Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2007 APS March Meeting

Volume 52, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 5–9, 2007; Denver, Colorado

Session Index

Session X1: Magnetic Field Driven Quantum Phase Transitions

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Joe Thompson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 2-3

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X1.00001: Field-tuned quantum critical points Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		X1.00002: Dimensionality and Quantum Criticality: the case of the spin-dimer system BaCuSi$_2$O$_6$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		X1.00003: Fingerprints of Interacting Hardcore Bosons on a Lattice: Spin Dynamics in Dimer Spin Systems with Field-Tuned Quantum Criticality. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		X1.00004: Field-induced magnetism and quantum criticality in superconducting CeRhIn$_{5}$ under pressure Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		X1.00005: Magnetic-field quantum phase driven transitions in CeBiPt and CeCu$_{6-x}$Au$_{x}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X2: Understanding DNA and RNA machines

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Meredith Betterton, University of Colorado
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 4

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X2.00001: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		X2.00002: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		X2.00003: Hexameric DNA-based motor proteins Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		X2.00004: Stretching, Twisting, and Unzipping DNA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		X2.00005: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X3: DNA Organization within Chromosomes

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Ralf Bundschuh, The Ohio State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2A-3A

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X3.00001: Structure and Dynamics of the Kinetochore Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		X3.00002: Structural Organization and Properties of DNA in the Cell Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		X3.00003: Dynamics of Single Molecule DNA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		X3.00004: The Torsonal Rigidity of Single Chromatin Fibers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		X3.00005: Dynamics of Nucleosome Arrays Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X4: Quantum Order in Chiral Magnets

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Chandra Varma, University of California, Riverside
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2B-3B

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X4.00001: Quantum order in chiral magnets: 3D Non-Fermi Liquid Phase and Blue Quantum Fog in MnSi Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		X4.00002: Real Space Observation of Helical Spin Order Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		X4.00003: Theory of the helical spin crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		X4.00004: Investigation of the Metallic State in Cubic FeGe beyond its Quantum Phase Transition Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		X4.00005: Quantum PhaseTransitions and Exotic Phases in Metallic Helimagnets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X5: Elasticity of Biological Membranes: From Physical Principles to Biological Processes

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Clark University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1A-1B

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X5.00001: Biophysical studies of biological membranes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		X5.00002: The Beginning of the Ends: A Curvature-Mediated Mechanism for Localization of Lipids to Bacterial Poles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		X5.00003: Fundamental physical mechanisms of membrane phase separation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		X5.00004: Membrane mechanics of nuclear division in yeast Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		X5.00005: Fusion, Fission, and Membrane Microdomains Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X6: Networks in Genetic Regulation

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DBP
Chair: Erzsebet Ravasz, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 207

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X6.00001: Check Point as Fixed point: Analysis of a Yeast Cell-Cycle Model Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		X6.00002: Boolean modeling of cellular regulatory networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		X6.00003: Symmetry and the Self-Organized Evolution of Canalization in Boolean Networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		X6.00004: Quantitative aspects of gene regulation by small RNAs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		X6.00005: Gene regulatory networks: what is still missing? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X7: Computational Nonequilibrium Many-body Physics: From Classical to Quantum Simulation

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: David Langreth, Rutgers University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4A-4B

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X7.00001: Short-time dynamics of correlated quantum Coulomb systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		X7.00002: Simulation of the Interaction of Intense Laser Pulses with Dense Plasma Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		X7.00003: Nonequilibrium dynamical mean-field theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:24AM		X7.00004: Signal transport and finite bias conductance in and through correlated nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 11:00AM		X7.00005: Calculations of molecular electronics with the DFT/NEGF method Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X8: Focus Session: Novel Superconductors VII: Triplet Pairing and Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Igor Mazin, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1C

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X8.00001: High Resolution Polar Kerr Effect Measurements of Sr$_2$RuO$_{4}$: Evidence for Broken Time Reversal Symmetry in the Superconducting State Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X8.00002: Theory of the high-frequency chiral optical response in a $p_x+ip_y$ superconductor Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X8.00003: Instability of Singlet Superconductivity with Respect to the Appearance of a Triplet Component in a Vortex Phase. Andrei Lebed, Omjyoti Dutta Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X8.00004: Broken time-reversal symmetry in a vortex phase of a superconductor under perpendicular magnetic field. Omjyoti Dutta, Andrei Lebed Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X8.00005: Aligning chiral order parameter domains in Sr2RuO4: Josephson interferometry measurements Francoise Kidwingira, J.D. Strand, D.J. Van Harlingen, Y. Maeno Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X8.00006: Probing Bound States in p-wave Superconductors using Shot Noise C.J. Bolech, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X8.00007: Skyrmion Flux Lattices in $p\,$-wave Superconductors Qi Li, John Toner, Dietrich Belitz Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X8.00008: Probing the superconducting order parameter of UPt3 by Josephson Interferometry J.D. Strand, F. Kidwingira, D.J. Van Harlingen, J.P. Davis, W.P. Halperin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X8.00009: High Resolution Polar Kerr Effect Measurements of High-Temperature Superconductors: Evidence for Broken Time Reversal Symmetry Below the Pseudogap temperature Elizabeth Schemm, Jing Xia, Wolter Siemons, Gertjan Koster, Martin M. Fejer, Aharon Kapitulnik Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X8.00010: Scanning magnetic imaging of strontium ruthenate (Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4})$ Clifford Hicks, Yoshiteru Maeno, Kathryn Moler Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X8.00011: Photoemission study of doping in the strontium ruthenate family Tim Kidd, Tonica Valla, John Rameau, Peter Johnson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X8.00012: Mixed pairing state in Ru microdomains embedded in bulk single-crystal Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ Zhenyi Long, Kelly McCarthy, Chrysafis Andreou, David Caven, Zhiqiang Mao, Hiroshi Yaguchi, Yoshiteru Maeno, Ying Liu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X8.00013: Influence of Hydrostatic Pressure on Magnetoacoustic Properties of Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$. O. Svitelskiy, S. Headley, S. Tozer, E. Palm, T. Murphy, A. Suslov, D. Shulyatev Preview Abstract

Session X9: Superconductivity: Electronic Transport Measurements of Copper Oxide Superconductors

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

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X9.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X9.00002: Quantum superconductor-to-insulator transition in 2D $Y_{1-x}Ca_xBa_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta}$ films Iulian Hetel, Thomas Lemberger Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X9.00003: Exploring the critical dynamic exponent using YBCO films and untwinned crystal in zero and non-zero magnetic field Su Li, Hua Xu, Steven M. Anlage, C. J. Lobb Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X9.00004: Upper critical field in electron-doped Pr$_{2-x}$Ce$_{x}$CuO$_{4-\delta }$ in parallel magnetic fields Pengcheng Li, F.F. Balakirev, R.L. Greene Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X9.00005: $T_c$ suppression and resistivity in cuprates with out-of-plane defects Siegfried Graser, Thomas Dahm, Peter J. Hirschfeld, Lingyin Zhu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X9.00006: c-axis magnetotransport and noise in underdoped La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ I. Rai\v{c}evi\'{c}, J. Jaroszy\'{n}ski, D. Popovi\'{c}, G. Jelbert, C. Panagopoulos, T. Sasagawa Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X9.00007: Pulsed laser deposition growth and transport studies of superconducting La$_{1.85}$Y$_{0.15}$CuO$_{4}$ thin films Weiqiang Yu, B. Liang, P. Li, R. L. Greene, S. Fujino, T. Murakami, I. Takeuchi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X9.00008: Superconducting Phase Diagram and Vortex-glass Scaling of the Electron-Doped Superconductor Sm$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_{4-y}$ D.J. Scanderbeg, B.J. Taylor, R.E. Baumbach, K.T. Chan, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X9.00009: Metal-insulator transition in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{\delta}$ Louis Taillefer, Cyril Proust, Nicolas Doiron-Leyraud, Mike Sutherland, D. Le Boeuf, J. Levallois, M. Nardone, H. Zhang, N. Hussey, S. Adachi, Ruixing Liang, D.A. Bonn, W.N. Hardy Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X9.00010: The Effect Of hBN addition on properties of Bi-2223 superconductors. Mustafa Akdogan, Erhan Budak, Ozgur Ozturk, Cabir Terzioglu, Ibrahim Belenli Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X9.00011: Investigation of some physical properties of gold diffusion-doped Bi$_{1.8}$Pb$_{0.35}$Sr$_{1.9}$Ca$_{2.1}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{y}$ superconductors Ozgur Ozturk, Mustafa Yilmazlar, Tayfur Kucukomeroglu, Osman Gorur, Cabir Terzioglu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X9.00012: The effect of \textit{Sm} substitution on properties of Bi$_{1.6}$Pb$_{0.4}$Sr$_{2}$Ca$_{2-x}$Sm$_{x}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{y}$ superconductors. Huseyin Aydin, Mustafa Yilmazlar, Ozgur Ozturk, Dincer Yegen, Cabir Terzioglu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X9.00013: Orientation and Grain Boundaries in Bulk Samples of Bi-2223 Phase. Murat Erdem, Ozgur Ozturk, Cabir Terzioglu, Ibrahim Belenli Preview Abstract

Session X12: Focus Session: Anomalous Hall Effect and Spin Orbit Coupling

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Partho Mitra, Pennsylvania State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X12.00001: A Tunable Anomalous Hall effect in a Non-Ferromagnetic System Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X12.00002: Anomalous Hall Effect and Anomalous Nernst Effect in Ga1-xMnxAs Yong Pu, Jing Shi, Daichi Chiba, Fumihiro Matsukura, Hideo Ohno Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X12.00003: Sign change of anomalous Hall coefficient with temperature in Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$Sb random alloys. M. Eginligil, G. B. Kim, H. Luo, B. D. McCombe Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X12.00004: Theory of Intrinsic Anomalous Hall Effect and Spin Hall Effect in Transition Metals Takuro Tanaka, Hiroshi Kontani, Jun-ichiro Inoue, Kosaku Yamada Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:48AM		X12.00005: Semi-classical theory of the Anomalous Hall Effect Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X12.00006: Anomalous Hall Effect in Superparamagnetic Co-(La,Sr)TiO$_{3}$ Thin Films Shixiong Zhang, Weiqiang Yu, Satish B. Ogale, Sanjay R. Shinde, Darshan C. Kundaliya, Joshua S. Higgins, Ranjan Sahu, Richard L. Greene, Thirumalai Venkatesan, Wangkong Tse, Shengyu Young, Lourdes G. Salamanca-Riba Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X12.00007: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO H12.00012 Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X12.00008: Mobility of Charge Carriers and Magnetoresistance of Dilute Magnetic Semiconduc. Michael Foygel, James Niggemann, Andre Petukhov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X12.00009: Interplay of disorder and spin-orbit coupling in diluted magnetic semiconductors Xavier Cartoix\`a, Byounghak Lee, Nandini Trivedi, Richard M. Martin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X12.00010: Boundary conditions for spin diffusion Victor Galitski, Anton Burkov, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract

Session X13: Focus Session: Layered Manganites

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: John Mitchell, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4C

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X13.00001: Nonthermal Photoresponse in Epitaxial Thin Films of (La,Pr).67Ca.33MnO4: Correlation with Non-ohmic Electrical Transport and Magnetoresistance Anthony Davidson III, Rajeswari Kolagani, Grace Yong, Vera Smolyaninova, Mason Overby Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X13.00002: Evolution of the CO-OO and AF ordering in the single-layer manganite $\rm Pr_{1-x}Ca_{1+x}MnO_4$ near half doping Feng Ye, J. A. Fernandez-Baca, Songxue Chi, Pengcheng Dai, J. W. Lynn, R. Mathieu, Y. Kaneko, Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X13.00003: Dimensional Crossover of Antiferromagnetism in Half-Doped La$_{0.5}$Sr$_{1.5}$MnO$_{4}$ Kuo-Sheng Chao, J. Okamoto, D. J. Huang, C. Y. Mou, H. -J. Lin, C. -H. Hsu, Y. Kaneko, R. Mathieu, Y. Tokura, C. T. Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X13.00004: Role of oxygen in the orbital ordered state of La$_{0.5}$Sr$_{1.5}$MnO$_4$ John W. Freeland, Michel van Veenendaal, Ken Gray, Qing'an Li, Hong Zheng, John F. Mitchell Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X13.00005: Orbital Ordering in Magnanites Probed with Soft X-Ray Scattering Stuart Wilkins, Natasa Stojic, Thomas Beale, Nadia Bingeli, Peter Hatton, D. Prabhakaran, Andrew Boothroyd, Massimo Altarelli Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X13.00006: Rethinking the Orbital Ordering Transition: Using Coherent Soft X-ray Scattering to Study Dynamics in the CMR Manganites Joshua Turner, Jessica Thomas, John Hill, Mark Pfeifer, Karine Chesnel, Y. Tokura, Y. Tomioka, Steve Kevan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X13.00007: Resonant soft x-ray scattering study on antiferromagnetic ordering of LaSr$_2$Mn$_2$O$_7$ J.-S. Lee, J. Koo, H. Jang, K.-T. Ko, H. J. Lee, Y. H. Jeong, K.-B. Lee, J.-H. Park, J.-Y. Kim, Y. Bang, T. Kimura, Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X13.00008: Reentrant orbital order and the true ground state of LaSr$_{2}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7}$. S. Nyborg Ancona, S. Rosenkranz, R. Osborn, K. E. Gray, H. Zheng, Qing'An Li, J. F. Mitchell, Y. Chen, J. Lynn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X13.00009: Exotic Bilayer Manganite Phase Diagram near x=0.6 Hole Doping. Kenneth Gray, Hong Zheng, Qing'An Li, John F. Mitchell, Stine Nyborg Ancona, Stephan Rosenkranz, Ray Osborn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X13.00010: Polarized transmission EXAFS study of single crystal La$_{2-2x}$Sr$_{1+2x}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7 }$ as a function of temperature Jesse Guzman, G. Kurczveil, L. Downward, F. Bridges, J. Mitchell, H. Zheng Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X13.00011: Magnetic momentum density, Fermi surface and directional magnetic Compton profiles in LaSr$_{2}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7}$ and La$_{1.2}$Sr$_{1.8}$Mn$_2$O$_7$ P. E. Mijnarends, S. Kaprzyk, B. Barbiellini, A. Bansil, Yinwan Li, J.F. Mitchell, P.A. Montano Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X13.00012: Optic phonon anomaly as a precursor to polaron formation in a layered CMR manganite. Dmitry Reznik, Frank Weber, Nadir Aliouane, Dimitri Argyriou, Marcus Braden, Winfried Reichardt Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X13.00013: A local metallic state in globally insulating La$_{1.24}$Sr$_{1.76}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7}$ well above the metal-insulator transition Zhe Sun, J. Fraser Douglas, Alexei V. Fedorov, Yi-De Chuang, Hong Zheng, John F. Mitchell, D. S. Dessau Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X13.00014: Angle resolved photoemission studies of colossal magnetoresistive bilayer manganites Norman Mannella, Wanli Yang, Kiyohisa Tanaka, Xingjiang Zhou, Jennifer Zheng, John Mitchell, Jan Zaanen, Tom Devereaux, Naoto Nagaosa, Zahid Hussain, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X13.00015: Energy Range of State Conservation for Coulomb Interaction Effects in $La_{1.28}Sr_{1.72}Mn_2O_7$ Daniel Mazur, K. E. Gray, J. F. Zasadzinski, L. Ozyuzer, I. Beloborodov, H. Zheng, J. F. Mitchell Preview Abstract

Session X14: Focus Session: Spin-Polarized Transport

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Dragomir Davidovic, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4D

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X14.00001: Tuning the Exchange Bias in Spin Valves by an Electric Current Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X14.00002: Spin transfer in exchange biased magnetic nanopillars Nickolas Anthony, Sergei Urazhdin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X14.00003: Specific Resistance and Scattering Asymmetry of Py/Pd, Fe/V, Fe/Nb, and Co/Pt Interfaces Amit Sharma, Tony Romero, Nikoleta Theodoropoulou, Reza Loloee, William Pratt Jr., Jack Bass Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X14.00004: Current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistance of multilayered Co/Cu nanocolumns by scanning tunneling microscope P. Morrow, A. Kar, X. Tang, T. Parker, G. -C. Wang, T. -M. Lu, J. Y. Dai Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X14.00005: Large Magnetoresistance in Co/Ni/Co Ferromagnetic Single Electron Transistors Ruisheng Liu, Hakan Pettersson, Lukasz Michalak, Carlo Canali, Dmitry Suyatin, Lars Samuelson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X14.00006: Ballistic Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in Electrodeposited Co Nanocontacts Andrei Sokolov, Chunjuan Zhang, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, Jody Redepenning, Evgeny Kiriranov, Bernard Doudin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X14.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X14.00008: First principles calculations of anisotropic magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic nanocontacts D. Jacob, J. Fernandez-Rossier, J.J. Palacios Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X14.00009: Superconductivity suppression by ferromagnetism in bi- and tri-layers of La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$\ ferromagnets and high-T$_c$\ YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ Norbert M. Nemes, Flavio Y. Bruno, Mar Garcia-Hernandez, Axel Hoffmann, Suzanne G. E. te Velthuis, Cristina Visani, Carlos Leon, Zouhair Sefrioui, Jacobo Santamaria Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X14.00010: Spin injection and imbalence in ferromagnet/ superconductor/ ferromagnet double tunnel junctions. Hyunsoo Yang, See-Hun Yang, Stuat Parkin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X14.00011: Cooper pair phase oscillation in thin Al superconductor induced by effective Zeeman splitting from spin injection Guo-xing Miao, Jochem Nietsch, Jagadeesh Moodera Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X14.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session X17: Structure and Dynamics of Polymer Films

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Joona Bang, Korea University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 102

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X17.00001: In-situ Nanoparticles Direct Self-Assembly of Block Copolymer Thin Films. Ranjan Deshmukh, Gavin Buxton, Nigel Clarke, Russell Composto Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X17.00002: Real-Time Guided Wave Depolarized Light Scattering of Block Copolymer Thin Films during in Situ Annealing Jeffrey Wilbur, Nitash Balsara, Zhuangxi Fang, Maurice Newstein, Bruce Garetz Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X17.00003: Structural Characterization of Asymmetric Block Copolymer Thin Films using Resonant Soft X-Ray Scattering J. M. Virgili, J. B. Kortright, N. P. Balsara, R. A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X17.00004: Decay length of phase coherent block copolymer films: neutron reflectivity, analytical theoretical and simulation studies Junhan Cho, Kwanwoo Shin, Kwangsoo Cho, Wonyoung Jung, Sangbo Na Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X17.00005: Silicon Wire Grid Polarizer for Deep UV Fabricated by Diblock Copolymer Lithography Koji Asakawa, Young-Rae Hong, Vincent Pelletier, Douglas Adamson, Richard Register, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X17.00006: Why Does the Effect of the Free Surface on the Tg-Confinement Effect Depend So Strongly on Polymer Species? John M. Torkelson, Manish K. Mundra Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X17.00007: Dynamics of water on self-assembled monolayers J. Matthew D. Lane, Michael Chandross, Mark J. Stevens, Gary S. Grest, Christian D. Lorenz Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X17.00008: Phase Transitions of Hexadecanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers on Polycrystalline Silver Studied by NanoDSC Liang Hu, Leslie Allen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X17.00009: Kinetics of growth and assembly of ordered array of non-coalescing water droplets over evaporating polymer solutions Vivek Sharma, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X17.00010: Molecular Dynamics in Self-Assembled Monolayers Jason Bochinski, Derrick Stevens, Mary Scott, Laura Guy, Casey deDeugd, Laura Clarke Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X17.00011: Thickness study of Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Copolymers of Vinylidene Fluoride with Trifluoroethylene using X-ray Reflectivity Jihee Kim, Stephen Ducharme, Shireen Adenwalla Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X17.00012: Electro-Optic Polymer Films for Reconfigurable Photomask Applications Adam Fontecchio, Anna Fox Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X17.00013: Interfacial Characteristics of a Potentially Anti-befouling Highly Rigid Ionomer Christopher J. Cornelius, Cy H. Fujimoto, Lilin He, Dvora Perahia Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X17.00014: Interfacial Effects of Nanometer Fluorinated Segments on Energy Controlled Responsive Polymeric Films Dvora Perahia, Alma Gonzales, Dennis W. Smith Jr. Preview Abstract

Session X18: Biopolymers II: Simulations

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DCOMP
Chair: Daniel Savin, University of Vermont
Room: Colorado Convention Center 103

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X18.00002: Statistical Mechanics of Membrane Proteins. Karim Wahba, Robijn Bruinsma Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X18.00003: Mechanical unfolding of proteins: reduction to a single-reaction coordinate unfolding potential, and an application of the Jarzynski Relation Peter Olmsted, Daniel West, Emanuele Paci Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X18.00004: Boundary Element Microhydrodynamics: Stagnation of flow in protein cavities Sergio Aragon, David Hahn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X18.00005: Electrostatic theory of viral self-assembly: Structure and Kinetics Tao Hu, Boris Shklovskii Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X18.00006: Electrophoresis of DNA on a disordered two-dimensional substrate Cynthia J. Olson Reichhardt, Charles Reichhardt Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X18.00007: Shape of DNA in a box Ya Liu, Bulbul Chakraborty, Jane' Kondev Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X18.00008: Polymer dynamics in a tight squeeze Jeremy Schmit, Ercan Kamber, Joshua Kalb, Bulbul Chakraborty, Jane' Kondev Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X18.00009: $\lambda$-DNA thermal migration in a microchannel Jennifer Kreft, Yeng-Long Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X18.00010: Force-extension relation of DNA-histone complexes A.J. Levine, Mark L. Henle, Tom Chou Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X18.00011: Monitoring the Bending Stiffness of DNA Chongli Yuan, Xiongwen Lou, Elizabeth Rhoades, Huimin Chen, Lynden Archer Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X18.00012: Validity of the bead-spring model for describing the linear viscoelastic properties of single-strand DNA under strongly denaturing conditions Semant Jain, Ronald Larson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X18.00013: Dynamics of particles with key-lock interactions Nicholas Licata, Alexei Tkachenko Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X18.00014: Molecular Dynamics Simulation of semi-flexible filament assembly Lam T. Nguyen, Qi Wang, Ziyad Muslimani, Linda S. Hirst Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X18.00015: Ion condensation near patterned surfaces Yury Velichko, Francisco Solis, Sharon Loverde, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract

Session X19: Surfaces, Interfaces, and Colloids II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Steve George, University of Colorado
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X19.00001: Low Energy Inelastic Helium Atom Scattering from a Monolayer Solid. L.W. Bruch, F.Y. Hansen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X19.00002: Study of Oxidation of Silicon by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy A.R. Chourasia, William Johnston, R.L. Miller, Ryan Jacob Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X19.00003: Ab Initio Calculations for Br and Cl adsorption on the Ag(100) surface Tjipto Juwono, Ibrahim Abou Hamad, Per Arne Rikvold Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X19.00004: Cracks, Meltdowns and Crossover Sizes: An abrupt change in sublimation kinetics associated with the thermally-activated introduction of disclination charge in crystallites. Alex J. Levine, Moumita Das, Don Blair Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X19.00005: The structure of a C$_{60}$ monolayer on Ag(111) Renee Diehl, Hsin Li, Kelly Hanna, Wolfgang Moritz Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X19.00006: Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Thermal Desorption Kelly Becker, Kristen Fichthorn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X19.00007: Irreversible nanoparticle adsorption on patterned substrates A. Cadilhe, N. A. M. Araujo, V. Privman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X19.00008: Subsurface oxygen stabilization by a third species: Carbonates on Ag(210) Pushpa Raghani, Letizia Savio, Andrea Gerbi, Luca Vattuone, Mario Rocca, Nicola Bonini, Stefano de Gironcoli Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X19.00009: Computer simulations of the Adsorption of Xenon onto a C$_{60}$ monolayer on Ag (111) Silvina Gatica, Milton Cole, Renee Diehl Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X19.00010: First-principles study of polar molecule adsorption on hydrogenated diamond (001) Yong-Hyun Kim, S. B. Zhang, Yang Yu, L. F. Xu, C. Z. Gu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X19.00011: STM/S study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on Co (0001) Daejin Eom, Michael Lefenfeld, Kwang Taeg Rim, Li Liu, Shengxiong Xiao, Colin Nuckolls, Tony Heinz, George Flynn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X19.00012: Electrocatalytic property of PtBi and PtPb line compounds via DFT Lin-Lin Wang, D. D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X19.00013: Surface adsorbates and mechanical dissipation in micromechanical resonators Thomas Metcalf, Bradford Pate, Jeffrey Baldwin, Brian Houston, Maxim Zalalutdinov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X19.00014: An STM Study of the Interaction of hexabenzocorone on a Ru(0001) Surface Kwang Taeg Rim, Daejin Eom, Li Liu, Shengxiong Xiao, Michael Steigerwald, Mark Hybertsen, Colin Nuckolls, George Flynn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X19.00015: Commensurate ground states of monolayers on surfaces Alexandre Tkatchenko Preview Abstract

Session X21: General Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: David Tanner, University of Florida
Room: Colorado Convention Center 106

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X21.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X21.00002: Topological Characterization of Time Reversal Invariant Systems Rahul Roy Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X21.00003: Renormalization of QED at Finite Temperatures. Samina Masood Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X21.00004: A Black Body Radiation Law in a Gravity Free Vacuum Clarence A. Gall Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X21.00005: Einstein's Obscure 1918 Special Relativity Paper Tom Morton Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X21.00006: What are the Sands of Titan Telling Us About Gravity? Jerry Jensen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X21.00007: Unifying the Geometry of General Relativity with the Virtual Particle Nature of Quantum Theory John Laubenstein Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X21.00008: Rotational and Vibrational Kinetic Energies Should be Included in Mass-Energy Calculations Stewart Brekke Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X21.00009: Electricity from Gravity Roy Masters Preview Abstract

Session X22: Focus Session: Deformation and Fracture

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DMP
Chair: Ian Robertson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Colorado Convention Center 108

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X22.00001: Crystal strength by direct computation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X22.00002: Modeling of Self-Healing in Materials Reinforced with Nanoporous Fibers. Vladimir Privman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X22.00003: Effects of grain boundary constraints on properties of polycrystalline materials Kimberly McGarrity, Erin McGarrity, Phillip Duxbury, Bryan Reed, Elizabeth Holm Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X22.00004: Modeling the Evolution of Subsurface Microstructures During Wear of Metal Single Crystals Corbett Battaile, Somuri Prasad, Joseph Michael Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X22.00005: Spontaneous shear localization in a model brittle solid Craig E. Maloney, Mark O. Robbins Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X22.00006: Simulations of Nanoscale Mechanical Contacts with Intervening Adsorbates Shengfeng Cheng, Mark Robbins Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X22.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X22.00008: Rubber Band Recoil Romain Vermorel, Nicolas Vandenberghe, Emmanuel Villermaux Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X22.00009: String breaking and the Petersburg Paradox Jake Fontana, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X22.00010: Simulations of aging and plastic deformation in polymer glasses Mya Warren, Joerg Rottler Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X22.00011: Deformation mechanism of silver nanowires Marcel Lucas, Austin Leach, Matt McDowell, Ken Gall, Simona Hunyadi, Catherine Murphy, Elisa Riedo Preview Abstract

Session X24: Conducting Polymers and Devices

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DMP
Chair: Pawan Kahol, Missouri State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 201

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X24.00001: Dissipative effects in the electron transport through conducting polymers Natalya Zimbovskaya, Grigory Zimbovskiy Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X24.00002: Tuning the Electrical Conductivity of Polyaniline by Controlling the Molecular Characteristics of the Polymer Acid Template Joung Eun Yoo, Tracy Bucholz, Yueh-Lin Loo Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X24.00003: Electrical Conductivity Measurements of Nanofibers Electrospun from Polyaniline/Polyethylene Oxide Blends Saima Khan, Aurangzeb Khan, Martin Kordesch Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X24.00004: Exciton localization and delocalization in phenyl-cored thiophene dendrimers$^{\ast}$ Muhammet Erkan Kose, Kwiseon Kim, Will J. Mitchell, Nikos Kopidakis, Garry Rumbles, Sean E. Shaheen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X24.00005: Semiconducting molecular crystals: Bulk in-gap states modified by structural and chemical defects S. Haas, C. Krellner, C. Goldmann, K. P. Pernstich, D. J. Gundlach, B. Batlogg Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X24.00006: Optical Characterization of a Single Cavity in Random Laser Polymer Film Z.Valy Vardeny, Abdullah Tulek Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X24.00007: Unidirectional Emission from Asymmetric Polymer Microcavities Abdullah Tulek, Z.Valy Vardeny Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X24.00008: Molecular Spectroscopy Using Slow Surface Plasmon Polaritons Michael Preiner, Ken Shimizu, Nazanin Davani, Jason Fabbri, Nicholas Melosh Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X24.00009: Mechanism for interaction between gases and Phthalocyanine films Amos Sharoni, Corneliu Colesniuc, Jeongwon Park, Forest I. Bohrer, Andrew C. Kummel, William C. Trogler, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X24.00010: The Electronic structure at the copper phthalocyanine to P(VDF-TrFE) copolymer thin films interface Jie Xiao, Carolina Ilie, Peter Dowben Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X24.00011: Transport properties and non-volatile memory application of self assembled nanoparticle array by microtubules Mei Xue, K.L. Wang, Jing Zhou, Bruce Dunn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X24.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X24.00013: Nondestructive Memory Elements Based on Polymeric Langmuir-Blodgett Thin Films T.J. Reece, S. Ducharme Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X24.00014: Salt-induced phase transitions in charged polymerized membranes Angelo Cacciuto, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract

Session X25: Liquid Crystalline And Amorphous Polymers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Andrey Dobrynin, University of Connecticut
Room: Colorado Convention Center 203

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X25.00001: Swelling and Shrinking Dynamics of Monodomain Nematic Elastomers Kenji Urayama, Ryo Mashita, Yuko Arai, Toshikazu Takigawa Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X25.00002: Effects of Long Wave-length Thermal Fluctuations on the Elasticity of Nematic Elastomers Xiangjun Xing, Aparna Baskaran Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X25.00003: Synthesis of Optimal and Imperfect Main Chain Smectic Elastomers Harshad Patil, Ronald Hedden Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X25.00004: Construction of Chiral Propeller Architectures from Achiral Molecules Kwang-Un Jeong, Deng-Ke Yang, Matthew J. Graham, Brian S. Knapp, Frank W. Harris, Stephen Z.D. Cheng Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X25.00005: Small angle X-ray scattering studies of side chain liquid crystalline block copolymers. Eric Verploegen, Lu Tian, Paula Hammond Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X25.00006: Solvent induced shape changes in liquid crystal elastomers Attilio Golemme, Tibor Toth-Katona, Jeremy Neal, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X25.00007: Bloch wall defects in nematic thin films: experiments and simulations Mohan Srinivasarao, Jian Zhou, Jung O. Park, Gino De Luca, Alejandro D. Rey Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X25.00008: Abnormal Slowdown of Longitudinal Diffusion of F-actin across Isotropic to Nematic Phase Transition Jun He, Jorge Viamontes, Jay Tang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X25.00009: Dynamic Fragility and the Glass Transition: Is there a relationship? Gregory McKenna, Qian Qin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X25.00010: Prediction of Creep Behavior in PMMA James Caruthers, Rebecca Martin, Grigori Medvedev Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X25.00011: Strain Hardening and Plastic Deformation in Polymer Glasses Robert S. Hoy, Mark O. Robbins Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X25.00012: The influence of nonlinearity on the timescale of volume relaxation Prashanth Badrinarayanan, Sindee Simon Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X25.00013: Photothermal studies of polymers using polarized light Marshall Thomsen, Daeha Joung, Don Snyder Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X25.00014: Gradient Copolymers Yield Uniquely Broad Glass Transition Temperatures in Comparison with Block Copolymers and Polymer Blends Jungki Kim, Michelle M. Mok, Christopher L.H. Wong, Robert W. Sandoval, John M. Torkelson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X25.00015: Utilizing Nanoparticle Surface Plasmons for Surface-Initiated Polymerization and Conformational Switching of Polymers Nelson Nunalee, Jack Mock, Ashutosh Chilkoti, Stefan Zauscher Preview Abstract

Session X26: Focus Session: Charge Transport in Nanostructures IV

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Paul McEuen, Cornell University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X26.00001: Molecular Junction Transport - Some Vibronic Effects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X26.00002: Vibrationally induced two-level systems in single molecule junctions Robert Thijssen, Darko Djukic, Sander Otte, Rolf Bremmer, Jan van Ruitenbeek Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X26.00003: Electronic and Vibronic Spectroscopy of Molecular Junctions James Kushmerick Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X26.00004: Charge Modification of Vibrational Features in Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy Lam Yu, James Kushmerick Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X26.00005: Dynamic Molecular Nanostructures Assembled with Atomic Manipulation Brian K. Foster, Hari C. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X26.00006: Classical Nuclear Motion in Quantum Transport Claudio Verdozzi, Gianluca Stefanucci, Carl-Olof Almbladh Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X26.00007: Inelastic effects in noise properties of molecular junctions Michael Galperin, Abraham Nitzan, Mark A. Ratner Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X26.00008: \textit{In-situ} Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy of Oligoaniline Molecular Junctions Heayoung Yoon, Masato Maitani, Lintao Cai, David Allara, Theresa Mayer Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X26.00009: Shot noise measurements on a single molecule Jan M. van Ruitenbeek, Oren Tal Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X26.00010: Quantum-state-resolved probing of molecular inner-sphere reorganization using a single-molecule transistor Nathalie de Leon, Wenjie Liang, Qian Gu, Hongkun Park Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X26.00011: Quantum Channels and Conductance Oscillations in Metal/Molecule/Metal Switches Feng Miao, Douglas Ohlberg, R. Stanley Williams, C. N. Lau Preview Abstract

Session X27: Nanowires

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Dan Finkenstadt, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 301

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X27.00001: Superconductor-Insulator Transition in Epitaxial Niobium Nanowires Timothy McArdle, Kevin Inderhees, Paul Welander, James Eckstein Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X27.00002: Imaging of Few-electron InAs Quantum Dots in InAs/InP Nanowires Erin E. Boyd, Halvar J. Trodahl, Ania Bleszynski, Michael Stopa, R.M. Westervelt, Linus E. Froberg, Lars Samuelson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X27.00003: Imaging Few-Electron Double Quantum Dots in InAs/InP Nanowires Halvar J. Trodahl, Erin E. Boyd, Ania Bleszynski, R. M. Westervelt, Linus E. Froberg, Lars Samuelson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X27.00004: Elastodynamics of GaN nanowires at microwave frequencies Colm Flannery, Kristine Bertness, Sudook Kim, Ward Johnson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X27.00005: Surround Gate Germanium Nanowire Field Effect Transistors Li Zhang, Ryan Tu, Hongjie Dai Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X27.00006: Low temperature electron transport studies of Bi nanowires Zuxin Ye, Hong Zhang, Haidong Liu, Wenhao Wu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X27.00007: Nanoscale Thermal Imaging Kamal Baloch, Todd Brintlinger, Yi Qi, David Goldhaber-Gordon, John Cumings Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X27.00008: X-ray Radiation Damage Studies of Individual Nanotubes and Nanowires H.D. Mo, C. Nelson, C.-C. Kao, M. Sfeir, A. Bollinger, I. Bozovic, J. Misewich, A. Stein, W. Liu, P. Zschack, N. Bozovic Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X27.00009: In-situ and ex-situ analysis of terminal lengths and growth rates of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes grown by acetylene and alcohol catalytic chemical vapor deposition J. Jackson, K. Belay, A. Puretzky, D. Geohegan, H. Christen, H. Cui Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X27.00010: Electrical Properties of Individual Semiconducting Oxide Nanobelt and Their Applications* Yi Cheng, P. Xiong, L. Fields, J.P. Zheng, R. Yang, Z.L. Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X27.00011: Nonequilibrium electromechanical noise in a nanomechanical resonator Patrick Truitt, Jared Hertzberg, Keith Schwab Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X27.00012: Electrical-transport properties of individual single-crystalline IrO$_2$ nanorods Y. H. Lin, T. C. Lee, Y. C. Sun, W. B. Jian, H. M. Chang, Y. S. Huang, J. J. Lin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X27.00013: Silicon nanoporous pillar array: template for fabricating silicon-based nanocomposites with enhanced physical properties Xin Jian Li, Xiao Nan Fu, Hai Jun Xu, Wei Fen Jiang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X27.00014: Growth and Characterization of ZnSe Nanowires on Au-catalyzed Ge substrates Tina Lin, Benjamin Cooley, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract

Session X31: Synthesis of Nanotubes and Nanowires

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Paola Barbara, Georgetown University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X31.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X31.00002: Bismuth Nanowires: Synthesis, Microscopy and Transport Properties Jason Reppert, Jian He, Malcolm Skove, Brad Edwards, Terry Tritt, Apparao Rao Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X31.00003: Growth of Carbon Nanotubes on Metallic Superalloys Saikat Talapatra, Swastik Kar, Sunil Pal, Pethuraja Gopal, Lijie Ci, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel Ajayan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X31.00004: VLS growth of $<$111$>$ oriented Silicon nanowires on Si (111) and Si (100); Growth rate dependence of growth defects Joonho Bae, Shawn Coffee, John Ekerdt, Chih Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X31.00005: Self-assembled Silicon Nanotubes: new 1D semiconductors Ming Xie, Jiesheng Wang, Yoke Khin Yap Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X31.00006: Controlled In-Situ Microscopy Studies of the Effect of Heterogeneous Catalysis on the Growth, Structure and Composition of GaN Nanowires M. Taheri, T. Lagrange, B. Simpkins, N. Browning Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X31.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X31.00008: Optimum growth of vertically-aligned boron nitride nanotubes at low temperatures Jiesheng Wang, Ming Xie, Yoke Khin Yap Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X31.00009: Controlling the dielectrophoretic assembly of single-walled carbon nanotubes Sarbajit Banerjee, Brian White, Blake Rego, Stephen O'Brien, Nicholas Turro, Irving Herman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X31.00010: Au-Induced Assembly of Protective Carbon Shells on Ge Nanowires Eli Sutter, Peter Sutter Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X31.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X31.00012: High Yield Fabrication of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Devices via Self-Assembly George S. Tulevski, James B. Hannon, Ali Afzali Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X31.00013: New High Aspect-Ratio Titania Nanotubes Eugen Panaitescu, Christiaan Richter, Latika Menon Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X31.00014: Template-Grown TiO2 Single-Nanowires for Gas Sensing Yaping Dan, Stephane Evoy, A. T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X31.00015: Self assembly of organic nanostructures and dielectrophoretic assembly of inorganic nanowires. Geetha Dholakia, Steven Kuo, E. L. Allen Preview Abstract

Session X32: Quasi-One-Dimensional Quantum Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Ana Maria Rey, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics/ITAMP
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X32.00001: Decoherence dynamics in low-dimensional cold atoms condensates Anton Burkov, Mikhail Lukin, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X32.00002: Crossover to a quasi-condensate in a weakly interacting trapped 1D Bose gas Karen Kheruntsyan, Isabelle Bouchoule, Gora Shlyapnikov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X32.00003: Quantum Monte Carlo study of a 1D phase-fluctuating condensate Charlotte Gils, Lode Pollet, Alice Vernier, Frederic Hebert, George Batrouni, Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X32.00004: Spin dynamics in the two-component strongly repulsive 1D Bose gas Mikhail Zvonarev, Thierry Giamarchi, Vadim Cheianov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X32.00005: Dynamical correlation functions of the 1D Bose gas (Lieb Liniger model) Jean-Sebastien Caux, Pasquale Calabrese Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X32.00006: Full distribution functions of interference contrast in low-dimensional bose gases Adilet Imambekov, Vladimir Gritsev, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X32.00007: Strongly correlated bosons on optical superlattices: Dynamics and relaxation in the superfluid and insulating regimes Marcos Rigol, Maxim Olshanii, Alejandro Muramatsu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X32.00008: Spectroscopy and quantum quench dynamics of interacting one-dimensional Bose condensates Vladimir Gritsev, Anatoli Polkovnikov, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X32.00009: Onset of Chaos and Thermalization in a One-Dimensional Bose-Hubbard Lattice in the Mean-Field Regime Douglas Mason, Amy Cassidy, Vanja Dunko, Maxim Olshanii Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X32.00010: Dynamics of Bose gases in Y-shaped potential and Andreev-type reflection Akiyuki Tokuno, Masaki Oshikawa, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X32.00011: Ultracold bosons in one-dimensional incommensurate superlattices Tommaso Roscilde, Ignacio Cirac Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X32.00012: Damping of condensate oscillations of a trapped Bose condensate in a 1D optical lattice at finite temperatures Emiko Arahata, Tetsuro Nikuni Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X32.00013: Glassy behavior of Bose-Bose mixtures in one-dimensional optical lattices Ignacio Cirac, Tommaso Roscilde Preview Abstract

Session X33: Focus Session: Quantum Information at the AMO/Condensed-Matter Interface

Sponsoring Units: GQI DAMOP
Chair: Barry Sanders, University of Calgary
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X33.00001: Quantum simulation of magnetism using optical lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X33.00002: Quantum phase transitions of light Charles Tahan, Andrew Greentree, Jared Cole, Lloyd Hollenberg Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X33.00003: Universal and measurable entanglement in the spin-boson model Angela Kopp, Karyn Le Hur Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X33.00004: Quantum Information Transport in Nuclear Spin Chains. Paola Cappellaro, David Cory Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X33.00005: Cavity QED in the mesoscopic regime Pascal Degiovanni, Valentin Bonzom, Hichem Bouzidi, Arnaud Le Diffon, Clement Ruef, Tristan Meunier, Jean-Michel Raimond Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X33.00006: Diverging Length Scale, Scaling, and Universality of Entanglement Near a Quantum Phase Transition Han-Dong Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X33.00007: Landau-Zener dynamics in qubits-oscillator settings Sigmund Kohler, Martijn Wubs, Peter H\"anggi, Keiji Saito, Yosuke Kayanuma Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X33.00008: Coherence control via dynamical decoupling of an electron spin in a quantum dot Wenxian Zhang, V.V. Dobrovitski, Nikolaos Konstantinidis, Lea F. Santos, Lorenza Viola, B.N. Harmon Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X33.00009: Entanglement entropy of bilinear fermionic systems Letian Ding, Noah Bray-Ali, Stephan Haas Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X33.00010: Adiabatic Preparation of Topological Order Alioscia Hamma, Daniel Lidar Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X33.00011: Quantum phase transition from magnetic to topological order Alioscia Hamma, Wen Zhang, Stephan Haas, Daniel Lidar Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X33.00012: Replacing energy by von Neumann entropy in quantum phase transitions Xun Jia, Angela Kopp, Sudip Chakravarty Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X33.00013: Statistical quantum mechanics and entanglement in anisotropic Heisenberg model. You-Ling Chiang, Armen Kocharian, Chee Yang Preview Abstract

Session X34: Shape Changes in Biological Membranes

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

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X34.00001: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Lipid Bilayers and Tubules Linda S. Hirst, Jing Yuan, Yohannes Pramudya, Lam T. Nguyen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X34.00002: Dynamics of Encapsulation and Budding in Lipid Membranes Kurt Smith Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X34.00003: Lipid tubules Formed by Flow-Controlled Hydration Jing Yuan, Linda S. Hirst Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X34.00004: Spontaneous Formation of Lipid Nanotubes and Lipid Nanofibers from Giant Charged Dendrimer Lipids Alexandra Zidovska, Kai K. Ewert, Cyrus R. Safinya, Joel Quispe, Bridgett Carragher, Clinton S. Potter Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X34.00005: Hydrodynamic extrusion of membrane nanotubes: the role of the cytoskeleton Karine Guevorkian, Nicolas Borghi, S\'{e}bastien Kremer, Axel Buguin, Fran\c{c}oise Brochard Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X34.00006: Shape transformations of active tubular membranes Elnaz Alipour-Assiabi, Thomas Powers Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X34.00007: Effective surface tension of red blood cell membranes induced by cytoskeleton meshworks Rui Zhang, Frank Brown Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X34.00008: Synthetic antimicrobial oligomers induce composition-dependent topological transition in membranes Lihua Yang, Vernita Gordon, Abhijit Mishra, Kirstin Purdy, John Cronan, Abhigyan Som, Gregory Tew, Gerard C.L. Wong Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X34.00009: Pore formation by antimicrobial peptides: structural tendencies in bulk and quasi-2D membrane systems Vernita Gordon, Lihua Yang, Matthew Davis, A. Som, G. Tew, Gerard Wong Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X34.00010: Role of membrane bending in ASAP1 protein activity Beatriz E. Burrola Gabilondo, Ruibai Luo, Wolfgang Losert, Paul A. Randazzo Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X34.00011: Shape transformations of human red blood cells under osmotic deflation-inflation Gerald Lim, Michael Wortis Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X34.00012: Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulations of Deformable Red Blood Cells in Small Blood Vessels Igor Pivkin, Peter Richardson, George Karniadakis Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X34.00013: Nucleation of holin domains and holes optimizes lysis timing of \textit{E. coli} by phage $\lambda$ Gillian Ryan, Andrew Rutenberg Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X34.00014: Physiological role of stochastic calcium signaling in subcellar microdomains Yohannes Shiferaw Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X34.00015: A Systematic Study of Bilayer Failure on Engineered Surfaces Morgan Mager, Nicholas Melosh Preview Abstract

Session X35: Focus Session: Nucleic Acid Protein Interaction

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Dean Astumian, University of Maine
Room: Colorado Convention Center 405

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X35.00001: Accuracy of Localization Methods for Individual Fluorescent Probes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X35.00002: Phenotypic consequences of promoter-mediated transcriptional noise: Experiment and computational modeling Gabor Balazsi, William Blake, Michael Kohanski, Kevin Murphy, James Collins Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X35.00003: Role of boundary constrains in DNA looping problem. Alexei Tkachenko Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X35.00004: Kinetic Accessibility of Buried DNA Sites in Nucleosomes Wolfram M\"obius, Richard A. Neher, Ulrich Gerland Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X35.00005: Coarse-Grained Modeling of Molecular Machines in AAA+ Family Kenji Yoshimoto, Charles L. Brooks III Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X35.00006: A Simple Model of Nucleosome Localization David Schwab, Robijn Bruinsma Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X35.00007: Dynamics of assembly of proteins along a stretched DNA Ranjith Padinhateeri, John Marko Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X35.00008: Hidden Markov Analysis of Tethered Particle Motion Phil Nelson, John Beausang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X35.00009: Model for the simultaneous evolution of protein sequences and conformations Longhua Hu, Alexander Grosberg Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X35.00010: Unwinding of double-stranded DNA and branch migration of Holliday junctions by hexameric motor proteins Noah Ribeck, Omar A. Saleh Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X35.00011: How cells decide between life and death: predictions from stochastic simulation Subhadip Raychaudhuri, Eric Willgohs, Thuc-Nghi Nguyen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X35.00012: Evolution of codes, crosstalk, and sequence niches in biomolecular signaling Christopher Myers Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X35.00013: Transcriptional Interference: A quantitative approach to in vivo dynamics of RNAP on DNA. Kim Sneppen Preview Abstract

Session X38: Focus Session: Negative Index Materials: Concepts to Applications III

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Colorado Convention Center 501

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X38.00001: Negative Refraction in Metamaterials and Surface Plasmonics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X38.00002: A new mechanism for negative refraction and focusing using selective diffraction from surface corrugation W. T. Lu, Y. J. Huang, P. Vodo, R. K. Banyal, C. H. Perry, S. Sridhar Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X38.00003: Resonant enhancement of absorption in the superlens Leonid Alekseyev, Zubin Jacob, Evgenii Narimanov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X38.00004: Negative Index Metamaterials at Optical Frequencies: Theory and Experiment E. Ponizovskaya, A.M. Bratkovsky Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X38.00005: Surface resonant states in acoustic and elastic metamaterials Muralidhar Ambati, Dongmin Wu, Xiang Zhang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X38.00006: Embeddable Metal Coil Microparticles for 3-D Metamaterial Applications C. K. Harnett, E. V. Moiseeva, Y. M. Senousy Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X38.00007: Nanophotonic structures for Negative Refraction at NIR and VIS Ravinder Banyal, B.D.F. Casse, Plarenta Vodo, W.T. Lu, Srinivas Sridhar Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X38.00008: Towards 3D and Multilayer Electromagnetic Metamaterials Structures in the THz Range B. D. F. Casse, H. O. Moser, J. W. Lee, S. Inglis, M. Bahou, L. K. Jian Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X38.00009: Nonlinear Absorption in Nanoparticle Suspensions and Aerogels Yi Huang, Ashish Agarwal, Piotr Lesiak, Nick Kotov, David Carroll, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X38.00010: Plasma-like negative capacitance in a nano-colloid Jason Shulman, Feng Chen, Stephen Tsui, Yuyi Xue, C. W. Chu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X38.00011: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO S33.00014 Preview Abstract

Session X39: Focus Session: Physics & Technology of III-V Semiconductors in Infrared & THZ Imaging I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Gamani Karunasiri, Naval Postgraduate School
Room: Colorado Convention Center 502

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:36AM		X39.00001: High Performance Thermal Imaging Using Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector Arrays Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X39.00002: Detection of 3.4 THz Radiation from a Quantum Cascade Laser using Microbolometer Infrared Camera Barry Behnken, Gamani Karunasiri, Michele Lowe, Danielle Chamberlin, Peter Robrish, J. Faist Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X39.00003: Terahertz ellipsometry using electron-beam based sources T. Hofmann, U. Schade, M. Mross, T. Iowell, M. Schubert Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X39.00004: III-V semiconductor based infrared detectors and focal plane arrays David Z.-Y. Ting, S. V. Bandara, C. J. Hill, S. D. Gunapala, J. K. Liu, J. M. Mumolo, S. A. Keo, E. R. Blazejewski, Y.-C. Chang, S. B. Rafol Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X39.00005: Development of GaAs blocked-impurity-band detectors for the far-infrared Lothar A. Reichertz, Jeffrey W. Beeman, Reinhard Katterloher, Nancy M. Haegel, Eugene E. Haller Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X39.00006: The Study of Temperature Dependence and High Temperature Operation of Photoresponse in Superlattice Infrared Photodetectors Shih-Hung Lin, J.H. Lu, C.H. Kuan, J.Y. Feng, T.S. Lay Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X39.00007: Effect of the Inclusion of Magnetically Active Imbedded Nanocomposites (MAINs) on the Absorption and Response of Infrared Detectors Gamini Ariyawansa, V.M. Apalkov, N. Dietz, S.G. Matsik, A.G.U. Perera Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X39.00008: A new mechanism for THz-frequency radiation generation: Nonlinear strain waves in piezoelectrics Evan Reed, Michael Armstrong Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X39.00009: Electronically Tunable Grating-Gate Terahertz Detectors E.A. Shaner, M.C. Wanke, Mark Lee, A.D. Grine, J.L. Reno, S.J. Allen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X39.00010: Brewster angle phenomenon in two-dimensional metallic photonic crystals and its application to polarization beam splitting Xinhua Hu, Kai-Ming Ho Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X39.00011: Dynamics of 980 nm VCSELs Characterized Using Temperature Dependent RIN Spectra Rashid Safaisini, Ahmad N. Al-Omari, John R. Joseph, Kevin L. Lear Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X39.00012: Detection of Nanomechanical Device Motion by Spatiotemporal Stroboscopic Interferometry Joseph Losby, F. Giesen, J. Moroz, A. Fraser, M. Belov, G. McKinnon, Y. Ning, W. Hiebert, M.R. Freeman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X39.00013: Terahertz imaging using the Jefferson Lab -- FEL high power broadband terahertz source J. Michael Klopf, Matthew Coppinger, Nathan Sustersic, James Kolodzey, Gwyn P. Williams Preview Abstract

Session X40: QHE: Antidots and Bilayers Systems

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Herb Fertig, Indiana University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X40.00001: Realization of a primary-filling e/3 quasiparticle interferometer F.E. Camino, W. Zhou, V.J. Goldman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X40.00002: $\nu =1$ quantum Hall state in a lateral periodic quantum anti-dot array W. Pan, J.L. Reno, J.A. Simmons, D. Li, S.R.J. Brueck Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X40.00003: Coulomb blockade of anyons: coherent quasiparticle transport in multi-antidot systems Dmitri Averin, James Nesteroff Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X40.00004: Tunable-Coupling Quantum Antidot Molecule Wei Zhou, F.E. Camino, V.J. Goldman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X40.00005: Shot Noise in Anyonic Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Kam Tuen Law, Dima Feldman, Yuval Gefen, Alexei Kitaev, Ady Stern Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X40.00006: Fractional charge revealed in computer simulations of resonant tunneling in the fractional quantum Hall regime Evgueni Tsiper Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X40.00007: Spin Polarization of Bilayer $\nu $=2 Quantum Hall States Probed by NMR Norio Kumada, Koji Muraki, Yoshiro Hirayama Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X40.00008: Collective excitations of a crystal of CP(3) skyrmions in a bilayer quantum Hall system Ren\'{e} C\^{o}t\'{e} , Dominique Boisvert, J\'{e}r\^ome Bourassa, Herbert A. Fertig Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X40.00009: Interlayer tunneling studies of highly imbalanced bilayer 2D electron systems at \boldmath{$\nu_T = 1$} A.R. Champagne, J.P. Eisenstein, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X40.00010: Zero Bias Tunneling Resonance at Filling Factor $\nu_T=1$ in GaAs Hole Bilayers Shashank Misra, Nathaniel C. Bishop, Emanuel Tutuc, Mansour Shayegan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X40.00011: Activation Energies and Dissipation in Biased Quantum Hall Bilayer Systems at Total Filling Factor $\nu=1$. Bahman Roostaei, H.A. Fertig, K.J. Mullen, Steven Simon Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X40.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X40.00013: Increases in Electron Drag in Intermediate Magnetic Fields Sanghun An, Gokul Gopalakrishnan, Yuko Shiroyanagi, Dongkyun Ko, Tom Gramila, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X40.00014: Electron Drag in High Filling Factors Gokul Gopalakrishnan, Sanghun An, Yuko Shiroyanagi, Dongkyun Ko, Thomas Gramila, Loren Pfeiffer, Kenneth West Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X40.00015: Interedge coherent line junctions in Quantum Hall systems Emiliano Papa Preview Abstract

Session X41: Semiconductors: Electronic and Optical Properties

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Angelo Mascarenhas, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 504

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X41.00001: Wire-like characteristics induced by vertically electronic coupling in stacked InAs/GaAs quantum dots superlattices Tzung-Te Chen , Yang-Fang Chen, Jyh Shyang Wang, Ying-Sheng Huang , Ru Shang Hsiao, Jenn Fang Chen, Chih Ming Lai, Jim Young Chi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X41.00002: Giant Spin-Orbit Bowing in GaAs$_{1-x}$Bi$_{x}$ A. Mascarenhas, B. Fluegel, S. Francoeur, S. Tixier, E. C. Young, T. Tiedje Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X41.00003: Valence Band Anticrossing in GaBi$_{x}$As$_{1-x}$ Kirstin Alberi, O.D. Dubon, W. Walukiewicz, K.M. Yu, K. Bertulis, A. Krotkus Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X41.00004: Interactions of Ga$_n$As$_{n}$ Clusters with CGaAs Cages: Possible Nanostructures Ajit Hira, Matilda Fernandez Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X41.00005: Persistent Currents in Higher Genus Materials and Structures David Schmeltzer, Avadh Saxena Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X41.00006: Optical Transport Imaging for the Measurement of Electric Field and Minority Carrier Diffusion Length N.M. Haegel, P. Andrikopoulos, T.J. Mills Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X41.00007: Electrical measurement of quantum interference population control in (111) GaAs Jared Wahlstrand, Ryan Smith, Jessica Pipis, Peter Roos, Steven Cundiff Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X41.00008: Exciton binding energy and electron effective-mass in strain compensated InGaAsN/GaAs single Quantum Well Lifang Xu, Dinesh Patel, Carmen Menoni, Jengya Yeh, Luke Mawst, Nelson Tansu Preview Abstract

Session X43: Electronic and Spin Properties of Quantum Dots and Quantum Point Contacts

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Stefan Badescu, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 506

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X43.00001: The Kondo box in the presence of exchange interaction Stefan Rotter, Hakan E. Tureci, Yoram Alhassid, A. Douglas Stone Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X43.00002: Measurements of Universal Kondo Scaling Behavior in a Quantum Dot Michael Grobis, Ileana Rau, Ronald Potok, David Goldhaber-Gordon, Hadas Shtrikman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X43.00003: Kondo Screening Cloud and Charge Quantization in Mesoscopic Devices Rodrigo G. Pereira, Nicolas Laflorencie, Ian Affleck Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		X43.00004: Observation of quantum charge pumping in a gate-confined open dot with symmetrically configured pumping gates Shih-ying Hsu, Kai-Ming Liu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		X43.00005: Transient current in a quantum dot asymmetrically coupled to metallic leads Ali Goker, Peter Nordlander Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		X43.00006: Positive correlation in multi-level transport through a tunable quantum dot Yiming Zhang, Leonardo DiCarlo, Douglas McClure, Michihisa Yamamoto, Seigo Tarucha, Charles Marcus, Micah Hanson, Art Gossard Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X43.00007: Electron Localization in Strongly Correlated Quantum Dots A. D. G\"u\c{c}l\"u, Amit Ghosal, C. J. Umrigar, Harold U. Baranger Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X43.00008: Magnetic-field evolution of collective excitations in AlGaAs/GaAs few-electron quantum dots in the mK regime. Sokratis Kalliakos, Cesar Pascual Garcia, Vittorio Pellegrini, Aron Pinczuk, Brian S. Dennis, Loren N. Pfeiffer, Ken W. West, Massimo Rontani, Guido Goldoni, Elisa Molinari Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X43.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X43.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X43.00011: Electronic Structure of PbSe/PbS Core-Shell Quantum Dots Adam Bartnik, Efrat Lifshitz, Frank Wise Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X43.00012: Investigation of Individual InGaAs Quantum Dots by Cross-Sectional Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy (BEEM) S.Y. Lehman, J.P. Pelz, C. Marginean, J.G. Cederberg Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X43.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X43.00014: Composite fermion solid and liquid states in two component quantum dots Chuntai Shi, Gun Sang Jeon, Jainendra K. Jain Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X43.00015: Dephasing of an electron Mach-Zehnder interferometer capacitively coupled to a quantum dot Seok-Chan Youn, Heung-Sun Sim, Hyun-Woo Lee Preview Abstract

Session X44: Focus Session: Nanoscale Transport - Molecules III

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Mark Hybertsen, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 507

Friday, March 9, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		X44.00001: Landauer conductance and twisted boundary conditions for Dirac fermions Shinsei Ryu, Christopher Mudry, Akira Furusaki, Andreas Ludwig Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		X44.00002: Electron turbulence in nanoscale junctions Neil Bushong, John Gamble, Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		X44.00003: Conductance switching and electronic states in polymer nanodevices Nikolai Zhitenev, Alexander Sidorenko, Donald Tennant, Raymond Cirelli Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 8:36AM - 9:12AM		X44.00004: Pair Tunneling through Single Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		X44.00005: Tuning the Kondo effect with a mechanically controllable break junction J. J. Parks, A. R. Champagne, G. R. Hutchison, S. Flores-Torres, H. D. Abruna, D. C. Ralph Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		X44.00006: Bandgap enhancement of phonon occupation Lutfe Siddiqui, Avik Ghosh, Supriyo Datta Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		X44.00007: Interference Effects in Nanoscale Electron-Phonon Transport Andrei Sergeev, Michael Reizer, Vladimir Mititn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		X44.00008: Tuning interacting electron and phonon quantum states in molecular nanostructures via atomic manipulation Gabriel Zeltzer, Hari C. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		X44.00009: Coulomb gas scaling of the non-equilibrium spin-boson model Aditi Mitra, Andrew Millis Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		X44.00010: Numerical Estimation of Keldysh-Countour Path Integrals for Nonequilibrium Problems Andrew Millis, Philipp Werner Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		X44.00011: Full Counting Statistics for a Single-Electron Transistor: Nonequilibrium Effects at Intermediate Conductance Yasuhiro Utsumi, Dimitri Golubev, Gerd Sch\"on Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		X44.00012: Vibronic coupling effect on the electron transport through molecules Masaru Tsukada, Kunihiro Mitsutake Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		X44.00013: Quantum open systems approach to single-molecule devices Yongqiang Xue, William Kennerly Preview Abstract

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