American Physical Society Sites|APS|Journals|Physics

Session Index

Session Y1: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect: Spin Effects and Broken-translational-symmetry States

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: James Eisenstein, California Institute of Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 2-3

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Y1.00001: Low frequency spin dynamics in a quantum Hall canted antiferromagnet Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Y1.00002: Density dependent anisotropic phases in a two-dimensional hole system Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Y1.00003: Spectroscopy of quasiparticle excitations in quantum Hall fluids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Y1.00004: Microwave Spectroscopy of Wigner crystals in 2DES and Bilayer Systems: Many-body correlation in electronic quantum solids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Y1.00005: Interweaving of Spin and Pseudospin in Bilayer Quantum Hall Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y2: Collective Motions of Living and Nonliving Self-Propelled Particles

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Frank Moss, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Room: Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons 4

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Y2.00001: Swarming by Nature and by Design Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Y2.00002: Direct and Indirect Mechanisms for Collective Behavior in the Spatial Dynamics of Plankton Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Y2.00003: Predicting the growth of fractal particle agglomeration networks with graph theoretical methods. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Y2.00004: Swarming Behavior of Particle-Like Waves in Excitable Media Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Y2.00005: Chemically Powered Nanomotors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y3: Exotic electronic structures of complex materials and phases

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Richard Martin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2A-3A

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Y3.00001: The electronic structure of a liquid Pb film Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Y3.00002: Thin-Film Electronic Structure: Beyond the ``Particle in a Box" Model Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Y3.00003: Ultrahigh-resolution photoemission from superconductors and strongly-correlated materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Y3.00004: The spectral function and quasiparticle dynamics of graphene thin films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y4: Assembly and Organization in Polymeric Systems

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Jack Douglas, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 2B-3B

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Y4.00001: Self Organization via Frontal Polymerization Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Y4.00002: Structural Analysis and Properties of Supramolecular Assemblies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Y4.00003: Controlling Self-Assembly in Thin Block Copolymer Films: From Model Systems to Applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Y4.00004: pH and Solubility Effects as Control Mechanisms for Vesicle Interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Y4.00005: Nanomechanics of Bone: Nanogranular Friction and Heterogeneity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y5: Fluctuating Random Solids and their universal properties

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DCMP
Chair: Horacio Castillo, Ohio University
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1A-1B

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Y5.00001: Nonaffine deformations in random solid media Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Y5.00002: Incompressibility, fluctuations, and elasticity in random solids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Y5.00003: Floppy modes and non-affine deformations in biopolymer networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Y5.00004: Molecular dynamics studies of rigidity in solids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y6: Towards Medium Temperature Proton Conductors for Fuel Cell Applications

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Ali Sayir, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Room: Colorado Convention Center 207

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Y6.00001: On the question of ``dry'' proton motion in ionic liquids and plastic crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Y6.00002: Polymic protic salt membranes, a new approach to the Holy Grail of a solid state proton conductor Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Y6.00003: Polybenzimidazole-phosphoric acid complexes and proton conducting membranes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Y6.00004: Protonic Conducting Ceramic for 300-400 \r{ }C Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Y6.00005: Understanding microstructure-induced limitations of hydrogen transport in high temperature proton conductors: can nuclear microanalysis give an answer? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y7: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Felix Ritort, Universitat de Barcelona
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4A-4B

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Y7.00001: Exactly solvable models illustrating nonequilibrium work relations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Y7.00002: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Y7.00003: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Y7.00004: Stochastic Thermodynamics: Theory and Experiments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Y7.00005: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y8: Superconductivity: Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Alexei Koshelev, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1C

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y8.00001: Impurity scattering interference in high-T$_{c}$ superconductors Chung-Pin Chou, Ting Kuo Lee, Noboru Fukushima Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y8.00002: Identifying Collective Modes in $d_{x^2-y^2}$-wave Superconductors via Impurities Roy Nyberg, Dirk Morr, Enrico Rossi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y8.00003: Identifying Collective Modes in $d_{x^2-y^2}$-wave superconductors via Impurities: II Dirk Morr, Roy Nyberg, Enrico Rossi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y8.00004: Dispersing and non-dispersing peaks and two-energy scales in AC-Arpes in underdoped cuprates Belen Valenzuela, Elena Bascones Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y8.00005: From the BCS equations to the Anisotropic Superconductivity equations. Jose Samuel Millan, Luis Antonio Perez, Chumin Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y8.00006: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO C1 Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y8.00007: Tuning effective interactions in high-$T_c$ cuprates via apical oxygen atoms: New realization from the first-principles Wannier function approach Weiguo Yin, Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y8.00008: Realistic Model of Cuprate High-Energy Pseudogaps J.C. Phillips Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y8.00009: High-T$_{c}$ superconductivity originates in BaO or similar planes, not in cuprate-planes. John D. Dow Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y8.00010: Ba$_2$YRuO$_6$: High-T$_c$ superconductivity without CuO$_2$ planes. Hermann Azemtsa Donfack Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y8.00011: Nodeless Ground State Symmetry of YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$ Dale R. Harshman, Anthony T. Fiory, John D. Dow Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y8.00012: Superconductivity in the ordered limit Vladimir Cvetkovic Preview Abstract

Session Y9: Superconductivity: Josephson Junctions, Proximity Effect & Squids II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Wan Kyu Park, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 1D

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y9.00001: Microwave characterization of Josephson junctions arrays for Coulomb blockade Vladimir Manucharyan, Michael Metcalfe, R. Vijay, Etienne Boaknin, Michel Devoret Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y9.00002: Low-frequency Critical Current Fluctuation Measurements in Nb/AlOx/Nb Junctions Shawn Pottorf, Vijay Patel, J. E. Lukens Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y9.00003: Microscopic Model of 1/f Noise in Josephson Junctions Magdalena Constantin, Clare Yu, John Martinis Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y9.00004: High-frequency spectroscopy and emission properties of a single-Cooper pair transistor Pierre-Marie Billangeon, Fr\'ed\'eric Pierre, H\'el\`ene Bouchiat, Richard Deblock Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y9.00005: Using a High-Q Josephson Resonator as a Non-Dissipative RF-SQUID J.A. Strong, K.D. Osborn, A.J. Sirois, R.W. Simmonds Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y9.00006: Cooper-pair Tunneling in a High Impedance Environment. M. A. Castellanos-Beltran, K. W. Lehnert Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y9.00007: Adiabatic Perturbing a Bloch Transistor by Microwave Irradiation: Inversion of Coulomb Oscillation Watson Kuo, Saxon Liou, Y.W. Suen, W.H. Hsieh, C.S. Wu, C.D. Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y9.00008: Superconductor-normal metal contact conductance of a graph node Vladimir Lukic, Elisabeth Nicol Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y9.00009: Singular length dependence of critical current in superconductor/normal-metal/superconductor bridges Alex Levchenko, Alex Kamenev, Leonid Glazman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y9.00010: Interaction of breathers with moving vortices in a Josephson junction ladder Devin Edwards, Ken Segall, Juan Mazo Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y9.00011: Fluxon ratchet dynamics in a Josephson junction array Kenneth Segall, Adam Dioguardi, Nikhil Fernandes, Ushnish Ray, Juan Mazo, Fernando Naranjo Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y9.00012: Manipulation of half-integer flux quanta C.J.M. Verwijs, Ariando, J.A. Boschker, H. Hilgenkamp Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y9.00013: Vortex flow characteristics of Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$ Long Intrinsic Josephson Junctions Kazuo Kadowaki, Kohei Kawamata, Yuimaru Kubo, Kazuki Fukui, Takashi Yamamoto, Itsuhiro Kakeya Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y9.00014: Optimization of HighTc Josephson nanojunctions by Monte Carlo simulations M. Sirena, N. Bergeal, J. Lesueur, G. Faini, R. Bernard, J. Briatico, D. Crete Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y9.00015: Fiske and size-independent resonances in $I-V$ characteristics of micron-sized Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ single crystals Itsuhiro Kakeya, Yuimaru Kubo, Masashi Kohri, Kazuki Fukui, Kohei Kawamata, Takashi Yamamoto, Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract

Session Y12: Focus Session: Spin Relaxation and Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Sayantani Ghosh, University of Cailfornia, Merced
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 3C

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y12.00001: Spontaneous polarization in classical spin transport far from equilibrium Tobias Reichenbach, Thomas Franosch, Erwin Frey Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y12.00002: Ultrafast hole-spin dynamics in bulk GaAs Hans Christian Schneider, Michael Krauss Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y12.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y12.00004: Time Resolved Probe of Spin and Carrier Lifetimes in InSb Based Quantum Wells and Films Rajeev N. Kini, K. Nontapot, M. Frazier, B. Spencer, J.J. Heremans, G.A. Khodaparast, N. Goel, S.J. Chung, M.B. Santos Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y12.00005: Spin relaxations in 2D electron gas determined by the memory in the carrier dynamics. Eugene Sherman, Mikhail Glazov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y12.00006: Spin dynamics in a two-dimensional electron system with generic spin-orbit coupling Tudor Stanescu, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y12.00007: Electrically Detected Hahn Echoes in Si:P Hans Huebl, Benno Grolik, Andre R. Stegner, Martin Stutzmann, Martin S. Brandt Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y12.00008: Control and measurements of spin and carrier dynamics in InAs films Kanokwan Nontapot, Rajeev Kini, Giti Khodaparast, Louis Guido, Roger Welser Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y12.00009: Evolution of coherently controlled charge and spin currents injected by optical pulses. R. Abrarov, A. Najmaie, E. Ya. Sherman, J. E. Sipe Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y12.00010: Bias-Dependent Electron Spin Lifetimes in n-Type GaAs and the Role of Donor Impact Ionization M. Furis, D.L. Smith, S.A. Crooker, J.L. Reno Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y12.00011: Spin precession and spin relaxation in semiconductors Dimitrie Culcer, Roland Winkler Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y12.00012: Spin relaxation of electrons in bulk CdTe Daniel Sprinzl, Petra Nahalkova, Jan Kunc, Petr Maly, Petr Horodysky, Roman Grill, Eduard Belas, Jan Franc, Petr Nemec Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y12.00013: Suppression of nuclear polarization in photon-irradiated GaAs M.R. Fitzsimmons, B.J. Kirby, F. Trouw, P.A. Crowell, C. Adelmann, S.D. Flexner, C.J. Palmstrom , M. Erickson, J.A. Borchers, C.F. Majkrzak, W. Chen, T.R. Gentile, R. Pynn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y12.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y12.00015: Electric field dependence of the electron g-factor for a Si donor in bulk GaAs A. De, Craig E. Pryor, Michael E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract

Session Y13: Focus Session: Charge/Orbital Order in Complex Oxides

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Igor Solovyev, National Institute for Materials Science
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4C

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y13.00001: Commensurate and incommensurate charge order in Fe$_2$OBO$_3$ Manuel Angst, Raphael Hermann, Jong-Woo Kim, Peter Khalifah, Brian C. Sales, David G. Mandrus Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y13.00002: Optical study of CuIr2S4 and MgTi2O4: experimental support for orbital-Peierls transitions Nan Lin Wang, Jun Zhou, Guanghan Cao, Jing Shi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y13.00003: Orbital ordering in spinel AV$_{2}$O$_{4}$ (A=Mn,Fe) T. Katsufuji, T. Suzuki, M. Katsumura, H. Takei, K. Taniguchi, T. Arima Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y13.00004: Magnetic fluctuations and orbital orderings in ferrimagnetic spinels Jae-Ho Chung, Jung Hwa Kim, Seung-Hun Lee, Taku S. Sato, Takuro Katsufuji Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:39PM		Y13.00005: Electronic structure of complex oxides using DMFT Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y13.00006: Orbital ordering in striped phases of La$_{1-x}$Ca$_x$MnO$_3$: GGA+U versus GGA results Nadia Binggeli, Giancarlo Trimarchi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y13.00007: Direct evidence of charge inhomogeneity during the commensurate-incommensurate phase transition in charge ordered La$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ J. Tao, M. Varela, S. J. Pennycook, J. M. Zuo Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y13.00008: Competing Ferromagnetic and Charge-Ordered States in Realistic Models for Manganites: the Origin of the CMR Effect Cengiz \c{S}en, Gonzalo Alvarez, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y13.00009: Fe-doping-induced charge-orbital ordering in manganese oxides Hideaki Sakai, Kiminori Ito, Yoshinori Tokura Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y13.00010: Dirty Peierls transition to stripe phase in manganites Susan Cox, Jason Lashley, Edward Rosten, Anthony Williams, John Singleton, Peter Littlewood Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y13.00011: Weak charge disproportion and leading mechanisms in half-doped manganites. Dmitri Volja, Wei Ku, Wei-Guo Yin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y13.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y13.00013: Experimental and theoretical determination of the anisotropic anomalous scattering tensor at the Mn K edge in LaMnO$_{3}$ Joaquin Garcia, Gloria Subias, M.C. Sanchez, J. Herrero-Martin, Keisuke Hatada, C.R. Natoli, S. Di Matteo, C. Mazzoli, J. Blasco Preview Abstract

Session Y14: Focus Session: Magnetic Nanostructures II

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Alejandra Lukaszew, University of Toledo
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4E

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Y14.00001: InAs quantum well Hall devices for room-temperature detection of magnetic biomolecular labels Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y14.00002: Superparamagnetic bead assembly via biomolecular recognition and detection using micro Hall sensor Pradeep Manandhar, Goran Mihajlovic, Stephen von Molnar, Peng Xiong, Keita Ohtani, Hideo Ohno, Mark Field, Gerard J. Sullivan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y14.00003: In-vitro heating with Polyethylene Glycol Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles Srinivasan Balakrishnan, M.J. Bonder, D. Gallo, G. C. Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y14.00004: Ferromagnetic Gd$_{100-x}$Fe$_{x}$ (x = 4 - 40) Nanostructures D. Schmitter, J. Goertzen, G. Shelburne, T. M. Pekarek, J. E. Shield, P. M. Shand, D. Haskel, D. L. Leslie-Pelecky Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y14.00005: Geometrically frustrated honeycomb and ladder lattices of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands Jie Li, Xianglin Ke, Ruifang Wang, William McConville, Cristiano Nisoli, Paul Lammert, Vincent Crespi, Peter Schiffer Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y14.00006: Field annealing study of a frustrated interacting nanomagnet array X. Ke, J. Li, W. McConville, R. Wang, C. Nisoli, P. Lammert, V. Crespi, P. Schiffer Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y14.00007: Magnetic domain wall phases in perpendicularly magnetized ultrathin films. Nidal Abu-Libdeh, David Venus Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y14.00008: Magnetization Reversal in Europium Sulfide Nanocrystals James Dickerson, Marcela Redigolo, Dmitry Koktysh, Sandra Rosenthal, Zheng Gai, Lan Gao, Jian Shen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y14.00009: Magnetism and $^{13}$C NMR relaxation of nanodiamond powder E.M. Levin, S.L. Bud'ko, X.W. Fang, W.E. Straszheim, R.W. McCallum, K. Schmidt-Rohr Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y14.00010: Magnetic Endohedral Metallofullerenes with Floppy Interiors Meichun Qian, Shiv Khanna, Mark Knickelbein Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y14.00011: Can Carbon Be Ferromagnetic - X Rays Can Give The Answer Hendrik Ohldag, Tolek Tyliszczak, Roland H{\"o}hne, Daniel Spemann, Pablo Esquinazi, Magda Ungureneau, Tilman Butz Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y14.00012: Magnetic Properies of Ni Nanoparticles Used for Carbon Nanofiber Synthesis K. D. Sorge, O. Malkina, C. Finkel, J. D. Fowlkes, P. D. Rack, K. L. Klein, A. V. Melechko, M. L. Simpson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y14.00013: Moving magnetic nanoparticles through soft-hard magnetic composite system Hemachander Subramanian, Jong Han Preview Abstract

Session Y17: Focus Session: Multiscale Modeling in Polymeric Materials

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DCOMP
Chair: Michael Rubinstein, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Room: Colorado Convention Center 102

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Y17.00001: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Charged Macromolecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y17.00002: Dynamics of melts consisting of circular and linear polymers Michael Lang, Michael Rubinstein Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y17.00003: Numerical Advances in Field Theoretic Simulations of Polymers Erin M. Lennon, Kirill Katsov, Hector D. Ceniceros, Carlos J. Garcia-Cervera, Glenn H. Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y17.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y17.00005: Multiscale modeling of self-assembling polymer solutions Dmitry Bedrov, Grant Smith, Ben Hanson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y17.00006: Coarse grained model of polymer dynamics R.C. Picu, A. Rakshit Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y17.00007: Multiscale Simulation of polyethylene oxide: Combined United Atom and Coarse-Grained Modeling Praveen Depa, Janna Maranas Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y17.00008: Structure and Evolution of Ordered Domains in Deeply Quenched Polyethylene Melt Naida Lacevic, Laurence Fried, Richard Gee Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y17.00009: Simulating the Oxidation of Polypropylene Using a Reactive Forcefield Joanne Budzien, Aidan Thompson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y17.00010: Rheological properties of polymer melts in confined shear flow from dynamic Monte Carlo simulations. John Dorgan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y17.00011: Flow-deformed conformations of entangled polymers as persistent random walks Yitzhak Shnidman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y17.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y17.00013: DNA-Particle Hydrodynamic Interactions In Microchannels Yeng-Long Chen Preview Abstract

Session Y18: Polymer Blends

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Valeriy Ginzburg, Dow Chemical
Room: Colorado Convention Center 103

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y18.00001: Thermodynamic Properties of A/B/A-C Polymer Blends from SANS and USANS Nisita Wanakule, Megan Robertson, David Lohse, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y18.00002: Kinetic Studies of Pressure-Quenched A/B/A-C Polymer Blends Alisyn Nedoma, Megan Robertson, David Lohse, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y18.00003: Effects of deuterium labeling at PS/PMMA interfaces studied with resonant soft x-ray reflectivity H. Ade, C. Wang, S. E. Harton, B. Watts, T. Araki Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y18.00004: Ion solvation and its effects on polymer blend miscibility Zhen-Gang Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y18.00005: Thermoreversible bond formation in multi-component polymer blends Richard Elliott, Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y18.00006: Modeling of Crystallization and Phase Separation in Binary Blends Driven by Photopolymerization Pankaj Rathi, Thein Kyu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y18.00007: Shear-induced Crystallization of and Polypropylene/Poly(Ethylene-co-Octene) Blends Xia Dong, Kun Meng, Chenggui Zhang, Tongchen Sun, Charles C. Han, Jianhua Dong Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y18.00008: Nanoparticles as Blend Compatibilizers: Layered Silicates and Fullerenes Jitendra Sharma, Romesh Patel, Liang Xu, Ramanan Krishnamoorti Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y18.00009: Compatibilization of Polymer Blends via Reactive Processing with Telechelic Copolymers Earl Ashcraft, Mark Dadmun Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y18.00010: The Effect of Copolymer Composition on the Dynamics of Random Copolymers of Styrene and Methylmethacrylate in a PMMA Matrix: A Neutron Reflectivity Study Sudesh Kamath, Mark Dadmun, William Hamilton, Michael Arlen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y18.00011: Nucleation in Polymer Blends Edward Feng Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y18.00012: Poly(ethylene oxide) Dynamics in Blends with Poly(vinyl acetate) Junshu Zhao, Mark Ediger Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y18.00013: Viscosity of ``Nanoparticle''/Polymer Mixtures John G. Curro, Amalie L. Frischknecht Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y18.00014: T$_{g}$ in Polymer/Oligomer Athermal Blends Wei Zheng, Sindee Simon Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y18.00015: Surface-induced structure formation of polymer dispersed liquid crystals on chemically gradient substrate Jun Wang, Jianfeng Xia, Suck Won Hong, Feng Qiu, Zhiqun Lin Preview Abstract

Session Y19: Surfaces, Interfaces, and Colloids III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Nancy Levinger, Colorado State University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 104

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y19.00001: Surfactant Adsorption at the Air-Liquid and Hydrophobic Solid-Liquid Interfaces: Unraveling the Mechanism for Superspreading Makonnen Payne, Charles Maldarelli, Alexander Couzis Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y19.00002: Interrogating the strength of the bond between salt and water: a combined DFT and MP2 study Bo Li, Angelos Michaelides, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y19.00003: Cluster Morphology and Aggregation Kinetics in Dense Aerosols Rajan Dhaubhadel, Amitabha Chakrabarti, Christopher Sorensen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y19.00004: Adsorption of Water, Methanol and Toluene on the Surface of Soot Particulate Matter Mohsen Yeganeh, Shawn Dougal, Bernard Silbernagel, El-Mekki El-Malki Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y19.00005: Drops Bouncing on a Superhydrophobic Surface Frank van Swol Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y19.00006: Pair Interaction of microparticles at oil-water interfaces Chuan Zeng, Anthony Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y19.00007: Selective crystal nucleation at a soft organic template. Sumit Kewalramani, Kyungil Kim, Guennadi Evmenenko, Pulak Dutta Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y19.00008: A Light Scattering Study of Solvent Solidification in Colloidal Suspensions Melissa Spannuth, Simon Mochrie, John Wettlaufer Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y19.00009: Ion-size effect at the surface of silica hydrosol Aleksey Tikhonov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y19.00010: Steric effects on the dynamics of electrolytes Mustafa Sabri Kilic, Martin Bazant, Armand Ajdari Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y19.00011: Transport of colloids in porous medium. Hsiang-Ku Lin, Roya Zandi, Leonid P. Pryadko Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y19.00012: Charge Inversion by Electrostatic Complexation: Molecular Dynamics Simulations Jordi Faraudo, Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y19.00013: Microscale Curveballs: Translational and Rotational Coupling of Colloids Stephen Anthony, Minsu Kim, Steve Granick Preview Abstract

Session Y26: Focus Session: Charge Transport in Nanostructures V

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Massimillimo Di Ventra, University of California, San Diego
Room: Colorado Convention Center 205

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Y26.00001: What are `molecular wires' and how might we use them? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y26.00002: Molecular conductance from density functional theory calculations Daniel Kosov, Zhenyu Li Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y26.00003: Exploring conductance switching properties of molecular scale devices - a computational approach. Barry D. Dunietz, Alexander Prociuk, Mousumi Das, Trilisa Perrine Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y26.00004: Measurement of Single Molecule Conductance Joshua Hihath, Xiulan Li, Fang Chen, Nongjian Tao Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y26.00005: Statistical Analysis of Electronic Transport in Alkanethiol Molecular Devices with Nanowell Structures. Hyunwook Song, Takhee Lee, Nak-Jin Choi, Hyoyoung Lee Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y26.00006: Electronic transport of low concentrations of P3HT molecules across nanogap source-drain electrodes. Jeff Worne, Behrang Hamadani, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y26.00007: Adsorption and conductance of BDT on the Au(111) surface A. Fazzio, Renato B. Pontes, Frederico D. Novaes, Antonio J.R. da Silva Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y26.00008: Ab-Initio calculations of electron transport properties of Si-Porphyrin-Si devices Filipe J. Ribeiro, Wenchang Lu, Jerry Bernholc Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y26.00009: Role of dephasing and surface states in Si based molecular electronics Hassan Raza Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y26.00010: Time-Resolved, Single Molecule Spectroelectrochemistry of Conjugated Polymers in Contact with ITO John Grey, Rodrigo Palacios, Wei-Shun Chang, William Miller, Allen Bard, Paul Barbara Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y26.00011: Renormalized Couplings and the Insulator and Metallic Behavior of Double-Stranded DNA Efta Yudiarsah, Sergio E. Ulloa Preview Abstract

Session Y27: Nanowire Sensors and Oscillators

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Masa Ishigami, University of Maryland
Room: Colorado Convention Center 301

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y27.00001: Effect of Chamber Pressure on the Vibrational Properties of Micro- and Nano-Cantilevers Gayatri Keskar, Jay Gaillard, Jonathan Taylor, Malcolm Skove, Apparao Rao Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y27.00002: Chemical and bio- sensor chips based on nanowires and carbon nanotube Chongwu Zhou, Fumiaki Ishikawa Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y27.00003: Detection of adsorbed monolayers on suspended singlewalled carbon nanotubes. Zenghui Wang, Jiang Wei, Wei Chen, Andrew Jones, Oscar Vilches, David Cobden Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y27.00004: Modeling of the Nonlinear Response of a Microcantilever: Understanding Higher Order Harmonics and Resonances J.D. Taylor, Jay Galliard, Malcolm Skove, Apparao Rao Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y27.00005: Sequence Dependent Single Stranded DNA-Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Interactions and Their Applications in Detection of Gaseous Analytes Samuel Khamis, Michelle Chen, Robert Johnson, A.T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y27.00006: Fabrication and characterization of individual nanotube based nanoelectrodes for chemical and biological sensing Kyungsuk Yum, Hanna Cho, Jie Hu, Min-Feng Yu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y27.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y27.00008: Transmission line impedance of carbon nanotube thin films for chemical sensing applications. G. Esen, M. S. Fuhrer, J. H. Chen, M. Ishigami, E. D. Williams Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y27.00009: Harmonic Detection of $\omega _{0}$/n Superharmonics in Microcantilevers via Electrostatic Actuation/ Detection J. Gaillard, J. Taylor, G. Keskar, M. Skove, A. Rao Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y27.00010: Electromechanical Response of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes to Torsional Strain in a Self-Contained Device A. R. Hall, M. R. Falvo, R. Superfine, S. Washburn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y27.00011: Kinetics of Desorption of Oxygen Sharvil Desai, Gamini Sumanasekera, Chaminda Jayasinghe, David Mast Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y27.00012: High-Performance ZnO Nanowire FETs Pai-chun Chang, Zhiyong Fan, Chung-Jen Chien, Jia Grace Lu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y27.00013: N-doped carbon nanotubes and their behavior as ammonia sensors Antonio J.R. da Silva, Mariana Rossi, Frederico D. Novaes, A. Fazzio Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y27.00014: First principles study of hydrogen adsorption on carbon nanowires. Alejandro Tapia, Luis Aguilera, Gabriel Murrieta, Romeo de Coss Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y27.00015: Hydrogen Physisorption Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Studied by Soft-X-Ray Spectroscopy. J. Zhong, S. Barcelo, J.-W. Chiou, C. L. Dong, C. L. Chang, W.-F. Pong, Y. Y. Chen, S. Mao, Z. Y. Wu, J.-H. Guo Preview Abstract

Session Y31: Synthesis, Growth and Processing of Complex Materials

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Michael Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Colorado Convention Center 401

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y31.00001: Magnetic Resonance Studies of Crystalline Ge$_{2}$Sb$_{2}$Te$_{5 }$and Sb$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ David Bobela, P. Craig Taylor Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y31.00002: Terahertz Transmission Through Quasiperiodic Arrays of Subwavelength Apertures Tatsunosuke Matsui, Amit Agrawal, Ajay Nahata, Z. Valy Vardeny Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y31.00003: Terahertz Transmission Through Aperiodic Arrays of Subwavelength Apertures Amit Agrawal, Tatsunosuke Matsui, Valy Vardeny, Ajay Nahata Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y31.00004: Micro-Raman and FTIR Studies of Synthetic and Natural Apatites A. Antonakos, E. Liarokapis, Th. Leventouri Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y31.00005: Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in a One Dimensional Photonic Crystal with DPS/DNG Layers Joseph Shahbazian, Aram Karakashian Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y31.00006: NMR Studies of Ba8AlxGe46-x and Ba8GaxGe46-x Clathrates Gou Weiping, Yang Li, Ji Chi, V. Goruganti, K. D. D. Rathnayaka, Joseph H. Ross, Jr. Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y31.00007: Thermodynamics of type-I and type-II Si clathrates: a computer simulation study Caetano Miranda, Alex Antonelli Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y31.00008: Dielectric spectroscopy of pulsed laser deposited type Pb(Zr,Ti)O$_{3}$ (PZT)/CoFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$ (CFO) and CFO/ PZT multilayers thin films. Nora Ortega, N. Baskaran, R. Katiyar, I. Takeuchi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y31.00009: Measurement of the DC resistance of thin film semiconductor-gas systems: comparison to the effective medium approximation J. Garner, B. Carrico, J. Saredy, J. Tracy, N. Patel Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y31.00010: Functionally graded, nanocrystalline, multiphase, B- and C-based superhard coatings Charles Blatchley, Fereydoon Namavar, Eric Tobin, John Adams, Michael Graham Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y31.00011: Photoemission Studies on Bulk Amorphous Steels Michael Buettner, B. Simon Mun, Peter Oelhafen, Petra Reinke Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y31.00012: Nanoscale Order in Marginal and Bulk Amorphous Metal Alloys Paul Voyles, William Stratton, Jinwoo Hwang, Joseph Hamann, Hongbo Cao, John Perepezko, Y. Austin Chang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y31.00013: Strain localization in disordered materials and implications for constitutive laws for sliding interfaces Mary Lisa Manning, James S. Langer, Jean M. Carlson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y31.00014: A comparison between defects created by light soaking and tritium decay in amorphous silicon Tong Ju, Stefan Zukotynski, Nazir Kherani, P. Craig Taylor, Paul Stradins Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y31.00015: Effective Mass Density of Fluid-Solid Composites Jun Mei, Zhengyou Liu, Weijia Wen, Ping Sheng Preview Abstract

Session Y32: Mott Phases and Novel Quantum Systems

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Dan Haxton, University of Colorado / JILA
Room: Colorado Convention Center 402

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y32.00001: Mott phases and superfluid-insulator transition of spin-3 bosonic atoms in an optical lattice Jean-Sebastien Bernier, Krishnendu Sengupta, Yong Baek Kim Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y32.00002: Criterion for bosonic superfluidity in an optical lattice Roberto Diener, Qi Zhou, Hui Zhai, Tin-Lun (Jason) Ho Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y32.00003: Theory of Clock-Shift Density-Profile Measurements and Applications Kaden Hazzard, Erich Mueller Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y32.00004: Synchronization versus dephasing in the pairing dynamics of cold fermions Roman Barankov, Leonid Levitov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y32.00005: Quantum phase transitions of polar molecules in bilayer systems Daw-Wei Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y32.00006: Quantum phase diagram of Polar Molecules in 1D Double Wire Systems Chi-Ming Chang, Daw-Wei Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y32.00007: Hidden order in one dimensional Bose insulators Emanuele Dalla Torre, Erez Berg, Ehud Altman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y32.00008: Phase-locking transition of coupled low-dimensional superfluids Ludwig Mathey, Anatoli Polkovnikov, Antonio Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y32.00009: Quantum quenches in a spinor condensate Austen Lamacraft Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y32.00010: Absorption of microwave radiation by an array of vortices in a p-wave superfluid of fermionic cold atoms Eytan Grosfeld, Nigel Cooper, Ady Stern, Roni Ilan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y32.00011: Time-dependent electromagnetic wave dynamics in ultracold, high-density Rb vapor M. D. Havey, S. Balik, C. I. Sukenik, D. V. Kupriyanov, I. M. Sokolov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y32.00012: Correlated Wavefunction for the Li Atom Frank Harris Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y32.00013: Diabolic Topology , Berry Phase and Optical Phase Shifts of Light in Mobius-Type Strips Radha Balakrishnan, Indubala Satija Preview Abstract

Session Y33: Decoherence and Quantum Control

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Ivan Deutsch, University of New Mexico
Room: Colorado Convention Center 403

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y33.00001: Single spin decoherence by general spin chains Cheng-Yan Lai, Pochung Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y33.00002: Dynamical decoupling induced renormalization of the non-Markovian dynamics Pochung Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y33.00003: Coherence oscillations produced by non-Gaussian quantum noise Florian Marquardt, Izhar Neder, Benjamin Abel, Mordehai Heiblum Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y33.00004: Optimal Control of Large Spin Systems Seth Merkel, Souma Chaudhury, Andrew Silberfarb, Tobias Herr, Ivan Deutsch, Poul Jessen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y33.00005: The effect of qubit-qubit exchange interaction on qubit relaxation rates Diu Nghiem, Robert Joynt Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y33.00006: Resilient Quantum Computation in Correlated Environments: A Quantum Phase Transition Perspective Eduardo Novais, Eduardo R. Mucciolo, Harold U. Baranger Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y33.00007: Linked cluster expansion of a qubit decoherence Semion Saikin, Wang Yao, Lu Sham Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y33.00008: Collective decoherence of nuclear spin clusters Leonid Fedichkin, Arkady Fedorov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y33.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y33.00010: Experimental demonstration of stimulated polarization wave in a chain of nuclear spins Jae-Seung Lee, Travis Adams, Anatoly Khitrin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y33.00011: Initial quantum corrections, quantum process tomography, and physicality of not completely positive maps Kavan Modi, Cesar Rodriguez, Aik-Meng Kuah, Anil Shaji, E. C. George Sudarshan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y33.00012: Zero Discord leads to Completely Positive Maps Cesar Rodriguez, Kavan Modi, Aik-meng Kuah, Anil Shaji, E.C.George Sudarshan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y33.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y33.00014: Refocusing of a Qubit System Coupled to an Oscillator. Gregory D. Quiroz, Leonid P. Pryadko Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y33.00015: Real-time dynamics of dissipative quantum systems Michael Zwolak, Gil Refael Preview Abstract

Session Y34: Properties of Biological Membranes

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Dobrin Bossev, Indiana University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 404

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y34.00001: Bending Elasticity of Bio-Membranes Studied by Neutron Spin-Echo Zheng Yi, Dobrin Bossev Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y34.00002: Using Neutron Spectroscopy to Study Collective Dynamics of Biological and Model Membrane Systems Maikel Rheinstadter Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y34.00003: Damping of the thermal undulations of bio-membranes Dobrin Bossev, Zheng Yi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y34.00004: Interaction Forces and Mechanics of Cellular Membranes using Novel Atomic Force Microscopy Probes Benjamin Almquist, Nicholas Melosh Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y34.00005: Measuring Surface Potential of Zwitterionic Lipid Bilayers with Atomic Force Microscope Yi Yang, Kathryn Mayer, Jason Hafner Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y34.00006: Molecular Organization and Dynamics of Cholesterol Nanodomains in Fluid Lipid Bilayers Kwan Cheng, Brian Cannon, Qing Zhu, Mark Vaughn, Juyang Huang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y34.00007: Temperature and Composition Dependent Phase Behavior in Two ``Raft-Like'' Ternary Membrane Mixtures: DPPC/DLPC/Cholesterol and DPPC/DOPC/Cholesterol Jeffrey Buboltz, Geoffrey Siegel, Matthew Schutzer, Krystle Williams, Charles Bwalya, Santiago Reyes Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y34.00008: On the interactions between neutral lipid bilayers Oscar Calvo, Marian Manciu, Eli Ruckenstein Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y34.00009: Effect of dipolar moments in domain sizes of lipid bilayers and monolayers Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y34.00010: Non-equilibrium dynamics of heterogeneous lipid membranes Mikko Haataja, Jun Fan, Maria Sammalkorpi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y34.00011: Mechanisms of protein transduction domains: HIV TAT and ANTP penetratin as prototypical cases Abhijit Mishra, Nathan Schmidt, Vernita Gordon, Gerard Wong Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y34.00012: Molecular Insights into Phospholipid -- NSAID Interactions Mohan Babu Boggara, Ramanan Krishnamoorti Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y34.00013: Non-equilibrium Lipid Distributions in a Simulated Three-Species Biomembrane Andrew P. Paradis, Susan R. McKay, Samuel T. Hess Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y34.00014: Simulations of the Pore Structures for a M2GlyR Derived Channel Forming Peptide in Different Membrane Environments A. Al-Rawi, A. Herrera, J. Tomich, T. Rahman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y34.00015: The Effects of Polyunsaturated Lipid Components on bilayer Structure Y. Pramudya, A. Kiss, Lam T. Nguyen, J. Yuan, Linda S. Hirst Preview Abstract

Session Y35: DNA/RNA in vivo

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: John Bechoefer, Simon Fraser University
Room: Colorado Convention Center 405

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y35.00001: Designability as a Selection Force? An Analysis of the Yeast Cell Cycle Dynamics. Yigal Nochomovitz, Surya Ganguli, Hao Li Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y35.00002: Fine tuning by miRNAs in development Peter McHale, Erel Levine, Herbert Levine Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y35.00003: Modeling the dynamics of the nucleosome at various levels. Alexey Onufriev, Andrew Fenley, Jory Zmuda-Ruscio, David Adams Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y35.00004: How frog embryos replicate their DNA reliably John Bechhoefer, Brandon Marshall Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y35.00005: Modeling the Forced Extension of Nicked DNA Alexander Balaeff, Stephen Craig, David Beratan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y35.00006: Single-Molecule Studies of the Temperature Dependence of Viral DNA Packaging Motors Michael White, Dorian Raymer, Peter Rickgauer, Derek Fuller, Shelley Grimes, Paul Jardine, Dwight Anderson, Doug Smith Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y35.00007: Identifying Dyads and their conservation in Drosphila. Debasis Dan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y35.00008: Relating Promoter Sequences to the Proteins that Bind to Them: A Comparison Study. Kimberly Glass Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y35.00009: Studying Codon Usage: From sequence to function Terry Hwa, Stefan Klumpp, Jiajia Dong Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y35.00010: A Model of Codon Usage Bias Morten Kloster, Chao Tang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y35.00011: Single Molecule Study of Metalloregulatory Protein-DNA Interactions Susanta Sarkar, Jaime Benitez, Zhengxi Huang, Qi Wang, Peng Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y35.00012: A plausible model for the digital response of p53 to DNA damage Gustavo Stolovitzky, Lan Ma, John Wagner, J. Jeremy Rice, Hu Wenwei, Arnold Levine Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y35.00013: Transcription factor binding energy vs. biological function M. Djordjevic, E. Grotewold Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y35.00014: Dynamics of DNA bending/unbending in complex with DNA-bending protein IHF Anjum Ansari, Paula Vivas, Serguei Kuznetsov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y35.00015: HMGB binding to DNA: comparisons between single and double box motifs Micah J. McCauley, Jeff Zimmerman, L. James Maher III, Mark C. Williams Preview Abstract

Session Y38: Focus Session: Emerging Research Devices and Materials for the Microelectronics Industry III

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Alex Demkov, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Colorado Convention Center 501

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y38.00001: High Mobility InSb Quantum Well with Dislocation Filtering Buffer Layer Grown on GaAs (001) Substrates Madhavie Edirisooriya, Tetsuya Mishima, Michael Santos Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y38.00002: Large-Scale Array of Pristine Carbon Nanotube Transistors Minbaek Lee, Jiwoon Im, Byung Yang Lee, Sung Myung, Juwan Kang, Seunghun Hong Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y38.00003: Photocurrent Measurements of Carbon Nanotube PN Junctions Nathaniel Gabor, Zhaohui Zhong, Ken Bosnick, Jiwoong Park, Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Y38.00004: Carbon nanotube and oxide nanobelt FETs: fabrication, characterization and applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y38.00005: Self-assembly of Epitaxial Monolayers for Vacuum Wafer Bonding. Igor Altfeder, Biqin Huang, Ian Appelbaum, Barry Walker Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y38.00006: Identifying Read/Write Speeds for Field-Induced Interfacial Resistive Switching. Stephen Tsui, Nilanjan Das, Yaqi Wang, Yuyi Xue, C.W. Chu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y38.00007: Evidence for segregation of Te in ``phase-change" thin chalcogenide Ge-Sb-Te films C. Cabral, Jr., L.. Krusin-Elbaum, K. N. Chen, M. Copel, J. Bruley, V. R. Deline Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y38.00008: Characterizing oxide surfaces for successful interfacial resistive switching Nilanjan Das, Stephen Tsui, Waqi Wang, Yuyi Xue, C.W. Chu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y38.00009: Band alignments and electron transport in metal/epi-Sc$_{2}$O$_{3}$/Si (111) structures studied by BEEM and Internal Photoemission W. Cai, S.E. Stone, J.P. Pelz, L.F. Edge, D.G. Schlom Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y38.00010: First Principles Study of Strain Effects on the Electronic Properties in Silicon Nanowires Xihong Peng, Sanat Kumar, Saroj Nayak Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y38.00011: Theoretical study of the insulator/insulator interface: band alignment at the SiO$_{2}$/HfO$_{2}$ junction Onise Sharia, Alexander A. Demkov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y38.00012: Extremely Broadband Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers Gagik Shmavonyan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y38.00013: Interband Cascade Laser ($\lambda $ = 3.7 $\mu $m) Operating cw to Thermoelectric Cooler Range D. Larrabee, J.A. Nolde, W.W. Bewley, C.L. Canedy, C.S. Kim, M. Kim, I. Vurgaftman, J.R. Meyer Preview Abstract

Session Y39: Focus Session: Physics & Technology of III-V Semiconductors in Infrared & THz Imaging II

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Nancy Haegel, Naval Postgraduate School
Room: Colorado Convention Center 502

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Y39.00001: Passive THz Imaging with Superconducting NbN microbolometer Arrays Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y39.00002: Short-period InAs/GaSb superlattices for mid-infrared photodetectors. H.J. Haugan, F. Szmulowicz, G.J. Brown, B. Ullrich, S.R. Munshi, J.C. Wickett, D.W. Stokes Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y39.00003: Demonstration of interface-scattering-limited electron mobilities in InAs/GaSb superlattices F. Szmulowicz, S. Elhamri, H. Haugan, G. Brown, W. Mitchel Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y39.00004: GaAs based antenna-coupled terahertz detector operating at 300 K Sangwoo Kim, Jeramy Zimmerman, Paolo Focardi, Dong Ho Wu, Arthur C. Gossard, Mark S. Sherwin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y39.00005: Near-Infrared In$_{0.53}$Ga$_{0.47}$As / AlAs$_{0.56}$Sb$_{0.44}$ Quantum Cascade Detectors Fabrizio Giorgetta, Esther Baumann, Christian Manz, Quankui Yang, Klaus Koehler, Daniel Hofstetter Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y39.00006: Quantum efficiency of an InAs/GaSb type-II superlattice photodiode Shin Mou, Jian Li, Shun Lien Chuang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y39.00007: Molecular Beam Epitaxy Grown Long Wavelength Infrared HgCdTe on Compliant Si Substrates Priyalal Wijewarnasuriya, Yuanpin Chen, Gregory Brill, Nibir Dhar, Michael Carmody Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y39.00008: Monolithic Mid-Infrared Photonic Integration of a Quantum Cascade Laser and a Passive Semiconductor Waveguide Kale J. Franz, Claire Gmachl, Kuen-Ting Shiu, Stephen R. Forrest Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y39.00009: A THz niche for AlP/GaP quantum wells M. Goiran, J. Galibert, J. L\'eotin, V.V. Rylkov, M. Semtsiv, O. Bierwagen, W.T. Masselink Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y39.00010: In-plane integration of quantum-cascade lasers with resonant intersubband nonlinearities Alexey Belyanin, Feng Xie, Venkata R. Chaganti, Don Smith Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y39.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y39.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y39.00013: Propagation of Guided Modes in Curved Nanoribbon Waveguides Zhuo Ye, Xinhua Hu, Ming Li, Kai-Ming Ho, Peidong Yang Preview Abstract

Session Y40: Semiconductor Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Hans-Peter Wagner, University of Cincinnati
Room: Colorado Convention Center 503

Friday, March 9, 2007 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Y40.00001: Stress-Induced Shifts of the Photoluminescence and Raman Peaks in Al$_{x}$Ga$_{1-x}$As Observed as a Function of Al Composition Grady White, Albert Paul, Kris Bertness Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Y40.00002: Ballistic carrier injection induced electroluminescence of InAs quantum dots in a hot-electron metal-base transistor Wei Yi, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Joshua Zide, Seth Bank, Arthur Gossard Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Y40.00003: Time-resolved x-ray diffraction studies of the thermal properties of AlGaAs Y.M. Sheu, S.H. Lee, D.M. Fritz, J.K. Wahlstrand, M. Reason, R.S. Goldman, D.A. Reis Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Y40.00004: Polariton Condensation in CdTe Microcavities: the phase diagram. Marzena Szymanska, Jacek Kasprzak, Jonathan Keeling, Francesca Marchetti, Regis Andre, Peter Littlewood, Daniel Le Si Dang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Y40.00005: The parametric oscillation threshold of semiconductor microcavities Michiel Wouters, Iacopo Carusotto Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Y40.00006: Single-photon nonlinearity of a semiconductor quantum dot in a cavity Frank Bello, Daniele Sanvitto, Fabrice Laussy, Paolo Guimaraes, David Whittaker, Maurice Skolnick, A. Tahraoui, P.W. Fry, M. Hopkinson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Y40.00007: Phase coherent photorefractive effect in ZnMgSe/ZnSe quantum wells using ultrashort light pulses Pradeep Bajracharya, Amin Kabir, Hans - Peter Wagner Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Y40.00008: In-plane optical anisotropy in self-assembled Ge quantum dots induced by interfacial chemical bonds Chih-Ming Wei, Tzung-Te Chen, Yang-Fang Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Y40.00009: Superradiance Of Quantum Dots Michael Scheibner, Thomas Schmidt, Lukas Worschech, Alfred Forchel, Gerd Bacher, Thorsten Passow, Detlef Hommel Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Y40.00010: Excitonic effects in optical absorption spectra of CdTe. Kalum Palandage, Gayanath Fernando, Rampi Ramprasad Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Y40.00011: Photoluminescence properties of CdTe/CdSe core-shell type-II quantum dots Chun-Hsiung Wang, Tzung-Te Chen, Kee-Wee Chen, Yang-Fang Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Y40.00012: The Virtual Scanning Tunneling Microscope: A Novel Probe Technique for Imaging Two-Dimensional Electron Systems Adam Sciambi, Kathryn Todd, David Goldhaber-Gordon, Seth Bank, Arthur Gossard Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Y40.00013: A non-contact system for spatial mapping of carrier lifetimes Jamiyanaa Dashdorj, Reuben Collins, Steven Johnston, Bhushan Sopori Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Y40.00014: Origin of a Localized Vibrational Mode in a GaSb Substrate With a MBE-grown ZnTe Epilayer A. K. Ramdas, Hyunjung Kim, E. Tarhan, G. Chen, M. Dean Sciacca, R. L. Gunshor Preview Abstract
Friday, March 9, 2007 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Y40.00015: Valley-splitting in strained Silicon quantum wells on a miscut substrate using tight-binding model. Neerav Kharche, Marta Prada, Timothy Boykin, Gerhard Klimeck Preview Abstract