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Session D1: Phase Transitions and Transport in Quantum Hall Superfluids

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D1.00001: Phase Diagram of Bilayer 2D Electron Systems at $\nu _{T}$ = 1 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D1.00002: $\nu=1/2+1/2$ Quantum Hall Bilayers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D1.00003: Optical probes of excitonic phases in quantum Hall bilayers at $\nu_T$=1* Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D1.00004: Theory of Activated Transport in Bilayer Quantum Hall Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D1.00005: Spin-dependent phase diagram in bilayer 2D electron systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D2: HTSC: New Developments

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Chandra Varma, University of California, Riverdside
Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D2.00001: New magnetic neutron scattering results for the high-T$_{c}$ superconductors HgBa$_{2}$CuO$_{4+\delta }$and Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_{x}$CuO$_{4+\delta }$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D2.00002: Quantum critical fluctuations in cuprates and d-wave superconductivity through their coupling to fermions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D2.00003: Search for a thermodynamic evidence of a phase transition in the pseudogap state of YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6+x}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D2.00004: Competition between the pseudogap and superconductivity in cuprates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D2.00005: Nanoscale Imaging of the Pair Formation in High-Temperature Superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D3: Pake, McGroddy, and Industrial Application of Physics Prizes, Adler Award

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DMP
Chair: Mark Lee, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: 301/302

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D3.00001: George E. Pake Prize Talk: Kosterlitz-Thouless Transitions, Weak Localization, Aharonov-Bohm Oscillations, Heavy Fermions, Flux Lattice Melting, Casimir Forces and other Pleasures from a Career in Low Temperature Physics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D3.00002: Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics Talk: The Inverse Scattering Problem and the role of measurements in its solution Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D3.00003: James C. McGroddy Prize Talk: Metallic Glasses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D3.00004: James C. McGroddy Prize Talk: Development and Applications of Bulk Metallic Glasses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D3.00005: David Adler Lectureship Award: n-point Correlation Functions in Heterogeneous Materials. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D4: Spin Qubits in Quantum Dots

Sponsoring Units: GQI DCMP
Chair: Jason Petta, Princeton University
Room: 306/307

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D4.00001: Singlet-triplet dynamics in double quantum dots probed with single-shot readout Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D4.00002: Locking electron spins into resonance by electron-nuclear feedback Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D4.00003: Decoherence mechanisms for electron and hole spins in quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D4.00004: Experiments on hole spins in quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D4.00005: Dynamic nuclear polarization with single electron spins Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D5: Origins of Silicon Valley

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Gloria Lubkin, American Institute of Physics
Room: 401/402

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D5.00001: Prehistory of Silicon Valley, from 1910 to 1965 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D5.00002: W. W. Hansen, Microwave Physics, and Silicon Valley Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D5.00003: From Bell Labs to Silicon Valley: A Saga of Technology Transfer, 1954-1961 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D5.00004: The Origins and Development of the Silicon Valley Startup Model Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D6: Predictive Materials Design for Alternative Energy Storage

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Zhenyu Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 406

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D6.00001: First-Principles Studies of Phase Stability and Reaction Dynamics in Complex Metal Hydrides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D6.00002: Energy Storage in Nanostructured Materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D6.00003: Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Storage Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D6.00004: Fundamental design of hydrogen storage structures and systems. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D6.00005: First principles design of electric-field-assisted high capacity hydrogen storage media Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D7: Rare Events in Physics and Population Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Beate Schmittmann, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: 407

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D7.00001: Transitions in the Kramers escape rate in classical and quantum field theories Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D7.00002: Stochastic predator-prey models: spatial variability enhances species fitness Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D7.00003: Fluctuations in epidemic modeling - disease extinction and control Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D7.00004: Forecasting fluctuating outbreaks in seasonally driven epidemics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D7.00005: Noise-activated switching and signal amplification in nonlinear resonators, from nanomechanical beams to superconducting striplines Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D8: Unconventional Spin Torques

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Shufeng Zhang, University of Missouri
Room: 414/415

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D8.00001: Thermal Spin Transfer Torques Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D8.00002: Nonequilibrium intrinsic spin torque in a single nanomagnet Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D8.00003: Spin transfer torques in antiferromagnets and magnetic semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D8.00004: Spin-Transfer-Torques at a Ferromagnet/Antiferromagnet Interface Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:30PM		D8.00005: Effects of polarizer dynamics on current-induced behaviors in magnetic multilayer nanopillars Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session D9: Elasticity and Geometry of Thin Objects I

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Dominic Vella, DAMTP, Cambridge and LPS ENS, Paris
Room: 303

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D9.00001: Can one hear a Kolmogorov Spectrum? Sergio Rica Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D9.00002: Dynamical Origami Christophe Josserand, Arnaud Antkowiak, Basile Audoly, S\'ebastien Neukirch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D9.00003: Mass distribution and geometry of a crumpled ball Anne Dominique Cambou, Narayanan Menon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D9.00004: Stress relaxation in thin crumpled sheets Ingo Dierking, Paul Archer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D9.00005: The compensation of Gaussian curvature in developable cones is local Jin Wang, Thomas Witten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D9.00006: Buckling Thin Disks and Ribbons with Non-Euclidean Metrics Christian Santangelo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D9.00007: Fragmentation of an elastica Nicolas Vandenberghe, Emmanuel Villermaux Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D9.00008: Relaxation of a plastic fold Morgan Cervo, Narayanan Menon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D9.00009: Shape and trajectory of a tumbling elastic sheet of paper Mike Robitaille, Arshad Kudrolli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D9.00010: Shape and trajectory of a tumbling elastic sheet of paper II Daniel Tam, Michael Robitaille, Arshad Kudrolli, John Bush Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D9.00011: Nonlinear response of tensed membranes Peker Milas, Benny Davidovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D9.00012: Period Fissioning and Other instabilities of stressed elastic membranes Benny Davidovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D9.00013: Experimental study of the dynamics of crumpling Hillel Aharoni, Eran Sharon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D9.00014: Geometry Induced Charge Separation on a Helicoidal Ribbon Avadh Saxena, Victor Atanasov, Rossen Dandoloff Preview Abstract

Session D10: Focus Session: Ferroelectrics III and Piezoelectrics

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Alexei Grigoriev, University of Tulsa
Room: 304

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D10.00001: Light scattering answers precisely to the soft-mode in PbTiO$_{3}$ paraelectric phase Hwee Ping Soon, Hiroki Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Fujii, Mitsuru Itoh, Makoto Tachibana Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D10.00002: Pretransitional Diffuse Neutron Scattering in Ferroelectric KTa$_{1-x}$Nb$_{x}$O$_{3}$ Grace Yong, Ross Erwin, Oleksiy Svitelskiy, Jean Toulouse, Lynn Boatner, Bernard Hennion, Stephen Shapiro Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D10.00003: Nonlinear Driven Response of a Phase-Field Crystal in a Periodic Pinning Potential Cristian Achim, Jorge Ramos, Mikko Karttunen, Ken Elder, Enzo Granato, Tapio Ala-Nissila, See-Chen Ying Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D10.00004: Mesoscopic nanostructures and long-time relaxation processes in ferroelectrics with coexisting ferroelectric and antiferroelectric phases V. Sobolev, V. Ishchuk, Z. Samoilenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D10.00005: Accurate calculations of the full NMR chemical shielding tensor in perovskites: B3LYP embedded cluster results for $^{17}$O and $^{47, 49}$Ti Daniel L. Pechkis, Eric J. Walter, Henry Krakauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D10.00006: Local ordering and structural instabilities in (Na,Bi)TiO$_3$ perovskites Sahak Petrosyan, Marco Fornari, Boris Kozinsky, Nicola Marzari, Gerbrand Ceder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D10.00007: Density-functional study of the Ba$_{x}$Bi$_{(1-x)}$(M$_{(1-x)/2})$Ti$_{(1+x)/2}$O$_3$ perovskite solid solution Dennis Jackson, David Roundy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D10.00008: Predicting new structures in B-cation ordering perovskites Matthew Lords Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D10.00009: First principles study of piezorotation in thin-film LaAlO$_3$ Alison Hatt, Nicola Spaldin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D10.00010: Nano-electromechanical systems based on a piezoelectric single crystalline thin film on Silicon Jonghoo Park, Dustin J. Kreft, Robert H. Blick, Seung-Hyub Baek, Chang-Beom Eom, V. Vaithyanathan, Darrell G. Schlom, Vladimir Aksyuk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D10.00011: Structural Study of PMN-xPT by Neutron Diffraction D. Phelan, P.M. Gehring, Q. Huang, Z.-G. Ye, C. Stock, G. Xu, J. Wen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D10.00012: Complex local structures in lead based perovskite relaxors Guangyong Xu, Zhijun Xu, Jinsheng Wen, Peter Gehring, Chris Stock Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D10.00013: First-Principles Study of Diffuse Scattering in Pb(Sc$_{1/2}$Nb$_{1/2})$O$_{3}$ P. Ganesh, M. Ahart, R.E. Cohen, E. Cockayne, B. Burton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D10.00014: High-pressure x-ray diffraction and Raman scattering studies of Pb(Mg$_{1/3}$Nb$_{2/3})$O$_{3}$-xPbTiO$_{3 }$ Mukhtar Ahart, Maddury Somayazulu, Ronald Cohen, Russell Hemley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D10.00015: Molecular dynamics computational studies of relaxor ferroelectric behavior in Pb(Mg$_{1/4}$Ti$_{1/4}$Nb$_{1/2}$)O$_{3}$ (PMN-PT) Hiroyuki Takenaka, Ilya Grinberg, Andrew Rappe Preview Abstract

Session D11: Optical Properties of Dots, Wires and Superlattices

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Michael Scheibner, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 305

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D11.00001: Robust Ferromagnetism in type-II (ZnMn)Te Quantum Dots I.R. Sellers, V.R. Whiteside, M. Eginligil, R. Oszwaldowski, I. Zutic, A. Petrou, B.D. McCombe, W.C. Chou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D11.00002: Low threshold amplified spontaneous emission and Auger recombination suppression in giant nanocrystal quantum dots Istvan Robel, Florencio Garcia-Santamaria, Richard D. Schaller, Yongfen Chen, Jennifer A. Hollingsworth, Victor I. Klimov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D11.00003: Investigation of group-III-nitride semiconductor nanostructures using an eight-band $\mathbf{k}\cdot\mathbf{p}$ formalism Oliver Marquardt, Tilmann Hickel, Joerg Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D11.00004: Infrared Photodetectors based on PbSe and PbS Nanoparticles. Don-Hyung Ha, Christopher Murray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D11.00005: Single photon to single electron conversion using a quantum dot Haruki Kiyama, Takafumi Fujita, Tetsuya Asayama, Akira Oiwa, Seigo Tarucha Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D11.00006: Scalable Single Photon Detector for Terahertz and Infrared Applications. Bernard Matis, Dong Ho Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D11.00007: Measurement of the separation dependence of the resonant energy transfer between CdSe nanocrystallite quantum dots Farbod Shafiei, Ricardo S. Decca Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D11.00008: Resonant creation of positive trion in coupled InAs/GaAs quantum dots Swati Ramanathan, Kushal C. Wijesundara, Mauricio Garrido, Eric A. Stinaff, A. S. Bracker, D. Gammon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D11.00009: Exchange interactions in coupled quantum dots observed through polarized photoluminescence Kushal C. Wijesundara, Mauricio Garrido, Swati Ramanathan, Eric Stinaff, Allan Bracker, Dan Gammon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D11.00010: Hybrid Exciton in a Semiconductor Nanorod Coated By an Organic Shell Daniel Velazquez, Huong Nguyen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D11.00011: Stimulated Raman Scattering from Short GaP Nanowires Jian Wu, Awnish Gupta, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D11.00012: Polarized Rayleigh and Raman Study of single CuO Nanowire Qiujie Lu, Jian Wu, Humberto Gutierrez, Timothy Russin, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D11.00013: Polarized Rayleigh and Raman Back-scattering from Individual GaP Nanowires Duming Zhang, Jian Wu, Qiujie Lu, Humberto Gutierrez, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D11.00014: Optical properties of Nb:SrTiO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ superlattices Woo Seok Choi, Soon Jae Moon, Hiromichi Ohta, Byung Cheol Jeon, Jong Hoon Shin, Yun Sang Lee, Tae Won Noh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D11.00015: Effect of Magnetic Field on Broadening of Excitonic Spectra in Superlattices Yuri Khavin, Nikolai Sibeldin, Mikhail Skorikov, Vitaliy Tsvetkov, Daniel Oberli, Alok Rudra, Romain Carron, Eli Kapon Preview Abstract

Session D12: Novel Instrumentation and Techniques in Surface Science

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: MIchael Dreyer, University of Maryland
Room: 308

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D12.00001: A Combined Scanning Tunneling Microscope-Quartz Crystal Microbalance Investigation of Heating and Liquid-Like Behavior at a Sliding Interface Benjamin Dawson, Jacqueline Krim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D12.00002: Dynamics and Spreading of pentanol and other alcohols for MEMS applications Brendan Miller, David Hook, Jacqueline Krim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D12.00003: Numerical Studies of Friction Between Metallic Surfaces and of its Dependence on Electric Currents Evangelos Meintanis, Michael Marder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D12.00004: Combined conducting atomic force/scanning Kelvin probe microscope for investigating charge trapping on semiconductor surfaces James Moore, Sean Kenny, Monika Ruchala, Mikhail Reshchikov, Alison Baski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D12.00005: Hot Electron Transport Properties of Thin Copper Films Using Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy J.J. Garramone, J.R. Abel, I.L. Sitnitsky, L. Zhao, I. Appelbaum, V.P. LaBella Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D12.00006: A Comparative Study of Au-Au, Ru-Ru and RuO$_{2}$-Au RF MEMS Contacts in Controlled Vacuum Environments Matthew Walker, J. Krim, N. McGruer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D12.00007: Reduction of Barrier Height at Close Proximity between two Gold (111) surfaces. Yoshifumi Oshima, Yoshihiko Kurui Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D12.00008: Coherent X-ray Surface Diffraction: Speckle from the Surface Reconstruction Layer of Gold (001) Michael S. Pierce, Kee-Chul Chang, Daniel Hennessy, Alec Sandy, Michael Sprung, Hoydoo You Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D12.00009: In-situ chemical and structural characterization via RHEED-total reflection analysis of x-rays (TRAXS). Sandeep Chandril, Cameron Keenan, Thomas Myers, David Lederman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D12.00010: High Energy XRD/XRF for High-Throughput Phase Mapping of Composition Spread Thin Films John Gregoire, Darren Dale, Alexander Kazimirov, Michele Tague, Hector Abruna, Francis DiSalvo, R. Bruce van Dover Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D12.00011: Low Energy Electron Microscope Imaging of Doped Si Structures Buried under Thermal Oxides Gary Kellogg, Meredith Anderson, Craig Nakakura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D12.00012: LEED structural analysis of strongly correlated systems: reaching the limit of the instrumentation? TeYu Chien, Biao Hu, Shuheng Pan, V. Braun Nascimento, E. Ward Plummer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D12.00013: Electron emission from surfaces resulting from low energy positron bombardment S. Mukherjee, K. Shastry, A. H. Weiss Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D12.00014: Hydrogen absorption by a Pd film detected by microgravimetry J.I. Avila, R. Trabol, U.G. Volkmann, A.L. Cabrera, C. Romero, P. Lievens Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D12.00015: Observation of In Plane Magnetization Reversal Using Polarization Dependent Magnetooptical Kerr Effect Hendrik Ohldag, Franz Hillebrecht Preview Abstract

Session D13: SPS Undergraduate Research II

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

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D13.00001: SESSION BREAK Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D13.00002: Phase measurements on a subwavelength optical metamaterial based on metallic paired strips Kara Maller, Thomas Jarvis, Xiaoqin Li, Dmitriy Korobkin, Gennady Shvets, Marcelo Davanco, Xuhuai Zhang, Stephen R. Forrest Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D13.00003: Undergraduate Research with Josephson Qubits: From Fabrication to Spectroscopy Alyssa Wilson, Jerome Mlack, Anthony Tyler, Zechariah Thrailkill, Joseph Lambert, Roberto Ramos Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D13.00004: Degradation Studies of Polymer Blend Photovoltaics Brian Johnson, Enaanake Allagoa, Robert Thomas, Greg Stettler, Marianne Wallis, Justin Peel, Brian McNelis, Richard Barber Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D13.00005: Coulomb Blockade I-V Characteristics in Nanowires Sarah Joy, Guneeta Singh-Bhalla, Arthur Hebard, Amlan Biswas, Selman Hershfield Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D13.00006: A quartz tuning fork as a force sensor for atomic force microscopy Arthur Ianuzzi, Julia Neff, John Timmerwilke, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D13.00007: Mossbauer Study of the xCr2O3-(1-x)$\alpha $-Fe2O3 nanoparticles system. Sean Krupa, Monica Sorescu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D13.00008: Construction of a semiconductor laser system for magneto-optical trapping of atomic rubidium Ian Dougherty, Michael Lim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D13.00009: Combinatorial Synthesis of (V$_{1-x}$,Cr$_{x})_{2}$GeC Epitaxial Films C. E. Steinmetz, J. R. Applegate, S. M. Benjamin, B. D. Adamson, J. D. Hettinger, S. E. Lofland, T. H. Scabarozi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D13.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D13.00011: Thermodynamic Properties of Ising Spins on the Triangular Kagom\'{e} Lattice Bilin Zhuang, Courtney Lannert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D13.00012: Monte Carlo Simulations of a $111$-Ising Dipolar Model on the Hyper-kagom\'{e} Lattice Patrick Carter, John Hopkinson, Matthew Enjalran Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D13.00013: Thermal measurements of the MAX-phase material Cr$_{2}$GeC D. T. Piwowar, P. Abbazia, D. Filomena, D. Dorofy, M. Garzon, S. E. Lofland, J. D. Hettinger, T. H. Scabarozi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D13.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D13.00015: Borosilicate films as permeability barriers J. R. Applegate, C. E. Steinmetz, J. D. Hettinger, J. F. Carroll, R. Krchnavek Preview Abstract

Session D14: Colloids II: Structure and Rheology

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: David Pine, New York University
Room: 315

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D14.00001: Lock and Key Colloids Stefano Sacanna, William Irvine, Paul Chaikin, David Pine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D14.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D14.00003: Pairwise Additivity in Colloidal Electrostatics Jason W. Merrill, Sunil K. Sainis, Eric R. Dufresne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D14.00004: Structure and dynamics of suspensions of nanoparticles in nematic liquid crystals Brian Gettelfinger, Gary Koenig, Jose Moreno-Razo, Juan Hernadez-Ortiz, Nicholas Abbott, Juan de Pablo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D14.00005: Monodisperse polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) spheres in organic media: synthesis update Andrew Hollingsworth, Mark Elsesser, William Irvine, David Pine, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D14.00006: A model nanocolloidal rod system to explore structural transitions in networks and bundles Georgina Wilkins, Patrick Spicer, Michael Solomon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D14.00007: Polymer grafted particles: Architectural effects on the dynamics Panayiotis Voudouris, Jihoon Choi, Hong Dong, George Fytas, Michael Bockstaller, Kris Matyjaszewski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D14.00008: Structure of Quasi-One Dimensional Ribbon Colloid Suspensions Binhua Lin, Stuart A. Rice, Thomas Stratton, Bianxiao Cui Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D14.00009: Dynamics of Internal Stresses and Scaling of Strain Recovery in Aging Colloidal Gels Ajay Singh Negi, Chinedum Osuji Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D14.00010: Synthesis and Self-assembly of Janus and Patchy Particles by Lift-up Microcontact Printing Shan Jiang, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D14.00011: Thermal Properties of Particulate Suspensions Rebecca Christianson, Jessica Townsend Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D14.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D14.00013: Adiabatic Intramolecular Movements for Water Systems in Ab initio simulations Luana Pedroza, Antonio J.R. da Silva Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D14.00014: New look of fractional exclusion statistics Dragos-Victor Anghel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D14.00015: Capillary forces on nanowires Jun Ma, Shengfeng Cheng, Jay Wallace, Patricia McGuiggan, Mark Robbins Preview Abstract

Session D15: Monolayers, Membranes and Microemulsions

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Erik Luijten, Northwestern University
Room: 316

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D15.00001: Nanoparticle--induced domain formation in zwitterionic lipid membranes Meenakshi Dutt, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D15.00002: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO Y36.00013 Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D15.00003: Langmuir films of chiral lipid molecules and Pattern Formation . Prem Basnet, Elizabeth Mann, Sahraoui Chaieb Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D15.00004: Phase behavior of a binary phospholipid/cholesterol Langmuir monolayer: comparison of Brewster angle and fluorescence microscopy Fanindra Bhatta, Pritam Mandal, David Allender, Elizabeth Mann, Yasmin Isler, Edgar Kooijman, Andrew Bernoff Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D15.00005: Large-scale free-standing monolayer membranes of nanoparticles: preparation and properties Jinbo He, Laszlo Frazer, Xiao-Min Lin, Adam Weis, Heinrich Jaeger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D15.00006: Casimir force between inclusions in a strechable fluid membrane Hsiang-Ku Lin, Roya Zandi, Leonid Pryadko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D15.00007: Breathable NIPAAm Network with Controllable Hydration Supports Model Lipid Membrane Michael Jablin, Hillary Smith, Mikhail Zhernenkov, Ajay Vidyasagar, Ryan Toomey, Jessica Saiz, Boris Toperverg, Erik Watkins, Tonya Kuhl, Alan Hurd, Jaroslaw Majewski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D15.00008: The effects of lung surfactant peptide mimic KL4 on lipid monolayer collapse Niels Holten-Andersen, Luka Pocivavsek, Alan J. Waring, Ka Yee C. Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D15.00009: Microrheology of protein layers at the air-water interface Myung Han Lee, Steven Cardinali, Daniel Reich, Kathleen Stebe, Robert Leheny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D15.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D15.00011: Behavior of a polymer chain confined by a membrane Fabrice Thalmann, Carlos M. Marques Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D15.00012: Critical swelling of fluctuating capsules Haim Diamant, Emir Haleva Preview Abstract

Session D16: Focus Session: BEC-BCS Crossover

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Kathy Levin, University of Chicago
Room: 317

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D16.00001: BCS to BEC evolution for mixtures of fermions with unequal masses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D16.00002: Spin-imbalanced atomic Fermi gases in one dimension and the prospects for FFLO superconductivity C.J. Bolech, P. Kakashvili Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D16.00003: Finite temperature effects of $^{6}$Li-$^{40}$K mixtures in the BCS-BEC crossover Hao Guo, Chihchun Chien, Yan He, Qijin Chen, Kathryn Levin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D16.00004: Phenomenology Of Trapped Polarized Fermi Gases Leslie Baksmaty, Hong Lu, Han Pu, Carlos Bolech Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D16.00005: Rotation induced superfluid-normal phase separation in trapped Fermi gases Menderes Iskin, Eite Tiesinga Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D16.00006: Pairing Instability in Two-Dimensional Rotating Fermion Liquids Near Unitarity Predrag Nikolic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D16.00007: Number of closed-channel molecules in the BEC-BCS crossover Felix Werner, Leticia Tarruell, Yvan Castin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D16.00008: Breathing mode frequencies of a rotating Fermi gas in the BCS-BEC crossover region Theja De Silva Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D16.00009: Superfluid excitations of dipolar fermi gases Piotr Deuar, Mikhail Baranov, Georgy Shlyapnikov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D16.00010: Two-fluid hydrodynamic modes in a strongly interacting Fermi gas Edward Taylor, Hui Hu, Xia-Ji Liu, Sandro Stringari, Allan Griffin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D16.00011: Adiabatic Dynamics of the Superconducting Order Parameter Minxi Jiang, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D16.00012: The Efimov Effect and Color Superconductivity in a Three-State Fermi Gas J.R. Williams, J.H. Huckans, E.L. Hazlett, R.W. Stites, Y. Zhang, K.M. O'Hara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D16.00013: Phase diagram, extended domain walls, and soft collective modes in a three-component fermionic superfluid Gianluigi Catelani, Emil Yuzbashyan Preview Abstract

Session D17: Focus Session: Foundations of Quantum Theory

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Ian Durham, Saint Anselm College
Room: 318

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D17.00001: LeRoy Apker Award Talk: Factoring Quantum Logic Gates with Cartan Involutions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D17.00002: Types and location of information Looi Shiang Yong, Vlad Gheorghiu, Robert B. Griffiths Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D17.00003: Testing Born's rule in Quantum Mechanics using a Triple slit experiment Urbasi Sinha, Christophe Couteau, Zachari Medendorp, Immo Soellner, Raymond Laflamme, Rafael Sorkin, Gregor Weihs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D17.00004: Cartan Involutions in Quantum Information Peter Love Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D17.00005: Quantum Foundations of Quantum Information Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D17.00006: Measuring the distance between unitary propagators of quantum systems of differing dimensions Matthew Grace, Jason Dominy, Robert Kosut, Constantin Brif, Herschel Rabitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D17.00007: Riemannian Curvature in Quantum Computational Geometry Howard Brandt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D17.00008: Closed timelike curves enable perfect state distinguishability Todd A. Brun, Jim Harrington, Mark M. Wilde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D17.00009: Experimental Basis for IED Particle Model J. Zheng-Johansson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D17.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D17.00011: Quantum entanglement and informational activities of biomolecules Hanan Al-Shargi, Simon Berkovich Preview Abstract

Session D18: Focus Session: Transport and Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers and other Solution Processable Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Anvar Zakhidov, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: 319

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D18.00001: Microstructure and Charge Transport in pBTTT Thin Film Transistors Chenchen Wang, Alberto Salleo, Ludwig Goris, Iain McCulloch, Martin Heeney, Alexander Ziegler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D18.00002: Interfacial Charge Transfer in Nanoscale Polymer Transistors Jeffrey Worne, Rajiv Giridharagopal, Kevin Kelly, Douglas Natelson, John Anthony Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D18.00003: Ab initio study of molecular packing of organic semiconducting materials Sefa Dag, Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D18.00004: Electrical Noise in Individual Conducting Polymer Nanowires Alexey Kovalev, Yanyan Cao, Theresa Mayer, Thomas Mallouk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D18.00005: Thin film morphology of organic electronic materials S. D. Hudson, R. J. Kline, D. M. Delongchamp, O. D. Jurchescu, D. J. Gundlach, L. J. Richter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D18.00006: Conjugated polymer/layered inorganic nanocomposites: solution processable route to enhanced thermoelectric performance Kevin See, Jeffrey Urban, Rachel Segalman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D18.00007: Revealing Transmission in Metal-Molecule Junctions Using Length Dependant Thermopower Measurements Jonathan A. Malen, Peter Doak, Kanhayalal Baheti, T. Don Tilley, Arun Majumdar, Rachel A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D18.00008: Thermally-Induced Mesophase Transitions in Alkyl-Substituted Thienoacenes Charles M. Shaw, Xinnan Zhang, Lidaris San Miguel Rivera, Geetha G. Nair, Antal Jakli, Adam J. Matzger, David C. Martin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D18.00009: Fullerene-based anchoring groups for molecular electronics Christian Martin, Dapeng Ding, Jakob Sorensen, Thomas Bjornholm, Jan van Ruitenbeek, Herre van der Zant Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D18.00010: An organic nanoparticles transistor behaving as a spiking synapse Dominique Vuillaume, Fabien Alibart, Christophe Novembre, David Guerin, Stephane Pleutin, Kamal Lmimouni, Christian Gamrat Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D18.00011: The role of the oxygen/water redox couple in suppressing electron conduction in field-effect transistors Pierre L. Levesque, Carla M. Aguirre, Matthieu Paillet, Fran\c{c}ois Lapointe, Benoit C. St-Antoine, Patrick Desjardins, Richard Martel Preview Abstract

Session D19: Focus Session: Grazing Incidence Scattering and New Imaging Techniques

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Marcus Cicerone, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: 320

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D19.00001: Probing kinetics and dynamics of nanocomposites with grazing-incidence small-angle x-ray scattering. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D19.00002: Single beam approach for GISAXS Byeongdu Lee, Chieh-Tsung Lo, Pappannan Thiyagarajan, Zhongwei Niu, Qian Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D19.00003: Surface Dynamics of Free PS Chains on Chemically Identical Polymer Brushes: An XPCS Study Gokce Ugur, Bulent Akgun, Zhang Jiang, Suresh Narayanan, William J. Brittain, Mark D. Foster Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D19.00004: X-ray Standing Wave Studies of Stability and Dynamics in Poly(4-bromostyrene)/Poly(4-vinylpyridine) Thin Films Yan Sun, Kenneth Shull, Jin Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D19.00005: Quantitative electron tomography and its application to polymer nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D19.00006: Three-dimensional subwavelength imaging with phase-less power extinction tomography. Alexander A. Govyadinov, George Y. Panasyuk, John C. Schotland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D19.00007: Helium ion microscopy and its application to organic materials Steven Hudson, Andras Vladar, Bin Ming Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D19.00008: Robust Tips for High Resolution Chemical Imaging Carlos Barrios, Andrey Malkovskiy, Alexander Kisliuk, Alexei Sokolov, Mark Foster Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D19.00009: Broadband CARS microscopy Marcus Cicerone, Joung Lee, Yeon Ho Kim, Sapun Parekh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D19.00010: Intensity Fluctuations of Optical Microscopy as a Means to Measure Axial Diffusion Malvika Bihari, Thomas Russell, David Hoagland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D19.00011: Three-Dimensional Imaging of Polymeric Nanostructures by Molecular Switching in Far Field Fluorescence Microscopy Chaitanya Ullal, Roman Schmidt, Alexander Egner, Benjamin Harke, Jan Keller, Douglas Adamson, Lars Kastrup, Stefan Hell Preview Abstract

Session D20: Polymers and Energy: Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, Batteries II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Azar Alizadeh, General Electric
Room: 321

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D20.00001: Simulation study of proton transport in stretched nanocomposite ionomer fuel-cell membranes Philip Taylor, Elshad Allahyarov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D20.00002: The role of nanoparticle-membrane coupling in nanocomposite ionomers Elshad Allahyarov, Philip Taylor Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D20.00003: Multi-Lamellar Structures in Nafion Joseph A. Dura, Vivek S. Murthi, Michael R. Hartman, Sushil K. Satija, Charles F. Majkrzak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D20.00004: RT-TDDFT simulation of the optical properties of a model organic photovoltaic device F. Vila, J.J. Rehr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D20.00005: Collecting photo-generated charge carriers from metallo-organic materials A.R. Carter, J.H. Park, Y.-H. Chou, Y. Ghosh, C.R. Reed, L.M. Mier, T.L. Gustafson, M.H. Chisholm, A.J. Epstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D20.00006: Monolithic Tandem Organic Photovoltaic Cell Utilizing Transparent Carbon Nanotube Interlayer Kamil Mielczarek, Senku Tanaka, Raquel Ovalle Robles, Alexander Kuznetsov, Brian Wang, Dean Hsu, Ray Baughman, Anvar Zakhidov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D20.00007: Tandems of solid dye-sensitized solar cell with carbon nanotubes interlayer Chao-Chen Yuan, Jiangbin Xia, Anvar Zakhidov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D20.00008: NEXAFS Spectroscopy of Biomimetic Dyes for Solar Cells Peter Cook, Xiaosong Liu, Franz Himpsel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D20.00009: Semiconductor Conjugated Polymer-Quantum Dot Nanocomposites at the Air/Water Interface and Their Performance in Thin Film Solar Cells Zhiqun Lin, Matthew Goodman, Jun Xu, Jun Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D20.00010: Effect of polymer mobility on conductivity of single-ion conductors Kokonad Sinha, Janna Maranas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D20.00011: Electrochemical Characterization of poly (styrene-b-ethylene oxide)/LiTFSI Lamellar Diblock Copolymer Electrolyte System Nitash Balsara, Ashoutosh Panday, Scott Mullin, Nisita Wanakule Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D20.00012: Progress toward few-molecule photochemistry with a low temperature STM. David Daughton, Donghun Lee, Jay Gupta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D20.00013: Confinement-Induced Fast Discharge and Low Dielectric Losses in Ferroelectric PVDF Graft Copolymers Lei Zhu, Fangxiao Guan, Zhongzhe Yuan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D20.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session D21: Semiconductors: Transport

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Sergey Vitkalov, City University of New York
Room: 323

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D21.00001: Unified Theory of Charge Transport in Wide-Band and Narrow-Band Semiconductors Frank Ortmann, Friedhelm Bechstedt, Karsten Hannewald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D21.00002: Carrier transport in nanodevices : a competitive playground for the Boltzmann and the Wigner distribution functions? Fons Brosens, Wim Magnus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D21.00003: Measurement and analysis of extraordinary electroconductance in Ti-GaAs hybrid structures S.A. Solin, A.K.M. Newaz, Y. Wang, J. Wu, W.-J. Chang, V.R. Kavasseri, I.S. Ahmad, I. Adesida, R. Bashir Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D21.00004: Universal oscillations in counting statistics Christian Flindt, Christian Fricke, Frank Hohls, Tomas Novotny, Karel Netocny, Tobias Brandes, Rolf. J. Haug Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D21.00005: Bloch Oscillations of Electrons in a Quantum-Dot Superlattice Danhong Huang, S.K. Lyo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D21.00006: Full Counting Statistics of a Quantum Point Contact with Time-dependent Transparency Jin Zhang, Yury Sherkunov, Nicholas d'Ambrumenil, Boris Muzykantskii Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D21.00007: Optimal electron entangler at low temperatures Yury Sherkunov, Jin Zhang, Nicholas d'Ambrumenil, Boris Muzykantskii Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D21.00008: Observation of quantum phase shift in an Aharonov-Bohm ring with a fully controlled flying charge qubit Michihisa Yamamoto, Christopher Bauerle, Seigo Tarucha Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D21.00009: Current dependent dephasing in an Aharonov-Bohm Interferometer Kuan-Ting Lin, Yiping Lin, J. C. Chen, T. Ueda, S. Komiyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D21.00010: Tunable Channel Interference in an Aharonov-Bohm Ring Yiping Lin, Pei-Jung Wu, Kuan-Ting Lin, J. C. Chen, T. Ueda, S. Komiyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D21.00011: Transport and noise in 90nm n-GaAs Epilayers A. Gilbertson, J.D. Moore, G. Perkins, J. Gallop, L.F. Cohen, A.K.M. Newaz, S.A. Solin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D21.00012: New Measurement of Diffusion Thermopower of 2D Electron Systems W.E. Chickering, J.P. Eisenstein, J.L. Reno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D21.00013: Thermopower of n- and p-type InN Nate Miller, Joel Ager, Rebecca Jones, Holland Smith, Kin Man Yu, Eugene Haller, Wladek Walukiewicz, William Schaff, Chad Gallinat, Gregor Koblmuller, Jim Speck Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D21.00014: Measurement of [N] and T-dependence of electron effective mass in GaAsN Tassilo Dannecker, Yu Jin, John Buckeridge, Ctirad Uher, Cagliyan Kurdak, Stephen Fahy, Rachel S. Goldman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D21.00015: Temperature dependence of electron mobilities in InN Leonardo Hsu, Wladek Walukiewicz Preview Abstract

Session D22: Focus Session: Spins in Group IV Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Bruce Kane, LPS, University of Maryland
Room: 324

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D22.00001: Quantum control of donor electron charge and spin in Si close to a Si-SiO$_2$ interface Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D22.00002: A new electrical readout mechanism for Si:P qubits Dane R. McCamey, G.W. Morley, S.-Y. Paik, S.-Y. Lee, L.-C. Brunel, J. van Tol, C. Boehme Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D22.00003: SU(4) Kondo in a single donor transport in a Si FinFET G.P. Lansbergen, G.C. Tettamanzi, A. Verduijn, M. Blaauboer, S. Rogge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D22.00004: Electric field control of spins in a silicon two-dimensional electron gas. R. Jansen, B.C. Min, S. P. Dash, R. S. Patel, M. P. de Jong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D22.00005: Injection and extraction of spins in a Silicon lateral transport structure Olaf van 't Erve, Chaffra Awo-Affouda, Aubrey Hanbicki, Michael Holub, Connie Li, Phillip Thompson, Berend Jonker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D22.00006: Spin Precession in Oblique Magnetic Fields Jing Li, Biqin Huang, Ian Appelbaum Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D22.00007: Geometric dephasing-limited Hanle effect in long-distance lateral silicon spin transport devices Biqin Huang, Hyuk-Jae Jang, Ian Appelbaum Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D22.00008: Non-ohmic spin transport in n-type doped silicon H.-Jae Jang, Jing Xu, Jing Li, Biqin Huang, Ian Appelbaum Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D22.00009: Indirect Optical Injection of Carriers and Spin in Silicon JinLuo Cheng, Julien Rioux, John Sipe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D22.00010: Transient Current Spectroscopy of a Si Quantum Dot Ming Xiao, Hongwen Jiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D22.00011: Magneto-transport properties of Si-based Nanowires Sungmu Kang, Jugdersuren Battogtokh, Andrew C. Buchele, David A. McKweon, Ian L. Pegg, John Philip Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D22.00012: Prospects of Spin Injection in Germanium Nanowires En-Shao Liu, Kamran Varahramyan, Junghyo Nah, Sanjay Banerjee, Emanuel Tutuc Preview Abstract

Session D23: Diffusion and Transport Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Duane Johnston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: 325

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D23.00001: A multiscale study of hydrogen embrittlement of metals: Revisiting the hydrogen enhanced local plasticity (HELP) mechanism Johann von Pezold, J\"{o}rg Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D23.00002: DFT energetics of hydrogen binding to point defects in iron and steels William Counts, Chris Wolverton, Ron Gibala Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D23.00003: First-principles studies of helium in palladium tritides: PdT$_{x}$ (0$\mathbin{\lower.3ex\hbox{$\buildrel<\over {\smash{\scriptstyle=}\vphantom{_x}}$}} $x$\mathbin{\lower.3ex\hbox{$\buildrel<\over {\smash{\scriptstyle=}\vphantom{_x}}$}} $1) Pei Lin, Yan Wang, M.Y. Chou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D23.00004: Calculating self diffusion in Mo using the AM05 density functional Thomas R. Mattsson, Nils Sandberg, Rickard Armiento, Ann E. Mattsson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D23.00005: Prediction and Modeling of Atomic Mobility in Alloys Zi-Kui Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D23.00006: Analysis of Cd jump rates among the two Ga sublatices in Ga$_7$Pd$_3$ using a stochastic model of hyperfine interactions M. O. Zacate, W. E. Evenson, G. S. Collins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D23.00007: Vanadium diffusion in ferrite Sungho Kim, Jeffrey Houze, Seong-Gon Kim, Mark Horstemeyer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D23.00008: Anisotropic physical properties of RSn$_{2}$ (R = Gd - Lu) single crystals Emilia Morosan, Michael Mehlman, Liang Zhao, Thomas Sanders Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D23.00009: Magnetostructural properties of RCo$_{2}$ (R = rare earth) compounds Durga Paudyal, Ya. Mudryk, V. K. Pecharsky, K. A. Gschneidner, Jr. Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D23.00010: Transition in NiMnSn and NiMnIn C.P. Opeil, J.C. Lashley, J.L. Smith, T. Planes, L. Manosa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D23.00011: Measurements of persistent currents in normal metal rings with cantilever torsional magnetometry William Shanks, Ania Bleszynski Jayich, Bruno Peaudecerf, Jack Harris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D23.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D23.00013: AC-condutance of a quantum chaotic cavity (semiclassical approach) C. Petitjean, D. Waltner, J. Kuipers, I. Adagideli, K.R. Richter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D23.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D23.00015: Evidence for Conditioning as a Progenitor of Double-C Transformation Mechanisms in Pu-Ga Alloys. J.R. Jeffries, K.J.M. Blobaum, M.A. Wall, A.J. Schwartz Preview Abstract

Session D24: Focus Session: Nanotube manipulation and processing

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Michael Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 326

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D24.00001: Carbon nanotube devices: Sorting, Assembling, Characterizing Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D24.00002: Self-healing and adsorbate-induced removal of defects on graphene and carbon nanotubes Leonidas Tsetseris, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D24.00003: Self-similar mechanics of vertically aligned carbon nanotube organization Michael De Volder, Sameh Tawfick, Daniel Vidaud, A. John Hart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D24.00004: Debundle of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Exfoliated Nanoplatelets Dazhi Sun, William Everett, Chien-Chia Chu, Hung-Jue Sue Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D24.00005: Motion and Manipulation of Suspended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Solution Ya-Qiong Xu, Arthur Barnard, Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D24.00006: Processing of SWNT Dispersions -- Microfluidic Processing vs. Ultrasonication Tao Liu, Sida Luo, Chuck Zhang, Ben Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D24.00007: Steric Mode Separation of Nanotubes Using Electric Field, Field-Flow Fractionation Frederick Phelan, Barry Bauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D24.00008: Thermal conductivity of vertically-aligned single-walled carbon nanotube film measured by 3$\omega$ method Kei Ishikawa, Saburo Tanaka, Koji Miyazaki, Junichiro Shiomi, Shigeo Maruyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D24.00009: Optimal matching of thermal vibrations into carbon nanotubes K.G.S.H Gunawardana, Kieran Mullen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D24.00010: Temperature dependence of the anharmonic decay of optical phonons in carbon nanotubes and graphite Ioannis Chatzakis, Hugen Yan, Daohua Song, Stephane Berciaud, Tony F. Heinz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D24.00011: Universal response of single-wall carbon nanotubes to radial compression: theory and experiment Helio Chacham, Ana Paula M. Barboza, Bernardo R. A. Neves Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D24.00012: Carbon Nanomaterials Under Highly Energetic Heavy Ion Irradiation J.M. Callahan, B.W. Jacobs, K. McElroy, M.A. Crimp, R.M. Ronningen, A.F. Zeller, H.C. Shaw Preview Abstract

Session D25: Focus Session: Graphene III: Growth and Structure

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Alessandra Lanzara, University of California, Berkeley
Room: 327

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D25.00001: Synthesis, characterization and thermal stability of CVD-grown graphene nanoribbons Jessica Campos-Delgado, Y.A. Kim, Endo Morinobu, Katsumi Kaneko, Humberto Terrones, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Mauricio Terrones Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D25.00002: Nitrogen-induced structures in epitaxial graphene on 6H-SiC(0001) Guofeng Sun, Sung-hyon Rhim, Yun Qi, Michael Weinert, Lian Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:30PM		D25.00003: Large area, Few Layer Graphene Films on Insulating Substrates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D25.00004: Kelvin Probe Microscopy of Single- and Multi-layer Graphene on SiO$_{2}$. Alexandra Curtin, Theresa Swanson, Michael S. Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D25.00005: Evidence of the role of contacts on the observed electron-hole asymmetry in graphene Nimrod Stander, Benjamin Huard, Joseph Sulpizio, David Goldhaber-Gordon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D25.00006: Observation of graphene bubbles and effective mass transport under graphene films Daniil Stolyarov, Elena Stolyarova, Kirill Bolotin, Li Liu, Sunmin Ryu, Kwang Rim, Mark Hybertsen, Igor Pavlishin, Martin Klima, Igor Pogorelsky, Karl Kusche, James Hone, Philip Kim, Horst Stormer, Vitaly Yakimenko, George Flynn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D25.00007: Planar tunneling spectroscopy of graphite Richard Jones, Wan Kyu Park, Sam Johnson, Xin Lu, Nadya Mason, Laura Greene Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D25.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D25.00009: Elasticity and Electron Fractionalization in Graphene William Shively, Dmitri Khveshchenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D25.00010: Electrical Transport in Graphene Hybrid Structures Feng Miao, Wenzhong Bao, Hang Zhang, Chun Ning Lau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D25.00011: Dependence of the Low Energy Electronic Structure of Multi-layer Graphene on Stacking Order Probed by Infrared Absorption Matthew Sfeir, Kin Fai Mak, James Misewich, Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D25.00012: AFM study of the ridge-like network on epitaxial few-layer graphene grown on 4H-SiC [0001] Gyan Prakash, Michael Capano, Michael Bolen, Dmitry Zemlyanov, Ronald Reifenberger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D25.00013: Moir\'{e} Patterns: Fingerprints of Few-Layer Epitaxial Graphene Growth on 4H-SiC(000$\bar{1}$) Laura Biedermann, Michael Bolen, Michael Capano, Dmitry Zemlyanov, Ronald Reifenberger Preview Abstract

Session D26: Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience III: Defects, Doping, and Structure

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Paul Kent, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 328

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D26.00001: Intrinsic magnetism in nonmagnetic nanostructures: Role of localized states and quantum confinement. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D26.00002: Defect induced magnetism in semiconductor nanostructures Hyunwook Kwak, Tzu-Liang Chan, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D26.00003: Ferromagnetism driven by extended defects in nanostructured ZnO Aline L. Schoenhalz, Jeverson T. Arantes, Adalberto Fazzio, Gustavo M. Dalpian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D26.00004: Self-doping in Boron Nanostructures Hui Tang, Sohrab Ismail-Beigi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D26.00005: Computational Studies of Nanostructures of Boron P. Tandy, M. Yu, C. Leahy, W.Q. Tian, S.Y. Wu, C.S. Jayanthi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D26.00006: An efficient method to use \textit{ab-initio} calculations to study substitutional order in nanoparticles Gerbrand Ceder, Tim Mueller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D26.00007: Graph-based global optimization of fully-coordinated cluster geometries Edwin Flikkema, Stefan Bromley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D26.00008: Nanostructure determination from the atomic pair distribution function Luke Granlund, Pavol Juhas, Saurabh Gujarathi, Phil Duxbury, Simon Billinge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D26.00009: The role of confinement on the diffusion barriers in semiconductor nanocrystals Tzu-Liang Chan, Alexey Zayak, Gustavo Dalpian, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D26.00010: Accelerated Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations of Vacancy-Mediated Arsenic Diffusion and Clustering in Silicon Brian Puchala, Michael Falk, Krishna Garikipati Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D26.00011: First Principles Study of the Effect of Lattice Strain on Diffusion Barriers Handan Yildirim, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D26.00012: Quantum confinement in P-doped Si[110] nanowires Jiaxin Han, Tzu-Liang Chan, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D26.00013: Effect of structure, surface passivation, and doping on the electronic and optical properties of GaAs nanowires: A first principles study. S. V. Khare, V. Gade, N. Shi, R. Ramprasad Preview Abstract

Session D27: Advances in Instrumentation and Measurement I

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Larry Rubin, MIT
Room: 329

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D27.00001: Mechanical properties of silicon nanowires studied by polarization-enhanced fiber-optic interferometry John Nichol, Eric Hemesath, Lincoln Lauhon, Raffi Budakian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D27.00002: Zero Flux Anomaly in Mesoscopic Normal Metals Julie Bert, Hendrik Bluhm, Nicholas Koshnick, Martin Huber, Kathryn Moler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D27.00003: Second Harmonic Technique for Thermal Conductivity Measurement in a Pulsed Magnetic Field Yoko Suzuki, Jonathan B. Betts, Albert Migliori Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D27.00004: Nanoscale imaging magnetometry with single spins in diamond Gopalakrishnan Balasubramanian, Julia Tisler, Roman Kolesov, Fedor Jelezko, Joerg Wrachtrup Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D27.00005: Elastic cotunneling through a quantum dot in the presence of electromagnetic fluctuations Vladimir Bubanja Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D27.00006: Graphenated Infrared Screens: A New Platform for Bio- Detection. Amrita Banerjee, Dieter Moeller, Haim Grebel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D27.00007: Development of a Microfocus Beamline for Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy T. Miller, M. Bissen, T.-C. Chiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D27.00008: Near field emission scanning electron microscopy Taryl Kirk, Lorenzo De Pietro, Olivier Scholder, Thomas Baehler, Urs Ramsperger, Danilo Pescia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D27.00009: Particle Characterization using Holographic video Microscopy Foo Chiong Cheong, David Grier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D27.00010: Three-dimensional position determination of nanoparticles using a two-photon microscope James Germann, Lloyd Davis, Brian Canfield, Alexander Terekhov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D27.00011: Capabilities of high-sensitivity spectral fluorescence-lifetime imaging for resolving spectroscopically overlapping species Justin Crawford, Lloyd Davis, Brian Canfield Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D27.00012: Development of a low-cost small-sized scanning transmission ion microscope of moderate resolution with educational and other potential applications Arthur Pallone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D27.00013: A two dimensional piezoeletric micro-positioner K.-W. Ng, John Nichols, J. W. Brill Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D27.00014: High Speed Scanning Property Mapping ($>$1 frame per second) Bryan Huey, Nicholas Polomoff, Atif Rakin, Vincent Palumbo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D27.00015: Method for Detecting Position and Orientation of Convex Objects in 3D Scans Alexander Jaoshvili, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract

Session D28: Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials: Oxides and Complex Crystals

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP
Chair: Ali Shakouri, University of California, Santa Cruz
Room: 330

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D28.00001: Thermoelectricity in oxides and weakly coupled single molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D28.00002: Magneto-Spectroscopic Measurements of Ca$_{3}$Co$_{4}$O$_{9}$ Thin Films and Single Crystals Jiufeng Tu, Dimitar Dimitrov, Weidong Si, Qiang Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D28.00003: Direct measurement of charge transfer and spin stat transitions in thermoelectric Ca$_{3}$Co$_{4}$O$_{9}$ Guang Yang, Quentin Ramasse, Robert Klie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D28.00004: Thermoelectric properties of doubly doped Strontium Titanate thin films Jayakanth Ravichandran, Matthew L. Scullin, Subroto Mukerjee, Joel Moore, R. Ramesh, Arun Majumdar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D28.00005: Thermoelectric Properties and Band Structure Calculations of Novel Boron Network Compounds Takao Mori, Toshiyuki Nishimura, Yuri Grin, Toetsu Shishido, Kazuo Nakajima Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D28.00006: Electronic structure and high-temperature properties of doped Hf$_{0.5}$Zr$_{0.5}$CoSb phases Jack Simonson, Slade Culp, S. Joseph Poon, Vijayabharathi Ponnambalam, Justine Edwards, Terry Tritt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D28.00007: Thermoelectric power generation in ternary skutterudites: a first-principles Wannier-functions' study Dmitri Volja, Marco Fornari, Boris Kozinsky, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D28.00008: Thermoelectric Properties in Nanostructured p-type Skutterudites Xiao Yan, Qing Hao, Jian Yang, Hui Wang, Yucheng Lan, Dezhi Wang, Gang Chen, Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D28.00009: Calculation of electric field gradients and site preference in Ba-Al-Ge clathrates Sergio Rodriguez, Weiping Gou, Joseph Ross Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D28.00010: The effects of silicon on the electronic properties of the clathrates A$_{8}$Ga$_{16}$Si$_{x}$Ge$_{30-x}$ (A= Ba, Sr) Emmanuel Nenghabi, Charles Myles Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D28.00011: Effects of silicon on the vibrational and thermal properties of the clathrates A$_{8}$Ga$_{16}$Si$_{x}$Ge$_{30-x}$ (A= Ba, Sr) Charles Myles, Emmanuel Nenghabi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D28.00012: Large Thermoelectric power factor in CrN Camilo Quintela, Francisco Rivadulla, Jose Rivas Preview Abstract

Session D29: Focus Session: The Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshops I

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Robert Hilborn, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: 333

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D29.00001: A Dozen Years and a Thousand Participants: The Workshops for Preparing New Faculty in Physics and Astronomy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D29.00002: Teaching New Dogs New Tricks: The Next Generation of Physics Faculty Gerald Feldman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D29.00003: Effects of the New Faculty Workshop at WFU Freddie Salsbury Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D29.00004: Twenty semesters later: how NFW helped us to multiply majors A. Alan Middleton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D29.00005: The Best of Both Worlds Elizabeth H. Simmons Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D29.00006: ReDUCE: Rethinking Directions in Undergraduate Curriculum Experiences Carlos Wexler, Deborah Hanuscin, Matthew Mower, Haskell Taub Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D29.00007: JiTT and Peer Instruction in the General Physics Sequence at Dominican College: A One-Year Retrospective Kathleen Hinge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D29.00008: A Tale of Two Curricula: The performance of two thousand students in introductory electromagnetism Michael Schatz, Matthew Kohlmyer, Marcos Caballero, Ruth Chabay, Bruce Sherwood, Richard Catrambone, Marcus Marr, Mark Haugen, Lin Ding Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D29.00009: Improving clicker questions for enhanced learning in the interactive physics classroom Ertan Salik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D29.00010: Propagations of the AAPT New Faculty Workshop: A case study of the infusion of student-centered technological and pedagogical innovations in the introductory physics program at West Point Bryndol Sones Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D29.00011: Instilling best educational practices into future physics professionals and faculty Philip G. Collins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D29.00012: Applying New Faculty Workshop Lessons Learned to Intermediate-Level Physics Courses Melissa Eblen-Zayas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D29.00013: From Syllabus To Diagnostic Exam: Learnings from the New Faculty Workshop Applied In the Intro Physics Classroom Michael Tanoff Preview Abstract

Session D30: Focus Session: Cobaltite and Manganite films

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Chris Leighton, University of Minnesota
Room: 334

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D30.00001: Emergent Phenomena in Spatially Confined Manganites Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D30.00002: Electric field induced anisotropic transport properties of phase separated (La$_{1-y}$Pr$_{y})_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ thin films Hyoung Jeen Jeen, Alessandra Gallastegui, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D30.00003: Colossal electroresistance in phase separated manganite nanobridges G. Singh-Bhalla, A. Biswas, A. F. Hebard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D30.00004: Phase modification of La$_{1/4}$Pr$_{3/8}$Ca$_{3/8}$MnO$_{3}$ thin films by light, magnetic field and applied stress Justin Olamit, Mikhail Zhernenkov, Mike Fitzsimmons, Haile Ambaye, Valeria Lauter, Hyoung Jeen Jeen, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D30.00005: Real-Space Imaging of Electronic Phase Separation in a Mn-Doped Bilayered Ruthenate Tae-Hwan Kim, M. Angst, R. Jin, X.G. Zhang, J.F. Wendelken, A.P. Li, B. Hu, E.W. Plummer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D30.00006: Mapping the phase boundaries in thin-film manganites using scale-invariant dielectric response P. Mickel, G. Singh-Bhalla, S. Tongay, A. Biswas, A. F. Hebard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D30.00007: Direct measurement of the low-temperature spin-state transition in epitaxially strained LaCoO$_{3}$ thin films Robert Klie, Guang Yang, Yuan Zhao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D30.00008: First-principles study for low-spin LaCoO$_{3}$ with structurally consistent Hubbard $U$ Han Hsu, Koichiro Umemoto, Matteo Cococcioni, Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D30.00009: Direct observation of local magnetic properties in strain engineered lanthanum cobaltate thin films S. Park, Weida Wu, J. W. Freeland, J. X. Ma, J. Shi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D30.00010: Understanding the Origin of Ferromagnetism in Strained LaCoO$_3$ Thin Films J.X. Ma, J. Shi, J.W. Freeland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D30.00011: Structure, Magnetism, and Transport in SrTiO$_{3}$(001) / La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3}$: Evidence for Interfacial Magnetic Phase Separation M.A. Torija, M. Sharma, C. He, J. Gazquez, M. Varela, M. Laver, B.B. Maranville, J.A. Borchers, C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D30.00012: Electronic structure of La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$CoO$_{3-\delta }$ in the presence of ordered oxygen vacancies Jaume Gazquez, M. Varela, M.P. Oxley, W. Luo, S.T. Pantelides, M.A. Torija, M. Sharma, C. Leighton, S.J. Pennycook Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D30.00013: Magnetic phase separation-induced coercivity enhancement in epitaxial Nd$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$CoO$_{3}$ films M. Sharma, J. Gazquez, M. Varela, C. Leighton Preview Abstract

Session D31: Focus Session: Quantum Magnets

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Ray Osborn, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 335

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D31.00001: Spin Relaxation in Pure and Doped GGG Michael Schmidt, Thomas Rosenbaum, Daniel Silevitch, Gabriel Aeppli, Sayantani Ghosh, Y.K. Verma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D31.00002: Bose-Einstein Condensation of Triplons in Ba$_3$Cr$_2$O$_8$ A.A. Aczel, Y. Kohama, M. Jaime, L. Balicas, K. Ninios, H.B. Chan, H.A. Dabkowska, G.M. Luke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D31.00003: Specific heat measurements in the novel frustrated quantum magnets SrHo$_{2}$O$_{4}$ and SrDy$_{2}$O$_{4}$ A. D. Bianchi, B. Prevost, N. Kurita, F. Ronning, R. Movshovich, T. W. Klimczuk, M. Kenzelmann, R. J. Cava Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D31.00004: The Interplay of Quantum Criticality and Frustration in Columbite Ribhu Kaul, SungBin Lee, Leon Balents Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D31.00005: Quantum phase transitions of the asymmetric three-leg spin tube Toru Sakai, Masahiro Sato, Kouichi Okunishi, Yuichi Otsuka, Kiyomi Okamoto, Chigak Itoi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D31.00006: Critical behavior study of antiferromagnetism in isostructural La$_{2}$CuO$_{4+\delta }$ and La$_{2}$NiO$_{4+\delta }$ Benjamin White, John Neumeier, A. Erb Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D31.00007: Physics of the spin gap in the $S=1/2$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet on kagome Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D31.00008: Bound state of two spinons in a S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on kagome Zhihao Hao, Oleg Tchernyshyov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D31.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D31.00010: Order and Disorder in AKLT Antiferromagnets in Three Dimensions Siddharth Parameswaran, S.L. Sondhi, Daniel Arovas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D31.00011: Global phase diagrams of frustrated quantum antiferromagnets in two dimensions: doubled Chern-Simons theory Cenke Xu, Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D31.00012: Stability of the U(1) spin liquid with spinon Fermi surface in 2+1 dimensions Sung-Sik Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D31.00013: Finite-size scaling of string order parameters characterizing the Haldane phase Hiroshi Ueda, Hiroki Nakano, Koichi Kusakabe Preview Abstract

Session D32: Focus Session: Spin Dependent Physics in Organic Materials and Graphene

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Tiffany Santos, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 336

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D32.00001: Magnetism by nonmagnetic defects in a 2D BN sheet: \textit{ab initio} studies Ru-Fen Liu, Ching Cheng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D32.00002: Magnetoresistance in hydrogen-doped graphene nanoribbons. F. Munoz-Rojas, D. Soriano, J. Fernandez-Rossier, J. J. Palacios Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D32.00003: Spin dependent Transport in Thin Graphite and Few Layer Graphene Christopher Malec, Dragomir Davidovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D32.00004: Magnetism and magnetic interactions in graphene and graphite Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D32.00005: Determining the spatial and spin anisotropy of reduced-dimensionality Cu-based magnets using EPR, ultra-high-field magnetization and simulations Susan Cox, Ross McDonald, John Singleton, Pinaki Sengupta, Paul Goddard, Stephen Blundell, Janez Bonca, Samir El Sawish, Jamie Manson, John Schlueter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D32.00006: Ferromagnetic transition coupled to magnetoelastic interactions J.L. Musfeldt, L.I. Vergara, T.V. Brinzari, L.C. Tung, Y.J. Wang, J.A. Schlueter, J.L. Manson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D32.00007: Magnetic phase diagram of a 2D quantum Heisenberg antiferromangetic compound Cu(pz)$_{2}$(ClO$_{4})_{2}$ Fan Xiao, Nat Fortune, Christopher Landee, Mark Turnbull Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D32.00008: Gapped quantum spin-liquid state in a frustrated triangular magnet $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu$_2$(CN)$_3$ Minoru Yamashita, Norihito Nakata, Yuichi Kasahara, Takahiko Sasaki, Naoki Yoneyama, Norio Kobayashi, Satoshi Fujimoto, Takasada Shibauchi, Yuji Matsuda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D32.00009: Neutron scattering measurements of spin excitations in the spin ladder compound (pip)$_2$CuBr$_4$* A.T. Savici, C.L. Broholm, G.E. Granroth, S.E. Nagler, K.P. Schmidt, G.S. Uhrig, D.M. Pajerowski, M.W. Meisel, D.R. Talham, C.M. Brown Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D32.00010: Pressure-dependent $\nu$(CC) and $\nu$(CN) Raman modes of the molecule-based magnets M[TCNE](NCMe)$_2$X Alexander E. Midgley, Konstantin Pokhodnya, C. Olson, A.N. Caruso, Michael B. Kruger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D32.00011: Bonding, Backbonding and Spin-Polarized Molecular Orbitals: Basis for Magnetism and Semiconducting Transport in V[TCNE]$_{x\sim 2}$ Jeffrey Kortright, Derek Lincoln, Ruth Shima Edelstein, Arthur Epstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D32.00012: XPS and UV/Vis MCD studies of M[TCNE] organic-based magnets Saad Janjua, Konstantin Pokhodnya, Marcus Driver, Anthony Caruso Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D32.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session D33: Superconducting Theory I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Dennis Newnes, IBM
Room: 403

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D33.00001: Giant nonlinear electron-lattice interaction in cuprate superconductors, and origin of the pseudogap Dennis Newns Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D33.00002: An explanation of the dichotomy between Fermi arcs and Fermi pockets in underdoped high-$T_{c}$ superconductors Xun Jia, Sudip Chakravarty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D33.00003: Quantum oscillations in a highly renormalized Fermi liquid model of Fermi pockets in underdoped cuprates Tudor Stanescu, Victor Galitski, Dennis Drew Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D33.00004: Superconductivity near structural phase transition: the case of NbN Simon Blackburn, Michel C\^ot\'e, Steven G. Louie, Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D33.00005: Competition between antiferromagnetism and superconductivity, electron-hole doping asymmetry and ``Fermi Surface" topology in cuprates Sandeep Pathak, Vijay Shenoy, Nandini Trivedi, Mohit Randeria Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D33.00006: Density Matrix Renormalization Group Study of a Dynamic Hubbard Model, a Comparative Study Fatih Dogan, Frank Marisglio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D33.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D33.00008: Valence bond glassy order and the pseudogap phase in underdoped high Tc cuprates Liang Ren, Ziqiang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D33.00009: On stability of odd-frequency superconducting state Dmitry Solenov, Ivar Martin, Dmitry Mozyrsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D33.00010: Wave function for composite odd-frequency superconductors. Hari Dahal, Elihu Abrahams, Dmitry Mozyrsky, Yukio Tanaka, Alexander Balatsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D33.00011: Ginzburg Landau Theory for Cuprate Superconductivity Tiruppattur Ramakrishnan, Sumilan Banerjee, Chandan Dasgupta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D33.00012: Levitation and lateral forces between a small magnet and superconducting sphere and the stability of the magnet H. Al-Khateeb, M. Alqadi, F. Alzoubi, B. Albiss, M. Hasan, N. Ayoub Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D33.00013: HTSC Measurements Explained by Defended Superconductivity Theory John James Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D33.00014: A Dynamical Mean Field Study of the Three-Band Copper-Oxide Model Xin Wang, Luca de' Medici, Capone Massimo, Andrew J. Millis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D33.00015: Retarded vs instantaneous interactions in high-temperature superconductors. What is the glue? Bumsoo Kyung, David Senechal, A.-M.S. Tremblay Preview Abstract

Session D34: Superconductivity: Josephson Effects

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Ulrich Welp, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 404

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D34.00001: Temperature and Field Dependence of the Emission of Terahertz Waves from Intrinsic Josephson Junctions Ulrich Welp, Alexei Koshelev, Lutfi Ozyuzer, Cihan Kurter, Masashi Tachiki, Kazuo Kadowaki, Taku Yamamoto, Ken Gray, Wai -K. Kwok Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D34.00002: Spin-Josephson effect in antiferromagnetic tunnel junctions Dominique Chasse, A-M.S. Tremblay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D34.00003: Angular dependence of the radiation power of a Josephson STAR-emitter Richard Klemm, Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D34.00004: Surface effects in THz wave emission from intrinsic Josephson junctions Yoshihiko Nonomura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D34.00005: All-MgB$_{2}$ sandwich-type Josephson junctions with MgO barrier Ke Chen, Chenggang Zhuang, Qi Li, Ye Zhu, Paul Voyles, X. X. Xi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D34.00006: Direct observation of THz radiation from cylindrical structure of intrinsic Josephson junction system of Bi2212 M. Tsujimoto, T. Yamamoto, H. Minami, K. Kadowaki, M. Tachiki, U. Welp, W. Kwok Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D34.00007: Sin(2$\phi )$ component in the current-phase relation of SFS Josephson junctions near the 0-$\pi $ transition M.J.A. Stoutimore, A.Yu. Rusanov, V.A. Oboznov, V.V. Bolginov, A.N. Rossolenko, V.V. Ryazanov, D.J. Van Harlingen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D34.00008: Josephson interferometry evidence for order parameter with anisotropic and possibly complex phase in UPt3 Joel Strand, Dale Van Harlingen, J. B. Kycia, J. P. Davis, William Halperin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D34.00009: Interactions between Josephson Junction Metamaterials and Evanescent Waves Laura Adams, Steven Anlage Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D34.00010: Direct test of pairing fluctuations in the pseudogap phase of an underdoped cuprate Jerome Lesueur, Nicolas Bergeal, Marco Aprili, Brigitte Leridon, Giancarlo Faini, Jean-Pierre Contour Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D34.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D34.00012: Underdamped fluxon diffusion in a Josephson junction parallel array Kenneth Segall, Juan Mazo, Adam Dioguardi, Nikhil Fernandes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D34.00013: A tunable Josephson current in a Rashba Ring by Aharonov-Casher Phase Xin Liu, Mario F. Borunda , Xiong-Jun Liu, Jairo Sinova Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D34.00014: Enhanced thermal activation of a superconductor-normal metal quantum interference device Jian Wei, Paul Cadden-Zimansky, Venkat Chandrasekhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D34.00015: Static and dynamic effects in Superconducting/Normal metal/Superconducting long junctions Francesca Chiodi, Bertrand Reulet, H\'el\`ene Bouchiat Preview Abstract

Session D35: Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors IV: General Experiment

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Rick Greene, University of Maryland
Room: 405

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D35.00001: Iron Pnictide Superconductors: discovery and advances Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D35.00002: Materials and Physics in Pnictide Superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D35.00003: Determination of the phase diagram of the electron doped superconductor Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ Jiun-Haw Chu, James Analytis, Chris Kucharczyk, Ian Fisher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D35.00004: The magnetic and superconducting phase diagram of PrFeAsF$_{x}$O$_{1-x}$ Costel R. Rotundu, Stephen D. Wilson, Byron K. Freelon, Edith Bourret-Courchesne, Robert J. Birgeneau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D35.00005: Doping-Driven Collapse of the SDW Correlation Gap in SmFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_{x}$ J.B. Kemper, Scott C. Riggs, Z. Stegen, G.S. Boebinger, R.D. Macdonald, F.F. Balakirev, Y. Kohama, A. Migliori, H. Chen, R.H. Liu, X.H. Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D35.00006: STM Investigation of the (001) surfaces of the Parent and Co-doped BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ S. H. Pan, A. Li, D. R. Jayasundara, Y. Xuan, J. P. O'Neal, R. Jin, E. W. Plummer, R. Jin, A. S. Sefat, M. A. McGuire, B. C. Sales, D. Mandrus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D35.00007: Electronic Structure on (001) Surface of BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ Parent Compound Studied with Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy D. R. Jayasundara, A. Li, Y. Xuan, J. P. O'Neal, S. H. Pan, R. Jin, E. W. Plummer, R. Jin, A. S. Sefat, M. A. McGuire, B. C. Sales, D. Mandrus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D35.00008: Structural Investigation of the BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$(001) Surface Using LEED and STM Von Braun Nascimento, X.B. He, R. Jin, E.W. Plummer, T.Y. Chien, Biao Hu, Guorong Li, M.H. Pan, J.F. Wendelken, A.S. Sefat, M.A. McGuire, B.C. Sales, D. Mandrus, Ang Li, Dilushan R. Jayasundara, Yi Xuan, Jared O'Neal, Shuheng Pan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D35.00009: Temperature and Spatial Dependence of the Superconducting and Pseudogap of NdFeAsO$_{0.86}$F$_{0.14}$. X.B. He, M.H. Pan, G.R. Li, J.F. Wendelken, R.Y. Jin, A.S. Sefat, M.A. McGuire, B.C. Sales, D. Mandrus, E.W. Plummer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D35.00010: Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy and Vortex Imaging in the Iron-Pnictide Superconductor BaFe$_{1.8}$Co$_{0.2}$As$_2$ Yi Yin, M. Zech, T.L. Williams, X.F. Wang, G. Wu, X.H. Chen, J.E. Hoffman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D35.00011: STM measurements on iron pnictides Zhanybek Alpichshev Preview Abstract

Session D36: Carbon Nanotubes: Low Temperature Electronic Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Xia Hong, Pennsylvania State University
Room: 408

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D36.00001: Non-equilibrium tunneling spectroscopy in carbon nanotubes Nadya Mason, Yung-Fu Chen, Travis Dirks, Gassem Al-Zoubi, Norman Birge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D36.00002: Method for determining the conductance tensor of quantum junctions from the ground state alone Armin Rahmani, Chang-Yu Hou, Claudio Chamon, Ian Affleck Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D36.00003: Transition from the Sequential to the Resonant Tunneling in a Dissipative Environment Yuriy Bomze, Henok Mebrahtu, Ivan Borzenets, Alex Makarovski, Gleb Finkelstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D36.00004: Possible electric-field induced one dimensional excitonic insulators in carbon nanotubes pairs Jay Sau, Marvin Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D36.00005: A recursion formula for the local density of states in finite Luttinger liquids Sebastian Eggert, Imke Schneider Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D36.00006: Superconducting Tunneling Spectroscopy of a Carbon Nanotube Quantum Dot Travis Dirks, Yung-Fu Chen , Nadya Mason, Norman Birge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D36.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D36.00008: A DMRG approach to impurities and interactions in carbon nanotubes Alexander Struck, Sebastian Reyes, Sebastian Eggert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D36.00009: Zero-bias anomalies in multi-section carbon nanotube FETs Yanfei Yang, Georgy Fedorov, Serhii Shafraniuk, Rupert Lewis, Benjamin Cooper, Christopher Lobb, Paola Barbara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D36.00010: Interacting resonant level side-coupled to a Luttinger liquid: Duality to resonant tunneling Moshe Goldstein, Richard Berkovits Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D36.00011: Wigner crystal \emph{vs.} Friedel oscillations in the 1D Hubbard model Stefan Soeffing, Michael Bortz, Sebastian Eggert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D36.00012: Mott Insulating State in Ultra-clean Carbon Nanotubes Vikram Deshpande, Bhupesh Chandra, Robert Caldwell, Dmitry Novikov, James Hone, Marc Bockrath Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D36.00013: Superconductivity in thin films of boron-doped carbon nanotubes J. Haruyama, N. Murata, J. Reppert, A. Rao, T. Koretsune, S. Saito Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D36.00014: Fabrication and transport properties of size tunable single-walled carbon nanotube quantum dots Paul Stokes, Yodchay Jompol, Saiful I. Khondaker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D36.00015: Conductance of a Conjugated Molecule with Carbon Nanotube Contacts Nicolas Bruque, Khalid Ashraf, Thomas Helander, Roger Lake Preview Abstract

Session D37: Focus Session: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Alberto Castro, Free University of Berlin
Room: 409

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D37.00001: Bounds on the correlation energy of Coulomb interacting systems: How negative does $E_c$ get, and what does this imply for approximate density functionals? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D37.00002: Van der Waals Interactions in Density-Functional Theory. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 4:18PM		D37.00003: Van der Waals interactions in density functional theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D37.00004: Accurate van-der-Waals interactions from (semi)-local density functional theory Alexandre Tkatchenko, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D37.00005: Efficient van der Waals density functional interactions Jose M. Soler, Guillermo Roman-Perez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D37.00006: The discontinuous nature of the exchange-correlation functional -- critical for strongly correlated systems Paula Mori-Sanchez, Aron Cohen, Weitao Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D37.00007: Advances in Local Hybrid Functionals Alexey Arbuznikov, Martin Kaupp, Hilke Bahmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D37.00008: Calculation of functional derivatives with respect to the external potential Nick Sablon, Tim Fievez, Frank De Proft, Paul W. Ayers, Paul Geerlings Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D37.00009: Simple Illustration of Partition Theory Adam Wasserman, Morrel Cohen, Kieron Burke, Roberto Car Preview Abstract

Session D38: Focus Session: The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically-inspired Solar Energy Harvesting III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Martin Plenio, Imperial College
Room: 410

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D38.00001: Exciton migration and fluorescence quenching in photosystem II Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:42PM		D38.00002: Environment-assisted quantum transport in photosynthetic complexes. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D38.00003: Engineering Efficient Exciton Energy Transfer in Artificial Arrays Leslie Vogt, Alejandro Perdomo, Semion Saikin, Alan Aspuru-Guzik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D38.00004: Coherent Excitonic Transfer in the Fenna Matthews Olson Complex Gregory Engel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D38.00005: Excitation transport in open quantum systems: the role of environmental correlations. Mohan Sarovar, Yuan-Chung Cheng, Birgitta Whaley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D38.00006: Local Correlation Calculations Using Standard and Renormalized Coupled-Cluster Methods Piotr Piecuch, Wei Li, Jeffrey Gour Preview Abstract

Session D39: Focus Session: Noise and Fluctuations in Biochemical Networks

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Jayajit Das, Ohio State University
Room: 411

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 3:06PM		D39.00001: Stochasticity in cell biology: Modeling across levels Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D39.00002: Mean-field vs. Stochastic Models for Transcriptional Regulation Ralf Blossey, Claudiu Giuraniuc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D39.00003: The stochastic spectral analysis of transcriptional regulatory cascades Andrew Mugler, Aleksandra M. Walczak, Chris H. Wiggins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D39.00004: Tuning stochastic transition rates in a bistable genetic network. Vijay Chickarmane, Carsten Peterson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D39.00005: Optimizing information flow in small genetic networks Aleksandra M. Walczak, Gasper Tkacik, Curtis G. Callan, William Bialek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D39.00006: Characterizing noise in genetic oscillatory systems Byungjoon Min, Kwang-Il Goh, In-mook Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D39.00007: Purely stochastic binary decisions in cell signaling models without underlying deterministic bistabilities Maxim N. Artyomov, Jayajit Das, Mehran Kardar, Arup Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:54PM		D39.00008: Fitness effects of fluctuations in biochemical networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D39.00009: Effects of delay and noise in a negative feedback regulatory motif Matteo Palassini, Marta Dies Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D39.00010: Individuals in the crowd: studying bacterial quorum-sensing at the single-cell level Pablo Delfino Perez, Jonathan Young, Elaine L. Johnson, Stephen J. Hagen Preview Abstract

Session D40: Nucleic Acids: Packaging, Ejection and Translocation

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Xiangyun Qiu, National Institutes of Health
Room: 412

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D40.00001: Anomalous scaling of nano-pore translocation times of structured biomolecules Malcolm McCauley, Robert Forties, Ulrich Gerland, Ralf Bundschuh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D40.00002: DNA Physical Mapping via the Controlled Translocation of Single Molecules through a 5-10nm Silicon Nitride Nanopore Derek Stein, Walter Reisner, Zhijun Jiang, Nick Hagerty, Charles Wood, Jason Chan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D40.00003: The Effects of Bio-functionalization on Solid-state Nanopore Transport -- Theory and Experiments on DNA Yaling Liu, Abhijit Ramachandran, Samir M. Iqbal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D40.00004: Nanopores as a Single-Molecule Probe for Protein-DNA Complexes A.R. Hall, S.W. Kowalczyk, R.M.M. Smeets, N.H. Dekker, C. Dekker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D40.00005: Computational model of controlled translocation of DNA molecule through a nanopore membrane with tunable electrostatic potential Alexey Nikolaev, Maria Gracheva Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D40.00006: Heterogeneity in Retroviral Nucleocapsid Protein Function Christy Landes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D40.00007: Energetics of genome ejection from phage revealed by isothermal titration calorimetry Meerim Jeembaeva, Bengt Jonsson, Martin Castelnovo, Alex Evilevitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D40.00008: Inhibition of DNA ejection from bacteriophage by Mg$^{+2}$ counterions Seil Lee, Cathy V. Tran, Toan T. Nguyen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D40.00009: Osmotic pressure: resisting or promoting DNA ejection from phage? Internal capsid-pressure dependence of viral infection Alex Evilevitch, Meerim Jeembaeva, Sarah Koester, Martin Castelnovo, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D40.00010: Charting the Structure and Energetics of Packaged DNA in Bacteriophages Xiangyun Qiu, Donald C. Rau, V. Adrian Parsegian, Li Tai Fang, Charles M. Knobler, William M. Gelbart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D40.00011: Stabilising the Herpes Simplex Virus capsid by DNA packaging Gijs Wuite, Kerstin Radtke, Beate Sodeik, Wouter Roos Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D40.00012: Effect of ions on polymer ejection dynamics from viral capsids Issam Ali, Davide Marenduzzo, Julia Yeomans Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D40.00013: Investigating Nanopore Spatial Resolution Using Locally Coated RecA-dsDNA Filaments A.R. Hall, S.W. Kowalczyk, C. Dekker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D40.00014: Electrically Gated Solid State Nanopores Zhijun Jiang, Walter Reisner, Derek Stein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D40.00015: Structural transitions in packing of a semi-flexible chain confined in a sphere Artem Levandovsky, Leonid Pryadko, Roya Zandi Preview Abstract

Session D41: Hidden Order and Quantum Criticality in Heavy Fermions

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Johnpierre Paglione, University of Maryland
Room: 413

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D41.00001: Incommensurate spin resonance in URu2Si2. Jian Xin Zhu, Alexander Balatsky, Athanasios Chantis, Hari Dahal, David Parker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D41.00002: Thermodynamical Properties across Quantum Critical Points Jianda Wu, Lijun Zhu, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D41.00003: Cyclotron Resonance in the Hidden-Order Phase of Ultraclean URu$_2$Si$_2$ Single Crystals T. Shibauchi, K. Hashimoto, K. Ikada, S. Tonegawa, H. Shishido, Y. Haga, T. D. Matsuda, Y. Onuki, H. Yamagami, Y. Matsuda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D41.00004: Reconstruction of the Fermi Surface Deep inside the Hidden-Order Phase of Very Clean URu$_2$Si$_2$ Y. Matsuda, H. Shishido, T. Shibauchi, K. Hashimoto, Y. Haga, T.D. Matsuda, Y. Onuki, T. Sasaki, T. Oizumi, N. Kobayashi, T. Takamasu, K. Takehana, Y. Imanaka Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D41.00005: Probing the Hidden Order in URu$_2$Si$_2$ by Impurity Doping Seung-Ho Baek, Nicholas Curro, M. Graf, A. Balatsky, Eric Bauer, Jason Cooley, Jim Smith Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D41.00006: Electronic structure model of the hidden order and Fermi surface gapping in URu$_{2}$Si$_{2}$ Peter Oppeneer, Saad Elgazzar, Jan Rusz, Michi-To Suzuki, John Mydosh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D41.00007: Heavy Fermion and non-Fermi Liquid Properties vs Size: From the Micro to the Nano G.R. Stewart, J.S. Kim, K. Samwer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D41.00008: Quantum criticality in the Bose-Fermi Kondo model and the quantum-to-classical mapping Stefan Kirchner, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D41.00009: Thermal expansion and magnetostriction of the heavy fermion antiferromagnet YbAgGe G.M. Schmiedeshoff, A.W. Lounsbury, S.J. Tracy, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D41.00010: Magnetic-field-dependence of the YbRh$_2$Si$_2$ Fermi surface Patrick Rourke, Alix McCollam, Gerard Lapertot, Georg Knebel, Jacques Flouquet, Stephen Julian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D41.00011: Electron Spin Resonance in a Kondo lattice, Pedro Schlottmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D41.00012: Cyrstal Synthesis of Novel Yb-Pt-Pb Phases Carlos Marques, Yuri Janssen, Marcus Bennet, Moo Sung Kim, Keeseong Park, Peter Khalifah, Meigan Aronson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 16, 2009 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D41.00013: Neutron scattering studies on Yb$_{3}$Pt$_{4}$ Y. Janssen, M.C. Bennett, C. Marques, L. Wu, M.S. Kim, K.S. Park, Q. Huang, J.Y. Li, Y. Chen, J.W. Lynn, M.C. Aronson Preview Abstract