electronic Devices Xavier Bulliard, Wanki Bae, Kookheon Char, Seong Jae Choi, Jae Young Choi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W42.00009: Microcontact printing Using Metallic Salt Solution ``Ink'' Cary Allen, Josh Dorr, Ian Schick, Evan Schick, Reuben Collins, Anish Khandekar, Thomas Kuech Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W42.00010: X-ray diffuse scattering from thin polystyrene films Mrinmay K. Mukhopadhyay, Zhang Jiang, Sunil K. Sinha, Laurence B. Lurio, Jarett Stark, Xuesong Jiao, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W42.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W42.00012: New Cyclic Voltammetry Method for Examining Phase Transitions on Electrodes: Simulated Results Ibrahim Abou Hamad, Daniel Robb, Per Arne Rikvold Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W42.00013: Relating contact angles, drop size and Line Energy Preeti Yadav, Prashant Bahadur, Kumud Chaurasia, Rafael Tadmor Preview Abstract

Session W43: Coupled 2D and Multiple Quantum Dot Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Alexander Dzyubenko, California State University, Bakersfield
Room: Colorado Convention Center 506

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W43.00001: A study of interminiband Rabi oscillations in biased semiconductor superlattices Pavel Abumov, Donald Sprung Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W43.00002: Microwave Switching in Amorphous-Carbon Quantum Wells Somnath Bhattacharyya, Luis Gomez Rojas, S. Ravi. P. Silva Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W43.00003: Transient response and electric field domain relocation in semiconductor superlattices Huidong Xu, Stephen Teitsworth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W43.00004: Exchange-driven re-entrant layer-occupancy transitions in biased bilayer systems J.R. Rodriguez, C.B. Hanna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W43.00005: Using the angular dependence of a quantizing magnetic field to probe the Bloch states in room temperature superlattice devices. Ross McDonald, Shigeki Kobayashi, S. Jim Allen , Susan Cox, John Singleton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W43.00006: Effective Hamiltonian Approach for the Magnetic Band Structure and Novel Oscillations in the Magnetization Manfred Taut Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W43.00007: Novel Flux Matching Effects in Potentially Type-I Superconducting Au/Pb Bilayers Patterned with Antidot Lattices Lance De Long, Sergiy Kryukov, Vitali Metlushko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W43.00008: Variational Monte Carlo Method for Coupled Quantum Dots in Magnetic Fields Jihan Kim, Dmitriy Melnikov, Michele Casula, Jean-Pierre Leburton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W43.00009: Topological Hunds rules and the electronic properties of a triple lateral quantum dot molecule P. Hawrylak, M. Korkusinski, F. Delgado, L. Gaudreau, S. Studenikin, A. Kam, A. Sachrajda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W43.00010: Tunable Noise Cross-Correlations in a Double Quantum Dot Douglas McClure, Leonardo DiCarlo, Yiming Zhang, Hans-Andreas Engel, Charles Marcus, Micah Hanson, Art Gossard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W43.00011: Phonon decoherence in a double dot qubit embedded inside a suspended phonon cavity Ying-Yen Liao, Yueh-Nan Chen, Der-San Chuu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W43.00012: Investigation of chaos-assisted tunneling in a weakly coupled, double quantum dot Dong Ho Wu, Bernard Matis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W43.00013: Fermi-liquid versus non-Fermi-liquid behavior in triple quantum dots Janez Bonca, Rok Zitko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W43.00014: Signatures and Implementations of Adiabatic Quantum Pumping Kunal Das Preview Abstract

Session W44: Focus Session: Nanoscale Transport - Mostly Quantum Dots

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Mikhail Raikh, Utah University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 507

Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W44.00001: Spin-Lattice Relaxation Rate in Lateral Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W44.00002: Spin Blockade in electronic transport through quantum dots Bhaskaran Muralidharan, Supriyo Datta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W44.00003: Resonant dephasing of the electronic Mach-Zehnder interferometer Eugene Sukhorukov, Vadim Cheianov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W44.00004: Electron population control of an isolated quantum dot using surface-acoustic-wave pulses Chris Ford, Robert Schneble, Masaya Kataoka, Adam Thorn, Crispin Barnes, David Anderson, Geb Jones, Ian Farrer, David Ritchie, Michael Pepper Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W44.00005: Coulomb-energy-dependent tunnelling from few-electron dynamic quantum dots defined by surface acoustic waves Michael Astley, Masaya Kataoka, Chris Ford, Crispin Barnes, Dave Anderson, Geb Jones, Ian Farrer, Dave Ritchie, Mike Pepper Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W44.00006: Conductance signatures of a quantum-critical transition and a Kondo filtered resonance in double quantum dots Luis Dias, Nancy Sandler, Kevin Ingersent, Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W44.00007: Kondo effect in a quantum dot via orbital population switching Hyun-Woo Lee, Sejoong Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W44.00008: Modeling of tunneling spectroscopy of a single quantum dot involving two levels Ming Ting Kuo, Yia-Chung Chang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W44.00009: Band filtering and quantum phase transition in an asymmetric double quantum dot W. Brian Lane, K. Ingersent, L. G. G. V. Dias da Silva, N. P. Sandler, S. E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W44.00010: Imaging Electron Flow From a Quantum Point Contact M. P. Jura, M. A. Topinka, A. R. Sciambi, D. Goldhaber-Gordon, L. Urban, A. Yazdani, H. Shtrikman, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W44.00011: Imaging fringes in magnetic focusing of electron waves Melaku Muluneh, Robert Westervelt, Rob Parrott, Eric Heller, Micah Hanson, Art Gossard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W44.00012: Phase-sensitive mapping of electronic wavefunctions in atomically precise nanostructures Laila S. Mattos, Hari C. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W44.00013: Quantum Isospectral Nanostructures Christopher R. Moon, Hari C. Manoharan Preview Abstract