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Session D1: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Neepa Maitra, Hunter College of the City University of New York
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D1.00001: Nearsightedness in Density Functional Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D1.00002: Density-functional theory of superconductivity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D1.00003: Remarks on Molecular Density Functional Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D1.00004: The Partition Problem; Insights from Density Functional Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D1.00005: Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in a GGA for Solid and Surfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D2: New Developments in HTSC II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Erica Carlson, Purdue University
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D2.00001: Anomalous Electron-Phonon Coupling in Cuprates and its Doping Dependence Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D2.00002: Doping Dependent Anisotropic Electronic Scattering rate in LSCO Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D2.00003: Fermi surface of underdoped cuprate revealed by quantum oscillations and Hall effect Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D2.00004: Fermi orbits versus Fermi arcs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D2.00005: Fermi surface and anisotropic scattering in overdoped cuprates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D3: Materials Physics in the Fast Lane

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Brian Schwartz, City University of New York
Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D3.00001: The Art and Materials Physics of the Motorcycle Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D3.00002: Materials at 200 mph: Making NASCAR Faster and Safer Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D3.00003: Sox and Drugs: Baseball, Steroids and Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D3.00004: Zero CTE Glass in the Hubble Space Telescope Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D3.00005: The Materials Science of Superheroes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D4: Probing Spin and Charge States in Semiconductor Quantum Dots and “Molecules”

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Morial Convention Center 206

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D4.00001: Spin tunneling in optically excited quantum dot molecules: Controlling g-factors with electric field Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D4.00002: Universal Quantum Gates for Two- and Three-Spin Qubits in Coupled Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D4.00003: Nondestructive optical probe of coherent single spin dynamics in a quantum dot Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D4.00004: Spin Decoherence and Maxwell Angels Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D5: Circuit QED: Superconducting Qubits Coupled to Cavities

Sponsoring Units: DCMP GQI
Chair: Raymond Simmonds, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder
Room: Morial Convention Center RO1

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D5.00001: Superconducting qubits coupled to resonant cavities Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D5.00002: Coherent manipulation of quantum information using two Josephson phase qubits coupled to a resonant cavity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D5.00003: Circuit QED: Coupling Superconducting Qubits via a Cavity Bus on a Chip Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D5.00004: Single artificial-atom maser Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D5.00005: Process Tomography of Quantum Memory in a Josephson Phase Qubit Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D6: Long-Distance Charge Transfer in Biological Systems

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DPOLY
Chair: Nikolai Sergueev, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Morial Convention Center RO4

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D6.00001: Theory of Electron Transfer and Transport Pathways in Biomolecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D6.00002: Long-Range Electron Transfer through Proteins and Solvents Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D6.00003: Correlated electron and proton transport in cytochrome c oxidase: Coulomb proton pump with kinetic gating Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D6.00004: Theoretical/Computational Probes of Homogeneous and Interfacial Electron Transfer: Electronic Structure and Energetics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D6.00005: A nonadiabatic and nonlinear theory for electron transfer Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D7: Locomotion in Complex Fluids

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DBP
Chair: Arshad Kudrolli, Clark University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO5

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D7.00001: Propulsion in viscoelastic fluids: waving, flapping Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D7.00002: Theory of swimming filaments in viscoelastic media Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D7.00003: Undulatory swimming in a viscoelastic fluid Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D7.00004: Large and limbless: the locomotion of snakes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D7.00005: Biological and robotic movement through granular media Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D8: Focus Session: Granular Flows: Vibrated

Sponsoring Units: DFD GSNP
Chair: Mark Shattuck, City University of New York
Room: Morial Convention Center RO6

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D8.00001: Particle kinematics in a 3-dimensional vibration-fluidized granular medium Hong-Qiang Wang, Narayanan Menon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D8.00002: Heating mechanism affects equipartition in a binary granular system Narayanan Menon, Hongqiang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D8.00003: Energy fluctuation, diffusivity and mobility in a 2D vibrated granular packing Eric Clement, Rim Harich, Nicolas Vandewalle, Geoffroy Lumay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D8.00004: ``Free Energy" in Vibrated Granular Non-Equilibrium Steady-States. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D8.00005: Singular Energy Distributions in Granular Media Eli Ben-Naim, Annette Zippelius Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D8.00006: Breathing Phenomena in Driven, Confined, Granular Chains Robert Simion, Adam Sokolow, Surajit Sen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D8.00007: Numerical Study of Particle Damping Mechanism in Piston Vibration System via Particle Dynamics Simulation Xian-Ming Bai, Binoy Shah, Leon Keer, Jane Wang, Randall Snurr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D8.00008: Breaking of granular jams with mechanical shocks Ke Chen, Andrew Harris, John Draskovic, Peter Schiffer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D8.00009: Spreading of a granular droplet Eric Clement, Ivan Sanchez, Franck Raynaud, Jose Lanuza, Bruno Andreotti, Igor Aranson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D8.00010: 2D granular avalanches with imposed vibrations Brian Utter, Dan Amon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D8.00011: Bouncing trimer Stephane Dorbolo, Nicolas Vandewalle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D8.00012: Dynamics of a single particle on a 2D driven granular lattice Jeffrey Olafsen, Kristin Combs, G. William Baxter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D8.00013: Structure and dynamics of a vibrated granular bead-chain Kevin Safford, Arshad Kudrolli, Yacov Kantor, Mehran Kardar Preview Abstract

Session D9: Focus Session: Turbulence

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Haitao Xu, Gesellschaft fuer wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Goettingen
Room: Morial Convention Center RO7

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D9.00001: Turbulent Viscosity Coefficient in 3-Dimesional Turbulence Hiroshi Shibata Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D9.00002: Exploring the dynamics of the velocity gradient tensor Marco Martins Afonso, Charles Meneveau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D9.00003: The Generalized Fractal Dimensions of a 2-D Compressible Turbulence Jason Larkin, Walter Goldburg, Mahesh Bandi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D9.00004: Particle Dynamics in Turbulence Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D9.00005: Craig's XY-distribution and the statistics of Lagrangian power in two-dimensional turbulence. Colm Connaughton, Mahesh Bandi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D9.00006: Multiscale Sample Entropy of 2D Decaying Turbulence Ildoo Kim, Matthew Shtrahman, Xiao-Lun Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D9.00007: Conformal invariance in two-dimensional turbulence Guido Boffetta, Denis Bernard, Antonio Celani, Gregory Falkovich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D9.00008: Mixing and entrainment of oceanic overflows: Implications for global climate evolution Robert Ecke, Jun Chen, Philippe Odier, Michael Rivera Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D9.00009: Experimental Investigation of Homogeneity, Isotropy, and Circulation of the Velocity Field in Buoyancy-Driven Turbulence Quan Zhou, Chao Sun, Keqing Xia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D9.00010: Flow mode transitions in turbulent thermal convection Heng-Dong Xi, Ke-Qing Xia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D9.00011: The properties of elastic turbulence in semi-dilute polymer solutions Yonggun Jun, Victor Steinberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D9.00012: Geometry of plane Couette flow transitional turbulence Predrag Cvitanovic, John Gibson, Jonathan Halcrow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D9.00013: The heat transfer of water-based Al$_2$O$_3$ nanofluid in turbulent Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard convection Sheng-Qi Zhou, Rui Ni, Ke-Qing Xia Preview Abstract

Session D10: Focus Session: Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Lance Delong, University of Kentucky
Room: Morial Convention Center RO8

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D10.00001: Odd-frequency pairing state in superconducting junctions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D10.00002: Superfluid density in the ferromagnetic layers of superconductor-ferromagnet hybrid structures Thomas Lemberger, Michael Hinton, Adam Hauser, Julian Hetel, Fengyuan Yang, Julia Meyer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D10.00003: Study of Inverse Proximity Effect in Ferromagnet/ Superconductor Bilayers Using a Sagnac Interferometer Jing Xia, A. Palevski, A. Kapitulnik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D10.00004: Investigation of the role of Al/CoFe interface in proximity effect of Nb/Al/CoFe K. Char, Junhyung Kwon, Wenjian Lu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D10.00005: Magnetic property change by superconductivity in Py-Nb Hybrid system David Murakami, Michael Hetman, Jiyeong Gu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D10.00006: Proximity effect in MgB$_{2}$-Permalloy hybrid system April O'Brien, Jiyeong Gu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D10.00007: Spin-switch effect in Permalloy-Niobium hybrid system Jiyeong Gu, Michael Hetman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D10.00008: Anomalous transport property in the single-crystal Co nanowire with superconducting electrodes Jian Wang, Nitesh Kumar, Mingliang Tian, Qi Zhang, Jainendra Jain, Thomas Mallouk, Moses H.W. Chan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D10.00009: Transport properties of hybrid superconductor/ferromagnet nanowires fabricated by electrodeposition. Nitesh Kumar, Jian Wang, Qi Zhang, Mingliang Tian, Moses H.W. Chan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D10.00010: Ferromagnetic Josephson Resonance Ivana Petkovic, Marco Aprili Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D10.00011: Theory of spin wave excitation by Josephson current in a superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor junction Shin-ichi Hikino, Michiyasu Mori, Saburo Takahashi, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract

Session D11: Inhomogeneous Superconductors and Transport

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Don Gubser, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center RO9

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D11.00001: Evidence of Spatially Inhomogeneous Pairing on the Insulating Side of a Disorder-Tuned Superconductor-Insulator Transition K. H. Sarwa B. Tan, Kevin A. Parendo, Yen-Hsiang Lin, Allen M. Goldman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D11.00002: Disorder, Metal-Insulator crossover and Phase diagram in high-T$_{c}$ cuprates Florence Rullier-Albenque, Henri Alloul, Fedor Balakirev, Cyril Proust Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D11.00003: Drag resistance in bilayer disordered superconducting thin films Yue Zou, Gil Refael, Jongsoo Yoon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D11.00004: Granularity-induced field-hysteresis of transport critical current in patterned coated conductors A. A. Gapud, A. Khan, D. K. Christen, F. A. List III, R. Feenstra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D11.00005: Disorder induced resitivity upturns in metallic cuprates Brian M. Andersen, Wei Chen, Peter J. Hirschfeld Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D11.00006: Interrelations between superconducting properties and defect evolution in neutron irradiated YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7}$. Viorel Sandu, Gheorghe Aldica, Elena Sandu, Petru Nita Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D11.00007: Negative Nernst effect in simulations of granular superconductors Andreas Andersson, Jack Lidmar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D11.00008: Large oxygen-isotope shift above the quantum critical point of Y$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$Ba$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$ John Mann, Pieder Beeli, Guo-meng Zhao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D11.00009: Isotope Effect in High-Tc Superconductors Dale Harshman, John Dow, Anthony Fiory Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D11.00010: Rich Behavior of the Critical Currents of Magnetically-Doped Superconducting Films in Applied Magnetic Fields Jeffrey Wasserman, Nina Markovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D11.00011: Analytic description of the transport $J_{c}(B)$ dependence of HTS thin films in small magnetic fields Jens H\"anisch, Francesco Grilli, Sebastian Engel, Bernhard Holzapfel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D11.00012: Investigation of Vortex Pinning Anisotropy in the High Temperature Superconductor YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta }$ Andra Petrean-Troncalli, Lisa Paulius, Heather Quantz, Valentina Tobos, Wai -K Kwok Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D11.00013: Conductance of d-wave superconductor/normal metal/d-wave superconductor junctions Dmytro Pesin, Anton Andreev, Boris Spivak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D11.00014: Interface superconductivity in bi-layers of insulating and overdoped metallic La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4 + \delta}$ Adrian Gozar, Gennady Logvenov, Anthony Bollinger, Ivan Bozovic Preview Abstract

Session D12: Theory of Ferroelectric, Multiferroic, and Other Structural Transitions

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Craig Fennie, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 203

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D12.00001: Dynamics of domains switching in epitaxial BaTiO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ superlattices from first principles Sergey Lisenkov, Inna Ponomareva, Laurent Bellaiche Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D12.00002: Ferromagnetic-like closure domains in ferroelectric ultrathin films: First principles simulation Javier Junquera, Pablo Aguado-Puente Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D12.00003: The theory of domain patterns in ferroelastics Allan Jacobs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D12.00004: Peculiar ordering in flat ferroelectric nanoparticles driven by lattice misfit Ivan Naumov, Alex Bratkovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D12.00005: Static and Dynamic Properties of Ferroelectric Nanostructures and Multiferroic Bulk Systems: A Multiscale Approach T. Michael, S. Trimper, J.M. Wesselinowa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D12.00006: A new order parameter in complex dipolar structures Sergey Prosandeev, Laurent Bellaiche Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D12.00007: Microscopic origin of Magnetic Ferroelectrics in Non-collinear Multiferroics Chen Fang, Jiangping Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D12.00008: A theory for the multiferroic compound LiCu$_{2}$O$_{2}$ Trinanjan Datta, Chen Fang, Jiangping Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D12.00009: Phase-field model of strain-induced grain-boundary premelting Nan Wang, Robert Spatschek, Alain Karma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D12.00010: Incorporation of plasticity into the Landau-Ginzburg theory of martensitic phase transformations Roman Gr\"oger, Turab Lookman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D12.00011: Phonon Driven BCC to Orthorhombic Transformation in U-Nb Alloys Avadh Saxena, Turab Lookman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D12.00012: First-Principles Study of the Jahn-Teller Distortion in the Ti$_{1-X}$V$_{X}$H$_{2}$ and Zr$_{1-X}$Nb$_{x}$H$_{2}$ Alloys Ramiro Quijano, Romeo de Coss, David Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D12.00013: Density functional analysis of long range order T.R.S. Prasanna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D12.00014: Ab-initio study of the structural and magnetic properties for the fcc Fe-Co alloy. Filiberto Ortiz-Chi, Aar\'on Aguayo, Romeo de Coss Preview Abstract

Session D13: Computational Methods: Strongly Correlated and Many Body Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Mark Jarrell, University of Cincinnatti
Room: Morial Convention Center 204

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D13.00001: Maximally-localized Wannier functions for GW quasiparticles D.R. Hamann, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D13.00002: Ab initio calculation of the excited state properties of spiropyran Emmanouil Kioupakis, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D13.00003: All-electron GW calculation of vanadium dioxide Rei Sakuma, Takashi Miyake, Ferdi Aryasetiawan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D13.00004: GW-based \textit{ab initio} downfolding aiming at strongly correlated electron system Kazuma Nakamura, Taichi Kosugi, Yoshihide Yoshimoto, Ryotaro Arita, Masatoshi Imada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D13.00005: GW Study of Actinides: $\alpha$-Uranium and $\delta$-Plutonium R.C. Albers, A.N. Chantis, M. van Schilfgaarde, T. Kotani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D13.00006: The formation of stripes and the pairing of charge carriers in anisotropic materials K.J.E. Vos, C. Povey, J.M. Tipper Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D13.00007: Theory of the Normal State of the Copper-Oxide Superconductors Ting Pong Choy, Robert G. Leigh, Philip Phillips Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D13.00008: Imaginary-time formulation for strongly correlated transport in steady-state nonequilibrium Jong E. Han, Ryan J. Heary Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D13.00009: Electron fractionalization and statistics of holons in doped quantum dimer models Didier Poilblanc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D13.00010: Improvement on the STLS Approach and its Application to the Spin Fully-Polarized Low-Density Electron Gas Yasutami Takada, Kanako Yoshizawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D13.00011: Role of phonons and of finite temperature on the spectral function of a single hole in a quantum antiferromagnet Satyaki Kar, Efstratios Manousakis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D13.00012: The Green's Function of the 1D Breathing-Mode Polaron Glen Goodvin, Mona Berciu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D13.00013: Competition between pseudogap phase and d-wave superconductivity in the limit of large number of coupled 1D chains Enrico Perfetto, Jose Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D13.00014: Extensions of the Momentum Average approximation Mona Berciu, Lucian Covaci Preview Abstract

Session D14: Quantum Information Science in AMO

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP GQI
Chair: J. Y. Vaishnav, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Morial Convention Center 205

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D14.00001: Quantum Information Aspects of Cold Fermi Systems Razvan Teodorescu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D14.00002: Coherent Control of Trapped Bosons Analabha Roy, Linda Reichl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D14.00003: Phase transitions, entanglement and quantum noise interferometry in cold atoms Florian Mintert, Indubala Satija, Ana Maria Rey, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D14.00004: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SESSION W15 Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D14.00005: Topological Entropy of Quantum Hall states in rotating Bose gases Alexis Morris, David Feder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D14.00006: Mapping photonic entanglement into and out of a quantum memory Hui Deng, Kyung S. Choi, Julien Laurat, H. Jeff Kimble Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D14.00007: Broadband Multi-Spot Optical Beam Steering with Independent 2D Addressability for Quantum Information Processing Caleb Knoernschild, Changsoon Kim, Felix Lu, Jungsang Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D14.00008: Phonon-Mediated Detection of Trapped Atomic Ions David Hume, Till Rosenband, David Wineland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D14.00009: Towards a wire-mediated coupling of trapped ions Robert Clark, Tony Lee, Nikos Daniilidis, Sankaranarayanan S., Hartmut H\"{a}ffner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D14.00010: Trapping and Detecting Polar Molecular Ions in a Closed-Cycle 4 K Ion Trap Gleb Akselrod, David Schuster, Paul Antohi, Ziliang Lin, Rob Schoelkopf, Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D14.00011: Microwave Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics in a Molecular Ion Trap David Schuster, Paul Antohi, Gleb Akselrod, Ziliang Lin, Isaac Chuang, David Demille, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D14.00012: Cavity cooling of $^{88}Sr^+$ David Leibrandt, Yat Shan Au, Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D14.00013: Microfabrication of Surface Electrode Ion Traps for Quantum Information Experiments Yufei Ge, Jaroslaw Labaziewicz, Paul Antohi, Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D14.00014: Temperature dependence of decoherence in ion traps Jaroslaw Labaziewicz, Yufei Ge, Shannon X. Wang, Ruth Shewmon, Isaac L. Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D14.00015: Individual ion addressing using a magnetic field gradient in a surface-electrode ion trap Shannon Wang, Jaroslaw Labaziewicz, Yufei Ge, Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract

Session D15: Focus Session: Foundations of Quantum Theory I

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Howard Barnum, Los Alamos National Laboratory and GSCCM Chair
Room: Morial Convention Center 207

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D15.00001: LeRoy Apker Award Talk: Testing Hidden-Variable Theorems with Single-Photon Entangled States Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D15.00002: Weak values and the Leggett-Garg inequality in solid-state qubits Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D15.00003: Negative probabilities and measurement disturbance Lars M. Johansen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D15.00004: The meaning of negative weak values James Troupe, Jeff Tollaksen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D15.00005: Frame representations of quantum mechanics and the necessity of negativity in quasi-probability representations Christopher Ferrie, Joseph Emerson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D15.00006: Towards Testing Quantum Mechanics with Micro-Optomechanical Systems Dustin Kleckner, Susanna Thon, Evan Jeffrey, Dirk Bouwmeester Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D15.00007: Decoherence and the Uncertainty Principle David Craig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D15.00008: Noncontextuality and the Kochen-Specker Theorem Brian La Cour Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D15.00009: Path detection and interference tradeoff in the double-slit experiment Julio Gea-Banacloche, Masanao Ozawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D15.00010: Exact mappings between quantum relativistic and quantum optical models A. Bermudez, M. A. Martin-Delgado, E. Solano Preview Abstract

Session D16: Biological Networks

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Eivind Almaas
Room: Morial Convention Center 208

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D16.00001: Cooperation of multiple copies of noisy genes Aleksandra Walczak, Peter Wolynes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D16.00002: Chaotic Gene Regulatory Networks Can Be Robust Against Mutations and Noise Volkan Sevim, Per Arne Rikvold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D16.00003: A quantitative model of DNA replication in \textit{Xenopus} embryos: reliable replication despite stochasticity Scott Cheng-Hsin Yang, John Bechhoefer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D16.00004: Exponential sensitivity of noise-driven switching in genetic networks Pankaj Mehta, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Ned Wingreen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D16.00005: Effects of coarse-graining on fluctuations in gene expression Juan Pedraza, Johan Paulsson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D16.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D16.00007: Regulatory control and the costs and benefits of biochemical noise Sorin Tanase-Nicola, Pieter Rein ten Wolde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D16.00008: Effects of time-delayed negative feedback loops on noise-induced oscillations on the NF-KappaB signaling network Jaewook Joo, Jean-Loup Faulon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D16.00009: How is the fitness landscaped upon which life evolves selected? Michael Deem Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D16.00010: Early life was a generalist: protein modularity increase as evolution proceeds Jiankui He, Jun Sun, Michael Deem Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D16.00011: Genetic recombination models in molecular evolution Enrique Munoz, Jeong-Man Park, Michael Deem Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D16.00012: A minimal stochastic model of cell death signaling Subhadip Raychaudhuri Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D16.00013: Temperature compensation model for the circadian clock of \textit{Neurospora crassa} Xiaojia Tang, Heinz-Bernd Sch\"uttler, Jonathan Arnold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D16.00014: Understanding the Role of Housekeeping and Stress-Related Genes in Transcription-Regulatory Networks Allison Heath, Lydia Kavraki, G\'abor Bal\'azsi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D16.00015: The re-design of a theophylline riboswitch for DNT sensing Yaroslav Chushak, Nancy Kelley-Loughnane, Svetlana Harbaugh, Morley Stone Preview Abstract

Session D17: Focus Session: Time-Resolved Structural Investigations on Protein Folding and Function

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Aihua Xie, Oklahoma State University
Room: Morial Convention Center 209

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D17.00001: Folding dynamics of a family of beta-sheet proteins Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D17.00002: Ultrafast studies of flavins and flavoproteins Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D17.00003: Coupled folding and binding kinetics in the intrinsically disordered peptide IA$_{3}$ Ranjani Narayanan, Omjoy Ganesh, Arthur Edison, Stephen Hagen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D17.00004: Impact of Salt and Water on Protein Structural Dynamics Anu Thubagere, Lorand Kelemen, Beining Nie, Sandip Kaledhonkar, Aihua Xie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D17.00005: Direct protein photoinduced conformational changes using porphyrins. Lorenzo Brancaleon, Ivan Silva, Nicholas Fernandez, Eric Johnson, Samuel Sansone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D17.00006: Computer simulations of the folding mechanism of the GCN4 Leucine zipper Yanxin Liu, Prem Chapagain, Jose Parra, Bernard Gerstman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D17.00007: Describing protein folding through the evolution of spatial density Xianghong Qi, John J. Portman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D17.00008: The trigger sequence in the protein folding and dimerization of the Leucine zipper coiled-coil motif Prem Chapagain, Yanxin Liu, Bernard Gerstman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D17.00009: Correlation functions of flexible macromolecules Donald Jacobs, Dennis Livesay, Oleg Vorov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D17.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D17.00011: Photocycle of a single photoactive yellow protein molecule studied by surface-enhanced Raman scattering Kaan Kalkan, Kushagra Singhal, Wouter Hoff, Aihua Xie Preview Abstract

Session D18: Polymers at Surfaces

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Alfred Crosby, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Room: Morial Convention Center 210

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D18.00001: Surface Segregation in Blends of Chains with Two Architectures Mark Foster, Sewoo Yang, Nam-Heui Lee, David Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D18.00002: Single chain mobility at an interface of a liquid polymer Jingfa Yang, Jiang Zhao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D18.00003: Molecular origin of oil resistance of polyacrylonitrile: CN interactions at the surface Veronique Lachat, Ali Dhinojwala, Dennis Peiffer, Mohsen Yeganeh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D18.00004: Effect of Hydrogen Bonding on Colloidal Nanocrystal Growth: The Case for PbS Lixin Zhang, Shengbai Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D18.00005: Conformational behavior of polymers adsorbed on nanotubes Simcha Srebnik, Inna Gurevitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D18.00006: Origin of glass transition temperature behavior in polymer nanocomposites Jamie Kropka, Venkat Ganesan, Peter Green Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D18.00007: Directed Self-Assembly of Gradient Concentric Carbon Nanotube Rings Suck Won Hong, Wonje Jeong, Hyunhyub Ko, Vladimir Tsukruk, Michael Kessler, Zhiqun Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D18.00008: Use of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy for Studying Polyelectrolyte-Nanoparticle Interaction in Aqueous Solution Nadia Edwin, Denis Pristinski, Chengqing Wang, Vivek Prabhu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D18.00009: Directed Nanoparticle Assembly onto Random Copolymer Templates: Kinetics and Surface Considerations Marla McConnell, Shu Yang, Russell Composto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D18.00010: Studies of the Dynamics of Alkane Nanoparticles S.-K. Wang, M. Bai, H. Taub, M. Rheinstadter, J. R. D. Copley, V. Garcia Sakai, G. Gasparovic, U. G. Volkmann, F. Y. Hansen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D18.00011: Hierarchically Ordered Plasmonic Mask for Photo-lithography Woo Soo Kim, Edwin L. Thomas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D18.00012: Dynamics of an Adsorbed Polymer Chain Joshua Kalb, Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D18.00013: Chasing drops: Following escaper and pursuer drop couple systems Aisha Leh, Rafael Tadmor, Preeti Yadav, Prashant Bahadur, Kumud Chaurasia, Lan Dang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D18.00014: The Measurement of Surface Rheological and Surface Adhesive Properties using Nanosphere Embedment Stephen Hutcheson, Gregory McKenna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D18.00015: Slip behavior of the confined polymer melt near periodically roughened surface: comparison between molecular dynamics and continuum simulations Anoosheh Niavarani, Nikolai Priezjev Preview Abstract

Session D19: Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Anderson Janotti, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Morial Convention Center 211

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D19.00001: Stability and Dynamics of Frenkel Pairs in Silicon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D19.00002: Defect Formation Energies without the Band-Gap Problem: Combining DFT and \textit{GW} for the Silicon Self-Interstitial P. Rinke$^1$, A. Janotti, C.G. Van de Walle, M. Scheffler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D19.00003: Density functional study of charged self-interstitials in silicon Amita Wadehra, John W. Wilkins, Richard G. Hennig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D19.00004: Large scale ab initio calculations for shallow acceptor levels in bulk Si Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D19.00005: Relative stability of extended interstitial defects in silicon: large-scale classical MD and first-principles DFT. Hyoungki Park, John Wilkins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D19.00006: Ortho-para transition of interstitial H$_{2}$ in Si Michael Stavola, Chao Peng, Megan Lockwood Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D19.00007: Carbon Impurity Effects on Structural and Magnetic Properties of Manganese Doped Silicon Joshua LaRose, Roger Pink, Tara P. Das, Mengbing Huang, Jian-Qing Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D19.00008: Thermal Stability and Laser Annealing of Si$_{1-y}$C$_{y}$ alloys Stefan Zollner, P. Grudowski, V. Dhandapani, G. Spencer, A. Thean Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D19.00009: Chalcogen dopants for infrared optoelectronic Si Jeffrey Warrender, Brion Bob, Michael Aziz, Supakit Charnvanichborikarn, James Williams, Malek Tabbal, Atsushi Kohno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D19.00010: H-shuttling within a Hf-defect complex in Si/SiO2/HfO2 structures A.G. Marinopoulos , I. Batyrev, X. Zhou, R. Schrimpf, D. Fleetwood, S.T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D19.00011: Transition from high to low $1/f$ noise regimes in Field Oxide Field Effect Transistors (FOXFETs) Xing Zhou, Daniel Fleetwood, Ronald Schrimpf, Laura Gonella, Federico Faccio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D19.00012: Effects of Aging and Humidity on Low-Frequency Noise of Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) Transistors Aritra Dasgupta, S.A. Francis, D.M. Fleetwood Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D19.00013: Disorder--recrystallization effects following low-energy beam--solid interactions Matthew J. Beck, D. M. Fleetwood, R. D. Schrimpf, S. T. Pantelides Preview Abstract

Session D20: Focus Session: Growth and Properties of Novel Semiconductor and Related Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ray Phaneuf, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 212

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D20.00001: Silicon Nanomembranes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D20.00002: Controlled displacement of nanoscale structures using an electron wind force C.G. Tao, W.G. Cullen, E.D. Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D20.00003: Lateral alloy segregation in thin heteroepitaxial films Christian Ratsch, Jason Reich, Xiaobin Niu, YoungJu Lee, Russel Caflisch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D20.00004: Two Species Diffusion Model of Self-Organized Evolution on Patterned GaAs(001) Surfaces* Hung-Chih Kan, Erin Flanagan, Tabassom Tadayyon-Eslami, Subramaniam Kanakaraju, Chris Richardson, Ray Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D20.00005: Directed Matrix Seeding of Nitride Semiconductor Nanocrystals A.W. Wood, B.L. Cardozo, W. Ye, X. Weng, R.S. Goldman, Y.Q. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D20.00006: Nanofabrication of carbon materials Dinko Chakarov, Hans Fredriksson, Bengt Kasemo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D20.00007: Fabrication of Metallic Nanoporous Films by Selective Chemical Etching Shilpa Chava, Wei Jiang Yeh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D20.00008: Formation of Periodic 2D Metallic Nanostructures by Template-Assisted Electrodeposition Mu Wang, Bo Zhang, Yuyan Weng, Ruwen Peng, Naiben Ming Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D20.00009: Phase transition induced surface electronic states on Pb/Si(111) surface Hsing-Yi Chou, Wei-Bin Su, Chi-Lun Jiang, Ming-Chi Yang, Chun-Liang Lin, Chia-seng Chang, Tien-Tzou Tsong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D20.00010: Fabrication of High-Aspect-Ratio Nanogaps Alexandra Fursina, Sungbae Lee, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D20.00011: Subtle role played by H in Si thin-film growth from radicals: key atomic-scale mechanisms revealed by DFT calculations F. Montalenti, S. Cereda, Leo Miglio, F. Zipoli, M. Bernasconi, M. Ceriotti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D20.00012: Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Plasma Deposition of Silicon Thin Films Sumeet Pandey, Dimitrios Maroudas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D20.00013: Isotropic interfaces in a structurally anisotropic organic thin film C. G. Tao, Q. Liu, B. Riddick, W. G. Cullen, D. Evans, J. Reutt-Robey, J. D. Weeks, E. D. Williams Preview Abstract

Session D21: Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Ulises Reveles, Virginia Commonwealth University
Room: Morial Convention Center 213

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D21.00001: From Superatoms to Cluster Assembled Materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D21.00002: From Designer Clusters to Synthetic Crystalline Nano-Assemblies Meichun Qian, S. Khanna, A. Reber, A. Castleman, A. Sen, A. Ugrinov, K. Davis, S. Peppernick, M. Merritt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D21.00003: Geometries and stabilities of Ag-doped Si$_{n}$ (n =1 - 13) clusters: a first-principles study Feng-chuan Chuang, Yun-Yi Hsieh, Chih-Chiang Hsu, Marvin Albao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D21.00004: Transition Metal Doped and Encapsulated ZnO Cages Marcela R. Beltran, Arthur Reber, Shiv N. Khanna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D21.00005: DFT study of a carotenoid-porphyrin-C$_{60}$ light-harvesting molecular triad Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D21.00006: Spin Accommodation and Reactivity of Superatoms. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D21.00007: Peierls distortion of endohedral atoms in clathrate I Hidekazu Tomono, Kazuo Tsumuraya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D21.00008: [Te$_{2}$As$_{2}$]$^{2-}$: A Planar Motif with Potential for Ferromagnetism Shiv Khanna, Arthur Reber, Meichun Qian, Angel Ugrinov, Ayusman Sen Preview Abstract

Session D22: Focus Session: Organic Electronics: Synthesis and Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY
Chair: Lynn Loo, Princeton University
Room: Morial Convention Center 214

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D22.00001: The role of symmetry and charge delocalization in two-dimensional molecules conjugated molecules for optoelectronic applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D22.00002: Ultra-pure organic semiconductors with improved charge carrier transport properties Clara Santato, Fabio Cicoira, Francesca Di Maria, Manuela Melucci, Giovanna Barbarella Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D22.00003: Side Chain Effects on the Structure and Dynamics of PPEs in different Complex Fluids Yunfei Jiang, Dvora Perahia, Yiqing Wang, Uwe H. F. Bunz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D22.00004: Thermal, structural, and electrical characterization of two high performance semiconducting polymers L.J. Richter, A.J. Moad, D.M. Delongchamp, R.J. Kline, D.J. Gundlach, D.A. Fischer, I. McCulloch, M. Heeney Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D22.00005: Synthesis and characterization of conducting polymer inserted carbon nanotubes A. Jeong Choi, Young Woo Nam, Yung Woo Park Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D22.00006: X-ray scattering Study of Ordering in Liquid Crystalline Semiconducting Polymers Michael Chabinyc, Michael Toney, Iain McCulloch, Martin Heeney Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D22.00007: Improving the Electrical Conductivity of Polyaniline Through Molecular and Structural Control Joung Eun Yoo, Kwang Seok Lee, Yueh-Lin Loo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D22.00008: Surface photoisomerization activity vs. functionalization of azobenzene derivatives Luis Berbil-Bautista, Jongweon Cho, Niv Levy, Matthew J. Comstock, Dan Poulsen, Jean M.J. Frechet, Michael F. Crommie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D22.00009: Electrical and Optical Properties of a Novel Nonconjugated Conductive Polymer, Polynorbornene Ananthakrishnan Narayanan, Aditya Kumar Palthi, Mrinal Thakur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D22.00010: Quadratic Electro-optic Measurements in the Nonconjugated Conductive Polymer, Poly($\beta $-pinene) at 800 nm and 1550 nm Jitto Titus, Ananthakrishnan Narayanan, Mrinal Thakur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D22.00011: Enantiotropic Polymorphism in Di-Indenoperylene Theo Siegrist, Michael Heinrich, Jens Pflaum, Ashutosh Tripathi, Wolfgang Frey, Michael Steigerwald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D22.00012: Direct Nanoscale Characterization of Submolecular Mobility in Complex Organic Non-linear Optical Systems Daniel Knorr, Tomoko Gray, Tae-Dong Kim, Jingdong Luo, Alex Jen, Rene Overney Preview Abstract

Session D23: Focus Session: Triangular Lattice and Spinels

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Art Ramirez, Lucent
Room: Morial Convention Center 215

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D23.00001: Magnetic ordering and structural transition in layered Li$_{2}$RuO$_{3}$ Devina Pillay, Michelle Johannes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D23.00002: Magnetic interactions in geometrically frustrated triangular lattice antiferromagnet CuFeO2 Jaime Fernandez-Baca, Feng Ye, Randy Fishman , H. J. Kang, J. W. Lynn, Tsuyoshi Kimura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D23.00003: Neutron scattering investigation of Lithium based spinels. Wouter Montfrooij, Marcus Petrovic, Michael Kraus, Alexander Schmets Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D23.00004: Elastic properties of the vanadate spinel MnV$_{2}$O$_{4}$ V. Keppens, Y. Luan, V.O. Garlea, R. Jin, D. Mandrus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D23.00005: Neutron Scattering Study of Magnetic and Orbital Order in MnV$_{2}$O$_{4}$ Stephen Nagler, Ovidiu Garlea, Ronying Jin, David Mandrus, Doug Abernathy, Bertrand Roessli, Martha Miller, Arthur Schultz, Qingzhen Huang, Chris Frost Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D23.00006: Magnetic and magnetoelastic properties of Ge-substituted cobalt ferrite Naresh Ranvah, Ikenna Nlebedim, Yevgen Melikhov, John Snyder, David Jiles, Anthony Moses, Paul Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D23.00007: Charge order and frustrated magnetism in the orbitally-degenerate triangular metallic antiferromagnet AgNiO2 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D23.00008: Electrical, Thermal, and Magnetic Properties of Single Crystal CaMn$_2$O$_4$ Marokite B.D. White, J.J. Neumeier, J.A. Souza, C. Chiorescu, J.L. Cohn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D23.00009: X-ray diffraction and reciprocal space mapping in ZnMnGaO$_{4}$ films with checkerboard nanostructures A.A. Sirenko, S.M. O'Malley, P.L. Bonanno, A. Kazimirov, S. Park, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D23.00010: Magnetic coupling in CoCr$_2$O$_4$ and MnCr$_2$O$_4$: an LSDA+$U$ study Claude Ederer, Matej Komelj Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D23.00011: Crystal and Magnetic Structure of FeV$_{2}$O$_{4}$ with e$_{g}$ and t$_{2g}$ orbital degeneracies Sungdae Ji, J.-H. Kim, S.-H. Lee, Q. Huang, T. Katsufuji Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D23.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D23.00013: The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Anisotropy in Hyper-Kagome Lattice for $\mbox{Na}_4 \mbox{Ir}_3 \mbox{O}_8 $ Gang Chen, Leon Balents Preview Abstract

Session D24: Superlattices and Nanostructures: Electronic Properties I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Alexander Govorov, Ohio University
Room: Morial Convention Center 216

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D24.00001: Recent Progress on Modeling H Passivated CdS Nanocrystals using ab initio techniques Chad Junkermeier, Jinling Zhou, James P. Lewis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D24.00002: Measurements of Charge Transport in Arrays of Lead Selenide Nanocrystals Kenneth MacLean, Tamar Mentzel, Scott Geyer, Venda Porter, Moungi Bawendi, Marc Kastner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D24.00003: Structural and Electronic Properties of IV-VI Semiconductor Nanodots Roman Leitsmann, Friedhelm Bechstedt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D24.00004: Density functional theory studies of core-shell semiconductor nanoparticle quantum dots Brent Walker, Shaun Hendy, Richard Tilley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D24.00005: Conduction Mechanism in Arrays of Lead Selenide Nanocrystals Tamar Mentzel, Kenneth MacLean, Scott Geyer, Venda Porter, Moungi Bawendi, Marc Kastner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D24.00006: Quasi 1-D electronic structure of silver nanowires A. Sekharan, W. Zhao, F. Womack, F. Wang, O. Kizilkaya, R. Kurtz, P. Sprunger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D24.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D24.00008: Measurements of the conduction band energy surrounding individual InGaAs quantum dots by Cross-Sectional Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy (XBEEM) C. Marginean, J.P. Pelz, S.Y. Lehman, J.G. Cederberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D24.00009: Shifting the Reference: Co on Cu(775) M.B. Yilmaz, S. Wang, K.R. Knox, N. Zaki, J.I. Dadap, R.M. Osgood, T. Valla, P.D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D24.00010: Electronic nanoholography Christopher R. Moon, Laila S. Mattos, Brian K. Foster, Gabriel Zeltzer, Hari C. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D24.00011: Exploiting Resonances in Laser Photoemission J.I. Dadap, M.B. Yilmaz, K. Knox, N. Zaki, R.M. Osgood, P.D. Johnson Preview Abstract

Session D25: Theory and Simulations I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Arthi Jayaraman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Morial Convention Center 217

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D25.00001: Thermodynamically Consistent Nonrandom Mixing on a Bethe Lattice Scott Milner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D25.00002: Mixture Properties of Flexible Chains: Comparisons between Experiment, Simulation and Theory; Contrasts between Lattice and Continuum Ronald White, Jane Lipson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D25.00003: A Multichain Self-Consistent Field Theory for Correlations in Polymers: Chain Swelling in Polymer Blends David Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D25.00004: Numerical Renormalization Group for Coarse Graining Field-Theoretic Fluid Models Michael Villet, Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D25.00005: Continuous translocations in connected chambers under pseudo-hydrodynamic force Erica Saltzman, Murugappan Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D25.00006: A two-scale-two-mode dynamic self-consistent theory of entangled interfaces in polymer fluids under flow. Yitzhak Shnidman, Ismael Yacoubou-Djima Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D25.00007: Twinkling Fractal Theory of the Glass Transition. Richard Wool Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D25.00008: Nascent Polymerized Chain Crystallization on Surface Simulated by the Growing Chain Molecular Dynamics Xiaozhen Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D25.00009: Modeling Vapor Deposition Polymerization: Kinetic Monte Carlo Approach Sairam Tangirala, Yiping Zhao, David P. Landau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D25.00010: Amphiphilic Systems under shear flow Hongxia Guo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D25.00011: Formation and structure of amorphous carbon char from polymer materials John Lawson, Deepak Srivastava Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D25.00012: Fluctuations in Confined Homopolymers Studied by Fast Off-Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations Yuhua Yin, Qiang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D25.00013: Computational Modeling of Aging Effects of Epoxy Polymers. Thomas Clancy, Sarah-Jane Frankland, Thomas Gates Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D25.00014: Conformation and collapse of a polymer chain in explicit solvent: A solvation potential approach Mark P. Taylor Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D25.00015: Statistical Mechanical Theory of Phase Separation and Structure in Dense Polymer-Particle Mixtures Lisa Hall, Ken Schweizer Preview Abstract

Session D26: Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Wolfgang Jaeger, University of Alberta
Room: Morial Convention Center 218

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D26.00001: Spectroscopy of large hydrogen clusters in He droplets and H$_{2}$ droplets. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D26.00002: Hydrogen clusters that remained fluid Kirill Kuyanov-Prozument, Andrey Vilesov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D26.00003: Three-body interactions in liquid and solid hydrogen: Evidence from vibrational spectroscopy Robert Hinde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D26.00004: Rotational spectrum of small, doped $^{3}$He clusters Tatjana Skrbic, Saverio Moroni, Stefano Baroni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D26.00005: Quantum melting and superfluidity of molecular hydrogen clusters Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D26.00006: Alkaline Earth Metal Atom Complexes with HCN Trapped On/In Helium Droplets: Vibrational Excitation Induced Solvation and Desolvation Gary Douberly Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D26.00007: Imaging Photoelectron Dynamics in Doped Helium Droplets Chia Wang, Oleg Kornilov, Darcy Peterka, Jeong Kim, Oliver Gessner, Daniel Neumark Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D26.00008: Interchange-Tunneling Splitting in HCl Dimer in Helium Nanodroplets Dmitry Skvortsov, Russell Sliter, Myong Yong Choi, Andrey F. Vilesov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D26.00009: Path integral studies of methane rotations in $^4$He clusters Nikolay Markovskiy, Chi Mak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D26.00010: Pump-probe spectroscopy of Rg-Br$_2$ linear isomers Jordan Pio, Craig Bieler, Wytze van der Veer, Kenneth Janda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D26.00011: Time-resolved photoionization of He droplets using high-harmonic Oleg Kornilov, Oliver Gessner, Mathew Leonard, Stephen Leone, Daniel Neumark, Chun-Te Peng, Chia Wang Preview Abstract

Session D27: Focus Session: Magnetic Nanowires and Nanodots I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota
Room: Morial Convention Center 219

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D27.00001: The anomalous exchange bias effect in core-shell Co/CoO nanoparticles Mikhail Feygenson, Yiu Yuen, KiSub Kim, Meigan Aronson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D27.00002: Artificial Nanomagnet with Lateral Confinement Lifeng Yin, Noppi Widjaja, Jian Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D27.00003: Magnetic Correlations In A Magnetite Nanoparticle Assembly Investigated Using Polarized SANS Kathryn Krycka, Charles Hogg, Yumi Ijiri, Ryan Booth, Julie Borchers, Wangchun Chen, Mark Laver, Thomas Gentile, Brian Maranville, Benjamin Breslauer, Sara Majetich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D27.00004: Magnetic Nanocheckerboards with Tunable Sizes in the Mn-Doped CoFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$ Spinel Chenglin Zhang, C.M. Tseng, C.H. Chen, S. Yeo, Y.J. Choi, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D27.00005: Magnetic interactions among Co nanowires Hafsa Khurshid, Michael Bonder, Gearoge Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D27.00006: Memory Effects and Inter-particle Interactions in Co Nanoparticles Embedded in Carbon Matrix Peng Liu, Michael Bonder, George Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D27.00007: Probing the effect of interparticle interactions in ferrite nanoparticles using the reversible transverse susceptibility method M.B. Morales, P. Poddar, N.A. Frey, H. Srikanth, S.A. Morrison, E.E. Carpenter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D27.00008: Effects of magnetic interactions in Ni nanowire arrangements Ovidiu Trusca, Dorin Cimpoesu, Leonard Spinu, John B. Wiley, Jin Hee Lim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D27.00009: Fabrication of GaMnAs Magnetic Semiconductor Nanodot Arrays S. Bennett, L. Menon, D. Heiman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D27.00010: Synthesis of surface functionalized magnetic nanoparticles and their polymer nanocomposites M.J. Miner, M.B. Morales, P. Poddar, H. Srikanth, S.M. Skidmore, T.M. Weller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D27.00011: Magnetic behavior of PdNi nanowires and extended thinfilms as a function of the film thickness Juan-Carlos Gonzalez-Ponz, John Henderson, Enrique Del Barco, Barbaros \"Ozyilmaz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D27.00012: Synthesis and Characterization of Iron-Nickel (Fe$_{x}$Ni$_{1-x})$ Nanowires Rakesh Shah, Igor Dubenco, Amelia Church, Xianfeng Zhang, Shane Stadler, Saikat Talapatra, Naushad Ali Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D27.00013: Growth of Co nanoclusters on rutile TiO2 (110) surface En Cai, Xuewen Wang, Jiandi Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D27.00014: Tuning of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy in Co$_x$Fe$_{3-x}$O$_4$ nanoparticles through cobalt doping Ronald Tackett, Sudakar Chandran, Ratna Naik, Gavin Lawes, Corneliu Rablau, Prem Vaishnava Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D27.00015: Preparation of cobalt-ferrite nanoparticles within a biopolymer template Marco Garza, Virgilio Gonz\'alez, Alejandro Torres-Castro, Mois\'es Hinojosa, Ubaldo Ort\'iz Preview Abstract

Session D28: Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures III: Single Molecules

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ward Plummer, University of Tennessee
Room: Morial Convention Center 220

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D28.00001: Understanding the Conductance of Single-Molecule Junctions from First Principles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D28.00002: Single Molecule Conductance and Contact Chemistry Latha Venkataraman, Young Park, Adam Whalley, Masha Kamenetska, Michael Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls, Mark Hybertsen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D28.00003: Conductance Trends in Single Molecule Junctions Formed Using Donor-Acceptor Links: Theoretical Analysis Max B. Koentopp, Latha Venkataraman, Michael L. Steigerwald, Mark S. Hybertsen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D28.00004: Molecular Conductance of oligophenylene-vinylene in Metallic Break Junctions Patrick Wheeler, Meng Lu, David Corley, James Tour, Doug Natelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D28.00005: Probing mechanisms of electrical conduction in single organic molecules Lyudmyla Adamska, Ivan Oleynik, Mortko Kozhushner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D28.00006: Single Molecule Junctions: Conductance, Formation and Persistence Statistics. Maria Kamenetska, Michael Frei, Mark Hybertsen, Latha Venkataraman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D28.00007: Tunneling Transport through Long Molecular Chains Emil Prodan, Roberto Car Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D28.00008: Transport properties of molecular wires from ab initio calculations Kenji Hirose, Nobuhiko Kobayashi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D28.00009: The molecular electronics of protein fragments David Cardamone, George Kirczenow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D28.00010: Ab initio studies of electronic transport through amine-Au-linked junctions of photoactive molecules David A. Strubbe, Su Ying Quek, Latha Venkataraman, Hyoung Joon Choi, J.B. Neaton, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D28.00011: Electronic spectrum and orbital filling in a single-molecule junction Edgar A. Osorio, Kevin O'Neill, Maarten Wegewijs, Nicolai Stuhr-Hansen, Jens Paaske, Thomas Bjornholm, Herre van der Zant Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D28.00012: Gate effects on electronic transport in alkanedithiol single molecular junctions. Hyunwook Song, Takhee Lee, Youngsang Kim, Heejun Jeong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D28.00013: Modeling of N@C$_{60}$ single-molecule transistors Carsten Timm, Jacob E. Grose, Wolfgang Harneit, Daniel C. Ralph Preview Abstract

Session D29: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials IV: Graphene

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Igor Herbut, Simon Fraser University
Room: Morial Convention Center 221

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D29.00001: Electronic properties of Dirac fermions in epitaxial graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D29.00002: Electronic Confinement in Epitaxial Graphene As Seen by ARPES David Siegel, Shuyun Zhou, Alexei Fedorov, Andreas Schmid, Farid El Gabaly, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D29.00003: Tuning the phonon self-energy of a graphene bilayer Jun Yan, Erik Henriksen, Philip Kim, Aron Pinczuk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D29.00004: Graphene on a graphite surface: effect of interlayer coupling. Adina Luican, Guohong Li, Eva Y. Andrei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D29.00005: Scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy studies of local electronic structure in Epitaxial Graphene Nikhil Sharma, Michael Sprinkle, Claire Berger, Walter DeHeer, Phillip First Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D29.00006: Transport in multilayered epitaxial graphene Claire Berger, Xiaosong Wu, Mike Sprinkle, Xuebin Li, Fan Ming, Walt de Heer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D29.00007: Electronic compressibility of a graphene bilayer Silvia Viola Kusminskiy, Johan Nilsson, David Campbell, Antonio Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D29.00008: Charge inhomogeneity in a single and bilayer graphene Hari Dahal, Tim Wehling, Kevin Bedell, Jian-Xin Zhu, Alexander Balatsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D29.00009: Interplay of Coulomb interactions and rippling of monolayer graphene: RG approach Oskar Vafek, Vladimir Juricic, Igor Herbut Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D29.00010: Graphene in a magnetic field and a superlattice potential J.M.B. Lopes dos Santos, N.M.R. Peres, A.H. Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D29.00011: Quenching of quantum Hall effect and the role of undoped planes in epitaxial graphene Pierre Darancet, Nicolas Wipf, Didier Mayou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D29.00012: Anomalous Thermoelectric Effect in Graphene Tomas Lofwander, Mikael Fogelstrom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D29.00013: Charge Carrier Interaction with a Purely Electronic Collective Mode: ``Plasmarons" and the Infrared Response of Semi-metal Bismuth N. Peter Armitage, Riccardo Tediosi, Enrico Giannini, Laszlo Forro, Dirk van der Marel Preview Abstract

Session D30: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials V: Nanotube Transport

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Oleg Prezhdo, University of Washington at Seattle
Room: Morial Convention Center 222

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D30.00001: Electrical, Mechanical, and Optical Studies of Carbon Nanotubes of Known Chiral Index. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D30.00002: Electron field emission from Carbon Nanotube Composites: Transport and Local Electric Fields David Carey, Thomas Connolly, Richard Smith, Jonathan Coleman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D30.00003: Metal-Semiconductor-Metal (MSM) Photodetectors with Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Film Schottky Electrodes on GaAs Ashkan Behnam, Jason Johnson, Yongho Choi, Leila Noriega, G\"unhan Ertosun, Zhuangchun Wu, Andrew Rinzler, Pawan Kapur, Krishna Saraswat, Ant Ural Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D30.00004: Anomalous Coulomb oscillation in crossed carbon nanotubes Seung Jae Baek, Dongsu Lee, Seung Joo Park, Yung Woo Park, Johannes Svensson, Mats Jonson, Eleanor E. B. Campbell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D30.00005: Strain Tuning of the Photocurrent Spectrum in Single wall Carbon Nanotubes Prasanth Gopinath, A. Mohite, H. Shah, J. Lin, B. Nagabhirava, T. Bansal, B. Alphenaar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D30.00006: Negative magneto resistance in carbon nanotubes: A first principle study Li Chen, Saroj Nayak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D30.00007: Observation of Spin-Orbit Coupling in Clean Carbon Nanotubes Ferdinand Kuemmeth, Shahal Ilani, Paul McEuen, Dan Ralph Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D30.00008: Infrared Photoconductivity of Individual Carbon Nanotubes Using Fourier-Transform Spectroscopy Sami Rosenblatt, Matthew Sfeir, Yang Wu, Hugen Yan, Christophe Voisin, Bhupesh Chandra, Robert Caldwell, Yuyao Shan, Tony F. Heinz, James Hone, G. Larry Carr, James A. Misewich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D30.00009: Conductance enhancement of carbon nanotubes through metallization Caterina Soldano, Li Chen, Swastik Kar, Saikat Talapatra, Robert Vajtai, Saroj Nayak, Pulickel Ajayan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D30.00010: Carbon nanotubes as tunable Luttinger liquids Wade DeGottardi, Tzu-Chieh Wei, Smitha Vishveshwara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D30.00011: Massively Parallel Imaging and Electrical Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Transistors with Scanning Thermocurrent Microscopy Adam Tsen, Huseyin Kurt, Luke Donev, LiHong Herman, Jiwoong Park Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D30.00012: Modeling Nanotube Networks For Semiconductor Channels and Sensors Meg Noah, Young-Kyun Kwon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D30.00013: The Control of Electron Transport Related Defects in \textit{In situ} Fabricated Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Devices Zhixian Zhou, Alaska Subedi, Gyula Eres, Rongying Jin, David Mandrus Preview Abstract

Session D31: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience II: Nanowires and Transport

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Serdar Ogut, University of Illinois at Chicago
Room: Morial Convention Center 223

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D31.00001: First Principles Studies of Tapered Silicon Nanowires: Fundamental Insights and Practical Applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D31.00002: Structure and electronic properties of silicon nanowires grown along the [110] direction: role of surface reconstruction T. Akiyama, K. Nakamura, T. Ito Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D31.00003: Modeling of Polycrystalline and Wurtzite Si Nanowires with Symmetry-Adapted Objective Molecular Dynamics Traian Dumitrica, Dong-Bo Zhang, Ming Hua Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D31.00004: \textit{Ab initio} calculations for the electronic properties of zinc-doped indium phosphide nanowires Manuel Alemany, Xiangyang Huang, Murilo L. Tiago, L.J. Gallego, James R. Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D31.00005: Molecular-Dynamics Simulations of Nanowire Growth Tomorr Haxhimali, Dorel Buta, Mark Asta, Jeffrey Hoyt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D31.00006: First-principles study of the electronic and magnetic properties of Fe-Co nanowires Dangxin Wu, Ping Liu, Qiming Zhang, Ruqian Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D31.00007: Magnetic Co impurity in Gold Nanowires Edison da Silva, Renato Pontes, Antonio J.R. da Silva, Adalberto Fazzio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D31.00008: Transport in Carbon Nanotube Junctions K.H. Khoo, James R. Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D31.00009: Schottky Barrier Heights in CNT-Metal Junctions from First-principles Nicholas Singh-Miller, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D31.00010: Transport properties of transition-metal-encapsulated Si cages Lingzhu Kong, James R. Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D31.00011: Transport Properties through Nanomaterials by First-principles Calculations Hiroshi Mizuseki, Rodion Belosludov, Sang Uck Lee, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D31.00012: Ab initio non-equilibrium Green's function study on the growth of metallic bridge in mixed conductor atomic switch Tomofumi Tada, Zhongchang Wang, Tingkun Gu, Satoshi Watanabe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D31.00013: Ab initio transport properties of platinum chains calculated by taking into account spin orbit effects Victor Garcia-Suarez, David Zsolt Manrique, Colin Lambert, Jaime Ferrer Preview Abstract

Session D32: Focus Session: Spin Transfer Torque I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Bill Rippard, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder
Room: Morial Convention Center 225

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D32.00001: Switching behavior of a Stoner-Wohlfarth particle subjected to spin-torque effect Huy Pham, Dorin Cimpoesu, Alexandru Stancu, Leonard Spinu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D32.00002: Dynamical Coupling of Nanomagnets due to Spin Transfer Sergei Urazhdin, Weng-Lee Lim, Nicholas Anthony, Andrew Higgins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D32.00003: Magnetic propeller driven by spin transfer Weng Lee Lim, Nicholas Anthony, Andrew Higgins, Sergei Urazhdin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D32.00004: Coherence of spin-torque microwave oscillators Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D32.00005: Magnetization excitations in magnetic nanopillars induced by a d.c. spin polarized current Nikoleta Theodoropoulou, Amit Sharma, William Pratt Jr., Jack Bass Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D32.00006: Resonant Spin-Transfer-Driven Switching of Magnetic Spin Valves Assisted by Microwave Current Pulses Yong-Tao Cui, Jack C. Sankey, Chen Wang, Kiran V. Thadani, Zhi-Pan Li, Robert A. Buhrman, Daniel C. Ralph Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D32.00007: Phenomenological model for size-dependent switching behavior in spin transfer torque devices Venkatesh Chembrolu, Yves Acremann, John Paul Strachan, Xiaowei Yu, Ashwin Tulapurkar, Jordan Katine, Mathew Carey, Tolek Tyliszczak, Joachim Stohr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D32.00008: Linewidths of Spin-Torque-Driven Nanomagnetic Oscillators as a Function of Field Angle and Temperature Kiran V. Thadani, Z.-P. Li, O. Ozatay, J.C. Sankey, I.N. Krivorotov, Y.-T. Cui, R.A. Buhrman, D.C. Ralph, G. Finocchio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D32.00009: Enhancement in spin-torque efficiency by nonuniform spin current generated within a tapered nanopillar spin valve P.M. Braganca, O. Ozatay, A.G.F. Garcia, O.J. Lee, D.C. Ralph, R.A. Buhrman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D32.00010: Theory of Ferromagnetic Resonance in Perpendicularly Magnetized Nanodiscs; Excitation by Injected AC Current Rodrigo Arias, Douglas Mills Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D32.00011: Quantum transport in Spin Torque Transfer Devices Sayeef Salahuddin, Deepanjan Datta, Prabhakar Srivastava, Supriyo Datta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D32.00012: Spin Pumping of Current in Non-Uniform Conducting Magnets Wayne Saslow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D32.00013: First principles calculation of the spin transfer torques Ke Xia, Yuan Xu, Shuai Wang Preview Abstract

Session D33: Focus Session: Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors: III

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG FIAP
Chair: Chris Palmstrom, University of Minesota
Room: Morial Convention Center 224

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D33.00001: Theory of Current-Induced Domain Wall Creep in (Ga,Mn)As. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D33.00002: Analyzing the influence of magnetic domain walls on longitudinal and transverse magnetoresistance in tensile strained (Ga,Mn)As Gang Xiang, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D33.00003: Manipulation of Magnetic Domain Walls in Patterned (Ga,Mn)As Devices Andrew Balk, Meng Zhu, Nitin Samarth, David Awschalom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D33.00004: Spin valve effect in self-exchange biased ferromagnetic metal/semiconductor heterostructures Meng Zhu, Mark Wilson, Ben-Li Sheu, Partha Mitra, Peter Schiffer, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D33.00005: The Influence of the Doping Profile on Spin Transport in Fe/GaAs Schottky Tunnel Barrier Heterostructures Q. Hu, E.S. Garlid, K.S.M. Reddy, J. Zhang, T. Kondo, P.A. Crowell, C.J. Palmstr$\O$m Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D33.00006: Single domain switching by spin-polarized current in GaMnAs nanodevice A. Chernyshov, M. Overby, L.P. Rokhinson, J.K. Furdyna, X. Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D33.00007: Magnetoresistance Enhancement through a Resonant Tunneling Diode based in the GaMnAs/AlGaAs Materials System Edward Likovich, Kasey Russell, Wei Yi, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Keh-Chiang Ku, Meng Zhu, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D33.00008: Dissipationless anomalous transport properties and Mott relation in Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$As Yong Pu, Jing Shi, Daichi Chiba, Fumihiro Matsukura, Hideo Ohno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D33.00009: Localization effects in ferromagnetic Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$Sb random alloys M. Eginligil, G. B. Kim, H. Luo, B. D. McCombe, Y. S. Yoon, J. P. Bird Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D33.00010: Huge tunneling magnetoresistance ($>$18300{\%}) in semiconductor based magnetic tunnel junctions with zinc-blende MnAs nanoparticles Pham Nam Hai, ByungHo Yu, Shinobu Ohya, Masaaki Tanaka Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D33.00011: Ultrafast Photoinduced Demagnetization in (III,Mn)V Ferromagnetic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D35: Focus Session: Negative Index Materials II

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Anatoly Zayats, Queen's University of Belfast
Room: Morial Convention Center 227

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D35.00001: Negative Index Metamaterials for Superlenses Based on Metal-Dielectric Nanocomposites Latika Menon, Wentao Lu, Adam Friedman, Steven Bennett, Donald Heiman, Srinivas Sridhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D35.00002: Anisotropic nanostructured metamaterials for broadband all-angle negative refractionand flat lens imaging Wentao Lu, Srinivas Sridhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D35.00003: Achieving sub-diffraction imaging through bound surface states in negative-refracting photonic crystals at the near-infrared Rohit Chatterjee, Nicolae Panoiu, Kai liu, Zachary Dios, Ming Bin Yu, My The Doan, Laura Kaufman, Richard Osgood, Chee Wei Wong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D35.00004: Optical Super Lens: from near-field to far field Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D35.00005: Surface plasmon polariton bound state and negative index imaging at the dielectric edge Igor Smolyaninov, Yu-Ju Hung, Ehren Hwang, Christopher Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D35.00006: Linear and nonlinear optical devices based on plasmonic negative index metamaterials. Igor Smolyaninov, Idan Mandelbaum, Louise Sengupta, Yu-Ju Hung, Ehren Hwang, Christopher Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D35.00007: Metaplasmonics and Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials for Optical Nanocircuits, Wave-Bending Tunneling Elements, and Nanoantennas Nader Engheta, Andrea Alu, Mario Silveirinha, Brian Edwards, Michael Young, Jingjing Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D35.00008: Quantum Josephson Junction Metamaterials Laura Adams, Hua Xu, Steven Anlage Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D35.00009: Experimental realization of a generalized superlens using negative refraction at infrared wavelengths Ravinder Banyal, B.D.F. Casse, W.T. Lu, Y.J. Huang, S. Selvarasah, M. Dokmeci, C.H. Perry, S. Sridhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D35.00010: An Experimental Near-Field Focusing Plate A. Grbic, L. Jiang, R. Merlin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D35.00011: Radiationless Electromagnetic Interference: Perfect Focusing with Evanescent-Field Plates R. Merlin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D35.00012: Contribution of electric quadrupole resonance in optical metamaterials David Cho, Feng Wang, Xiang Zhang, Y. Ron Shen Preview Abstract

Session D36: Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage I: Chemical Hydride and Complex Metal Hydride Materials I

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP
Chair: Chris G. Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Morial Convention Center 228

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D36.00001: Nanoscale Hydrides in Porous Carbon Scaffolds Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D36.00002: A Study of the Structural and Dynamical Properties of Lithium Borohydride Confined within Nanoporous Framework Structures using Neutron Scattering Investigations Ceris Hamilton, Michael R. Hartman, Hui Wu, Terrence J. Udovic, John. J. Rush, Adam F. Gross, John J. Vajo, Theodore F. Baumann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D36.00003: Density Functional Screening of Metal Hydride Reactions Karl Johnson, Sudhakar Alapati, Bing Dai, Ki-Chul Kim, David Sholl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D36.00004: Reversible Hydrogen Storage in the Lithium Borohydride -- Calcium Hydride Coupled System Frederick Pinkerton, Martin Meyer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D36.00005: Structures and Bonding of Li-B-N-H Quaternary Hydrides Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Terrence Udovic, John Rush, Taner Yildirim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D36.00006: Thermodynamic guidelines for the prediction of hydrogen storage reactions and their application to destabilized hydride mixtures Donald Siegel, C. Wolverton, V. Ozolins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D36.00007: Crystal Chemistry of the Perovskite-type Hydride NaMgH$_{3}$ Terrence Udovic, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, John Rush, Taner Yildirim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D36.00008: Bonding changes in compressed NaBH$_{4}$ probed by inelastic X-ray scattering Andrew Cornelius, Ravhi Kumar, Malcolm Nicol, Michael Hu, Paul Chow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D36.00009: On the Formation of LaFe$_{5}$H$_{n}$ Jan Herbst, Louis Hector, Jr. Preview Abstract

Session D37: Optical Properties of Semiconductors (mostly nitrides)

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Mark Holtz, Texas Tech University
Room: Morial Convention Center 229

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D37.00001: Magnetooptic Ellipsometry: Determination of free charge carrier properties in semiconductor device structures Mathias Schubert, Tino Hofmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D37.00002: Cyclotron mass of two-dimensional holes in (100) oriented GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures T.M. Lu, Z.F. Li, D.C. Tsui, M.J. Manfra, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D37.00003: High-Gap Semiconductors and Their Absorption Mechanisms at Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelengths J.M. Dutta, C.R. Jones, V. Parshin, B. Garin, V. Polyakov, A. Rukovishnikov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D37.00004: Propagation of light in birefringent tilings Angelo Mascarenhas, Brian Fluegel, Lekhnath Bhusal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D37.00005: Properties of Bulk GaN Crystals grown from the Solution Madhu Murthy, Jaime A. Freitas Jr., Micheal A. Mastro, Rachel M. Frazier, Boris N. Feigelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D37.00006: Optical properties of MOCVD selective area growth of GaN D.Y. Song, A. Chandolu, L. Tian, N. Stojanovic, S.A. Nikishin, M. Holtz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D37.00007: Insights into the Electronic Structure of Single-Crystal AlN with NRIXS Joseph Bradley, Gerald Seidler, Rafael Dalmau, Kenneth Nagle, Zlatko Sitar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D37.00008: Optical properties of AlN epilayers probed by polarization resolved photoluminescence A. Sedhain, N. Nepal, M.L. Nakarmi, J.Y. Lin, H.X. Jiang, J.H. Edgar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D37.00009: Excitons in AlN under pressure. Niels E. Christensen, Robert Laskowski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D37.00010: Dresselhaus Effect in Bulk Wurtzite Structures Wan-Tsang Wang, Yia-Chung Chang, Jih-Chen Chiang, Yu-Chi Hsu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D37.00011: Optical phonon decay in GaN and AlN D. Y. Song, P. Pandit, A. Chandolu, M. Basavaraj, S. A. Nikishin, M. Holtz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D37.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D37.00013: Large Optical Absorption Variation in Green GaInN/ GaN Multiply Quantum Well under High Charge Carrier Density. Wei Zhao, Mingwei Zhu, Yufeng Li, Yong Xia, Jayantha Senawiratne, Theeradetch Detchprohm, Christian Wetzel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D37.00014: The influence of O$_{2}$ on the properties of InN thin films A. Dixit, C. Sudakar, J.S. Thakur, V.M. Naik, R. Naik, G. Lawes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D37.00015: Effect of hydrogen on surface electron accumulation in InN films Rudra Bhatta, Brian Thoms, Mustafa Alevli, Nikolaus Dietz Preview Abstract

Session D38: Metals: Defects and Elastic Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: George M. Stocks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 230

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D38.00001: Atomic short-range order effects on magnetostriction in Fe-rich Fe-Ga Yevgeniy Puzyrev, G. E. Ice, G. M. Stocks, R. McQueeney, Yingzhou Du Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D38.00002: First-principles study of helium bubble formation at a palladium lattice vacancy Pei Lin, Yan Wang, Mei-Yin Chou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D38.00003: Embedded Atom Method Potential for Titanium-Vanadium Alloys Michael R. Fellinger, John W. Wilkins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D38.00004: Atomistic dislocation simulation of aluminum using a tight-binding method Chee Gan, Siu-Sin Quek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D38.00005: First-principles calculation of dislocation properties of ductile rare-earth intermetallic compounds Min Ji, Cai-zhuang Wang, Kai-Ming Ho, Qian Chen, Xiang-Yang Liu, Bulent Biner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D38.00006: Effect of Chemistry on Dislocation Core Properties in $\alpha$-Fe: AN \emph{ab initio}-Based Approach Zhengzheng Chen, Nicholas Kioussis, Nasr Ghoniem, Tadashi Hasebe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D38.00007: Dependence of the Strain Rate Sensitivity of Crystalline Materials on the Distribution of Obstacles to Dislocation Motion Renge Li, Zhijie Xu, Catalin Picu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D38.00008: Elastic properties of $\gamma $-Pu by Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy Izabela Stroe, A. Trugman, J. Betts, A. Migliori, C. H. Mileke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D38.00009: The 50 K anomaly in the shear modulus of $\beta $-PdH$_{0.71}$ Douglas Safarik, Ricardo Schwarz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D38.00010: Field theoretical approach to deformation dynamics. Sanichiro Yoshida Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D38.00011: Where is the Simple Hexagonal Structure in Tin? Michael Mehl, Daniel Finkenstadt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D38.00012: {\em Ab initio} study of Fe-rich Fe-Cu alloys David Reith, Raimund Podloucky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D38.00013: Strain-induced interactions in size-mismatched alloys: A Kanzaki force approach Alejandro Diaz-Ortiz, Oleg Shchyglo, Vladimir Bugaev, Helmut Dosch, Alexander Udyansky, Harald Reichert, Ralf Drautz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D38.00014: New candidates for the Pt$_8$Ti structures in intermetallics Erin Gilmartin, Jacqueline Corbitt, Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D38.00015: Properties of the type I Ge-based clathrates Ba$_{8}$Al$_{13}$Ge$_{33}$ and Ba$_{8}$Al$_{16}$Ge$_{30}$ Emmanuel Nenghabi, Charles Myles Preview Abstract

Session D39: Focus Session: Econophysics and Applications Outside of Physics

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 231

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D39.00001: Image Segmentation in Linear Time using the Potts Model Frank W. Bentrem Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D39.00002: Battles between an insurgent army and an advanced army - focus on strategy Surajit Sen, Linda Shanahan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D39.00003: Understanding individual human mobility patterns Marta C. Gonz\'{a}lez, Cesar A. Hidalgo, Albert-L\'{a}szlo Barab\'{a}si Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D39.00004: Epidemics with Multistrain Interactions: Cross Immunity and Antibody-Dependent Enhancement Simone Bianco, Leah Shaw Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D39.00005: Panic reactions and global disease dynamics Rafael Brune, Christian Thiemann, Bernd Blasius, Theo Geisel, Dirk Brockmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D39.00006: Fractal Hearts are Healthy Hearts---Are Fractal Companies Healthy Companies? Bronson Argyle, Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D39.00007: Economic Fluctuations and Statistical Physics: Quantifying Extremely Rare and Much Less Rare Events Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D39.00008: Nonstationary increments and variable diffusion processes in financial markets Joseph L. McCauley, Kevin E. Bassler, Gemunu H. Gunaratne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D39.00009: A Model for Nonstationary Market Dynamics with Nontrivial Dynamical Scaling Min Liu, Kevin E. Bassler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D39.00010: path integral approach to closed form pricing formulas in the Heston framework. Damiaan Lemmens, Michiel Wouters, Jacques Tempere, Sven Foulon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D39.00011: Modeling income distribution as a sum of additive and multiplicative stochastic processes Anand Banerjee, Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D39.00012: Power-law behavior and condensation phenomena in disordered urn models: Analysis and its application to macro-economics Jun-ichi Inoue, Jun Ohkubo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D39.00013: The Macro Model of the Inequality Process and the Surging Relative Frequency of Large Wage Incomes John Angle Preview Abstract

Session D40: SPS Undergraduate Research and Outreach II

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

Monday, March 10, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D40.00001: Oxide Reliability of SiC MOSFETs Enrique Carrion, Moshe Gurfinkel, John Suehle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D40.00002: X-ray degradation studies of Nafion in a PEM fuel cell Rebecca Jenkins, Juan Fragoso Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D40.00003: Polymer Nanocomposite Gyroids Chris Knorowski, Joshua Anderson, Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D40.00004: Sol-gel synthesis and characterization of terbium doped tin-oxide Rebecca Sobel, Christie Larochelle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D40.00005: Generation of 279nm Light for Single Photon Ionization of Laser Cooled Rubidium Lucas Willis, Michael Lim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D40.00006: Bio-Photonic Detection of Various Cellular Cultures Patrick Hann, Maria Garzon, Erik Pfeiffer, Samuel Lofland, Ernst Knoesel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D40.00007: Epitaxial Thin Film Growth of CMR Manganites on Silicon: The Effect of Thermal Stress Sanjay Adhikari, Bao Ha, Grace Yong, David Schaefer, Rajeswari Kolagani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D40.00008: Synthesis and Characterization of CrAlC Thin Films Juan Roche, Jeffrey Hettinger, Samuel Lofland , Ted Scabarozi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D40.00009: Spatially resolved quasiparticle tunneling spectra in the vortex state of optimally hole-doped YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{x}$ (Y-123) M.S. Grinolds, A.D. Beyer, M.L. Teague, N.-C. Yeh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D40.00010: High Frequency Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Dobromir Kamburov, Beth Parks, Zhaohui Zhong, Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D40.00011: Current State of Research of Alternate Fuel Sources for Passenger Vehicles Lee Massey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D40.00012: Universal Properties of Population Dynamics with Fluctuating Resources Sayak Mukherjee, Hans-Karl Janssen, Beate Schmittmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D40.00013: First-principles density-functional theory investigation of FOX-7 Brian Vohaska, Michael Conroy, Ivan Oleynik, Carter White Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D40.00014: Variational Wavefunction Monte Carlo method applied to electrons in a two dimensional square lattice with zero doping Sunita Kannan, Courtney Lannert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 10, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D40.00015: Quantum Criticality and Neutron Scattering Solutions for a Spin-1/2 Ladder Model Justin Cohen, Jeremiah Barry, Mark Meisel Preview Abstract