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Session B1: New Experimental Developments in Graphene

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Eva Andrei, Rutgers University
Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B1.00001: Graphene and its chemical derivatives Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B1.00002: The high-field state at the Dirac Point in graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B1.00003: Quantum Carrier Collimation in Locally Gated Graphene Heterojunction Devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B1.00004: Robustness of quantum Hall effect in locally gated graphene devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B1.00005: Octet Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene Bilayers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B2: HTSC: Fermi Pockets and Quantum Oscillations

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Robert Laughlin, Stanford University
Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B2.00001: Competing order, Fermi surface reconstruction, and quantum oscillations in high temperature superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B2.00002: Quantum Oscillations in underdoped YBCO: the nature of Fermi surface reconstruction and evolution toward the Mott insulating regime Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B2.00003: Fermi Arcs or Fermi Pockets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B2.00004: Field-Induced Quantum Critical Route to a Fermi Liquid in Overdoped Tl$_2$Ba$_2$CuO$_{6+x}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B2.00005: Fermi surface reconstruction in high-$T_{c}$ superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B3: 10,000 Undergraduate Physics Majors: Progress on Doubling

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Robert Hilborn, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: 301/302

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B3.00001: Why Do We Need 10,000 Physics Majors? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B3.00002: Successful Minority PhD Producing Programs -- Bell Laboratories and the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program at UMBC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B3.00003: Best Practices for Recruiting and Retaining Women in Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B3.00004: Doubling the number of physics majors who teach Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B3.00005: Integrating Research Experiences into the Undergraduate Education Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B4: Polymer Translocation

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Murugappan Muthukumar, University of Massachusetts
Room: 306/307

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B4.00001: Polymer Translocation: What Can We Learn From An Exactly Solvable One-Dimensional Model? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B4.00002: DNA translocation through small channels and pores from molecular models. Hydrodynamic, electrostatic, and hybridization considerations. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B4.00003: Simulation studies of DNA translocation through a nanopore ($^\dagger$) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B4.00004: Anomalous dynamics of polymer translocation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B4.00005: Polyelectrolyte Translocation Murugappan Muthukumar Preview Abstract

Session B5: Heterogeneous Integration on Silicon

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Ganesh Samudra, National University of Singapore
Room: 401/402

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B5.00001: Scaling Properties of High Performance Ge-Si$_x$Ge$_{1-x}$ Core-Shell Nanowire Field Effect Transistors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B5.00002: Integration of CNTs with Silicon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B5.00003: Heterogeneous Integration of Materials on Si for Nanophotonics Devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B5.00004: Beyond Moore's Law: Heterogeneous Integration of III-N Semiconductors and Si CMOS Electronics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B5.00005: Integration of Ferroelectrics, Ferromagnets, and Multiferroics with Silicon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B6: Panel Discussion: Physics in Africa

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: Abebe Kebede, North Carolina A&T University
Room: 406

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B6.00001: On the differences between theories of conventional and high temperature superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B6.00002: Physics in Africa: The Case of South Africa Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B6.00003: Physics in Africa: The Case of Senegal Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B6.00004: Physics in Africa: The Case of Congo Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B6.00005: Panel Discussion Preview Abstract

Session B7: Bacterial Growth Laws and Systems Biology

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Terence Hwa, University of California, San Diego
Room: 407

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B7.00001: to be determined by you Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B7.00002: Growth laws and mechanisms of global control in bacteria Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B7.00003: Growth-rate dependent effects on bacterial gene expression Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B7.00004: A Coarse-Grained Biophysical Model of \textit{E. coli} and Its Application to Perturbation of the rRNA Operon Copy Number Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B7.00005: Dynamics of bacterial gene regulation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B8: Spectroscopy of Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Erich Mueller, Cornell University
Room: 414/415

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B8.00001: Observation of Spin-Polarons in a strongly interacting Fermi liquid Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B8.00002: Photoemission Spectroscopy for Ultracold Atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B8.00003: Competition between final-state and pairing-gap effects in the radio-frequency spectra of ultracold Fermi atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B8.00004: Theory of RF Spectroscopy in the Normal And Superfluid Phases of Ultracold Fermi Gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B8.00005: Spin polarons, Molecules and Twin Peaks in rf spectra of Fermi gases at unitarity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B9: GSNP Student Speaker Award Session and Applications of Statistical and Nonlinear Physics in the Life Sciences

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Harvey Gould, Clark University
Room: 303

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B9.00001: Self-Assembly of Spherical Colloidal Particles at Low N Natalie Arkus, Vinothan Manoharan, Michael Brenner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B9.00002: Liquid to solid nucleation through onion-structure droplets Kipton Barros, William Klein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B9.00003: Universal Scaling Relation Near Point J Thomas Haxton, Andrea Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B9.00004: Exact results for currents in nonadiabatic stochastic pumps Jordan Horowitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B9.00005: A continuous time random walk description of the hopping dynamics in an aging polymer glass Mya Warren, Joerg Rottler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B9.00006: On the Mass Distribution of Animal Species Sidney Redner, Aaron Clauset, David Schwab Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B9.00007: Epidemic spread in coupled populations with seasonally varying migration rates Adam Muzyczyn, Leah B. Shaw Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B9.00008: Blasting and Zipping: Sequence Alignment and Mutual Information Orion Penner, Peter Grassberger, Maya Paczuski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B9.00009: Competition For Resources in a Model for Protein Synthesis Larry Cook, Royce Zia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B9.00010: Estimating currents in totally asymmetric simple exclusion process with extended particles and inhomogeneous hopping rates. R.K.P. Zia, Jiajia Dong, B. Schmittmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B9.00011: An information geometric approach to least squares minimization Mark Transtrum, Benjamin Machta, James Sethna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B9.00012: Large-Scale Organization of Glycosylation Networks Pan-Jun Kim, Dong-Yup Lee, Hawoong Jeong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B9.00013: Network dynamics mediated by heterogeneous topology as related to hippocampal memory management Jane Wang, Gina Poe, Michal Zochowski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B9.00014: The topological structure of a network formed during simulations of a reversible polymeric gel M. Wilson, J. Billen, A. Baljon, A. Rabinovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B9.00015: Generalized fractional Fokker-Planck equation for anomalous diffusion Alex Veksler, Rony Granek Preview Abstract

Session B10: Focus Session: Ferroelectrics II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Javier Junquera, Universidad de Cantabria
Room: 304

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B10.00001: Switching behavior and scaling effects in ferroelectric capacitors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B10.00002: Resolving Deterministic Mesoscopic Mechanisms of Local Bias-Induced Phase Transitions in Ferroelectric Materials S.V. Kalinin, S. Jesse, M.P. Nikiforov, P. Maksymovych, N. Balke, A. Baddorf, H.J. Chang, A.Y. Borisevich, S.J. Pannycook, S. Choudhury, Y. Li, L.-Q. Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B10.00003: Nanometer/Nanosecond Resolved Domain Dynamics Allowing Mapping of Distinct Nucleation and Growth Activation Energies Bryan Huey, Nicholas Polomoff, Vincent Palumbo, James Bosse Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B10.00004: Optical cystallography and ferroelectric domain imaging of BaTiO$_3$ nanocrystals with tip-enhanced phonon Raman spectroscopy Samuel Berweger, Catalin C. Neacsu, Yuanbing Mao, Hongjun Zhou, Stanislaus S. Wong, Markus B. Raschke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B10.00005: Effects of Surface Modification on Photo-Induced Ferroelectric Nanolithography Yang Sun, Chi Xu, Chiyu Zhu, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 1:15PM		B10.00006: Time-Resolved Studies of Polarization Switching in Pb(Zr,Ti)O$_{3}$ Capacitors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B10.00007: Phase diagram in strained epitaxial BaTiO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ superlattices studied by ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy Dmitri Tenne, J.D. Schmidt, P. Turner, A. Soukiassian, D.G. Schlom, S. Nakhmanson, X.X. Xi, Y.L. Li, L.Q. Chen, M. Bernhagen, P. Reiche, R. Uecker, R. Katiyar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B10.00008: Polarization rotation in epitaxially strained perovskite-oxide superlattices Serge Nakhmanson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B10.00009: Local polarization discontinuities in perovskite superlattices via compensating heterointerfaces Eamonn Murray, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B10.00010: Enhanced piezoelectricity in PbTiO$_{3}$/BaTiO$_{3}$ superlattices Valentino R. Cooper, Karin M. Rabe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B10.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session B11: Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures I: Surface Assemblies and Films

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Douglas Natelson, Rice University
Room: 305

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B11.00001: Following elemental chemical steps by imaging molecular orbitals by STM Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B11.00002: Apparent anomaly in electron scattering in Ag nanostructures* Ellen D. Williams, Chenggang Tao, William G. Cullen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B11.00003: Orbital-resolved polaron states in CdSe dots and rods probed by scanning tunnelling spectroscopy Peter Liljeroth, Zhixiang Sun, Ingmar Swart, Christophe Delerue, Dani\"el Vanmaekelbergh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B11.00004: Morphology and transport properties of self-assembled, ligand-exchanged PbSe nanocrystal arrays Ching-Tzu Chen, Weon-kyu Koh, Christopher Murray, Chang C. Tsuei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B11.00005: Tunneling Spectroscopy of Ultrathin Insulating Films: Cu$_2$N on Cu(100) Charles Ruggiero, Taeyoung Choi, Jay Gupta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B11.00006: Ambipolar Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy (BEEM) Studies of Gate-field Modified Schottky Barriers(SBs). Y.L. Che, J.P. Pelz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B11.00007: Temperature dependence of lateral hot-electron spreading in Au films using Cross-Sectional Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy C. Marginean, J.P. Pelz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B11.00008: Classical size effect in nanometric Cu films: the dominant role of grain boundary scattering D. Choi, T. Sun, A. Warren, B. Yao, A. Darbal, K. Barmak, M. Toney, R. Peale, K. Coffey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B11.00009: Crystal Orientation Imaging of Nanometric Metal Films in the Transmission Electron Microscope A. Darbal, K. Barmak, N. T. Nuhfer, D. J. Dingley, G. Meaden, J. Michael, T. Sun, B. Yao, K. R. Coffey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B11.00010: Controlling the assembly and electronic properties of solution processed CNT devices: From large area arrays to individual CNT Saiful I. Khondaker, Paul Stokes, Yodchay Jompol, Shashank Shekhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B11.00011: Probing the doping state of suspended carbon nanotube films by photo-induced voltage response Benoit St-Antoine, David Menard, Richard Martel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B11.00012: Carrier Type and Transport Characteristics of a-B$_{4}$C Marcus Sky Driver, Saad Janjua, Sudarshan Karki, Dae Heum Yeoun, Anthony Caruso Preview Abstract

Session B12: Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Metal Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Theodore Einstein, University of Maryland
Room: 308

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B12.00001: Effects of shadowing and steering in oblique incidence epitaxial growth Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B12.00002: Diffusion of two-dimensional Cu islets on Ag(111) studied with the Molecular Dynamics Method Sadar S. Hayat, Marisol Alcantara Ortigoza, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B12.00003: Atomic structure determination of the (001) surface of the semimetal Bi by STM and LEED J. Sun, J. Wang, J. Wells, Ph. Hofmann, K. Pohl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B12.00004: Thermal-stability of Pd-Cu surface alloys investigated at the nanometer-scale by LEEM-IV analysis E. Bussmann, J. Sun, K. Pohl, G. L. Kellogg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B12.00005: Bistability of Nanoscale Ag Islands on Anisotropic Si(111)-(4x1)-In Surface Stress Template Miao Liu, Yaoyi Li, Decai Yu, Jinfeng Jia, QiKun Xue, Feng Liu, Dayan Ma, Xucun Ma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B12.00006: Impurities in Vacuum Deposition: Effect on Island Nucleation and Surface Morphologies Alberto Pimpinelli, Ajmi BH. Hamouda, T.L. Einstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B12.00007: Interface evolution and cluster formation during de-wetting of thin solid films Adi Constantinescu, Leonardo Golubovic, Artem Levandovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B12.00008: First-passage time approach to kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of metal(100) growth Giridhar Nandipati, Yunsic Shim, Jacques Amar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B12.00009: Growth morphology of ultra-thin Ni films on Pd (100) Patricio H\"{a}berle, Carolina Parra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B12.00010: Dynamical LEED analysis of a quasicrystalline Cu film using periodic approximant structure models Renee Diehl, Katariina Pussi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B12.00011: Theoretical Study of Adsorbates-induced Restructuring of Pb flat-top mesas in the Quantum Regime Wenguang Zhu, Alexander Khajetoorians, Chih-Kang Shih, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B12.00012: Stress development and relaxation during early stages of oxidation of metals and alloys Guangwen Zhou, Changhong Ke, Judith Yang, Jeffrey Eastman, John Pearson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B12.00013: Studies of oxidation of the Cu(100) surface using low energy positrons. W.B. Maddox, N.G. Fazleev, A.H. Weiss Preview Abstract

Session B13: SPS Undergraduate Research I

Chair: Gary White, American Institute of Physics
Room: 309

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B13.00001: Introductory Physics Experiments Using the Wiimote William Somers, Frank Rooney, Romulo Ochoa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B13.00002: Binary Orbital Motion of Electrically Charged Spheres in Weightlessness. Lulu Li, Brad Atkins, Gavin Franks, Joshua Fuchs, Chase Sliger, Jennifer Thompson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B13.00003: Dynamics of a charged Kapitza's pendulum interacting with radiation in thermal equilibrium Jorge Hernandez Gomez, Paulina Pradel Soto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B13.00004: Electrical energy dissipation in superconducting niobium rings E. M. Dowdell, K. M. Chiola, E. T. Rosauri, J. D. Hettinger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B13.00005: Surface plasmon enhancement of fluorescence on gold nanogratings Stephanie Wiele, Iuri Gagnidze, Jennifer Steele Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B13.00006: Diffusive Behavior of Lipid Rafts in Multicomponent Membranes Michael G. Lester, Mohamed Laradji, P.B. Sunil Kumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B13.00007: AC Magnetic Susceptibility Probe for Use in a Commercial SQUID Magnetometer J.D. Cohen, D.M. Pajerowski, M.W. Meisel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B13.00008: Recreation of Natural Optical Phenomena Tiffany Paonessa, Peter Sheldon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B13.00009: Visualization of fracture precursors in vitreous silica: study of under- and over coordinated ions Frank Jones, Romulo Ochoa, Deborah Knox Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B13.00010: Determining the Onset of Amorphization of Crystalline Silicon due to Hypervelocity Impact C. Shane Poletti, Martina E. Bachlechner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B13.00011: $^{14}$N (p,p) Scattering with the KN Van de Graff Accelerator Stephanie Lyons, Michael Wiescher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B13.00012: Orientation of the adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator in the Micro-X sounding rocket Kaitlyn Yoha, Tarek Saab, Tylor Whitmer, Patrick Wikus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B13.00013: Use of Multivariate Analysis Techniques to Form a Comparison of Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Elemental Data to Neutron Data Paul Abbazia Preview Abstract

Session B14: Focus Session: Colloids I: Physical Behavior and Mechanisms

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Eric Weeks, Emory University
Room: 315

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B14.00001: Restricted dislocation mobility in crystals of peanut-shaped colloidal particles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B14.00002: Experimental Study of Brownian Dynamics of Bent-core Colloidal Particles Chun-zhen Fan, Bhuwan Joshi, Ji-ping Huang, Qi-huo Wei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B14.00003: Pinch-off Dynamics of Non-Newtonian Fluids F. M. Huisman, P. Taborek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B14.00004: Melting Dynamics of 3D Hard Sphere Colloidal Crystals Deniz Kaya, N. L. Green, C. E. Maloney, M. Widom, M. F. Islam Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B14.00005: Multiple-Stage Melting and Freezing of Colloidal Crystallites with Short-range Attraction Liquan Pei, J.R. Savage, A.D. Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B14.00006: Melting and Freezing of Colloidal Crystals on Strained Substrates John Savage, Rajesh Ganapathy, Itai Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B14.00007: Transport and Sedimentation of Suspended Particles in Fracture Channels Tak Shing Lo, Joel Koplik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B14.00008: Particle Organization by Absorbing State Dynamics Laurent Cort\'{e}, David Pine, P.M. Chaikin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B14.00009: Diffusion through Colloidal Shells under Stress J. Guery, J. Baudry, D.A. Weitz, P.M. Chaikin, J. Bibette Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B14.00010: Dispersion relation and density of states of coupled plasmon modes in periodic chains of metallic nanoparticles C.W. Ling, M.J. Zheng, K.W. Yu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B14.00011: Examining dynamic length scales in a two-dimensional colloidal system Zach Nadler, Cara Hageman, Vikram Prasad, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B14.00012: State Diagram for Optical Tweezers Induced Brownian Motors Bo Sun, David Grier Preview Abstract

Session B15: Current Fluid Mechanics

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Shelley Anna, Carnegie Mellon University
Room: 316

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B15.00001: Walking on water: why your feet get wet Michael Shelley, Jake Fontana, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B15.00002: Breaking beer bottles with cavitation Sunny Jung, Jake Fontana, Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Michael Shelley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B15.00003: Optical Tweezer as a Viscometer Daniel Erenso, Samuel Elrod, Taylor Barns, Anthony Farone , Mary Farone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B15.00004: Fabrication of a Nanoscale Thermal Anemometry Probe Via Electric Field Assisted Assembly Jason Kawasaki, Sean Bailey, Lex Smits, Craig Arnold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B15.00005: A Front Tracking Algorithm for Liquid Jet Breakup Wurigen Bo, James Glimm, Xingtao Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B15.00006: Coalescence and Pinch-Off in Viscous Liquids Joseph Paulsen, Justin Burton, Sidney Nagel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B15.00007: Scaling Law for Driven Spreading and Coalescence of Sessile Droplets Pilgyu Kang, Shahab Shojaei-Zadeh, Christine Appleby, Shelley Anna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B15.00008: Temperature profiles near a pinned nucleating bubble Scott Parker, Chang-Ki Min, Sung Chul Bae, David Cahill, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B15.00009: Effect of Encapsulated Polymers and Nanoparticles on Deformation of Droplets O. Berk Usta, Dennis Perchak, Andrew Clarke, Julia M. Yeomans, Anna C. Balazs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B15.00010: Electrorheology Leads to Efficient Combustion R. Tao, K. Huang, H. Tang, D. Bell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B15.00011: Evolution of Electrified Films on a Porous Inclined Plane Uma Balakrishnan, Usha Ranganathan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B15.00012: Universal cone angle of ac electrosprays due to net charge entrainment Nishant Chetwani, Siddharth Maheshwari, H.C. Chang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B15.00013: Impact of Elasticity on Coating Flow near A Moving Contact Line Yuli Wei, Stephen Garoff, Enrique Ram\'e, Lynn Walker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B15.00014: Field-dependent thermal transfer in magnetic fluids Jun Huang, Zhenyu Zhou, Geoff Huston, Weili Luo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B15.00015: How does the viscosity of a lubricant effect its tribological behavior? M. Aggleton, P. Taborek Preview Abstract

Session B16: Cold Fusion

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Scott Chubb, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 317

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B16.00001: Electrodynamic Component of Pd Electrical Conductivity Mitchell Swartz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B16.00002: Study Of The Palladium Hydrogen - Deuterium System Jan Marwan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B16.00003: Investigation of the Cold Fusion Phenomenon in the Surface Region of Hydrogen Non-occlusive Metal Catalysts; W, Pt, and Au Hideo Kozima, Tadahiko Mizuno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B16.00004: Sonofusion: Squeezed Deuteron Clusters, With Small Size, High Energy Density but No High Energy Particles Roger Stringham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B16.00005: Time-Dependent Changes in Morphology and Composition of Solid Particles Collected From Heavy Water Electrolyte after Electrolysis with a Palladium Cathode John Dash, Q. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B16.00006: Study of methods to increase cluster/dislocation loop densities in electrodes Xiaoling Yang, George H. Miley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B16.00007: Metal Catalyzed Fusion: Nuclear Active Environment vs. Process Talbot Chubb Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B16.00008: Potential Role of Energy Band Theory in Finite Solids and in Resonant Phenomena Involving Metal-Induced Fusion and the Fleischmann-Pons Effect Scott Chubb Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B16.00009: Wave nature of the deuterium flux permeating palladium thin film Xing Z. Li, Bin Liu, Qing M. Wei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B16.00010: Isomorphic Properties of Atoms, Molecules, Water, DNA, Crystals, Earth, SolarSystem and Galaxies F.A. Gareev, G.F. Gareeva, I.E. Zhidkova Preview Abstract

Session B17: Focus Session: Progress towards Scalable Quantum Information Processing

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Mark Dykman, Michigan State University
Room: 318

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B17.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B17.00002: Electrons on Helium using circuit quantum electrodynamics[1] David Schuster, Mark Dykman, Stephen Lyon, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B17.00003: Simulating electron transport and devices on liquid helium Pascal Bugnion, Stephen Lyon, Forrest Bradbury Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B17.00004: Quantum logic with weakly coupled qubits Michael Geller, Emily Pritchett, Andrei Galiautdinov, John Martinis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B17.00005: Quantum gates that correct their own (quantum) errors Lorenza Viola, Kaveh Khodjasteh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B17.00006: A few-electron triple quantum dot incorporating two fast charge sensors Edward Laird, Charles Marcus, Micah Hanson, Art Gossard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B17.00007: Interqubit coupling mediated by a high-excitation-energy quantum object Sahel Ashhab, Antti Niskanen, Khalil Harrabi, Yasunobu Nakamura, Thomas Picot, Pieter de Groot, Kees Harmans, Hans Mooij, Franco Nori Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B17.00008: Excitons in cavity-embedded quantum dot lattices Michal Grochol, Carlo Piermarocchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B17.00009: Low Disorder Si MOSFET Dots for Quantum Computing E.P. Nordberg, L.A. Tracy, G.A. Ten Eyck, K. Eng, H.L. Stalford, K.D. Childs, J. Stevens, R.K. Grubbs, M.P. Lilly, M.A. Eriksson, M.S. Carroll Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B17.00010: Steps toward donor based qubits in Si through integrating single ion Geiger mode avalanche diode detectors J.A. Seamons, E. Bielejec, M.S. Carroll Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B17.00011: Zeno Quantum Gates in Semiconductor Quantum Dots Kaijie Xu, Yuping Huang, Michael Moore, Carlo Piermarocchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B17.00012: Large Scale Quantum Computation in a Linear Ion Trap Guin-Dar Lin, Shi-Liang Zhu, Christopher Monroe, Luming Duan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B17.00013: Quantifying and Tuning Entanglement for Spin Systems Qing Xu, Sabre Kais, Ahmed Sameh Preview Abstract

Session B18: Focus Session: Templated Assembly of Polymers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Alamgir Karim, University of Akron
Room: 319

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B18.00001: Directed Assembly of Biological Polymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B18.00002: Hydroxyapatite growth induced by self-assembled noncollageneous extracellular protein: a study on biomineralization \textit{in vitro} Xiaolan Ba, Yizhi Meng, Nadine Pernodet, Sue Wirick, Chris Jacobsen, Helga F\"uredi-Milhofer, Yi-xian Qin, Miriam Rafailovich, Elaine DiMasi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B18.00003: Replication of Optical Microstructures of \textit{Papilio palinurus} through Biomimicry Mohan Srinivasarao, Matija Crne, Vivek Sharma, John Blair, Jung Ok Park, Christopher J. Summers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B18.00004: Polyelectrolyte and nanoparticle adsorption to nanopatterned surfaces Thuy Chastek, Steven Hudson, Vince Hackley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B18.00005: Vertical Alignment of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) in Thin Polymer Films Meagan Mauter, Menachem Elimelech, Chinedum Osuji Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B18.00006: STM study of stereoselective oligomeric chains on cobalt oxide templates Daejin Eom, Hui Zhou, Kwang T. Rim, Michael Lefenfeld, Colin Nuckolls, George W. Flynn, Tony F. Heinz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B18.00007: Breath-figure-templated assembly of holey polymer films Vivek Sharma, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B18.00008: Gelation in Semiflexible Polymers Venkat Padmanabhan, Sanat K. Kumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B18.00009: Highly Ordered Block Copolymer Templates for the Generation of Nanostructured Materials E. Bhoje Gowd, Bhanu Nandan, Nadja C. Bigall, Alexander Eychmuller, Manfred Stamm Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B18.00010: Polymeric nanocomposite comprising size-controlled organic nanostructures via copolymer-directed self-assembly Dequan Xiao, Kunhua Lin, Qiang Fu, Qinjian Yin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B18.00011: Orientational Change of Microphase-Separated Domains of Block Copolymer Thin Films Placed on Ordered Nanoparticle Monolayers Kookheon Char, Taehee Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B18.00012: Directed self-assembly of block copolymers for resolution enhancement and pattern rectification Joy Cheng, Charles Rettner, Daniel Sanders, Alshakim Nelson, Hoa Truong, Ho-Cheol Kim, William Hinsberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B18.00013: Tetragonal Ordering in Block Copolymer-Homopolymer Blend Films Laterally Confined in a Square Well Su-Mi Hur, Carlos Garc\'Ia-Cervera, Ed Kramer, Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract

Session B19: Focus Session: Polymers and Ionic Liquids

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Peggy Cebe, Tufts University
Room: 320

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B19.00001: Block Copolymers and Ionic Liquids: A New Class of Functional Nanocomposites Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B19.00002: Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer Solutions in an Ionic Liquid J.M. Virgili, M.L. Hoarfrost, N.P. Balsara, R.A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B19.00003: Ordering of Triblock Copolymer Surfactants by Blending with a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Daniel Miranda, James Watkins, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B19.00004: Phase separation induced by polymer-ionic molecule complexation Issei Nakamura, An-Chang Shi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B19.00005: Morphology and Ion Transport in Mixtures of Polymers and Ionic Liquid Jae-Hong Choi, Liang Gwee, Yossef A. Elabd, Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B19.00006: Dissolving Polymers in Ionic Liquids. David Hoagland, John Harner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B19.00007: Polyester Spherulite Crystallization in Ionic Liquids Kathy Singfield, Shawna Mitchell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B19.00008: Understanding Ion Transport in Polymerized Ionic Liquids using Dielectric Spectroscopy U. Hyeok Choi, Hong Chen, Wenjuan Liu, Yossef A. Elabd, Ralph H. Colby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B19.00009: Enhanced ionic conductivity of polyurethane ionomers by self-solvating cations Shih-Wa Wang, Ralph Colby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B19.00010: Weakening Ion Interactions in Ionomers using Ionic Liquid Counterions Gregory Tudryn, Ralph H. Colby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B19.00011: Processing of Natural Polymer-nanocomposites using Ionic Liquids as ``Green Solvents'' Sameer Rahatekar, Asif Rasheed, Rahul Jain, K. Koziol, Alan Windle, Paul Trulove, Satish Kumar, Jeffrey Gilman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B19.00012: Biocompatible Ionic Liquid-Derived Conducting Polymers Millicent Firestone, Christopher Burns, Sungwon Lee Preview Abstract

Session B20: Focus Session: Polymers and Energy: Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, Batteries I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Bumjoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Room: 321

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B20.00001: Polymers for new battery technologies. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B20.00002: Control of Domain Orientation in Block Copolymer Electrolyte Membranes at the Interface with Humid Air Moon Jeong Park, Suhan Kim, Andrew M. Minor, Nitash P. Balsara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B20.00003: Vertical phase-separation due to differences in surface energies in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells Sarah Cowan, Anshuman Roy, Ji Sun Moon, Sung Heum Park, Alan Heeger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B20.00004: Investigation of the bulk heterojunction structure of organic photovoltaics using neutron reflectivity Jonathan Kiel, Brian Kirby, Michael Mackay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B20.00005: Size- and Shape-dependent efficiency of PbSe nanocrystal and nanowire doped organic semiconductor photovoltaics Wenting Li, Christopher Murray, Cherie Kagan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B20.00006: Transient photovoltaic behavior of air-stable inverted organic solar cells with solution-processed electron transport layer and high work function top electrode Chang Su Kim, Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B20.00007: Controlling Photovoltaic Loss: Recombination of Dissociated Electrons and Holes in Organic Solar Cells Zhihua Xu, Huidong Zang, Bin Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B20.00008: Photo-induced improvement of Bulk Heterojunction Polymeric Solar Cells Kamil Mielczarek, Alexander Cook, Anvar Zakhidov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B20.00009: High-Vacuum Annealing of Polythiophene:Methanofullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Jennifer Segui, Ioana Gearba, Miriam Rafailovich, Charles Black Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B20.00010: Optimizing Ionic Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Xiaojuan Fan, Sarah Hall Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B20.00011: Improved polythiophene conductivity by thermal crosslinking for solar cell applications I.R. Gearba, C.-Y. Nam, R. Pindak, C.T. Black Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B20.00012: Modeling photocurrent transients in organic solar cells Inchan Hwang, Neil Greenham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B20.00013: Conjugated Polymer Organic Solar Cells made using Low Bandgap Vinylene-linked Benzothiadiazole-thiophene N. C. Heston, J. Mei, S. Vasilyeva, J. R. Reynolds Preview Abstract

Session B21: Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Eugene Haller, University of California, Berkeley
Room: 323

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B21.00001: Hydrogen multicenter bond in oxide and nitride semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B21.00002: Hydrogen in anion vacancies of semiconductors Mao-Hua Du, David Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B21.00003: Defect Creation and Annihilation in GaN and ZnO Chris Van de Walle, Anderson Janotti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B21.00004: Asymmetric hole localization and multiple hole binding of acceptors in ZnO Stephan Lany, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B21.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B21.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B21.00007: Unusual uniaxial stress results on the stretch mode of OH related defects in ZnO Kevin Martin, W. Beall Fowler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B21.00008: Theoretical study of Si in ZnO John Lyons, Anderson Janotti, Chris Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B21.00009: Photoinduced EPR study of electron traps in TiO$_{2}$ crystals: Oxygen vacancies and Ti$^{3+}$ ions Shan Yang, Adam Brant, Larry Halliburton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B21.00010: The nature of Group-V acceptor impurities in SnO$_{2}$ Joel Varley, Anderson Janotti, Chris Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B21.00011: Manipulation of Single Oxygen Vacancies on TiO$_{2}$(110) Danda Acharya, Peter Sutter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B21.00012: Coordination Defects and Nanoclusters of TiO$_{2}$ Ken Park, Vincent Meunier, Minghu Pan, Nan-Hsin Yu, Ward Plummer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B21.00013: Kinetic Monte Carlo study for the thermal stability of hydrogen in ZnO Junhyeok Bang, Kee Joo Chang Preview Abstract

Session B22: Focus Session: Theory of Spin-based Semiconductor Devices

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Lukasz Cywinski, University of Maryland
Room: 324

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B22.00001: Role of motive forces for the spin torque transfer for nano-structures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B22.00002: Revisiting the ``Spin-Transistor'' Abu Naser Zainuddin, Lutfe Siddiqui, Supriyo Datta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B22.00003: Dynamical magnetoelectric feedback effects in magnetic resonant tunneling structures Christian Ertler, Jaroslav Fabian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B22.00004: Theory of Semiconductor Spin Lasers Christian Gothgen, Rafal Oszwaldowski, Igor Zutic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B22.00005: Design Guidelines for Spin-Polarized Lasers Michael Holub, Igor Vurgaftman, Jerry Meyer, Berend Jonker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B22.00006: Spin-orbit coupling effects in Fe/GaAs heterostructures: First principles calculations Martin Gmitra, Alex Matos-Abiague, Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl, Jaroslav Fabian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B22.00007: Magnetic phase transitions driven by non-equilibrium spins and their potential applications to magnetic cooling Lutfe Siddiqui, Abu Naser Zainuddin, Supriyo Datta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B22.00008: Magnetic memory and logic based on spin effects in graphene John Zavada, Yuriy Semenov, Ki Wook Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B22.00009: Metal-insulator transition in a quantum wire with alternating Rashba interaction Henrik Johannesson, George I. Japaridze, Alvaro Ferraz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B22.00010: Gate control of single-electron spins through Berry Phase in a realistic asymmetric confining potentials in III-V semiconductor Quantum Dots Sanjay Prabhakar, James Raynolds Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B22.00011: Colossal Spincaloritronic Cooling by Adiabatic Spin-Entropy Expansion in Nanospintronics Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida, Tetsuya Fukushima, Van An Dinh, Kazunori Sato Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B22.00012: impurity-impurity interaction in graphene nanoribbons Jian-Ming Tang Preview Abstract

Session B23: Alloy Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Benjamin Burton, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: 325

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B23.00001: Optimized basis-set representation for electronic-structure methods: Better Energetics Aftab Alam, Duane Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B23.00002: Applications of the KKR-DCA: A Finite-Temperature Density Functional Theory to Predict Chemical Short-Range Order Effects in Disordered Metallic Alloys D.A. Biava, D.D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B23.00003: Electronic and Magnetic properties of NbFe$_2$: An itinerant magnet near a quantum critical point Alaska Subedi, David J. Singh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B23.00004: First-principles calculations of free energies of unstable phases: The case of fcc W Vidvuds Ozolins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B23.00005: Anomalies in the bulk properties of single crystalline Niobium Richard K. Bollinger, J. J. Neumeier, B. D. White, Yoko Suzuki, A. Migliori, Jon Betts, H. R. Z. Sandim, C. A. M. dos Santos Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B23.00006: Development of an Embedded-Atom Method Potential for Niobium Michael R. Fellinger, John W. Wilkins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B23.00007: Ab initio up to the melting point: Anharmonicity and vacancies in aluminum B. Grabowski, L. Ismer, T. Hickel, J. Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B23.00008: New Generation Structural Materials: Ab initio Based Modeling of High-Entropy Alloys G. Malcolm Stocks, Xing-Qiu Chen, Easo P. George, Chonglong Fu, Takeshi Egami Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B23.00009: High-throuput formalism and calculation of Ag, Au, Cd, Co, Cr, Ir, W, and Zn solubility in Ti from first-principles Roman Chepulskyy, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B23.00010: Alternative alloys for catalysts and platinum jewelry? New structures in Pt-Hf and Pt-Mo Erin Gilmartin, Jacqueline Corbitt, Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B23.00011: New structures in Pd-rich ordered alloys Jacqueline Corbitt, Erin Gilmartin, Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B23.00012: Verification and refinement of the Al-Mg-Zn $\Phi$ phase crystal structure model Jeff Houze, Bohumir Jelinek, Sungho Kim, Seong-Gon Kim, Mark Horstemeyer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B23.00013: An ab initio study of the crystal structure of the Tau-phase in Al-Mg-Zn alloys Laalitha Liyanage, Jeffrey Houze, Sungho Kim, Mark Horstemeyer, Seong-Gon Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B23.00014: Magnesium phase diagrams: Have you seen us? Gus Hart, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B23.00015: First-principles thermodynamics of point defects and off-stoichiometry in \textit{$\beta $}-Mg$_{17}$Al$_{12}$ Dongwon Shin, Christopher Wolverton Preview Abstract

Session B24: Focus Session: Nanotube Characterization

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Cary Yang, Santa Clara University
Room: 326

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B24.00001: Raman spectroscopy of individual freestanding single-walled carbon nanotubes of defined chiral structure Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B24.00002: Raman Studies of Exciton and Exciton-Phonon Coupling Behavior in Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B24.00003: Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Armchair Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Erik Haroz, William Rice, Benjamin Lu, Robert Hauge, Donny Magana, Stephen Doorn, Pasha Nikolaev, Sivaram Arepalli, Junichiro Kono Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B24.00004: Direct Measurement of the D-Mode and G-Mode Optical Phonon Lifetimes in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Hugen Yan, Daohua Song, Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B24.00005: Investigation of Nanotube Growth Mechanisms via \textit{In-Situ} Spectroscopy Rahul Rao, David Liptak, Roberto Acosta, Benji Maruyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B24.00006: Characterisation of Carbon Nano-Materials with the Confocal Raman AFM Klaus Weishaupt, Thomas Dieing, Matthias Kress, Ute Schmidt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B24.00007: Resonance Raman Scattering for Quantification of the Bundling of SWNTs Tao Liu, Zhiwei Xiao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B24.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B24.00009: Electrical Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Bundles Synthesized from Chemical Vapor Deposition of Ferrocene C. Wolfe, R. Shah, X. Zhang, X. An, S. Kar, S. Talapatra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B24.00010: Coherent Phonon Dynamics in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes L.G. Booshehri, E.H. Haroz, J. Kono, Y.S. Lim, J.H. Kim, K.J. Yee, G.D. Sanders, C.J. Stanton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B24.00011: Microscopic theory of coherent phonon spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes G.D. Sanders, C.J. Stanton, J.K. Kim, K.J. Yee, Y.S. Lim, E.H. Haroz, L.G. Booshehri, J. Kono, R. Saito Preview Abstract

Session B25: Graphene II: Electronic Properties and QHE

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ziqiang Wang, Boston College
Room: 327

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B25.00001: Quantum Hall effect of massless Dirac fermions in a vanishing magnetic field Kentaro Nomura, Shinsei Ryu, Mikito Koshino, Christopher Mudry, Akira Furusaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B25.00002: New quantum Hall ferromagnetic states in graphene bilayers Rene Cote, Yafis Barlas, Jules Lambert, Allan H. MacDonald, Kentaro Nomura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 12:15PM		B25.00003: Novel electronic and transport properties of graphene superlattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B25.00004: Quantum Hall wavefunction for Dirac fermions in high magnetic field Feng Cai, Ziqiang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B25.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B25.00006: Edge states in Graphene: from gapped flat band to gapless chiral modes Shengyuan Yang, Wang Yao, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B25.00007: Excitonic supersolid in quantum Hall graphene bilayers Yogesh Joglekar, Chang-hua Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B25.00008: Transport on quantum antidot made of 4-terminal graphene ribbons Andrea Latge, Carlos Ritter, Pedro Orellana, Monica Pacheco Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B25.00009: Gate-field effect in multilayer graphenes Mikito Koshino Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B25.00010: Chemical Doping and Electron-Hole Conduction Asymmetry in Graphene Devices Roksana Golizadeh Mojarad, Damon Farmer, Vasili Perebeinos, Yu-Ming Lin, George S. Tulevski, James C. Tsang, Ali Afzali, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B25.00011: Sub-lithographic Patterning of Extended Arrays of Graphene Nanostructures Ke Li, Wei Han, Sarah C. Parks, Wenzhong Bao, John Ciraldo, Chun Ning Lau, Roland Kawakami, Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B25.00012: Quantum Hall Edge Transport Across Graphene monolayer-bilayer junctions Yue Zhao, Mikito Koshino, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B25.00013: Dissipation and Criticality in the Lowest Landau Level of Graphene Pallab Goswami, Xun Jia, Sudip Chakravarty Preview Abstract

Session B26: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience II: Mechanics, Dynamics, and Assembly

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Dennis Rapaport,, Bar-Ilan University
Room: 328

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B26.00001: An atomistic approach to viral mechanical oscillations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B26.00002: A new paradigm for self-assembly: The role of reversibility in viral capsid growth Dennis Rapaport Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B26.00003: Calculation of the free energy of binding of DNA bases on a single-wall carbon nanotube Robert Johnson, A.T. Charlie Johnson, Michael Klein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B26.00004: Simulations of the self-assembly of CdTe nanoparticles into large pitch helices Aaron Santos, Sudhanshu Srivastava, Sharon Glotzer, Nicholas Kotov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B26.00005: Sensitivity Limits of Nanomechanical Resonance Spectroscopy P. Alex Greaney Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B26.00006: Enhancing Molecuar Dynamics to Capture Electronic Effects N.A. Modine, R.E. Jones, D.L. Olmsted, J.A. Templeton, G.J. Wagner, R.M. Hatcher, M.J. Beck Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B26.00007: Rotary molecular motion at the nanoscale: motors, propellers, wheels Lela Vukovic, Boyang Wang, Petr Kral Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B26.00008: Long-Range Hydrodynamic Interactions Implemented into LAMMPS (Parallel MD) Frances Mackay, Colin Denniston Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B26.00009: Atomistic Simulations of Hydrodynamic and Interaction Forces on Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles J. Matthew D. Lane, Ahmed E. Ismail, Michael Chandross, Christian D. Lorenz, Gary S. Grest Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B26.00010: Water Flow in Carbon Nanotubes: Transition from Continuum to Subcontinuum Transport John Thomas, Alan McGaughey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B26.00011: Fluid flow through carbon nanotubes: a new modeling and simulation approach Michael A. Avon, Alper Buldum Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B26.00012: Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Friction of Incommensurate Interfaces Woo Kyun Kim, Michael Falk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B26.00013: Molecular dynamics study of the phase transition in the bcc metal nanoparticles Yasushi Shibuta, Toshio Suzuki Preview Abstract

Session B27: Plasmonics and Metamaterials

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Harry Atwater, California Institute of Technology, Chris Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: 329

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B27.00001: Controlling electric fields spatially by graded metamaterials Kin-Wah Yu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B27.00002: Terahertz nanogap antenna detection of nano-bridges and nano-rods H.R. Park, M.A. Seo, J.S. Kyoung, S.M. Koo, O.K. Suwal, S.S. Choi, N.K. Park, D.S. Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B27.00003: Terahertz Nanogap Plasmonics: Giant Field Enhancement M. A. Seo, H. R. Park, S. M. Koo, O. K. Suwal, S. S. Choi, N. K. Park, D. S. Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B27.00004: Active Control of Propagating Surface Plasmons Excited by a Quantum Cascade Laser Daniel Wasserman, Troy Ribaudo, Eric Shaner, Scott Howard, Fow-Sen Choa, Claire Gmachl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B27.00005: Spatial and Spectral Investigation of Extraordinary Optical Transmission T. Ribaudo, B.S. Passmore, E.A. Shaner, D. Wasserman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B27.00006: Mid Infrared Beam Steering Using Plasmonic Structures David Adams, Daniel Wasserman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B27.00007: Extraordinary Optical Absorption through Plasmonic Subwavelength Slits Justin White, Georgios Veronis, Zongfu Yu, Edward Barnard, Anu Chandran, Shanhui Fan, Mark Brongersma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B27.00008: Birefringence in Ring Resonator by Free Spectral Range and Wavelength measurement. Chooda Khanal, Magdalena Nawrocka, Xuan Wang, Tao Liu, Roberto Panepucci Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B27.00009: Optical Vortexed Transmission through a Nanoslit on the Pyramid Seong Soo Choi, M.J. Park, N.K. Park, D.S. Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B27.00010: Visible Far-Field Superlens for Two-Dimensional Imaging Below the Diffraction Limit Emily Ray, Rene Lopez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B27.00011: Field dependent enhancement of the magneto-optical Kerr effect by surface plasmon resonance C. Clavero, K. Yang, J.R. Skuza, R.A. Lukaszew Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B27.00012: Manipulating, Extending, and Re-Routing Optical Near Fields Using Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials in Nano-Optics Nader Engheta, Andrea Alu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B27.00013: Symmetry and degeneracy in metamaterial trimers Chih-Wei Chang, Ming Liu, Sunghyun Nam, Shuang Zhang, Guy Bartal, Xiang Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B27.00014: Composite Metal-Semiconductor Metamaterials with Negative Permittivity and No Loss A.M. Bratkovsky, E.V. Ponizovskaya, S-Y. Wang, P. Holmstrom, L. Thylen Preview Abstract

Session B28: Focus Session: Graphene II: Synthesis and Characterization

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Yu-Ming Lin, IBM
Room: 330

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B28.00001: Optimizing Graphene Morphology on SiC(0001) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B28.00002: Atmospheric pressure growth of graphene on SiC(0001) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B28.00003: Centimeter scale pattern growth of graphene films for stretchable transparent electrodes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B28.00004: Fabrication and measurement of epitaxial graphene nanoribbons Mike Sprinkle, Jeff J. Peterson, Ming Ruan, Yike Hu, XiaoSong Wu, Edward H. Conrad, Claire Berger, Walt A. de Heer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B28.00005: Self Assembly of Graphene Sheets Hailiang Wang, Xinran Wang, Xiaolin Li, Hongjie Dai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B28.00006: Homoepitaxial Diamond Growth on Planar and Non-planar Substrates Using Carbon-13 Precursors Gopi Samudrala, Samuel Weir, Yogesh Vohra Preview Abstract

Session B29: Spin-Dependent Transport

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Sergei Urazhdin, West Virginia University
Room: 333

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B29.00001: Spin dependent scattering in all Heusler alloy CPP-GMR nano-structures for magnetic storage applications Oleg Mryasov, Konstantin Nikolaev, Thomas Ambrose Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B29.00002: Sub-gap cotunneling current through a spinfull quantum dot with superconducting leads Jens Paaske, Brian Andersen, Karsten Flensberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B29.00003: Orientation and temperature dependence of the anomalous Hall effect in hcp cobalt Ivo Souza, Eric Roman, Yuriy Mokrousov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B29.00004: Determination of spin polarization of amorphous ferromagnet CoFeB by Point-Contact Andreev Reflection Sunxiang Huang, Tingyong Chen, Chia-Ling Chien Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B29.00005: Structural and orientation dependence of the anomalous Hall effect in cobalt crystals Eric Roman, Ivo Souza Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B29.00006: Measurement of the transport spin polarization of disordered metals using point-contact Andreev reflection M. Osofsky, G. Woods, J. Sanders, H. Srikanth, S. Kolesnik, T. Maxwell, B. Dabrowski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B29.00007: Anomalous Hall effect in Y$_2$Fe$_{17-x}$Co$_x$ single crystals Jolanta Stankiewicz, Konstantin Skokov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B29.00008: Signal propagation in time-dependent spin transport Yao-Hui Zhu, Hans Christian Schneider Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B29.00009: The Anomalous Hall Effect in Ultra-Thin Amorphous CNi$_3$ Films Yimin Xiong, Philip Adams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B29.00010: Electronic structure and spin-filter effect of $\gamma$-Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$ (maghemite) Hiroyoshi Itoh, Syuta Honda, Jun-ichiro Inoue, Hideto Yanagihara, Eiji Kita Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B29.00011: Scanning Probe Microscopy of Quantum Chains Israel Mandel, Gabriel Cwilich, Fredy Zypman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B29.00012: Kondo decoherence: finding the right spin model for iron impurities in gold and silver J. von Delft, T.A. Costi, L. Bergqvist, A. Weichselbaum, T. Micklitz, A. Rosch, P. Mavropoulos, P. Dederichs, F. Mallet, L. Saminadayar, C. B\"auerle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B29.00013: Electronic Interactions between Au Films and the Prussian Blue Analog Co$_{3}$[Os(CN$_{6})$]$_{2}$ T. Wellington, M. Hilfiger, A. Ford, C. Avendano, K. Dunbar, W. Teizer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B29.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B29.00015: Enhancement of positive magnetoresistance at the metamagnetic transition in Tb$_{5}$Si$_{3}$ E.V. Sampathkumaran, S. Narayana Jammalamadaka, Niharika Mohapatra Preview Abstract

Session B30: Focus Session: Manganite Superlattices

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Satoshi Okamoto, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 334

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B30.00001: Emergent properties of digital superlattices of LaMnO$_{3}$/SrMnO$_{3}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B30.00002: Enhanced Antiferromagnetic Ordering Temperature in Metallic LaMnO$_{3}$/SrMnO$_{3}$ Superlattices Tiffany Santos, Steven May, Anand Bhattacharya, J. Lee Robertson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B30.00003: Theory of Manganite Superlattices Andrew Millis, Chungwei Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B30.00004: Control of Magnetism via Layer Thickness Modification in the LaMnO$_3$/SrMnO$_3$ Digital Superlattices and the Prediction of a Spin-Polarized 2DEG Birabar Nanda, Sashi Satpathy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B30.00005: The onset of metallic behavior in strained (LaNiO$_3$)$_n$/(SrMnO$_3$)$_2$ superlattices Steven May, Tiffany Santos, Anand Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B30.00006: Electronic and crystal-field effects in the fine structure of electron energy-loss spectra of La$_x$Ca$_{1-x}$MnO$_3$ Weidong Luo, Maria Varela, Jing Tao, Stephen J. Pennycook, Sokrates T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B30.00007: Local Electronic Structure at Oxide-Oxide Interfaces Probed by Atomic Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Amish Shah, Q. M. Ramasse, S.J. May, J.G. Wen, J.N. Eckstein, A. Bhattacharya, J.M. Zuo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B30.00008: Electronic properties of manganite / titanate superlattices Maria Varela, H. Christen, H.N. Lee, L. Petit, T. Schulthess, S. Pennycook, J. Garcia-Barriocanal, A. Rivera, F.Y. Bruno, Z. Sefrioui, C. Leon, J. Santamaria Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B30.00009: Magnetic and structural phase transitions in epitaxial thin films of Manganites Valeria Lauter, Hailemariam Ambaye, Steven Nagler, Hans Christen, Mike Biegalski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B30.00010: Ferromagnetic Spin State of Manganite/SrTiO$_{3}$ Interfaces in (110) Orientation Xinfei Liu, Jianxing Ma, Tao Lin, G. Y. Gao, W. B. Wu, X. G. Li, Jing Shi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B30.00011: Enhanced Low Field Magnetoresistance in La$_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$/La$_{0.5}$Ca$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$ superlattices P.V. Wadekar, Q.Y. Chen, O. Lozano, P.V. Chinta, W.K. Chu, D. Wijesundera, C.S. Lin, P.H. Tseng, Y.T. Lin, L.W. Tu, C.P. Lin, H. Chou, C.C. Kuo, N.J. Ho, H.W. Seo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B30.00012: Strain-controlled electronic properties and magnetorelaxor behaviors in electron-doped CaMnO$_{3}$ thin films and superlattices P.-H. Xiang, H. Yamada, A. Sawa, H. Akoh Preview Abstract

Session B31: Focus Session: Dimers and Other Frustrated Structures

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Chris Wiebe, Florida State University
Room: 335

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B31.00001: Multiple magnetic phases in the frustrated S=1 spin-dimer compound Ba$_{3}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{8}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B31.00002: Frustrated magnetism in the diamond-chain like compound Ba$_{3}$Cu$_{3}$Sc$_{4}$O$_{12}$ A.V. Mahajan, B. Koteswara Rao, J. Bobroff Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B31.00003: NMR Response in Antiferromagnetic Spin-1/2 Chains Jesko Sirker, Nicolas Laflorencie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B31.00004: Controlling Luttinger Liquid Physics in Spin Ladders under Magnetic Field C. Berthier, M. Klanj\v{s}ek, M. Horvati\'{c}, H. Mayaffre, B. Chiari, O. Piovesana, P. Bouillot, T. Giamarchi, C. Kollath, E. Orignac, R. Citro Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B31.00005: Electronic Excitations in NiCl$_{2}$ Hydrates V.C. Long, N.M. Collins, G.R. Rayner, G.C. DeFotis, A.S. Hampton, J.M. Pothen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B31.00006: Spin order of the classical Kagome antiferromagnet: via effective Hamiltonians Christopher L. Henley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B31.00007: Quantum stabilization of 1/3 magnetization plateau in Cs$_2$CuCl$_4$. Oleg Starykh, Jason Alicea, Andrey Chubukov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B31.00008: Magnetic properties of bilayer triangular lattice Fei-Ming Hu, Shi-Quan Su, Tian-Xing Ma, Hai-Qing Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B31.00009: Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in valence bond systems I Kirill Shtengel, Kumar Raman, Mayra Tovar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B31.00010: Hierarchical mean-field approach to the $J_1$-$J_2$ Heisenberg model on a square lattice Leonid Isaev, Gerardo Ortiz, Jorge Dukelsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B31.00011: Mixed exchange antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic S=1/2 Heisenberg rectangular lattices Brian Keith, Tom Valleau, Fan Xiao, Mark Turnbull, Chris Landee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B31.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B31.00013: Ce$_{2}$Pt$_{2}$Pb : Frustrated heavy fermion system with the Shastry-Sutherland lattice Moo Sung Kim, Meigan Aronson Preview Abstract

Session B32: Cooperative Phenomena (incl. Spin Structures, Spin Waves, Phase Transitions) I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Paul Haney, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: 336

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B32.00001: Point Contact Andreev Reflection Spin Spectroscopy in MnSi Single Crystals Pushkal Thapa, Raghava Panguluri, F. Carbone, D. van der Marel, A.A. Nugroho, B. Nadgorny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B32.00002: High Pressure studies of the magnetic phase transition in MnSi Sergei Stishov, Alla Petrova, Vladimir Krasnorusski, Thomas Lograsso Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B32.00003: Ultrasonic studies of the magnetic phase transition in MnSi Alla Petrova, Sergei Stishov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B32.00004: High-Energy Magnon Dispersion and Multimagnon Continuum in La$_2$CuO$_4$ Neil Headings, Stephen Hayden, Radu Coldea, Toby Perring Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B32.00005: Collective spin-excitations in Cu L and O K edge Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering on Sr$_{14}$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$. J. Schlappa, T. Schmitt, F. Vernay, V.N. Strocov, B. Thielemann, H.M. Ronnow, J. Mesot, B. Delley, L. Patthey, V. Ilakovac Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B32.00006: Antiferromagnetic instability in Sr$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$: stabilized and revealed by dilute Mn impurities Muhammed Hossain, B. Bohnenbuck, Y.-D. Chuang, E. Cruz, H.-H. Wu, L.H. Tjeng, I.S. Elfimov, Z. Hussain, B. Keimer, G.A. Sawatzky, A. Damascelli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B32.00007: Collapse of the Hyperfine Magnetic Field at the Ru site in GdRu$_2$ and HoRu$_2$ D. Coffey, M. DeMarco, P.-C. Ho, T. Sayles, M. B. Maple, J. W. Lynn, Q. Huang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B32.00008: Neutrons Scattering Study of Magnetic Correlations in Y$_{0.7}$La$_{0.3}$VO$_3$ Sung Chang, Jiaqiang Yan, Robert McQueeney Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B32.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B32.00010: Possible Observation of Electromagnons in BiFeO3 Crystal Pauline Rovillain, Yann Gallais, Alain Sacuto, Ricardo Lobo, Doroth\'ee Colson, Delphine Lebeugle, Rogerio De Sousa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B32.00011: Magnon Sidebands and Spin-Charge Coupling in Bismuth Ferrite Probed by Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy Amit Kumar, M. Ramirez, S. Denev, N. Podraza, X. Xu, R. Rai, Y-H. Chu, J. Seidel, L. Martin, J. Ihlefeld, J. Klug, M. Bedzyk, O. Auciello, D. Schlom, R. Ramesh, J. Orenstein, J. Musfeldt, V. Gopalan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B32.00012: Aging in Co/Cr Superlattices T. Mukherjee, M. Pleimling, Ch. Binek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B32.00013: Exchange-coupling modified spin wave spectra in the perpendicularly magnetized permalloy nanodot chain arrays Jian Dou, Sarah C. Hernandez, Chengtao Yu, Michael J. Pechan, Liesl Folks, Jordan A. Katine, Matthew J. Carey Preview Abstract

Session B33: Superconductivity: Mostly Cuprates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Timir Datta, University of South Carolina
Room: 403

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B33.00001: Making superconducting transition temperature higher in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$Ca$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{10+\delta }$ Xiao-Jia Chen, Viktor V. Struzhkin, Russell J. Hemley, Ho-kwang Mao, Yong Yu, Cheng-Tian Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B33.00002: Specific heat of underdoped high $T_c$ superconductors from phenomenological models. J. P. F. LeBlanc, E. J. Nicol, J. P. Carbotte Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B33.00003: Resistive switching in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ Carlos Acha, Marcelo J. Rozenberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B33.00004: Calculation of diffusion coefficient in Au diffusion-doped Bi$_{1.8}$Pb$_{0.35}$Sr$_{1.9}$Ca$_{2.1}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{y}$ by EDXRF measurements Mustafa Akdogan, Ozgur Ozturk, Ugur Cevik, Ahmet Varilci, Cabir Terzioglu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B33.00005: Charge distribution on planar oxygens in an underdoped High-Tc cuprate: La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4) via $^{17}$O NMR. Greg Boebinger, Robert Smith, Arneil Reyes, Philip Kuhns, Takashi Imai, P. M. Singer, F.C. Chou, K. Hirota, M. Takaba, T. Kakeshita, H. Eisaki , S. Uchida Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B33.00006: Magnetic Breakdown in the Cuprates Jean-Michel Carter, Daniel Podolsky, Hae-Young Kee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B33.00007: Important issues from uncontrolled cation nonstoichiometry in well-known cuprates Jun-ichi Shimoyama, Hiraku Ogino, Shigeru Horii, Yuhya Yamazaki, Koichi Kaku, Yui Ishii, Kohji Kishio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B33.00008: Evidence for nonmonotonic magnetic field penetration in a Pippard superconductor Vladimir Kozhevnikov, Claudiu Giuraniuc, Margriet Van Bael, Kristiaan Temst, Chris Van Haesendonck, Todor Mishonov, Timothy Charlton, Robert Dalgliesh, Yurii Khaidukov, Yurii Nikitenko, Victor Aksenov, Vladimir Gladilin, Vladimir Fomin, Jozef Devreese, Joseph Indekeu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B33.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B33.00010: Engineering Thin Film Superconductivity toward Single Quantum Channel Limit Shengyong Qin, Jungdae Kim, Qian Niu, Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B33.00011: Competition between pairing and magnetic interactions Raimundo dos Santos, Pedro Bertussi, Andre Malvezzi, Thereza Paiva Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B33.00012: Alpha particle spectrometry using superconducting microcalorimeters Robert Horansky, Joel Ullom, James Beall, Gene Hilton, Gregory Stiehl, Kent Irwin, Alexander Plionis, Stephen Lamont, Clifford Rudy, Michael Rabin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B33.00013: High Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy with Superconducting Microcalorimeters D.A. Bennett, J.N. Ullom, W.B. Doriese, J.A. Beall, G.C. Hilton, R.D. Horansky, K.D. Irwin, N. Jethava, E. Sassi, L.R. Vale, M.K. Bacrania, A.S. Hoover, N. Hoteling, P.J. Karpius, M.W. Rabin, C.R. Rudy, D.T. Vo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B33.00014: In situ measurement of the permittivity of helium using microwave NbN resonators Loren Swenson, Grigorij Grabovskij, Olivier Buisson, Christian Hoffmann, Alessandro Monfardini, Jean-Claude Villegier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B33.00015: Instabilities and nonlinearities in the elastic vortex solid Satyajit Banerjee, Shyam Mohan, Jaivardhan Sinha, S. Ramakrishnan, A.K. Grover, Ajay Sood Preview Abstract

Session B34: Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors II: Quantum Oscillations, Electronic Structure and Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Vladimir Antropov, Ames Laboratory
Room: 404

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B34.00001: Fermi surface of superconducting LaFePO determined from quantum oscillations Amalia Coldea, J. Fletcher, A. Carrington, J. Analytis, C. Andrew, A. Bangura, J.-H. Chu, A. Erickson, I. Fisher, N. Hussey, R. McDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B34.00002: Quantum Oscillations in the parent pnictide BaFe2As2: Fermi surface reconstruction of the magnetic ground state James Analytis, Jiun-Haw Chu, Ian Firsher, Ross McDonald, Igor Mazin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B34.00003: Quantum oscillations in the parent magnetic phase of an iron arsenide high temperature superconductor Neil Harrison, Suchitra Sebastian, J. Gillet, P. Lau, David Singh, Charles Mielke, Gilbert Lonzarich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B34.00004: Fermi surface changes in LaFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_x$ using supercells, rigid band shifts, and the virtual crystal approximation Paul Larson, Sashi Satpathy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B34.00005: Momentum density, Fermi surface and directional Compton profile in the Iron-based superconductor LaOFeAs Y. J. Wang, Hsin Lin, B. Barbiellini , P.E. Mijnarends, S. Kaprzyk, W. Al-sawai, R.S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B34.00006: First Principles studies of 122 Ferropnictide Surface Alexander Kemper, P.J. Hirschfeld, H-P. Cheng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B34.00007: Structural, spin, and orbital phase transitions in LaOFeAs: I. Total energy calculations Wei Ku, Chi-Cheng Lee, Wei-Guo Yin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B34.00008: Structural, spin, and orbital phase transitions in LaOFeAs: II. Wannier function analysis Wei-Guo Yin, Chi-Cheng Lee, Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B34.00009: Emergence of complex magnetism in three dimensional, yet quasi-layered, iron pnictides: CaFe$_{4}$As$_{3}$ Arthur J. Freeman, Giancarlo Trimarchi, Mercouri Kanatzidis, Iliya Todorov, Duck-Young Chung Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B34.00010: `Unscreening' Effect on Fe-Pnictide Superconductor Masao Ogata, Yuki Fuseya, Toshikaze Kariyado Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B34.00011: Quasiparticle scattering interference in superconducting Oxypnictides Yanyang Zhang, Kangjun Seo, Xiaoting Zhou, B. Andrei Bernevig, Jiangping Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B34.00012: Quasi-particle properties in iron-based superconductors Xiang Hu, Chin-Sen Ting, Jian-Xin Zhu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B34.00013: Nature of the SDW state in FeAs-based Compounds Xi Dai, Zhong Fang, Guangtao Wang, Gang Xu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B34.00014: High-temperature Superconductivity: Status John D. Dow, Dale R. Harshman, Anthony R. Fiory Preview Abstract

Session B35: Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors III: General Theory

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Alex Koshelev, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 405

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B35.00001: Valley density-wave (VDW) and Superconductivity in Iron-Pnictides Vladimir Cvetkovic, Zlatko Tesanovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B35.00002: Spin-Density Wave in Iron Pnictides Jian Kang, Valentin Stanev, Zlatko Tesanovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B35.00003: Iron-based superconductors: What can we learn from DFT? Lilia Boeri, Oleg Dolgov, Alexander Golubov, Ole Krogh Andersen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B35.00004: Correlations in Ferropnictides Klaus Koepernik, Helmut Eschrig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B35.00005: Superconductivity in SrFe$_{2-x}$Co$_x$As$_2$: Internal Doping of the Iron Arsenide Layers Helge Rosner, Andreas Leithe-Jasper, Walter Schnelle, Christoph Geibel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B35.00006: Linear temperature dependence of the spin susceptibility in Fe-pnictides. Dmitri V. Efremov, Andrey V. Chubukov, Ilya M. Eremin, Maxim M. Korshunov, Dmitri L. Maslov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B35.00007: Theory of novel and superconducting properties of Fe-based superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B35.00008: Nodal Spin Density Wave and band topology of the FeAs based materials Hui Zhai, Ying Ran, Fa Wang, Ashvin Vishwanath, Dung-Hai Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B35.00009: Normal State Spin Dynamics of Five-band Model for Iron-pnictides Toshikaze Kariyado, Masao Ogata Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B35.00010: Symplectic fermion approach to the striped magnetism in the iron arsenides Xun Xue, Jianhui Dai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B35.00011: Parquet formalism applied to pnictide superconductors Jun Liu, Karlis Mikelsons, Shuxiang Yang, Herbert Fotso , Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B35.00012: Jahn-Teller Effect, Structural Phase Transition and Resistivity Anomaly in Iron Pnictides Weicheng Lv, Jiansheng Wu, Philip Phillips Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B35.00013: Theory of the Magnetic Moment in Iron Pnictides Jiansheng Wu, Philip Phillips, Antonio Castro-Neto Preview Abstract

Session B36: Carbon Nanotubes: Devices and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Masa Ishigami, University of Central Florida
Room: 408

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B36.00001: Density Functional Theory Design of All-metallic Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes Li Chen, Swastik Kar, Saroj Nayak, Pulickel Ajayan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B36.00002: Designing of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes dispersions for industrial scale processing and roll-to-roll coating applications Budhadipta Dan, Matteo Pasquali Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B36.00003: Stable Electron Field Emission afrom Opened-Tip Carbon Nanotube Bundles Archana Pandey, Abhishek Prasad, Jason Moscatello, Yoke Khin Yap Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B36.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B36.00005: Fabricating Substrates to Combine Electron Microscopy and Diffraction with Electrical Characterization of Single and Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Scott Paulson, Lok-kin Tsuii, Joseph Hardcastle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B36.00006: Transfer Printed Parallel Carbon Nanotube Devices Andrew Tunnell, Vinod Sangwan, Vincent Ballarotto, Daniel Hines, Michael Fuhrer, Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B36.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B36.00008: Textured Network Devices: Overcoming Fundamental Limitations of Nanotube/Nanowire Network-based devices Minbaek Lee, Seunghun Hong, Meg Noah, Young-Kyun Kwon, June Park, Maeng-Je Seong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B36.00009: CMOS-analogous wafer-scale nanotube-on-insulator approach for submicron devices and integrated circuits using aligned nanotubes Koungmin Ryu, Alexander Badmaev, Chuan Wang, Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B36.00010: A Novel Fabrication Method for Pristine Suspended Carbon Nanotube Devices Vinod Sangwan, Vincent Ballarotto, Michael Fuhrer, Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B36.00011: As-Grown Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Diodes Govind Mallick, Shashi Karna, Sarah Lastella, Sangeeta Sahoo, Pulickel Ajayan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B36.00012: Gate Controlled Negative Differential Resistance and Photoconductivity Enhancement in Carbon Nanotube Intra-connects Seon Woo Lee, Slava Rotkin, Andrei Sirenko, Haim Grebel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B36.00013: Magnetic Carbon Nanotubes: Materials Development and Property Characterization Dereje Seifu, Shashi Karna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B36.00014: Electrical and Thermal Properties of Orientated Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Bulk Materials Keqin Yang, Jian He, Zhe Shu, Apparao Rao Preview Abstract

Session B37: Focus Session: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Paula Mori-Sanchez, Duke University
Room: 409

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B37.00001: Phase-Space Explorations in Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B37.00002: Time-dependent density-functional theory for electronic excitations in materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B37.00003: Many-Pole Self-Energy Model Corrections to Kohn-Sham Calculations of Excited State Spectra J. J. Kas, M. Prange, J. J. Rehr, H. M. Lawler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B37.00004: First principle calculations of long range correlation effects within the random phase approximation Deyu Lu, Yan Li, Hugh Wilson, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B37.00005: Tailoring High-Order Harmonics: A Computational Approach Based on Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory Alberto Castro, Ali Akbari, Angel Rubio, Eberhard Gross Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B37.00006: Ab initio calculations of optical spectra by solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation without empty states.Work Dario Rocca, Deyu Lu, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B37.00007: Time-dependent transition densities Yonghui Li, Carsten A. Ullrich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B37.00008: Is the Kohn-Sham Oscillator Strength Exact at the Ionization Threshold? Zenghui Yang, Meta van Faassen, Kieron Burke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B37.00009: An Exact Condition for the Integrand of Adiabatic Connection Zhenfei Liu, Kieron Burke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B37.00010: New exact and approximate forms for the Luttinger-Ward correlation energy functional within the GW-RPA approximation Sohrab Ismail-Beigi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B37.00011: Non-empirical hyper-generalized-gradient functionals constructed from the Lieb-Oxford bound Mariana M. Odashima, Klaus Capelle Preview Abstract

Session B38: Focus Session: The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically-inspired Solar Energy Harvesting II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Bern Kohler, Ohio State University
Room: 410

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B38.00001: Coherence and Decoherence in the Excited States of Light Harvesting Complexes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B38.00002: Electronic coherence in electronic energy transfer despite fast dephasing Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B38.00003: Photosynthetic nanoparticle complexes Alexander Govorov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B38.00004: Quantum coherence, decoherence and entanglement in light harvesting complexes Martin Plenio, Filippo Caruso, Alex Chin, Animesh Datta, Susana Huelga Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B38.00005: Non-radiative decay processes in InAs nanocrystals Marco Califano Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B38.00006: Exciton Transport Simulations in Phenyl Cored Thiophene Dendrimers Kwiseon Kim, Muhammet Erkan Kose, Peter Graf, Nikos Kopidakis, Garry Rumbles, Sean E. Shaheen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B38.00007: Efficient and Long-lived Charge Separation in a Heteroleptic Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complex Joseph Henrich, Haoyu Zhang, Jeremy White, Prabir Dutta, Bern Kohler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B38.00008: First-Principles Studies of Single-Molecule Photovoltaics Peter Doak, R. A. Segalman, T. D. Tilley, J. B. Neaton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B38.00009: Intramolecular Interactions in Novel Macrocyclic Materials Theodore Goodson Preview Abstract

Session B39: Cellular Biomechanics II

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Arpita Upadhyaya, University of Maryland
Room: 411

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B39.00001: Fibroblast motility on substrates with different rigidities: modeling approach Maria Gracheva, Irina Dokukina Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B39.00002: Locomotion of C. elegans through jammed granular media Kevin Lu, Paulo E. Arratia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B39.00003: Mechanics of an Ultrafast Cellular Contraction Gaurav Misra, Richard B. Dickinson, Tony Ladd Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B39.00004: Polymer Microlenses for Quantifying Cell Sheet Mechanics Guillaume Miquelard-Garnier, Jessica Zimberlin, Patricia Wadsworth, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B39.00005: Why is Actin Patchy? Anders Carlsson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B39.00006: Direct dynamical measurement of the cytoskeletal contribution to the adhesion and mechanics of living cells Marie-Josee Colbert, Cecile Fradin, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B39.00007: Force generated by polymerization of actin filaments: an entropic role? Jean Baudry, Coraline Brangbour, Olivia du Roure, Emmanu\`ele Helfer, Marc Fermigier, Paul M. Chaikin, Marie-France Carlier, Jerome Bibette Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B39.00008: Cytoskeleton mediated spreading dynamics of immune cells King-Lam Hui, Jessica Wayt, Brian Grooman, Arpita Upadhyaya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B39.00009: How deep cells feel: Mean-field Computations and Experiments Amnon Buxboim, Shamik Sen, Dennis E. Discher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B39.00010: Tether extrusion from biomimetic cells Karine Guevorkian, L\'ea Laetitia Pontani, C\'ecile Sykes, Fran\c{c}oise Brochard-Wyart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B39.00011: Mechanics of Nascent Cell Adhesions Cecile O. Mejean, Andrew W. Schaefer, Paul Forscher, Eric R. Dufresne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B39.00012: Epithelial Mechanics during Germband Retraction in Fruit Fly Embryogenesis Xiaoyan Ma, Holley E. Lynch, M. Shane Hutson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B39.00013: Matrix elasticity directs stem cell differentiation in 3D too Allison Zajac, Florian Rehfeldt, Dennis Discher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B39.00014: Cell response to long term mechanical interaction with nanopipettes Zulfiya Orynbayeva, Riju Singhal, Elina Vitol, Michael Bouchard, Jane Azizkhan-Clifford, Bradley Layton, Gary Friedman, Yury Gogotsi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B39.00015: Gold Nanoparticles effect on Human Dermal Fibroblast Tatsiana Mironava, Nadine Pernodet, Miriam Rafailovich Preview Abstract

Session B40: Proteins: Structure and Function II

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Paul Janmey, University of Pennsylvania
Room: 412

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B40.00001: Amino Acid Free Energy Decomposition Hui Wang, Michael Fairchild, Dennis Livesay, Donald Jacobs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B40.00002: Surface Induced Self-Assembly of Fibrinogen Fibers in the Absence of Thrombin Jaseung Koo, Miriam Rafailovich, Dennis Galanakis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B40.00003: On the Rate and Mechanism of Proton Transfer Reactions in Proteins Aihua Xie, Yunxing Li, Edward Manda, Beining Nie, Wouter Hoff, Richard Martin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B40.00004: Probing the reversibility of the Dscam Dimer with Light Scattering and Colloids Jesse Collins, Dietmar Schmucker, Vinothan Manoharan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B40.00005: Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Evaluate Hill Parameters and Heterogeneity of Ligand Binding to Cytochromes P450 Glenn A. Marsch, Benjamin Carlson, Jennifer Hansen, Elaine Mihelc, Martha V. Martin, F. Peter Guengerich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B40.00006: UV Resonance Raman Excitation Profiles and Depolarization Ratios of Peptide Conformations Bhavya Sharma, Sanford Asher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B40.00007: UV Resonance Raman Spectral Hydrogen Exchange Studies of Poly-L-Lysine's Conformation Lu Ma, Sanford Asher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B40.00008: Polyglycine in Solution, Random or Ordered? Sergei Bykov, Sanford Asher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B40.00009: Increase in Mechanical Resistance to Force in a Shear-Activated Protein Eric Botello, Nolan Harris, Huiwan Choi, Zhou Zhou, Angela Bergeron, Jing-fei Dong, Ching-Hwa Kiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B40.00010: Hydrodynamic and Conformational Properties of Unfolded Proteins Guy Berry Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B40.00011: Stability versus flexibility in the dimerization kinetics and thermodynamics of the GCN4 Leucine zipper Dipak Rimal, Yanxin Liu, Prem Chapagain, Bernard Gerstman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B40.00012: Intermediate states of globular proteins during temperature-induced folding and unfolding studied using small angle x-ray scattering Jose Banuelos, Jacob Urquidi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B40.00013: Forced unfolding of proteins within cells -- a proteomic method Brian Chase, Dennis Discher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B40.00014: Energy parameterization of protein coarse-grained models Marcos Betancourt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B40.00015: Generalized distance and its application in protein folding Ali Mohazab Preview Abstract

Session B41: Heavy Fermion 115 Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Carlos Bolech, Rice University
Room: 413

Monday, March 16, 2009 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B41.00001: Penetration depth study of CeIrIn$_{5}$ Daniel Vandervelde, H.Q. Yuan, Y. Onuki, M.B. Salamon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B41.00002: Magnetic-field induced quantum critical points of valence transition in Ce- and Yb-based heavy fermions Shinji Watanabe, Atsushi Tsuruta, Kazumasa Miyake, Jacques Flouquet Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B41.00003: Combined Effects of Magnetic Field and Uniaxial Pressure on CeCoIn$_5$ Rena Zieve, Scooter Johnson, Jason Cooley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B41.00004: Dependence of Superconducting Transition Temperature on Uniaxial Pressure in CeCoIn$_5$ Scooter Johnson, Rena Zieve, Jason Cooley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B41.00005: Optical Study of the Heavy Fermion Superconductor CeCoIn$_{5}$ T. Gebre, T. Tokumoto, J. Cherian, T. Murphy, S. Toszer, E. Palm, C. Wiebe, S. McGill Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B41.00006: Coexistence of Superconducting and Magnetic Order in CeCoIn$_5$ Georgios Koutroulakis, Vesna Mitrovic, Mladen Horvatic, Claude Berthier, Gerard Lapertot, Jacques Flouquet Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B41.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B41.00008: Local Structure and Site Occupancy in Cd- and Hg-doped Ce$T$In$_{5}$ ($T$=Co, Rh, Ir) C.H. Booth, E.D. Bauer, F. Ronning, V. Sidorov, T. Park, J.D. Thompson, J.L. Sarrao, A.D. Bianchi, Z. Fisk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B41.00009: Cd and Sn doping effects on Pauli limiting and HFLT state in CeCoIn$_5$ R. Movshovich, Y. Tokiwa, N. Kurita, F. Ronning, E.D. Bauer, P. Papin, J.D. Thompson, A.D. Bianchi, J.F. Rauscher, S.M. Kauzlarich, Z. Fisk , I. Vekhter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B41.00010: Kondo coherence and superconductivity in Yb doped CeCoIn$_5$ Andrea Bianchi, Gabriel Seyfarth, Bobby Prevost, Sjoerd Roorda, Dan Hurt, Cigdem Capan, Zachary Fisk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B41.00011: Conductance asymmetry in point-contact junctions on the heavy-fermion compounds CeMIn$_{5}$ (M=Co, Rh, Ir) L.H. Greene, W.K. Park, E.D. Bauer, J.L. Sarrao, J.D. Thompson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B41.00012: The Fano effect in the point contact spectroscopy of heavy electron materials Yi-feng Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B41.00013: Evidence for magnetic field-tuned quantum criticality below $H_{c2}$ in CeCoIn$_5$ J. Paglione, J.-P. Reid, M.A. Tanatar, L. Taillefer, C. Petrovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B41.00014: Insulating Vortex Core near QCP in CeCoIn$_5$ H. Xiao, T. Hu, C. C. Almasan, T. A. Sayles, M. B. Maple Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B41.00015: The effect of Yb substitution in the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn$_{5}$ Lei Shu, E. Gonzales, K. Huang, T.A. Sayles, J. Paglione, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract