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Session U1: Isakson Prize, Adler Award, Nicholson Medal Session

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMP
Chair: David Pine, New York University
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U1.00001: TBD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U1.00002: Frank Isakson Prize Talk: Using ultrafast to probe the slow Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U1.00003: Frank Isakson Prize Talk: Optical Probes of $\pi $-Conjugated Polymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U1.00004: David Adler Lectureship Award Talk: Lattice instabilities and ferroelectricity in complex oxides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 11:00AM		U1.00005: Nicholson Medal Talk: Simulational Physics in a Shrinking World Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U2: Electron Nematics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jan Zaanen, University of Leiden
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U2.00001: Transport anisotropy as a signature of electron nematicity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U2.00002: Theory of the nematic quantum critical point in a nodal superconductor Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U2.00003: Metamagnetic Nematic Phase of Sr$_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U2.00004: Electronic Nematic Liquid in Correlated Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 11:00AM		U2.00005: Spins in cuprates near the edge of the superconducting phase - incoherent pairing, fluctuations on all timescales and observation of pseudogap energies. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U3: Simple Views on Polymers at Surfaces and Interfaces: Symposium Honoring P G de Gennes

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: E. Raphael
Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U3.00001: Polymer adsorption Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U3.00002: Polymer brushes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U3.00003: Adhesion Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U3.00004: Slippage Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 11:00AM		U3.00005: Polymers in Confined Geometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U4: Interferometry in the Quantum Hall Regime

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Steven Simon, Lucent Tech/Bell Labs-Murray
Room: Morial Convention Center 206

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U4.00001: Measuring Fractional Statistics with Fabry-Perot Quantum Hall Interferometers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U4.00002: Interactions and Disorder in Quantum Hall Interferometers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U4.00003: Quantum Oscillations and the $\nu = 5/2$ Fractional Quantum Hall State in Mesoscopic Quantum Hall Interferometers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U4.00004: Non-Abelian Interferometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U5: Epitaxial Oxide/Semiconductor Systems

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Alex Demkov, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Morial Convention Center RO1

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U5.00001: Structural and Electronic Properties of Epitaxial Complex Oxide-Silicon Interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U5.00002: From GaAs MOSFETs to epitaxial oxides on silicon : old and new MBE stories. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U5.00003: First-principles modeling of functional oxides-semiconductor interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U5.00004: Thin Film Synthesis of New Complex Titanates. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 11:00AM		U5.00005: Semiconductor-on-epitaxial insulator: towards ultrathin and nonclassical semiconductor devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U6: Computational and Theoretical Challenges in Predicting Climate Change

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: David Bader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center RO4

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U6.00001: Radiative Transfer in Climate Models Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U6.00002: Climate Feedbacks and Their Simulation in Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Models Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U6.00003: Objective methods for detecting climate change and attribution of causes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U6.00004: Predicting climate change: Uncertainties and prospects for surmounting them Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U7: Physics Demonstrations and Strategies for Teaching and Public Outreach

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: James McGuire, Tulane University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO5

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U7.00001: Bringing Nano to the Public through Informal Science Education Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U7.00002: Preparing minority undergraduate students for successful science careers. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U7.00003: ``Wow'' is good, but ``I see'' is better - techniques for more effective Physics demonstrations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U7.00004: Gravity - The Engine of the Universe Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 11:00AM		U7.00005: Sparks Fly With Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session U8: Colloidal Manipulation Techniques

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Vinothan Manoharan, Harvard University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO6

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U8.00001: Local perturbation caused by a particle driven through a 2-D colloidal suspension Cara Hageman, Vikram Prasad, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U8.00002: Microrheology of a sticking transition Shobo Bhattacharya, Prerna Sharma, Shankar Ghosh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U8.00003: A New Diffusion NMR Experimental Model System for Studies of Bidisperse Colloids Anand Yethiraj, Swomitra Palit Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U8.00004: Universal exponential tails in the displacement distribution observed in an attractive colloidal glass Yongxiang Gao, Maria Kilfoil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U8.00005: Point response of a 2D packing of soft colloidal spheres near the jamming transition. Peter J. Yunker, Daniel T. N. Chen, Zexin Zhang, Arjun G. Yodh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U8.00006: Local perturbations of dense colloidal suspensions Gianguido C. Cianci, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U8.00007: Understanding the dynamics of closely packed microgel particles Melaku Muluneh, Hans Wyss, Giovanni Romeo, Johan Mattsson, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Jinwoong Kim, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U8.00008: Colloidal Particle Geometry and Its Effect on Optical Trapping Rachael Harper, Alex Levine Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U8.00009: Modeling pore formation in lipid membranes via Janus nanoparticles Alexander Alexeev, William E. Uspal, Anna C. Balazs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U8.00010: Three Dimensional Rotational Motion of Colloidal Clusters Justin Caram, Vinothan Manoharan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U8.00011: Anomalous Rotation of a Pair of Spherical Particles in AC Electric Fields Pushkar Lele, Eric Furst Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U8.00012: Interferometric and holographic imaging combined: correlating interface deformations with 3D tracking of interfacial particles David Kaz, Vinothan Manoharan Preview Abstract

Session U9: Fluctuations, Phase Transitions and the Polar Kerr Effect

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jeff Tallon, Industrial Research Ltd., New Zealand
Room: Morial Convention Center RO7

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U9.00001: Fluctuations, mean-field $T_c$ and energy gaps in cuprate superconductors Jeffery Tallon, James Storey, John Loram Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U9.00002: Universal values for the static and dynamic critical exponents in thin-film and bulk crystalline YBCO C.J. Lobb, Su Li, Hua Xu, M.C. Sullivan, K. Segawa, Yoichi Ando, S.M. Anlage Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U9.00003: Dynamic critical behavior of YBCO thin films/crystals Hua Xu, Su Li, Christopher Lobb, Steven Anlage Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U9.00004: Two-Dimensional Superconducting Fluctuations in Stripe-Ordered La$_{2-x}$Ba$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ Qiang Li, Markus Hucker, Genda Gu, Alexei Tsvelik, John Tranquada Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U9.00005: Disorder-induced quantum critical point in an anisotropic gap superconductor Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U9.00006: Fermi arcs in phase fluctuating d-wave superconductors Ehud Altman, Erez Berg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U9.00007: Vortex dynamics and Nernst effect in fluctuating superconductors Daniel Podolsky, Srinivas Raghu, Ashvin Vishwanath, David Huse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U9.00008: Nernst effect in the phase-fluctuating superconductor InO$_x$ Panayotis Spathis, Herve Aubin, Alexandre Pourret, Cigdem Capan, Kamran Behnia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U9.00009: Bosonic Magnetic Field Driven Superconductor-Insulator Transitions in Amorphous Nano-honeycomb Films M.D. Stewart, Jr., Aijun Yin, J.M. Xu, James M. Valles, Jr. Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U9.00010: Excess Voltage Noises in the Superconducting Transition in Tin Films Hengsong Zhang, Fulin Zuo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U9.00011: Time-reversal symmetry breaking by a $(d+id)$ density-wave state in underdoped cuprate superconductors Victor Yakovenko, Sumanta Tewari, Chuanwei Zhang, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U9.00012: Kerr Effect in Superconductor. Sang Boo Nam Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U9.00013: Possible Weak Ferromagnetism in Time Reversal Violating State of Underdoped Cuprates Vivek Aji, Chandra Varma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U9.00014: Electromagnetic response of a chiral p-wave superconductor Rahul Roy, John Berlinsky, Catherine Kallin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U9.00015: Absence of magnetic field (B $\leq$ 33~T) induced effects in the mid-infrared properties of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_4$ films with 0~$\leq$~x~$\leq$~0.16 S.V. Dordevic, L.W. Kohlman, A. Gozar, G. Logvenov, I. Bozovic, L.C. Tung, Y.-J. Wang Preview Abstract

Session U10: Superconductivity: Magnetic Field Effects

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Neil Sullivan, University of Florida
Room: Morial Convention Center RO8

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U10.00001: Peak Effect in Co$_{x}$NbSe$_{2}$ Single Crystals Maria Iavarone, R. Di Capua, G. Karapetrov, A. Koshelev, D. Rosenmann, H. Claus, W.K. Kwok Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U10.00002: Effect of the sample geometry on the intermediate state in mesoscopic 3D Type-I superconductors Golibjon Berdiyorov, Alexander Hernandez, Francois Peeters Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U10.00003: Pauli Paramagnetic Effects on the Vortices in Superconducting TmNi$_2$B$_2$C L. DeBeer-Schmitt, M.R. Eskildsen, M. Ichioka, K. Machida, N. Jenkins, C.D. Dewhurst, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U10.00004: Pauli-Limited Superconductors with Magnetic Fluctuations Robert Beaird, Anton Vorontsov, Ilya Vekhter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U10.00005: Evidence for Field-Induced Quantum Criticality in an Overdoped Cuprate Takasada Shibauchi, Lia Krusin-Elbaum, Masashi Hasegawa, Yuichi Kasahara, Ryuji Okazaki, Yuji Matsuda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U10.00006: Superconducting Vortices in CeCoIn$_5$: Beyond the Abrikosov-Ginzburg-Landau Paradigm A. D. Bianchi, M. Kenzelmann, J. Mesot, M. Zolliker, J. Kohlbrecher, L. DeBeer-Schmitt, M. R. Eskildsen, J. S. White, E. M. Forgan, Z. Fisk, R. Movshovich, E. D. Bauer, J. L. Sarrao, C. Petrovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U10.00007: Reversal of specific heat oscillations with planar magnetic field in 2D d-wave superconductors: Doppler shift beyond the nodal approximation. G.R. Boyd, P.J. Hirschfeld, Ilya Vekhter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U10.00008: Effect of Charge Carrier Density on the Vortex Regimes in Y$_{1-x}$Pr$_{x}$Ba$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$ Single Crystals P. Gyawali, V. Sandu, C.C. Almasan, B.J. Taylor, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U10.00009: Skyrmion Flux Lattices and their $\mu$SR signature Qi Li, John Toner, Dietrich Belitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U10.00010: Non-linear magnetization effects within the Kosterlitz-Thouless theory Lara Benfatto, Claudio Castellani, Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U10.00011: Theory of diamagnetic response in layered superconductor above ``Tc" PeiJen Lin, DingPing Li, Baruch Rosenstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U10.00012: Theory of quantum magneto-oscillations in underdoped cuprate superconductors Sasha Alexandrov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U10.00013: Enhanced tunneling in a magnetic field Boris Ivlev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U10.00014: Current induced properties in bulk YBCO above the transition temperature George Zimmerman Preview Abstract

Session U11: Focus Session: MgB2-like: Enhancement of Superconducting Properties

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Alex Koshelev, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center RO9

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U11.00001: Introduction of Carrier Scattering in MgB2, and its Effect on both Normal and Superconducting Properties, especially Hc2 N. Newman, Y. Shen, R. Singh, J. Rowell, D. Larbalestier, F. Hunte Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U11.00002: Upper critical field enhancements of TMB HPCVD magnesium diboride F. Hunte, J. Jaroszynski, A. Gurevich, D.C. Larbalestier, Y. Zhu, P.M. Voyles, R.H. Wilke, X.X. Xi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U11.00003: Kinetic roughening of magnetic flux penetration in MgB$_{2}$ thin films Andrea Lucarelli, Gunter Luepke, Brian Moeckly, Yue Zhao, Shi Dou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U11.00004: Evidence of new pinning centers in irradiated MgB$_{2}$ C. Tarantini, A. Martinelli, P. Manfrinetti, A. Palenzona, I. Pallecchi, M. Putti, C. Ferdeghini, M.R. Cimberle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U11.00005: Flux Pinning and Connectivity in MgB2 M.D. Sumption, M. Susner, M. Bhatia, E.W. Collings Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U11.00006: Upper critical field study of MBE grown MgB$_2$ thin films J. Jaroszynski, F. Hunte, A. Gurevich, D. C. Larbalestier, Y. Zhu, P. M. Voyles, Y. Shen, R. Gandikota, R. Singh, J. Rowell, N. Newman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U11.00007: Novel properties in the normal state and the mixed state due to multiband effect in MgB$_{2}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U11.00008: Structural-Microstructural Characteristics and its Correlations with the Superconducting Properties of in-situ PIT Processed MgB$_{2}$ Tapes with Ethyltoulene and SiC Powder added Anjana Asthana, H. Yamada, N. Uchiyama, A. Matsumoto, H. Kitaguchi, Y. Matsui, H. Kumakura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U11.00009: Properties of MgB$_{2}$ Thin Films Grown at Different Temperatures by Hybrid Physical-Chemical Vapor Deposition Menno Veldhorst, Ke Chen, Che-Hui Lee, Qi Li, Xiaoxing Xi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U11.00010: Superconductivity in Sc, Y, Lu, and CaLi$_{2}$ under Exreme Pressures M. Debessai, J.J. Hamlin, A.K. Gangopadhyay, J.S. Schilling, T. Matsuoka, K. Shimizu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U11.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U11.00012: Superconductivity in MgCNi$_{3}$.Tunneling and heat capacity on single crystals Peter Samuely, Zuzana Pribulova, Jozef Kacmarcik, Pavol Szabo, Christophe Marcenat, Thierry Klein, D.-J. Jang, H.-G. Lee, H.-S. Lee, S.I. Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U11.00013: No Evidence for Spin Density Waves in Pb using Phonon Imaging Timothy Head, James Wolfe Preview Abstract

Session U12: Strongly Correlated Electron Systems: Quantum Phase Transitions

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Andrew Millis, Columbia University
Room: Morial Convention Center 203

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U12.00001: Quantum phase transition of a magnetic impurity in a dissipative environment Mengxing Cheng, Kevin Ingersent, Matthew Glossop Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U12.00002: Quantum Criticality of the Pseudogapped Kondo Problem: Finite Temperature Scaling and Conformal Invariance Matthew T. Glossop, Stefan Kirchner, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U12.00003: Quantum-criticality in models of an impurity coupled to fermionic and bosonic baths Kevin Ingersent, Matthew Glossop Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U12.00004: The Two-Impurity Anderson Model at Quantum Criticality David Mross, Henrik Johannesson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U12.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U12.00006: Absence of quantum phase transition in two-state quantum dot Xin Wang, Andrew J. Millis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U12.00007: Kondo destruction in the Bose-Fermi Kondo model with a singular dissipative spectrum: Exact solutions and their implications Jianhui Dai, C.J. Bolech, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U12.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U12.00009: Quantum Criticality out of Equilibrium: Kondo Destruction and $V/T$ Scaling in a Magnetic Single-Electron Transistor Stefan Kirchner, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U12.00010: Effects of dissipation on a quantum critical point with disorder Thomas Vojta, Jose Hoyos, Chetan Kotabage Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U12.00011: Current-Flow-Driven Nonequilibrium Paramagentic-Ferromagnetic Phase Transitions Aditi Mitra, Igor Aleiner, Andrew Millis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U12.00012: Theory of a smeared quantum phase transition Jose Hoyos, Thomas Vojta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U12.00013: Rounding of a first order quantum phase transition to a quantum critical point Pallab Goswami, David Schwab, Sudip Chakravarty Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U12.00014: Criticality in Inhomogeneous magnetic systems: Applications to Quantum Ferromagnets R. Saha, T.R. Kirkpatrick, D. Belitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U12.00015: Non-Ginzburg-Landau Type Universality in Quantum Metamagnetism Induced by Topological Change of Fermi Surface: Applications to a Weak Itinerant-Electron Ferromagnet ZrZn$_{2}$ Youhei Yamaji, Takahiro Misawa, Masatoshi Imada Preview Abstract

Session U13: Focus Session: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory II

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DCP
Chair: Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl, University of Leoben-Austria
Room: Morial Convention Center 204

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U13.00001: Self-consistent van der Waals density functional: Development and Applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U13.00002: Stochastic Time-Dependent Current-Density Functional Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U13.00003: Investigating interaction-induced chaos using time-dependent density functional theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U13.00004: Time-dependent NEGF calculations of extended systems Alexander Prociuk, Barry Dunietz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U13.00005: Many-Body Density Matrix Perturbation Theory C.J. Tymczak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U13.00006: Conformational hierarchies of weakly bonded systems: Accuracy of dispersion corrected DFT Alexandre Tkatchenko, Volker Blum, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U13.00007: Iterative computation of dielectric eigenmodes Hugh Wilson, Francois Gygi, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U13.00008: Comparison of vibrational and electronic contributions to van der Waals interactions Mark R. Pederson, Kyungwha Park, Amy Y. Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U13.00009: Recent progress in ab initio density matrix renormalization group methodology Johannes Hachmann, Jonathan J. Dorando, Garnet Kin-Lic Chan Preview Abstract

Session U14: Focus Session: Exotic Phases in Ultracold Fermi Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Mehmet Oktel, Bilkent University
Room: Morial Convention Center 205

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U14.00001: FFLO states in resonant Fermi gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U14.00002: Is There an FFLO Region in a Polarized Trapped Unitary Fermi Gas? William Schneider, Rajdeep Sensarma, Roberto Diener, Mohit Randeria Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U14.00003: Polarized Fermi superfluids between one and three dimensions Meera Parish, Stefan Baur, Erich Mueller, David Huse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U14.00004: Dimensional crossover from Quasi-1D to 3D in spin-polarized Fermi superfluids Stefan Baur, Meera Parish, Erich Mueller, David Huse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U14.00005: Effect of the surface tension on the shape of the superfluid region in population imbalanced unitary Fermi gases. Theja De Silva, Erich Mueller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U14.00006: Shape of the Normal-Superfluid Boundary in Polarized Fermi Gases Stefan Natu, Erich Mueller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U14.00007: Imbalanced Fermi superfluids beyond mean-field. Jacques Tempere, Serghei Klimin, Jozef Devreese Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U14.00008: Evolution from weak to strong coupling pairing of Dirac Fermions Shi-Quan Su, Ka-Ming Tam, Hai-Qing Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U14.00009: P-wave Pairing in Two-Component Fermi System with Unequal Population near Feshbach Resonance Renyuan Liao, Florentin Popescu, Khandker Quader Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U14.00010: P-wave Paired Ground state Structure of Two-component Population Imbalanced Fermi Systems with Unequal Mass Florentin Popescu, Renyuan Liao, Khandker Quader Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U14.00011: Orbital ordering in an atomic Mott insulator of p-band fermions Erhai Zhao, W. Vincent Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U14.00012: Density waves and supersolidity in rapidly rotating atomic Fermi gases Gunnar Moller, Nigel R. Cooper Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U14.00013: Quantum Hall Transition near a Feshbach Resonance in Fast Rotating Fermi Gases Kun Yang, Hui Zhai Preview Abstract

Session U15: Focus Session: Open Quantum Systems and Decoherence

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Sergio Boixo, University of New Mexico
Room: Morial Convention Center 207

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U15.00001: Coherence and control of single electron spins in quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U15.00002: Non-Markovian thermalization for a few qubit system Pedro Manrique, Ferney Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U15.00003: Decoherence of coupled electron spins via nuclear spin dynamics in quantum dots Wen Yang, Ren-bao Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U15.00004: Rabi oscillations decay from interaction with dynamical spin environments V.V. Dobrovitski, A.E. Feiguin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U15.00005: Environmentally-Induced Rabi Oscillations and Decoherence in Phase Qubits Kaushik Mitra, Carlos Sa de Melo, Christopher Lobb Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U15.00006: Boundary Conditions for Open Rotating Quantum Systems Arthur Davidson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U15.00007: Non-Markovian Open Quantum Systems Cesar Rodriguez-Rosario, E.C.G. Sudarshan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U15.00008: Finite representations of continuum environments Michael Zwolak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U15.00009: Induced decoherence and entanglement by an interacting spin chain Pochung Chen, Cheng-Yan Lai, Jo-Tzu Hung, Chung-Yu Mou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U15.00010: Temperature Exchange in a System of Two Harmonic Oscillators Antonia Chimonidou, George Sudarshan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U15.00011: Impact of classical forces and decoherence in three-terminal Aharonov-Bohm devices Elia Strambini, Vincenzo Piazza, Fabio Beltram, Giorgio Biasiol, Lucia Sorba Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U15.00012: The Behavior of Electronic Interferometers in the Non-Linear Regime. Izhar Neder, Eran Ginossar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U15.00013: What is quantum about quantum trajectory equations? Jay Gambetta, Howard Wiseman, Steve Jones, Eric Cavalcanti Preview Abstract

Session U16: Focus Session: Medical Physics and Radiation Biology

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Richard Britten, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Room: Morial Convention Center 208

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U16.00001: Image-Guided Radiation Therapy: the potential for imaging science research to improve cancer treatment outcomes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U16.00002: Bridging the Gaps between IGRT Systems and R{\&}V Systems Yulong Yan, Xuejun Weng, Jose Penagaricano, Vaneerat Ratanatharathorn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U16.00003: Hyperthermal heavy ion damage to DNA bases Sarvenaz Sarabipour, Zongwu Deng, Michael Huels Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U16.00004: Physical and Clinical Evaluation of Standardized Uptake Values Cristina Lois, Bjoern W. Jakoby, Karl Hubner, Mario Ca\~nadas, David W. Townsend Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U16.00005: The Dose Response Relationship for Radiation Carcinogenesis Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:24AM		U16.00006: Panel Discussion on Medical Physics and Radiation Biology and pathways to these fields Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U16.00007: Anomalous Effect of Surface Diffusion on NMR Signal in Restricted Geometry Neranjan Edirisinghe, Vadym Apalkov, Gennady Cymbalyuk Preview Abstract

Session U17: Proteins in Membranes and the Cytoskeleton

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Robijn Bruinsma, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: Morial Convention Center 209

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U17.00001: Hierarchy of Specific Lipid-Peptide Interactions Produces the Activity of Cell-penetrating and Cell-permeating Peptides Matthew Davis, Daniel Parente, Vernita Gordon, Abhijit Mishra, Nathan Schmidt, Lihua Yang, Robert Coridan, Abhigyan Som, Gregory Tew, Gerard Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U17.00002: Simulations of the pore structures for a M2G1yR derived channel forming peptide in membrane Ahlam N. Al-Rawi, Asma Al-Rawi, Jianhan Chen, Alvaro Herrera, John Tomich, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U17.00003: Membrane-mediated mechanism of amyloid oligomer toxicity in Alzheimer's Disease. Frank Heinrich, Yuri Sokolov, James E. Hall, Rima Budvytyte, Gintaras Valincius, Mathias Loesche Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U17.00004: Molecular target of synthetic antimicrobial oligomer in bacterial membranes Lihua Yang, Vernita Gordon, Abhigyan Som, John Cronan, Gregory Tew, Gerard Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U17.00005: Interaction of Arginine-Rich Peptides with Model Cell Membranes Abhijit Mishra, Nathan Schmidt, Vernita Gordon, Jianjun Cheng, Timothy Deming, Gerard Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U17.00006: Lipid and Protein Sorting during Membrane Tube Formation Hongyuan Jiang, Thomas Powers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U17.00007: Equilibrium Stability of Transmembrane Proteins : A Hard-Core Gas Problem. Karim Wahba, David Schwab, Robijn Bruinsma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U17.00008: Diffusion of Transmembrane Proteins: Beyond the Saffman-Delbr\"{u}ck Model Tatiana Kouriabova, Mark Henle, Alexander J. Levine Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U17.00009: Lateral organization of a non-equilibrium membrane model with immobile randomly-distributed impurities Andrew P. Paradis, Susan R. McKay, Samuel T. Hess Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U17.00010: Multidrug efflux transporter activity in sea urchin embryos:Does localization provide a diffusive advantage? Xianfeng Song, Sima Setayeshgar, Bryan Cole, Amro Hamdoun, David Epel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U17.00011: Observation of a single particle diffusive motion on the membrane by 3-dimensional particle tracking microscope. Seungyong You, Jing Yuan, David Van Winkle, Thomas Fischer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U17.00012: Oxygen dynamics in photosynthetic membranes. Sergei Savikhin, Shigeharu Kihara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U17.00013: Identification of co-evolving sites in the ligand binding domain of G protein-coupled receptors using mutual information Sarosh N. Fatakia, Stefano Costanzi, Carson C. Chow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U17.00014: Dynamics of Actin Cable Polymerization in Fission Yeast Hui Wang, Dimitrios Vavylonis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U17.00015: Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Study of Neurofilament Networks Interaction under Osmotic Pressure R. Beck, J. Deek, J.B. Jones, H. Hesse, M.C. Choi, C.R. Safinya Preview Abstract

Session U18: Focus Session: Polymer Collapse and Protein Folding

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DPOLY
Chair: Tom Truskett, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Morial Convention Center 210

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U18.00001: Folding peptides and proteins with all-atom physics: methods and applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U18.00002: Studies of Protein Folding in Non-Funeled Free Energy Landscapes Corey O'Hern, Gregg Lois, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U18.00003: Exploring HP protein models using Wang-Landau sampling Thomas Wuest, David P. Landau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U18.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U18.00005: Resolution of the unfolded state. Gregory Beaucage Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U18.00006: Crowding Effects on the Thermodynamics of Apoflavodoxin Folding. Dirar Al Homouz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U18.00007: Protein Folding Simulation of Mutant Go Models of the Wild-Type Trp-cage Protein Apichart Linhananta, Junmin Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U18.00008: Statistical features of the rough energy landscape of proteins emerging from single molecule force-clamp spectroscopy Jasna Brujic, Maxime Clusel, Eric Corwin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U18.00009: Asymmetrical collapse of charged heterogeneous macromolecules Natalia Denesyuk, John Weeks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U18.00010: A Model for the Thermally Induced Polymer Coil-to-Globule Transition David Simmons, Isaac Sanchez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U18.00011: Force Induced Globule-to-Coil Transition of Single Polymer Chains. Nikhil Gunari, Gilbert Walker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U18.00012: Wang-Landau sampling for homopolymer collapse Daniel T. Seaton, Steven J. Mitchell, David P. Landau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U18.00013: Stimuli-Responsive, Concentrated Aqueous Solutions of DMAEMA-containing Amphiphilic Di- and Triblock Copolymers Kyle Guice, Yueh-Lin Loo Preview Abstract

Session U19: Computational Methods: Dynamics, Transport, and Plasma

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Michael Zachariah, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 211

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U19.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U19.00002: Charged particle and neutron energy deposition in an inertial confinement fusion plasma leading to internal tritium breeding Karabi Ghosh, S.V.G. Menon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U19.00003: Breakeven Fusion in Staged Z Pinch Hafiz Rahman, Paul Ney, Norman Rostoker, Frank Wessel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U19.00004: Intensity correlations in wave transport through complex media Gabriel Cwilich, Luis Froufe-Perez, Antonio Garcia-Martin, Juan Jose Saenz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U19.00005: Modified Transition Matrix Methods David Yevick, Michael Reimer, Bjarne Tromborg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U19.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U19.00007: Critical phenomena of Site-Percolation Models with Two Different Sizes of Particles on a Square Lattice Ryoji Sahara, Hiroshi Mizuseki, Kiyoshi Kanie, Atsushi Muramatsu, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U19.00008: Development of a Simple Sintering Law for Fractal Aggregates Composed of Unequal Sized Primary Particles Takumi Hawa, Michael Zachariah Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U19.00009: Toward a new criteria of soliton/ domain wall creation in condensed matter systems? Andrew Beckwith Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U19.00010: Use of Space-Time Basis Sets for Solving Initial-Value Problems Charles Weatherford, Xingjun Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U19.00011: Propagating the nonlinear Schroedinger equation Frederick Strauch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U19.00012: Reconstructing the dynamics of water sheared between charged plates using inelastic x-ray scattering Ghee Hwee Lai, Robert H. Coridan, Nathan W. Schmidt, Peter M. Abbamonte, Gerard C. L. Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U19.00013: Ergodicity of Isothermal Molecular Dynamics Method Hiroshi Watanabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U19.00014: Statistical Mechanics of the Fluctuating Lattice Boltzmann Equation Burkhard Duenweg, Ulf Schiller, Anthony J.C. Ladd Preview Abstract

Session U20: Focus Session: Metal Surfaces, Interfaces, and Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Mina Yoon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 212

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U20.00001: Surface islands nucleated by a beam of energetic self-ions on Pt(111): A low-energy electron microscopy study Michal Ondrejcek, C. Peter Flynn, Wacek Swiech Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U20.00002: The effect of Fe atoms on the adsorption of a W atom on W surfaces Jeffery Houze, Sungho Kim, Seong-Jin Park, Randall German, Mark Horstemeyer, Seong-Gon Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U20.00003: Stability of V and Ti on Al surfaces: Searching for suitable interlayer materials to stabilize the Fe-Al interface Weerasinghe Priyantha, Hui Chen, Michael Kopczyk, Kasey Lund, Dan Tonn, Richard Smith, Ponnusamy Nachimuthu, Vaithiyalingam Shutthanandan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U20.00004: Magic planar Ag clusters Y.P. Chiu, C.M. Wei, C.S. Chang, Tien. T. Tsong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U20.00005: Crucial electronic contributions to measures of surface diffusion by He atom scattering Guido Fratesi, Gil Alexandrowicz, Mario Italo Trioni, Gian Paolo Brivio, William Allison Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U20.00006: Sapphire Surface Polymorphs and The Growth of Pb Overlayers Hawoong Hong, Aaron Gray, T.-C. Chiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U20.00007: Molecular dynamics simulations of low temperature Cu/Cu(100) growth Valery Borovikov, Yunsic Shim, Jacques G. Amar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U20.00008: Parallel temperature accelerated dynamics simulations of vacancy formation in low temperature Cu/Cu(100) growth Yunsic Shim, Valery Borovikov, Jacques G. Amar, Blas P. Uberuaga, Arthur F. Voter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U20.00009: Atomic Processes responsible for the diffusion of 2D Cu islands on Ag(111): results from self learning KMC O. Trushin, H. Yildirim, A. Kara, T.S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U20.00010: Semi-coherent Fe(001)/MX(001) interfaces Dan Fors, G\"{o}ran Wahnstr\"{o}m Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U20.00011: Unstable and metastable states of dynamics governed by surface diffusion B. Davidovitch, H. King , C.D. Santangelo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U20.00012: Morphology evolution of solid thin films in the presence of long range de-wetting interactions Adi Constantinescu, Artem Levandovsky, Leonardo Golubovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U20.00013: Charge Transfer Model for Disscociative Barrier Formation; A First Principles Study Shigeyuki Takagi, Hidekazu Tomono, Kazuo Tsumuraya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U20.00014: A Density Functional Study of Atomic Hydrogen and Oxygen Chemisorptions on the (0001) Surface of Double Hexagonal Close Packed Americium Pratik Dholabhai, Raymond Atta-Fynn, Asok Ray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U20.00015: Simulations of adsorption of hydrocarbons on decagonal AlNiCo quasicrystal surfaces Wahyu Setyawan, Renee D. Diehl, Milton W. Cole, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract

Session U21: Surfaces and Interfaces I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Arthur Reber, Virginia Commonwealth University
Room: Morial Convention Center 213

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U21.00001: Automated Analysis of Nanocar Molecules as Observed by VT-STM. A. J. Osgood, T. Sasaki, J. M. Tour, K. F. Kelly Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U21.00002: Study of p-diaminobenzene Adsorption on Au(111) by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Hui Zhou, Zonghai Hu, Daejin Eom, Kwang Rim, Li Liu, George Flynn, Latha Venkataraman, Alberto Morgante, Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U21.00003: Adsorption of colloids with Gaussian-size distribution on clean and pre-patterned substrates Joao F. Marques, A.B. Lima, Nuno A.M. Araujo, Antonio Cadilhe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U21.00004: Binary mixture study of CF$_{4}$ and CF$_{3}$Cl on graphite Petros Thomas, Daniel Velazquez, George Hess Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U21.00005: DFT Estimation of Lateral Interactions in Lattice-gas Models of Br and Cl on Ag(100) T. Juwono, P.A. Rikvold Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U21.00006: Modelling Interfaces in Liquid Crystal/isotropic fluid mixtures Colin Denniston, Dan Vriesinga Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U21.00007: Extended Analysis of a Fluid Configuration Experiment on the Space Shuttle Eric Barnett, Marcus Dejmek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U21.00008: Dissipation at Moving Contact Lines: Effect of Interface Width and Slip Mark Robbins, Shengfeng Cheng, Colin Denniston Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U21.00009: Counterintuitive connection between layering and mobility in confined fluids Gaurav Goel, William Krekelberg, Jeffrey Errington, Thomas Truskett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U21.00010: Effective interfacial tension between miscible fluids John Pojman, Nick Bessonov, Gloria Viner, Vitaly Volpert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U21.00011: The Au(111) electrolyte interface: A DFT investigation Timo Jacob, Sudha Venkatachalam, Felice Simeone, Dieter Kolb Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U21.00012: NMR Study of Organic Counterion Binding to Perfluorinated Micellar Structures Dobrin Bossev, Mustuo Matsumoto, Masaru Nakahara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U21.00013: Design and Fabrication of Micro-textures for Inducing a Superhydrophobic Behavior on Hydrophilic Materials Di Gao, Liangliang Cao, Anmin Cao, Hsin-Hua Hu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U21.00014: Heterogeneity and Fluctuations in Electrochemical Sensors Jean-Luc Fraikin, Michael Requa, Michael Stanton, Andrew Cleland Preview Abstract

Session U22: Focus Session: Nonequilibrium Fluctuations in Biomolecules

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Christy Landes, University of Houston
Room: Morial Convention Center 214

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U22.00001: Driving proteins and DNA with mechanical forces: Pushing, pulling, and squeezing molecules using computer simulations. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U22.00002: Fluorescent resonant energy transfer: Correlated fluctuations of donor and acceptor Zhi-Gang Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U22.00003: The water effects on long-distance charge transfer in polypeptides Nikolai Sergueev, Alexander Demkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U22.00004: In$_{2}$O$_{3}$ nanowire based field effect transistor for biological sensors. Zhongming Zeng, Kai wang, Weilie Zhou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U22.00005: Messenger RNA sequence and the translation process --a particle transport perspective Jiajia Dong, Beate Schmittmann, Royce K.P. Zia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U22.00006: Sticky-sphere model for phase separation of mixtures of the eye lens proteins gamma-B and alpha crystallin: non-monotonic dependence on mutual attraction George Thurston, Maurino Bautista, David Ross, Vern Lindberg, Hossein Shahmohamad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U22.00007: Structural Isotopic Effects in the smallest chiral amino acid: Observation of a structural phase transition in fully deuterated alanine. Heloisa Bordallo, Joelma de Souza, Paulo de Tarso, Dimitri Argyriou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U22.00008: Exploring the Electrical Conductivity of Myoglobin Debin Li, David Lederman, Peter M Gannett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U22.00009: Selective binding affinity of cationic antimicrobial peptides for lipid membranes: roles of peptide charge and hydrophobicity Sattar Taheri-Araghi, Bae-Yeun Ha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U22.00010: Excitation dynamics in purple bacteria photosynthetic membranes under different light adaptation conditions Felipe Caycedo, Ferney Rodriguez, Luis Quiroga Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U22.00011: Microscopic Electrohydrodynamics of DNA electrophoresis Aleksei Aksimentiev, Binquan Luan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U22.00012: Multivalent counterions inhibit DNA ejection from viral capsid Toan Nguyen Preview Abstract

Session U23: Focus Session: Manganite Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Amlan Biswas, University of Florida
Room: Morial Convention Center 215

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U23.00001: Thickness dependence of the exchange bias in epitaxial manganite bilayers Alexey Kobrinskii, Maria Varela, Allen Goldman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U23.00002: Infrared studies of Phase Separated (La$_{1-y}$Pr$_{y})_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ Thin Films Naveen Margankunte, Tara Dhakal, Amlan Biswas, D.B. Tanner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U23.00003: Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in (La,Pr)$_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ Films. Megumi Yamamoto, Chuhee Kwon, Anthony Davidson, Sanjay Adhikari, Rajeswari Kolagani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U23.00004: Interface magnetism in complex oxide heterostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U23.00005: Atomic resolution STM study of Perovskite Manganite Thin Films Kenji Fuchigami, Zheng Gai, T. Zac Ward, Lifeng Yin, E. Ward Plummer, Jian Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U23.00006: Linear Crack Arrays and Resistive Anisotropy in Nd$_{0.2}$Sr$_{0.8}$Mn$O_3$ Thin Films Under Tensile Strain$^{\ast}$ Krishna Neupane, Joshua Cohn, John Neumeier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U23.00007: Effect of strain and disorder in manganite thin films Sung Hee Yun, Rajiv Misra, Ben deGlee, Jacob Tosado, Tara Dhakal, Arthur Hebard, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U23.00008: Low Temperature Magneto-transport Measurements on Multilayered Manganite Films M. Spencer, P. Bhupathi, S. H. Yun, A. Biswas, Y. Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U23.00009: The influence of growth temperature on the physical properties of La1-xSrxMnO3 thin film by rf magnetron sputtering Yonghang Pei, Jiwei Lu, Stuart Wolf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U23.00010: Current-induced and Photoinduced Effects in Annealed Bi$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ Thin Films Vera Smolyaninova, K. Karki, Rajeswari Kolagani, G. Yong, R. Kennedy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U23.00011: Enhancement of Photoinduced Effects in Annealed Bi$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3 }$Thin Films. K. Karki, Rajeswari Kolagani, G. Yong, R. Kennedy, K. DeMarchi, Vera Smolyaninova Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U23.00012: Insulating Domain Walls in Mixed Phase Manganite Guneeta Singh Bhalla, S. Selcuk, T. Dhakal, A. Biswas, A.F. Hebard Preview Abstract

Session U24: Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures VI: Nonequilibrium Phenomena and Noise

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Jeff Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 216

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U24.00001: Imaging hot-electron transport using chemical reactions on metal surfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U24.00002: Electromigration force, surface resistivity and low-frequency noise Ellen D. Williams, O. Bondarchuk, C.G. Tao, W. Yan, W.G. Cullen, P.J. Rous, T. Bole Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U24.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U24.00004: Frequency-dependent counting statistics in interacting nanoscale conductors Ramon Aguado, David Marcos, Clive Emary, Tobias Brandes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U24.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U24.00006: Nonequilibrium elastic quantum transport using plane waves Aran Garcia-Lekue, Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U24.00007: Allowed charge transfers between coherent conductors driven by a time-dependent scatterer Alexander Abanov, Dmitri Ivanov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U24.00008: Ab-initio formulation of the 4-point conductance of interacting electronic systems and its implementation in the GWST method Peter Bokes, Matthieu Verstraete, Rex Godby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U24.00009: Comparison of transport calculations using complex absorbing potentials and the Non-equilibrium Green's function formalism Kalman Varga, Joseph Driscoll Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U24.00010: Systematic Study on Quantum Confinement and Waveguide Effects for Elastic and Inelastic Currents in Atomic Gold Wire: Importance of the Phase Factor for Modeling Electrodes Hisao Nakamura, Koichi Yamashita Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U24.00011: Nonlinear transport properties of model metal--Mott-insulator--metal heterostructures Satoshi Okamoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U24.00012: Phonon Effects on Charge Transport Through a Two State Molecule Sergio E. Ulloa, Efta Yudiarsah Preview Abstract

Session U25: Theory and Simulation II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Marina Guenza, University of Oregon
Room: Morial Convention Center 217

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U25.00001: Monte Carlo simulations of a coarse-grain model for block-copolymer melts: method and application Francois Detcheverry, Darin Pike, Paul Nealey, Juan de Pablo, Marcus Mueller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U25.00002: Interaction between Polymer Grafted Particles: Self-Consistent-Field Study Jaeup Kim, Mark Matsen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U25.00003: Discovering Ordered Phases of Block Copolymers: A New Fourier-space Approach Feng Qiu, An-Chang Shi, Zuojun Guo, Hongdong Zhang, Yuliang Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U25.00004: Cylindrical phase of diblock copolymers in thin films Marianne Breuer, Barbara Drossel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U25.00005: Cubic Micellar Crystals of $A_nB_mA_n$ Block Copolymers from MD Chris Lorenz, Joshua Anderson, Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U25.00006: Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Kinetics of HEX Cylinders to FCC Spheres Transition in ABA Triblock Copolymer in Selective Solvent Minghai Li, Rama Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U25.00007: Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Nanofibers from Molecular Simulations Sezen Curgul, Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Gregory C. Rutledge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U25.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U25.00009: Predicting glass transition temperatures from simulation studies Solomon Duki, Philip Taylor Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U25.00010: Band Structure Controlled by Chiral Imprinting Adrian Reyes Cervantes, P. Castro-Garay, Ruben Ramos-Garcia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U25.00011: Coarse-graining and Multiscale Modeling of Polymeric Materials Ivan Lyubimov, Marina Guenza Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U25.00012: Static properties of equilibrium polymers confined in ultrathin films Anna Cavallo, Joachim P. Wittmer, Albert Johner, Joerg Baschnagel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U25.00013: Promotion of the Polyfluorene Beta-Phase: A First Principles Study Elizabeth M. Lupton, Feng Liu, David G. Prendergast, Jeffrey B. Neaton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U25.00014: Atomic structures and electronic properties of poly(3-hexyl thiophene) on ZnO(110-1) surface. Sefa Dag, Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U25.00015: Ab initio study of a promizing class of copolymers for application to high-efficiency photovoltaics Jean Fr\'ed\'eric Laprade, Michel C\^ot\'e Preview Abstract

Session U26: Focus Session: Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Ruth Signorell, University of British Columbia
Room: Morial Convention Center 218

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U26.00001: Chemistry of Individual Atmospheric Particles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U26.00002: Heterogeneous oxidation reactions relevant to tropospheric aerosol chemistry studied by sum frequency generation Grace Stokes, Avram Buchbinder, Julianne Gibbs-Davis, Karl Scheidt, Franz Geiger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U26.00003: Oxidation of the PAH Coronene by Ozone and OH Radical Erin Mysak, Jared D. Smith, John T. Newberg, Kevin R. Wilson, Hendrik Bluhm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U26.00004: Morphological effects on coated aerosol kinetics Elias Rosen, Eva Garland, Tomas Baer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U26.00005: Optical and microphysical properties of organic multicomponent aerosol particles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U26.00006: Oxidation of oleic acid monolayers at air/liquid interfaces Laura Voss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U26.00007: Chemical and Spatial Microscopy of Individual Organic Aerosols Alexei V. Tivanski, Rebecca J. Hopkins, Mary K. Gilles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U26.00008: OH oxidation of organic aerosols. Jared Smith, Erin Mysak, Musa Ahmed, Christopher Cappa, Stephen Leone, Kevin Wilson Preview Abstract

Session U27: Correlated Electrons: Theory, Actinides, and Ising Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Makariy Tanatar, University of Sherbrooke
Room: Morial Convention Center 219

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U27.00001: Quantitative Calculation of the Spatial Extension of the Kondo Cloud Bergmann Gerd Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U27.00002: Perturbative Cumulant Monte Carlo Study of LiHoF$_4$ in a Weak Transverse Magnetic Field S.M. Ali Tabei, Michel Gingras, Ying-Jer Kao, Taras Yavorskii Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U27.00003: A New Heavy Fermion Compound Yb$_{3}$Pt$_{4}$ Marcus Bennett, Peter Khalifah, Dmitriy Sokolov, Yiu Yuen, Moosung Kim, Carl Henderson, William Gannon, Meigan Aronson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U27.00004: Pressure and magnetic field effects in heavy-fermion UCu$_{3.5}$Al$_{1.5 }$ A. Alsmadi, H. Nakotte, V. Zapf, F. Fabris, T.D. Didn, A. Lacerda, J. Kamarad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U27.00005: Optical spectra of the heavy fermion uniaxial ferromagnet UGe2 Violeta Guritanu, Peter Armitage, Riccardo Tediosi, Siddharth Saxena, Andrew Huxley, Dirk van der Marel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U27.00006: Ferromagnetism of Silicon Doped with Uranium Investigated to Extremes of Magnetic Field (Beyond 100 tesla) Charles Mielke, Jason Cooley, William Hults Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U27.00007: Electronic Structure of Actinide Materials J.J. Joyce, T. Durakiewicz, K.S. Graham, D.P. Moore, L.A. Morales, J.M. Wills, R.L. Martin, J.-X. Zhu, L.E. Roy, C.G. Olson, G.E. Scuseria, I.D. Prodan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U27.00008: Effects of full Coulomb interactions on electronic structure of \textit{$\delta $}-Pu Eugeny Gorelov, Tim Wehling, Hartmut Hafferman, Alexander Lichtenstein, Alexey Rubtsov, Alexander Landa, Chris Marianetti, Michael Fluss, Alexey Shorikov, Alexey Lukoyanov, Michael Korotin, Vladimir Anisimov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U27.00009: First-principles study of electronic structure and local moment interactions in PuAm alloy Myung Joon Han, Xiangang Wan, Sergej Y. Savrasov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U27.00010: Knight shifts around nonmagnetic impurities in a trinagular lattice spin 1/2 antiferromagnet: Case of $\kappa$-(ET)$_2$Cu$_2$(CN)$_3$ Karol Gregor, Olexei Motrunich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U27.00011: Excitons in the 1D Hubbard Model: a Real-Time Study Khaled Al-Hassanieh, Adrian Feiguin, Fernando Reboredo, Ivan Gonzalez, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U27.00012: Investigation of Dipole-Forbidden $d-d$ Excitations in Strongly Correlated Transition-Metal Oxides Using Higher-Order Multipole, Non-resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering B.C. Larson, J.Z. Tischler, C.-L. Yeh, C.-C. Lee, Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U27.00013: Exact many-electron ground states on the diamond Hubbard chain Zsolt Gulacsi, Arno Kampf, Dieter Vollhardt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U27.00014: Phonon effect on elementary excitations in one-dimensional Mott insulators Hiroaki Matsueda, Akihiro Ando, Takami Tohyama, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract

Session U28: Focus Session: Semiconductor Qubit Approaches II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Malcolm Carroll, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: Morial Convention Center 220

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U28.00001: Radio-frequency single-electron transistor coupled to few-electron double quantum dot Feng Pan, Joel Stettenheim, Mustafa Bal, Weiwei Xue, Zhongqing Ji, Alexander Rimberg, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U28.00002: Decoherence of coupled spin qubits due to charge fluctuations Guy Ramon, Xuedong Hu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U28.00003: Hyperfine-mediated gate-driven electron spin resonance Edward Laird, Christian Barthel, Emmanuel Rashba, Charles Marcus, Micah Hanson, Art Gossard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U28.00004: Cluster Techniques to Study Spin Decoherence in a Spin Bath Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U28.00005: Spin-Dependent Scattering off Neutral Donors in Silicon Field-Effect Transistors C.C. Lo, J. Bokor, T. Schenkel, J. He, A.M. Tyryshkin, S.A. Lyon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U28.00006: Time-Reversal Symmetry and Electron Spin Relaxation of Lithium Donors in Silicon V.N. Smelyanskiy, A.G. Petukhov, A.M. Tyryshkin, S.A. Lyon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U28.00007: Spin relaxation of exchange-coupled donors in silicon A.M. Tyryshkin, S. Shankar, S.A. Lyon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U28.00008: Solid state quantum memory using the $^{31}$P nuclear spin J.J.L. Morton, A.M. Tyryshkin, S. Shankar, A. Ardavan, T. Schenkel, J.W. Ager, S.A. Lyon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U28.00009: Detection of low energy single ion impacts in silicon transistors Christoph Weis, Arunabh Batra, Stefano Cabrini, Jeffrey Bokor, Cheuk Lo, Thomas Schenkel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U28.00010: Real-time decoherence of hyperfine-coupled electrons in quantum dots Jordan Kyriakidis, Jean-Marc Samson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U28.00011: Coupling of Mechanical Modes and Shot Noise in a Radio Frequency Quantum Point Contact J. Stettenheim, Feng Pan, Z. Ji, Mustafa Bal, W.W. Xue, Madhu Thalakulam, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West, A.J. Rimberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U28.00012: Intrinsic noise measurement of an ultra-sensitive radio-frequency single electron transistor W.W. Xue, Z. Ji, Feng Pan, A.J. Rimberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U28.00013: Coherent electron-phonon states in suspended quantum dots: decoherence and dissipation effects Luis G.C. Rego Preview Abstract

Session U29: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XII: Graphene Transport

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas
Room: Morial Convention Center 221

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U29.00001: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Rotated Phases on C-Face Epitaxial Graphene Joanna Hass, Nikhil Sharma, Jorge-Enrique Millan-Otoya, Michael Sprinkle, Claire Berger, Walter deHeer, Edward Conrad, Phillip First Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U29.00002: Gate-tunable Graphene Flakes Probed by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy at Atomic Scale Yuanbo Zhang, Victor Brar, Feng Wang, Caglar Girit, Yossi Yayon, Melissa Panlasigui, Alex Zettl, Michael Crommie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U29.00003: Local Variations of Graphene Electronic Structure Probed by STM. Victor Brar, Yuanbo Zhang, Caglar Girit, Alex Zettl, Michael Crommie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 9:12AM		U29.00004: Electron Transport in Graphene and its Nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U29.00005: Probing Chiral Quasiparticles using Local-Density-of-States Measurements in Graphene Tamar Pereg-Barnea, Allan H. MacDonald Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U29.00006: Mesoscopic valley-Hall effect in graphene Johan Nilsson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U29.00007: Electronic screening in graphite James Reed, Young Il Joe, Peter Abbamonte Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U29.00008: Band Structure of K(2x2) on graphene Jessica McChesney, Aaron Bostwick, Taisuke Ohta, Thomas Seyller, K.V. Emtsev, Karsten Horn, Eli Rotenberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U29.00009: Coulomb scattering and transport in graphene Dmitry Novikov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U29.00010: Resonance Raman investigation of monolayer and bilayer graphene Marcos Pimenta, Leandro Malard, Daniela Mafra, Juliana Brant, Daniel Elias, Georgii Samsonidze, Johan Nilsson, Antonio Castro Neto, Flavio Plentz, Elmo Alves Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U29.00011: Effect of contact induced states on minimum conductivity in graphene Roksana Golizadeh-Mojarad, Supriyo Datta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U29.00012: Theory of superconductivity by the edge states in graphene Ken-ichi Sasaki, Masahiro Suzuki, Riichiro Saito Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U29.00013: Ground-state carrier density in graphene Enrico Rossi, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract

Session U30: Electronic Properties of Graphene and Related Structures IV

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Mike Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 222

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U30.00001: Ab-initio study of polarization in graphene films Eric Yu, Derek Stewart, Sandip Tiwari Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U30.00002: Large-Scale Self-Consistent Simulation of Multilayered Graphene Devices Denis Areshkin, Branislav K. Nikoli\' c Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U30.00003: Energy bands of multilayer graphenes Wen-Ying Ruan, Jia-An Yan, Mei-Yin Chou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U30.00004: Effect of strain on the electronic structure of graphene Edgar Martinez, Eduardo Cifuentes, Romeo de Coss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U30.00005: Band-gap engineering in graphene systems for electronic applications Sujata Paul, Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U30.00006: Effect of Disorders in Graphene Nanoribbon Field-Effect Transistors Youngki Yoon, Gianluca Fiori, Seokmin Hong, Giuseppe Iannaccone, Jing Guo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U30.00007: Diluted Graphene Antiferromagnet Herbert Fertig, Luis Brey, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U30.00008: Magnetization measurement of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite surface with a spin-polarized metastable helium beam Shiro Entani, Mitsunori Kurahashi, Yasushi Yamauchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U30.00009: Structural and electronic properties of few-layer graphenes from frist-principles M.-H. Tsai, J.-R. Huang, J.-Y. Lin, B.-H. Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U30.00010: Band structure engineering of graphene by strain Jianxin Zhong, Gui Gui, Jin Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U30.00011: Electronic properties of nanotube-graphene composite carbon systems Yen-Hung Ho, C.P. Chang, M.F. Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U30.00012: Edge states of zigzag bilayer graphite nanoribbons Jun-Won Rhim, Kyungsun Moon Preview Abstract

Session U31: Focus Session: Multiferroics II: Theory and LuFe2O4

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Nicola Spaldin, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Morial Convention Center 223

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U31.00001: Spontaneous currents and charge redistribution in Mott insulators Daniel Khomskii, Lev Bulaevskii, Christian Batista, Maxim Mostovoy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U31.00002: First-Principles Study of Large Magnetoelectric Coupling in Triangular Lattices Kris T. Delaney, Maxim Mostovoy, Nicola A. Spaldin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U31.00003: Trends in spin exchange interactions and ferroelectric polarization in the orthorhombic $R$MnO$_{3}$ series Silvia Picozzi, Kunihiko Yamauchi, Biplab Sanyal, Frank Freimuth, Stefan Blugel, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U31.00004: First-principles study of magnetoelecric coupling in TbMnO$_3$ Andrei Malashevich, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U31.00005: Magnetoelectric Chains: Quasi-One-Dimensional Multiferroics Turab Lookman, Avadh Saxena Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U31.00006: Influence of oxygen defects and lattice distortions on the energy gap formation and magnetic properties of multi-ferroic materials Jiji Pulikkotil, Vladimir Antropov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U31.00007: Domain structure and magnetization reversal in multiferroic LuFe$_2$O$_4$ Weida Wu, Soonyong Park, Chenglin Zhang, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U31.00008: Interplay of charge order and magnetism in LuFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$ M. Angst, R.P. Hermann, A.D. Christianson, W. Tian, R. Jin, B.C. Sales, D. Mandrus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U31.00009: Three dimensional magnetic correlations in LuFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$ M.D. Lumsden, A.D. Christianson, M. Angst, Z. Yamani, W. Tian, R. Jin, S.E. Nagler, B.C. Sales, D. Mandrus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U31.00010: Optical properties of LuFe$_2$O$_4$ Xiaoshan Xu, Tatiana Brinzari, Janice Musfeldt, Manuel Angst, David Mandrus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U31.00011: Effect of oxygen deficiencies on charge ordering in RFe$_{2}$O$_{4-\delta }$ (R=Lu and Y) Y. Horibe, S. Mori, S. Shinohara, Y. Matsuo, N. Ikeda, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U31.00012: Ferroelectricity in an Ising Chain Magnet V. Kiryukhin, Y.J. Choi, H.T. Yi, S. Lee, S-W. Cheong, Q. Huang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U31.00013: Magnetoelectric effect in Cr$_{2}$O$_{3}$ thin films Xi He, Yi Wang, Sarbeswar Sahoo, Christian Binek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U31.00014: First-principles approach to lattice-mediated magnetoelectric effects Jorge I\~niguez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U31.00015: Chirality, Handedness and Pseudovectors Thomas A. Kaplan, S. D. Mahanti, Kyle Wardlow Preview Abstract

Session U32: Focus Session: Magnetic Multilayers and Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Ilya Krivorotov, University of California, Irvine
Room: Morial Convention Center 225

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U32.00001: Unusual resonant response in [Fe(001)/Cr(001)]$_{10 }$/ MgO(001) magnetic multilayers in magnetic field Vladimir Pryadun, Farkhad Aliev, Etienne Snoeck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U32.00002: Field Dependence of the Magnetic Roughness of CoFe(B)/MgO. Yves Idzerda, Joe Dvorak, Ezana Negusse, Alex Lussier, S.R. Shinde, Y. Nagamine, S. Furukawa, K. Tsunekawa, D.D. Djayaprawira Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U32.00003: Enhanced Electronic Density of States Observed in Fe-Cr Magnetic Multi-Layers David W. Cooke, Frances Hellman, Matthew Carey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U32.00004: High bias voltage effect on spin-dependent conductivity and low frequency noise in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions Farkhad Aliev, Ruben Guerrero, David Herranz, Raul Villar, Fanny Greullet, Coriolan Tiusan, Michel Hehn, Francois Montaigne Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U32.00005: Giant Magnetoresistance in Nanogranular Magnets Andreas Glatz, Igor Beloborodov, Valerii Vinokur Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U32.00006: Influence of dipolar interactions on the formation of domains in layered Ni/Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$ nanocomposites R. Das, A. Hebard, A. Gupta, D. Kumar, S. Oh, S. Pennycook Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U32.00007: An investigation of quantum well states and magnetic properties of Co/Au/Ru(0001) J. Choi, J. Wu, F. El Gabaly, A.K. Schmid, Z.Q. Qiu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U32.00008: Angular Dependent Magnetic Susceptibility with Photoexcitation Studies on Prussian Blue Analog Thin Films D.M. Pajerowski, J.-H. Park, M.W. Meisel, F.A. Frye, D.R. Talham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U32.00009: Ferroelectric control of magnetism in BaTiO$_{3}$/Fe heterostructures Sarbeswar Sahoo, Srinivas Polisetty, Chun Gang Duan, Sitaram Jaswal, Evgeny Tsymbal, Christian Binek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U32.00010: Griffiths phase and parimagnetism in ErCo$_{2}$ Fernando Bartolome, Luis M. Garcia, Julia Herrero-Albillos, Anthony T. Young, Tobias Funk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U32.00011: Magnetostriction close to the phase transition in Gd$_{5}$(Si$_{x}$Ge$_{1-x}$)$_{4}$ R. L. Hadimani, Y. Melikhov, J. E. Snyder, D. C. Jiles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U32.00012: Magnetostatic interaction between two thin nanotubes Eugenio E. Vogel, Omar Su\'arez, Patricio Vargas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U32.00013: Kondo-like features in chemically pure magnetic atomic-size contacts M. Reyes Calvo, Joaquin Fernandez-Rossier, Carlos Untiedt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U32.00014: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SESSION K1 Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U32.00015: Spin-density wave in polycrystalline Cr films from infrared reflectivity Zoe Boekelheide, Erik Helgren, Frances Hellman Preview Abstract

Session U33: Focus Session: Theory and Simulations of Magnetism I

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DMP GMAG
Chair: Xiaoguang Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laborattory
Room: Morial Convention Center 224

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U33.00001: Tailoring Magnetism in Bulk Semiconductors and Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U33.00002: Effect of vacancies on ferromagnetism in GaN:Mn dilute magnetic semiconductors from first principles Paul Larson, Sashi Satpathy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U33.00003: Effect of magnetic short-range order on spin disorder resistivity. Aleksander Wysocki, Kirill Belashchenko, Mark van Schilfgaarde, Julian Velev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U33.00004: First-Principle theory of Longitudinal Spin-Fluctuations at high temperatures for itinerant ferromagnets. Sergii Khmelevskyi, Andrei V. Ruban, Peter Mohn, Borje Johansson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U33.00005: Calculation of diamagnetic susceptibility in Cu, graphite and Bi from band-structure G. Samolyuk, J. Schmalian, B. Harmon, S. Bud'ko, P. Canfield Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U33.00006: Magnetic Moment of MnSi Robert Collyer, Dana Browne Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U33.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U33.00008: Piezomagnetic effect in Mn-based antiperovskites Renat Sabirianov, Pavel Lukashev, Kirill Belashchenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U33.00009: Spin Flip in the Presence of a Complex Absorbing Potential Frank Marsiglio, Fatih Dogan, Cindy Blois, Wonkee Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U33.00010: Giant Zeeman electric-dipole resonance in antiferromagnetic conductors. Revaz Ramazashvili Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U33.00011: Electronic properties and magnetic moments of Mn$_{x}$Si$_{1-x}$ for x $<$ 5{\%}. Michael Shaughnessy, Ryan Snow, Ching Yao Fong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U33.00012: Monte Carlo simulation of giant magnetoresistance Gaston Barberis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U33.00013: Propagators for Hamiltonians with Spin-Orbit Coupling Bailey Hsu, Jean-Francois Van Huele Preview Abstract

Session U35: Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage IV: Theoretical Predictions

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP
Chair: Karl Johnson, University of Pittsburgh
Room: Morial Convention Center 227

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U35.00001: Optimization of metal dispersion and hydrogen adsorption strength in doped graphitic materials Seung-Hoon Jhi, Gyubong Kim, Noejung Park, Steven Louie, Marvin Cohen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U35.00002: Determination of best models for adsorption of hydrogen in boron-doped carbon nanopores Raina Cepel, Matthew Beckner, Carlos Wexler, Peter Pfeifer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U35.00003: Metal clustering and catalytic spillover on the nanotubes and graphene for hydrogen storage Feng Ding, Pavel Krasnov, Yu Lin, Boris I. Yakobson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U35.00004: Hydrogen Storage in Ti Doped Nano Porous Graphene Sa Li, Puru Jena Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U35.00005: Graphenic C$_3$N$_4$: A New Template for Metal Decoration and Hydrogen Adsorption Yi Zhang, Hong Sun, Changfeng Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U35.00006: Hydrogen Storage in Titanium-decorated Boron Buckyball Jia Li, Gang Zhou, Wenhui Duan, Hoonkyung Lee, Jisoon Ihm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U35.00007: Sequential Dissociative Chemisorption of H$_{2}$ on Ti$_{13}$ Cluster T.J. Dhilip Kumar, P. Tarakeshwar, N. Balakrishnan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U35.00008: An Ab Initio Study of Molecular Hydrogen Interaction with SiC Nanotube -- A Precursor to Hydrogen Storage Souptik Mukherjee, Asok Ray Preview Abstract

Session U36: Nanoinstrumentation for Biological and Other Applications

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Robert Guertin, Tufts University
Room: Morial Convention Center 228

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U36.00001: Cocaine detection using piezoresistive microcantilevers Bernadeta Srijanto, Christine P. Cheney, David L. Hedden, Anthony Gehl, Thomas L. Ferrell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U36.00002: Bioinspired optical sensing of picomolar concentrations of lead in solution. Anushree Saha, Vladislav Yakovlev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U36.00003: Nanofluidic redox-cycling in electrochemical biosensing applications Bernhard Wolfrum, Marcel Zevenbergen, Serge Lemay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U36.00004: Detection of Target Biomolecules by Magnetic Reporting Using Rod-Like Nanosensors R.P. Guertin, E. Goldberg, T.P. Harrah, S. Sonkusale, K. Park, S. Sun, J. I. Oh, M. Naughton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U36.00005: A Ringdown Breath Analyzer for Diabetes Monitoring: Breath Acetone in Diabetic Patients. Chuji Wang, Armstrong Mbi, Mark Shepherd Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U36.00006: Integrating Different Types of Nanowire Sensors in a Large Array Yaping Dan, Stephane Evoy, A.T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U36.00007: Compact Femtosecond-Millisecond Transient Absorption Spectrometer Elizabeth Carroll, Melissa Hill, Dorte Madsen, Konstantin Malley, Delmar Larsen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U36.00008: Realization of Confocal and Hyperspectral Microscopy via Compressive Sensing Ting Sun, Dharmpal Takhar, Jason Laska, Marco Duarte, Vivek Bansal, Richard Baraniuk, Kevin Kelly Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U36.00009: Fabrication of robust superconducting granular aluminum/palladium bilayer microbolometers with sub-nanosecond response Thomas Wilson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U36.00010: Highly Sensitive Photodetector Based on a Self-assembled Organic Single Submicrometer Ribbon Jian Wang, Yan Zhou, Lei Wang, Jian Pei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U36.00011: Single carbon nanotube syringe: A model for the study of liquid transport through individual carbon nanotubes Guangyu Chai, Lee Chow Preview Abstract

Session U37: Transport Properties of Semiconductors: 2-D Systems

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Giti Khodaparast, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: Morial Convention Center 229

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U37.00001: Resistance oscillations in two-dimensional electron systems due to resonant acoustic phonon scattering Michael Zudov, Anthony Hatke, Wenhao Zhang, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U37.00002: Effect of dc electric field on resonant acoustic phonon scattering in two-dimensional electron systems Wenhao Zhang, Michael Zudov, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U37.00003: Effect of electron-phonon scattering on magneto-transport in 2DES M. G. Vavilov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U37.00004: Non-linear dc response in microwave-irradiated two-dimensional electron systems: interplay between ac and dc induced effects Anthony Hatke, Wenhao Zhang, Michael Zudov, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U37.00005: Zero differential resistance state in 2D dimensional electron system in strong magnetic field. Sergey Vitkalov, Jing-Qiao Zhang, A. A. Bykov , A. K. Kalagin, A. K. Bakarov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U37.00006: Influence of a Parallel Magnetic Field on the Microwave-Induced Resistance and Photovoltaic Oscillations Chi Zhang, Kristjan Stone, Rui-rui Du, Changli Yang, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U37.00007: Microwave-Induced Resistance Oscillations in Non-Faraday Configurations Kristjan Stone, Zhuoquan Yuan, Rui-Rui Du, Changli Yang, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U37.00008: Low Temperature Scanning Hall Probe Microscopy of 2D Electron Nanostructures Zhuoquan Yuan, Yanhua Dai, Ruirui Du, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U37.00009: Spin-Orbit Interaction in High-$\kappa $ Dielectric Gated Rashba-2D Electron Gas and Mesoscopic Rings Yanhua Dai, Zhuoquan Yuan, Kristjan Stone, Rui-Rui Du, Min Xu, Peide Ye Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U37.00010: Novel interaction-induced magneto-oscillations in ac conductivity of 2D electron gas Tigran Sedrakyan, Mikhail Raikh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U37.00011: Many-body local field corrections to spin Coulomb drag in a quasi-two-dimensional electron system Samvel Badalyan, Chang Sub Kim, Giovanni Vignale Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U37.00012: Evidence of Coulomb Drag between Anderson Insulators Kareem Elsayad, John Carini, David Baxter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U37.00013: Scaling of thermoelectric voltage induced by microwave radiation at the boundary between two-dimensional electron systems N. Romero Kalmanovitz, I. Hoxha, Y. Jin, S.A. Vitkalov, M.P. Sarachik, I.A. Larkin, T.M. Klapwijk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U37.00014: Charged Excitations of a Two Dimensional Electron System Oliver Dial, Ray Ashoori, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U37.00015: Effects of finite layer thickness on the differential capacitance of electron bilayers J.J. Durrant, C.B. Hanna Preview Abstract

Session U38: Focus Session: Ferroelectric Oxide Superlattices and Oxide Thermoelectrics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jean-Mare Triscone, University of Geneva
Room: Morial Convention Center 230

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U38.00001: Thermoelectric response of Lanthanum-doped SrTiO$_{3}$ thin-films grown under various oxygen partial pressures Matthew L. Scullin, Jayakanth Ravichandran, Mark Huijben, Choongho Yu, Subroto Mukerjee, Joel Moore, Arun Majumdar, R. Ramesh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U38.00002: ``Pudding mold"-type band dispersion as the origin of large thermopower in Na$_x$CoO$_2$ Kazuhiko Kuroki, Ryotaro Arita Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U38.00003: Thermoelectric properties of Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$Co$_{2}$O$_{y}$ thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition Shufang Wang, Venimadhav Adyam, Shengming Guo, Qi Li, Xiaoxing Xi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U38.00004: Localization of holes at oxygen sites in a thermoelectric rhodate revealed by photoemission spectroscopy Ishida Yukiaki, Baba Teruhisa, Eguchi Ritsuko, Matsunami Masaharu, Taguchi Munetaka, Chainani Ashish, Senba Yasunori, Ohashi Haruhiko, Okamoto Yoshihiko, Takagi Hidenori, Shin Shik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U38.00005: Quantum Critical Paraelectrics and the Casimir Effect in Time Lucia Palova, Premala Chandra, Piers Coleman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U38.00006: Effective Hamiltonian Approach to Ferroelectric Ordering in Oxide Superlattices Jun Hee Lee, Umesh V. Waghmare, Jaejun Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:48AM		U38.00007: Predicting polarization and nonlinear dielectric response of arbitrary perovskite superlattice sequences Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U38.00008: First-principles study of piezoelectric response in PbTiO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ 1 x 1 superlattice Yanpeng Yao, Huaxiang Fu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U38.00009: Improper ferroelectricity in perovskite oxide artificial superlattices Matthew Dawber, Nicolas Stucki, Celine Lichtensteiger, Jean-Marc Triscone, Eric Bousquet, Patrick Hermet, Philippe Ghosez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U38.00010: A new hybrid exchange-correlation functional for accurate prediction of the electronic and structural properties of ferroelectric oxide bulks and nanostructures D.I. Bilc, R. Shaltaf, J. \'I\~niguez, Ph. Ghosez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U38.00011: First principles calculations at fixed dielectric displacement Massimiliano Stengel, David Vanderbilt, Nicola Spaldin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U38.00012: Broadband Permittivity Measurements of Ruddlesden-Popper Sr$_{n+1}$Ti$_{n}$O$_{3n+1 }$(n=1,2,3) Thin Films N. Orloff, W. Tian, D. Schlom, J. Booth, I. Takeuchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U38.00013: Competing structural instabilities in Ti-based layered-perovskite-oxide superlattices Serge Nakhmanson Preview Abstract

Session U39: Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Sidney Redner, Boston University
Room: Morial Convention Center 231

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:36AM		U39.00001: From network dynamics to human activity and mobility patters Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U39.00002: Finite Size Effects and Symmetry Breaking in the Evolution of Networks of Competing Boolean Nodes Kevin Bassler, Min Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U39.00003: Attractors in continuous and Boolean networks Johannes Norrell, Joshua Socolar, Bj\"orn Samuelsson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U39.00004: Scale-Free Overlay Topologies with Hard Cutoffs for Unstructured Peer-to-Peer Networks Hasan Guclu, Murat Yuksel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U39.00005: A Self--organized model for network evolution Guido Caldarelli, Andrea Capocci, Diego Garlaschelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U39.00006: Money circulation networks reveal emerging geographical communities D. Brockmann, F. Theis, V. David Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U39.00007: Functional structure through dynamic clustering of neuronal networks Sarah Feldt, Michal Zochowski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U39.00008: Citation analysis: Beyond the Journal Impact Factor Manolis Antonoyiannakis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U39.00009: Epidemics on adaptive networks with geometric constraints Leah Shaw, Ira Schwartz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U39.00010: Some aspects on human preference in communication and friendship Diego Rybski, Hern\'an D. Rozenfeld, Fredrik Liljeros, Shlomo Havlin, Hern\'an A. Makse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U39.00011: Studying Human Dynamics Through Web Analytics Jose Ramasco, Bruno Goncalves Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U39.00012: Which Route Will You Choose to Use For Driving Home Tonight in Rush-Hour Traffic? Bogdan Danila, Yudong Sun, Kevin Bassler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U39.00013: Epidemic of cell phone virus Pu Wang, Marta Gonz\'alez , Albert-L\'aszl\'o Barab\'asi Preview Abstract

Session U40: Biomolecular Computation

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Margaret Cheung, University of Houston
Room: Morial Convention Center 232

Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 8:12AM		U40.00001: Hydrophobic polymers in nano-sized water droplets Buddhi Tilakaratne, Samina Masood, Margaret Cheung Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12AM - 8:24AM		U40.00002: A classical density functional for water David Roundy, Dennis Jackson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:24AM - 8:36AM		U40.00003: Hydrophobic interactions at molecular scale. Dubravko Sabo, Sameer Varma, Susan Rempe, Marcus Martin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:36AM - 8:48AM		U40.00004: Computing absolute binding affinities via non-equilibrium unbinding simulations F. Marty Ytreberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:48AM - 9:00AM		U40.00005: Macromolecular crowding effects on Brownian motion of protein GB1 Antonios Samiotakis, Margaret Cheung Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:00AM - 9:12AM		U40.00006: Core-Shell Model of Folding-Unfolding Transitions (UFT) in Proteins Svetlana Aroutiounian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12AM - 9:24AM		U40.00007: Potential of mean force of Glycophorin A alpha-helix dimerization Lorant Janosi, Manolis Doxastakis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24AM - 9:36AM		U40.00008: Monte Carlo Simulations with reference interaction site model theory for simulating peptide molecules in aqueous solution Ayori Mitsutake, Yutaka Maruyama, Takashi Imai, Masahiro Kinoshita, Yuko Okamoto, Fumio Hirata Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:36AM - 9:48AM		U40.00009: Glassy protein dynamics and gigantic solvent reorganization energy of plastocyanin David LeBard, Dmitry Matyushov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:48AM - 10:00AM		U40.00010: Modeling low frequency vibrational modes of large biomolecules Otto Sankey, Eric Dykeman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:00AM - 10:12AM		U40.00011: Monte Carlo simulations of Protein Adsorption Sumit Sharma, Sanat K. Kumar, Georges Belfort Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:12AM - 10:24AM		U40.00012: Complexation of Flavonoids with Iron: Structure and Optical Signatures Jun Ren, Sheng Meng, Ch. E. Lekka, Efthimios Kaxiras Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24AM - 10:36AM		U40.00013: When Cells Collide: A Model for Cell-Assisted Cell Growth based on Direct Contacts Carl Franck, Wui Ip, Albert Bae, Nathan Franck, Elijah Bogart, Thanhbinh Thi Le Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:36AM - 10:48AM		U40.00014: Do Porins Pass CAPs? C.B. Hanna, D.A. Pink, T.A. Gill, T.J. Beveridge, B.E. Quinn, J.J. Durrant, M.H. Jericho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:48AM - 11:00AM		U40.00015: Multimode Analysis of SHG Signal from Complex Biological Systems: Parameterization of Regional and Global Features. Clayton Bratton, Karen Reiser, Andre Knoesen, Diego Yankelevich, Mingshi Wang, Israel Rocha-Mendosa Preview Abstract