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Session H1: Single-Ion Magnetic Moments in Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Michael Flatte, University of Iowa
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H1.00001: Single-ion magnetic moments in semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H1.00002: Atom-by-Atom Substitution of Mn in GaAs and Visualization of their Hole-Mediated Interactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H1.00003: Zero-field optical manipulation of magnetic ions in semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H1.00004: The wave function of a single-ion magnetic moment in GaAs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H2: New Developments in HTSC III

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H2.00001: The role of charge order in the mechanism of high Tc Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H2.00002: From high T$_c$ superconductivity to quantum spin liquids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H2.00003: On the pseudogap in high temperature superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H2.00004: Superconductivity, quasi-particle dynamics and strong-coupling physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H3: Polymer Physics Prize

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Mark Ediger, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H3.00001: Polymer Prize Talk: Segmental Dynamics in Polymers : From Cold Melts to Aging and Stressed Glasses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H3.00002: Application of Integral Equation Theory to Polymers in the Condensed State Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H3.00003: Complex Fluid Microstructure, Rheology and Glass Transitions:~ Effect of Continuous Phase Molecular Weight Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H3.00004: Dynamics of fluids in complex environments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H3.00005: The Theta Point Of Long Flexible Polymer Chains: When Does It Exist? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H4: Selected Applications Using Materials Science

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Yvan Bruynseraede, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Room: Morial Convention Center 206

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H4.00001: Integrated Functionality: Nanosensors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H4.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H4.00003: Nanodevice sensors measured with rf- and microwave reflectometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H4.00004: Detection of Explosive Materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H4.00005: Materials Informatics: Using machine learning techniques with large amounts of ab-initio computed or experimental data Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H5: CeMIn5 (115 ) Heavy Electron Materials: A Rosetta Stone for the Kondo Lattice?

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Zachary Fisk, University of California, Irvine
Room: Morial Convention Center RO1

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H5.00001: Angle-resolved Photoemission of CeCoIn$_5$: Detailed Comparison to LDA and LDA+DMFT Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H5.00002: Modeling the Localized to Itinerant Electronic Transition in the Heavy Fermion System CeIrIn5 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H5.00003: Andreev reflection in heavy fermions and the superconducting order parameter in CeCoIn$_{5}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H5.00004: Universal behavior in heavy electron materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H6: Understanding Hurricanes and Severe Storms: Patterns, Prediction and Mitigation

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Andrew Post-Zwicker, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center RO4

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H6.00001: Understanding Severe Hurricanes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H6.00002: Tornadoes and Severe Thunderstorms: Physical Understanding and Climate Questions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H6.00003: Factors Influencing Hurricane Surges along the Louisiana-Mississippi Coast Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H6.00004: Wetland Loss and Restoration Options in Southern Louisiana Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H7: Complex Active Biomaterials: Mechanics and Microrheology

Sponsoring Units: DBP DPOLY
Chair: John Crocker, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Morial Convention Center RO5

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H7.00001: Non-equilibrium mechanics of motor-driven cytoskeletal polymer networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H7.00002: Non-equilibrium mechanics and dynamics of active gels and living cells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H7.00003: Cytoskeletal mechanics: Structure and Dynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H7.00004: Microrheology in Active Cytoskeletal Networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H7.00005: Force fluctuations and polymerization dynamics of intracellular microtubules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H8: Focus Session: Glassy Dynamics in Colloids

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: David Weitz, Harvard University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO6

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H8.00001: Are colloidal and molecular glass formation related? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H8.00002: Applications of patchwork dynamics for glassy systems Creighton Thomas, Alan Middleton, Olivia White Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H8.00003: Aging of a Binary Colloidal Glass Jennifer M. Lynch, Gianguido C. Cianci, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H8.00004: Structural signatures of dynamical heterogeneity in supercooled liquids Heidi Perry, David Reichman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H8.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H8.00006: Fluctuations in the aging regime of a polymer glass Azita Parsaeian, Horacio E. Castillo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H8.00007: Equipartition theorem in glasses and liquids Valentin A. Levashov, Takeshi Egami , Rachel S. Aga , James R. Morris Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H8.00008: Exceptionally Stable Organic Glasses with Low Enthalpy and High Kinetic Stability Prepared by Vapor Deposition Kenneth L. Kearns, Stephen F. Swallen, M.D. Ediger, Ye Sun, Tian Wu, Lian Yu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H8.00009: Magnetic Analogies for the Dynamics of Glass Forming Liquids Jacob Stevenson, Peter Wolynes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H8.00010: Direct imaging of particle dynamics in attractive colloidal glasses Piotr Habdas, Andrzej Latka, Yilong Han, Ahmed Alsayed, Arjun G. Yodh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H8.00011: Shear-induced ordering and vitrification of concentrated emulsions Jung-Ren Huang, Thomas G. Mason Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H8.00012: Accentuated shear thinning of soft sphere suspensions Hans M. Wyss, Johan Mattsson, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Giovanni Romeo, Melaku Muluneh, Zhibing Hu, David A. Weitz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H8.00013: Investigation of Rejuvenation and Overaging in Glassy Energy Landscapes Mya Warren, Joerg Rottler Preview Abstract

Session H9: Instabilities and Fluid Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Yale University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO7

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H9.00001: Low Frequency Oscillations in the Upper Atmosphere Sudip Sen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H9.00002: Capillary-controlled instability in immiscible, parallel flow in porous media Thomas Ramstad, Alex Hansen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H9.00003: Stability of multi-layer Hele-Shaw flows with and without diffusion Prabir Daripa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H9.00004: Meandering instability of a rivulet on a partially wetting incline Adrian Daerr, Laurent Limat Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H9.00005: A quasi 2-D molecular dynamics study of the initiation and evolution of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability Kyle Caspersen, Robert Rudd, David Richards, Jim Glosli, John Gunnels, Fredrick Streitz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H9.00006: A fully 3-D molecular dynamics study of the initiation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability Robert E. Rudd, K.J. Caspersen, D.F. Richards, J.N. Glosli, J.A. Gunnels, F.H. Streitz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H9.00007: Bubble Pinch-off at High Pressures J.C. Burton, P. Taborek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H9.00008: First order phase transition in the height of a meniscus in a tapered capillary Michael Pettersen, Etienne Rolley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H9.00009: Luminescence from Laser-Induced Bubbles in Water-Glycerol Mixtures: Effect of Viscosity Erin Englert, Allison McCarn, Gary A. Williams Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H9.00010: Hysteretic and Chaotic Dynamics of Viscous Drops in Creeping Flows with Rotation Yuan-Nan Young, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Vittorio Cristini, Roy Goodman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H9.00011: A Temporal Period Doubling Route to Spatiotemporal Chaos in a System of Amplitude Equations for the Nematic Electroconvection Iuliana Oprea, Gerhard Dangelmayr Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H9.00012: Angular momentum transport in complex fluids Xiaoyu Zheng, Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Michael Shelley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H9.00013: Particle Dynamics in Bi-Disperse Liquid Fluidized Beds Phil Segre, Gary L. Hunter, James Davidheiser, Elizabeth Baker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H9.00014: Polygonal hydraulic jump on microtextured surfaces Emilie Dressaire, Laurent Courbin, Jerome Crest, Howard A. Stone Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H9.00015: Enstrophy-constrained stability analysis of beta-plane Kolmogorov flow with drag Yue-Kin Tsang, William Young Preview Abstract

Session H10: Josephson Effects

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Chris Lobb, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center RO8

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H10.00001: Suppression of macroscopic quantum tunneling in a large Josephson junction coupled to a resonator Brad Trees, Joshua Schiffrin, Yaser Helal, Brian Siller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H10.00002: Identifying the Odd-Frequency Superconducting State by a Field-Induced Josephson Effect Jacob Linder, Takehito Yokoyama, Asle Sudbo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H10.00003: Tunable current-phase relation in double-dot Josephson junctions Jens Koch, Karyn Le Hur Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H10.00004: Spontaneous spin accumulation in singlet-triplet Josephson junctions Krishnendu Sengupta, Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H10.00005: Small Josephson junctions in asymmetric SQUIDs. Dan Sullivan, Tauno Palomaki, Mark Gubrud, Michael Dreyer, Barry Barker, James Anderson, Chris Lobb, Fred Wellstood Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H10.00006: Scanninng Josephson Tunneling Microscopy of Single Crystal Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$ from a Conventional Superconducting Tip Hikari Kimura, Richard Barber, Shimpei Ono, Yoichi Ando, Robert Dynes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H10.00007: Thermal Management in Large Bi2212 Mesas used for Terahertz Sources C. Kurter, K. E. Gray, Q. Li, L. Ozyuzer, A. E. Koshelev, T. Yamamoto, K. Kadowaki, U. Welp Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H10.00008: Quantized energy levels in quantum and classical regimes in current-biased intrinsic Josephson junction Myung-Ho Bae, Mitrabhanu Sahu, Hu-Jong Lee, Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H10.00009: Direct observation of a sin(2$\phi )$ component in the current-phase relation of superconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor (SFS) Josephson junctions M.J.A. Stoutimore, A.Yu. Rusanov, D.J. Bahr, V.A. Oboznov, V.V. Bolginov, A.N. Rossolenko, V.V. Ryazanov, D.J. Van Harlingen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H10.00010: Sub-Gap Currents in Nb/Al/AlOx/Nb Josephson Junctions and Their Dependence on the Method of Barrier Formation Paul B. Welander, Tim J. McArdle, Stephanie Law, James N. Eckstein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H10.00011: Ferromagnetic Josephson Junctions Trupti Khaire, William Pratt, Norman Birge Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H10.00012: I-V Characteristics vs. Spatial Dissipation Maps in YBCO Grain Boundary on Bicrystal Substrates Chuhee Kwon, Megumi Yamamoto, Samuel Pottish, Timothy Haugan, Paul Barnes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H10.00013: Vibronic Effects in Superconducting Niobium Nanowires Brandon Donehoo, Zhenting Dai, Alexei Marchenkov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H10.00014: Fluxon dynamics in a Josephson junction parallel array Nikhil Fernandes, Kenneth Segall, Ushnish Ray, Adam Dioguardi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H10.00015: Field-dependence of interlayer tunnelling in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8}$ Timothy Benseman, John Cooper, Geetha Balakrishnan Preview Abstract

Session H11: Focus Session: MgB2-like: Computational Design of Novel Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Igor Mazin, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center RO9

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H11.00001: Quasi-two-dimensional electronic states in a dense three-dimensional Li-Be alloy Richard G. Hennig, Ji Feng, Roald Hoffmann, N.W. Ashcroft Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H11.00002: First-principles search for potential high temperature superconductors in the Mg-B-A (A=alkaline metal) system with high boron content Roman Chepulskyy, Igor Mazin, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H11.00003: Engineering superconductors with ab initio methods: ternary metal borides Aleksey Kolmogorov, Matteo Calandra, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H11.00004: Electron-Phonon interaction in hexagonal layered compounds Lilia Boeri, Matteo Giantomassi, Giovanni B. Bachelet, Ole Krogh Andersen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H11.00005: Structure and Superconductivity of Calcium under Pressure Z. P. Yin, F. Gygi, W. E. Pickett Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H11.00006: Constraints on $T_c$ for superconductivity in heavily boron-doped diamond Jonathan E. Moussa, Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H11.00007: Superconductivity in high-pressure solids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H11.00008: Layered Structures Favor Superconductivity in Compressed Solid SiH$_{4}$ Hai-Qing Lin, Xiao-Jia Chen, Jiang-Long Wang, Viktor V. Struzhkin, Ho-kwang Mao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H11.00009: First-Principles Study of Superconductivity in boron-doped SiC Jesse Noffsinger, Feliciano Giustino, Steven Louie, Marvin Cohen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H11.00010: First principles study of Al and C-doped MgB$_2$: evolution of two gaps and critical temperature Omar De la Pe\~na-Seaman, Romeo de Coss, Rolf Heid, Klaus-Peter Bohnen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H11.00011: Effects of Quenched Random Gap Inhomogeneities on the Specific Heat of a Model High-$T_c$ Superconductor David Stroud, Daniel Valdez-Balderas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H11.00012: The temperature dependent gap edge in strong-coupling superconductors David G. Walmsley, XueHeng Zheng Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H11.00013: A DFT study of the $UCoGe$ magnetic superconductor Pablo de la Mora, Oracio Navarro Preview Abstract

Session H12: Lattice and Magnetic Properties of Multiferroics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Andrei Sushkov, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 203

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H12.00001: Infrared phonon dynamics of multiferroic BiFeO$_3$ single crystal R.P.S.M. Lobo, R.L. Moreira, D. Lebeugle, D. Colson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H12.00002: Electromagnons and Multiple Phase Transitions in BiFeO$_{3}$ Multiferroic System Mariola Ramirez, A. Kumar, S. Denev, J. Ihlefeld, D. Schlom, Venkatraman Gopalan, R. Rai, X. Xiu, J. Musfeldt, S. Lee, S. Cheong, R. Ramesh, J. Seidel, E. Chiu, J. Orestein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H12.00003: Temperature studies of multiferroic TbMnO$_3$ with resonant Raman scattering Ilka Mahns, M. Bastjan, B. Schulz, S. Mueller, A. Rusydi, M. Ruebhausen, N. Aliouane, D.N. Argyriou, H. Barath, M. Kim, S.L. Cooper Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H12.00004: Temperature- and field-dependent inelastic light scattering studies of TbMnO$_{3}$ Harini Barath, Minjung Kim, S.L. Cooper, M. Rubhausen, D.N. Argyriou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H12.00005: Pressure tuned phonon mode splitting in magnetic frustrated spinel ZnCr$_{2}$O$_{4}$ Tao Zhou, Zhen Qin, Zhenxian Liu, Chenglin Zhang, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H12.00006: Calculation of the Order Parameter and the Damping Constant in the Ferroelectric Phase for NaNO$_{2}$ Ali Kiraci, Huseyin Karacali, Hamit Yurtseven Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H12.00007: Pressure Dependence of the Phonon Modes of Hexagonal-RMnO3 Peng Gao, Trevor A. Tyson, Zhenxian Liu, Sung Baek Kim, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H12.00008: Probing Spin-Lattice Correlations in Hexagonal RMnO3 Multiferroics Trevor Tyson, Zhiqiang Chen, Sungback Kim, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H12.00009: Giant magneto-elastic coupling in multiferroic hexagonal manganites Seongsu Lee, A. Pirogov, M.S. Kang, K.-H. Jang, M. Yonemura, T. Kamiyama, S.-W. Cheong, F. Gozzo, Namsu Shin, H. Kimura, Y. Noda, J.-G. Park Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H12.00010: Anomalous low-temperature magnetic ordering and spin-phonon coupling in BiFeO$_{3}$ thin films Manoj Singh, Ram Katiyar, W. Prellier, H.M. Jang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H12.00011: Magneto-dielectric study of multiferroicity in biferroic YCrO$_{3}$ Relja Vasic, Haidong D. Zhou, Chris R. Wiebe, James S. Brooks Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H12.00012: Multiferroicity in the spin-1/2 quantum matter of LiCu$_{2}$O$_{2}$ Andrivo Rusydi, Ilka Mahns, Sonja Mueller, Michael Ruebhausen, S. Park, Y.J. Choi, C.L. Zhang, S.-W. Cheong, Serban Smadici, Peter Abbamonte, Martin von Zimmermann, George Sawatzky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H12.00013: Magnetically-induced ferroelectric polarization in a molecule-based quantum magnet Vivien Zapf, Frederik Fabris, Michel Kenzelmann, Fedor Balakirev, Ying Chen, Colin Broholm Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H12.00014: Spin Dynamics and Spin-flop transition in Magnetoelectric Effect LiMnPO$_{4}$ J. Li, W. Tian, Y. Chen, J.L. Zarestky, D. Vaknin, J.W. Lynn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H12.00015: Magnetic Excitations in LiCoPO$_{4}$ Wei Tian, Jiying Li, Jeff Lynn, Jerel Zarestky, David Vaknin Preview Abstract

Session H13: Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions III: Classical MD, Potentials, and Energetic Materials

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GSCCM
Chair: Carter White, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 204

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H13.00001: Theoretical Approach for Developing Accurate Potentials for Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Thermoelastic Response of Aluminum J.M. Winey, A. Kubota, Y.M. Gupta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H13.00002: Petaflop simulations of shock-induced particulate ejection from copper Timothy C. Germann, James E. Hammerberg, Guy Dimonte Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H13.00003: Interatomic bond-order potentials for molecular dynamics simulations of materials at extreme conditions Romain Perriot, Mikalai Budzevich, Ivan Oleynik Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H13.00004: Interatomic Potentials for Large-Scale Simulations of High-Pressure, High-Temperature Phenomena Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H13.00005: Ultrafast semi-metallic layer formation in detonating nitromethane Evan Reed, M. Riad Manaa, Laurence Fried, Kurt Glaesemann, John Joannopoulos Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H13.00006: Reactive Molecular Dynamics Studies of Thermal Induced Chemistry in HMX Jason Quenneville, Timothy Germann, Thomas Sewell, Edward Kober Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H13.00007: Anisotropic Constitutive Relationships in Energetic Materials: TATB Mikalai M. Budzevich, Aaron Landerville, Mike Conroy, Ivan I. Oleynik, Carter T. White Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H13.00008: First-Principles Reactive Molecular Dynamics of Chemistry in Detonating Energetic Materials Aaron Landerville, Ivan I. Oleynik, Mortko A. Kozhushner, Carter T. White Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H13.00009: Reactive MD simulations of anisotropic response of PETN under high-rate shear deformation Xu Peng, Sergey Zybin, Aidan P. Thompson, William A. Goddard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H13.00010: First-Principles Constitutive Relationships in PETN and HMX under Hydrostatic and Uniaxial Compressions Sergey V. Zybin, Michael W. Conroy, Ivan I. Oleynik, Carter T. White Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H13.00011: Reactive molecular dynamics simulations of shocked PETN Joanne Budzien, Aidan P. Thompson, Sergey V. Zybin Preview Abstract

Session H14: Cold Gases: One Dimensional Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Robert Cherng, Harvard University
Room: Morial Convention Center 205

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H14.00001: Feshbach physics in a one-dimensional optical lattice Nicolai Nygaard, Rune Piil, Klaus M{\O}lmer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H14.00002: Pairing states of a polarized Fermi gas trapped in a one-dimensional optical lattice Adrian Feiguin, Fabian Heidrich-Meisner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H14.00003: The FFLO Phase in Imbalanced Spin Fermions in 1-d Miriam Huntley, Richard Scalettar, George Batrouni, Valery Rosseau Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H14.00004: One dimensional trapped fermions with attractive contact interactions Michele Casula, David Ceperley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H14.00005: Quantum Monte Carlo study of the visibility of one-dimensional Bose-Fermi mixtures Christopher Varney, Valery Rousseau, Richard Scalettar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H14.00006: Molecular superfluid phase in one-dimensional multicomponent fermionic cold atoms Guillaume Roux, Sylvain Capponi, Philippe Lecheminant, Patrick Azaria, Edouard Boulat, Steven R. White Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H14.00007: Spin and charge velocities of one-dimensional boson-fermion mixture Shi-Jian Gu, Junpeng Cao, Hai-Qing Lin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H14.00008: The ground state properties of two-component ultra-cold Fermi gas in hard wall confinement Bo-Bo Wei, Jun-Peng Cao, Shi-Jian Gu, Hai-Qing Lin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H14.00009: Quantum Phase Transition between (Luttinger) Liquid and Gas of Cold Molecules Dima Feldman, Kam Tuen Law Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H14.00010: Dynamics of excitations in a one-dimensional Bose liquid Maxim Khodas, Michael Pustilnik, Alex Kamenev, Leonid I. Glazman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H14.00011: Probing the excitations of a one dimensional topological Bose insulator Emanuele G. Dalla Torre, Erez Berg, Ehud Altman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H14.00012: Adiabatic loading of a one dimensional system of interacting bosons into an optical lattice Claudia De Grandi, Anatoli Polkovnikov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H14.00013: Bosonic Mixtures in one-dimensional optical lattices I. Ludwig Mathey, Anzi Hu, Ippei Danshita, Carl Williams, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H14.00014: Bosonic Mixtures in one-dimensional optical lattices II Anzi Hu, Ludwig Mathey, Ippei Danshita, Charles Clark, Carl Williams Preview Abstract

Session H15: Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits I

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Britton Plourde, Syracuse University
Room: Morial Convention Center 207

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H15.00001: Designing quantum-information-processing superconducting qubit circuits that exhibit lasing and other atomic-physics-like phenomena on a chip Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H15.00002: A Tunable Coupling Architecture For Josephson Phase Qubits Radoslaw Bialczak, M. Ansmann, M. Hofheinz, E. Lucero, R. McDermott, M. Neeley, A.D. O'Connell, H. Wang, A. Cleland, J. Martinis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H15.00003: High-fidelity gates in Josephson phase qubits Erik Lucero, Markus Ansmann, Radoslaw Bialczak, Max Hofheinz, Nadav Katz, Mattthew Neeley, Aaron O'Connell, Haohua Wang, Andrew Cleland, John Martinis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H15.00004: Recent progress towards violating the CHSH Bell inequality in Josephson phase qubits Markus Ansmann, Radoslaw Bialczak, Max Hofheinz, Nadav Katz, Erik Lucero, Matthew Neeley, Aaron O'Connell, Haohua Wang, Andrew Cleland, John Martinis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H15.00005: Analysis of Bell inequality violation in superconducting phase qubits Abraham G. Kofman, Alexander N. Korotkov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H15.00006: High Fidelity Universal Quantum Gates in Superconducting Qubit Systems Using Non-adiabatic Rapid Passage Frank Gaitan, Ran Li Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H15.00007: Improving dc SQUID Phase Qubit Lifetimes through Increased Isolation from Bias Leads Anthony Przybysz, Tauno Palomaki, Sudeep Dutta, Fred Wellstood, Rupert Lewis, Hanhee Paik, Hyeokshin Kwon, Ben Cooper, Kaushik Mitra, Bob Anderson, Alex Dragt, Chris Lobb Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H15.00008: Anomalous Avoided Level Crossings in a Cooper-Pair Box Spectrum Zaeill Kim, V. Zaretskey, Y. Yoon, J.F. Schneiderman, M.D. Shaw, P.M. Echternach, F.C. Wellstood, B.S. Palmer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H15.00009: Detailed Study of the Excited State Lifetime of a Cooper-Pair Box Vitaley Zaretskey, Z. Kim, Y. Yoon, J. F. Schneiderman, M. D. Shaw, P. M. Echternach, F. C. Wellstood, B. S. Palmer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H15.00010: Direct Observation of Quasiparticle Tunneling Rates in a Pair of Superconducting Charge Qubits M.D. Shaw, B. Palmer, P. Delsing, P.M. Echternach Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H15.00011: Robust optimal quantum gates for Josephson charge qubits Simone Montangero, Tommaso Calarco, Rosario Fazio Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H15.00012: Suppression of decoherence due to classical noise by dynamical decoupling Lukasz Cywinski, Roman M. Lutchyn, Cody P. Nave, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H15.00013: The effect of dynamical decoupling in the case of a single fluctuator coupled to a qubit Cody Nave, Roman Lutchyn, Lukasz Cywinski, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract

Session H16: Focus Session: Biochip Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DBP DFD
Chair: Peter Kiesel, Palo Alto Research Center
Room: Morial Convention Center 208

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H16.00001: Size Scaling of Protein Sensitivity on the BioCD Kevin O'Brien, Ming Zhao, Xuefang Wang, David Nolte Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H16.00002: Detection Limits of Captured Protein on the BioCD David Nolte, Xuefang Wang, Kevin O'Brien, Ming Zhao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H16.00003: Docetaxel-loaded Nanohorn-streptavidin-antibody for Anti-cancer Drug Delivery Jianxun Xu, Masako Yudasaka, Minfang Zhang, Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H16.00004: Detection limits and scalability of miniaturized antibody assays in real-world applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H16.00005: InAs quantum well $\mu$-Hall sensors for magnetic biosensing Khaled Aledealat, S. Hira, K. Chen, G. Mihajlovic, P. Xiong, G. Strouse, P.B. Chase, S. von Molnar, M. Field, G. Sullivan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H16.00006: Ligand-receptor binding kinetics in surface-plasmon resonance devices: A Monte Carlo simulation study Matthew T. Raum, Manoj Gopalakrishnan, Kim Forsten-Williams, Uwe C. Tauber Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H16.00007: Comparative study of different DNA chip preparation methods by means of Surface Plasmon Resonance Yannick Sartenaer, Ryuji Hara, Haruma Kawaguchi, Paul A. Thiry Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H16.00008: Nanoscale Building Blocks for Biosensor Development Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H16.00009: Predictive Model for Label-free Electrical Detection of Bio-molecules Pradeep Nair, Muhammad Alam Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H16.00010: Hybrid CMOS/Microfluidic Dielectrophoresis and Magnetic Manipulator Chip David Issadore, Thomas P. Hunt, Keith A. Brown, R.M. Westervelt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H16.00011: Hybrid CMOS/Microfluidic Chip Applications Keith A. Brown, David Issadore, Thomas P. Hunt, R.M. Westervelt Preview Abstract

Session H17: Proteins: Structure and Function

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Andrea Markelz, State University of New York at Buffalo
Room: Morial Convention Center 209

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H17.00001: Linking enzyme conformational dynamics to catalytic function with single-molecule FRET Yan-Wen Tan, Jeffrey A. Hanson, Karl Duderstadt, Sucharita Bhattacharyya, Haw Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H17.00002: Concentration-dependent Cu(II) binding to prion protein Miroslav Hodak, Wenchang Lu, Jerry Bernholc Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H17.00003: Solvable model of mechanical unfolding of proteins Oleg Vorov, Dennis Livesay, Donald Jacobs Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H17.00004: Dynamical Transition in polypeptides Yunfen He, Andrea Markelz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H17.00005: Dynamically stable beta-sheets in Cu-initiated misfolding of $\alpha$-synuclein Francis Rose, Miroslav Hodak, Jerry Bernholc Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H17.00006: Dynamics of Lysozyme in Trehalose solutions Pavan Ghatty, Edward C. Uberbacher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H17.00007: Spectral and Hydration Dependence of Protein Dynamical Transition Ferdinand Lipps, J. R. Knab, Jing Yin Chen, Yunfen He, A. G. Markelz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H17.00008: Vibrational Dynamics of Heme Model Compounds Alexander Barabanschikov, Timothy Sage, Minoru Kubo, Paul Champion, Jiyong Zhao, Wolfgang Sturhahn, Ercan Alp Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H17.00009: Ligand-Modulated Free Energy Landscapes of Glucose/Galactose Binding Protein Troy Messina Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H17.00010: Ligand Binding Kinetics in Myoglobin and Solvent Relaxation at High Pressure Alfons Schulte, Silki Arora, SangHoon Park Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H17.00011: Electronic Structure and the Magnetic Hyperfine Interactions in Heme Unit of Metmyoglobin N.B. Maharjan, S.R. Badu, Archana Dubey, R.H. Scheicher, R.H. Pink, Lee Chow, A. Schulte, H.P. Saha, T.P. Das Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H17.00012: Hartree-Fock Investigation of Electronic Structure and Associated Properties of Heme Unit in Deoxyhemoglobin S.R. Badu, Archana Dubey, K. Ramani Lata, R.H. Scheicher, R.H. Pink, A. Schulte, Lee Chow, H.P. Saha, K. Nagamine, T.P. Das Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H17.00013: The Electronic Investigation of Singlet and Triplet States of Oxyhemoglobin by Hartree-Fock Procedure and Associated Hyperfine Interaction. Archana Dubey, S.R. Badu, R.H. Scheicher, N. Sahoo, R.H. Pink, A. Schulte, H.P. Saha, Lee Chow, K. Nagamine, T.P. Das Preview Abstract

Session H18: Block Copolymers in Solution and Blends

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

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H18.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Break
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H18.00002: Competitive Adsorption, Exchange and Binding of Polymers and Proteins at the Oil/Water Interface Daniel Carvajal, Kenneth Shull, Igal Szleifer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H18.00003: Interfacial Properties of Semifluorinated Alkane Diblock Copolymers Flint Pierce, Dvora Perahia, Mesfin Tsige, Oleg Borodin, Gary Grest Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H18.00004: Amphiphilic copolymer assemblies formed by interfacial instabilities of oil-in-water emulsions Jintao Zhu, Ryan C. Hayward Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H18.00005: Helical cylinders or multicompartment cylinders through the solution assembly of charged block copolymers with multivalent organic counterions Darrin Pochan, Sheng Zhong, Honggang Cui, Zhiyun Chen, Karen Wooley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H18.00006: Spotted Polymersomes and Striped Worms - a theoretical analysis of lateral segregation of diblock copolymers Wouter G. Ellenbroek, David A. Christian, Aiwei Tian, Andrea J. Liu, Tobias Baumgart, Dennis E. Discher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H18.00007: Pathways of Spontaneous Vesicle Formation of ABA Amphiphilic Molecules in Selective Solvent. Wei Jiang, Hongbo Du Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H18.00008: Effects of depletion interactions on block copolymer micelles Sayeed Abbas, Timothy P. Lodge Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H18.00009: Influence of Electric Fields on the Phase Behavior of Concentrated Block Copolymer Solutions Kristin Schmidt, Heiko Schoberth, Alexander B\"oker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H18.00010: Well Ordered Melts from Low Molar Mass Pluronic Copolymers Blended with Poly (acrylic acid): Effect of Homopolymer Molar Mass Vikram Daga, Vijay Tirumala, Alvin Romang, Eric Lin, James Watkins Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H18.00011: Novel Characterization of Critical Micelle Concentrations of Block Copolymers and Gradient Copolymers in Homopolymer Robert Sandoval, Daniel Williams, Christopher Wong, Jungki Kim, John Torkelson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H18.00012: The influence of macromolecular architecture on the micellization in block copolymer/homopolymer blends E. Pavlopoulou, K. Chrissopoulou, S.H. Anastasiadis, G. Portale, W. Bras, H. Iatrou, S. Pispas, N. Hadjichristidis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H18.00013: Phase Behavior and Dimensional Scaling of Symmetric Block Copolymer-Homopolymers Ternary Blends in Thin Films Guoliang Liu, Mark Stoykovich, Shengxiang Ji, Paul Nealey Preview Abstract

Session H19: Molecules on Surface: Structure

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Karsten Pohl, University of New Hampshire
Room: Morial Convention Center 211

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H19.00001: Competition between intermolecular and substrate interactions in a multicomponent lattice gas model Qiang Liu, John Weeks Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H19.00002: Van der Waals interactions at the molecule-metal interface: PTCDA on Ag(111) Lorenz Romaner, Dmitrii Nabok, Peter Puschnig, Egbert Zojer, Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H19.00003: Tilt Angle Determination in Thin Films with Anisotropic Molecules Thomas Gredig, Ge Liu, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H19.00004: The role of defects and phonons in O$_2$ adsorption on Cu(100) Matti Alatalo, Antti Puisto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H19.00005: Vibrational spectroscopy and \textit{ab initio} dynamics of the O-induced \textit{added-row} reconstructed Cu(110) surface. Talat S. Rahman, M. Alcantara Ortigoza, R. Heid, K.P. Bohnen, K. Brueggemann, H. Ibach Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H19.00006: Insights from surface stress calculations on the structure of c(2$\times $2)-N overlayer on Cu(001) Sampyo Hong, Talat Rahman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H19.00007: First principles calculations of the vibrational dynamics of c(2x2)-CO on Ag(001). M. Alcantara Ortigoza, T.S. Rahman, R. Heid, K.P. Bohnen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H19.00008: Oxygen-Induced Reconstructions on the $\beta-$Si$_3$N$_4$ $(10\overline{1}0)$ Surfaces Weronika Walkosz, Juan Carlos Idrobo, Serdar Ogut Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H19.00009: Insight into water molecules bonding on 4d metal surfaces Javier Carrasco, Angelos Michaelides, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H19.00010: Water uptake on thin film MgO using ambient pressure XPS John T. Newberg, David E. Starr, Erin Mysak, Susumu Yamamoto, Anders Nilsson, Hendrik Bluhm Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H19.00011: Surface-induced solid-liquid phase transitions in ultra-thin water films at T $>$ 0 $^{\circ}$C Animesh Chakraborty, Andrew Gellman, Layton Baker, Estebahn Broitman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H19.00012: Relaxation of the (111) Surface of $\delta $-Pu and Effects of Atomic Adsorption: An \textit{Ab Initio} Study Raymond Atta-Fynn, Asok Ray Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H19.00013: Probing Adsorption and Thin-Film Growth with Optical Reflectance. Krish Kotru, Roger Tobin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H19.00014: A Phenomenological Study of Adsorption on fcc (335) Terraces Alain Phares, David Grumbine, Jr., Francis Wunderlich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H19.00015: The Nature of the Dissociation Sites of Hydrogen Franck Rose, Mous Tatarkhanov, Evgeni Fomin, D. Frank Ogletree, Miquel Salmeron Preview Abstract

Session H20: Focus Session: Assembly of Nanowires and Related Structures

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ken Shih, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Morial Convention Center 212

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H20.00001: Formation and Properties of CdS-Ag$_2$S Nanorod Superlattices Denis Demchenko, Richard Robinson, Bryce Sadtler, Lin-Wang Wang, A. Paul Alivisatos, Can Erdonmez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H20.00002: Transport studies on ultrathin silicide nanowires Violeta Iancu, Changgan Zeng, Stephen Jesse, Arthur Baddorf, Hanno Weitering Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H20.00003: Copper Incorporation into ZnO Nanowires Susie Eustis, Douglas Meier, Babak Nikoobakht Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H20.00004: Self-organization of atom wires on vicinal surfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H20.00005: Growth and Properties of Self-Aligned MgO Nanowires Elena Cimpoiasu, Robert F. Klie, Ryan A. Munden, Mark A. Reed Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H20.00006: Novel Nanocomposites for Energy and Electromagnetic Applications via 3D self-assembly Amit Goyal, Sung-Hun Wee, Yanfei Gao, Junsoo Shin, Karren More, Yuri Zuev, Claudia Cantoni, Jianxin Zhong, Malcolm Stocks Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H20.00007: Terrace-width Distributions on Vicinal Surfaces: Effective Attraction Between Noninteracting Touching Steps Rajesh Sathiyanarayanan, Ajmi BHadj Hammouda, T.L. Einstein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H20.00008: Study of Fe atomic chains on Pt(997) vicinal surface Elijah Ayieta, Ya.B Losovyj, Cheng Ruihua Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H20.00009: Thermoelectric properties of Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ films and nanowire arrays Cheng Lung Chen, Yang Yuan Chen, P. C. Lee, C. T. Chen, S. R. Harutyunyan, S. J. Lai, C. D. Chen, S. J. Lin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H20.00010: Highly Aligned Epitaxial Nanorods with a Checkerboard Pattern in Oxide Films S. Park, Y. Horibe, T. Asada, N. Lee, S-W. Cheong, L.S. Wielunski, T. Gustafsson, P.L. Bonanno, S.M. O'Malley, A.A. Sirenko, A. Kazimirov, T. Tanimura Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H20.00011: Photo-Induced Nanowire Formation on Polarity Patterned Ferroelectric Domains -- Wavelength Dependence Yang Sun, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H20.00012: Low melting metal-induced synthesis of multi-component III-V semiconducting nanowires. Romaneh Jalilian, Zhiqiang chen, Gamini Sumanasekera Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H20.00013: Si nanowires on Ag(110): an experimental and electronic structure studies A. Kara, B. Ealet, C. Leandri, H. Oughaddou, G. LeLay, B. Aufray Preview Abstract

Session H21: Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Roberto Rodrigues, Virginia Commonwealth University
Room: Morial Convention Center 213

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H21.00001: Probing electronic and magnetic properties of atomic and molecular clusters with sharp tips Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H21.00002: First Principles Theory of Supported Clusters with Complex Magnetic Order. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H21.00003: Magnetic properties and stability of metalloinorganic clusters Roberto Robles, Shiv Khanna Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H21.00004: Intermediate valence, local antiferromagnetic coupling and the Kondo effect in ytterbium organometallic molecules C.H. Booth, W.W. Lukens, M.D. Walter, D. Kazhdan, R.A. Andersen, E.D. Bauer, L. Maron, O. Eisenstein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H21.00005: The structure, stability, and magnetic properties of Au(111)/NiO(111) interface: density functional theory study K.L. Yao, Y.L. Li, Z.L. Liu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H21.00006: Investigating the Molecular Level Details of Catalytic Oxidation Reactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H21.00007: Effect of ligand on the geometric and electronic structure of Au$_{13}$ cluster Ghazal Shafai, Sampyo Hong, Talat Rahman, Massimo Bertino Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H21.00008: Superheating, Melting and Precursors to Melting in Metal Nanoparticles Dmitri Schebarchov, Shaun Hendy Preview Abstract

Session H22: Electrically and Optically Active Polymers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Wesley Burghardt, Northwestern University
Room: Morial Convention Center 214

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H22.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Break
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H22.00002: Periodic Polymers for Technology Edwin Thomas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H22.00003: First-principles investigation of high energy density in PVDF copolymers V. Ranjan, Liping Lu, M. Buongiorno Nardelli, J. Bernholc Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H22.00004: High and Stable Light Induced Birefringence from Spacer-Free Dye-Polyelectrolyte Liquid Crystal Complexes Qian Zhang, C. Geraldine Bazuin, Christopher J. Barrett, Christian Pellerin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H22.00005: Reducing radiation-induced conductivity in polymeric dielectrics by small molecule electron traps Robert J. Klein, John L. Schroeder, Shannon M. Lacy, Michael E. Belcher, Phillip J. Cole, Joseph L. Lenhart Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H22.00006: Dynamics of acoustic phonons in exciton self-trapping in a quasi-one-dimensional system F.X. Morrissey, S.L. Dexheimer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H22.00007: THz time domain spectroscopy of low-frequency vibrations in a quasi-one-dimensional system A. Bandyopadhyay, S.L. Dexheimer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H22.00008: Optical studies of Pt-rich $\pi $--conjugated Polymers Tomer Drori, M. Tong, A. Gambetti, S. Singh, C. Yang, Z. V. Vardeny, S. Tretiak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H22.00009: Electronic Structure of Photo-degraded Polypropylene Ultrathin Films Orhan Kizilkaya, Pingheng Zhou, Eizi Morikawa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H22.00010: Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Highly Rigid Polymers in Dilute Solutions Sabina Maskey, Flint Pierce, Dvora Perahia, Gary Grest Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H22.00011: Ab-initio calculations of quasiparticle and excitonic properties of low band gap, polythiophene-based polymers Filipe Ribeiro, Georgy Samsonidze, Steven Louie, Marvin Cohen Preview Abstract

Session H23: Focus Session: Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Craig Arnold, Princeton University
Room: Morial Convention Center 215

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H23.00001: Vibrational energy on surfaces: Ultrafast flash-thermal conductance of molecular monolayers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H23.00002: Mechanism of Resonant Infrared Laser Ablation of Polystyrene. Stephen Johnson, Richard Haglund, Daniel Bubb, Kannatessen Appavoo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H23.00003: Resonant Infrared Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Deposition of Polymers: Improving the Morphology of As-Deposited Films Daniel Bubb, Michael Papantonakis, Brian Collins, Elijah Brookes, Joshua Wood, Ullas Gurudas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H23.00004: Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization: A Molecular Probe for Biological Tissues Peter Nemes, Alexis A. Barton, Yue Li, Akos Vertes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H23.00005: Deposition of functional nanoparticle thin films by resonant infrared laser ablation. Richard Haglund, Stephen Johnson, Hee K. Park, Kannatessen Appavoo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H23.00006: Photochemical ablation of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) under 157-nm irradiation Sharon R. John, Steven C. Langford, J. Thomas Dickinson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H23.00007: Rational Design of Two-Photon Absorbing Photochromic Materials for Optical Switching and Data Storage I.A. Mikhailov, K.D. Belfield, A.E. Masunov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H23.00008: Toward molecular switches and biochemical detectors employing adaptive femtosecond-scale laser pulses Roland Allen, Petra Sauer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H23.00009: Ultrafast carrier-phonon dynamics under intense optical excitation of GaAs Amlan Basak, M. Hase, M. Kitajima, Hrvoje Petek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H23.00010: Effect of Hot Electron Pressure in Ultrafast Laser Interaction with Metals Zhibin Lin, Leonid Zhigilei Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H23.00011: Coherent LO phonon self-energy renormalization under high photoexcited carrier densities in Si Anca-Monia Constantinescu, Muneaki Hase, Masahiro Kitajima, Hrvoje Petek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H23.00012: Mechanistic study of negative ion emission from single crystal alkali halide surfaces due to pulsed UV laser irradiation J. T. Dickinson, Kenichi Kimura, S. C. Langford Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H23.00013: Observation of Saturable and Reverse Saturable Absoption in Silver Nanodots Ullas Gurudas, Daniel Bubb, Thomas Lippert, Sebastian Heroith Preview Abstract

Session H24: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures III: Functional Nanowires

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ramamurthy Ramprasad, University of Connecticut
Room: Morial Convention Center 216

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H24.00001: Polarized Photouminescence from Single Wurtzite and Zincblende InP Nanowires A. Mishra, L.V. Titova, T.B. Hoang, H.E. Jackson, L.M. Smith, J.M. Yarrison-Rice, Y. Kim, H.J. Joyce, Q. Gao, H.H. Tan, C. Jagadish Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H24.00002: Investigation of the Electronic Structure of GaAs/AlGaAs Core Multi-Shell Nanowires S. Perera, M.A. Fickenscher, T.B. Hoang, H.E. Jackson, L.M. Smith, J.M. Yarrison-Rice, H.J. Joyce, Q. Gao, Y. Kim, H.H. Tan, C. Jagadish Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H24.00003: Photoluminescence Dynamics of GaAs/AlGaAs Core-Shell Nanowires H.J. Joyce, Y. Kim, Q. Gao, H.H. Tan, C. Jagadish, M.A. Fickenscher, S. Perera, T.B. Hoang, H.E. Jackson, L.M. Smith, J.M. Yarrison-Rice, X. Zhang, J. Zou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H24.00004: Ultrafast dynamics in semiconductor nanowires Rohit Prasankumar, Sukgeun Choi, George Wang, Samuel Picraux, Antoinette Taylor Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H24.00005: Optical Switching of Porphyrin-Coated Silicon Nanowire Field Effect Transistors Vincent Bouchiat, Clemens Winkelmann, Irina Ionica, Xavier Chevalier, Christophe Bucher, Guy Royal Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H24.00006: Spectral dependence of thermal radiation from metallic nanowires on wire geometry Yat-Yin Au, Helgi Skuli Skulason, Snorri Ingvarsson, Levente J. Klein, Hendrik F. Hamann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H24.00007: Anisotropic plasmon excitation and dispersion of Ag nanowires on Cu(110) I. Senevirathne, Asoka Sekharan, Richard Kurtz, Phillip Sprunger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H24.00008: Enhanced Raman Scattering Near the Tip of Semiconducting Nanowires Qiujie Lu, Jian Wu, Awnish Gupta, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H24.00009: Polarized Rayleigh Back Scattering from Individual GaP Nanowires Jian Wu, G. Chen, Qiujie Lu, P.C. Eklund Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H24.00010: Non-Linear Raman Scattering from Semiconducting GaP Nanowires A. Gupta, Jian Wu, P.C. Eklund Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H24.00011: Optical Antenna Effect in Semiconducting Nanowires P.C. Eklund, Jian Wu, G. Chen, Qiujie Lu, H.R. Gutierrez, Qihua Xiong, M.E. Pellen, J.S. Petko, D. Werner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H24.00012: Spatially-Resolved Photoluminescence Mapping of Single CdS Nanosheets M. Fickensher, T.B. Hoang, L.V. Titova, A. Mishra, L.M. Smith, H.E. Jackson, J.M. Yarrison-Rice, H. Rho, K.-Y. Lee, Y.-J. Choi, K.J. Choi, J.-G. Park Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H24.00013: Anomalous Photoluminescence in CdSe Quantum Dot Solids at High Pressure due to Non-uniform Stress. Sebastien Hamel, Christian Grant, Jonathan Crowhurst, Andrew Williamson, Nathalia Zaitseva Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H24.00014: Dynamics of Photo-Excited Carriers in Single InP Nanowires Under High Excitation Density L.V. Titova, T.B. Hoang, H.E. Jackson, L.M. Smith, J.M. Yarrison-Rice, Y. Kim, H.J. Joyce, Q. Gao, H.H. Tan, C. Jagadish Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H24.00015: Near Infrared Photoresponse in Annealed CdSe Nanocrystal Films Liwei Liu, Paul Stokes, Artem E. Masunov, Saiful I. Khondaker Preview Abstract

Session H25: Adsorption of Organics on Surfaces

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Kookheon Char, Seoul National University
Room: Morial Convention Center 217

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H25.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Break
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H25.00002: Examining the air-water interfacial activity of beta-peptides using molecular simulation and experiment. Clark A. Miller, Juan J. de Pablo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H25.00003: Why are hyperactive ice-binding-proteins so active? Ido Braslavsky, Yeliz Celik, Natalya Pertaya, Young Eun Choi, Maya Bar, Peter L. Davies Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H25.00004: Probing (bio)-organic monolayers at the metal/air and metal/liquid interface by sum-frequency generation spectroscopy Francesca Cecchet, Dan Lis, Yves Caudano, Christophe Silien, Alaa Adin Mani, Paul Thiry, Andr\'e Peremans Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H25.00005: Flow Induced Growth of Striped Alkane Monolayers. M. Bai, H. Taub, A. Diama, K. Knorr, U. G. Volkmann, F. Y. Hansen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H25.00006: Molecular dynamics studies of the structure and dynamics of ``perpendicular'' layers of \textit{n}-alkane molecules adsorbed on a solid substrate F.Y. Hansen, P. Soza, H. Taub, U.G. Volkmann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H25.00007: Structure and Phase Transitions of Vapor-Deposited C32 Films V. del Campo, E.A. Cisternas, I. Vergara, T. Corrales, U.G. Volkmann, M. Bai, S.-K. Wang, H. Taub, H. Mo, S.N. Ehrlich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H25.00008: Thermodynamic Studies of n-Octane Thin Films Adsorbed on Magnesium Oxide(100) David Fernandez-Canoto, J.Z. Larese Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H25.00009: X-ray Atomic-Scale Analysis of Self-Assembled Monolayer Growth on Silicon J.C. Lin, J. Kellar, J. Kim, N. Yoder, K. Bevan, S. Datta, S. Nguyen, M. Hersam, M. Bedzyk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H25.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H25.00011: STM/S of Polydiacetylene Nanowires on Gold and Graphite Lili Wang, Rajiv Giridharagopal, Kevin Kelly Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H25.00012: Thermodynamic and Neutron Scattering Investigation of Ethylene Wetting on MgO (100) Andi Barbour, Craig Brown, J. Z. Larese Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H25.00013: Importance of Van Der Waals Interaction for Organic Molecule-Metal Junctions Priya Sony, Peter Puschnig, Dmitrii Nabok, Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl Preview Abstract

Session H26: Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules IV

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Jochen Kuepper, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Room: Morial Convention Center 218

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H26.00001: Reactions of cold trapped anions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H26.00002: Cold reactive collisions between laser-cooled ions and velocity-selected neutral molecules Martin Bell, Stefan Willitsch, Alexander Gingell, Simon Procter, Timothy Softley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H26.00003: Demonstration of a three-dimensional trap for state-selected Rydberg atoms Stephen Hogan, Frederic Merkt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H26.00004: Measuring the role of alignment in a molecule optical lens Simon M. Purcell, Peter F. Barker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H26.00005: Cold and ultracold polar molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H26.00006: Experimental demonstration of electrostatic surface guiding for cold polar molecules Yong Xia, Yaling Yin, Jianping Yin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H26.00007: Rotational Spectra of Methane in Helium-4 Robert Zillich, Birgitta Whaley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H26.00008: Water containing molecular complexes studied by superfluid helium droplet spectroscopy Susumu Kuma, Mikhail Slipchenko, Takamasa Momose, Andrey Vilesov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H26.00009: Microwave spectroscopy of doped helium clusters and doped helium droplets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H27: Correlated Electrons: Heavy Fermions and Exotic Magnets

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Johnpierre Paglione, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 219

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H27.00001: Magnetism and metallicity in FeSb2-xTex Cedomir Petrovic, Rongwei Hu, Vesna Mitrovic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H27.00002: Phase transitions in $R_{5}$NiPb$_{3}$ ($R$=Ce,Nd,Gd) V. Goruganti, K. D. D. Rathnyayaka, Joseph H. Ross, Jr. Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H27.00003: Universal heat transport in the heavy-fermion superconductor CeIrIn5 Hamideh Shakeripour, M.A. Tanatar, C. Petrovic, Louis Taillefer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H27.00004: Fermi Surface Investigation of Cd doped CeCoIn5 Cigdem Capan, Luis Balicas, Younjung Jo, Roy Goodrich, Andrea Bianchi, John Ditusa, Zachary Fisk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H27.00005: Two fluid analysis of La and Cd doped CeIrIn$_{5}$. Nicholas Berry, Andrea Bianchi, Zachary Fisk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H27.00006: Anisotropic effect of Cd-doping on superconducting phase in CeCoIn$_{5}$ at high fields Yoshifumi Tokiwa, Roman Movshovich, Filip Ronning, Eric Bauer, Andrea Bianchi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H27.00007: Angular Dependent Magnetic Properties of CeCoIn$_{5}$ at Low Temperatures J.-H. Park, R.L. Stillwell, T.P. Murphy, E.C. Palm, S.W. Tozer, J.C. Cooley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H27.00008: Evolution of the FFLO state of CeCo(In$_{1-x}$Hg$_{x})_{5}$ Roman Movshovich, Yoshifumi Tokiwa, Andrea Bianchi, Eric Bauer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H27.00009: Supression of superconductivity in CeRh$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$In$_5$ by incommensurate antiferromagnetic order Seiko Ohira-Kawamura, Hiroaki Shishido, Akari Yoshida, Ryuji Okazaki, Hazuki Kawano-Furukawa, Takasada Shibauchi, Hisatomo Harima, Yuji Matsuda Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H27.00010: Chiral d-wave superconductivity in the heavy fermion compound $CeIrIn_5$ Aditya Raghavan, Kazumi Maki, Stephan Haas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H27.00011: Fabrication of artificial heavy fermion superlattices by the molecular beam epitaxy Hiroaki Shishido, Tomonari Kato, Manabu Izaki, Takasada Shibauchi, Yuji Matsuda, Takahito Terashima Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H27.00012: Antiferromagnetism in the Kondo lattice system Ce(Ni$_{0.25}$In$_{1.75})$. W.H. Lee, H.H. Wu, H.H. Sung, K.J. Syu, Y.Y. Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H27.00013: Angle dependent quasiparticle weights in correlated metals Pouyan Ghaemi, Senthil Todadri, Piers Coleman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H27.00014: Magnetic properties of RFe$_2$Zn$_{20}$ (R = Y, Gd - Lu): $4f$ moments embedded in strongly correlated electron host Shuang Jia, Ni Ni, A. Safa-Sefat, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield, Hyunjin Ko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H27.00015: Low-Energy Magnetic Excitations in the Itinerant Quantum Ferromagnet ZrZn$_2$ Stephen Hayden, Edward Yelland Preview Abstract

Session H28: Photonic Crystals

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Mark Sherwin, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Morial Convention Center 220

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H28.00001: Moving the band gaps and changing the transmission of magnetic photonic crystals Shiyang Liu, Junjie Du, Zhifang Lin, Siu Tat Chui Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H28.00002: Probing states with macroscopic circulations in magnetic photonic crystals Siu Tat Chui, Zhifang Lin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H28.00003: Experimental investigation of photonic gaps in optical Thue-Morse multilayers fabricated using nanostructured thin films Matthew Hawkeye, Michael Brett Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H28.00004: Effective medium theory of photonic crystals W.T. Lu, S. Zhang, Y.J. Huang, S. Sridhar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H28.00005: Refraction at a photonic crystal surface: exact characterization Prabasaj Paul Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H28.00006: Quantum interference near a photonic band edge beyond the weak field approximation Paul M. Alsing, David A. Cardimona, Danhong H. Huang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H28.00007: Microwave transmission measurements through wire array photonic crystals Graeme Dewar, Nathan Souther, Michael Johnson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H28.00008: Tailoring Self-Assembled Metallic Photonic Crystals for Modified Thermal Emission Sang Eon Han, Andreas Stein, David Norris Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H28.00009: Integrated lenses for enhanced coupling into terahertz photonic crystal slab waveguides Cristo Yee, Stephen Parham, Mark Sherwin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H28.00010: Modeling Conformal Growth in Photonic Crystals and Comparing to Experiment Andrew Brzezinski, Ying-Chieh Chen, Pierre Wiltzius, Paul Braun Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H28.00011: The couple between modes of planar wave guides and the evanescent fields produced in the total internal reflection. Raul Garcia-Llamas, Jorge Gaspar-Armenta, Ramon Munguia-Arvayo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H28.00012: Negative bi-refraction of acoustic waves in sonic crystals Yan-Feng Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H28.00013: Random high-Q cavities in disordered photonic crystal waveguides Frank Vollmer, Juraj Topolancik Preview Abstract

Session H29: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials VI: Graphene Transport

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Alessandra Lanzara, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Morial Convention Center 221

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H29.00001: Binary memory switching in zigzag-edge graphene nanostrips Daniel Gunlycke, Denis A. Areshkin, John W. Mintmire, Junwen Li, Carter T. White Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H29.00002: Graphene and Graphite Nanoribbons: phonon-scattering limit of conductivity from tight-binding Daniel Finkenstadt, Gary Pennington, Michael Mehl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H29.00003: Spin transport in rough graphene nanoribbons Inanc Adagideli, Michael Wimmer, Savas Berber, David Tomanek, Klaus Richter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H29.00004: Electron Transport in Graphitic Nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H29.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H29.00006: Coulomb blockade effects in graphene nanoribbons Fernando Sols, Francisco Guinea, Antonio Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H29.00007: Distinct Transport Properties of Mono-Layer and Bi-Layer Graphene Nanoribbons Yu-Ming Lin, Zhihong Chen, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H29.00008: Transverse Field Effect in Graphene Nanoribbons Kathryn Todd, Hung-tao Chou, David Goldhaber-Gordon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H29.00009: High-Bias Electronic Transport in Graphene Ribbon Devices Melinda Han, Inanc Meric, Kin Fai Mak, St\'ephane Berciaud, Tony Heinz, Ken Shepard, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H29.00010: Graphene zigzag ribbons: hidden multiferroic order and transport J. Fernandez-Rossier, F. Munoz-Rojas, Juan Jose Palacios Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H29.00011: Rough edges in graphene Vladimir Cvetkovic, Zlatko Tesanovic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H29.00012: Ab initio study of edge functionalization effects on electronic transport through graphene nanoribbons Amir Farajian, Narjes Gorjizadeh, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H29.00013: Thermoelectric effects in ballistic graphene ribbons. Eduard Bogachek, Igor Romanovsky, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract

Session H30: Electronic Properties of Graphene and Related Structures II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Giovanni Cantele, Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia
Room: Morial Convention Center 222

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H30.00001: Electronic structure of graphene in the presence of disorder Alexander Kemper, Manoj Srivastava, Hai Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H30.00002: Density of states in graphene with charged impurities Ben Yu-Kuang Hu, E. H. Hwang, S. Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H30.00003: Topological Frustration in an Alkali-Graphene-Halogen System Youjian Tang, Vincent Crespi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H30.00004: Energy gaps and Stark effects in boron nitride nanoribbons Cheol-Hwan Park, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H30.00005: Band Engineering in C/BN Super-stripes Jeffrey Mullen, Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H30.00006: Selective nesting and sensing of molecules on optimally modified material surfaces John Russell, Boyang Wang, Petr Kral Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H30.00007: Anisotropic Electron-Phonon Coupling on Graphene-Derived Fermi Surface in CaC$_{6}$ Tonica Valla, J. Camacho, Z-H. Pan, A.V. Fedorov, A.C. Walters, C.A. Howard, M. Ellerby Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H30.00008: Fractional statistics of topological defects in graphene and related structures Babak Seradjeh, Marcel Franz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H30.00009: Irrational vs. rational charge and statistics in graphene-like system Chang-Yu Hou, Claudio Chamon, Roman Jackiw, Christopher Mudry, So-Young Pi, Andreas P. Schnyder Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H30.00010: Internal mobility edge in doped graphene: frustration in a renormalized lattice Gerardo Naumis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H30.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H30.00012: Possible bandgap opening in graphene due to deposited Au nanoparticles: First-principles calculations Ronaldo J.C. Batista, Sabrina S. Carara, Helio Chacham Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H30.00013: Nonequilibrium-induced metal-superconductor quantum phase transition in graphene So Takei, Yong Baek Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H30.00014: Detecting single graphene layer by using fluorescence from high-speed Ar$^{7+}$ ion Yoshiyuki Miyamoto, Hong Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H30.00015: Charge response function and a novel plasmon mode in graphene Eugene Mishchenko, Abdel-Khalek Farid, Suhas Gangadharaiah Preview Abstract

Session H31: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience III: Ferroelectrics, Surfaces, and Water

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Eric Schwegler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 223

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H31.00001: Properties of Ferroelectric Nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H31.00002: Internal electric field effects in ferroelectric nanostructures Byounghak Lee, Zhengji Zhao, Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H31.00003: Nanowettability by saline solutions in electric field Alenka Luzar, C.D. Daub, D. Bratko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H31.00004: Electric Field Control of Structure, Dimensionality and Reactivity of Gold Nanoclusters Supported on Thin Films of MgO/Ag(100) Bokwon Yoon, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H31.00005: Adsorption of water on anatase TiO$_2$ nanoparticles: the role of a wire of undercoordinated Ti sites. M. Posternak, A. Baldereschi, B. Delley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H31.00006: Characterization of Anatase Nanoparticles Using Tight Bonding DFT Simulation Hong Wang, Ning Ma, Hao Wang, James P. Lewis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H31.00007: Single oxide overlayers grown on top of another oxide: Their stability, interaction with metal nanoparticles, and contribution to catalytic activity Sergey Rashkeev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H31.00008: Role of hydrogen on catalytic reduction of nitric oxide on selected transition metal surfaces Faisal Mehmood, Anand U. Nilekar, Manos Mavrikakis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H31.00009: First-principles study of surface stresses induced by target-receptor interactions on a cantilever sensor Varadharajan Srinivasan, Giancarlo Cicero, Jeffrey C. Grossman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H31.00010: Atomic motion and electronic structure of alkanethiol monolayer covered gold surfaces Sabri Alkis, Hai-Ping Cheng, Jeffrey Krause Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H31.00011: Comparison between GGA+U and LSDA-GGA on CuN/Cu(100) Pushpa Raghani, Chiung-Yuan Lin, Barbara Jones Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H31.00012: Formation and reactions of hydronium species in silica I.G. Batyrev, L. Tsetseris, S.T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H31.00013: Hydrogen Bonds and the Vibrational Modes of Water at Interfaces: ab-initio Molecular Dynamics meets Neutron Scattering Nitin Kumar, Sanghamitra Neogi, Paul Kent, Andrei Bandura, James Kubicki, David Wesolowski, Jorge Sofo Preview Abstract

Session H32: Focus Session: Magnetic Imaging

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Sergei Urazhdin, West Virgina University
Room: Morial Convention Center 225

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H32.00001: Measuring Spin Dependent Hot Electron Transport Using Spin-Polarized Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy Vincent LaBella, Andrew Stollenwerk, John Garramone, Evan Spadafora, Ilona Sitnitsky, Joseph Abel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H32.00002: Magnetic properties of single and bilayer MnGa on GaN(0001) investigated by spin-polarized STM Y. Qi, G. Sun, M. Weinert, L. Li Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H32.00003: Localized spectroscopic and topographic studies of heterostructures of OSE/M (OSE: organic semiconductor, M: metal) using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). C. R. Hughes, M. L. Teague, S. Mitrovic, N. C. Yeh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H32.00004: Current-induced magnetization switching with a spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscope Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H32.00005: Bloch line `crystallization' as intrinsic pinning mechanism in ferrimagnetic YIG films John Neal, Milorad Milosevic, Simon Bending, Irina Grigorieva, Alexander Grigorenko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H32.00006: Evolution of magnetic domain reversal with temperature in Co/Pt multilayers observed by magneto-optical Kerr imaging X.P. Xie, X.W. Zhao, J.W. Knepper, F.Y. Yang, R. Sooryakumar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H32.00007: Adding depth sensitivity to photoelectron microscopy using the standing wave/wedge method Florian Kronast, Alexander Keiser, Carsten Wiemann, Ruslan Ovsyannikov, Andrea Locatelli, Daniel Buergler, Reinert Schreiber, See-Hun Yang, Hermann Duerr, Claus Schneider, Charles Fadley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H32.00008: Study of the correlation between structural and magnetic properties of MnAs/Si S. Hegde, J. Kwon, E. Fraser, H. Luo, D.H. Lee, C.R. Wie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H32.00009: Magnetic domains in Nd$_{2}$Fe$_{14}$B on various length scales A. Kreyssig, R. Prozorov, C. Dewhurst, P.C. Canfield, R.W. McCallum, A.I. Goldman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H32.00010: Collective Dynamics and Slow Relaxation of Charge/Spin Density Wave domains in Antiferromagnetic Chromium Oleg Shpyrko, Eric Isaacs, Jonathan Logan, Hyekyung Kim, Martin Holt, Michael Sprung, Zhonghou Cai, Alec Sandy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H32.00011: Color properties, hydrogen bonding and magnetic interactions in (TBA)$_{3}$[Ni(NCS)$_{5}$] T. V. Brinzari, O. A. -I. Swader, J. L. Musfeldt, C. Tian, M. -H. Whangbo, J. A. Schlueter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H32.00012: Ferrofluid Photonic Dipole Contours Michael Snyder, Jonathan Frederick Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H32.00013: Magnetic Reversal Time in Open Long Range Systems Fausto Borgonovi, Luca Celardo, Bruno Goncalves, Luca Spadafora Preview Abstract

Session H33: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Magnetic Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG FIAP DMP
Chair: Jim Allen, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Morial Convention Center 224

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H33.00001: Full band structure calculations of optical spin injection in Si and CdSe Julien Rioux, Fred Nastos, John E. Sipe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H33.00002: Ultrafast optical injection of magnetization in non-magnetic semiconductors F. Nastos, R. Newson, H. M. van Driel, J. E. Sipe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H33.00003: Direct and non-demolition optical detection of pure spin currents in semiconductors R.-B. Liu, J. Wang, B.-F. Zhu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H33.00004: Theory of Optical Manipulation of Electron Spins in Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H33.00005: Carrier Dynamics in Microdisk Photonic Molecules Felix M. Mendoza, Roberto C. Myers, Greg Calusine, Arthur C. Gossard, David D. Awschalom, Xia Li, B.J. Cooley, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H33.00006: Ultrafast Coherent Precession of Interfacial Electron Spins in Fe/AlGaAs (001) Yichun Fan, Haibin Zhao, Gunter Lupke, Aubrey Hanbicki, C. Li, Berend Jonker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H33.00007: Spin galvanic effect between subband of InGaAs/AlGaAs 2DEG Junfeng Dai, Xiaodong Cui Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H33.00008: Manipulating nonlinear optical response from electron spins in a 2D electron gas via exciton injection Shannon O'Leary, Hailin Wang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H33.00009: Rate equation modeling of semiconductor spin-polarized lasers and diodes Christian Gothgen, Athos Petrou, Igor Zutic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H33.00010: Theory of spin-polarized semiconductor lasers Rafal Oszwaldowski, Christian Gothgen, Igor Zutic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H33.00011: Disorder and many-body effects in transport and optical conductivities of diluted magnetic semiconductors Fedir Kyrychenko, Carsten A. Ullrich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H33.00012: Theory for Beats Observed in Optical Orientation Experiments on n-GaAs Nicholas Harmon, William Putikka, Robert Joynt Preview Abstract

Session H35: Focus Session: Negative Index Materials III

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Igor Smolyaninov, BAE Systems
Room: Morial Convention Center 227

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H35.00001: Plasmonic metamaterials with tuneable optical properties Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H35.00002: Tunable plasmonic negative index nanostructures and nanolenses in optical domain E.V. Ponizovskaya, A.M. Bratkovsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H35.00003: Novel acoustic surface plasmons on Cu(111) Karsten Pohl, Bogdan Diaconescu, Luca Vattuone, Mario Rocca Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H35.00004: Thickness dependent plasmon excitation and damping in metallic thin films Zhe Yuan, Shiwu Gao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H35.00005: Surface Plasmon Polariton Amplification at Telecommunication Frequencies. Muralidhar Ambati, Sunghyun Nam, Dentcho Genov, Erick Ulin-Avila, Xiang Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H35.00006: Novel electromagnetic effective medium based on nanocoaxes Krzysztof Kempa, Xiwen Wang, Zhifeng Ren, Michael J. Naughton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H35.00007: Controlling surface plasmons and local field by two-dimensional arrays of metallic nano-bottles Hei Iu, Daniel H.C. Ong, Jones T.K. Wan, Jia Li Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H35.00008: Inverse Mapping Structures onto Transparency Kim F. Ferris, Xin Sun, Paul A. Whitney Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H35.00009: A method for determining refractive indices of epilayers of multi-structure active layer Gagik Shmavonyan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H35.00010: Electromagnetic field distributions of perfect and imperfect cloaks Tai Hang Fung, Lai Lai Leung, Kin Wah Yu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H35.00011: Design of cloaking metamaterials using spectral representation theory Lai Lai Leung, Tai Hang Fung, Kin Wah Yu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H35.00012: Nonlinear Cerenkov radiation in a two-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystal waveguide. S.N. Zhu, Y. Zhang, Z. Yan, Z. Qi, G. Zhao Preview Abstract

Session H36: Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy II: Force Methods

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Andreas Heinrich, IBM
Room: Morial Convention Center 228

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H36.00001: Multi-dimensional Scanning Probe Microscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H36.00002: A Low Temperature Scanning Force Microscope with a Vertical Cantilever and Interferometric Detection Scheme Jeehoon Kim, T.L. Williams, Sang Lin Chu, Hasan Korre, Max Chalfin, J.E. Hoffman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H36.00003: New Interpretation of Non-contact Atomic Force Microscopy Images of Dihydride Si(001) Surface Based on Simulation Akira Masago, Satoshi Watanabe, Katsunori Tagami, Masaru Tsukada Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H36.00004: Real-time detection and reduction of probe-loss in atomic force microscopy Pranav Agarwal, Tathagata De, Murti Salapaka Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H36.00005: Evaluation of sensitivity and selectivity of piezoresistive cantilever-array sensors Genki Yoshikawa, Hans-Peter Lang, Urs Staufer, Peter Vettiger, Toshio Sakurai, Christoph Gerber Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H36.00006: Observation of locally excited ferromagnetic resonance via magnetic resonance force microscopy Evgueni Nazaretski, Denis Pelekhov, Ivar Martin, Peter C. Hammel, Roman Movshovich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H36.00007: Characterization of the High Coercivity Magnetic Probe Tips for Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy I.H. Lee, J. Kim, Yu Obukhov, P. Banerjee, D.V. Pelekhov, P.C. Hammel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H36.00008: Fabrication Challenges in Producing Magnet-tipped Cantilevers for Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy Steven A. Hickman, Sean R. Garner, Lee E. Harrell, Jeremy C. Ong, Seppe Kuehn, John A. Marohn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H36.00009: Fabricating overhanging magnets for use in magnetic resonance force microscopy using a XeF2 isotropic etch. Sarah Wright, Steven Hickman, John Marohn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H36.00010: Bimodal AFM imaging of individual protein molecules with sub-pico Newton force sensitivity. Nicolas F. Martinez, Shiva Patil, Jose R. Lozano, Ricardo Garcia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H36.00011: Rheological Measurements by AFM of the Formation of Polymer Nanofibers Mehdi Yazdanpanah, Mahdi Hosseini, Santosh pabba, Scott Berry, Vladimir Dobrokhotov, Abdelilah Safir, Robert Keynton, Robert Cohn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H36.00012: Micromechanical force detectors for measuring magnetization at high magnetic fields and the magnetic~ response of Ba3Cr2O8. K. Ninios, Y. J. Jo, L. Balicas, A. Aczel, G. M. Luke, H. B. Chan Preview Abstract

Session H37: Optical Properties of Semiconductors (mostly oxides)

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Matthias Schubert, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Room: Morial Convention Center 229

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H37.00001: Density-functional theory study of the effects of atomic doping on the band edges of monoclinic WO$_{3}$ Muhammad N. Huda, Yanfa Yan, Su-Huai Wei, Mowafak M. Al-Jassim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H37.00002: Materials for Transparent Electronics: Ab initio calculation of wide bandgap semiconductor interfaces Skye Dorsett, Guenter Schneider Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H37.00003: \textit{Ab initio} calculations of the dielectric functions of semiconductors including the electron-hole interactions via LASTO method HyeJung Kim, Yia-Chung Chang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H37.00004: Structural and optical properties of a transparent conductor oxide: Nb:In$_{2}$O$_{3}$ O. Lozano, P.V. Chinta, P.V. Wadekar, L.H. Chu, H.W. Seo, Q.Y. Chen, X.M. Wang, D. Wijesundera, L.W. Tu, N.J. Ho, W.K. Chu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H37.00005: Nature of the bandgap in In$_{2}$O$_{3}$ revealed by first-principles calculations and X-ray spectroscopy Aron Walsh, Juarez L.F. Da Silva, Su-Huai Wei, Christoph K\"orber, Andreas Klein, L.F.J. Piper, Alex DeMasi, K.E. Smith, G. Panaccione, P. Torelli, D.J. Payne, A. Bourlange, R.G. Egdell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H37.00006: Raman scattering properties of $\mathrm{SnO}_x$ Ralf Meyer, Cedrik Meier, Axel Lorke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H37.00007: Studies of electronic relaxation and coherent control in sensitized semiconductor surfaces. Victor Batista, Luis Rego Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H37.00008: Electron-phonon interaction and charge carrier mass enhancement in electron doped alkali earth titanate semiconductors Dook van Mechelen, Dirk van der Marel, Claudio Grimaldi, Peter Armitage, Alexey Kuzmenko, Hans Hagemann, Nicolas Reyren, Rolf Lortz, Igor Mazin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H37.00009: Non-resonant inelastic x-ray scattering spectra of lithiated titanium oxides for battery applications Kenneth Nagle, Mali Balasubramanian, Christopher Johnson, Gerald Seidler, Ilias Belharouak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H37.00010: New green phosphor Ba$_{3}$Si$_{6}$O$_{12}$N$_{2}$:Eu for white LED: crystal structure and optical properties Masayoshi Mikami, Kyota Uheda, Satoshi Shimooka, Hiroyuki Imura, Naoto Kijima Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H37.00011: Optical properties of group-II oxides -- excitons and absorption in MgO, ZnO and CdO Andr\'e Schleife, Claudia R\"odl, Frank Fuchs, Friedhelm Bechstedt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H37.00012: Mechanistic model for the influence of Ag thickness on the electrical and optical properties of ZnO/Ag/ZnO nanoscale multilayers Terry Alford, Hauk Han, N. Theodore Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H37.00013: Soft X-Ray Spectroscopic studies of Intrinsic Quantum Well States, Shallow Core Level Hybridization, and Valence Band Structure in CdO and InN L.F.J. Piper, L. Colakerol, A. DeMasi, T.D. Moustakas, K.E. Smith, J. Zuniga-P\'erez, V. Munoz-Sanjos\'e, Alexei Fedorov, T. Veal, C. McConville Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H37.00014: Probing defects in ZnO nanostructures by Photoluminescence and Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy Manoranjan Ghosh, A.K. Raychaudhuri, S.K. Chaudhuri, Dipankar Das Preview Abstract

Session H39: Student Prize Session followed by Focus Session: Friction

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Cristina Marchetti, University of Syracuse
Room: Morial Convention Center 231

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H39.00001: Restricted Defect Dynamics in Colloidal Peanut Crystals Sharon Gerbode, Stephanie Lee, Bettina John, Angie Wolfgang, Chakesha Liddell, Fernando Escobedo, Itai Cohen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H39.00002: Elastic Theory of Defects in Toroidal Crystals Luca Giomi, Mark Bowick Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H39.00003: Hopping Conduction and Bacteria: Transport Properties of Disordered Reaction-Diffusion Systems Andrew Missel, Karin Dahmen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H39.00004: Hard Discs on the Hyperbolic Plane Carl Modes, Randall Kamien Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H39.00005: Experimental Observation of Quantized Vortex Reconnection and Turbulence in Superfluid Helium Matthew Paoletti, Katepalli Sreenivasan, Daniel Lathrop Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H39.00006: Slippery or sticky boundary conditions: control of wrinkling in metal-capped thin polymer films by selective adhesion to substrates Hugues Vandeparre, Julien Leopoldes, Christophe Poulard, Sylvain Desprez, Cyprien Gay, Gwennaelle Derue, Pascal Damman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H39.00007: Shrinky Dinks : Dynamic Shape Transformations Ajay Gopinathan, Michelle Khine, Arnold Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H39.00008: The Roll of Friction in the Mechanical Failure Properties of a Polymer Particulate Composite Donald Wiegand, Brett Reddingius, Kevin Ellis, Claire Leppard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H39.00009: Force-driven transport in entropy barriers Kevin Dorfman, Nabil Laachi, Martin Kenward, Ehud Yariv Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H39.00010: Friction and wear of nanocrystalline diamond coatings. Abhishek Kothari, Brian Sheldon, XingCheng Xiao, Kyung-Suk Kim, Leo Lev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H39.00011: Ultra-high vacuum cryotribology of diamond and diamond-like films Matthew Aggleton, P. Taborek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H39.00012: Quartz Crystal Microbalance Studies of Temperature Rise in a Sliding Contact Jacqueline Krim, Benjamin Dawson, Matthew Walker, Cherno Jaye, Douglas Irving, Donald Brenner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H39.00013: Combined ab initio and classical molecular dynamics simulations of the tribological properties of rare gas monolayers sliding on metal surfaces Maria Clelia Righi, Mauro Ferrario Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H39.00014: Solid-fluid transitions at high sliding rates at Al/Al interfaces J.E. Hammerberg, B.L. Holian, R. Ravelo, T.C. Germann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H39.00015: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SESSION H8 Preview Abstract

Session H40: Focus Session: Earth and Planetary Materials I

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Robert Liebermann, COMPRES
Room: Morial Convention Center 232

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H40.00001: Elasticity of (Mg,Fe)O through the spin transition of iron in the lower mantle Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H40.00002: Elasticity of ferropericlase at Earth's lower mantle conditions Renata Wentzcovitch, Joao Justo, Zhongqing Wu, Cesar da Silva Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H40.00003: Inter-site Partitioning of Iron in Wadsleyite at High Pressures Rose Perea, Boris Kiefer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H40.00004: First principles studies on several major phase transitions in Earth upper mantle Yonggang Yu, Zhongqing Wu, Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H40.00005: The Phase Diagram of Portlandite, Ca(OH)$_{2}$ at Pressures up to 40 GPa Boris Kiefer, Megan Lockwood Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H40.00006: High PT elasticity within the quasiharmonic approximation with relaxed thermal stresses Pierre Carrier, Joao F. Justo, Renata M. Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H40.00007: Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Elastic Instability in Stishovite K.P. Driver, R.E. Cohen, P.L. Rios, M.D. Towler, R.J. Needs, J.W. Wilkins Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H40.00008: Pressure dependence of lattice anharmonicity and phonon lifetime in MgO: a first-principles calculation and implications for lattice thermal conductivity Xiaoli Tang, Jianjun Dong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H40.00009: Pure Iron Compressed and Heated to Extreme Conditions Arkady Mikhaylushkin, Sergei Simak, Leonid Dubrovinsky, Natalia Dubrovinskaia, Borje Johansson, Igor Abrikosov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H40.00010: First-principles study of MgSiO$_{3}$ at core-mantle boundary conditions Siu-Chung Sung, Jones Tsz-Kai Wan Preview Abstract