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Session B1: Strongly Correlated Electrons in One Dimension

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Gil Refael, California Institute of Technology
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B1.00001: Narrow-gap Luttinger liquid in carbon nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B1.00002: Observation of spin-charge separation and localization in one-dimensional quantum wires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B1.00003: The One-Dimensional Wigner Crystal in Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B1.00004: Fermi-Edge Singularity in a Spin-Incoherent Luttinger Liquid Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B1.00005: Transition from a one-dimensional to a quasi-one-dimensional state in interacting quantum wires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B2: Magnetism in Semiconductors: New Frontiers

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Scott Crooker, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B2.00001: Optical Properties of III-Mn-V Ferromagnetic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B2.00002: Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B2.00003: Ultrafast Photoinduced Non-thermal Phenomena in (III, Mn)V Ferromagnetic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B2.00004: Ferromagnetism and localization in Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$As, Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$P, and in between Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B3: Silicon Photonics

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Alex Bratkovsky, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B3.00001: Silicon lasers, integration, interconnect, etc. at Intel Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B3.00002: Ultrafast Silicon Photonics Modulators Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B3.00003: Silicon integrated nanophotonics for on-chip interconnects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B3.00004: Silicon Detectors, Sensors and Ultrafast Interconnect. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B3.00005: Monolithic Integration of Photonic and Electronic Circuits in a CMOS Process Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B4: Self-assembled Macromolecular Structures

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Spiros Anastasiadis, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas, Keraklion, Greece
Room: Morial Convention Center 206

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B4.00001: Stimuli Responsive Vesicles, Micelles and Rods from Polypeptide-based Block Copolymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B4.00002: Templated Self Assembly of Block Copolymer Thin Films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B4.00003: Single Molecules and Surface Induced Nanopattern in Ultrathin Blockcopolymer Films - Scanning Force Microscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B4.00004: Using block copolymer assembly to tailor surface properties. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B4.00005: Integration of block copolymers into lithographic processes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B5: Geometry and Elasticity

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Mark Bowick, Syracuse University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO1

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B5.00001: Generalized Crumpling: induced singularities in gently deformed elastic sheets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B5.00002: Columnar and crystalline monolayers on curved substrates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B5.00003: The shape, stability and dynamics of elastic surfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B5.00004: Elasticity and capillarity: wet hairs and origami Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B5.00005: Folding and swirling instabilities of viscous fluid threads in microchannels Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B6: Quantum Simulation and Quantum Information Theory in Cold Atoms

Sponsoring Units: GQI DAMOP
Chair: Lincoln Carr, Colorado School of Mines
Room: Morial Convention Center RO4

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B6.00001: Cold atoms in 1D Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B6.00002: Probing Phase Transitions in Cold Atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B6.00003: Quantum Control with Ultracold Atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B6.00004: Imaging single atoms in a three dimensional array Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B6.00005: Atomtronics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B7: Gene Regulation

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Sima Setayeshgar, Indiana University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO5

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B7.00001: Max Delbruck Biological Physics Prize Talk: The Biophysics of Gene Regulation, Studied One Molecule at a Time Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B7.00002: Using DNA mechanics to predict intrinsic and extrinsic nucleosome positioning signals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B7.00003: Towards a Quantitative Understanding of Single-Gene Transcription Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B7.00004: Information flow and optimization in transcriptional regulation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B7.00005: The Genomic Code for Nucleosome Positioning Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B8: Colloidal Self-Assembly II

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Eric Weeks, Emory University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO6

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B8.00001: Orthogonal Tracking Microscopy for Nanofabrication Research Matthew McMahon, Andrew Berglund, Peter Carmichael, Jabez McClelland, J. Alexander Liddle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B8.00002: Self-Assembly of Colloidal Membranes Edward Barry, Zvonimir Dogic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B8.00003: Self-Assembled 3D Ordered Macroporous Structures for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Wen-tau Juan, Kuo-yuan Chung, Narayan Mishra, Keng-hui Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B8.00004: Five-fold attractor in two-dimensional diffusion processes. Guillermo Ramirez-Santiago, Carlos I. Mendoza Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B8.00005: Template-Guided Langmuir-Blodgett Deposition of Colloidal Particles Jaehyun Hur, You-Yeon Won Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B8.00006: Clustering in Hard Core/Soft Shoulder Lattice Gas Models Paul D. Beale, Charles A. Sievers, Matthew A. Glaser Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B8.00007: Elastic Theory of Defects in Toroidal Crystals Luca Giomi, Mark Bowick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B8.00008: Two-dimensional hopping of aqueous colloidal clusters on commensurate surface wells. Minsu Kim, Stephen Anthony, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B8.00009: Complexity from Specificity: Light Scattering and Colloidal Studies of Dscam Self-Association Jesse Collins, Natalie Arkus, Guangnan Meng, Michael Brenner, Dietmar Schmucker, Vinothan Manoharan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B8.00010: Non-spherical Depletants in Colloidal Suspensions Stephen Barr, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B8.00011: Magnetically assembled ``ring-shaped'' colloidal particle structures Hui Son, Randall Erb, Bappaditya Samanta, Vincent Rotello, Benjamin Yellen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B8.00012: Effects of surface biotin density on lipid monolayer-assisted 2D crystallization of streptavidin at the aqueous solution-vapor interface Masafumi Fukuto, Matthew Lohr, Suntao Wang, Sumit Kewalramani, Lin Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B8.00013: Self-Assembly of 2D TMV Arrays on Substrate-Supported and Langmuir Lipid Monolayers Suntao Wang, Antonio Checco, Zhongwei Niu, Qian Wang, Masafumi Fukuto, Lin Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B8.00014: Non-equilibrium dynamics of virus capsid assembly Artem Levandovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B8.00015: Thermal transport in colloidal silica system: effect of particle size and aggregation Gang Chen, Fan Jiang, Wenhua Yu, Jules Routbort Preview Abstract

Session B9: Pattern Formation and Nonlinear Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Vladimir Privman, Clarkson University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO7

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B9.00001: Intermediate State in Type-I Superconducting Strip with Current Jacob Hoberg, Ruslan Prozorov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B9.00002: Generation of dynamic self-propelled structures by symmetry breaking mechanism in driven magnetic layers on the surface of liquid Alexey Snezhko, Maxim Belkin, Igor Aranson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B9.00003: Collective dynamics and pattern formation in 2D regular arrays of spherical particles in Stokes flow between two parallel walls Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Eligiusz Wajnryb, Matthew Baron, Nidhi Khurana Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B9.00004: Theory of slope-dependent disjoining pressure with application to Lennard-Jones liquid films Taeil Yi, Harris Wong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B9.00005: The effects of chaotic mixing on patterns and fronts in an advection-reaction-diffusion system Tom Solomon, Jeffrey Boehmer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B9.00006: Spatial Forcing in Thermal Convection Gabriel Seiden, Stephan Weiss, Eberhard Bodenschatz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B9.00007: Renormalization group method for predicting frequency clusters in a chain of nearest-neighbor Kuramoto oscillators. Oleg Kogan, Gil Refael, Michael Cross, Jeffrey Rogers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B9.00008: Pattern morphology and dynamical scaling in the Cahn Hilliard model Timothy Sullivan, Pushkar Dahal, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B9.00009: Experimental Evidence for Mixed Reality States Vadas Gintautas, Alfred Hubler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B9.00010: Classical dynamics simulations on pattern formation by metallic spheres with induced electrostatic interactions Peter Fleck, Alfred Hubler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B9.00011: Hopping Conduction and Bacteria: Transport Properties of Disordered Reaction-Diffusion Systems Andrew Missel, Karin Dahmen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B9.00012: Efficient Desalination with Fractal Absorbers Martin Singleton, Gregor Heiss, Alfred Hubler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B9.00013: Static and Dynamical Properties of Polar Fluids Girija S. Dubey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B9.00014: Statistical Light in Nonlinear Media as Photonic Plasma Dmitry Dylov, Jason Fleischer Preview Abstract

Session B10: Gaps, Pseudogaps and Fermi Surfaces in Cuprates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Laura Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Room: Morial Convention Center RO8

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B10.00001: Revealing pseudogap physics using lanthanide substituted Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{1.6}$Ln$_{0.4}$CuO$_{6+\delta}$ Daniel Garcia, Jeff Graf, Chris Jozwiak, Shuyun Zhou, Hiroshi Eisaki, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B10.00002: A Laser Based ARPES Study of the Nodal Region of the Cuprates J.D. Rameau, H.-B. Yang, G.D. Gu, P.D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B10.00003: Evidence for pairing above Tc from the electronic dispersion in the pseudogap phase of cuprates A. Kanigel, U. Chatterjee, M. Randeria, M.R. Norman, J.C. Campuzano Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B10.00004: Possible Explanation of the Fermi Arcs in Cuprates, based on a clustered superconducting state above Tc Gonzalo Alvarez, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B10.00005: Understanding the Protected Nodes and the Fermi Arcs in the Cuprate Superconductors Qijin Chen, K. Levin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B10.00006: Pseudogap correlations inside the superconducting dome Elena Bascones, Belen Valenzuela Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B10.00007: Pseudogap and Superconducting Gap - Same or Different? W.S. Lee, I.M. Vishik, K. Tanaka, R. Moore, D.H. Lu, T. Sasagawa, N. Nagaosa, T.P. Devereaux, Z. Hussain, Z.X. Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B10.00008: Different temperature evolution of electronic states in superconducting state and normal state in underdoped Bi2212 high-Tc superconductor Kiyoshisa Tanaka, W.S. Lee, D.H. Lu, R. Moore, T. Sasagawa, Z. Hussain, Z.-X. Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B10.00009: Temperature and doping dependent ARPES study of the gaps in Bi2212 H.-B. Yang, J.D. Rameau, P.D. Johnson, T. Valla, G.D. Gu, A.T. Tsvelik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B10.00010: Fermi arcs and phase diagram of the high-T$_{c}$ cuprates: Insights from Raman and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopies. James Storey, Jeffery Tallon, Grant Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B10.00011: Hall Effect Signature of Fermi Surface Reconstruction in High-$T_{c}$ Superconductors F.F. Balakirev, J.B. Betts, A. Migliori, I. Tsukada, Yoichi Ando, G.S. Boebinger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B10.00012: Energy gaps in failed superconductor La$_{1.875}$Ba$_{0.125}$CuO$_{4}$ R.-H. He, K. Tanaka, S.-K. Mo, T. Sasagawa, M. Fujita, N. Mannella, K. Yamada, Z. Hussain, Z.-X. Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B10.00013: Quantum Oscillations in the mixed state of d-wave superconductors Ashot Melikyan, Oskar Vafek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B10.00014: Quantum Oscillations in the Underdoped Cuprate YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{4}$O$_{8}$ Edward Yelland, John Singleton, Chuck Mielke, Neil Harrison, Fedor Balakirev, Bogdan Dabrowski, Marcin Matusiak, John Cooper Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B10.00015: Fermi surface pockets in the underdoped cuprate YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{4}$O$_{8}$, - are they present in low magnetic fields? J. R. Cooper, M. Matusiak, J. W. Loram, E. A. Yelland, B. Dabrowski Preview Abstract

Session B11: Magnetic Properties of Cuprate Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Malcolm Beasly, Stanford University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO9

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B11.00001: Disappearance of antiferromagnetic spin excitations in overdoped La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ John Tranquada, S. Wakimoto, K. Yamada, C.D. Frost, R.J. Birgeneau, H. Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B11.00002: Spin Susceptibility of Underdoped Cuprates: Insight from Stripe-Ordered $\bf La_{1.875}Ba_{0.125}CuO_4$ Markus H\"ucker, Gen D. Gu, John M. Tranquada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B11.00003: Magnetic correlations on full chains of ortho-II YBCO6.5 Wei Chen, Peter J. Hirschfeld Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B11.00004: Normal state magnetic susceptibility measurements in underdoped YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ Brigitte Leridon, Philippe Monod, Doroth\'ee Colson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B11.00005: The Persistence of High-Frequency Spin Fluctuations in Overdoped Superconducting La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ ($x$=0.22) O.J. Lipscombe, B. Vignolle, S.M. Hayden, D.F. McMorrow, T.G. Perring Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B11.00006: Conditions for magnetically induced singlet d-wave superconductivity on the square lattice S.R. Hassan, B. Davoudi, B. Kyung, A.-M.S. Tremblay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B11.00007: Finite size effects in NMR $T_2$ relaxation by vortex vibrations Rachel Wortis, Eric Brown, Sinan Bulut Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B11.00008: Evolution of the spin dynamics in electron-doped high-transition temperature superconductor Pr$_{0.88}$LaCe$_{0.12}$CuO$_{4-\delta}$( Tc=24K, 27K) Jun Zhao, Pengcheng Dai, Shiliang Li, Hye Jung Kang, Louis-Pierre Regnault, Paul Steppens, Arno Hiess, Stephen Wilson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B11.00009: Incompatibility of Checkerboard Patterns with the Resonance Peak in Cuprate Superconductors Erica Carlson, Daoxin Yao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B11.00010: High field, low temperature 17O Knight shift in an underdoped High-Tc cuprate: La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4) for x =0.115, 0.15 Greg Boebinger, Robert Smith, Philip Kuhns, Arneil Reyes, Takashi Imai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B11.00011: Static Magnetic Order in Underdoped HgBa$_{2}$CuO$_{4+\delta }$ Yuan Li, Victor Baledent, Neven Barisic, Philippe Bourges, Yongchan Cho, Benoit Fauque, Yvan Sidis, Guichuan Yu, Xudong Zhao, Martin Greven Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B11.00012: Quantum Spin Excitations through the metal-to-insulator crossover in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6+y}$ Shiliang Li, Zahra Yamani, Hye-Jung Kang, Kouji Segawa, Yoichi Ando, Xin Yao, H.A. Mook, Pengcheng Dai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B11.00013: Magnetic excitations in the high-temperature superconductors HgBa$_{2}$CuO$_{4+\delta }$ and Nd$_{1.845}$Ce$_{0.155}$CuO$_{4}$ Guichuan Yu, Yuan Li, Eugene Motoyama, Philippe Bourges, Klaudia Hradil, Richard Mole, Martin Greven Preview Abstract

Session B12: Organic Conductors and Strongly Correlated 2D Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 203

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B12.00001: The metal insulator transition in correlated quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors Claude Bourbonnais, Abdelouahab Sedeki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B12.00002: Numerical Study of Finite-Temperature Phase Transitions in Quasi-One-Dimensional Molecular Conductors Yuichi Otsuka, Hitoshi Seo, Yukitoshi Motome, Takeo Kato Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B12.00003: High field ESR on tau phase conductor --from GHz to THz-. Takahisa Tokumoto, J. van Tol, L.-C. Brunel, D. Graf, J.S. Brooks, Y. Oshima, G. Papavassiliou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B12.00004: First principles study of the charge transfer salt $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu(CN)$_3$ Harald O. Jeschke, Hem C. Kandpal, Roser Valenti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B12.00005: Charge frustration and novel electron-lattice coupled phase transition in organic conductor DI-DCNQI$_2$Ag Hitoshi Seo, Yukitoshi Motome Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B12.00006: Finite size effects in micro- and nanocrystals of (TMTSF)$_{2}$ClO$_{4}$ P. Dhakal, J.I. Oh, M.J. Naughton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B12.00007: Pulsed-field study of the interference commensurate effect in quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors J. Roy, J.I. Oh, H. Yoshino, P. Dhakal, M.J. Naughton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B12.00008: Acoustic properties of quasi-one-dimensional organic conductor (TMTSF)$_{2}$ClO$_{4}$ in the relaxed state: Superconductivity and FISDW anomalies. Alexandre Langlois, Mario Poirier, Claude Bourbonnais, Klaus Bechgaard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B12.00009: Spin dynamics of the field-induced spin density wave phases in (TMTSF)$_2$ClO$_4$ in tilted magnetic fields L.L. Lumata, J.S. Brooks, A.P. Reyes, P.L. Kuhns, S.E. Brown, H.B. Cui, J.-I. Yamada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B12.00010: Interlayer Cooperon correction to angular-dependent magnetoresistance in layered metals Malcolm Kennett, Ross McKenzie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B12.00011: Coulomb drag at zero temperature Alex Levchenko, Alex Kamenev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B12.00012: Collective modes in quantum electron glasses and electron-assisted hopping Markus Mueller, Lev Ioffe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B12.00013: Hall effect on the triangular lattice Gladys Leon, Christophe Berthod, Thierry Giamarchi, Andrew Millis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B12.00014: Quantum Phase Transition in a Cold Atomic Spin-Boson Mixture Peter P. Orth, Ivan Stanic, Karyn Le Hur Preview Abstract

Session B13: Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions II: Beryllium, Carbon, and Metals

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GSCCM
Chair: Eric Schwegler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 204

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B13.00001: The Role of Anharmonicity in the Beryllium Equation of State Lorin X. Benedict, Andrea Trave, Christine Wu, Tadashi Ogitsu, Phil Sterne, Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B13.00002: Quantum molecular dynamics simulations of beryllium at high pressures Michael Desjarlais, Marcus Knudson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B13.00003: Equation of state of beryllium from first-principles calculations Andrea Trave, Lorin Benedict, Tadashi Ogitsu, Christine J. Wu, Philip A. Sterne, Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B13.00004: Construction of a multi-phase equation of state for carbon at extreme pressures Alfredo A. Correa, Lorin X. Benedict, Stanimir A. Bonev, David A. Young, Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B13.00005: Clustering in dense molten lithium Isaac Tamblyn, Jean-Yves Raty, Stanimir A. Bonev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B13.00006: Lithium at ultra-high pressures Andre Kietzmann, Ronald Redmer, Michael P. Desjarlais, Thomas R. Mattsson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B13.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B13.00008: Optical Properties of LiH From Mixing Rules Daniel Horner, Joel Kress, Lee Collins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B13.00009: First principles investigation of the dielectric function of gold under ultrafast laser excitation Tadashi Ogitsu, David Prendergast, Eric Schwegler, Yuan Ping, Andrew Ng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B13.00010: High pressure lattice dynamics and elasticity of transition metals Daniel Orlikowski, Lorin Benedict, John Klepeis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B13.00011: A new wide-range equation of state for tungsten John H. Carpenter, Michael P. Desjarlais, Ann E. Mattsson, Kyle R. Cochrane Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B13.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B13.00013: Pressure Induced Solidification of Ta and Cu: A Comparison David Richards, James Glosli, Frederick Streitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B13.00014: New Phase Diagram of Ta: Bridging Laser Heated Diamond-Anvil Cell and Shock Melting Christine J. Wu, Per A. S\"oderlind, James N. Glosli, John E. Klepeis Preview Abstract

Session B14: Casimir Forces, Collisions and Atomic Structure

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Ho Bun Chan, University of Florida
Room: Morial Convention Center 205

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B14.00001: Measurement of near-field radiative heat transfer and implications for Casimir force measurements Arvind Narayanaswamy, Sheng Shen, Gang Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B14.00002: Casimir interactions between cold atoms and corrugated surfaces Diego A.R. Dalvit, Paulo A. Maia Neto, Astrid Lambrecht, Serge Reynaud Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B14.00003: Orientation dependence of Casimir force between uniaxial crystals Mark Romanowsky, Federico Capasso Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B14.00004: Measurements of the Casimir interaction between a sphere and a rectangular corrugated plate Yiliang Bao, H. B. Chan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B14.00005: Numerical Evaluation of the Casimir Force in Concave Piston Geometries Martin Schaden Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B14.00006: Measurements of the Casimir-Lifshitz force between a metal and a dielectric in fluid Jeremy Munday, Federico Capasso Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B14.00007: On the repulsive Casimir force using metamaterials. Felipe Da Rosa, Diego Dalvit, Peter Milonni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B14.00008: Spin depolarisation of N$_{2}^{+}$ ($^{2}\Sigma ^{+})$ in collisions with $^{3}$He and $^{4}$He in a magnetic field Thierry Stoecklin, Gr\'egoire Guillon, Anatoli Voronin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B14.00009: Depolarization of Ne*(2p$_{i}$ [J=1]) atoms induced by collisions with He(1s$^{2}$) at 10 K $<$ T $<$ 3,000 K Cristian Bahrim, Vaibhav Khadilkar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B14.00010: Observation of the n($^3$He,t)p Reaction by Detection of Far-Ultraviolet Radiation Charles W. Clark, Alan K. Thompson, Michael A. Coplan, John W. Cooper, Patrick Hughes, Robert E. Vest Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B14.00011: Photo-Fragmentation of Lithium Atoms in FEL Radiation Fields Matthew Foster, J. Colgan, M.S. Pindzola, Alexander Dorn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B14.00012: Long range anions:diatomic, triatomic and polyatomic molecules Edward C. Chen, Edward S. Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B14.00013: The Effect of Birth Location in an Intense Laser Focus on the Non-Sequential Double Ionization Yield Jay Paquette, Jan Chaloupka Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B14.00014: Modeling Plasma Induced Dispersion in a Modified Nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger Equation Jeremy Gulley, William Dennis Preview Abstract

Session B15: Quantum Entanglement I

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Dagmar Bruss, Heinrich-Heine-Universitae Duesseldorf
Room: Morial Convention Center 207

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B15.00001: Hyperentanglement-assisted dense coding: Beating the channel-capacity ``limit'' Julio T. Barreiro, Tzu-Chieh Wei, Paul G. Kwiat Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B15.00002: Testing Quantum Devices: Practical Entanglement Verification in Bipartite Optical Systems Hauke Haseler, Tobias Moroder, Norbert Lutkenhaus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B15.00003: Transmission of photonic Bell states over a 2x32dB, 144km free-space link Alessandro Fedrizzi, R. Ursin, T. Herbst, M. Nespoli, R. Prevedel, T. Scheidl, F. Tiefenbacher, T. Jennewein, Anton Zeilinger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B15.00004: Correlated photon generation via four-wave mixing in a birefringent semiconductor waveguide Daniel Rogers, Julius Goldhar, Christopher Richardson, Alessandro Restelli, Joshua Bienfang, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B15.00005: Macroscopic quantum memories get entangled from far away Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Yu-Ao Chen, Shuai Chen, J\"{o}rg Schmiedmayer, Jian-Wei Pan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B15.00006: Long-distance atom-photon entanglement and its coherence properties H. Weinfurter, M. Weber, J. Volz, W. Rosenfeld, M. Krug, F. Hocke, F. Henkel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B15.00007: Entanglement dynamics in a qubit-nanomechanical resonator system Dian Wahyu Utami, Aashish Clerk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B15.00008: Generation of Entanglement Outside of the Light Cone James Franson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B15.00009: Towards single time-bin entangled photons from a quantum dot. Christophe Couteau, Gregor Weihs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B15.00010: Teleportation and Broadcasting of continuous variable entanglement Archan S. Majumdar, Satyabrata Adhikari, N. Nayak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B15.00011: Entanglement structure of two-mode squeezed states in absorbing and amplifying environment Phoenix S.Y. Poon, C.K. Law Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B15.00012: Quantum Second Law with Entanglement Ladislav Andrey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B15.00013: Entanglement and Standard Thermodynamic Relations Inti Sodemann, Alonso Botero Preview Abstract

Session B16: Nonlinear Dynamics of Neuronal and Cardiac Systems

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: John Beggs, Indiana University
Room: Morial Convention Center 208

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B16.00001: Quantitative universality and non-local interactions in neural pattern formation Matthias Kaschube, Michael Schnabel, Siegrid Loewel, David Coppola, Leonard White, Fred Wolf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B16.00002: Spike-timing dependent plasticity in integrate-and-fire networks Chun-Chung Chen, David Jasnow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B16.00003: A Maximum Entropy Model Applied to Temporal Correlations in Cortical Networks Wei Chen, Aonan Tang, Jon Hobbs, Jodi L. Smith, Hema Patel, Anita Prieto, John Beggs, David Jackson, Dumitru Petrusca, Matthew I. Grivich, Alexander Sher, Alan M. Litke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B16.00004: Effective connectivity in a network of spiking cortical neurons Aonan Tang, Jon Hobbs, Wei Chen, Dumitru Petrusca, Matthew Grivich, Alexander Sher, Alan Litke, John Beggs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B16.00005: Inhibition is Needed to Learn Precise Multimodal Integration J. Leo van Hemmen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B16.00006: Distinguishing Similar Odor Stimuli in Nonlinear Recurrent Networks Stuart Wick, Martin Wiechert, Rainer Friedrich, Hermann Riecke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B16.00007: A low dimensional description of globally coupled heterogeneous neural networks of excitatory and inhibitory neurons Roxana A. Stefanescu, Viktor K. Jirsa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B16.00008: A Neuron-Based Model of Sleep-Wake Cycles Svetlana Postnova, Achim Peters, Hans Braun Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B16.00009: Interdependencies of Neural Impulse Pattern and Synchronization Hans Braun, Svetlana Postnova, Horst Schneider Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B16.00010: Mosaics of retinal cells that transmit maximal information Tatyana Sharpee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B16.00011: Phase synchronization analysis of voltage-sensitive dye imaging during drug-induced epileptic seizures. Daisuke Takeshita, Vassiliy Tsytsarev, Sonya Bahar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B16.00012: Information transfer in ampullary electroreceptors Alexander Neiman, Tatiana Engel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B16.00013: Spike-time-variability in stochastic Hodgkin-Huxley type neural models Peter Rowat Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B16.00014: Ca$^{2+}$ Dynamics and Propagating Waves in Neural Networks with Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons. Vladimir E. Bondarenko Preview Abstract

Session B17: Lipid Bilayers: Structure and Function

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Linda Hirst, Florida State University
Room: Morial Convention Center 209

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B17.00001: Zoology of giant unilamellar vesicles Yan Yu, Stephen M. Anthony, Sung Chul Bae, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B17.00002: Adhesion induces and localizes phase separation in lipid membranes Markus Deserno, Vernita Gordon, Caroline Andrew, Stefan Egelhaaf, Wilson Poon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B17.00003: Cholesterol Effect on Phase Behavior in Ternary Lipid Membrane---X-ray Diffraction and AFM. Jing Yuan, Alex Kiss, Yohanes Pramudya, Lam Nguyen, Linda Hirst Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B17.00004: Thermodynamic properties of planar membranes: applications to stripped phases Francisco J. Solis, Chloe Funkhouser, Katsuyo Thornton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B17.00005: Phospholipid Membranes Restructure Locally Where Nanoparticles Bind Bo Wang, Yan Yu, Stephen Anthony, Sung Chul Bae, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B17.00006: Multiscale Modeling of supported lipid bilayers Roland Faller, Chenyue Xing, Matthew Hoopes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B17.00007: Synergy of Membrane Curvature-Stabilization and Electrostatic Interaction leads to Formation of Block Liposomes by Colossal Charged Lipids Alexandra Zidovska, Kai K. Ewert, Cyrus R. Safinya, Joel Quispe, Bridget Carragher, Clinton S. Potter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B17.00008: Photo-induced Phase Separation Phenomena in Lipid Tubules Linda Hirst, Jing Yuan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B17.00009: Dynamics of Multi-Component Model Membranes Studied via Light and X-Ray Scattering Kevin Johnson, Maikel Rheinst\"adter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B17.00010: The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes Maikel Rheinstadter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B17.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B17.00012: Effect of anesthetics on bending elasticity of lipid membranes Zheng Yi, Nagao Michihiro, Dobrin Bossev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B17.00013: Interactions between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and lipid membranes Mohan Boggara, Ramanan Krishnamoorti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B17.00014: Calorimetric and Optical Studies of Cholesterol-Rich Filamentous, Helical Ribbon, and Crystal Microstructures Klaida Kashuri, Germano S. Iannacchione, Yekaterina A. Miroshnikova, Yevgeniya V. Zastavker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B17.00015: Structural and dynamical properties of water at the bilayer DPPC membrane interface Jianping Gao, Charles Cleveland, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract

Session B18: Focus Session: Mechanical Properties of Polymers: Fracture and Adhesion

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY FIAP
Chair: Theresa Hermel-Davidock, Dow Chemical Company
Room: Morial Convention Center 210

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B18.00001: High Strain Deformation and Fracture of Self-Assembled Polymer Gels Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B18.00002: Reinforcement of Epoxies Using Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Jitendra Sharma, Tirtha Chatterjee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B18.00003: Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Organogels with Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B18.00004: Identification of key deformation mechanisms of polyethylene materials via in-situ x-ray scattering Theresa Hermel-Davidock, Brian Landes, Mehmet Demirors Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B18.00005: Brittle-tough transitions during crack growth in toughened adhesives Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B18.00006: Controlling polymer adhesion with surface wrinkles Edwin Chan, Erica Smith, Ryan Hayward, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B18.00007: Soft-soft nanocomposite adhesives made from colloidal particles Costantino Creton, Fanny Deplace, Michael Rabjohns, Andrew Foster, Peter Lovell, Chunghong Lei, Joseph Keddie, Keltoum Ouzineb, Jeanne Marchal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B18.00008: Dangling chain effect on the modulus of polyurethane networks Bruno Fayolle, Julie Diani, Pierre Gilormini Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B18.00009: Morphological Determinants of Yield Stress for Semicrystalline Ethylene / Methacrylic Acid Copolymers Robert Scogna, Richard Register Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B18.00010: On the statistics of Gaussian two and three-dimensional networks: Fluctuations of junctions and collapse driven by structure. Michael Lang, Sergey Panyukov, Michael Rubinstein, Jens-Uwe Sommer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B18.00011: Physical understanding of the bulk modulus of polyisoprene by molecular dynamics simulations Julie Diani, Bruno Fayolle, Pierre Gilormini Preview Abstract

Session B19: Novel Surface Instrumentation and Techniques

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: John Wendelken, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 211

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B19.00001: Spectromicroscopic characterization of Ag surfaces by energy-filtered LEEM Y. Fujikawa, T. Sakurai, R.M. Tromp Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B19.00002: Enhanced depth-resolution in multilayer nanostructures from standing-wave excited photoemission Sven Doering, Mihaela Gorgoi, Ruslan Ovsyannikov, See-Hun Yang, Mark Huijben, Franz Schaefers, Daniel Buergler, Claus Schneider, Charles S. Fadley, Walter Braun, Carsten Westphal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B19.00003: Interface characterization using atomic core-level shifts Erik Holmstrom, Weine Olovsson, Igor Abrikosov, Anders Niklasson, M. Gorgoi, Olof Karis, Svante Svensson, F. Schafers, W. Braun, G. Ohrwall, G. Andersson, B. Johansson, M. Marcellini, W. Eberhardt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B19.00004: Manifestation of Work Function Difference in High Order Gundlach Oscillation Chun-Liang Lin, Shin-Ming Lu, Wei-Bin Su, Hwa-Te Shih, Bi-Fen Wu, Yeong-Der Yao, Chia-Seng Chang, Tien-Tzou Tsong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B19.00005: Application of Gundlach Oscillation in Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy on Nano-Scale Imaging Shin-Ming Lu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B19.00006: Standing Friedel waves Jun-Qiang Lu, X.-G. Zhang, SokratesT. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B19.00007: Molecular Etching of Pure and Mn Intercalated TiSe$_{2}$ using an STM Tim Kidd, Brett Gamb, Polina Skirtachenko, Laura Strauss Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B19.00008: Effect of Surface Stress on the Stiffness of Cantilever Plates John Sader, Michael Lachut Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B19.00009: Direct determination of transient heating in a nanoconfined environment by ultrafast electron diffraction Ryan A. Murdick, Ramani K. Raman, Yoshie Murooka, Richard J. Worhatch, Chong-Yu Ruan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B19.00010: Surface Femtochemistry with Hyperthermal Energy Ion Beams M.P. Ray, R.E. Lake, C.E. Sosolik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B19.00011: Hyperthermal Energy Ion Scattering as a Time Resolved Probe of Pico- to Femtosecond Surface Excitations R.E. Lake, M.P. Ray, C.E. Sosolik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B19.00012: An Investigation of Nitride Formation on InP Surface After Nitrogen Ion implantation Mohammad Reza Hantehzadeh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B19.00013: Sputter Deposition System for High Throughput Fabrication of Composition Spread Thin Films John Gregoire, Frank DiSalvo, Hector Abruna, Robert Bruce van Dover Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B19.00014: Discharging Optics in Vacuum Mark Girard, Dennis Ugolini Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B19.00015: Ordering process in metallic thin films investigated with angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy Dah-An Luh, Cheng-Maw Cheng, Chi-Ting Tsai, Ku-Ding Tsuei, Jian-Ming Tang Preview Abstract

Session B20: Focus Session: Growth, Kinetics and Quantum Effects in Metal Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Robert Bartynski, Rutgers University
Room: Morial Convention Center 212

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B20.00001: Growth instabilities and adsorbed impurities: Nanostructuring of vicinal surfaces controlled by adsorbates Ajmi BHadj Hamouda, T.L. Einstein, P.E. Hoggan, A. Pimpinelli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B20.00002: Effects of deposition angle in metal(100) epitaxial growth Jacques G. Amar, Valery Borovikov, Yunsic Shim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B20.00003: Shape fluctuations of small Pb(111) islands at low temperatures. M. Hupalo, M.C. Tringides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B20.00004: Connector Model for Many-Body Interactions at Surfaces from First Principles Yogesh Tiwary, Kristen Fichthorn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B20.00005: Double-layer island decay on Ag(111): A molecular dynamic simulation Berk Onat, Sondan Durukanoglu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B20.00006: Kinetics of Facile Bilayer Island Formation for Ag on NiAl(110) J.W. Evans, Yong Han, D.-J. Liu, Baris Unal, F. Qin, D. Jin, C.J. Jenks, P.A. Thiel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B20.00007: Self-organization and pattern selection under nanosecond pulsed laser-induced melting of ultrathin metal films Ramki Kalyanaraman, Christopher Favazza, Justin Trice, Radhakrishna Sureshkumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B20.00008: Quantum engineering of apparent tunneling height in ultra thin Pb films Jungdae Kim, Shengyong Qin, Chih-Kang Ken Shih Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B20.00009: Why Is The Size Dependence Of the Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Workfunction Order Of Magnitude Larger Than That Of Photoemission ? Wei-Xue Li, Xin Liu, S.B. Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B20.00010: Tuning Surface Energy Landscapes in Metallic Quantum Films using Alkali Adsorbates Alexander Khajetoorians, Shengyong Qin, Wenguang Zhu, Holger Eisele, Zhenyu Zhang, Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B20.00011: Super-oscillations in the Interlayer Lattice Relaxation of Quantum Pb Films. Yu Jia, Biao Wu, T.L. Einstein, H.H. Weitering, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B20.00012: Modifying the Adsorption of Molecules at Metal Surfaces by Quantum Confinement of Electrons Levan Tskipuri, Robert Bartynski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B20.00013: Crystal structure and height selection for Indium growth on Si(111) interfaces J. Chen, M. Hupalo, M. Ji, C.Z. Wang, K.M. Ho, M.C. Tringides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B20.00014: Non-classical scaling in the Pb/Si(111) coarsening at low temperature Myron Hupalo, R. Feng, E.H. Conrad, C. A. Jeffrey, P. F. Miceli, S. Hayden, M. Gramlich, P. J. Ryan, C. Kim, M.C. Tringides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B20.00015: Surface, quantum well, and bulk states in Ag films Nathan Speer, Ching Wei, Tom Miller, Tai Chiang Preview Abstract

Session B21: Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Shiv Khanna, Virginia Commonwealth University
Room: Morial Convention Center 213

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B21.00001: Physical and chemical properties of supported, suspended and trapped clusters Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B21.00002: Electric Dipole Moments of Neutral Sodium Clusters John Bowlan, Anthony Liang, Walt de Heer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B21.00003: Enhanced magnetic moments of Sc, Ti and V doped Na$_{n }$(n =4, 5, 6) clusters J. Ulises Reveles, Kalpataru Pradhan, Prasenjit Sen, Shiv N. Khanna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B21.00004: Structure, Growth and Optical Properties of Si$_{n}$O$_{m}$ Nanoparticles: From SiO molecules to Silicates in Circumstellar Space Selvarengan Paranthaman, Arthur Reber, Penee Clayborne, Shiv Khanna, A. Welford Castleman Jr. Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B21.00005: Cage Clusters of Gold and Tin: Golden Buckyballs and Stannaspherene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B21.00006: Cooperative effect between electronic and geometric structures in binary clusters of superatoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B21.00007: Stability and Magnetic Coupling between Mn doped Stannaspherenes Anil Kandalam, Gang Chen, Puru Jena Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B21.00008: Structural and electronic properties of chiral gold nanoclusters Ignacio Garzon, Itzel Santizo, Luis Perez Preview Abstract

Session B22: Focus Session: Organic Electronics: FETs I

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY
Chair: Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Morial Convention Center 214

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B22.00001: In-crystal carriers in organic single crystal transistors Jun Takeya, Y. Tominari, M. Yamagishi, Y. Iwasaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B22.00002: Defect healing at room temperature in pentacene thin films and improved transistor performance. Wolfgang Kalb, Fabian Meier, Kurt Mattenberger, Bertram Batlogg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B22.00003: Impurities and carrier trap formation in rubrene Leonidas Tsetseris, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B22.00004: Organic Field Effect Transistors Based on Micro and Nano-sized Single Crystalline Semiconductors. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B22.00005: Field-effect modulated Seebeck coefficient in pentacene and rubrene K.P. Pernstich, B. Roessner, B. Batlogg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B22.00006: Contact-correlated bias stress instability in pentacene thin film transistors K. Tsukagoshi, S.D. Wang, T. Minari, T. Miyadera, Y. Aoyagi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B22.00007: Negative Magnetoresistnace of Organic Field Effect Transistors Masaya Nishioka, Yeonbae Lee, Allen Goldman, Yu Xia, Daniel Frisbie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B22.00008: Pentacene Thin-Film Transistors With Organophosphonate Self-Assembled Monolayer Modified Gate Dielectrics Ian Hill, Matthew McDowell, Joseph McDermott, Jeffrey Schwartz, Steven Bernasek, Jaehyung Hwang, Antoine Kahn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B22.00009: Percolative Effects on Noise in Pentacene Transistors Brad Conrad, William Cullen, Winston Yan, Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B22.00010: Surface-Treatment Effects on the Pentacene-Based Organic Field-Effect Transistors with Anodized Gate Dielectrics Yeon Taek Jeong, Christopher Lombardo, Davianne Duarte, Ananth Dodabalapur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B22.00011: Drift mobility and frequency response of diode connected organic field effect transistors Brian Cobb, Ananth Dodabalapur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B22.00012: Field-induced polymorphous disorder and bias-stress instability of pentacene organic thin-film transistors Masahiko Ando, Claudia Duffy, Jessica Winfield, Takashi Minakata, Henning Sirringhaus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B22.00013: Prediction of the absolute charge mobility of molecular crystals Alessandro Troisi Preview Abstract

Session B23: Focus Session: Perovskite Cobaltites

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Stephan Rosenkranz, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 215

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B23.00001: Direct Electron Spectroscopy Investigation of the Spin State of LaCoO$_3$ J. Stanley, J. Hinton, N. Sundaram, B. S. Mun, A. Bostwick, E. Rotenberg, D. P. Belanger, G.-H. Gweon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B23.00002: Field Effect on Spin Correlations in La$_{1-x}$Sr$_x$CoO$_3$ Daniel Phelan, Despina Louca, Seunghun Lee, Stine Ancona, Stephan Rosenkranz, John Mitchell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B23.00003: Ionic Size Effects and Magnetic Incommensurability in Cobaltite Juan Yu, Despina Louca, Daniel Phelan, K. Yamada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B23.00004: Electronic structure of La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3}$ investigated from doping evolution of its soft x-ray spectra Yinwan Li, David Ederer, Thomas CallCott, J. W. Freeland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B23.00005: Thickness dependent magnetotransport properties of epitaxial La$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$CoO$_{3}$(001) films M. Sharma, M. Torija, C. Leighton, M. Varela Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B23.00006: Heat capacity investigation of phase separation and spin-state transitions in La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3}$ Chunyong He, Heng Zheng, John Mitchell, C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B23.00007: Phase separation and inhomogeneity in La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3}$ single crystals W.G. Moulton, Robert Smith, Michael Hoch, Phillip Kuhns, Arneil Reyes, Gregory Bobinger, John Mitchell, Chris Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B23.00008: Strongly Inhomogeneous Conduction in Cobaltite Films. Vladimir Orlyanchik, Michael Weissman, Maria Torija, Manish Sharma, Chris Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B23.00009: The spin state issue in the $R$BaCo$_2$O$_{5.5}$ cobaltates Hua Wu, Z. Hu, T. Burnus, D. I. Khomskii, L. H. Tjeng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B23.00010: Magnetic anisotropy and switching in Pr$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$CoO$_{3}$ using RF transverse susceptibility N.A. Frey, H. Srikanth, D.D. Stauffer, C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B23.00011: Influence of cation and oxygen vacancy ordering on magnetic properties of RE$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3-\delta }$ (RE=Ho, La) S. Kolesnik, B. Dabrowski, O. Chmaissem, J. Mais, A. Baszczuk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B23.00012: Orbital Ordering in Room Temperature Ferromagnet Sr$_3$YCo$_4$O$_{10.5}$ Studied by a Resonant X-ray Scattering Hironori Nakao, Tetsuya Murata, Daisuke Bizen, Youich Murakami, Shintaro Ishiwata, Wataru Kobayashi, Ichiro Terasaki Preview Abstract

Session B24: Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures II: Strong Correlations

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Sergio Ulloa, Ohio University
Room: Morial Convention Center 216

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B24.00001: Symmetries and interaction effects in carbon nanotube quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B24.00002: SU(4) Kondo effect in coupled quantum dots in parallel: Evidence of marginal fixed point Mikio Eto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B24.00003: Exact-diagonalization treatment of the non-universal transport regime in few-electron quantum dots Leslie O. Baksmaty, Constantine Yannouleas, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B24.00004: Quantum dot in a Aharonov-Bohm interferometer: magnetic flux-dependent pseudogap in the Kondo regime. Pascal Simon, Luis Dias da Silva, Nancy Sandler, Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B24.00005: Two-particle processes in quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B24.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B24.00007: Finite-temperature conductance signatures of a quantum-critical transition in a double quantum-dot device Nancy Sandler, Luis Dias da Silva, Kevin Ingersent, Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B24.00008: Conductance signatures of quantum phase transitions in asymmetric double quantum dots W. Brian Lane, Kevin Ingersent, Luis Dias da Silva, Nancy Sandler, Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B24.00009: Symmetries and conductance in Kondo quantum dots Edson Vernek, Carlos B\"usser, Enrique V. Anda, Nancy Sandler, Sergio E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B24.00010: Kondo correlations and transport in single and triple quantum dots with damped lead hoppings: a tDMRG study. Luis Dias da Silva, Fabian Heidrich-Meisner, Adrian Feiguin, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B24.00011: Comparative Study of Quantum Monte Carlo and GW methods of treating electronic correlations in nanoscale junctions Catalin D. Spataru, Xin Wang, Mark S. Hybertsen, Andrew J. Millis Preview Abstract

Session B25: Polymer Blends

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Rick Register, Princeton University
Room: Morial Convention Center 217

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B25.00001: Effective Coordination Number and Interaction Parameter In Simple Models of Polymer Blends David Morse Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B25.00002: Nucleation in Polymer Blends Edward Feng, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B25.00003: Molecular dynamics simulations of constraint release effects in entangled binary blends of linear polymers Zuowei Wang, Ronald G. Larson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B25.00004: Flory Theorem for Structurally Asymmetric Mixtures Andrey Dobrynin, Frank Sun, David Shirvanyants, Gregory Rubinstein, Michael Rubinstein, Sergei Sheiko, Hyung-Il Lee, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B25.00005: The Molecular Weight and Composition Dependence of Measured Flory-Huggins Interaction Parameters for Blends of Model Polyolefins Alisyn Nedoma, Megan Robertson, Nisita Wanakule, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B25.00006: Porod SAXS Studies of Shear-Induced Droplet Deformation in a Concentrated Immiscible Polymer Blend Wesley Burghardt, Kristin Brinker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B25.00007: Measurements of the Onsager coefficient in a phase-separating polymer blend Amish Patel, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B25.00008: Structure And Dynamics Of Semi-crystalline Polyethylene Oxide / Polyvinyl Acetate Blends James Runt, Daniel Fragiadakis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B25.00009: The Structure and Thermodynamics of Cellulose Acetates. Mark Dadmun, Rujul Mehta, Gary Lynn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B25.00010: Effect of solvent evaporation and coagulation on morphology development of asymmetric membranes Neelakandan Chandrasekaran, Thein Kyu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B25.00011: The Glass Transition and Dynamics in Athermal Poly(a-Methyl Styrene)/Oligomer Blends Wei Zheng, Sindee Simon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B25.00012: Effect of compositional heterogeneity on the phase structure and crystallization behavior of polypropylene in-reactor alloys. Dujin Wang, Haijin Zhu, Benjamin Monrabal, Charles C. Han Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B25.00013: Mesoscopic drop dynamics and rheological modeling for polymer blends Yuanze Xu, Wei Yu, Jianmao Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B25.00014: Self Similar Growth of Polyolefin Blends On a Micro-Nano Granule Reactor Charles Han, Jiang Du, Kun Meng, Xia Dong, Jin-yong Dong, Dujin Wang Preview Abstract

Session B26: Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Roland Wester, University of Freiburg
Room: Morial Convention Center 218

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B26.00001: Molecular collision studies with Stark-decelerated beams Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B26.00002: Magnetoelectrostatic trapping of neutral OH molecules Brian Sawyer, Benjamin Stuhl, Benjamin Lev, Mark Yeo, Dajun Wang, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B26.00003: Photodissociation of SO$_2$ as a way to cold atoms and molecules Lisdat Christian, Oleg Bucicov, Marcin Nowak, Sebastian Jung, Eberhard Tiemann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B26.00004: Alternating gradient focusing and deceleration of large molecules Kirstin Wohlfart, Fabian Gr\"atz, Frank Filsinger, Gerard Meijer, Jochen K\"upper Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B26.00005: Production and Trapping of Ultracold Polar RbCs Molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B26.00006: Multistage Zeeman deceleration of hydrogen S.D. Hogan, A. Wiederkehr, M. Andrist, H. Schmutz, B. Lambillotte, F. Merkt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B26.00007: Kinetics of Cold Molecule Production in ``Kinematic'' Cooling Jeffrey Kay, Kevin Strecker, David Chandler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B26.00008: A new source for quantum optics with biomolecules and biomolecular clusters Markus Marksteiner, Philipp Haslinger, Hendrik Ulbricht, Markus Arndt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B26.00009: Collisions of ultracold molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B27: Focus Session: Molecular Magnets I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Stephen Hill, University of Florida
Room: Morial Convention Center 219

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B27.00001: Self-Assembled Growth and Magnetism of Ordered Cluster Arrays Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B27.00002: Transition linewidth of Mn12-Acetate Beth Parks, Kurt Andresen, Christopher Beedle, David Hendrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B27.00003: Low temperature relaxation crossover in one dimensional chain-like molecular magnet [Fe$^{II}(\Delta)$Fe$^{II}(\Lambda)$(ox)$_{2}$(phen)$_{2}$]$_{n}$ J.L. Her, C.P. Sun, S. Taran, C.C. Chou, C.L. Chan, C.C. Lin, L.L. Li, K.J. Lin, H.D. Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B27.00004: A novel experiment using rotating magnetic fields to study the pumping spin states in molecular magnets Alberto Hernandez-Minguez, Ferran Macia, Joan Manel Hernandez, Carla Carbonell, Roger Amig\'o, Javier Tejada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B27.00005: Anomalous magnetic relaxation in 2D layered organic-based magnet [Fe(TCNE)(NCMe)$_2$][FeCl$_4$] Jung-Woo Yoo, V. N. Prigodin, K. I. Pokhodnya, Joel S. Miller, A. J. Epstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B27.00006: Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) of a room temperature organic based mixed valent Vanadium Hexacyanochromate magnet K$_{1.54}$V$^{II}_{0.77}$V$^{III}_{0.08}$[Cr$^{III}$(CN)$_{6}$](SO$_{4})_{0.16}$3.1H$_{2}$O. N.P. Raju, J.W. Yoo, Amber C. McConnell, William W. Shum, Kendric J. Nelson, Joel S. Miller, A.J. Epstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B27.00007: Origin of edge magnetism in zig-zag graphene nanoribbons Jeil Jung, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B27.00008: Magnetic Properties and Inelastic Neutron Scattering for a Spin Hexamer: Application to the V$_{6}$ Molecular Magnets J. T. Haraldsen, T. Barnes, J. Sinclair, J. Thompson, R. Sacci, J. Turner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B27.00009: Can large magnetic anisotropy and high spin really coexist? Claudia Loose, Eliseo Ruiz, Jordi Cirera, Joan Cano, Santiago Alvarez, Jens Kortus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B27.00010: Time Evolution of Electric Properties of Mn$_{12}$-Acetate Film Measured with Self-assembled Tunneling Junction Lianxi Ma, Chi Chen, Glenn Agnolet Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B27.00011: Bottom-up creation and adsorption of hybrid organic-inorganic magnetic molecules on metal substrates Daniel Wegner, Ryan Yamachika, Yayu Wang, Michael F. Crommie, Mark Pederson, Bart M. Bartlett, Jeffrey R. Long Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B27.00012: Temperature- and field dependent Raman spectra of the single-molecule magnet Mn$_{12}$-acetate. Robert Furstenberg, Christopher A. Kendziora, Javier Macossay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B27.00013: Order from disorder in the molecular-based spin ladder Cu(Qnx)Br$_{2}$ Christopher Landee, Chris Sataline, Brian Keith, Igor Partola, Mark Turnbull Preview Abstract

Session B28: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures II: Graphene, Graphite and Related Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Shigeo Maruyama, University of Tokyo
Room: Morial Convention Center 220

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B28.00001: Optical studies of multilayer graphene in magnetic fields Hsiang-Lin Liu, G. L. Carr, K. A. Worsley, M. E. Itkis, E. Bekyarova, R. C. Haddon, A. N. Caruso Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B28.00002: Edge states and optical transition energies in carbon nanoribbons Jie Jiang, Wenchang Lu, Jerry Bernholc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B28.00003: Raman Studies of Electron-Phonon Coupling in Graphene and Graphite Intercalated Compounds J. Camacho, M. Y. Sfeir, A. T. Bollinger, A. C. Walters, C. A. Howard, M. Ellerby, J. A. Misewich, T. Valla Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B28.00004: Optical Selection Rule from Inversion Symmetry Breaking and Valley Optoelectronics in Graphene Wang Yao, Di Xiao, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B28.00005: Gate-Variable Optical Transitions in Graphene Feng Wang, Yuanbo Zhang, Chuanshan Tian, Caglar Girit, Alex Zettl, Michael Crommie, Y. Ron Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B28.00006: Filling-Factor-Dependent Magnetophonon Resonance in Graphene Kostyantyn Kechedzhi, Mark Goerbig, Jean-Noel Fuchs, Vladimir Falko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B28.00007: Raman Spectrum of Strained Single Layer Graphene Minsheng Wang, Song Han, Kang L. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B28.00008: Infrared probe of charge dynamics in graphene transistors Zhiqiang Li, Erik Henriksen, Zhigang Jiang, Zhao Hao, Michael Martin, Philip Kim, Horst Stormer, Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B28.00009: The G-band phonon frequency in single layer graphene Hyungbin Son, Alfonso Reina, Mildred Dresselhaus, Jing Kong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B28.00010: Spatially resolved and polarized Raman spectroscopy of graphene Duhee Yoon, Hyerim Moon, Hyeonsik Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B28.00011: Probing Edge defects in \textit{n} (\textit{n}=1,2..) Graphene Layer system via Raman Scattering Humberto Gutierrez, Awnish Gupta, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B28.00012: X-ray absorption spectroscopy of graphite oxides Hae-Kyung Jeong, Leyla Colakerol, Han-Jin Noh, Yun Pyo Lee, Mei Hua Jin, Per-Anders Glans, Jae-Young Kim, Kevin E. Smith, Chong Yun Park, Young Hee Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B28.00013: Symmetry breaking in epitaxial graphene probed by ARPES Aaron Bostwick, Taisuke Ohta, Jessica McChesney, K. V. Emtsev, Th. Seyller, Karsten Horn, Eli Rotenberg Preview Abstract

Session B29: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials II: Graphene Transport

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Shan-Wen Tsai, University of California, Riverside
Room: Morial Convention Center 221

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B29.00001: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Limits of Mobility in Graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B29.00002: Intrinsic and Extrinsic performance limits of graphene device on SiO$_{2}$ Jianhao Chen, Chaun Jang, Shudong Xiao, Masa Ishigami, Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B29.00003: Single-particle relaxation time versus scattering time in 2D graphene layers Euyheon Hwang, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B29.00004: The Coulomb Impurity Problem in Graphene Vitor Pereira, Johan Nilsson, Antonio Casto Neto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B29.00005: Coulomb Impurity Screening in Graphene Valeri Kotov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B29.00006: MagnetoResistance of Graphene-based spin valves. Luis Brey, Herbert Fertig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B29.00007: Spin transport in graphene strongly coupled to ferromagnetic leads Jelena Trbovic, Hagen Aurich, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Christian Schoenenberger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B29.00008: Interference of Electron Waves in a Ballistic Graphene Transistor. Sungjae Cho, Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B29.00009: Local Gating of Graphene Devices via Contactless Top Gates Jairo Velasco Jr., Gang Liu, Chun Ning Lau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B29.00010: Current-Voltage Characteristics of Electrolyte-Gated Graphene Field-Effect Transistors Inanc Meric, Sebastian Sorgenfrei, Melinda Han, Barbaros Oezyilmaz, Philip Kim, Kenneth Shepard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B29.00011: Fabrication of gated suspended graphene devices Kirill Bolotin, Martin Klima, Kenneth Sikes, Geoff Fudenberg, James Hone, Philip Kim, Horst Stormer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B29.00012: High resolution, temperature dependent Raman spectroscopy of graphene Sebastian R\'emi, Constanze Metzger, Billy Hubbard, Claire Thomas, Bennett B. Goldberg, Anna Swan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B29.00013: Studies of limitations on the mobility and mean free paths in graphene devices. Xu Du, Ivan Skachko, Eva Y. Andrei Preview Abstract

Session B30: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials III: Synthesis

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Chun Ning Lau, University of California, Riverside
Room: Morial Convention Center 222

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B30.00001: Novel Functions in Double Walled Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B30.00002: Electron Spin Resonance in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes W. D. Rice, J. Kono Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B30.00003: IPS verification of the integrity of CNTs walls after purification. Patricio Haberle, Samuel Hevia, Rodrigo Segura, Manish Chhowalla Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B30.00004: High surface area, porous nanotube film supercapacitors. Rajib K. Das, Ryan M. Walczak, John R. Reynolds, Andrew G. Rinzler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B30.00005: Controlled Fabrication of Single Electron Transistors from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Paul Stokes, Saiful I. Khondaker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B30.00006: Nanotube enabled thin film transistors utilizing low mobility organic semiconductors. Bo Liu, Mitchell McCarthy, Youngki Yoon, Doyoung Kim, Zhuangchun Wu, Franky So, Paul H. Holloway, John R. Reynolds, Jing Guo, Andrew G. Rinzler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B30.00007: Structural and Electronic Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Heterojunctions Joydeep Bhattacharjee, Young Woo Son, Bhupesh Chandra, James Hone, Jeffrey B. Neaton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B30.00008: Synthesis and Structure of Carbon Nanotube Junctions and Co$_{9}$S$_{8}$ Nanowire-filled Carbon Nanotubes Wenzhi Li, Gaohui Du Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B30.00009: Adsorption of Alcohols and Alkanes on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Erik Alldredge, Stefan Badescu, Thomas Reinecke, Navdeep Bajwa, F. Keith Perkins, Eric Snow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B30.00010: Adsorption of neon and tetrafluoromethane on carbon nanohorn aggregates: differences in specific surface area values Vaiva Krungleviciute, Masako Yudasaka, Sumio Iijima, Aldo Migone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B30.00011: Application of nanohorns to anti-cancer drug carriers Masako Yudasaka, Minfang Zhang, Kumiko Ajima, Jin Miyawaki, Tatsuya Murakami, Kunihioro Tsuchida, Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B30.00012: Building Physical Carbon Nanoparticles from Small-World Networks: Density Functional Theory Calculations Jeremy A. Yancey, M.A. Novotny, Steven R. Gwaltney Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B30.00013: First-Principles Study of Carbon Nanoframeworks Tailored for Hydrogen Storage Eunja Kim, Philippe Weck, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Hansong Cheng, Boris Yakobson Preview Abstract

Session B31: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience I: Electronic and Optical Properties of Nanoclusters

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: James R. Chelikowsky, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Morial Convention Center 223

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B31.00001: Optical Properties of Free and Embedded Small Nanoparticles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B31.00002: Ab initio calculation of temperature effects in the optical response of open-shell sodium clusters Marie Lopez del Puerto, Murilo Tiago, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B31.00003: Bethe-Salpeter and Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations of the Optical Properties of Carbon Fullerenes P.R.C. Kent, M.L. Tiago, F.A. Reboredo, Randolph Q. Hood Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B31.00004: Efficient first principles quasiparticle states using optimal Brillouin zone sampling David Prendergast, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B31.00005: First Principles Absorption Spectra of Intermediate Size Ag$_n$ ($n=10-20$) Clusters Kopinjol Baishya, Juan Carlos Idrobo, Serdar Ogut, Mingli Yang, Koblar A. Jackson, Julius Jellinek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B31.00006: Trends in the Electronic Structure and Vibrational Dynamics of 34 atom Ag-Cu Nanoalloy (Ag$_{n}$-Cu$_{34-n}$) H. Yildirim, A. Kara, T.S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B31.00007: Static dipole polarizabilities of icosahedral fullerenes from C$_{60}$ to C$_{2160}$ by all-electron density-functional theory Rajendra Zope, Tunna Baruah, Mark Pederson, Brett Dunlap Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B31.00008: Heusler clusters Alexey Zayak, Scott Beckman, Murilo Tiago, Peter Entel, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B31.00009: Tangential Ligand-Induced Strain in Icosahedral Au13 Leeor Kronik, Olga Guliamov, Anatoly Frenkel, Laurent Menard, Ralph Nuzzo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B31.00010: Structural Properties and Phase Transitions in Small Gold Nanoclusters Yanting Wang, Sergey Rashkeev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B31.00011: The peculiar distribution pattern of Pd on the PdAu bimetallic nanoclusters Dingwang Yuan, Xingao Gong, Ruqian Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B31.00012: Computational model for the production of monodisperse silver spheres in solution Daniel Robb, Ionel Halaciuga, Vladimir Privman, Dan Goia Preview Abstract

Session B32: Focus Session: Nanocontacts and Inhomogeneous Magnetic States

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Andrei Slavin, Oakland University
Room: Morial Convention Center 225

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B32.00001: Theory of magnetic interactions and transport in tunnel junctions and point contacts Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B32.00002: Fabrication of point contacts by FIB patterning B. O'Gorman, M. Tsoi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B32.00003: Electronic excitations in four structurally similar but magnetically different Nickel chain compounds V.C. Long, Y.H. Chou, I.A. Cross, A.C. Kozen, L.A. LaViolet, C.A. Miller-Shelley, J.R. Montague, E.P. Plumb, S.A. McGill, X. Wei, B.R. Landry, K.R. Maxcy-Pearson, M.M. Turnbull, C.P. Landee, R.D. Willett Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B32.00004: Theory and application for chain formation in break junctions Yuriy Mokrousov, Alexander Thiess, Stefan Bluegel, Stefan Heinze Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B32.00005: Anderson model of local magnetism at a break junction nanocontact Paola Gentile, Michele Fabrizio, Giuseppe E. Santoro, Erio Tosatti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 1:15PM		B32.00006: Dynamics of a pinned magnetic vortex Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B32.00007: Angular Dependence of Vortex Annihilation Field in Asymmetric Co Nanodots$^{\ast }$ Randy Dumas, Kai Liu, Thomas Gredig, Chang-peng Li, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B32.00008: Influence of excitation fields on vortex core dynamics in micron-sized magnetic disks Xuemei Cheng, David Keavney, Kristen Buchanan, Ralu Divan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B32.00009: Direct Observation of Magnetic Vortex Cores using Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis (SEMPA) Seok-Hwan Chung, Daniel Pierce, John Unguris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B32.00010: Transition states of magnetization reversal in ferromagnetic nanorings Gabriel Chaves-O'Flynn, Andrew Kent, Daniel Stein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B32.00011: Probing a SET nanomagnet with shot noise. L.D. Contreras-Pulido, J. Fernandez-Rossier, R. Aguado Preview Abstract

Session B33: Focus Session: Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors: II

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG FIAP
Chair: Mark van Schilfgaarde, Arizona State University
Room: Morial Convention Center 224

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B33.00001: Imaging Drift and Diffusion of Accumulation from the Spin Hall Effect N.P. Stern, D.W. Steuerman, S. Mack, A.C. Gossard, D.D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B33.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B33.00003: Fractional Charge and Topological Pumping in the Quantum Spin Hall Insulators Taylor Hughes, Xiao-Liang Qi, Shoucheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B33.00004: Topological Field Theory of Time-Reversal Invariant Insulators Xiao-Liang Qi, Taylor Hughes, Shou-Cheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B33.00005: A many-body generalization of the $Z_2$ topological invariant for the quantum spin Hall effect Sung-Sik Lee, Shinsei Ryu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B33.00006: Shot noise in the mesoscopic spin Hall effect Ralitsa Dragomirova, Liviu Z\^arbo, Branislav Nikoli\' c Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B33.00007: Beyond the spin-Hall effect Dimitrie Culcer, Roland Winkler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B33.00008: Universal quantized spin-Hall conductance fluctuation in graphene Zhenhua Qiao, Jian Wang, Yadong Wei, Hong Guo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B33.00009: Spin-Hall edge spin polarization in a ballistic 2D electron system Eugene Mishchenko, Vladimir Zyuzin, Peter Silvestrov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B33.00010: Network Model for $Z_2$ Quantum Spin-Hall Effects with Disorder Hideaki Obuse, Akira Furusaki, Shinsei Ryu, Christopher Mudry Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B33.00011: Intrinsic spin-Hall effect in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field Luyao Wang, ChonSaar Chu, Anatoly Malshukov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B33.00012: Phase transition between quantum spin Hall and ordinary insulating phases Shuichi Murakami, Satoshi Iso, Yshai Avishai, Masaru Onoda, Naoto Nagaosa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B33.00013: A voltage probe of the spin Hall effect Yuriy Pershyn, Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B33.00014: Spin-charge Separated Excitations in a Topological Insulator Dung-Hai Lee, Ying Ran, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract

Session B35: Focus Session: Emerging Materials and Devices I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Stefan Zollner, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Room: Morial Convention Center 227

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B35.00001: The Nanoelectronics Research Initiative and Beyond CMOS Research Activities in the US Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B35.00002: Diamond Nanoelectronics Igor Altfeder, Jacqueline Krim, Andrey Voevodin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B35.00003: Low frequency Noise in Top-Gated Ambipolar Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors Guangyu Xu, Fei Liu, Song Han, Koungmin Ryu, Alexander Badmaev, Chongwu Zhou, Kang L. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B35.00004: Nanopositioning of Individual Vertical Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on Interconnects Reginald C. Farrow, Amit Goyal, Sheng Liu, Zafar Iqbal, Gordon A. Thomas, Linus A. Fetter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B35.00005: Impact Ionization in Photocurrent Measurements of Carbon Nanotube p-n Junctions Nathaniel Gabor, Z. Zhong, K. Bosnick, J. Park, P.L. McEuen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B35.00006: High Performance Silicon Nanowire Field Effect Transistor Qiliang Li, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Yang Yang, Dimitris Ioannou, John Suehle, Curt Richter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B35.00007: Effects of Non-Ideal Edges in Graphene Nanoribbons D. Basu, M.J. Gilbert, L.F. Register, S.K. Banerjee, A.H. MacDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B35.00008: Determination of Non-Accumulative Effects in PCMO Resistive Switches Stephen Tsui, Nilanjan Das, Y.Q. Wang, Y.Y. Xue, C.W. Chu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B35.00009: A Physical Model for Resistive Switching In Metal-Oxide Interface Nilanjan Das, Stephen Tsui, Yaqi Wang, Yuyi Xue, Ching-Wu Chu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B35.00010: Percolative model for resistance switching S. H. Chang, S. C. Chae, J. S. Lee, S. B. Lee, D.-W. Kim, B. Khang, T. W. Noh Preview Abstract

Session B36: Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy I: Low Temperatures

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Joseph A. Stroscio, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Morial Convention Center 228

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B36.00001: Subkelvin spin polarized STM: measuring magnetization curves of individual adatoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B36.00002: Investigation of Acceptor States and Landau Levels in (In,Mn)As by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Young Jae Song, Nikolai Zhitenev, Joseph Stroscio, Gregory Rutter, Phillip First Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B36.00003: Atomic manipulation and tunneling spectroscopy on vacancy of Ag(111) surface studied with LT-STM Danda P. Acharya, Kai F. Braun, Saw W. Hla Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B36.00004: Direct detection of force gradient using atomic force microscopy with very small oscillation amplitude Toshu An, Atsushi Nomura, Takahiro Nishio, Toyoaki Eguchi, Kotone Akiyama, Yukio Hasegawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B36.00005: Low-Temperature Nanotribology of Au and Pb using a Quartz Tunning-Fork Carlos Untiedt, Giovanni Saenz-Arce Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B36.00006: A Nano-Scale Scanning SQUID Susceptometer for the Measurement of Isolated Magnetic Moments Nicholas C. Koshnick, Martin E. Huber, Julie Bert, Hendrik Bluhm, Jeffrey Large, Hal Edwards, Kathryn A. Moler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B36.00007: Absolute in-situ calibration piezoelectric quartz tuning fork force Sensors. Sanjay Bidasaria, Alexei Marchenkov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B36.00008: A UHV-LT-STM System for Optical Experiments David R. Daughton, Donghun Lee, Jay A. Gupta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B36.00009: Photon-induced Molecular Motion Probed by STM Jun Zhang, Kevin Kelly Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B36.00010: Using a Geophone for Vibration Cancellation in a STM Alan Fang, Zhanybek Alpichshev, Aharon Kapitulnik Preview Abstract

Session B37: FQHE in Higher Landau Levels

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Chetan Nayak, Microsoft Station Q
Room: Morial Convention Center 229

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B37.00001: Evolution of the Fractional Quantum Hall States in the Second Landau Level H.C. Choi, W. Kang, S. Das Sarma, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B37.00002: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect and Electron Correlations in Partially Filled First Excited Landau Level George Simion, John J. Quinn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B37.00003: Fractional quantum Hall effect in higher Landau levels Michael R. Peterson, S. Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B37.00004: Spin Order in Paired Quantum Hall States Ivailo Dimov, Bertrand Halperin, Chetan Nayak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B37.00005: Confinement of fractional quantum Hall states in the first excited Landau level Michael Manfra, Robert Willett, Loren Pfeiffer, Kenneth West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B37.00006: Confinement of Fractional Quantum Hall States Robert Willett, Michael Manfra, Ken West, Loren Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B37.00007: Fractional Quantum Hall Hierarchy and the Second Landau Level Parsa Bonderson, J.K. Slingerland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B37.00008: Edge States and Interferometers in the Pfaffian and anti-Pfaffian States Waheb Bishara, Chetan Nayak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B37.00009: Spectrum of Quantum Entanglement in Fractional Quantum Hall States Hui Li, F.D.M. Haldane Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B37.00010: Model Wavefunctions For Non-Abelian Quasiparticles B. Andrei Bernevig, F.D.M. Haldane Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B37.00011: Jack Polynomials, Exclusion Statistics, and non-Abelian FQHE States at $\nu$ = $k/(km+r)$ F. D. M. Haldane, B. Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B37.00012: Searching for anyons in a realistic model of fractional quantum Hall liquids Zi-Xiang Hu, Xin Wan, Peter Schmitteckert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B37.00013: Probing Non-Abelian Statistics in $\nu=12/5$ Quantum Hall State Kam Tuen Law Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B37.00014: Effect of Landau Level Mixing on Braiding Statistics Steven H. Simon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B37.00015: Studying topological order in quantum Hall states using entanglement entropy calculations. Masud Haque, Oleksandr Zozulya, Kareljan Schoutens, Ed Rezayi, Nicolas Regnault Preview Abstract

Session B38: Structure, Electronic Properties, Spectroscopy, and Ionic Transport in Insulators

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Sudakar Chandran, Wayne State University
Room: Morial Convention Center 230

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B38.00001: Perturbed Angular Correlation Study of ZrSiO$_{4}$ and HfSiO$_{4}$ Herbert Jaeger, Sean McBride Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B38.00002: Stability and lattice dynamics of SiO$_2$ cristobalite Sinisa Coh, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B38.00003: First Principles Modeling of BaCeO$_{3}$: Stabilization of O Vacancies Joseph Bennett, Andrew Rappe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B38.00004: Dynamical structure factor of LiF for all wave vector transfers: New results and insights Q. Kou, M.C. Troparevsky, A.G. Eguiluz(1), B.C. Larson, J.Z. Tischler, P. Zschack Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B38.00005: Simulation of Li ion diffusion near electrolyte-metal interface -- Li$_3$PO$_4$ and Li Yaojun Du, Xiao Xu, N.A.W. Holzwarth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B38.00006: QNS study on superprotonic conductor Yutaka Ikedo, Hiroshi Nozaki, Masahiko Harada, Jun Sugiyama, Taku Sato, Yasumitsu Matsuo, Yiming Qiu, John Copley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B38.00007: Proton Transport in Mixed Rare-Earth/Alkaline Earth Metaphosphate Glasses Gabriel Harley, Lutgard C. De Jonghe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B38.00008: Evidence of structure dependence of hyperpolarizability in octupolar molecules Claudia Cardoso, Paulo Abreu, Fernando Nogueira Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B38.00009: UV Spectra of rutile and anatase phases of TiO$_2$ using ABINIT2NBSE H.M. Lawler, J.J. Rehr, S. Dalosto, Z.H. Levine, E.L. Shirley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B38.00010: Zeeman Effect in TiO$_{2}$:Cr$^{3+}$ Michael Crawford, Xing Wei, Stan Tozer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B38.00011: Raman electronic paramagnetic resonance (Raman-EPR) of Cr$^{3+}$ in ruby X. Lu, S. Venugopalan, Hyunjung Kim, M. Grimsditch, S. Rodriguez, A.K. Ramdas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B38.00012: Trivalent chromium probes in mixed dicyanoargentate-dicyanoaurate single crystals C.L. Larochelle, J.K. Krebs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B38.00013: Ce/Cr:YAG Based Yellow/Red Phosphors Jinke Tang, Wendong Wang, Sheng Teng Hsu, Brian Sullivan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B38.00014: Spectral Intensities of Transitions Between Stark Levels of Er$^{3+}$(4f$^{11})$ in Single Crystal, Ceramic, and Nanocrystalline Y$_{2}$O$_{3}$ Kelly Nash, John Gruber, Dhiraj Sardar, Uygun Valiev, Nikolai Ter-Gabrielyan, Larry Merkle, Arockiasamy Michael Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B38.00015: Judd-Ofelt analysis and crystal-field modeling of Er$^{3+}$ transitions in YAlO$_{3}$ Sree R. Chandrasekharan Preview Abstract

Session B39: Focus Session: Collective Dynamics of Self-Driven Particles

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD
Chair: Sriram Ramaswamy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Room: Morial Convention Center 231

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B39.00001: Polar and apolar active matter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B39.00002: Swarming and swirling in self-propelled polar granular rods Arshad Kudrolli, Geoffroy Lumay, Dmitri Volfson, Lev Tsimring Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B39.00003: Rectification of Swimming Bacteria and Self Driven Particle Systems by Arrays of Asymmetric Barriers Charles Reichhardt, Mew Bing Wan, Cynthia Olson Reichhardt, Zohar Nussinov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B39.00004: Delay induced instabilities in self-propelling swarming particles Eric Forgoston, Ira Schwartz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B39.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B39.00006: From Cannibalism to Active Motion of Groups Pawel Romanczuk, Lutz Schimansky-Geier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B39.00007: Spatial instability and bioturbulence in highly concentrated bacterial suspensions Andrey Sokolov, Igor Aranson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B39.00008: Non-Coalescent, Self-Assembling Water Drops: Phase transitions, flows and hydrodynamics Mohan Srinivasarao, Vivek Sharma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B39.00009: Active nematics: fluctuations and coarsening Sriram Ramaswamy, Shradha Mishra, Francesco Ginelli, Hugues Chate, Sanjay Puri Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B39.00010: Long-range correlations in simulations of suspensions of swimming microorganisms Patrick Underhill, Juan Hernandez-Ortiz, Michael Graham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B39.00011: Simulated Flocking Dynamics of 2D Self-propelled Hard Particles Donald Blair Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B39.00012: Cell swarming leads to vortex flow in early embryo formation Ariel Balter, James A. Glazier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B39.00013: Active elastic dimers: self-propulsion and current reversal on a featureless track Vijay Kumar Krishna Murthy, Sriram Ramaswamy, Madan Rao Preview Abstract

Session B40: SPS Undergraduate Research and Outreach I

Sponsoring Units: SPS
Chair: Gary White, Society of Physics Students/American Institute of Physics
Room: Morial Convention Center 232

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B40.00001: Summer 2007: My SPS intern experience and working with ComPADRE Andrew Coughlin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B40.00002: Demonstrating Levitation and Suspension of a Superconductor on a Magnetic Track Charles P. Strehlow, M.C. Sullivan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B40.00003: Comprehensive study on deformation of metal samples based on measurements of temperature, in-plane displacement and stress-strain characteristics John Gaffney, Christopher Schneider, Sanichiro Yoshida Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B40.00004: Low-temperature calorimeter for magnetocaloric-effect measurements in high magnetic fields Travis Miller, Yasumasa Takano Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B40.00005: Driven Intrinsic Localized Modes in a Coupled Pendulum Array. Ritoban Basu Thakur, Lars English, Albert Sievers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B40.00006: Quartz tuning fork as a viscometer for Helium liquids J. Jhaveri, M. Gonzalez, P. Bhupathi, Y. Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B40.00007: Demonstrating the Principle of an rf Paul Ion Trap Andrew Johnson, James Rabchuk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B40.00008: Experimental characterization of piezoelectric THUNDER actuator shape Paul Harris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B40.00009: A Relativistic Understanding of Rotating Reference Frames Kacey Meaker, Tom Michalik Preview Abstract