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Session V1: Recent Advances in Soft Complex Materials Using Neutron Scattering

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Alan J. Hurd, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane AB

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V1.00001: Neutron and X-ray Characterization of Nanostructured Polymeric Materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V1.00002: Beyond Wrinkles: Stress and Fold Localization in Thin Elastic Membranes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V1.00003: Complex Protein Structures by Neutron Scattering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V1.00004: Observation of a Fragile-to-Strong Dynamic Crossover Phenomenon in Confined Water and Its Relation to the Existence of a Liquid-Liquid Critical Point in Supercooled Water Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V1.00005: Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer/Inorganic Nanoparticle Composites Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V2: Facilities for Meeting Grand Challenges

Sponsoring Units: DCMP GIMS
Chair: Gwyn Williams, Thomas Jefferson Laboratory National Accelerator Facility
Room: Morial Convention Center LaLouisiane C

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V2.00001: A Green Field Fourth Generation Light Source Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V2.00002: Science Driven the Parameters of 4th Generation Light Sources Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V2.00003: The Science Motivating the UK's Fourth Generation Light Source Project Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V2.00004: The proposed BigLight fourth-generation light source at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V3: Industrial Physics History

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Gloria B. Lubkin, American Institute of Physics
Room: Morial Convention Center RO2 - RO3

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V3.00001: Industrial Research at IBM Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V3.00002: Reflections on Three Corporate Research Labs: Bell Labs, HP Labs, Agilent Labs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V3.00003: Application Oriented R{\&}D: Aphorisms {\&} Anecdotes (The John Bardeen Lecture) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V3.00004: The History of Science and Technology at Bell Labs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V3.00005: 50 Years of ``Scaling'' Jack Kilby's Invention Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V4: Electronic Excitations in Organic Molecular Crystals/Fluctuating Fronts: Beyond a Popular Mean-Field Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Vitaly Podzorov, Rutgers University
Room: Morial Convention Center 206

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V4.00001: Photoemission study on the charge transport mechanism in pentacene thin film Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V4.00002: Bandlike transport in organic molecular crystals revealed by subpicosecond transient photoconductivity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V4.00003: Polarons and Coulomb interactions in organic transistors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V4.00004: Particle versus density models in spark formation: X-rays from pulled fronts? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V4.00005: Fluctuation Effects on Propagating Waves of Self-Assembly in Organosilane Monolayers. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V5: Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned from Katrina: How to Prepare a Department for Catastrophic Events

Sponsoring Units: FPS FGSA
Chair: Andrew Post-Zwicker, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center RO1

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:30AM		V5.00001: Lessons Learnt From Hurricane Katrina. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:30AM - 11:45AM		V5.00002: TBD Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:45AM - 12:00PM		V5.00003: Hurricane Katrina at Tulane. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:00PM - 12:15PM		V5.00004: Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:30PM		V5.00005: Academic environment and dynamics in response to extreme events: Theory and Practice (Katrina Lessons) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:30PM - 12:45PM		V5.00006: Hosting a Katrina Evacuee. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:45PM - 2:15PM		V5.00007: Panel Discussion

Session V7: Oscillations and Segmentation: Dynamical Genetic Regulation in Time and Space

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Mogens Jensen, Niels Bohr Institute
Room: Morial Convention Center RO5

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V7.00001: Building the Vertebrate Spine Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V7.00002: Modelling Ultradian Oscillations and Segmentation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V7.00003: Spatial Patterns of Recurved Sensory Organs in Drosophila Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V7.00004: Similarities and differences in the p53-mdm2 and NF-kB feedback loops Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V7.00005: Dynamic Changes in microRNAs may Regulate Robustness of Wnt/Notch Signaling Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V8: Liquid Crystals I: Structure and Defects

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Oleg Lavrentovich, Kent State University
Room: Morial Convention Center RO6

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V8.00001: Effect of Concentration Variations on the Interaction of a Sm-A Liquid Crystal and a Nanoparticle Luz J. Martinez-Miranda, Lynn K. Kurihara, Rahina S. Rabiu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V8.00002: Simulating defect structures in nematic liquid crystal shells Lena Lopatina, Andrew Konya, Jonathan Selinger, Robin Selinger, Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V8.00003: String defects in smectic-C monolayers and hybrid nematic films Fangfu Ye, Zhao Lu, Lena Lopatina, Jonathan Selinger, Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V8.00004: Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering polarized microscopy of 3D director structures in liquid crystals Ivan Smalyukh, Alexander Kachynski, Andrey Kuzmin, Paras Prasad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V8.00005: Light Scattering Study of Biaxiality in Nematic Liquid Crystal Tetrapodes Krishna Neupane, Shinwoong Kang, Sunil Sharma, D. Carney, T. Meyer, George H. Mehl, David W. Allender, Satyendra Kumar, Samuel Sprunt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V8.00006: Effects of dielectric relaxation on the director dynamics of uniaxial nematic liquid crystals Mingxia Gu, Ye Yin, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii, Oleg D. Lavrentovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V8.00007: Condensation of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals by additives Luana Tortora, H.-S. Park, S.-W. Kang, S. Kumar, K.V. Kaznatcheev, O.D. Lavrentovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V8.00008: Interactions in the NOBOW and 8CB Mixtures Dong Chen, Chenhui Zhu, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V8.00009: Effect of Solvent Concentration on the Liquid Crystal Phase Transitions of Octylcyanobiphenyl-Hexane Mixtures Krishna Sigdel, Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V8.00010: Landau potential of polymer stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals Paul Archer, Ingo Dierking Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V8.00011: Varying the optical properties of cholesteric liquid crystals Sabrina Relaix, Michele Moreira, Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Michel Mitov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V8.00012: Three-dimensional imaging of chemical bond orientation in liquid crystals by coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy. Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Heung-Shik Park, Brian G. Saar, X. Sunney Xie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V8.00013: Low electric field induced phase transition of the B1 bent-core liquid crystal phase to a switching phase J. Kirchhoff, L.S. Hirst Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V8.00014: Evidence of Broken Reciprocity in Chiral Liquid Crystals Michele Moreira, Nithya Venkataraman, Bahman Taheri, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract

Session V9: Computational Methods: Multiscale Modeling

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Kathie Newman, University of Notre Dame
Room: Morial Convention Center RO7

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V9.00001: Step decoration studied with first-principles statistical mechanics Yongsheng Zhang, Karsten Reuter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V9.00002: Non-Adiabatic Transition Path Sampling: Application to a Model Proton-Transfer Reaction Laura J. Kinnaman, Steven A. Corcelli, Kathie E. Newman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V9.00003: First-passage Monte Carlo for materials under irradiation Aleksandar Donev, Vasily Bulatov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V9.00004: OPAL: A New Multiscale Software Architecture Based on MPI-2 Yun-Wen Chen, Chao Cao, Ming Zhang, Erik Deumens, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V9.00005: MP2 calculations for solid state systems Martijn Marsman, Georg Kresse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V9.00006: New approaches to the prediction of thermodynamic stability of crystal structures Johannes Voss, Tejs Vegge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V9.00007: Solidifying semiconductor nanocrystals from melts: Molecular dynamics simulations Tianshu Li, Davide Donadio, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V9.00008: Ab-Initio Density Functional Calculation of Interatomic Potentials for Large-scale Atomistic Material Simulations. G.L. Zhao, S. Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V9.00009: A New Look at the Evaluation of Embedded Atom Potential Models. James N. Glosli, Kyle J. Caspersen, David F. Richards, Robert E. Rudd, Fred H. Streitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V9.00010: Electronic structure from Maximum Entropy optimization: Applications to band energy and electronic force computation Hiro Shimoyama, Parthapratim Biswas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V9.00011: Lagrangian Time-Reversible Born-Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics Anders Niklasson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V9.00012: First-principles calculation combined with multicanonical simulation Yoshihide Yoshimoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V9.00013: Topological Properties of Microstructures in Nanocrystalline Materials. Tao Xu, Mo Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V9.00014: XML Tools for First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations Francois Gygi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V9.00015: Approximating Densities of States with Gaps using Maximally Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry Roger Haydock, C.M.M. Nex Preview Abstract

Session V10: Proximity Effect, Electron-doped Cuprates, STM

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Thomas Lemberger, Ohio State Universtiy
Room: Morial Convention Center RO8

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V10.00001: Superconducting proximity effect and Majorana fermions at the surface Liang Fu, Charles Kane Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V10.00002: Giant proximity effect in a phase-fluctuating superconductor Dominic Marchand, Lucian Covaci, Mona Berciu, Marcel Franz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V10.00003: Search for Proximity Effect in the Local Pairing Temperature of Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+x}$ Colin Parker, Aakash Pushp, Kenjiro K. Gomes, Abhay Pasupathy, Genda Gu, Shimpei Ono, Yoichi Ando, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V10.00004: Superconducting Proximity Effect in Thin Semiconducting Films Michael Vissers, Soren Flexner, Paul Welander, Kevin Inderhees, Tim McArdle, Jim Eckstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V10.00005: Charge leakage in superconducting $\rm La_{2}CuO_{4}-La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4}$ superlattices S. Smadici, P. Abbamonte, J. Lee, S. Wang, C.D. Cavellin, A. Gozar, G. Logvenov, I. Bozovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V10.00006: Long range proximity effect in High Tc Josephson NanoJunctions: a quantitative study Jerome Lesueur, Nicolas Bergeal, Marco Aprili, Takis Kontos, Martin Sirena, Giancarlo Faini, Jean-Pierre Contour Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V10.00007: The Superconducting State of Pr$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_4$ : Tunneling study Yoram Dagan, Roy Beck, Richard Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V10.00008: Local tunneling spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy of the electron-doped cuprate Sm$_{2-x}$Ce$_{x}$CuO$_4$ A. Zimmers, Y. Noat, T. Cren, W. Sacks, D. Roditchev, B. Liang, R. L. Greene, R. P. S. M. Lobo, N. Bontemps Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V10.00009: Spin correlations and magnetic excitation spectrum of electron-doped Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_{4\pm\delta}$ Eugene Motoyama, Guichuan Yu, Yuan Li, Inna Vishik, Patrick Mang, Martin Greven, Owen Vajk, Klaudia Hradil, Richard Mole Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V10.00010: EXAFS study of the role of apical oxygen on superconductivity in Pr$_{0.88}$LaCe$_{0.12}$CuO$_4$ S. Rosenkranz, D. Haskel, M. Balasubramanian, S. Heald, S. Li, P. Dai, Y. Ando Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V10.00011: High pressure study on Pr$_{1.85}$Ce$_{0.15}$CuO$_{4-\delta }$ single crystals Costel R. Rotundu, Viktor V. Struzhkin, Alexander Goncharov, Richard L. Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V10.00012: Recent ARPES results on electron-doped high-Tc superconductors and comparison to their hole-doped counterparts Pierre Richard, Zihui Pan, Madhab Neupane, Yiming Xu, Patrick Fournier, Shiliang Li, Pengcheng Dai, Ziqiang Wang, Hong Ding Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V10.00013: Point contact tunnelling as a probe for the superconducting properties of Niobium RF cavities T. Proslier, J. Moore, J. Zasadzinski, M. Pellin, J. Norem Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V10.00014: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Defect-Induced Superstructure in 2H-NbSe$_{2}$ Hui Wang, Jonghee Lee, Michael Dreyer, Barry Barker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V10.00015: STM Investigation of Bosonic Modes and a Superconducting Gap in the Electron Doped Cuprate Pr$_{1-x}$LaCe$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ Francis Niestemski, Shankar Kunwar, Sen Zhou, Shiliang Li, Hong Ding, Ziqiang Wang, Pengcheng Dai, Vidya Madhavan Preview Abstract

Session V11: Quasiparticle Dispersion and Coupling in Cuprates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Dan Dessau, University of Colorado at Boulder
Room: Morial Convention Center RO9

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V11.00001: Evidence of Electron Coupling to High Energy Excitations in a High Temperature Superconductor Xingjiang Zhou, Wentao Zhang, Guodong Liu, Lin Zhao, Haiyun Liu, Jianqiao Meng, Xiaoli Dong, Wei Lu, Zhongxian Zhao, Guiling Wang, Hongbo Zhang, Yong Zhou, Zuyan Xu, Yong Zhu, Xiaoyang Wang, Chuangtian Chen, J.S. Wen, Z.J. Xu, Genda Gu, T. Sasagawa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V11.00002: High energy kink in the single particle spectra of the two-dimensional Hubbard model Alexandru Macridin, Mark Jarrell, Thomas Maier, Douglas Scalapino Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V11.00003: Theory of quasiparticle excitations in cuprates: universal Fermi velocity and high energy anomalies Qiang-Hua Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V11.00004: Dispersion and Spectral weight analysis of ``waterfall'' structure in Pb doped Bi2212. Qiang Wang, Zhe Sun, Eli Rotenberg, Helmut Berger, Daniel Dessau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V11.00005: Magnon Corrections to Cuprate Self Energy Robert Markiewicz, Tanmoy Das, Arun Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V11.00006: Aspects of the electron-phonon interaction in the Cuprates Steve Johnston, Wei-Sheng Lee, Thomas Devereaux, Z.X. Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V11.00007: Phonon anomaly in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$* Jiandong Guo, Huajun Qin, Kehui Wu, R. G. Moore, E. W. Plummer, J. Wen, G. D. Gu, Jiandi Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V11.00008: Isotope effect on the nodal kink energy in Bi2212 J.F. Douglas, H. Iwasawa, K. Satou, H. Eisaki, Y. Yoshida, H. Bando, T. Saitoh, A. Ino, M. Taniguchi, M. Arita, K. Shimada, H. Namatame, T. Masui, S. Tajima, S. Uchida, Y. Aiura, D.S. Dessau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V11.00009: Theory of Kink Structure of Quasi-Particle Energy Dispersion in Photoemission Spectra of High Temperature Superconducter Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ via Dipolon Mediated Electron-Electron Pairing Mechanism Ram Sharma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V11.00010: Fermi Surface Topology Effects on the Electron-Phonon Coupling in Electron-doped Cuprates S.R. Park, D.J. Song, C.S. Leem, Chul Kim, C. Kim, B.J. Kim, H. Eisaki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V11.00011: Theoretical fits of laser-ARPES energy distribution curves of the high Tc superconductor Bi2212 N.C. Plumb, P.A. Casey, J.D. Koralek, J.F. Douglas, Z. Sun, Y. Aiura, K. Oka, H. Eisaki, P.W. Anderson, D.S. Dessau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V11.00012: Properties of high-T$_C$ superconductors from spin-phonon coupling and band models. Thomas Jarlborg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V11.00013: Universal dispersion anomalies revealed by DQMC simulations of the Hubbard model B. Moritz, S. Johnston, W. Meevasana, C. Kim, T. P. Devereaux, R. T. Scalettar, Z.-X. Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V11.00014: Local effects of apical oxygen on superconductivity in high-$T_{\rm c}$ cuprates Michiyasu Mori, Takami Tohyama, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V11.00015: Variable Temperature Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Inhomogeneous High Temperature Superconductors E.W. Hudson, M. C. Boyer, W.D. Wise, Kamalesh Chatterjee, Yayu Wang, Takeshi Kondo, Tsunehiro Takeuchi, Hiroshi Ikuta Preview Abstract

Session V12: Metal Insulator Transition I: Vanadium Oxides and Others

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: M. Brian Maple, University of California, San Diego
Room: Morial Convention Center 203

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V12.00001: Electrical measurements at the metal-insulator phase boundary in VO$_{2}$ nanobeams David Cobden, Jiang Wei, Zenghui Wang, Wei Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V12.00002: Metal-insulator coexistence in VO$_{2}$ nanobeams Jiang Wei, Zenghui Wang, Wei Chen, David Cobden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V12.00003: Correlation between metal-insulator transition characteristics and electronic structure changes in vanadium oxide thin films D. Ruzmetov, V. Narayanamurti, S. Ramanathan, S.D. Senanayake Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V12.00004: Mott transition in vanadium dioxide (VO$_2$) observed by infrared spectroscopy and nano-imaging M.M. Qazilbash, G.O. Andreev, D.N. Basov, P.-C. Ho, M.B. Maple, M. Brehm, F. Keilmann, A. V. Balatsky, Byung-Gyu Chae, Bong-Jun Kim, Sun Jin Yun, Hyun-Tak Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V12.00005: Avalanches in the Metal-Insulator transition in Vanadium Oxide nano-scaled junctions Amos Sharoni, Gabriel Ram\'Irez, Ivan K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V12.00006: Micro X-Ray Diffraction Study of VO$_{2}$ Films -- Separation between Metal-Insulator Transition and Structural Phase Transition Kim Hyun-tak, Kim Boung-jun, Lee Yong wook, Yun Sun Jin, Lim Jung-wook, Shin Tae-ju, Youn Hwa-sick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V12.00007: Lateral V/VO$_{x}$/V Tunnel Junctions Formed by Anodic Oxidation David Kirkwood, Kevin West, Jiwei Lu, Stuart Wolf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V12.00008: The metal to insulator transition in correlated materials -- exchange of low and high energy spectral weight Stefan G. Singer, B. Schulz, I. Mahns, M. Bastjan, G. Neuber, A. Goos, P. Saichu, S. Binder, A. Rusydi, K. Horn, S. Eller, M. R\"ubhausen, G. Stryganyuk, L. Cooper, G.A. Sawatzky, O. Sushkov, H. Eisaki, Y. Fujimaki, S. Uchida, K. D\"orr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V12.00009: Metal-insulating transition and Zhang-Rice singlets in one-dimensional cuprates: the case of Ca$_{2+x}$Y$_{2-x}$Cu$_5$O$_{10}$ Alessio Filippetti, Vincenzo Fiorentini Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V12.00010: EXAFS and XANES in Fe$_{3-x}$M$_x$O$_4$, M = Zn, Ti, Al with 0 $\leq$ x $<$ 0.065. J. Sabol, D. Owoc, Z. Kakol, C. Kapusta, A. Kozlowski, J. Honig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V12.00011: Nonequilibrium Relaxations and Aging Effects near a Metal-Insulator Transition in Two Dimensions Dragana Popovi\'c, Jan Jaroszy\'nski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V12.00012: Photo-induced Metallic States in a Mott Insulator Takashi Oka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V12.00013: I3+-Ir4+ Charge Disproportionation of Spinel CuIr2S4 investigated by Synchrotron Radiaton Photoemission Han-Jin Noh, E.-J. Cho, H.-D. Kim, J.-Y. Kim, C.-H. Min, B.-G. Park, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V12.00014: Local structural aspects of the metal-insulator transition in CuIr$_{2}$S$_{4}$ from total scattering x-ray study E. Bozin, A.S. Masadeh, H.J. Kim, P. Juhas, S.J.L. Billinge, J.F. Mitchell Preview Abstract

Session V13: Focus Session: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory III

Sponsoring Units: DCP DCOMP
Chair: Wei Ku, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 204

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V13.00001: Dielectric Properties of Ice and Liquid Water from First Principle Calculations Deyu Lu, Francois Gygi, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V13.00002: Strong hybridization of Frenkel excitons in Mott insulators: a novel Wannier function perspective* Chi-Cheng Lee, H. C. Hsueh, Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V13.00003: Propagation of strongly bound Frenkel excitons in LiF: An effective two-particle kinematic approach of super-atom in ab initio Wannier basis Chen-Lin Yeh, Hung-Chung Hsueh, Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V13.00004: Ab-initio Total Energy Calculation for Full-potential Multiple Scattering Theory Methods Yang Wang, Aurelian Rusanu, Malcolm Stocks, Don Nicholson, Markus Eisenbach Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V13.00005: A quantum chemistry roadmap towards highly accurate adsorption energies at ionic surfaces Bo Li, Angelos Michaelides, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V13.00006: Surface energies of semiconductors by the energy density method Min Yu, Richard M. Martin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V13.00007: Electron-phonon interaction using Wannier functions: from single-layer graphene to cuprate superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V13.00008: Ensemble density functional theory, the atom-in-molecule problem, and reactive charge transfer Susan Atlas, Steven Valone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V13.00009: Correction of Finite Size Errors in Many-body Electronic Structure Calculations Hendra Kwee, Shiwei Zhang, Henry Krakauer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V13.00010: Embedding quantum-mechanics in an interatomic potential simulation using local energies Noam Bernstein, Gabor Csanyi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V13.00011: The search for minimum-energy atomic configurations on a lattice: Lamarckian twist on Darwinian Evolution Mayeul d'Avezac, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V13.00012: Using genetic algorithms to find from first-principles the minimum-energy crystal structure starting from random cell vectors and random atomic positions. G. Trimarchi, M. D'Avezac, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V13.00013: From grand-canonical density functional theory towards rational compound design Anatole von Lilienfeld Preview Abstract

Session V14: BEC-BCS Crossover

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Meera Parish, Princeton University
Room: Morial Convention Center 205

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V14.00001: Properties of a few-body trapped two-component Fermi gas at unitarity Javier von Stecher, Doerte Blume, Chris H. Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V14.00002: Quantum and thermal fluctuations in the BCS-BEC crossover with unequal mass fermions Roberto Diener, Qi Zhou, Mohit Randeria Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V14.00003: Critical temperature and thermodynamics of the BEC-BCS crosssover Evgeni Burovski, Evgeny Kozik, Nikolay Prokof'ev, Boris Svistunov, Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V14.00004: First- and second-sound-like modes at finite temperature in trapped Fermi gases from BCS to BEC Yan He, Chih-chun Chien, Qijin Chen, Kathryn Levin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V14.00005: Transport Properties of a Fermi gas with attractive interactions in the BEC-BCS crossover Chih-Chun Chien, Yan He, Qijin Chen, Kathryn Levin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V14.00006: Probing two-fluid hydrodynamics in a trapped Fermi superfluid at unitarity Edward Taylor, Allan Griffin, Hui Hu, Xia-Ji Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V14.00007: Shear Viscosity and the Perfectness of Fluid Gautam Rupak, Thomas Schaefer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V14.00008: Spectroscopic Signatures of Nonequilibrium Pairing in Atomic Fermi Gases Maxim Dzero, Emil Yuzbashyan, B.L. Altshuler, Piers Coleman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V14.00009: Mean Frequency Shift and Finite Width of RF Spectrum of Paired Fermions Zhenhua Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V14.00010: Final-state effects in radio-frequency spectrum of ultracold Fermions Sourish Basu, Erich Mueller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V14.00011: Molecular production at a broad Feshbach resonance in Fermi-gas of cooled atoms Deqiang Sun, Artem Abanov, Valery Pokrovsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V14.00012: Bistability in Resonant Fermi Superfluid Lei Jiang, Han Pu, Andrew Robertson, Hong Ling Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V14.00013: Collective spin modes in a Fermionic atomic gas John Feldmann, Hari Dahal, Sergio Gaudio, Kevin Bedell Preview Abstract

Session V15: Quantum Error Correction and Control

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Lorenza Viola, Dartmouth College
Room: Morial Convention Center 207

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V15.00001: The structure of preserved information in quantum processes Hui Khoon Ng, Robin Blume-Kohout, David Poulin, Lorenza Viola Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V15.00002: Decoherence-free subspaces and incoherently generated coherences Raisa Karasik, Karl-Peter Marzlin, Barry C. Sanders, K. Birgitta Whaley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V15.00003: Methods for Producing Decoherence-free States and Noiseless Subsystems Using Photonic Qutrits C. Allen Bishop, Mark Byrd Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V15.00004: Bounded-strength dynamical control of qubit coherence based on Eulerian cycles Lea F. Santos, Taylor S. Smith, Wenxian Zhang, Lorenza Viola Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V15.00005: Model-independent dynamical decoupling to combat dephasing decoherence Wayne Witzel, Benjamin Lee, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V15.00006: Encoding One Logical Qubit Into Six Physical Qubits Bilal Shaw, Mark Wilde, Ognyan Oreshkov, Isaac Kremsky, Daniel Lidar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V15.00007: Second-order self-refocusing pulse shapes for arbitrary rotation angles Leonid P. Pryadko, Pinaki Sengupta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V15.00008: Encoded Dynamical Recoupling with Shaped Pulses Yunfan Li, Daniel A. Lidar, Leonid P. Pryadko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V15.00009: Generating Novel Spin Echoes Using the Internal Structure of Strong Pi-Pulses Rona Ramos, Yanqun Dong, Dale Li, Sean Barrett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V15.00010: A New Approach to Spin Coherence Control: Extreme Line-narrowing and MRI of Solids Yanqun Dong, Rona Ramos, Dale Li, Sean Barrett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V15.00011: Robustness of operator quantum error correction against imperfect initialization Ognyan Oreshkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V15.00012: Quantum Convolutional Coding with Entanglement Assistance Mark Wilde, Todd Brun Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V15.00013: ``Slow'' and ``Fast'' Gate Limits In Resilient Quantum Computation Eduardo Novais, Eduardo R. Mucciolo, Harold U. Baranger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V15.00014: Optimal Control of Large Spin-Atomic Systems with Coherent Electromagnetic Fields Seth Merkel, Souma Chaudhury, Poul Jessen, Ivan Deutsch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V15.00015: Towards a Quantum Predictive Control Mathematical Formulation Yasser A. Davizon-Castillo Preview Abstract

Session V16: Focus Session: Medical Imaging and Related Technologies

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Christopher Njeh, Tyler Cancer Center
Room: Morial Convention Center 208

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V16.00001: Overview of Medical Imaging Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V16.00002: PET Imaging - from Physics to Clinical Molecular Imaging Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V16.00003: Room temperature STM imaging in air can damage DNA, even at low tunneling biases and currents John Bechhoefer, Philip Grant, Yuekan Jiao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V16.00004: Tomography of biological interfaces using defocusing microscopy Oscar Mesquita Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V16.00005: Terahertz spectroscopy of human skin constituents in suspension Cecil Joseph, Anna Yaroslavsky, Munir Al-Arashi, Andrew Gatesman, Thomas Goyette, Robert Giles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V16.00006: Advances in Medical X-Ray Imaging Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V16.00007: Inverse Participation Ratio (IPR) Analysis of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Images: Quantification of Optical Disorder Strength Due to Nanoscale Refractive Index Fluctuations of Tissues/Cells P. Pradhan, V. Turzhitsky, H. Subramanian, A. Heifetz, D. Damania, J. L. Hoogheem, M. J. Jung, H. K. Roy, V. Backman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V16.00008: Imaging Stem Cell Aggregation Using Digital Holographic Microscopy Emily J. Gardel, Yonas Yemane, Debra Auguste, Vinothan N. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V16.00009: Magnetomotive Optical Coherence Elastography for Measuring Biomechanical Properties of Tissue using Magnetic Nanoparticles V. Crecea, A.L. Oldenburg, X. Liang, T.S. Ralston, M.B. Orescanin, M.F. Insana, S.A. Boppart Preview Abstract

Session V17: Focus Session: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Small Systems

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DBP
Chair: Chris Jarzynski, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 209

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V17.00001: Beyond the second law. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V17.00002: Dynamics of Microtubule Growth and Catastrophe Sidney Redner, Tibor Antal, Paul Krapivsky, Mitch Mailman, Bulbul Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V17.00003: Work fluctuations in modulated systems: what is and what is not universal in the steady state Mark Dykman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V17.00004: Recognizing the role of microscopic reversibility in stochastic systems with optical trapping experiments as an example Ross Brody Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V17.00005: What Do We Measure With Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy? Ching-Hwa Kiang, Nolan Harris, Eric Botello, Wei-Hung Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V17.00006: Holographic microrheology of biofilms Fook Chiong Cheong, Simone Duarte, David Grier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V17.00007: Fluctuation relations in a micromechanical oscillator driven far from thermal equilibrium Corey Stambaugh, Ho Bun Chan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V17.00008: Effect of charge distribution on the translocation of an inhomogeneously charged polymer through a nanopore Aruna Mohan, Anatoly Kolomeisky, Matteo Pasquali Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V17.00009: Heat Transport in spin chains Jinshan Wu, Mona Berciu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V17.00010: Athermal dynamics of strongly coupled stochastic three-state oscillators Lev Tsimring, Bastien Fernandez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V17.00011: Entropy-driven hysteresis in a model of DNA overstretching Stephen Whitelam, Sander Pronk, Phillip Geissler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V17.00012: Replica and extreme-value analysis of the Jarzynski free-energy estimator Matteo Palassini, Felix Ritort Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V17.00013: Hand-Over-Hand Binding in a Tethered-Particle Method Study of DNA Hybridization Marie T. Ung, John C. Crocker Preview Abstract

Session V18: Focus Session: Properties of Block Copolymers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Thomas Epps, University of Delaware
Room: Morial Convention Center 210

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V18.00001: Thermodynamics, Structure and Transport in Model Fuel Cell Membranes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V18.00002: Water Uptake and Proton Conductivity of Asymmetric Poly(styrenesulfonate-block-methylbutylene) Copolymers Xin Wang, Moon Jeong Park, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V18.00003: Temperature dependent charge transport properties of poly(3-hexylthiophene) block poly(styrene) copolymer field-effect transistor Firoze Haque, Paul Stokes, Lei Zhai, Saiful I. Khondaker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V18.00004: Morphology and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Styrene Containing Tri-Block Copolymers for Electromagnetic Wave Interaction Applications S. Peddini, K. Mauritz, D. Nikles, J. Weston Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V18.00005: The Lyotropic Phase Behavior of Diblock Copolymers Swollen with Ionic Liquids Peter Simone, Timothy Lodge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V18.00006: Structure and Thermodynamics of Block Copolymers Doped with Ionic Liquids J.M. Virgili, N.P. Balsara, R.A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V18.00007: Controlling the morphology of liquid crystalline block copolymers: interfacial and liquid crystal content effects. Eric Verploegen, Tejia Zhang, Paula Hammond Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V18.00008: Self-assembly of side chain liquid crystalline block copolymers Manas Shah, Victor Pryamitsyn, Venkat Ganesan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V18.00009: Structural Formation Process of Microphase Separated Films with Liquid Crystalline Phase Transition Motonori Komura, Tomokazu Iyoda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V18.00010: Rod-to-Coil Transition in Polypeptide/$\pi$-Conjugated Polymer/Polypeptide Triblock Copolymers Raffaele Mezzenga, Laurent Rubatat, Xiangxing Kong, Samson Jenekhe, Janne Ruokolainen, Mohamad Hojeij Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V18.00011: The effect of chain stiffness on the morphology of diblock copolymers G. Leuty, J. Bedard, Mesfin Tsige Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V18.00012: Self-assembled OLEDs from rod-coil block copolymers Y. Tao, R.A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V18.00013: Self-assembly of linear rod-coil block copolymers Li-jia An, Ji-zhong Chen, Zhao-yan Sun, Cheng-xiang Zhang Preview Abstract

Session V19: New Frontiers for Biological Physics

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Ali Mohazab, University of British Columbia
Room: Morial Convention Center 211

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V19.00001: Mechanochemistry of Molecular Motors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V19.00002: Rare returns on lost effort! Dynamic refolding (after unfolding) of protein domains. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 1:03PM		V19.00003: Generalization of distance to higher dimensional objects, and its application to protein folding Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:39PM		V19.00004: Getting into shape: the physics of bacterial morphology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 2:15PM		V19.00005: Sensing and Selection in Bacteria Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V20: Phase Transitions: Structural, Electronic, and Magnetic

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Ted Einstein, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 212

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V20.00001: Inequivalent Down Atom (3x3) structure in Sn/Ge(111). R. Cortes, A. Tejeda, J. Lobo-Checa, C. Didiot, B. Kierren, D. Malterre, E.G. Michel, A. Mascaraque Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V20.00002: Formation of $\surd $3$\times \surd $3 structure by depositing Si on Si(111)-(5$\times $2)/Au F.-K. Men, A.-L. Chin, C.-F. Jan, J.-L. Guo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V20.00003: Temperature-induced Self-pinning and Nano-layering of AuSi Eutectic Droplets Nicola Ferralis, Roya Maboudian, Carlo Carraro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V20.00004: Adsorbate-Induced Faceting of Ir and Re Surfaces Payam Kaghazchi, Timo Jacob, Matthias Scheffler, Wenhua Chen, Hao Wang, Theodore Madey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V20.00005: Oxygen-induced nanoscale pyramidal faceting of Rh(210) surface Govind ., W. Chen, H. Wang, Theodore E. Madey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V20.00006: Order-disorder phase transition of the Cu(001) surface under equilibrium oxygen pressure H. Iddir, D.D. Fong, P. Zapol, P.H. Fuoss, L.A. Curtiss, G.-W. Zhou, J.A. Eastman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V20.00007: Ab initio phase diagram of oxygen adsorption on W(110) Markus St\"{o}hr, Stefan M\"{u}ller, Raimund Podloucky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V20.00008: Lattice gas transition of xenon on a fullerite surface Silvina Gatica, Milton Cole Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V20.00009: Stability of the commensurate monolayer solid of xenon/graphite L.W. Bruch, A.D. Novaco Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V20.00010: Molecular dynamics simulations of hexane on graphite at various coverages: the difference explicit hydrogens make M.W. Roth, M.J. Connolly, Paul A. Gray, Carlos Wexler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V20.00011: Molecular Dynamics study of tetracosane monolayers adsorbed on graphite L. Firlej, B. Kuchta, M.W. Roth, Paul A. Gray, Carlos Wexler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V20.00012: Test of the universality of the scaling energy in alkanes using melting transition of layer adsorbed on graphite B. Kuchta, L. Firlej, M.W. Roth, Paul A. Gray, Carlos Wexler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V20.00013: Heisenberg Spin Systems with Long Ranged Couplings Ute L\"ow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V20.00014: Hysteresis in the anomalous Hall effect of MnAs thin films Felix T. Jaeckel, Andreas Stintz, Abdel-Rahman A. El-Emawy, Kevin J. Malloy Preview Abstract

Session V21: Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Jodie Lutkenhaus, Yale University
Room: Morial Convention Center 213

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V21.00001: Nano-Patterns in Gels of Charged Chains with Self-Attracting Interactions Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Juan J. de Pablo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V21.00002: Interactions in Ion-containing Polymers Probed by ab initio Methods Wenjuan Liu, Ralph Colby, Michael Janik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V21.00003: Conformation transition and counterion distribution of single polyelectrolyte chains in aqueous solution Jiang Zhao, Shengqin Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V21.00004: Unifying Self-Consistent Field Theory for Weak Polyelectrolytes Kevin Witte, You-Yeon Won Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V21.00005: Composition and Structure Changes of the Ionic Aggregates with Acid Content and Neutralization Level in Poly (styrene-\textit{co}-methacrylic acid) Ionomers Wenqin Wang, Tsung-Ta Chan, Andrew Perkowski, Shulamith Schlick, Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V21.00006: Multiple Nanoscale Morphologies of Poly(Ethylene-\textit{co}-Acrylic Acid) Ionomers Christopher D. Chan, Travis W. Baughman, Kathleen L. Opper, Kenneth B. Wagener, Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V21.00007: Conduction, Ion Association and Dynamics in Polyethylene Oxide-based Polyester Ionomers Daniel Fragiadakis, Shichen Dou, Ralph Colby, James Runt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V21.00008: Correlation between structure and conductivity in stretched Nafion Elshad Allahyarov, Philip Taylor Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V21.00009: Morphology study in block copolymer electrolytes Scott Mullin, Nisita Wanakule, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V21.00010: Increased Water Retention in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes Assisted by Capillary Condensation Moon Jeong Park, Nitash P. Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V21.00011: Engineering polyelectrolyte multilayer structure at the nanometer length scale by tuning polymer solution conformation. Soheil Boddohi, Christopher Killingsworth, Matt Kipper Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V21.00012: Layer Thickness and Charge Compensation of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Qiang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V21.00013: pH-Induced Release of Polyanions from Multilayer Films Svetlana Sukhishvili, Eugenia Kharlampieva, John Ankner, Michael Rubinstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V21.00014: Properties of Polyelectrolytes in an Ionic Liquid John Harner, David Hoagland Preview Abstract

Session V22: Focus Session: Organic Electronics: Molecular Junctions

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

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V22.00001: Molecular Thermoelectrics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V22.00002: Chemical Structure and Molecular Switches. Amy Blum, David Long, Martin Moore, James Kushmerick, James Tour, Banahalli Ratna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V22.00003: Inelastic electron spectroscopy of single alkanedithiol molecules Nicolas Agrait, Carlos R. Arroyo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V22.00004: A Molecular Switch Made of Charge Transfer Complexes on Au (111) U.G.E. Perera, F. J\"ackel, V. Iancu, K.-F. Braun, N. Koch, J.P. Rabe, S.-W. Hla Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V22.00005: Correlating Structure and Conductivity of Pentathiopene Monolayers Bas Hendriksen, Yabing Qi, Florent Martin, Frank Ogletree, Miquel Salmeron Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V22.00006: Direct measurement of photomechanical switching cross-sections of single-molecules on a surface Jongweon Cho, Matthew J. Comstock, Niv Levy, Luis Berbil-Bautista, Frank Lauterwasser, Jean M. J. Frechet, Michael F. Crommie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V22.00007: Many-body treatment of quantum transport through single molecules Justin Bergfield, Charles Stafford Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V22.00008: Single molecule characterization with well-defined contacts Alex Neuhausen, Frank Jaeckel, Jeremy Hiatt, Joseph Sulpizio, David Goldhaber-Gordon, Chris Chidsey, W. E. Moerner, Zhenan Bao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V22.00009: Transport Fluctuations in Metal-Molecule Junctions Jonathan Malen, Kanhayalal Baheti, Peter Doak, Rachel Segalman, Arun Majumdar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V22.00010: Electronic transport through single-molecule- and monolayer-based molecular junctions Luis Agapito, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V22.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V22.00012: Substrate-Dependent Electronic Behavior of Polydiacetylene Nanowires Rajiv Giridharagopal, K. F. Kelly Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V22.00013: Organic memory devices using the negative differential resistance effect R. Osterbacka, J.K. Baral, H.S. Majumdar, F. Jansson, A. Laiho, R.H.A. Ras, J. Ruokolainen, O. Ikkala, H. Jiang, E. Kauppinen Preview Abstract

Session V23: Focus Session: Charge/Orbital Ordering in Complex Oxides

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Jeff Lynn, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Morial Convention Center 215

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V23.00001: Evolution of the `Orbital Peierls State' with doping C. Ulrich, G. Khaliullin, B. Keimer, M. Reehuis, K. Schmalzl, A. Ivanov, K. Hradil, J. Fujioka, Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V23.00002: Magnetic interactions and orbital physics in RVO$_{3}$ perovskites J.-Q. Yan, S. Chang, C. Brown, M. Hehlen, F. Trouw, R.J. McQueeney Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V23.00003: Pressure-temperature phase diagram for orbital and spin states in $R$VO$_{3}(R$=Y,Tb) Daisuke Bizen, Keisuke Nakatsuka, Tetsuya Murata, Hironori Nakao, Kazuaki Iwasa, Youichi Murakami, Toyotaka Osakabe, Shigeki Miyasaka, Yoshinori Tokura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V23.00004: Stabilization of Charge Ordering by Magnetic Exchange Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V23.00005: Electronic Raman Scattering in Magnetite: Spin vs. Charge gap Lev Gasparov, G. Guntherodt, H. Berger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V23.00006: Electrically-driven phase transition in magnetite nanostructures D. Natelson, S. Lee, A. Fursina, J.T. Mayo, C.T. Yavuz, V.L. Colvin, R.M.S. Sofin, I.V. Shvets Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V23.00007: Pressure-Induced Intermetallic Valence Transition in BiNiO$_{3}$ Masaki Azuma, Masahiko Tsujimoto, Shintaro Ishiwata, Seiji Isoda, Yuichi Shimakawa, Mikio Takano, Sandra Carlsson, Jennifer Rodgers, J. Paul Attfield, Matthew G. Tucker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V23.00008: Phonon Anomaly across Charge/Orbital Ordering Transition in Pr$_{0.65}$Ca$_{0.35}$MnO$_{3}$. Jiandi Zhang, Hao Sha, F. Ye, M.D. Lumsden, P.C. Dai, J. A. Fernandez-Baca, Y. Tomioka, Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V23.00009: Charge Ordering in Half-Doped Manganites: Small Charge Disproportion and Leading Mechanisms Dmitri Volja, Wei-Guo Yin, Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V23.00010: Orbital ordered phases of Mn$_3$O$_4$ and MnV$_2$O$_4$ investigated by NMR Jeong Hyun Shim, Soonchil Lee, Takuro Katsufuji Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V23.00011: Orbital Order and Metal-Insulator Transition in PbRuO$_{3}$ Simon Kimber, Jennifer Rodgers, J. Paul Attfield, Dimitri Argyriou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V23.00012: Incommensurate Magnetic Structure of ZnCr$_{2}$Se$_{4}$ and ZnCr$_{2}$S$_{4}$ Fabiano Yokaichiya, Heloisa Nunes Bordallo, Dimitri Argyriou, A Krimmel, A Loidl, V Tsurkan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V23.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session V24: Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures VII: Si Interfaces and Carbon

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland
Room: Morial Convention Center 216

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V24.00001: Leakage current in deca-nano MOSFET by surface state hopping Hassan Raza, Edwin Kan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V24.00002: Tunneling properties of ultra-thin SiO$_2$ barriers: a first-principles study Eunjung Ko, Hyoung Joon Choi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V24.00003: C$_{60}$-based devices: large scale simulations and design X. H. Zheng, W. Lu, T. A. Abtew, V. Meunier, J. Bernholc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V24.00004: Quasiparticle Gaps of Nanostructures Weakly-Coupled to their Environments: The Case of C60/Metal Interfaces Jay Sau, Jeffrey Neaton, Hyoung-Joon Choi, Steven G. Louie, Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V24.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V24.00006: Electron-phonon scattering effects on transport properties of carbon nanotube devices using time-dependent wave-packet approach Hiroyuki Ishii, Nobuhiko Kobayashi, Kenji Hirose Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V24.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V24.00008: Electron transport through functionalized carbon nanotubes Nicolas Bruque, Rajeev Pandey, Md. Khalid Ashraf, Roger Lake Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V24.00009: Multiple Quantum Well Structures of Graphene Haldun Sevincli, Mehmet Topsakal, Salim Ciraci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V24.00010: Direct measurement of electric-field-screening length in thin graphite film H. Miyazaki, K. Tsukagoshi, S. Odaka, Y. Aoyagi, T. Sato, S. Tanaka, H. Goto, A. Kanda, Y. Ootuka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V24.00011: Surface Potentials and Layer Charge Distributions in Few-Layer Graphene Sujit Datta, Douglas Strachan, Eugene Mele, A.T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V24.00012: Valley contrasting physics in graphene: magnetic moment and topological transport Qian Niu, Di Xiao, Wang Yao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V24.00013: Quantum transport of 2D Dirac fermions: the 2D symplectic symmetry class of Anderson localization and the Z2 topological term Shinsei Ryu, Christopher Mudry, Hideaki Obuse, Akira Furusaki Preview Abstract

Session V25: Focus Session: Interfaces and Adhesion I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Karl Freed, University of Chicago
Room: Morial Convention Center 217

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V25.00001: A model for glass transitions in polymer thin films. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V25.00002: Creating defect free structures by directed photochemical reaction in a ternary phase separating system Pratyush Dayal, Olga Kuksenok, Anna Balazs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V25.00003: Entropic Effects in the Phase Behavior of Athermal Nanoparticle/Homopolymer Thin Film Mixtures Luciana Meli, Abraham Arceo, Peter Green Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V25.00004: Mechanism of Interfacial Instability in Thin Polymer Film in Controlled Solvent Atmosphere Parvaneh Mokarian-Tabari, Jonathan. R. Howse, Sasha Y. Heriot, Mark Geoghegan, Richard A.L. Jones Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V25.00005: Spanning Trees and the Dynamics of Compact Polymers Armin Rahmani, Andrea Velenich, Claudio Chamon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V25.00006: Uper Limit of Superheating in Polymer Crystals Revealed from Linear Heating Covering Seven Orders of Magnitude in Heating Rate Christoph Schick, Alexander Minakov, Andreas Wurm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V25.00007: Molecular simulation of crystal nucleation of an n-alkane Peng Yi, Gregory Rutledge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V25.00008: Entropically Driven Layering Near a Substrate: A Fluids DFT Study Erin McGarrity, Amalie Frischknecht, Michael Mackay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V25.00009: Properties of Ferroelectric Polyvinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene Nanorods Jodie Lutkenhaus, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V25.00010: Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Crystallization of Flexible Molecules Bernhard Wunderlich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V25.00011: UV-convergent One-loop Theory of Binary Homopolymer Blends Jian Qin, Frank Bates, David Morse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V25.00012: Effect of intensity gradient profiles on crystal growth subject to holographic free radical photopolymerization Thein Kyu, Pankaj Rathi, Soojeoung Park Preview Abstract

Session V26: Focus Session: Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Daniel Knopf, State University of New York
Room: Morial Convention Center 218

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V26.00001: Measurements of the Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Nanoparticles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V26.00002: Laboratory-Measured Nucleation Rates of Sulfuric Acid and Water from the SO$_{2}$ + OH Reaction David R. Benson, Li-Hao Young, Shan-Hu Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V26.00003: The enhancement of aqueous aerosol formation by ions and radicals Samuel Keasler, Ricky Nellas, Hyunmi Kim, Joseph Francisco, Bin Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V26.00004: Scaled Nucleation in a Lennard-Jones System Barbara Hale, Tom Mahler, Jerry Kiefer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V26.00005: The Nucleation Rate and the Gibbs Free Formation Energy of a Cluster H.R. Kobraei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V26.00006: Dynamical investigation of water clusters in atmospheric conditions Francesca Baletto, Mal-Soon Lee, Uguette F.T Ndonmgouo, Sandro Scandolo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V26.00007: Modeling the Growth of H$_{2}$O-D$_{2}$O Nanodroplets Somnath Sinha, Barbara E. Wyslouzil, Gerald Wilemski Preview Abstract

Session V27: Focus Session: Frustrated Theory

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns Hopkins University
Room: Morial Convention Center 219

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V27.00001: Path Integral Approach to Geometrically Frustrated Quantum Antiferromagnets Miraculous Bhaseen, John Chalker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V27.00002: Contractor-Renormalization approach to frustrated magnets in a magnetic field Andreas Abendschein, Sylvain Capponi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V27.00003: Spin-orbital liquid state on the square lattice with emergent Majorana fermions and Z$_2$ topological order Ashvin Vishwanath, Fa Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V27.00004: Magnetic monopoles in spin ices and spin excitations in other pyrochlores Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V27.00005: Vortex Berry phases and the magnetization of quantum magnets Akihiro Tanaka, Keisuke Totsuka, Xiao Hu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V27.00006: Kinetic ferromagnetism on frustrated lattices Frank Pollmann, Kirill Shtengel, Peter Fulde Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V27.00007: Magnetic Fluctuations in the Hubbard Model on Kagome-based Frustrated Lattices Masafumi Udagawa, Yukitoshi Motome Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V27.00008: Study of the $U(1)-Z_4$ cross-over in 2D valance-bond-solids Jie Lou, Anders Sandvik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V27.00009: Dimerized Bond-Disordered Quantum Spin Models and Harris Criterion Jonas Gustafsson, Daoxin Yao, Erica Carlson, Anders W. Sandvik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V27.00010: Spontaneous parity breaking of Dirac spin liquid in a magnetic field Ying Ran, Wing-Ho Ko, Patrick Lee, Xiao-Gang Wen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V27.00011: Two-step spin flop transition in quantum spin ladders Toru Sakai, Kiyomi Okamoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V27.00012: Spin and Singlet Dynamics of the S=1/2 Quantum Kagome Antiferromagnet Andreas Lauchli, Claire Lhuillier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V27.00013: Pseudo-Dirac Hamiltonians and Flux Phases of SU(N) magnets F.J. Burnell, S.L. Sondhi, R. Shankar Preview Abstract

Session V28: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures VI: Nanoscale Metamaterials

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue University
Room: Morial Convention Center 220

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V28.00001: Plasmonic Metamaterials and Devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V28.00002: Backward-wave optical parametric amplification and mirrorless oscillations in negative-index materials Alexander Popov, Sergey Myslivets, Vladimir Shalaev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V28.00003: Tunable photonic crystals with nonlinear composite materials Kin Wah Yu, J. P. Huang, G. Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V28.00004: Enhanced and Resonant Transmission of Light through Dielectric-filled Subwavelength Waveguides Huizhong Xu, Pangshun Zhu, Harold G. Craighead, Watt W. Webb Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V28.00005: Transmission of images with subwavelength resolution to distances of several wavelengths in microwave, terahertz and infrared ranges Pavel Belov, Mario Silveirinha, Pekka Ikonen, Constantin Simovski, Sergei Tretyakov, Yan Zhao, Yang Hao, Clive Parini Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V28.00006: All Optical Method for Positioning Single Quantum Dots in Photonic Crystal Nanocavities Susanna Thon, Matthew Rakher, Jan Gudat, Hyochul Kim, William Irvine, Dirk Bouwmeester, Nick Stoltz, Pierre Petroff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V28.00007: Effect of Shape Parameters on NanoOptronic Circuit Element Optical Response Timothy Corrigan, Dominic Britti, Paul Kolb, Andrie Sushkov, Dennis Drew, Shyhuah Guo, Raymond Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V28.00008: Photon-photon correlations from a resonantly driven quantum dot in a microcavity Edward Flagg, Andreas Muller, John Robertson, Thai Tran, Dennis Deppe, Wenquan Ma, Jaiyu Zhang, Gregory Salamo, Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V28.00009: Pitfalls of nano-spectroscopy Andrew Walsh, Wolfgang Bacsa, A. Nickolas Vamivakas, Anna Swan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V28.00010: Wavefront Analysis as a Predictive Tool for Polymer/Liquid Crystal Composites with Nanostructures Jared Coyle, Sameet Shriyan, Adam Fontecchio Preview Abstract

Session V29: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XIII: Synthesis

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Vasili Perebeinos, IBM
Room: Morial Convention Center 221

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V29.00001: High-Resolution Nanofabrication Using a Highly-Focused Electron Beam Thomas Aref, Mikas Remeika, Matthew Brenner, Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V29.00002: Optical Patterning of Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanotube Microstructures Wei-Husuan Hung, Rajay Kumar, Adam Bushmaker, Michael J. Bronikowski, Stephen B. Cronin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V29.00003: A Real Time Detection System for Dielectrophoretic Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes Sebastian Sorgenfrei, Inanc Meric, Austin Akey, Sarbajit Banerjee, Sami Rosenblatt, Irving P. Herman, Kenneth Shepard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V29.00004: Irradiation-induced phenomena in carbon nanomaterials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V29.00005: Syntheses and characterization of SWCNT assemblies prepared on silicon substrates with different methods of patterning catalyst particles Irma Kuljanishvili, Venkat Chandrasekhar, Owen Loh, Dmitriy Dikin, Horacio Espinosa, Richard Piner , Rodney S. Ruoff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V29.00006: \textit{In-situ} calorimetric studies of SWCNT growth Oleg Kuznetsov, Toshio Tokune, Elena Mora, Gugang Chen, Avetik Harutyunyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V29.00007: The role of carbon solubility in Fe-C nano-clusters on the growth of small single-walled carbon nanotubes Stefano Curtarolo, Neha Awasthy, Wahyu Setyawan, Elena Mora, Toshio Tokune, Kim Bolton, Avetik Harutyunyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V29.00008: Air assisted growth of long aligned carbon nanotube films Xianfeng Zhang, Rakesh Shah, Saikat Talapatra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V29.00009: Boron-Doped Carbon Nanotube Films Xiao Ming Liu, H.E. Romero, H.R. Gutierrez, P.C. Eklund Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V29.00010: \textit{In situ} Transient Growth Kinetics of Vertically-Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays Jeremy Jackson, Alex Puretzky, Gyula Eres, Christopher Rouleau, Hui Hu, Bin Zhao, David Geohegan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V29.00011: Chirality-resolved kinetic analysis of single-walled carbon nanotube growth by \textit{in-situ} Raman spectroscopy Takashi Uchida, Masaya Tazawa, Hiroshi Sakai, Akira Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Kobayashi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V29.00012: DC Anhydrous Electrodeposition of Carbon Nanotubes Masahito Sano, Takanori Matsumoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V29.00013: Understanding the Growth of Carbon Nanotubes by Catalyst-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Elif Ertekin, Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract

Session V30: Nanotubes and Nanowires II: Other Properties I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Tony Heinz, Columbia University
Room: Morial Convention Center 222

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V30.00001: Reversible Charge Induced Separation Between Singlewalled Carbon Nanotubes Sangeeta Sahoo, Ravi Maranganti, Sarah Lastella, Govind Mallick, Shashi Karna, Pradeep Sharma, Pulickel M. Ajayan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V30.00002: Self-Assembly of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes from Quench-Condensed CNi$_{3}$ Films Philip Adams, David Young, Amar Karki, Jayne Garno, Johnpeter Ngunjiri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V30.00003: Self-assembly of Carbon Nanotube Based Devices on Programmable DNA Crystals Hareem Maune, Si-Ping Han, Robert Barish, Marc Bockrath, William Goddard, Erik Winfree Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V30.00004: Diameter-dependent conductance oscillations in carbon nanotubes upon torsion. Nagapriya K.S., Tzahi Cohen-Karni, Lior Segev, Onit Srur-Lavi, Sidney Cohen, Ernesto Joselevich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V30.00005: Nanomechanical properties of carbon nanotubes determined using a scanning laser vibrometer Laura Biedermann, Ryan Tung, Arvind Raman, Ronald Reifenberger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V30.00006: Mechanical Sensing with Flexible Metallic Nanowires Vladimir Dobrokhotov, Mehdi Yazdanpanah, Santosh Pabba, Abdelilah Safir, Robert Cohn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V30.00007: c-axis GaN nanowires for high-quality-factor mechanical oscillators Jason Gray, Kris Bertness, Norman Sanford, Charles Rogers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V30.00008: Self-detecting mechanical resonators made from suspended carbon nanotubes Benoit Witkamp, Menno Poot, Andreas K. H\"uttel, Herre S.J. van der Zant Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V30.00009: Characterization and wear resistance of carbon nanotube-based tips for AFM local anodic oxidation nanolithography Lishan Weng, Mark Strus, Arvind Raman, Leonid Rokhinson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V30.00010: Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Interfaced with Silicon Surfaces Peter Albrecht, Joseph Lyding Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V30.00011: Cavity-controlled, electrically-induced infrared emission from a single single-wall carbon nanotube Fengnian Xia, Mathias Steiner, Yu-ming Lin, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V30.00012: Fluorination and Defluorination of Double-wall Carbon Nanotubes JungHo Kang, Merlyn Pulikkathara, Valery Khabashesku, Kevin Kelly Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V30.00013: Magnetic studies of multi-walled carbon nanotube mats: Ultra-high temperature ferromagnetism or superconductivity? Pieder Beeli, Guo-meng Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V30.00014: A quadruply twinned core for the growth of nanotetrapods and related structures. S.K. Hark, Z. Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V30.00015: Individual carbon nanotubes on trench vs. substrate: A Raman study Mathias Steiner, Marcus Freitag, James Tsang, Ageeth Bol, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract

Session V31: Focus Session: Oxide Interfaces II

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Arunava Gupta, University of Alabama
Room: Morial Convention Center 223

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V31.00001: Field effect tuning of superconductivity at the LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ interface Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V31.00002: Stabilization mechanisms at LaXO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ (X=Ti, Al, V) Heterointerfaces R. Pentcheva, W. Pickett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V31.00003: Charge accumulation in nonpolar perovskite quantum well sandwiched by polar Mott-insulating perovskites Cheng-Ching Wang, Sahu Bhagawan , Hongki Min, Wei-Cheng Lee, MacDonald Allan. H. Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V31.00004: A First Principle Study of the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ Heterointerface Hanghui Chen, Sohrab Ismail-Beigi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V31.00005: Electrostatic doping in oxide heterostructures Jaekwang Lee, Alexander A. Demkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V31.00006: Electronic and magnetic properties of two-dimensional electron gas formed at LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ and LaTiO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ interfaces Karolina Janicka, Julian Velev, Evgeny Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V31.00007: Fabrication and characterization of complex oxide \textit{RE}NiO3/LaAlO3 superlattices M. Kareev, J.W. Freeland, J. Liu, B. Kirby, B. Keimer, J. Chakhalian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V31.00008: Band gap engineering in digital manganite-titanate superlattices Xiaofang Zhai, Chandra Mohapatra, Amish Shah, Jian-Min Zuo, Zoran Popovic, Sashi Satpathy, Anand Bhattacharya, James Eckstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V31.00009: Charge leakage and effective doping of atomically flat (LaMnO$_{3}$)$_{2n}$ / (SrMnO$_{3}$)$_{n}$ superlattice interfaces J.J. Kavich, J.W. Freeland, A. Bhattacharya, M.P. Warusawithana, J.N. Eckstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V31.00010: Structural Basis of Conduction at LaAlO$_{3}$-SrTiO$_{3}$ Interfaces Roy Clarke, D. Kumah, C. Cionca, P.R. Willmott, R. Herger, C.M. Schlepuetz, S.A. Pauli, D. Martoccia, B.D. Patterson, B. Delley, Y. Yacoby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V31.00011: Signatures of Enhanced Ordering Temperatures in Digital Superlattices of (LaMnO3)m/(SrMnO3)2m A. Bhattacharya, S. J. May, L. Robertson, P. Ryan, X. Zhai, J. N. Eckstein, S. D. Bader Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V31.00012: Nanoscale Control of an Interfacial Metal-Insulator Transition at Room Temperature Cheng Cen, Jeremy Levy, Stefan Thiel, German Hammerl, Christof W. Schneider, Jochen Mannhart, Kristopher E. Anderson, C. Stephen Hellberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V31.00013: Theory of the Switchable Interfacial Metal-Insulator Transition in LaAlO$_3$ thin films on SrTiO$_3$ C. Stephen Hellberg, Kristopher Andersen, Cheng Cen, Jeremy Levy, Stefan Thiel, German Hammerl, Christof Schneider, Jochen Mannhart Preview Abstract

Session V32: Focus Session: Magnetic Semiconductors and Novel Magnetic Materials

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Kenneth Burch, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 225

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V32.00001: Structural and chemical ordering and spin polarization in epitaxial films of Co$_{x}$Mn$_{y}$Ge$_{1-x-y}$ and Co$_{x}$Mn$_{y}$Si$_{1-x-y}$ B.A. Collins, L. He, F. Tsui, Y.S. Chu, Y. Zhong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V32.00002: Control of selforganized magnetic nanocrystals aggregation in (Ga,Fe)N by co-doping with shallow donors and acceptors A. Bonanni, A. Navarro-Quezada, T. Li, M. Kiecana, M. Sawicki, T. Dietl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V32.00003: Giant anisotropic magnetoresistance in ultra thin (Ga,Mn)As Rashid Gareev, Markus Schlapps, Janusz Sadowski, Werner Wegscheider, Dieter Weiss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V32.00004: Atom-byatom substitution of Mn in GaAs and visualization of their hole-mediated interactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V32.00005: Ferromagnetism in CuO-ZnO multilayers Sudakar Chandran, B.J. Kirby, K. Padmanabhan, G. Lawes, R. Naik, Sanjiv Kumar, V.M. Naik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V32.00006: Role of Donor defects in stabilizing room temperature ferromagnetism in Co doped ZnO Lubna Shah, Yuan-Qiang Song, Huai-Wu Zhang, Weigang Wang, Zhu Hao, John Xiao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V32.00007: Ferromagnetism in Rutile Structure Cr doped VO$_{2}$ Thin Films prepared by Reactive Bias Target Ion Beam Deposition Kevin G. West, Jiwei Lu, Li He, David M. Kirkwood, Wei Chen, T. Paul Adl, Michael S. Osofsky, Syed B. Qadri, Robert Hull, Stuart A. Wolf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V32.00008: Phase transition temperatures and magnetic entropy change in Ni-Mn-In-B based Heusler alloys Arjun Pathak, Bhoj Gautam, Igor Dubenko, Naushad Ali Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V32.00009: Magnetic excitations in a quantum spin dimer system Ba$_{3}$Cr$_{2}$O$_{8}$ Maiko Kofu, Jung-Hwa Kim, Seung-Hun Lee, Bella Lake, Yiming Qiu, Hiroaki Ueda, Yutaka Ueda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V32.00010: Understanding Magnetic Frustration on the Diamond Lattice of Transition Metal Oxide Spinels Brent Melot, Katharine Page, Ram Seshadri, Doron Bergman, Thomas Proffen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V32.00011: Half-,metallic Silicon Nanowires Engin Durgun, Deniz Cakir, Nurten Akman, Salim Ciraci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V32.00012: Spin dynamics in single-molecule magnets combining surface acoustic waves and high frequency electron paramagnetic resonance Stephen Hill, Jonathan Lawrence, Ferran Macia, Joan Manel Hernandez, Javier Tejada, Paulo Santos, Christos Lampropoulos, George Christou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V32.00013: Crystal Growth and High Field Magnetization of the Spin Dimer Compound Ba$_{3}$Cr$_{2}$O$_{8}$ Adam Aczel, Hanna Dabkowska, Graeme Luke, Eun-Sang Choi Preview Abstract

Session V33: Focus Session: Theory of Spin Phenomena in Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG FIAP DMP
Chair: Michael Flatte, University of Iowa
Room: Morial Convention Center 224

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V33.00001: Design of dilute magnetic semiconductors with room temperature ferromagnetism by controlling spinodal decompostion Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V33.00002: Defect-induced intrinsic magnetism in wide-gap III-nitrides Peihong Zhang, Pratibha Dev, Yu Xue Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V33.00003: Design of Colossal Solubility of Magnetic Impurities for Semiconductor Spintronics by the Co-doping Method Tetsuya Fukushima, Kazunori Sato, Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V33.00004: Suppresion of ferromagnetism in Zn$_x$Cr$_{1-x}$Te: A DFT study Juarez L.F. Da Silva, Gustavo M. Dalpian, Su-Huai Wei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V33.00005: Eight-band model of the dilute magnetic semiconductor GaMnAs A. Nili, M. A. Majidi, J. Moreno, P. Kent, M. Jarrell, R. S. Fishman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V33.00006: Spin relaxation of two-dimensional excitons in a strong magnetic field O. Olendski, T. V. Shahbazyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V33.00007: Theory of xchange splittings of bands in diluted magnetic semiconductors Tomasz Dietl, Cezary Sliwa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V33.00008: Computational Nano-materials Design for Spin-Currents Control in Semiconductor Nano-spintronics Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida, Tetsuya Fukushima, Van An Dinh, Kazunori Sato Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V33.00009: Effect of Fermi level on Microstructure and Magnetism in (Ga,Mn)N Alloys Jennifer Chan, Zhe Liu, Stephan Lany, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V33.00010: First-Principles Study on Electronic Structure of TiO$_2$-Based Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors Hidetoshi Kizaki, Masayuki Toyoda, Kazunori Sato, Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V33.00011: Ferromagnetism in GaN:Gd: A density functional theory study Lei Liu, Peter Yu, Z.X. Ma, Sam Mao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V33.00012: Thermodynamics of carrier-mediated magnetism in semiconductors A.G. Petukhov, L. Makinistian, S.C. Erwin, R. Abolfath, I. Zutic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V33.00013: Electronic structure and magnetism of Fe$_{4-x}$Mn$_{x}$N compounds Li Chen Preview Abstract

Session V34: Panel Discussion: International Gender Issues in Physics

Sponsoring Units: FIP CSWP
Chair: Beverly Hartline
Room: Morial Convention Center 226

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:25AM		V34.00001: Session Introduction Beverly Hartlline Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:25AM - 11:44AM		V34.00002: The APS 2007 Meeting on Gender Equity in Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:44AM - 12:03PM		V34.00003: Promoting Positive Images of Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:22PM		V34.00004: She's a Physicist!? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:22PM - 12:41PM		V34.00005: Women in Physics in a Rapidly Changing China Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:41PM - 1:15PM		V34.00006: Marshak Lectureship Talk: Women in Physics in the Baltic States Region: Problems and Solutions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 2:15PM		V34.00007: Panel Discussion

Session V35: Focus Session: Thermoelectric Phenomena in Nanostructured Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP
Chair: Chris Vineis, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Room: Morial Convention Center 227

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V35.00001: Thermoelectric Properties of Complex Zintl Phases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V35.00002: A theoretical study of thermoelectric metamaterial Jianwei Cai, Gerald Mahan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V35.00003: High Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Bismuth Antimony Telluride Bulk Alloys. B. Poudel, Q. Hao, Y. Ma, A. Minnich, A. Muto, Y.C. Lan, B. Yu, X. Yan, D.Z. Wang, D. Vashaee, X.Y. Chen, M.S. Dresselhaus, G. Chen, Z.F. Ren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V35.00004: The Effect of Bi/Sb ratio on Maximum ZT in Nanostructured p-type Bi$_{x}$Sb$_{2-x}$Te$_{3}$ Alloys Yi Ma, Bo Yu, Bed Poudel, Yucheng Lan, Jian Yang, Zhifeng Ren, Qing Hao, Gang Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V35.00005: XAS study of Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$/Sb$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ Superlattices and Sb$_{1.5}$Bi$_{0.5}$Te$_{3}$ Alloy Film Azzam Mansour, Rama Venkatasubramanian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V35.00006: Thermoelectric properties of PbTe/PbSe mesomaterials Feng Chen, Yaqi Wang, Yuyi Xue, C. W. Chu, Jun Zhang, Jiye Fang, Chunhu Tan, Zhigang Lin, Bob Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V35.00007: Transport Properties of Lead Chalcogenide Nanocomposites George Nolas, Joshua Martin, Stevce Stefanoski, Li Wang, Lidong Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V35.00008: Nanostructured thermoelectric skutterudite Co$_{1-x}$Ni$_{x}$Sb$_{3}$ alloys Qinyu He, Xiaowei Wang, Jian Yang, Yucheng Lan, Xiao Yan, Bo Yu, Yi Ma, Bed Poudel, Giri Joshi, Dezhi Wang, Zhifeng Ren, Qing hao, Gang Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V35.00009: Thermal conductivity reduction by interface roughness in AlN$_{x}$-GaN$_{y}$ superlattices. Yee Kan Koh, Yu Cao, David Cahill, Debdeep Jena Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V35.00010: High dimensionless figure-of-merit in nanostructured p-type bulk SiGe alloys Giri Joshi, Hohyun Lee, Xiaowei Wang, Goahua Zhu, Yucheng Lan, Dezhi Wang, Bed Poudel, Mildred Dresselhaus, Gang Chen, Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V35.00011: Nanotructured high thermoelectric figure-of-merit in n-type bulk SiGe alloys Xiaowei Wang, Hohyun Lee, Gaohua Zhu, Yucheng Lan, Dezhi Wang, Mildred Dresselhaus, Gang Chen, Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V35.00012: Thermoelectric properties of n-type nano bulk Si Gaohua Zhu, Hohyun Lee, Xiaowei Wang, Giri Joshi, Yucheng Lan, Jian Yang, Dezhi Wang, Mildred Dresselhaus, Gang Chen, Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract

Session V36: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy IV: Optical and High Frequency Methods

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Phillip First, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Morial Convention Center 228

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V36.00001: High-resolution element-selective microscopy using X-ray enhanced Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Volker Rose, John Freeland, Kenneth Gray, Stephen Streiffer, Matthias Bode Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V36.00002: Scanning optical homodyne detection of high-frequency picoscale resonances in cantilever and tuning fork sensors J. C. Randel, G. Zeltzer, A. K. Gupta, R. Bashir, S.-H. Song, H. C. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V36.00003: Radio Frequency Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Instrumentation and Applications Utku Kemiktarak, Tchefor Ndukum, Keith C. Schwab, Kamil L. Ekinci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V36.00004: Thermomechanical Noise Measurements of Very High Frequency (VHF) Nanomechanical Resonators Carl Hart IV, Kamil Ekinci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V36.00005: Development of an Evanescent Microwave Probe / Scanning Tunneling Microscope to study Localized Electron Spin Resonance Christian Long, Naoyuki Taketoshi, Ichiro Takeuchi, Haitao Yang, Xiao-Dong Xiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V36.00006: High Frequency Piezoresponse Force Microscopy in the 1-10 MHz Regime Katyayani Seal, Stephen Jesse, Brian Rodriguez, Arthur Baddorf, Sergei Kalinin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V36.00007: Contrast sensitive imaging with a cantilever-based near-field microwave probe Keji Lai, Worasom Kundhikanjana, Michael Kelly, Zhi-xun Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V36.00008: STM and SNOM Type of Scanning Probe Microscopes in the Same Unit: Towards Electrical Modification and Optical Characterization at Nanoscale Ilya Sychugov, Hiroo Omi, Tooru Murashita, Yoshihiro Kobayashi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V36.00009: A Unique Probe for Tip Enhanced Raman Scattering and Shadow NSOM Aaron Lewis, Hesham Taha, Rimma Dekhter, Galia Zinoviev, Galina Fish Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V36.00010: Chemical Imaging of the Surface of Polymeric Nanostructures Using Apertureless Near-Field IR Microscopy Zahra Fakhraai, Kerstin Mueller, Melissa Paulite, Xiujuan Yang, Gilbert C. Walker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V36.00011: Scanning thermal microscopy with a fluorescent nanoprobe Benjamin Samson, Elika Saidi, Lionel Aigouy, Peter Low, Beomjoon Kim, Christian Bergaud, Michel Mortier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V36.00012: A versatile technique for fabrication of SiC SPM probes Joel Therrien, Daniel Schmidt, Sheetal Barrot, Bhavin Patel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V36.00013: \textit{In-situ} broadband microwave calibrations and measurements using cryogenic probe stations Jeffrey Lindemuth, Scott Yano Preview Abstract

Session V37: QHE and FQHE

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Wei Pan, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: Morial Convention Center 229

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V37.00001: Optical Studies of Quantum Phases with Filling Factors 2$\le \nu \le $3 in the Second Landau Level Trevor David Rhone, Jun Yan, Yann Gallais, Aron Pinczuk, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V37.00002: Investigations of possible Landau level anticrossings in p-type (110) GaAs square wells Nebile Isik, S.F. Roth, M. Bichler, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, G. Abstreiter, M. Grayson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V37.00003: Current Instability Induced by Negative Differential Conductivity in the Quantum Hall Regime Kuan Ting Lin, Yuling Tsai, Yiping Lin, J. C. Chen, T. Ueda, S. Komiyama Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V37.00004: New Observations in the $N\ge1$ Landau Levels of Wide GaAs Quantum Wells D.R. Luhman, W. Pan, D.C. Tsui, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. Baldwin, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V37.00005: Edge state tunneling in a point contact at filling fraction $\nu$=5/2 Iuliana P. Radu, J.B. Miller, C.R. Dillard, C.M. Marcus, M.A. Kastner, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V37.00006: Stripes and Bubbles in the N=2 Landau Level: A DMRG Study Barry Friedman, Lauren Rod, Candice Withrow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V37.00007: Interactions and Landau level mixing at large half odd-integer filling Peter Smith, Malcolm Kennett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V37.00008: Interaction effects in transport through an electronic Mach-Zehnder interferometer Vitaly Golovach, Florian Marquardt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V37.00009: Universal Periods in Quantum Hall Droplets Gregory A. Fiete, Gil Refael, Matthew P. A. Fisher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V37.00010: Variational Monte Carlo study of the nematic state at half-filled Landau level of the two dimensional electron gas Quoc Doan, Efstratios Manousakis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V37.00011: Anisotropy in two-dimensional electronic quantum Hall systems at half filling of valence Landau levels Orion Ciftja, Carlos Wexler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V37.00012: Quantum Hall hierarchy wave functions from conformal field theory Susanne Viefers, Emil Bergholtz, Hans Hansson, Maria Hermanns, Anders Karlhede Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V37.00013: FQHE-the solvable limit and beyond Maria Hermanns, Emil J. Bergholtz, Thors Hans Hansson, Anders Karlhede, Juha Suorsa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V37.00014: The Quantum Hall Effect in Spin Quartets in Graphene Keshav Shrivastava Preview Abstract

Session V38: Focus Session: Multiferroics and Multiferroic Composites

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Claude Ederer, Trinity College, Ireland
Room: Morial Convention Center 230

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:51AM		V38.00001: In pursuit of strongly coupled multiferroic oxides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V38.00002: Growth and characterization of YMnO$_{3}$ nanocrystalline prisms E. Ramos-Moore, Cameron Keenan, Sandeep Chandril, A. L. Cabrera, Thomas H. Myers, David Lederman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V38.00003: Properties of YMnO3 Self-assembled Nanocrystalline Prisms on GaN Cameron Keenan, Sandeep Chandril, Thomas H. Myers, David Lederman, Esteban Ramos-Moore, Alejandro L. Cabrera Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V38.00004: Epitaxial growth and electrical properties of {\it perovskite} HoMnO$_{3}$ thin films Daisuke Kan, M. Murakami, W. Yu, R.L. Greene, S.W. Cheong, I. Takeuchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V38.00005: Magnetic ground state of PbVO$_{3}$ and origin of the large tetragonal distortion Kengo Oka, Ikuya Yamada, Masaki Azuma, Mikio Takano, Yuichi Shimakawa, Soshi Takeshita, Kohki H. Satoh, Akihiro Koda, Ryosuke Kadono, Hiroshi Kojitani, Masaki Akaogi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V38.00006: A one-cent room-temperature magnetoelectric sensor Casey Israel, Neil Mathur, James Scott Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V38.00007: Inversion symmetry controlled multiferroic response in an Ising Chain Magnet YounJung Jo, SeongSu Lee, HeeTaek Yi, SangWook Cheong, Luis Balicas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V38.00008: Inter-relationship among magnetization, polarization and magnetic wave vector in multiferroic spinel CoCr$_{2}$O$_{4}$ Young Jai Choi, Jun Okamoto, Di-Jing Huang, Kuo Sheng Chao, Hong-Ji Lin, Chien-Te Chen, Michel van Veenendaal, Thomas A. kaplan, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V38.00009: Structural and Dielectric Properties of CoFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$-Ba$_{0.90}$La$_{0.067}$Ti$_{0.91}$Zr$_{0.09}$O$_{3}$ composite thin films. Eduardo Delgado, Carlos Ostos, Maria Martinez, Lourdes Mestres, David Lederman, Pedro Prieto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V38.00010: Studies of Magnetoelectric properties in (1-x)Pb(Fe$_{2/3}$W$_{1/3})$O$_{3}$-xPbTiO$_{3}$ solid solutions thin films Ashok Kumar, Ram Katiyar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V38.00011: Magnetoelectric Effects in hexagonal ferrite-PZT bilayers V.M. Mathe, G. Srinivasan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V38.00012: Magnetic properties in multiferroic Fe/BaTiO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$(001) M. Pechan, C. Yu, S. Srivastava, C. Palmstr{\O}m, M. Biegaslski, C. Brooks, D. Schlom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V38.00013: Dynamic observation of magnetoelectric coupling effect using magnetic force microscopy and Lorentz TEM Sung Hwan Lim, Todd Brintlinger, Daisuke Kan, Yi Qi, John Cumings, Ichiro Takeuchi, Lourdes Salamanca-Riba Preview Abstract

Session V39: Focus Session: Jamming I: Theory

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Wouter Ellenbroek, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Morial Convention Center 231

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V39.00001: Anisotropic power-laws in sheared amorphous solids Craig Maloney, Mark Robbins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V39.00002: Apparent critical scaling for a steady-state sheared glass Thomas Haxton, Andrea Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V39.00003: Predicting the Viscosity of a Supercooled Liquid Xi Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:27PM		V39.00004: Jamming in systems with attraction Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V39.00005: Is there a connection between structure and heterogeneous dynamics in supercooled liquids? William Krekelberg, Venkat Ganesan, Thomas Truskett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V39.00006: An effective field theory for soft granular matter Silke Henkes, Corey O'Hern, Bulbul Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V39.00007: Jamming and correlated percolation on energetically-evolved graphs Shiliyang Xu, Jennifer Schwarz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V39.00008: A ``Hamiltonian'' for Jammed Granular Matter Chaoming Song, Ping Wang, Hernan A. Makse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V39.00009: Vacancy localization in the square dimer model Mark Bowick, Jeremie Bouttier, Emmanuel Guitter, Monwhea Jeng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V39.00010: Velocity fluctuations in dense granular flows John Drozd, Colin Denniston Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V39.00011: Energy Transport of Jammed Systems Ning Xu, Vincenzo Vitelli, Matthieu Wyart, Andrea Liu, Sidney Nagel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V39.00012: Testing ergodicity in dense granular systems Guo-Jie Gao, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Corey O'Hern Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V39.00013: Anomalously Slow Dynamics in the Manhattan Model Prasanta Pal, Corey O'Hern Preview Abstract

Session V40: Nucleic Acids: Structure and Function

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Noel Clark, University of Colorado
Room: Morial Convention Center 232

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:15AM - 11:27AM		V40.00001: Toward multiscale modeling of the chromatin fiber: a coarse grain model for DNA Alexey Savelyev, Garegin Papoian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:27AM - 11:39AM		V40.00002: Sequence and Temperature Dependence of DNA Bending Fluctuations Robert A. Forties, Ralf Bundschuh, Michael G. Poirier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:39AM - 11:51AM		V40.00003: Mechanically unzipping dsDNA with built-in sequence inhomogeneities and bound proteins Abhijit Sarkar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:51AM - 12:03PM		V40.00004: Base-pair elasticity of free and complexed DNA Nils B. Becker, Ralf Everaers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:03PM - 12:15PM		V40.00005: Hartree-Fock Cluster Study of Electronic Structures and Nuclear Quadrupole Interactions in Solid Nucleobases. R.H. Scheicher, Archana Dubey, S.R. Badu, H.P. Saha, R.H. Pink, K. Nagamine, E. Torikai, Lee Chow, T.P. Das Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15PM - 12:27PM		V40.00006: Nuclear Quadrupole Interaction Study as a Probe of Interaction between Nucleobases and Suger Rings and Phosphate Groups in DNA. T.P. Das, Archana Dubey, R.H. Scheicher, S.R. Badu, R.H. Pink, K. Nagamine, E. Torikai, H.P. Saha, Lee Chow, M.B. Huang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:27PM - 12:39PM		V40.00007: Extraction of complementary from non-complementary DNA sequences through phase separation and centrifugation Taiquitha Robins, Dacia McPherson, Chenhui Zhu, Mark Moran, Dave Walba, Giuliano Zanchetta, Tommaso Bellini, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:39PM - 12:51PM		V40.00008: Phase Separation and Liquid Crystallization of Complementary Sequences in Mixtures of Random Oligonucleotides Giuliano Zanchetta, Michi Nakata, Marco Buscaglia, Tommaso Bellini, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:51PM - 1:03PM		V40.00009: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy study of ssDNA-CNT on Au(111) surface Xinghua Lu, Eric Brandin, Jene Golovchenko, Daniel Brandon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:03PM - 1:15PM		V40.00010: Liquid Crystal Alignment on Sheared DNA Films Michi Nakata, Giuliano Zanchetta, Marco Buscaglia, Tommaso Bellini, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:15PM - 1:27PM		V40.00011: Cholesterol improves the transfection efficiency of lipoplexes by increasing the effective membrane charge density Cyrus R. Safinya, Alexandra Zidovska, Heather M. Evans, Kai K. Ewert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:27PM - 1:39PM		V40.00012: Measuring the 3D Size of Large RNA Molecules Ajaykumar Gopal, Defne Egecioglu, Li Tai Fang, Charles M. Knobler, William M. Gelbart, Marc Niebuhr, A. L. N. Rao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:39PM - 1:51PM		V40.00013: Predicting the Size of Large RNA Molecules Aron Yoffe, Peter Prinsen, Ajaykumar Gopal, Charles Knobler, William Gelbart, Avinoam Ben-Shaul Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51PM - 2:03PM		V40.00014: Observations of simple RNA suboptimal structures including pseudoknots suggests that the folding landscape is often funnel shaped Wayne Dawson, Gota Kawai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:03PM - 2:15PM		V40.00015: Simplified Hamiltonians for coarse-grained properties of large single-stranded RNA molecules Peter Prinsen, Aron Yoffe, William Gelbart Preview Abstract