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Session S1: Diamond-based Quantum Information Processing

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

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S1.00001: Coherent control of single spins in diamond Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S1.00002: Controlling individual electron and nuclear spins in diamond: from quantum registers to applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S1.00003: Fabrication Strategies for Practical Diamond Based Quantum Information Processing Devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S1.00004: Coherent Population Trapping of Single Spins in Diamond under Optical Excitation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S1.00005: Controlling single defects: Electric and magnetic fields Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S2: Can Power Dissipation in a Switch Be Significantly Lowered?

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Jeff Welser, SRC Nanoelectronics Research Initiative
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S2.00001: Will a New Milli-Volt Switch Replace the Transistor for Digital Applications? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S2.00002: Use of negative capacitance to provide voltage amplification for ultra low power nanoscale devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S2.00003: Nanowire Impact Ionization FETs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S2.00004: Nanoelectromechanical switches Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S2.00005: One-dimensional semiconductors for low-power electronic applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S3: Aging, Shear and Rejuvenation: Mechanics of Glasses, Colloids and Granular Matter

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Criag Maloney, Carnegie Mellon University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S3.00001: Jamming: Relating Shear and Effective Temperature Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S3.00002: Simulations of shear banding in metallic glasses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S3.00003: Single particle dynamics of aging in colloidal systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S3.00004: Aging dynamics and the mechanical behavior of glassy solids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S3.00005: Faults \& Earthquakes as Granular Phenomena: Controls on Stick-Slip Dynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S4: Keithley Award Symposium

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: James Matey, Sarnoff Corporation
Room: Morial Convention Center 206

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S4.00001: Keithly Award Talk: Pushing the limits in ARPES Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S4.00002: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S4.00003: High Resolution Angle-Resolved Photoemission Studies of Correlated Electron Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S4.00004: Angle-Resolved Photoemission Study of High Temperature Superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S5: Theory of Orbital Magnetization and Related Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Raffaele Resta, University of Trieste
Room: Morial Convention Center RO1

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S5.00001: Theory of Orbital Magnetization and its Generalization to Interacting Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S5.00002: Optical sum rules for the orbital magnetization and anomalous Hall conductivity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S5.00003: A converse approach to the calculation of NMR shielding tensors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S5.00004: Non-perturbative ab-initio calculation of the g-tensor in periodic boundary conditions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM		S5.00005: First-principles approach to Non-Collinear Magnetism: towards Spin Dynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S6: Superfluid Density in Underdoped Cuprates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Mohit Randeria, Ohio State University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO4

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S6.00001: Quantum critical behavior in the superfluid density of strongly underdoped ultrathin copper oxide films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S6.00002: Superfluid density in the underdoped cuprates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S6.00003: Two energy scales and the nodal-antinodal dichotomy in underdoped superconducting cuprates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S6.00004: Algebraic charge liquids and the underdoped cuprates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S7: Panel Discussion: Non-traditional Careers for Physicists

Sponsoring Units: FGSA
Chair: Gavi Begtrup, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Morial Convention Center RO5

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:45PM		S7.00001: Scientific Careers in Public Policy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:45PM - 3:00PM		S7.00002: A Road Less Traveled: An Editorial Career Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:00PM - 3:15PM		S7.00003: Scientific publication: An alternative career in physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:15PM - 3:30PM		S7.00004: Adventures of the Industrial Researcher Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:45PM		S7.00005: TBD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:45PM - 4:00PM		S7.00006: TBD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:00PM - 5:30PM		S7.00007: Panel Discussion on Non-traditional Careers for Physicists Preview Abstract

Session S8: Colloidal Rheology

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

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S8.00001: Shear Thickening, Gel Elasticity and Internal Stresses in a Colloidal System with Attractive Interactions Chinedum Osuji, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S8.00002: Microscopic Details of Plastically Sheared Colloidal Gels Gary L. Hunter, Tiffany Soo, Denis Semwogerere, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S8.00003: Delayed Collapse of Colloidal Gels Juan-Jose Lietor-Santos, Chanjoong Kim, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, David A. Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S8.00004: Effect of Nanoparticle Shape and Size on Shear Rheology Matt K. Petersen, J. Matthew D. Lane, Gary S. Grest Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S8.00005: Shear Thinning in Nanoparticle Suspensions Pieter J. in 't Veld, Matt K. Petersen, Gary S. Grest Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S8.00006: Viscosity of confined suspensions. Philippe Peyla, Yohann Davit, Claude Verdier Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S8.00007: Rate dependence, drag balance and role of disorder in linearly sheared foams. Gijs Katgert, Matthias E. M\"{o}bius, Martin van Hecke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S8.00008: Shear Modulus of a Depletion-Induced Colloidal Gel Chanjoong Kim, David A. Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S8.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S8.00010: Irreversible flow-induced vitrification of nanoemulsions by extreme droplet rupturing James N. Wilking, Thomas G. Mason Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S8.00011: Hindered rising in aggregating polydisperse particle suspensions Shihai Feng, Kim Rasmussen, Alan Graham, Bing Dai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S8.00012: Self-organized criticality of slowly sedimenting sheared suspensions Weining Man, Laurent Corte, Sharon Gerbode, David Pine, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S8.00013: Random organization: A dynamical phase transition Laurent Corte, David J. Pine, Paul M. Chaikin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S8.00014: X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy in a shear flow Andrei Fluerasu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S8.00015: Electrophoretic ``Equilibrium'' Profile of Charged Colloids Romain Planques, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract

Session S9: Optical Properties of Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: David Tanner, University of Florida
Room: Morial Convention Center RO7

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S9.00001: Superconducting plasma edge along the \boldmath $c$ axis in La$_{2-x}$Ba$_x$CuO$_4$\unboldmath C. C. Homes, M. H\"{u}cker, Jinsheng Wen, Zhijun Xu, G. D. Gu, J. M. Tranquada Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S9.00002: Investigation of the bosonic spectral density in highly under-doped YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6.35 }$ Jing Yang, Thomas Timusk, Douglas Bonn, Ruixing Liang, Walter Hardy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S9.00003: Optical conductivity of electron-doped cuprates, pseudogap and antiferromagnetic fluctuations D. Bergeron, B. Kyung, V. Hankevych, A.-M.S. Tremblay Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S9.00004: Optical Properties of Organic Superconductor $\kappa$-(BETS)$_2$FeBr$_4$ M. Reedyk, N. Hossein Khah, B. Liu, G.V. Sudhakar Rao, H. Fujiwara, H. Kobayashi, M.A. Tanatar, K. Yakushi, T. Nakamura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S9.00005: Optical properties of lattice/spin polarons in underdoped cuprates Simone Fratini, Sergio Ciuchi, Emmanuele Cappelluti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S9.00006: Optical Conductivity and Correlation Strength of the High T$_c$ Cuprate Superconductors Massimo Capone, Armin Comanac, Luca de' Medici, Andrew Millis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S9.00007: Is the Optical Sum Rule Violated in Cuprates? Michael Norman, Andrey Chubukov, Erik van Heumen, Alexey Kuzmenko, Dirk van der Marel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S9.00008: Sum rule analysis of YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_y$ in magnetic field Andrew LaForge, Willie Padilla, Kenneth Burch, Zhiqiang Li, Alexander Schafgans, Kouji Segawa, Yoichi Ando, Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S9.00009: Illustration of advantages of optical self-energy for understanding conductivity data on superconductors E.J. Nicol, J.P. Carbotte Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S9.00010: Optical properties of underdoped high $T_c$ superconductors from a phenomenological model E. Illes, E.J. Nicol, J.P. Carbotte Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S9.00011: Signatures of superconducting gap inhomogeneities in the optical conductivity J. LeBlanc, E.J. Nicol, J.P. Carbotte Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S9.00012: Time resolved Raman scattering on the pair-breaking peak in Bi-2212 -- direct observation of the dynamics of the superconducting order parameter Pelangi Saichu, Ilka Mahns, Arne Goos, Stephan Binder, Stefan Singer, J. Unterhinninghofen, Benjamin Schulz, Andrivo Rusydi, S.L. Cooper, M.V. Klein, P. Guptasarma, Dirk Manske, Michael Ruebhausen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S9.00013: Electronic Raman scattering in cuprates William Guyard, Mathieu Le Tacon, Maximilien Cazayous, Alain Sacuto, Antoine Georges, Doroth\'ee Colson, Anne Forget Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S9.00014: Self Energy Corrections to Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering in the Cuprates Wael Al-Sawai, Robert Markiewicz, Arun Bansil Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S9.00015: Optical conductivity in strongly correlated electron materials Jianmin Tao, Jian-Xin Zhu Preview Abstract

Session S10: Superconductors: Synthesis and Physical Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Carmen Almasan, Kent State University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO8

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S10.00001: Growth of MgB$_{2}$ Films by an Impinging Jet HPCVD Reactor Design Daniel Lamborn, R.H.T. Wilke, Qi Li, Xiaoxing Xi, D.W. Snyder, Shufang Wang, Joan Redwing Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S10.00002: Clean Epitaxial MgB}$_{2}$\textbf{ Films Fabricated by \textit{Ex Situ} Annealing of CVD-Grown B Films in Mg Vapor Mina Hanna, Shufang Wang, Andrew David Eck, Rudeger Wilke, Ke Chen, Arsen Soukiassian, Che-Hui Lee, Wenqing Dai, Qi Li, Joan Redwing, Darrell Schlom, Xiaoxing Xi, Kamel Salama Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S10.00003: High isostatic pressure synthesis of sonochemically modified MgB2 superconductor Brett McCarty, Josua Hugen, Daniel Stoecklein, Ruslan Prozorov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S10.00004: Preparation and transport measurements of high T$_{c}$ disordered MgB$_{2}$ thin films Li Zhang, Wolter Siemons, Nicholas Breznay, Aharon Kulpitulnik, Malcolm Beasley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S10.00005: Crystal growth of superconducting materials La$_{2-x}$Ba$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ Genda Gu, J.S. Wen, Z.J. Xu, J.M. Tranquada Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S10.00006: Superconductivity in La(Ni$_{1-x}$T$_{x})$C$_{2}$ (T = Cu, Ti, and Pt) H.H. Sung, S.Y. Chou, Y.C. Kung, H.K. Kuo, K.J. Syu, W.H. Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S10.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S10.00008: Magnetron sputter deposition of a 48-member cuprate superconductor library: Bi$_2$Sr$_2$Y$_x$Ca$_{1-x}$Cu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ (0.5$\le x \le$1) linearly varying in steps of $\Delta x = 0.01$. Kevin Hewitt, Robert Sanderson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S10.00009: Mechanical and superconducting properties of Bi$_{1.8}$Pb$_{0.35}$Sr$_{1.9}$Ca$_{2.1}$Cu$_{3}$Gd$_{x}$O$_{y}$ system Mustafa Akdogan, Ozgur Ozturk, Huseyin Aydin, Murat Erdem, Cabir Terzioglu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S10.00010: Investigation of Some Physical Properties of Gd added Bi-2223 Superconductors Murat Erdem, Ozgur Ozturk, Huseyin Aydin, Mustafa Akdogan, Cabir Terzioglu, Ahmet Varilci, Ibrahim Belenli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S10.00011: Transport microstructure and mechanical properties of Au diffusion-doped Bi-2223 superconductors O. Ozturk, C. Terzioglu, A. Varilci, I. Belenli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S10.00012: Critical current density variations with increasing thickness in YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-x}$+ BaSnO$_{3}$ (BSO) films Chakrapani Varanasi, Jack Burke, Lyle Brunke, Haiyan Wang, Paul Barnes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S10.00013: Superconductivity in undoped $T$'-RE$_{2}$CuO$_{4}$ with $T_{C }>$ 30 K Michio Naito, Osamu Matsumoto, Aya Utsuki, Akio Tsukada, Hideki Yamamoto, Takaaki Manabe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S10.00014: NbN films grown by chemical solution deposition Guifu Zou, Menka Jain, Hongmei Luo, S.A. Baily, T.M. McCleskey, E. Bauer, A.K. Burrell, Q. Jia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S10.00015: Superconductivity in YbGa$_x$Si$_{2-x}$ with the AlB$_2$-type structure N. Tsujii, M. Imai, H. Yamaoka, H. Ohashi, D. Nomoto, I. Jarrige, T. Tochio, K. Handa, J. Ide, H. Atsuta, Y. Ito, H. Yoshikawa, H. Kitazawa Preview Abstract

Session S11: Theory of Superconductivity in Cuprates I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Alexander Balatsky, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center RO9

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S11.00001: Cuprate higher harmonic gap structure: theory vs. experiment David Parker, Alexander Balatsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S11.00002: Sublattice model of atomic scale pairing inhomogeneity in a superconductor Vivek Mishra, P.J. Hirschfeld, Yuri S. Barash Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S11.00003: Suppression of $d$-wave superconductivity in the weakly inhomogeneous checkerboard Hubbard Model D.G.S.P. Doluweera, M. Jarrell, Th. Maier, A. Macridin, Th. Pruschke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S11.00004: Electronic properties investigation of YBaCuO using the PAW formalism Simon Pesant, Michel C\^ot\'e Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S11.00005: Electronic properties and chain conductivity of underdoped YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6+x}$ by First-Principles calculations Vincenzo Fiorentini, Alessio Filippetti, Giorgia Lopez, Mauro Mantega Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S11.00006: Holes localization and Fermi Surface morphology of Y$_{1-x}$Ca$_x$BaCu$_3$O$_6$ by First-Principles Giorgia Lopez, Alessio Filippetti, Vincenzo Fiorentini Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S11.00007: Nature of high-temperature superconductivity John D. Dow Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S11.00008: Percolation Theory of the Pseudogap Phase Alexei Abrikosov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S11.00009: Pairing in Non-Fermi Liquids in Terms of Bethe-Salpeter Equation Yuriy Malozovsky, J.D. Fan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S11.00010: Multiple Pairing in the BCS Model J.D. Fan, Yuriy Malozovsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S11.00011: Extraction of the pairing glue spectra of high Tc superconductors Han-Yong Choi, Jaehyun Yoon, Takeshi Kondo, Adam Kaminski, Chandra Varma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S11.00012: A competing order scenario of two-gap behavior in hole doped cuprates Tanmoy Das, R.S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S11.00013: Local quasiparticle lifetimes in a d-wave superconductor S. Graser, P.J. Hirschfeld, D.J. Scalapino Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S11.00014: Disordered superconductors: role of interaction strength Raimundo dos Santos, Felipe Mondaini, Thereza Paiva, Richard Scalettar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S11.00015: A singlet-pairing superconductor is always also a super-spin-current-conductor. Chia-Ren Hu Preview Abstract

Session S12: Strongly Correlated Quantum Phases

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Shailesh Chandrasekharan, Duke University
Room: Morial Convention Center 203

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S12.00001: Fate of the Fermionic Quasiparticles at the Electronic Nematic-Smectic Quantum Critical Point Kai Sun, Benjamin Fregoso, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S12.00002: Novel Transitions in S=1 Spinor Condensates and XY Ashkin-Teller Universality Shailesh Chandrasekharan, Daniel Poldolsky, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S12.00003: Theory of the Nematic-Smectic Quantum Phase Transition in Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems Benjamin Fregoso, Kai Sun, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S12.00004: Universal Scaling in the Fan of an Unconventional Quantum Critical Point Roger Melko, Ribhu Kaul Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S12.00005: Quantum critical scaling behavior of deconfined spinons Flavio Nogueira, Steinar Kragset, Asle Sudbo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S12.00006: Monte-Carlo simulations of su(2) symmetric deconfined criticality action A.B. Kuklov, M. Matsumoto, N.V. Prokof'ev, B.V. Svistunov, M. Troyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S12.00007: Phase diagram of the anisotropic two-dimensional bilinear biquadratic spin-1 Heisenberg model Christoph Puetter, Michael Lawler, Hae-Young Kee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S12.00008: Generic mixed columnar-plaquette phases in Rokhsar-Kivelson models Ralko Arnaud, Poilblanc Didier, Moessner Roderich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S12.00009: An exact chiral spin liquid with non-Abelian anyons Hong Yao, Steven Kivelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S12.00010: Non-abelian topological phases and unconventional criticality in a model of interacting anyons Charlotte Gils, Simon Trebst, Matthias Troyer, Andreas Ludwig, Alexei Kitaev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S12.00011: Topological Mott Insulators Srinivas Raghu, Xiao-Liang Qi, Carsten Honerkamp, Shou-Cheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S12.00012: Critical liquid phases for frustrated bosons in two dimensions Olexei Motrunich, Matthew P.A. Fisher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S12.00013: Pseudogap in strongly interacting and strongly disordered systems Simone Chiesa, Prabuddha Chakraborty, Warren Pickett, Richard Scalettar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S12.00014: Bose Metal Phase from Inhomogeneous Flow Gergely Zimanyi, Niels Jensen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S12.00015: Double Occupancy in low-energy theoreis of doped Mott insulators Philip Phillips, Ting Pong Choy, Robert Leigh, George Sawatzky Preview Abstract

Session S13: Focus Session: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory I

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DCP
Chair: Andrew Rappe, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Morial Convention Center 204

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S13.00001: Total and self-energies beyond LDA and GGA: exact-exchange, {\it GW} and MP2 united by numeric atom-centered orbitals Xinguo Ren, Andrea Sanfilippo, Alexandre Tkatchenko, Patrick Rinke, Volker Blum, Karsten Reuter, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S13.00002: Order N Implementation of Exact Exchange Xifan Wu, Annabella Selloni, Roberto Car Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S13.00003: Accurate and fast DFT calculations with the AM05 functional Ann E. Mattsson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S13.00004: Beller Lectureship Talk: Exploring Exact Exchange for collinear and non-collinear magnetism Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S13.00005: A GGA+U approach to realistic modeling of transition-metal complexes Heather Kulik, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S13.00006: Accurate description of the bonding of C$_6$H$_6$ at noble metal surfaces, using a local exchange-correlation correction scheme Erik McNellis, Karsten Reuter, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S13.00007: Transcorrelated method applied to covalent and ionic solids: total energy and band structure calculation Keitaro Sodeyama, Shinji Tsuneyuki, Rei Sakuma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S13.00008: System-averaged exchange and correlation holes in third-row atoms Antonio C. Cancio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S13.00009: RPA Correlation Energy in ACFD Formalism with Thomas-Fermi-von Weizs\"{a}cker Approximation Viet Huy Nguyen, Stefano de Gironcoli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S13.00010: Generalized density functional theory for effective potentials in many-body electronic structure F. A. Reboredo, P. R. C. Kent Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S13.00011: Towards QMC benchmarks for large scale dispersive interactions Jonathan L DuBois, Randolph Q. Hood, Sebastien Hamel, Eric R. Schwegler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S13.00012: Real or artifactual symmetry breaking in BNB: A fixed-node diffusion Monte Carlo study Wissam A. Al-Saidi, Cyrus Umrigar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S13.00013: Potential Energy Curves and Excited States of the C$_2$ Molecule by Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) Wirawan Purwanto, Henry Krakauer, Shiwei Zhang, Wissam Al-Saidi Preview Abstract

Session S14: Fermions in Optical Lattices

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Ana Maria Rey, Harvard University
Room: Morial Convention Center 205

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S14.00001: Strongly interacting Fermi gases in an optical lattice Niels Strohmaier, Robert Joerdens, Kenneth Guenter, Yosuke Takasu, Michael Koehl, Henning Moritz, Tilman Esslinger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S14.00002: Sqeezing out the entropy of Fermions in an optical lattice. Qi Zhou, Tin-Lun Ho Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S14.00003: Superfluid-insulator transitions of the Fermi gas with near-unitary interactions in a periodic potential Eun-Gook Moon, Predrag Nikolic, Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S14.00004: Pattern formation in mixtures of different mass ultracold atoms in optical lattices: an inhomogeneous DMFT study James Freericks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S14.00005: Fermion mixtures on an optical lattice Shan-Wen Tsai, Tun Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S14.00006: Effects of frozen double occupancies on fermions in optical lattices Rajdeep Sensarma, Eugene Demler, Ehud Altman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S14.00007: Dynamical instabilities of paired fermion superfluids in optical lattices Ganesh Ramachandran, Anton Burkov, Arun Paramekanti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S14.00008: BCS-BEC Crossover of a Quasi-two-dimensional Fermi Gas: the Significance of Dressed Molecules Wei Zhang, Guin-Dar Lin, Luming Duan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S14.00009: Itinerant Ferromagnetism in an Atom Trap Ilya Berdnikov, Piers Coleman, Steve Simon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S14.00010: The expansion of strongly interacting fermions after the release from a trap Fabian Heidrich-Meisner, Marcos Rigol, Alejandro Muramatsu, Adrian Feiguin, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S14.00011: Quantum Antiferromagnetism of Fermion in Optical Lattices with Half-filled p-band Hui Zhai, Kai Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S14.00012: Stripe Formation and Superfluiditiy Correlation on Two-dimensional Optical Lattice: DMRG Studies for $n$-leg repulsive Hubbard model Masahiko Machida, Masahiko Okumura, Susumu Yamada Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S14.00013: Superfluidity of fermions with repulsive on-site interaction in an anisotropic optical lattice near a Feshbach resonance Bin Wang, Luming Duan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S14.00014: Predicted itinerant ferromagnetism with cold fermions in optical lattices Shizhong Zhang, Congjun Wu Preview Abstract

Session S15: Superconducting Qubits III

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Franco Nori, University of Michigan & RIKEN
Room: Morial Convention Center 207

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S15.00001: Transmission line cavity as a quantum memory for superconducting phase qubits K. Cicak, F. Altomare, J.I. Park, M.A. Sillanpa\"{a}, R.W. Simmonds Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S15.00002: Coplanar resonators as computational elements in a superconducting qubit architecture Max Hofheinz, E.M. Weig, R.C. Bialczak, H. Wang, N. Katz, M. Neeley, E. Lucero, A.D. O'Connell, M. Ansmann, J. Wenner, D. Sank, I. Storch, J.M. Martinis, A.N. Cleland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S15.00003: Entangling phase qubits via a common transmission line cavity Jae Park, Ray Simmonds Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S15.00004: Measuring the quantum states of a superconducting cavity Jae Park, Fabio Altomare, Katerina Cicak, Ray Simmonds Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S15.00005: Cooling of a Resonator with Microwave Induced Charge-Phase Qubit Transitions Jani Tuorila, David Gunnarsson, Antti Paila, Jayanta Sarkar, Erkki Thuneberg, Yuriy Makhlin, Pertti Hakonen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S15.00006: Fast tuning of a high Q microwave cavity for qubit coupling. M. Sandberg, C.M. Wilson, F. Persson, G. Johansson, V. Shumeiko, T. Duty, P. Delsing Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S15.00007: Vacuum Rabi Mode Splitting at High Drive Powers and Elevated Temperatures J.M. Fink, A. Blais, R.J. Schoelkopf, A. Wallraff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S15.00008: Observation of Berry's Phase in a Superconducting Qubit P.J. Leek, J.M. Fink, A. Blais, R.J. Schoelkopf, A. Wallraff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S15.00009: Cooper Pair Box Qubit in the Ultrastrong Coupling Regime Markus Brink, Michael Metcalfe, Luigi Frunzio, Vladimir E. Manucharyan, Jens Koch, Terri M. Yu, Steven M. Girvin, Robert J. Schoelkopf, Michel H. Devoret Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S15.00010: Homodyne detection of resonance fluorescence in circuit QED Lev S. Bishop, Jens Koch, Erkki Thuneberg, Jerry M. Chow, Steven M. Girvin, Robert J. Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S15.00011: Purcell Effect Limits on the Lifetimes of Transmon Qubits Blake Johnson, Steven Girvin, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S15.00012: Suppressing Charge Noise Decoherence in a Transmon Qubit Joseph Schreier, Steven Girvin, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S15.00013: Circuit QED with phase-biased qubits Jerome Bourassa, Alexandre Blais, Michel Devoret, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S15.00014: Quantum walk on a circle in phase space via superconducting circuit quantum electrodynamics Barry Sanders, Peng Xue, Alexandre Blais, Kevin Lalumiere Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S15.00015: Quantum mirror transport of qudits and continuous variables and an implementation in Circuit-QED Jason Twamley, Gerardo Andres Paz Silva, Stojan Rebic Preview Abstract

Session S16: Focus Session: General Techniques and Radiation Therapies in Biological Physics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Paul Gueye, Hampton University
Room: Morial Convention Center 208

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S16.00001: The Evolution of External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT) from a Technological Perspective. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S16.00002: State-of-the-Art External Beam Radiation Therapy: Challenges and Opportunities Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S16.00003: Technological Advances in Proton Therapy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S16.00004: The active catheter: a novel approach for in-situ dose measurements in brachytherapy Paul Gueye Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S16.00005: The proton and carbon therapy experience of the medical physics group at the Italian Southern Laboratories: Monte Carlo simulation and experiment G.A. Pablo Cirrone, C. Agodi, G. Candiano, G. Cuttone, F. Di Rosa, E. Mongelli, P. Lojacono, S. Mazzaglia, G. Russo, F. Romano, L.M. Valastro, S. Lo Nigro, S. Pittera, M.G. Sabini, L. Rafaele, V. Salamone, C. Morone, N. Randazzo, V. Sipala, M. Bucciolini, M. Bruzzi, D. Menichelli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S16.00006: Real-time High Resolution Plasmonic nanosensors: pH modulated captavidin/biotin binding Jeffrey Anker, Richard Van Duyne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S16.00007: Electrical noise gives away presence of cancer or toxins in culture David Rabson, Douglas Lovelady, Chun-Min Lo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S16.00008: Delayed Luminescence and Biophotons from Biological Materials Ernst Knoesel, Patrick Hann, Maria Garzon, Erik Pfeiffer, Samuel Lofland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S16.00009: Dielectric Spectroscopy: noninvasive and fast method for measuring changes in the membrane potential Corina Bot, Camelia Prodan, Emil Prodan Preview Abstract

Session S17: Quantum Fluids and Solids II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Henry Glyde, University of Delaware
Room: Morial Convention Center 209

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S17.00001: Phonon-roton modes and a Bose glass phase in nanoscale liquid $^4$He Jacques Bossy, Jonathan Pearce, Schober Helmut, Henry Glyde Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S17.00002: Elastic transmission of atoms through superfluid $^4$He Yaroslav Lutsyshyn, J. Woods Halley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S17.00003: Experimental Observation of Quantized Vortex Reconnection and Turbulence in Superfluid Helium Matthew Paoletti, Katepalli Sreenivasan, Daniel Lathrop Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S17.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S17.00005: Scanning Superfluid-Turbulence Cascade by Its Low-Temperature Cutoff Evgeny Kozik, Boris Svistunov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S17.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S17.00007: Metastable Composite Vortices in Spinor Condensates Ari Turner, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S17.00008: Quantum Monte-Carlo study of a two-band boson Hubbard model Siegfried Guertler, Matthias Troyer, Fu-Chun Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S17.00009: A simple model of thermal conductivity in supersolid Helium Joshua Thibodaux, Ilya Vekhter, Matthias Graf, Alexander Balatsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S17.00010: Local melting at surface and isotope impurities in quantum solids Emmanuele Cappelluti, Gianluca Rastelli, Sergio Gaudio, Luciano Pietronero Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S17.00011: A Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in solid $4^$ Helium? Sergio Gaudio, Emmanuele Cappeluti, Gianluca Rastelli, Luciano Pietronero Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S17.00012: Disorder-induced Missing Moment of Inertia in Solid $^4$He Jiansheng Wu, Philip Phillips Preview Abstract

Session S18: Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanomaterials II: Assembly and Fabrication

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Hendrik Heinz, University of Akron
Room: Morial Convention Center 210

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S18.00001: Transparent Organic Field-Effect Transistors with Carbon Nanotube Electrodes Adrian Southard, Vinod K. Sanguan, Tracy L. Moore, Ellen D. Williams, Michael S. Fuhrer, Daniel Hines, Vince Ballaratto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S18.00002: Directed self assembly of macroscopic nanowires from single-wall carbon nanotubes suspended in aqueous bile-salt solutions E. K. Hobbie, J. A. Fagan, M. L. Becker, S. D. Hudson, J. Chun, B. J. Bauer, M. Pasquali Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S18.00003: Time and Temperature Dependent Rheological Behavior of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in Thermoreversible Acrylic Copolymer {\&} Alcohol Solutions Andrew B. Schoch, Kenneth R. Shull, L. Catherine Brinson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S18.00004: Forces between nanorods with end-adsorbed chains in polymer melts Amalie Frischknecht Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S18.00005: Shape and size selection of Au nanorods by reversible flocculation. Kyoungweon Park, Wei Lu, Hilmar Koerner, Richard Vaia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S18.00006: Industrial viable process of making nanoparticles of various shapes and interior structures Xiaorong Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S18.00007: Performance of ZnO nanowire-based hybrid solar cells decorated with CdTe quantum dots deposited by a pulsed electron beam technique Roberto Aga, Richard Mu, Kenneth Singer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S18.00008: Organic and Carbon-based Thin-film Transistors on Flexible Substrates. Daniel R. Hines, A. E. Southard, J.H. Chen, M.S. Fuhrer, E.D. Williams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S18.00009: Self-assembled contacts to nanoparticles using metallic Ga droplets Kan Du, E. Glogowski, M.T. Tuominen, T. Emrick, T.P. Russell, A.D. Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S18.00010: ATRP of MMA on Asymmetrically Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Bingbing Wang, Bing Li, Christopher Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S18.00011: DNA guided assembly of well-organized nano-architectures. Oleg Gang, Dmytro Nykypanchuk, Mathew Maye, Daniel van der Lelie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S18.00012: Schottky nanodiodes based on electrospun polymer nanofibers: Effect of varying fiber diameter Rut Rivera, Nicholas Pinto, Alan Johnson Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S18.00013: Effects of severe confinement on the structure and dynamics in polymer nanocomposites S.H. Anastasiadis, K. Chrissopoulou, S. Fotiadou, K. Andrikopoulos, G.A. Kourouklis, B. Frick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S18.00014: pH and Protein Sensing with Functionalized Semiconducting Oxide Nanobelt FETs Yi Cheng, C.S. Yun, G.F. Strouse, P. Xiong, R.S. Yang, Z.L. Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S18.00015: On the Miscibility of Polymer / Layered Silicate Nanocomposites K. Chrissopoulou, I. Altintzi, I. Andrianaki, N. Koufaki, S. Fotiadou, S.H. Anastasiadis, E.P. Giannelis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:30PM - 5:42PM		S18.00016: Magnetic fluorescent particles with polypeptide shell Sreelatha S. Balamurugan, Paul S. Russo Preview Abstract

Session S19: Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors III

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Eugene Haller, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Morial Convention Center 211

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S19.00001: Stoichiometry driven impurity configurations in compound semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S19.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S19.00003: Carrier compensation in semi-insulating CdTe Mao-Hua Du, David Singh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S19.00004: Gadolinium Doping in ZnTe Z.X. Ma, Lei Liu, Kin Man Yu, Wladek Walukiewicz, Dale Perry, Peter Yu, Sam Mao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S19.00005: First Principles Investigation of H in CdTe Hiroyuki Takenaka, David J. Singh, Mao-Hua Du Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S19.00006: Origin of doping bottleneck in semiconductor quantum dots Su-Huai Wei, Jingbo Li, Shu-Shen Li, Jian-Bai Xia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S19.00007: Increased binding energy of impurities near a semiconductor vacuum interface. Paul Koenraad, Ineke Wijnheijmer, Jens Garleff, Karin Teichmann, Martin Wenderoth, Sebastian Loth, R. Ulbrich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S19.00008: First-principles simulations of GaAs defects: The challenge of Ga pseudopotentials Peter A. Schultz, O. Anatole von Lilienfeld Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S19.00009: Computational studies of a 2D tight-binding model of randomly dispersed hydrogenic centers Jayson Paulose, Ravindra Bhatt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S19.00010: Quenched singularity in the density of states of 2D random hydrogenic systems R.N. Bhatt, Erik Nielsen, Jayson Paulose Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S19.00011: Negative magnetocapacitance and associated Schottky barrier height changes in lightly doped GaAs Sefaattin Tongay, Arthur Hebard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S19.00012: Thermally activated persistent photoconductivity {\&} donor binding energy in high mobility AlAs QWs S. Dasgupta, C. Knaak, A. Fontcuberta, M. Bichler, G. Abstreiter, M. Grayson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S19.00013: The low-temperature 2D mobility for metallic p-type GaAs Quantum Well Theodore Castner Preview Abstract

Session S20: Focus Session: Engineering Interfaces for New Materials III: Heterogeneous Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Eduardo Saiz, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 212

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S20.00001: Epitaxial Growth of Iron and Iron Nitrides on Wurtzite Gallium Nitride (0001) Wenzhi Lin, Jeongihm Pak, Kangkang Wang, Abhijit Chinchore, David Ingram, Arthur R. Smith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S20.00002: Observation of Standing Waves on the GaN(0001) Pseudo (1x1) Surface by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy at Room Temperature L. Li, Y. Qi, G. Sun, M. Weinert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S20.00003: Surface Evolution During Sub-Monolayer Manganese Deposition onto Wurtzite Gallium Nitride (000-1) Surface. Abhijit Chinchore, Kangkang Wang, Wenzhi Lin, Jeohgihm Pak, Arthur R. Smith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S20.00004: Van der Pauw and Hall Measurements on Ultra Thin Silicon-on-Insulator Weina Peng, Hongquan Jiang, Sangkeun Ha, Madhu Thalakulam, Donald Savage, Mark Eriksson, Max Lagally Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S20.00005: Segregation of O defects in Si:HfO$_{2}$ heterojunctions: A first principles investigation. R. Ramprasad, C. Tang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S20.00006: Sub-Angstrom Distortions of an Epitaxial Oxide on Silicon (001) Yaron Segal, Fred Walker, J.W. Reiner, C.H. Ahn, Zhan Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S20.00007: Experiment and theory on metal/ceramic interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S20.00008: Theoretical investigation of the interface structure of $\theta $-Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$/NiAl(001). Jyh-Pin Chou, Ching-Ming Wei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S20.00009: Calculated atomic arrangement and impurity bonding at a $\kappa $-Alumina -- Al(771) interface. Peter J. Feibelman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S20.00010: Local dielectric constants in metal-oxide and oxide-oxide interfaces: an ab initio approach to address interfacial effects Bora Lee, Choong-Ki Lee, Seungwu Han, Shang-Ho Jeon, Bae-Ho Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S20.00011: The role of metal/transition metal oxide/organic interface Chang-Ting Lin, Guan-Ru Lee, Chih-I Wu, Tun-Wen Pi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S20.00012: Stability, structure, and electronic properties of chemisorbed oxygen and thin surface oxides on Ir(111) H. Zhang, A. Soon, B. Delley, C. Stampfl Preview Abstract

Session S21: Focus Session: Fundamental Issues in Catalysis III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Steve Overbury, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 213

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S21.00001: Transient FTIR spectroscopy for probing reaction pathways on Au catalysts Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S21.00002: TBD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S21.00003: Molecular Factors Determining Selectivity in Catalysis. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S21.00004: The nucleation and growth of ordered Fe and FeO nanoparticles on reconstructed Au(111) surfaces Neetha Khan, Christopher Matranga Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S21.00005: Dynamic structure in Pt nanoclusters on $\gamma$-alumina F. Vila, J.J. Rehr, J. Kas, R.G. Nuzzo, A.I. Frenkel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S21.00006: In Situ Characterization of Ethylene Hydrogenation on Pt Powder Using Mass Spectrometry-Sum Frequency Generation Technique Bryan Hsu, Shawn Dougal, Paul Stevens, Mohsen Yeganeh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S21.00007: Dissociation of water and Acetic acid on PbS from first principles Alessandra Satta, Paolo Ruggerone, Giovanni De Giudici Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S21.00008: Characterization and Reactivity of Mo$_{6}$S$_{8}^{+}$ on Au (111) via Size-Selected Deposition Melissa J. Patterson, James M. Lightstone, Michael G. White Preview Abstract

Session S22: Focus Session: Organic Electronics: Contacts and Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY
Chair: Dave Gundlach, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Morial Convention Center 214

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S22.00001: Energetics of organic semiconductor interfaces: enhancing injection via chemical doping Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S22.00002: Electronic Structure of Interfaces and Heterojunction Ambipolar Organic Thin Film Transistor. Yongli Gao, Huanjun Ding, Haibo Wang, Donghang Yan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S22.00003: Sub-100 nm Contact Effects in Poly 3-hexylthiophene (P3HT) Jeff Worne, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S22.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM		S22.00005: Infrared study of charge injection in organic field-effect transistors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S22.00006: Studies of Au/SAMs/PEDOT-PSS/Au tunnel junctions Nan Sun, Marya Lieberman, Steven Ruggiero Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S22.00007: Electronic functionalization of organic semiconductors with self-assembled monolayers Vitaly Podzorov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S22.00008: Impedance Spectroscopy of Organic Thin Film Transistors and Contacts Daniel Lenski, Adrian Southard, Michael S. Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S22.00009: Cross-sectional Imaging of Organic Optoelectronic Devices and Molecularly Assembled Nanostructures D.W. Steuerman, A. Garcia, R. Yang, D.S. Seferos, H. Wu, D. Korystov, A. Mikhailovsky, J.P. Lofvander, G.C. Bazan, D.D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S22.00010: Trapping carriers in organic field-effect transistors by metal nanoparticles Yu Chen, Masaya Nishioka, Allen Goldman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S22.00011: Charge-retraction time-of-flight technique for mobility measurements in organic materials Jason Wallace, Ralph Young, Ching Tang, Shaw Chen Preview Abstract

Session S23: Focus Session: Nanostructured Oxides and Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Grace Lu, University of Southern California
Room: Morial Convention Center 215

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S23.00001: Synthesis, structure and properties of nanostructured manganites Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S23.00002: Epitaxial growth of complex oxide films by a chemical solution method Q.X. Jia, M. Jain, H. Luo, E. Bauer, H. Wang, A.K. Burrell, T.M. McCleskey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S23.00003: Tailoring The Magnetic Properties of TiO$_{2}$ Nanobelts Shen V. Chong, Kazuhiro Yamaki, Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S23.00004: Surface anisotropy and orbital moment in Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ nanoparticles X. Batlle, N. Perez, P. Guardia, O. Iglesias, A. Labarta, A.G. Roca, M.P. Morales, C.J. Serna, L.M. Garcia, F. Bartolome, J. Bartolome, J.C. Cezar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S23.00005: Novel Oxide Glass-Based Nanocomposites: Development and Structural Characterization Kristina Lipinska-Kalita, Carlo Segre, Patricia Kalita, Oliver Hemmers, Yoshimichi Ohki, J. Cecil, M. Chavarha Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S23.00006: A Memristive Switching Model of Two-Terminal Programmable Nanodevices. Dmitri Strukov, Julien Borghetti, Duncan Stewart, Gregory Snider, R. Stanley Williams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S23.00007: Nano-crystalline structure and catalytic activity of TiO$_{2}$ supported manganese oxide catalysts Sergey Mamedov, Padmanabha Reddy Ettireddy, Neeraja Ettireddy, Punit Boolchand, Panagiotis G. Smirniotis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S23.00008: Very Low Frequency ($<$1 mHz) Magnetic Noise in La$_{0.67}$ Ca $_{0.33}$ MnO$_{3}$ Films Sudeshna Samanta, Arup Kumar Raychaudhuri Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S23.00009: Film Growth and Surface Energy of (100) CrO$_{2}$ Hunter Sims, Krishna Chetry, Mairbek Chshiev, Arunava Gupta, William Butler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S23.00010: Study of Magneto-Transmission Spectra of La$_{0.7}$Pb$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3-\delta }$ Epitaxial Thin Film Sidney Malak, Ryan Clayton-Cox, Jiri Stehlik, Jian-Qing Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S23.00011: Ferromagnetism in Co doped anatase TiO$_{2}$ thin films mediated by Co-Ti$^{+3}$-V$_{O}$ complexes Maria Varela, Kelli Griffin-Roberts, Sergey Rashkeev, Sokrates Pantelides, Stephen Pennycook, Kannan Krishnan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S23.00012: Nonmetal-metal transition in anatase Nb-doped TiO$_{2}$ Taro Hitosugi, Hideyuki Kamisaka, Koichi Yamashita, Hiroyuki Nogawa, Tetsukazu Tsuruhama, Shoichiro Nakao, Yutaka Furubayashi, Naoomi Yamada, Yasushi Hirose, Toshihiro Shimada, Tetsuya Hasegawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S23.00013: Carrier mediated Ferromagnetism in Cr: In$_{2}$O$_{3}$ Raghava Panguluri, P. Kharel, C. Sudakar, R. Naik, B. Nadgorny, G. Lawes, R. Suryanarayanan, V.M. Naik Preview Abstract

Session S24: Fullerenes (not nanotubes)

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Dan Finkenstadt, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 216

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S24.00001: Magnetic molecules made of nitrogen or boron-doped fullerenes Chih-Kai Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S24.00002: Electron-phonon coupling in C$_{60}$ using exact-exchange functional Jonathan Laflamme Janssen, Michel C\^ot\'e Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S24.00003: Electron Transfer and Localization in Endohederal Metallofullerenes Shenyuan Yang, Mina Yoon, Christian Hicke, Zhenyu Zhang, Enge Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S24.00004: Light Alkaline-Earth-Metal Coated Carbon Fullerenes as Effective Hydrogen Storage Media Mina Yoon, Shenyuan Yang, Christian Hicke, Enge Wang, David Geohegan, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S24.00005: An Investigation of Magnetic, Electronic and Structural Properties of Metallofullerenes S. Vincent Ong, Meichun Qian, Shiv Khanna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S24.00006: First-Principles Investigation of C$_{60}$-Pd Interface Lan Li, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S24.00007: Investigation of Trapping Positions for Beryllium Atom in C$_{60}$ Fullerene and Electron Densities at$^{ 7}$Be Nucleus. Lee Chow, Archana Dubey, H.P. Saha, Gary S. Collins, R.H. Scheicher, N.B. Maharjan, S.R. Badu, R.H. Pink, M.B. Huang, T.P. Das Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S24.00008: Transfer of a Single Carbon Fullerene at Small Nano-Gap Yoshifumi Oshima, Yoshihiko Kurui, Kunio Takayanagi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S24.00009: Boron Fullerenes: An Electronic Structure Study Arta Sadrzadeh, Olga Pupysheva, Ihsan Boustani, Boris Yakobson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S24.00010: Magic Number of a Spherical Ca Cluster on C$_{60}$ Sungjong Woo, Young-Kyun Kwon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S24.00011: First principles study of cubane and alkali doped C60 solids Young-Moo Byun, Vincent Crespi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S24.00012: First principles electronic structure calculation of interstitial P doped C$_{60}$ solid. Shizhong Yang, Guang-Lin Zhao, Diola Bagayoko Preview Abstract

Session S25: Gels and Elastomers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Hiroshi Watanabe, University of Kyoto
Room: Morial Convention Center 217

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S25.00001: Large strain deformation of hydrophobically modified polyelectrolyte hydrogels Guillaume Miquelard-Garnier, Costantino Creton, Dominique Hourdet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S25.00002: Creasing instability of surface-attached hydrogels Ryan C. Hayward, Veronica Trujillo, Jungwook Kim, Anesia Burns Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S25.00003: Swelling-Induced Deformation of Nanopatterned Polymer Lines Vijay Tirumala, Christopher Stafford, Rui Huang, Leonidas Ocola Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S25.00004: Drop spreading and resorbtion on gel surfaces Mehdi Banaha, Adrian Daerr, Laurent Limat Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S25.00005: Anomalous Composition-Dependent Swelling Behavior of Photocrosslinked VP/AA Copolymeric Hydrogels J. Hannah Lee, David Bucknall Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S25.00006: Organogels from Polypeptide-based Block Copolymers Daniel Savin, Daniel Bercovici, Sandeep Naik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S25.00007: Soft random solids and their spatial elastic heterogeneity Xiaoming Mao, Paul Goldbart, Xiangjun Xing, Annette Zippelius Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S25.00008: Effective removal of entanglement points by network dilution Joshua D. McGraw, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S25.00009: Advances in elastomer reinforcement: slow dynamics Paul Sotta, St\'ephane Dupres, Pierre-Antoine Albouy, Didier Long Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S25.00010: Polydomain-Monodomain Transition of Randomly Disordered Nematic Elastomers with Different Crosslinking Histories Kenji Urayama, Etsuko Kohmon, Ryo Mashita, Toshikazu Takigawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S25.00011: New Insights Regarding the Polydomain-to-Monodomain Transition in Smectic Elastomers Ronald Hedden, Harshad Patil, Daniel Lentz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S25.00012: Nematic elastomers: From a microscopic model to macroscopic elasticity theory Paul Goldbart, Xiangjun Xing, Stephan Pfahl, Swagatam Mukhopadhyay, Annette Zippelius Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S25.00013: Elasticity of a Chiral elastomer Aparna Baskaran, Xiangjun Xing Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S25.00014: Determination of the refractive indices of liquid crystal elastomers Israel Lazo, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S25.00015: Magnetoactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers Moritz Winkler, Andreas Kaiser, Simon Krause, Heino Finkelmann, Annette Schmidt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:30PM - 5:42PM		S25.00016: Calamitic liquid crystal elastomers swollen with bent-core liquid crystals M. Chambers, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, A. Jakli Preview Abstract

Session S26: Focus Session: Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Kevin Wilson, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 218

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S26.00001: Tropopsheric Aerosol Chemistry via Aerosol Mass Spectrometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S26.00002: The Dynamic Interaction of Chemistry and Phase Partitioning in Atmospheric Organic Aerosols Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S26.00003: Tandem mass spectrometry of single organic aerosol particles: A promising approach for in-situ analysis of mixtures. Pedro Campuzano Jost, Sarah Hanna, Emily Simpson, Damon Robb, Michael Blades, John Hepburn, Allan Bertram Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S26.00004: A novel flow reactor for studying the hydrolysis of N$_2$O$_5$ on aqueous H$_2$SO$_4$ solutions coated with organic surfactants Daniel Knopf, Lori Cosman, Allan Bertram, Payam Mousavi, Satya Mokamati Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S26.00005: Spectromicroscopic Studies of the Aging of Carbonaceous Aerosols from Mexico City Ryan Moffet, Yury Desyaterik, Alexi Tivanski, Rebecca Hopkins, Jerome Fast, James Barnard, Alexander Laskin, Mary Gilles Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM		S26.00006: A connection between arctic haze and halogen chemistry? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session S27: Focus Session: Magnetic Nanowires and Nanodots II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Daniel Ralph, Cornell University
Room: Morial Convention Center 219

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S27.00001: Probing Magnetic Nanostructures on the Atomic Scale Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S27.00002: Initial Metallization and Transition Metal Diffusion in ZnO Single Crystals, CVD-Grown Films, and Nanostructures Senia Katalinic, Sylvie Rangan, Rodney Gateau, Pan Wu, Yicheng Lu, Robert Bartynski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S27.00003: Unusual size-dependent magnetic anisotropy in Co nanomagnets made from self-organized fast laser processing H. Krishna, C. Miller, Z. Nussinov, A.K. Gangopadhyay, R. Kalyanaraman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S27.00004: Magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in ferrite nanoparticles James Gass, Hariharan Srikanth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S27.00005: A magnetic nanoparticle as an ultimate voltage-controlled nanomagnet Igor Ovchinnikov, Kang Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S27.00006: Anisotropy-Compensated Magnetic Nanostructures Ralph Skomski, Tom A. George, D.J. Sellmyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S27.00007: Lattice Induced Configurational Anisotropy in Nanomagnets Wen Zhang, Noah Bray-Ali , Stephan Haas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S27.00008: Between ferro- and para- magnetism. Electron magnetic resonance and quantal effects in superparamagnetic nanoparticles Natalia Noginova, Maxim Noginov, Vadim A. Atsarkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S27.00009: Finite size effect in shell nanoparticles Joshua Koch, Renat Sabirianov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S27.00010: Low T magnons condensation in FePd and FePt nano-particulate films R. A. Lukaszew, K. Yang, J. R. Skuza, C. Clavero Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S27.00011: Strong-field interactions between a nanomagnet and a cavity mode O. Soykal, M. E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S27.00012: Magnetism of Fe double wires deposited on Ir(100) Riccardo Mazzarello, Andrea Dal Corso, Erio Tosatti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S27.00013: Tailoring magnetic order in nanowires by alloying 5d Transition Metal elements Javier Guevara, Tristana Sond\'on, Andres Saul Preview Abstract

Session S28: Superlattices and Nanostructures (Wires, Dots, etc.): Optical Properties II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Michael Scheibner, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 220

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S28.00001: Design of uniaxial metallodielectric metamaterials having large optical nonlinearities Joseph Geddes, Erik Nelson, Paul Braun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S28.00002: Spectroscopic and thermal studies of L-arginine doped Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate crystals Jayesh Govani, Felicia Manciu, Mihir Joshi, Ketan Parikh, Dipak Dave Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S28.00003: Optical properties in the visible range of Co clusters capped by Pd under hydrogen A.L. Cabrera, J.I. Avila, C.P. Romero, M.J. Van Bael, P. Lievens Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S28.00004: Novel optical signatures of sub-3 nm rare earth sesquioxide nanocrystals. James Dickerson, Sameer Mahajan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S28.00005: Far-infrared Magneto-Spectroscopic Studies of Ca$_{3}$Co$_{4}$O$_{9}$ Thin Films and Single Crystals Jiufeng Tu, Dimitar Dimitrov, Weidong Si, Qiang Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S28.00006: Ultrafast Time Resolved Transient Absorption and Photoluminescence (PL) Studies of In$_{0.2}$Ga$_{0.8}$As/GaAs Quantum Wells in High Magnetic Fields Jinho Lee, X. Wang, D.H. Reitze, S. McGill, Y.D. Jho, J. Kono, A.A. Belyanin, G. Solomon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S28.00007: Magneto-photoluminescence studies of CdTe/CdSe/ZnS nanoparticles Y.H. Chang, C.C. Huang, L.W. Chang, C.H. Hsu, Chih-Wei Lai, Chien-Liang Liu, Pi-Tai Chou, Y.W. Suen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S28.00008: Absorption and photocurrent of semiconductor quantum wells: a multi-band NEGF study Urs Aeberhard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S28.00009: Magneto-infrared study on 2-dimensional electrons and holes in GaSb-InAs-AlSb coupled quantum wells. Li-Chun Tung, P.A. Folkes, Wen Xu, Yong-Jie Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S28.00010: Infrared dielectric properties and optical magnetoconductivity of CaRuO$_3$/CaMnO$_3$ superlattices A.V. Boris, P. Yordanov, P. Popovich, B. Keimer, J.W. Freeland, J. Chakhalian, H.N. Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S28.00011: Observation of coherent high-wavevector acoustic vibrations in a bulk material using time-resolved X-ray diffraction Mariano Trigo, Yu-Miin Sheu, Emily Peterson, David Reis, Matthew Reason, Rachel Goldman, Roberto Merlin, Eric Landahl, Donald Walko, Dohn Arms Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S28.00012: Fr\"{o}hlich phonon modes in PbSe and PbS colloidal quantum dots Jonathan Wrubel, Byung-Ryool Hyun, Nikolay Agladze, Albert Sievers, Frank Wise Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S28.00013: Coherent defect-assisted multiphonon intraband carrier relaxation in semiconductor quantum dots Alexander Poddubny, Serguei Goupalov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S28.00014: Raman-Brillouin electronic density in GaAs/AlAs superlattices. Nicolas Large, Adnen Mlayah, Javier Aizpurua, Jean-Roch Huntzinger, Bernard Jusserand Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S28.00015: Measured and Calculated Properties of \textit{n}- and \textit{p}-type PbTe-Based Materials for High-Performance Thermoelectrics C. Vineis, T. Harman, S. Calawa, M. Walsh, R. Reeder, W. Goodhue Preview Abstract

Session S29: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XI: Optical Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: James Hone, Columbia University
Room: Morial Convention Center 221

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S29.00001: \textit{In situ} Raman Spectroscopy of Suspended Carbon Nanotubes under High Voltage Bias Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S29.00002: Measurement of the absorption cross section of individual single walled carbon nanotubes St\'ephane Berciaud, Laurent Cognet, R. Bruce Weisman, Brahim Lounis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S29.00003: Length-dependent optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes J. R. Simpson, J. A. Fagan, B. J. Bauer, E. K. Hobbie, A. R. Hight Walker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S29.00004: Reflectance spectra of individual single walled carbon nanotubes Hualing Zeng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S29.00005: Inverted spectra of SWCNT films John Lehman, Katherine Hurst, Lara Roberson, Kathryn Nield, John Hamlin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S29.00006: Broadband Rayleigh Scattering and Photoconductivity Spectra of Individual Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Matthew Sfeir, Sami Rosenblatt, Yang Wu, Hugen Yan, Christophe Voisin, Bhupesh Chandra, Robert Caldwell, Yuyao Shan, James Hone, Tony F. Heinz, James A. Misewich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S29.00007: Optical phonon and hot carrier lifetimes in single-walled carbon nanotubes by time-resolved anti-Stokes Raman scattering Kwangu Kang, David Cahill, Taner Ozel, Moonsub Shim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S29.00008: Raman Spectroscopy of isolated Double Wall Carbon Nanotubes (DWNT) Federico Villalpando-Paez, Alfonso Reina Cecco, Daisuke Shimamoto, Antonio G. Souza Filho, Hyungbin Son, Yoong A. Kim, Endo Morinobu , Mauricio Terrones, Mildred Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S29.00009: Theory of coherent phonon spectroscopy in carbon nanotubes G. D. Sanders, C. J. Stanton, Y. S. Lim, K. J. Yee, J. H. Kim, E. H. Haroz, L. G. Booshehri, J. Kono Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S29.00010: Stability of carbon nanotubes to laser irradiation probed by Raman spectroscopy. Alexander Soldatov, David Olevik, Manuel Dossot, Edward McRae Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S29.00011: Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Individual SERS Hot Spots Rajay Kumar, Stephen Cronin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S29.00012: Electrical Transport Studies of (n,n) Armchair Carbon Nanotubes Robert Caldwell, Bhupesh Chandra, Christophe Voisin, Tony F. Heinz, James Hone Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S29.00013: Supercurrent in Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Josephson Junctions Gang Liu, Yong Zhang, Chunning Lau Preview Abstract

Session S30: Nanotubes, Transport, and Other Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Vincent Crespi, Pennsylvania State University
Room: Morial Convention Center 222

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S30.00001: Direct observation of gate-controlled Josephson inductance in multiwalled carbon nanotube Antti Paila, Lorenz Lechner, Markus Gaass, Christoph Strunk, Mika Sillanp\"a\"a, Pertti Hakonen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S30.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S30.00003: Electronic transport in inhomogeneous quantum wires Jerome Rech, K. A. Matveev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S30.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S30.00005: Carbon Nanotubes in Helically Modulated Potentials Paul Michalski, Eugene Mele Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S30.00006: Effective Low Energy Lattice Models for Conducting Carbon Nanotubes Sebastian A. Reyes, Alexander Struck, Sebastian Eggert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S30.00007: Heat flow in metallic carbon nanostructures: hot phonons or hot electrons? Marcelo Kuroda, Jean-Pierre Leburton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S30.00008: A first principles approach for thermal transport in nanostructures with defects Derek Stewart, Ivana Savic, Natalio Mingo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S30.00009: Thermal and transport properties of a single nickel nanowire Min-Nan Ou, Yang-Yuan Chen, Maw-Kuen Wu, Tzong-Jer Yang, P. C. Lee, S. R. Harutyunyan, C. D. Chen, S. J. Lai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S30.00010: Microwave Kinetic Inductance Measurement of a Carbon Nanotube Y. Yin, J. Chudow, D.F. Santavicca, V. Manucharyan, A.J. Annunziata, L. Frunzio, D.E. Prober, B. Reulet, A. True, C.A. Schmuttenmaer, M. Purewal, Y. Zuev, P. Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S30.00011: Effects of Confinement Potential and Screening on a Quasi One Dimensional Electron Gas Luke Shulenburger, MIchele Casula, Gaetano Senatore, Richard M. Martin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S30.00012: Zone Unfolding and Approximate Bandstructure Calculations in Tight-Binding Timothy Boykin, Neerav Kharche, Mathieu Luisier, Gerhard Klimeck Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S30.00013: Gate Voltage Dependent Raman Scattering from Semiconducting Carbon Nanotube FETs James Tsang, Marcus Freitag, Vasili Perebeinos, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S30.00014: Directed Assembly and Electrical Characterization of Carbon Nanotube-Molecule-Metal Junctions Kansheng Chen, P. Xiong, S.A. McGill Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S30.00015: Thermal Imaging of Electrically-Heated Carbon Nanotubes using Raman Spectroscopy Scott Hsieh, Vikram Deshpande, Adam Bushmaker, Steve Cronin, Marc Bockrath Preview Abstract

Session S31: Focus Session: Multiferroics I: 113 and 125

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Valery Kiryukhin, Rutgers University
Room: Morial Convention Center 223

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S31.00001: Dynamics and Phase Transitions in Multiferroic Helimagnets Hosho Katsura, Shigeki Onoda, Jung Hoon Han, Naoto Nagaosa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S31.00002: Novel coupling of Tb- and Mn-magnetic orders in multiferroic TbMnO$_{3}$ D.N. Argyriou, O. Prokhnenko, R. Feyerherm, M. Mostovoy, N. Aliouane, E. Dudzik, A.U.B. Wolter, A. Maljuk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S31.00003: Electric polarization reversal in multiferroic TbMnO$_{3}$ with rotating magnetic field direction. Nobuyuki Abe, Shintaro Ohtani, Kouji Taniguchi, Taka-hisa Arima, Taishi Takenobu, Yoshihiro Iwasa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S31.00004: Spiral magnetic order in the ferroelectric phase of Gd$_{0.7}$Tb$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$ Yuichi Yamasaki, Y. Tokura, K. Sasai, M. Matsuura, K. Hirota, D. Okuyama, H. Sagayama, N. Abe, T. Arima, Y. Noda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S31.00005: Reentrant electromagnons in multiferroic Eu$_{0.75}$Y$_{0.25}$MnO$_3$ in the H-T phase diagram Rolando Valdes Aguilar, A.B. Sushkov, H.D. Drew, Y.J. Choi, C. Zhang, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S31.00006: Ultrafast pump-probe reflectance study of multiferroic Eu$_{0.75}$Y$_{0.25}$MnO$_{3}$ Diyar Talbayev, Antoinette J. Taylor, Richard D. Averitt, Chenglin Zhang, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S31.00007: Theory of terahertz absorption spectra due to two-magnon processes in cycloidal spin magnets Shin Miyahara, Nobuo Furukawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S31.00008: Resonant magnetic scattering of multiferroic HoMnO$_{3}$ in an applied electric field S. Nandi, A. kreyssig, L. Tan, J.W. Kim, J.Q. Yan, J.C. Lang, D. Haskel, R.J. McQueeney, A.I. Goldman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S31.00009: Enhanced ferroelectric polarization by induced Dy spin-order in multiferroic DyMnO$_{3}$ O. Prokhnenko, R. Feyerherm, E. Dudzik, S. Landsgesell, N. Aliouane, L.C. Chapon, D.N. Argyriou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S31.00010: Electrically driven spin excitation in a ferroelectric magnet DyMnO$_{3}$ N. Kida, Y. Ikebe, Y. Takahashi, J.P. He, Y. Kaneko, Y. Yamasaki, R. Shimano, T. Arima, N. Nagaosa, Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S31.00011: Spin structures of magnetic phases in YMn2O5 J.-H. Kim, S.-H. Lee, S. Wakimoto, M. Matsuda, H. Kimura, Y. Noda, S. Juerg, M. Kenzelmann, C.F. Majkrzak, S.-I. Park, S. Park, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S31.00012: Magnetic domains in multiferroic YMn$_$2O$_5$ probed by Spherical Neutron Polarimetry under electric field Carlo Vecchini, Laurent Chapon, Paolo Radaelli, Aziz Daoud-Aladine, Jane Brown, Tapan Chatterji, Soonyong Park, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S31.00013: Electromagnon H-T phase diagram of multiferroic TbMn$_2$O$_5$ Dennis Drew, Andrei Sushkov, Rolando Valdes Aguilar, Soongyong Park, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S31.00014: Far Infrared Anomalies in Orthorhombic Multiferroics (Bi,Pr)Mn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ N.E. Massa, D. de Sousa Meneses, P. Echegut, M.J. Mart\'Inez-Lope, J.A. Alonso Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S31.00015: Magnetic X-ray scattering in multiferroic HoMn2O5 Laurent Chapon, Guillaume Beutier, Alessandro Bombardi, Carlo Vecchini, Paolo Radaelli, S. Park, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract

Session S32: Focus Session: Magnetic Tunneling

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Jack Bass, Michigan State University
Room: Morial Convention Center 225

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S32.00001: Bound states in electronic transport through Fe/MgO tunnel junctions Ivan Rungger, Nadjib Baadji, Stefano Sanvito Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S32.00002: Fabrication and characterization of fully epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions on Si(100) and the influence of MgO buffer layer G. X. Miao, M. V. Veenhuizen, M. Munzenberg, J. S. Moodera Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S32.00003: Temperature and Angular Dependences of Dynamic Spin-Polarized Resonant Tunneling Casey W. Miller, Johan \AA kerman, Yan Zhou, Renu Dave, Jon Slaughter, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM		S32.00004: Transport and spin transfer torques in Fe/MgO/Fe tunnel barriers. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S32.00005: Tunneling Magnetoresistance in MgO based double-barrier Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Weigang Wang, Chaoying Ni, Q. Wen, H.W. Zhang, Takahiro Moriyama, John Xiao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S32.00006: Influence of spin accumulation on superconducting properties of aluminum layers in magnetic double tunnel junction devices See-Hun Yang, Hyunsoo Yang, Saburo Takahashi, Sadamichi Maekawa, Stuart Parkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S32.00007: Enhanced tunneling spin polarization by amorphizing usually crystalline CoFe alloys without any glass forming additives Li Gao, Xin Jiang, See-Hun Yang, Philip M. Rice, Stuart S.P. Parkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S32.00008: Tunneling Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in Co/AlO$_{x}$/Au Tunnel Junctions Ruisheng Liu, Lukasz Michalak, Carlo Canali, Lars Samuelson, Hakan Pettersson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S32.00009: Transport Studies of reduced RA product MTJs produced by highly charged ion irradiation Joshua Pomeroy, Holger Grube Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S32.00010: Large voltage from spin pumping in magnetic tunnel junctions Zhifang Lin, Siu Tat Chui Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S32.00011: Nature of Voltage Dependence of Spin Torque in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions M. Chshiev, I. Theodonis, A. Kalitsov, N. Kioussis, W. H. Butler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S32.00012: Space-Charge Induced Pauli Blockade Effect in Tunnel Junctions with Half-Metallic Electrodes A. P. Li, T.-H. Kim, X.-G. Zhang, J. F. Feng, X. F. Han, Y. Wang, J. Zou, D. B. Yu, H. Yan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S32.00013: First-principles theory of nonequilibrium vertex correction:disordered magnetic tunneling junction Youqi Ke, Ke Xia, Hong Guo Preview Abstract

Session S33: Focus Session: Mostly III-V Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG FIAP DMP
Chair: Steve von Molnar, Florida State University
Room: Morial Convention Center 224

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S33.00001: Strain-induced Fermi contour anisotropy of GaAs (311)A 2D holes Javad Shabani, Mansour Shayegan, Roland Winkler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S33.00002: Strain-induced spin splittings in III-V and II-VI semiconductors B.J. Moehlmann, Michael E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S33.00003: Electric field dependent $g$ tensor modulation for a hydrogenic Si donor in bulk GaAs Amrit De, Craig E. Pryor, Michael E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S33.00004: Gilbert Damping in (Ga, Mn) As Ion Garate, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S33.00005: Magnetic patterning of GaMnAs layers by hydrogen passivation L. Thevenard, A. Lemaitre, G. Faini, N. Vernier, J. Ferre, S. Fusil Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S33.00006: Infrared longitudinal and Hall conductivities in Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$As films Gheorghe Acbas, M.-H. Kim, J. Cerne, M. Cukr, V. Novak, T. Jungwirth, J. Sinova Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S33.00007: An n-type tunable two-dimensional ferromagnetic semiconductor Angelo Bove, F. Altomare, N. Kundtz, A. Chang, Y.J. Cho, X. Liu, J. Furdyna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S33.00008: Electrically-induced Spin Coherence by Ultrafast Electrical Spin Injection. B. Beschoten, L. Schreiber, J. Moritz, C. Schwark, G. Guentherodt, X. Lou, P. Crowell, C. Adelmann, C. Palmstrom Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S33.00009: Electrical detection of spin polarized current in semiconductors using Andreev reflection Partha Mitra, Meng Zhu, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S33.00010: Reconfigurable spin logic gate in Gallium Arsenide C. Awo-Affouda, O.M.J. van 't Erve, M. Holub, C.H. Li, A.T. Hanbicki, G. Kioseoglou, B.T. Jonker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S33.00011: Inversion of Ferromagnetic Proximity Polarization in GaAs by MgO Interlayers Y. Li, Y. Chye, Y.F. Chiang, K. Pi, W.H. Wang, J.M. Stephens, S. Mack, D.D. Awschalom, R.K. Kawakami Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S33.00012: GaMnAs-based hybrid multiferroic memory device . M. Overby, A. Chernyshov, L.P. Rokhinson, J.K. Furdyna, X. Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S33.00013: Reversal of spin polarization in Fe/GaAs (001) driven by resonant surface states: First-principles calculations A.N. Chantis, K.D. Belashchenko, D.L. Smith, E.Y. Tsymbal, M. van Schilfgaarde, R.C. Albers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S33.00014: Spin-Polarized Edge-Emitting Lasers M. Holub, A.T. Hanbicki, C.S. Kim, G. Kioseoglou, O.M.J. van 't Erve, C.H. Li, I. Vurgaftman, J.R. Meyer, B.R. Bennett, B.T. Jonker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S33.00015: Spin Injection into Co$_{2}$MnAl by Optical Absorption in GaAs S. Isber, Y.J. Park, J.S. Moodera, D. Heiman Preview Abstract

Session S35: Focus Session: Nanotechnology I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Keith Williams, University of Virginia
Room: Morial Convention Center 227

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S35.00001: Deep UV Pattern Definition in PMMA Brian Burke, Timothy Herlihy, Andrew Spisak, Keith Williams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S35.00002: Low Temperature Growth of ZnO Nanorods by Chemical Bath Method Matt Baumer, Parameswar Hari, Daryl Spencer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S35.00003: Nano-assembly and Controlled Release Kinetics of Nanoelements from Nanoporous Templates E. Gultepe, D. Nagesha, J. McNulty, S. Sridhar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S35.00004: Ionic PN and PNP junctions -- Diodes and Transistors Eric Kalman, Ivan Vlassiouk, Pavel Apel, Zuzanna Siwy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S35.00005: Metallic glass nanowire Koji Nakayama, Yoshihiko Yokoyama, Guoqiang Xie, Qingsheng Zhang, Mingwei Chen, Toshio Sakurai, Akihisa Inoue Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S35.00006: CO Gas Sensing with ZnO Nanowire Mat Sirisha Chava, Daqing Zhang, Chris Berven Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S35.00007: Mechanical Properties of Nanometric Wire of Water. Manhee Lee, Baekman Sung, Wonho Jhe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S35.00008: Growth of Periodic Arrays of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube on Glass Trilochan Paudel, Jakub Rybczynski, Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S35.00009: Feedback Cooling of a Massive Resonator, Quartz Tuning-fork, in Air. Baekman Sung, Manhee Lee, Wonho Jhe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S35.00010: Molecular quantum-dot cellular automata--from molecular structure to circuit dynamics Yuhui Lu, Craig Lent Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S35.00011: Theory of Individual Carbon Nanotube Deposition by Nanoscopic Lenses Sheng Liu, Amit Goyal, Zafar Iqbal, Gordon A. Thomas, Reginald C. Farrow, Linus A. Fetter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S35.00012: CMOS based fabrication of single electron devices on a large scale. Vishva Ray, Ramkumar Subramanian, Pradeep Bhadrachalam, Seong Jin Koh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S35.00013: A QCM study of the dynamics and frictional properties of physisorbed polystyrene microspheres on a AU(111) Surface Iyam Lynch, Jacqueline Krim, Jessica McNutt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S35.00014: Dynamic behavior of inter-puls time intervals of neuron-like pulses in a GaAs/InGaAs multi-quantum well structure. Aruna Weerasekara, Steven Matsik, Gennady Cymbalyuk, A. G. Unil Perera Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S35.00015: Using a quantum point contact as a sensitive detector of cantilever motion M. Poggio, M.P. Jura, C.L. Degen, M.A. Topinka, H.J. Mamin, D. Goldhaber-Gordon, D. Rugar Preview Abstract

Session S36: Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage III: Novel Porous and Sorbent Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP
Chair: Hui Wu, NIST Center for Neutron Research
Room: Morial Convention Center 228

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		S36.00001: Enhancing the interaction strength and capacities of hydrogen storage via surface adsorption Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S36.00002: Nature of the Hydrogen Binding in Metal Organic Frameworks with Exposed Transition Metal Sites Wei Zhou, Taner Yildirim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S36.00003: Kinetic and steric differences in adsorption in two porous metal-organic frameworks Kathleen Lask, Vaiva Krungleviciute, Murat Bulut, Aldo Migone, J.-Y. Lee, Jing Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S36.00004: A theoretical and experimental study of hydrogen storage in metal organic framework materials. Valentino R. Cooper, Jeong Yong Lee, Jing Li, Yves Chabal, David C. Langreth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S36.00005: The flexibility of zeolites for Hydrogen storage Asel Sartbaeva, Stephen Anthony Wells, Peter P. Edwards Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S36.00006: Inelastic Incoherent Neutron Scattering Studies of the Ti-doped hydrogen-adsorbed SBA-15 Alice I. Acatrinei, Luke L. Daemen, Monika A. Hartl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S36.00007: Hydrogen Storage in Mesoporous Materials under High Pressure Michelle Weinberger, Maddury Somayazulu, Russell Hemley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S36.00008: A combined pressure-temperature synthesis approach towards novel hydrogen storage materials Raja Chellappa, Maddury Somayazulu, Viktor Struzhkin, Russell Hemley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S36.00009: Structure of Nanoporous Biocarbon for Hydrogen Storage as Determined by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Mikael Wood, J. Burress, J. Pobst, S. Carter, P. Pfeifer, C. Wexler, P. Shah, G. Suppes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S36.00010: High Capacity Hydrogen Storage on Nanoporous Biocarbon Jacob Burress, Mikael Wood, Michael Gordon, Phillip Parilla, Michael Benham, Carlos Wexler, Fred Hawthorne, Peter Pfeifer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S36.00011: Preparation and Cryogenic Hydrogen Storage Capacity of Nanoporous Carbon Materials Synthesized using an Aerosol-Assisted Approach Qingyuan Hu, Yunfeng Lu, Gregory P. Meisner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S36.00012: NMR Characterization of Hydrogen Adsorption and Pore Structures of Carbon-Based Materials B.J. Anderson, Alfred Kleinhammes, Yue Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S36.00013: Fabrication Procedures and Material Properties of Activated Carbon for Hydrogen and Methane Storage Jeffrey Pobst, Jacob Burress, Mikael Wood, Matthew Beckner, Parag Shah, Michael Gordon, Phillip Parilla, Sarah Barker, Sara Carter, Lauren Aston, Galen Suppes, Peter Pfeifer Preview Abstract

Session S37: Effect of Strain on Ferroelectrics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Maitri Warusawithana, Pennsylvania State University
Room: Morial Convention Center 229

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S37.00001: First-principles study of novel routes to ferroelectricity using strain Alison Hatt, Nicola Spaldin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S37.00002: Single-domain, lattice-tunable, rare-earth scandate templates for strain engineering oxide films Chad Folkman, Chang-Beom Eom, Yanbin Chen, Xiaoqing Pan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S37.00003: Effects of Substrate Polarity, Strain, and Chemical Boundary Conditions on Ferroelectricity in PbTiO$_{3}$ on DyScO$_{3}$ M. Highland, D.D. Fong, J.A. Eastman, S.K. Streiffer, T. Fister, P.H. Fuoss, G.B. Stephenson, Carol Thompson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S37.00004: In situ LEED-IV characterization of polar distorted ultra-thin BaTiO3 films Von Braun Nascimento, E. Ward Plummer, Jun-Soo Shin, A.Y. Borisevich, Arthur P. Baddorf, Sergei V. Kalinin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S37.00005: Phase diagram of Ba$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$TiO$_3$ thin films Kristopher E. Andersen, C. Stephen Hellberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S37.00006: Influence of strain relaxation and atomic interface configuration on the dielectric response of BST thin film capacitors Regina Dittmann, Rafael Plonka, Patrick Sch\"utzendorf, Pertsev Nikolay, Shaobo Mi, Chunlin Jia, Rainer Waser Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S37.00007: Strain Effects in Barium Strontium Titanate Films for Tunable Microwave Applications Lisa Alldredge, Wontae Chang, Joseph Woicik, Steven Kirchoefer, Jeffrey Pond Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S37.00008: An ab initio study of strained PZT films Scott Beckman, Karin Rabe, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S37.00009: High pressure x-ray diffraction study of single crystal Pb(Sc$_{0.5}$ Nb$_{0.5})$O$_{0.3}$ Maddury Somayazulu, Muhtar Ahart, Ronald Cohen, Russell Hemley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S37.00010: Strain induced relaxor behavior in PbSc$_{0.50}$Nb$_{0.25}$Ta$_{0.25}$O$_{3}$ thin films: A comparison with the nanoceramics Margarita Correa, Ashok Kumar, Ram Katiyar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S37.00011: First Principles Theory of Sub-Monolayer Strontium on Silicon (001) Kevin Garrity, James Reiner, Frederick Walker, Charles Ahn, Sohrab Ismail-Beigi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S37.00012: Sub-monolayer Strontium Phase Diagram on Silicon (100) James Reiner, Kevin Garrity, Fred Walker, Sohrab Ismail-Beigi, C. H. Ahn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S37.00013: Interfacial effects on ferroelectricity in SrTiO$_3$ thin films supported on Si(001) Alexie Kolpak, Sohrab Ismail-Beigi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S37.00014: Polarization of strained SrTiO$_{3}$ films grown on Si (001) F. J. Walker, Yaron Segal, J. W. Reiner, C. H. Ahn, Zhan Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S37.00015: Writing and Reading of Ultrathin Ferroelectric Domains on Commensurate SrTiO$_{3}$ on Silicon Jeremy Levy, Cheng Cen, Charles R. Sleasman, Maitri Warusawithana, Darrell G. Schlom Preview Abstract

Session S39: Systems Far From Equilibrium and Other Topics in Statistical Physics

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Robert Ziff, University of Michigan
Room: Morial Convention Center 231

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:42PM		S39.00001: Absorbing-state phase transitions: exact solutions of small systems Ronald Dickman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:42PM - 2:54PM		S39.00002: Displacement and velocity correlation functions of magnetic particle chains undergoing Brownian dynamics Yuk Kwan Ho, Mingjie Zheng, Kin Wah Yu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:06PM		S39.00003: Theory of Zener tunneling and breakdown in solids Naoyuki Sugimoto, Shigeki Onoda, Naoto Nagaosa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		S39.00004: Domain Structure Universality in Coarsening Benjamin Vollmayr-Lee, Andrew Rutenberg, Sohei Yasuda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		S39.00005: Exact Solutions for Anisotropic Coarsening in the Dilute Limit William Rosenbaum, Melinda Gildner, Benjamin Vollmayr-Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		S39.00006: Domain Morphology and Structure Factor in the Asymmetric Cahn-Hilliard Equation Sohei Yasuda, Benjamin Vollmayr-Lee, Andrew Rutenberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		S39.00007: Non-trivial statistics crossover in random sequential adsorption due to the presence of a pattern Nuno A.M. Araujo, Antonio Cadilhe, Vladimir Privman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		S39.00008: Dephasing and the steady state in quantum many-particle systems Thomas Barthel, Ulrich Schollw\"ock Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		S39.00009: Assembly and control of self-propelled structures in driven suspensions of magnetic microparticles. Maxim Belkin, Alexey Snezhko, Igor Aranson, Wai-Kwong Kwok Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		S39.00010: Avalanches of Bose-Einstein-Condensates from open optical lattices Tsampikos Kottos, Gim Seng Ng, Holger Hennig, Ragnar Fleischmann, Theo Geisel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		S39.00011: Study of universality and critical behavior in periodically driven interacting cold atomic system Myoung-Sun Heo, Yonghee Kim, Wonho Jhe, Heung-Ryoul Noh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		S39.00012: Transition of Electromechanical Pendulum into Nonlinear Response Chulki Kim, Hua Qin, Hyun-Seok Kim, Robert Blick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		S39.00013: Harmonic measure of DLA and percolation clusters Robert Ziff, Leonard Sander, David Adams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		S39.00014: Critical surfaces for general two dimensional bond percolation problems Chris Scullard, Robert Ziff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		S39.00015: Nonuniversal Deviations From Predictions of the Random Matrix Theory of Wave Chaotic Scattering: Theory and Experiment Steven Anlage, James Hart, Elliott Bradshaw, Thomas Antonsen, Edward Ott Preview Abstract

Session S40: History of Physics

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: George Zimmerman, Boston University
Room: Morial Convention Center 232

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30PM - 2:54PM		S40.00001: Development of ultra violet photoemission [UPS]: a history Jerry [ G. J. ] Lapeyre Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54PM - 3:18PM		S40.00002: Magnetism in matter before the discovery of quantum spin: Bohr's less well-known contribution to the transition from classical to quantum physics. Jean-Francois Van Huele Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:18PM - 3:42PM		S40.00003: Epistemological Dimensions in Niels Bohr's Conceptualization of Complementarity Gregory Derry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42PM - 4:06PM		S40.00004: Paradox, Natural Mathematics, Relativity and Twentieth-Century Ideas John Ryskamp Preview Abstract