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Session V1: Noise in Biological Systems

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Yin Yeh, University of California, Davis
Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V1.00001: to be determined by you Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		V1.00002: to be determined by you Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		V1.00003: to be determined by you Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		V1.00004: to be determined by you Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		V1.00005: Activity-dependent stochastic resonance in recurrent neuronal networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V2: Constrained Polymers

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DPOLY
Chair: Xaio Lun Wu, University of Pittsburgh
Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V2.00001: The low-force elasticity of single-stranded DNA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		V2.00002: Confinement Effects on the Structure of Complex Fluids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		V2.00003: Is your brain wired optimally? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		V2.00004: Gene brushes on a chip: From crowding and the search problem to synthetic systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		V2.00005: Confinement effects on folding of proteins and RNA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V3: Correlated Phases in Fermi Gases of Ultracold Atoms

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DAMOP
Room: 301/302

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V3.00001: A Mott insulator of fermionic atoms in an optical lattice Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		V3.00002: The phase-diagram of a superfluid two-component Fermi gas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		V3.00003: Trapping and cooling fermionic atoms into the Mott and N\'eel states Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		V3.00004: Polarized Fermi condensates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		V3.00005: A Three-Component Degenerate Fermi Gas. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V4: Microgels: Colloidal Properties of Gels

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DCMP
Chair: Weitz David, Harvard University
Room: 306/307

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V4.00001: Melting and Frustration in Temperature-Sensitive Colloids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		V4.00002: Equilibrium features in the arrested phase separation of PNiPAM microgels Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		V4.00003: New materials with microgels Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		V4.00004: Sublimation dynamics of colloidal microgel crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		V4.00005: Phase behavior and rheology of ionic microgels Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V5: Computational Design of Hydrogen Storage Materials

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Chris Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: 401/402

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V5.00001: Computational Discovery of Novel Hydrogen Storage Materials and Reactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		V5.00002: Combining computation and experiment to accelerate the discovery of new hydrogen storage materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		V5.00003: Novel hydrogen storage approaches using organometallics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		V5.00004: Computational methods to determine the structure of hydrogen storage materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		V5.00005: Kinetics of bulk and surface mass transport in complex metal hydrides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V6: Recent Advances in Biomolecular Simulations

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Jerry Bernholc, North Carolina State University
Room: 406

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V6.00001: Metadynamics simulation of large scale motion in proteins Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		V6.00002: Quantum Simulations of Solvated Biomolecules Using Hybrid Methods Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		V6.00003: Urea's action on the hydrophobic interaction in physical and biophysical systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		V6.00004: Systematic Coarse-Graining of Biomolecular Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		V6.00005: Multi-resolution protein modeling by combining theory and experiment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V7: Applications of Magnetic Thin Films with Tilted Anisotropy

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Johan Åkerman, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Room: 407

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V7.00001: Magnetic Thin Films for Perpendicular Recording Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		V7.00002: Approaches and Applications of Tilted Magnetic Anisotropy in Hard Disk and STT-RAM Magnetic Recording for Extremely High Areal Density Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		V7.00003: Magnetic nanocap arrays with tilted magnetization Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		V7.00004: Spin-torque oscillators with tilted fixed layer magnetization Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V8: The Physics of Imaging and Radiotherapy

Sponsoring Units: FPS DBP
Chair: Barry Berman, George Washington University
Room: 414/415

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V8.00001: Dedicated breast CT Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		V8.00002: Tomographic Imaging: Visualization of the Unseeable Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		V8.00003: Planning and Delivery of Radiation Therapy—Principles and Recent Developments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		V8.00004: Image-Guided Radiation Therapy--Application and Advancement Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		V8.00005: Panel Discussion on Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V9: Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Beate Schmittmann, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: 303

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V9.00001: Hierarchical Link Clustering in Complex Networks Yong-Yeol Ahn, Sune Lehmann, James Bagrow, Albert-L\'aszl\'o Barab\'asi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V9.00002: Enhancing the scale-free network's attack tolerance Zehui Qu, Pu Wang, Zhiguang Qin, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V9.00003: Optimality and Directionality in Network Synchronization Takashi Nishikawa, Adilson Motter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V9.00004: Correlation Networks of Earthquakes Joel Tenenbaum Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V9.00005: Conjecture of Alexander and Orbach. Jayanta Rudra, Curtis Doiron Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V9.00006: Dense Random Fiber Networks Deform as Stochastic Fractal Objects. Catalin Picu, Hamed Hatami-Marbini Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V9.00007: Voter dynamics on an adaptive network with finite average connectivity Abhishek Mukhopadhyay, Beate Schmittmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V9.00008: Dynamics of priority-queue networks Byungjoon Min, Kwang-Il Goh, In-mook Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V9.00009: About human activity, long-term memory, and Gibrat's law Diego Rybski, Sergey V. Buldyrev, Shlomo Havlin, Fredrik Liljeros, Hernan A. Makse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V9.00010: Tour de Sys: The traveler's view of a network Daniel Grady, Christian Thiemann, Dirk Brockmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V9.00011: Universality and the lack of it in multiscale human mobility networks Rafael Brune, Christian Thiemann, Dirk Brockmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V9.00012: Monte Carlo Studies of the Isoperimetric Dimension of Growing Droplets in Metastable Decay of the Ising Model on Small-World Graphs Howard L. Richards Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		V9.00013: Functional vs. Structural Modularity: do they imply each other? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session V10: Artificially Structured Materials for Optical Manipulation

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Ian Sellers, Sharp
Room: 304

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V10.00001: Photon-phonon excitations in single acousto-optical microcavities Martin Maldovan, Edwin Thomas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V10.00002: Near field and diffraction of an electromagnetic wave at a metallic grating with slits Raul Garcia-Llamas, Ramon Mungu\'Ia-Arvayo, Jorge Gaspar-Armenta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V10.00003: Bi-directional Scatter Distribution Function (BSDF) Measurements of Guided Mode Resonance Filter Optical Limiters Robert Lamott, Michael Marciniak, Brian Cunningham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V10.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V10.00005: Theory of Plasmonic Wave Propagation Along a Periodic Chain of Nanoscale Pores in a Metal David Stroud, Kwangmoo Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V10.00006: Long wavelength limit of the 2D photonic crystal S.T. Chui, Z.F. Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V10.00007: Electro-photonic enhancements in organic solar cells with photonic crystal photoactive layers John Tumbleston, Doo-Hyun Ko, Edward Samulski, Rene Lopez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V10.00008: Photonic Quasicrystals for Nonlinear Quantum Optics Susanna Thon, William Irvine, Dirk Bouwmeester Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V10.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V10.00010: Transformation media with negative refractive indices C.T. Chan, Y. Lai, H.Y. Chen, Jack Ng, Z.Q. Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V10.00011: Electromagnetic transparency by graded metallic coating L. Sun, K.W. Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V10.00012: Wave-Front Engineering by Huygens-Fresnel Principle for Nonlinear Optical Interactions in Domain Engineered Structures Zhu Yongyuan, Qin Yiqiang, Zhang Chao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V10.00013: Electromagnetic Response of Josephson Junction Metamaterials in Positive and Negative Permittivity Regimes Steven Anlage, Laura Adams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V10.00014: Anomalous infrared monochromatic transmission through a film of type-II superconductor in magnetic field and a superconducting multiple conductor system Roman Ya. Kezerashvili, Oleg L. Berman, Vladimir S. Boyko, Yurii E. Lozovik Preview Abstract

Session V11: Transport Phenomena and Electronic Properties of Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Luis da Silva, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 305

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V11.00001: Momentum statistics of tunneling electrons in nanoelectromechanical systems Steven D. Bennett, Aashish A. Clerk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V11.00002: Mechano-electronic Superlattices in Silicon Nanoribbons M. Huang, C.S. Ritz, B. Novakovic, F. Flack, D.E. Savage, P.G. Evans, I. Knezevic, D. Yu, Y. Zhang, F. Liu, M.G. Lagally Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V11.00003: `Spring-Like' and Photo-actuated Molecular-Junctions between Nanoparticles Kabeer Jasuja, Vikas Berry Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V11.00004: Noise characterization of metal oxide nanowire FETs with electronic properties controlled by surface geometry Wenyong Wang, Hao Xiong, Curt Richter, Woong-ki Hong, Takhee Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V11.00005: A Biotransistor: Modulating the Current of a Nanodevice with a Living Cell Jennifer Kane, Jason Ong, Ravi Saraf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V11.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V11.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V11.00008: Bistable tunneling current through a quantum dot array junction Yia-Chung Chang, David M.T. Kuo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V11.00009: Tunneling Between a Quantum Wire and a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Dominique Laroche, John Reno, Guillaume Gervais, Mike Lilly Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V11.00010: Temperature Dependence of Electron Tunneling between Quantum Dots and Electron Gas Yoko Sakurai, Shintaro Nomura, Yukihiro Takada, Kenji Shiraishi, Masakazu Muraguchi, Tetsuo Endoh, Mitsuhisa Ikeda, Katsunori Makihara, Seiichi Miyazaki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V11.00011: New insight into Tunneling Process between Quantum Dot and Electron Gas Masakazu Muraguchi, Tetsuo Endoh, Yoko Sakurai, Shintaro Nomura, Yukihiro Takada, Kenji Shiraishi, Mitsuhisa Ikeda, Katsunori Makihara, Seiichi Miyazaki, Yasuteru Shigeta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V11.00012: Hole Transport and Spin Effects in Cleaved-Edge-Overgrowth Quantum Wires Joseph Sulpizio, Charis Quay, Rafi de Picciotto, K.W. West, L.N. Pfeiffer, David Goldhaber-Gordon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V11.00013: High-quality quantum point contact in two-dimensional GaAs (311)A hole system Javad Shabani, Jason Petta, Mansour Shayegan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V11.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V11.00015: Determination Hanbury-Brown Twiss correlations with electrons and photons Eva Zakka-Bajjani, J. Dufouleur, P. Roche, D.C. Glattli, F. Portier Preview Abstract

Session V12: Semiconductor Growth and Etching

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Melissa Hines, Cornell University
Room: 308

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V12.00001: Morphological Study of MBE Grown Iron Nitride Films on Zinc-Blende GaN(001) Jeongihm Pak, Wenzhi Lin, Yinghao Liu, Kangkang Wang, Abhijit Chinchore, Arthur Smith, Kai Sun Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V12.00002: Iron and Iron Nitride Layers on Wurtzite Gallium Nitride Studied Using MBE/STM Wenzhi Lin, Jeongihm Pak, Yinghao Liu, Kangkang Wang, Abhijit Chinchore, David Ingram, Arthur Smith, Kai Sun Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V12.00003: Stability of Mg-incorporated InN surfaces: first-principles study T. Akiyama, K. Nakamura, T. Ito, J. -H. Song, A. J. Freeman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V12.00004: Ferromagnetic $\delta -MnGa$ On Wurtzite GaN(0001): Interface Formation And Film Properties Kangkang Wang, Abhijit Chinchore, Wenzhi Lin, Jeongihm Pak, Arthur Smith, Kai Sun Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V12.00005: Low-temperature transport properties of disordered tantalum and tantalum nitride films Nicholas Breznay, Mihir Tendulkar, Aharon Kapitulnik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V12.00006: First Principles Phases of Sub-Monolayer Sr and La on Si (001) Kevin Garrity, J.W. Reiner, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn, S. Ismail-Beigi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V12.00007: From STM Images to Chemical Understanding: Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations of Si(100) Etching Ankush Gupta, Ian T. Clark, Brandon S. Aldinger, Melissa A. Hines Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V12.00008: Atomic-Scale Effects of Applied Strain on Etching of Si(100) Marc F. Faggin, Brandon S. Aldinger, Ankush Gupta, Melissa A. Hines Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V12.00009: Aqueous Etching Produces Si(100) Surfaces of Near-atomic Flatness Brandon S. Aldinger, Ankush Gupta, Ian T. Clark, Melissa A. Hines Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V12.00010: Quantitative Correlations of Stress Field and Threading Dislocation Configurations in Si/Si$_{1-x}$Ge$_{X}$/Si(100) Strained Layers Chi-Chin Wu, Robert Hull Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V12.00011: Ordering mechanisms of periodic stripe arrays on boron-doped Si(100) Ivan Ermanoski, Gary Kellogg, Norman Bartelt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V12.00012: On the Growth Mechanisms of Plasma Deposited Amorphous Silicon Thin Films Dimitrios Maroudas, Sumeet Pandey, Tejinder Singh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V12.00013: Fundamental Study of Boron Carbide Sputtering Sudarshan Karki, Dae Yeoun, Saad Janjua, Marcus Driver, Anthony Caruso Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V12.00014: Correlation between Bonding Geometry and Band Gap States at Organic -- inorganic interfaces: Catechol on Rutile TiO$_{2}$ (110) Ulrike Diebold, Shao-Chun Li, Jian-guo Wang, Peter Jacobson, Xue-Qing Gong, Annabella Selloni Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V12.00015: Theoretical adhesion strength of diamond coating with metallic interlayers. Haibo Guo, Yue Qi, Xiaodong Li Preview Abstract

Session V13: Physics Education and History

Sponsoring Units: FEd FHP
Chair: Michael Pettersen, Washington and Jefferson College
Room: 309

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V13.00001: Physics Education in Sub-Sahara African Schools and Universities Tilahun Deressu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V13.00002: Physics That Works: Shift in Physics Education Paradigm Based on Work-Integrated Physics Education. Bahram Roughani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V13.00003: Strengthen Instructional Components in Peer-Lead Problem-Solving Workshop with eTEACH Jia-Ling Lin, B. Choe, P. Fowler, R. Gilsdorf, T. Kirchdoerfer, A. Kokemoor, G. Lucas, T.J. Madsen, A. Romens, M. Springer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V13.00004: Student thinking regarding derivative and slope concepts in multivariable calculus Warren Christensen, John Thompson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V13.00005: An Engineer's Physics Lab -- using a Large Force Frame Christy Heid, Donald Rampolla Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V13.00006: Explain the latent heat and specific heat of water, ammonia, and methanol with degrees of freedom Lianxi Ma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V13.00007: Introducing Raman Spectroscopy of Crystalline Solids in the Undergraduate Curriculum Bahram Roughani, David Warner, Uma Ramabadran Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V13.00008: Civic Engagement through Differential Equations? Shafiqur Rahman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V13.00009: Challenges and opportunities of undergraduate research Daniela M. Topasna, Gregory A. Topasna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V13.00010: Reacting to Galileo: Introducing a New Approach for Gen Ed Science Michael Pettersen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V13.00011: Flint and the British Tradition of Relativity Theory James Beichler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V13.00012: Ukrainian Physical-Technical Institute (UFTI) in the 1930's D.H. McNeill, Yu. N. Ranyuk, O.S. Shevchenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V13.00013: Experience in teaching intensive course of thermal physics for undergraduate physics students Farkhad Aliev Preview Abstract

Session V14: Disordered Systems, Glassy Dynamics, and Jamming II

Sponsoring Units: DFD GSNP
Chair: Peter Schall, University of Amsterdam
Room: 315

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V14.00001: Specific Heat Anomalies in Glassy Fluids Due to Cluster Micro-Melting George Hentschel, Valery Ilyin, Itamar Procaccia, Nurith Schupper Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V14.00002: The building blocks of Dynamical Heterogeneities in dense granular media Raphael Candelier, Olivier Dauchot, Giulio Biroli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V14.00003: Role of Shape Anisotropy on the Glassy Dynamics of Colloidal Suspensions Mukta Tripathy, Kenneth Schweizer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V14.00004: Coupled Translational and Rotational Glassy Dynamics in Hard Dicolloid Suspensions Rui Zhang, Kenneth Schweizer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V14.00005: Constitutive relations in dense granular flows John Drozd, Colin Denniston Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V14.00006: Polytetrahedral Frustration of Crystallization: A Study of 4d Hard Spheres Patrick Charbonneau, Jacobus A. van Meel, Daan Frenkel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V14.00007: Noise as a Probe of Ising Spin Glass Transitions Zhi Chen, Clare Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V14.00008: Shear banding in colloidal glasses Vijayakumar Chikkadi, Andrew Schofield, Peter Schall Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V14.00009: Correlations between Dynamical Heterogeneity and Viscoelasticity of Confined Colloidal Suspensions under Oscillatory Shear Prasad Sarangapani, Yingxi Elaine Zhu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V14.00010: Aggregation of athermal particles induced by capillarity Michael Berhanu, Arshad Kudrolli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V14.00011: Correlation range in a supercooled liquid via Green-Kubo expression for viscosity, local atomic stresses, and MD simulations Valentin A. Levashov, Takeshi Egami, James R. Morris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V14.00012: Dynamics in Complex Fluids Formed by Conjugated Polymers Naresh Osti, Madhusudan Tyagi, Dilru Ratnaweera, Uwe Bunz, Dvora Perahia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V14.00013: Spontaneous transition in TiNiFe strain glass system Jian Zhang, Xiaobing Ren, Yu Wang, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Jun Sun Preview Abstract

Session V15: Liquid Crystals I

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Jonathan Selinger, Kent State University
Room: 316

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V15.00001: Interaction and Response of a Smectic-A liquid crystal to a 2 nm Nanometer Particle: Phase transition due to the Functionalization Compound Luz J Martinez-Miranda, Lynn K Kurihara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V15.00002: Theory of Ferroelectric Nanoparticles in Nematic Liquid Crystals Lena Lopatina, Jonathan Selinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V15.00003: Unconventional dimerization in mesogenic semi-phasmidic type carboxylic acid* Shin-Woong Kang, Seung-Yeon Jeong, Dena Mae Agra-Kooijman, Satyendra Kumar, Veena Prasad, Sanjay Varshney Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V15.00004: Rheological Properties of T-Shaped Liquid Crystals Nicholas Diorio, Christopher Bailey, Carsten Tschierske, Antal J\'akli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V15.00005: The shape and conformation of the mesogenic group in tetrapodic liquid crystals Hyungguen Yoon, Shinwoong Kang, George H. Mehl, Satyendra Kumar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V15.00006: Quantum dot dispersion in nematic liquid crystal J. Kirchhoff, R.H. Inman, D.S. Chandhok, S. Ghosh, L.S. Hirst Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V15.00007: Dielectric and Optical Properties of Nematic ODBP-Ph-C7 Bohdan Senyuk, Hugh Wonderly, Sergii Shiyanovskii, Oleg Lavrentovich, Victor Pergamenshchik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V15.00008: Highly Oriented Neurofilament Liquid Crystalline Gels for Imaging and Scattering Studies H.C. Holger, R. Beck, C. Ding, J.B. Jones, J. Deek, N.C. MacDonald, Y. Li, C.R. Safinya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V15.00009: Theory and simulation of two-dimensional nematic and tetratic phases Jun Geng, Jonathan V. Selinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V15.00010: Quadrupolar particles in a nematic liquid crystal: Effects of particle size and shape Francisco Hung Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V15.00011: A Model Liquid Crystalline System Based on Rodlike Viruses with Tunable Chirality Daniel Beller, Edward Barry, Zvonimir Dogic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V15.00012: Apparent Broken Reciprocity in Chiral Liquid Crystals Michele Moreira, Nithya Venkataraman, Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Lorenzo Marrucci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V15.00013: Raman scattering study of orientation order parameters in thermotropic biaxial nematic LC Min Sang Park, Bum Jin Yoon, Jung Ok Park, Veena Prasad, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V15.00014: Liquid crystalline behaviors of H-bonded dimer formed from the semi-phasmidic type carboxylic acid* Seung-Yeon Jeong, Shin-Woong Kang, Satyendra Kumar, Veena Prasad, Sanjay Varshney Preview Abstract

Session V16: Solid Helium: Experiment

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Haruo Kojima, Rutgers University
Room: 317

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V16.00001: Bose-Einstein condensation in solid helium Richard Azuah, Souleymane Diallo, Oleg Kirichek, Jon Taylor, Henry Glyde Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V16.00002: Pressure-driven mass flow in solid 4He Ann Sophie C. Rittner, Wonsuk Choi, John D. Reppy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V16.00003: Observation of Mass Flux through solid $^4$He Robert Hallock, Michael Ray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V16.00004: Growth of hcp Solid $^4$He from the Superfluid Michael Ray, Robert Hallock Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V16.00005: Velocity dependence of supersolid He-4 in a torsion oscillator. Ethan Pratt, Benjamin Hunt, Vikram Gadagkar, Minoru Yamashita, J.C. Seamus Davis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V16.00006: Torsional oscillator measurements on solid helium in a partially blocked annular channel Duk Young Kim, Sang-Il Kwon, Hyoungsoon Choi, Eunseong Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V16.00007: Simultaneous Oscillation of Annular Solid $^4$He Samples at Two Mode Frequencies in Compound Torsion Pendulum Michael C. Keiderling, Harry Kojima Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V16.00008: Effects of $^3$He Impurities on the Non-Classical Rotation Inertia of Solid $^4$He as Measured by Compound Torsion Pendulum David Ruffner, Michael Keiderling, Patryk Gumann, Harry Kojima Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V16.00009: Sample quality dependence of the specific heat peak in solid $^{4}$He Xi Lin, Z. G. Cheng, M. H. W. Chan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V16.00010: Torsional oscillator and specific heat studies of 4He in Vycor Z.G. Cheng, X. Lin, J.T. West, M.H.W. Chan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V16.00011: Second sound in supersolid $^{4}$He Norbert Mulders, Sangil Kwon, Eungseong Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V16.00012: Supersolidity of Solid $^4$He Confined in 25 Angstrom Nanopores Keiya Shirahama, Hitomi Yoshimura, Yoshiyuki Shibayama Preview Abstract

Session V17: Superconducting Transmons and Circuit QED

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Ben Palmer, Laboratory for Physical Sciences, University of Maryland
Room: 318

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V17.00001: Experimental study of transmon type qubits coupled to a fast tunable transmission line resonator. Martin Sandberg, Chris Wilson, Fredrik Persson, Io-Chun Hoi, Per Delsing Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V17.00002: Superconducting qubits can be coupled and addressed as trapped ions Y.X. Liu, L.F. Wei, J.R. Johansson, J.S. Tsai, F. Nori Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V17.00003: Second order dispersive regime of circuit QED with a transmon qubit Maxime Boissonneault, J. M. Gambetta, Alexandre Blais Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V17.00004: Two Cavity Circuit QED Blake Johnson, Andrew Houck, Jay Gambetta, Alexandre Blais, Steven Girvin, Michel Devoret, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V17.00005: Multi-Transmon circuit QED using local and fast flux biasing Leonardo DiCarlo, Jerry Chow, Johannes Majer, Luigi Frunzio, Jay Gambetta, Alexandre Blais, Steven Girvin, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V17.00006: Inline Cavity Qubit with Bifuraction Readout Markus Brink, Nicholas A. Masluk, Kurtis L. Geerlings, Michael Metcalfe, Vladimir Manucharyan, Luigi Frunzio, Steven M. Girvin, Robert J. Schoelkopf, Michel H. Devoret Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V17.00007: Generation of entangled states in circuit QED using sideband transitions P.J. Leek, S. Filipp, P. Maurer, A. Blais, A. Wallraff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V17.00008: Generating entanglement by measurement in circuit QED Jay Gambetta, Chantal Hutchison, Alexandre Blais, Frank Wilhelm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V17.00009: Towards proving non-classicality with a 3-qubit GHZ state in circuit QED Lev S. Bishop, Jay M. Gambetta, Eran Ginossar, Steven M. Girvin, Andrew A. Houck, Jens Koch, Andreas Nunnenkamp, David J. Price, Robert J. Schoelkopf, Lars Tornberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V17.00010: Exploration of the Tavis-Cummings Model with Multiple Qubits in Circuit QED J.M. Fink, A. Blais, A. Wallraff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V17.00011: Two-photon probe of the Jaynes-Cummings model and controlled symmetry breaking in circuit QED Frank Deppe, Matteo Mariantoni, E. P. Menzel, A. Marx, R. Gross, S. Saito, K. Kakuyanagi, H. Tanaka, K. Semba, T. Meno, H. Takayanagi, E. Solano Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V17.00012: Dynamics of dispersive single qubit read-out in circuit QED R. Bianchetti, S. Filipp, A. Blais, A. Wallraff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V17.00013: Two-qubit tomography with joint dispersive read-out in circuit QED S. Filipp, P. Maurer, P. J. Leek, A. Blais, A. Wallraff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V17.00014: Measurement of Autler-Townes and Mollow transitions in a strongly driven superconducting qubit M. Baur, S. Filipp, A. Blais, A. Wallraff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V17.00015: Microwave Photon Detector in Circuit QED Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll, Guillermo Romero, Enrique Solano Preview Abstract

Session V18: Focus Session: Physics of Green Polymers and of Biocompatibility

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBP
Chair: John Torkelson, Northwestern University
Room: 319

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V18.00001: Spectroscopic Analyses of Microstructures Associated with Plant Based Polymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V18.00002: Toughening and reinforcing degradable polymers to extend their properties and applications SuPing Lyu, Jianbin Zhang, Adam Buckalew, Jim Schley, Bryant Pudil, Lian Luo, Chris Hobot, Mike Benz, Randy Sparer, Julie Trudel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V18.00003: A QCM-D Study of the Enzymatic Degradation of Cellulose Thin Films Dan Glickman, Oleh Tanchak, Michael Reid, Amanda Quirk, Darrell Cockburn, Colin Macdougall, Anthony Clarke, Jacek Lipkowski, John Dutcher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V18.00004: An Atomic Force Microscopy Study of the Mechanism of Cellulose Biodegradation Amanda Quirk, Maohui Chen, Darrell Cockburn, Sarah Regli, Anthony Clarke, John Dutcher, Jacek Lipkowski, Sharon Roscoe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V18.00005: Observation of Biodegradation of Cellulose Fibers Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Oleh M. Tanchak, Scott Allen, Darrell Cockburn , Anthony J. Clarke, Jacek Lipkowski, John R. Dutcher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V18.00006: Sustainable Engineering and Improved Recycling of PET for High-Value Applications: Transforming Linear PET to Lightly Branched PET with a Novel, Scalable Process Cynthia Pierre, John Torkelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V18.00007: Spontaneously Formed Biocompatible Surfaces in Water by Segregation of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers Hideaki Yokoyama, Takashi Ishizone, Naoya Torikai, Jaroslaw Majewski, Ayako Oyane Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		V18.00008: Electrospun Nanofibers for Neural and Tissue Engineering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V18.00009: Control of Protein Adsorption on Surfaces with Grafted Polymers Igal Szleifer, Jan Genzer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V18.00010: Optimization of Polymer Surfaces for Specific Targeting Elena Dormidontova, Matthew Hagy, Shihu Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V18.00011: Cluster structure in urea aqueous solution and it's effect on DNA denature He Cheng, Charles C. Han, Boualem Hammouda Preview Abstract

Session V19: Focus Session: Hierarchically Ordered Systems

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Albertu Striolo, University of Oklahoma
Room: 320

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V19.00001: Semi-crystalline PMMA Stereocomplex Fibers Matija Crne, Shin-Woong Kang, Jung Ok Park, Satyendra Kumar, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V19.00002: Hierarchically Organized Peptide Core-Silica Shell Hybrids Aysegul Altunbas, Nikhil Sharma, Darrin J. Pochan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V19.00003: Hierarchically Structured Regioregular Conjugated Polymer via Evaporative Self-Assembly Myunghwan Byun, Robyn Laskowski, Feng Qiu, Malika Jeffries-EL, Zhiqun Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		V19.00004: Combining Small Molecule with Block Copolymer: a Facile Approach to Direct Hierarchical Assembly of Nanoparticles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V19.00005: Hierarchical volume gratings by combining holographic-patterning and block copolymer self-assembly Michael Birnkrant, Russell Marron, Christopher Li, Lalgudi Natarajan, Vincent Tondiglia, Timothy Bunning Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V19.00006: Heteroarm Star Block Copolyampholytes as Templates for Hierarchically-Ordered Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Complexes Matthew Hammond, Chaoxu Li, Constantinos Tsitsilianis, Raffaele Mezzenga Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V19.00007: Assembly of Organic/Nanoparticle Hybrid Systems Stephen Z.D. Cheng, Yingfeng Tu, Chun Ye, Wenbin Zhang, Xinfei Yu, Ryan M. Van Horn, Chien-Lung Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V19.00008: Quantification of the Molecular Topology for Hierarchical Macromolecules Gregory Beaucage Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V19.00009: Nanoparticle Assemblies via Self-Assembling Peptide Molecules Nikhil Sharma, Matthew Lamm, Joel Schneider, Kristi Kiick, Darrin Pochan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V19.00010: Robust Three Dimensional Liquid Films through Nanoparticle Assembly Tzu-chia Tseng, Erin McGarrity, Phillip Duxbury, Amalie Frischknecht, Michael Mackay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V19.00011: The path and motion of an electrospinning jet observed with videography and stereography Kaiyi Liu, Camden Ertley, Darrell Reneker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V19.00012: Electrospinning Semicrystalline Block Copolymer Assemblies into Microfibers Kristen Roskov, Ian Manners, Richard Spontak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V19.00013: Electrospinning of native cellulose from nonvolatile solvent system Shanshan Xu, Aihua He, Charles C. Han Preview Abstract

Session V20: Thin Films and Adhesion II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Connie Roth, Emory University
Room: 321

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V20.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V20.00002: Temperature-Modulated Ellipsometry in Vacuum: A New Tool for Probing Glass Transition in Thin Supported Polymer Films Mikhail Efremov, Shauheen Soofi, Anna Kiyanova, Franco Cerrina, Paul Nealey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V20.00003: Physical Aging in Nanoconfined Polymer Films: Importance of 3D vs. 1D Thermal Contraction in the Resulting Physical Aging Response Connie B. Roth, Elizabeth A. Baker, Perla Rittigstein, John M. Torkelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V20.00004: Segmental dynamics of supported and freestanding polystyrene thin films probed by dye reorientation. Keewook Paeng, Hau-Nan Lee, Stephen Swallen, Mark Ediger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V20.00005: Modeling Dielectric Relaxation in Simulations of Polymer Glasses and Thin Films Hendrik Meyer, Simone Peter, J. Baschnagel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V20.00006: Neighboring Domains Perturb Glass Transition Temperature on Multilayer Films and Nanostructured Polymer Blend Systems Soyoung Kim, Connie Roth, Rodney Priestley, John Torkelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V20.00007: Near Surface Dynamics of Polymers Probed with Nanoparticle Embedding Dongping Qi, James A. Forrest Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V20.00008: Glass Transition of Thin Star Polymer Films Emmanouil Glynos, Peter Green Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V20.00009: The Glass Transition in Ultra-Thin Polymer Filrms Confined between Structured Surfaces Vikram Kuppa, Gregory Rutledge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V20.00010: Apparent changes in the molecular dynamics of thin polymer layers due to the impact of interfacial layers Anatoli Serghei, Martin Tress, Friedrich Kremer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V20.00011: Post-confinement Relaxation Behavior of Nanostructures on Polymer Surface Hua-Gen Peng, Yen Peng Kong, Albert Yee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V20.00012: Molecular weight and chain architecture dependence of glassy compliance of ultrathin freely standing polymer films Shanhong Xu, Gregory B. McKenna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V20.00013: Surface Chemistry Effects on the Reactivity and Properties of Nanoconfined Bisphenol M Dicyanate Ester in Controlled Pore Glass Sindee Simon, Qingxiu Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V20.00014: Relation Between Glass Transition Temperatures in Polymer Nanocomposites and Polymer Thin Films Jamie Kropka, Victor Pryamitsyn, Venkat Ganesan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V20.00015: Finite Element Analysis of Nanoparticle embedding into glassy polymers Mark Ilton, James A. Forrest Preview Abstract

Session V21: Semiconductor Growth and Material Processing

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Nelson Tansu, Lehigh University
Room: 323

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V21.00001: Gallium beam analysis and implications for the growth of ultra-pure GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures Stefan Schmult, Sam Taylor, Werner Dietsche Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V21.00002: Crystal orientation control of CdTe epitaxial layers grown on (100) GaAs with ZnSe buffer layer by molecular beam epitaxy Qiang Zhang, William Charles, Bingsheng Li, Aidong Shen, Carlos Meriles, Maria Tamargo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V21.00003: Development of a Wafer Fusion Process for Producing Patterned GaP Templates Krongtip Termkoa, Vaibhav Mathur, Xifeng Qian, William Goodhue, David Bliss, Rita Peterson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V21.00004: Growth of GaN from Ga:In and Ga:Sb liquid alloys Kathleen Kash, Challa Bekele, John Angus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V21.00005: Epitaxial Growth and Characterization of Void-Free 3C-SiC Films on Germanium-Modified Si Substrates using RTCVD Domingo Ferrer, Shagandeep Kaur, Sayan Saha, Seyoung Kim, Emanuel Tutuc, Sanjay Banerjee, Nilratan Mazumder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V21.00006: The role of strontium in oxide epitaxy on silicon (001). James Reiner, Kevin Garrity, Fred Walker, Sohraib Ismail-Beigi, Charles Ahn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V21.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V21.00008: Continuum model of surface roughness evolution of a-Si:H films grown by low-temperature PECVD Yevgen Kryukov, Nik Podraza, Robert Collins, Jacques Amar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V21.00009: In-situ growth of two-terminal silicon nanowires from locally heated cantilevers Christian Kallesoe, Frances Ross, Chen-Yen Wen, Kristian Molhave, Peter Boggild Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V21.00010: Time-Evolution of the Grain Size Distribution in Random Nucleation and Growth Crystallization Processes Andreas Bill, Anthony V. Teran, Ralf B. Bergmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V21.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V21.00012: Nanocrystalline Silicon Films by HWCVD Method Purabi Gogoi, Himanshu S. Jha, Pratima Agarwal Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V21.00013: Growth and physical properties of epitaxial GdN and SmN Ben Ruck, Bart Ludbrook, Joe Trodahl, Andrew Preston, Claire Meyer, Ian Farrell, Steve Durbin, Roger Reeves, Matthias Kubel, Laurent Ranno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V21.00014: Synthesis and Magnetism of High Curie Temperature Prussian Blue Analogue Molecular Nanomagnet-Chromium Cyanide Molecule Nanowire Arrays Pingheng Zhou, Desheng Xue, Jinli Yao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V21.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session V22: Focus Session: Dilute Magnetic Oxide Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Berend Jonker, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 324

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V22.00001: A few ways in which LDA et al can produce a wrong description of magnetism in oxides Alex Zunger, S. Lany, H. Raebiger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V22.00002: First-principles study of the effect of vacancies on magnetic properties Yoshi Kawazoe, Qian Wang, Qiang Sun, Puru Jena Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V22.00003: On the possibility of ferromagnetism in MgX (X = O, S, Se) with/without conventional magnetic atoms Van An Dinh, Kazunori Sato, Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V22.00004: Ferromagnetism in MgO by Nitrogen Doping Cheng-Han Yang, Mahesh Samant, Stuart Parkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V22.00005: Electric field control of magnetic semiconductor (Zn,Co)O Hyeon-Jun Lee, Erik Helgren, Frances Hellman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V22.00006: Electron mediated ferromagnetism in cobalt doped ZnO Su-Huai Wei, Aron Walsh, Juarez L.F. Da Silva Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V22.00007: Origin of the co-dopant induced enhancement of ferromagnetism in (Zn,Mn)O Yan Zhu, Juexian Cao, Z.Q. Yang, Ruqian Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V22.00008: Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Cobalt doped ZnO Nanowires Ramakrishna Podila, Jian He, Amar Nath, Apparao Rao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V22.00009: Search for ferromagnetism in transition metal doped ZnO nano-clusters Indra Dasgupta, Nirmal Ganguli, Biplab Sanyal Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V22.00010: Magnetism of TiO and TiO$_{2}$ Clusters Xiaohui Wei, Ralph Skomski, B. Balamurugan, Z. Sun, D.J. Sellmyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V22.00011: Structural and magnetic characterization of (TM=Co, Fe) doped SnO$_{2 }$ nanostructures A. Parra Palomino, M.S. Rzchowski, O. Perales Perez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V22.00012: Structure and Magnetotransport Properties of High-T$_{C}$ Ferromagnetic Semiconductors, (Ba,Sr)\textit{M}$_{2\pm x}$Ru$_{4\pm x}$O$_{11}$ with \textit{M} = Mn, Fe, Co Larysa Shlyk, Rainer Niewa, Barbara Schuepp-Niewa, Lance De Long Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V22.00013: Hall effect in magnetic semiconductor InMnSb epitaxial thin films Nikhil Rangaraju, Nidhi Parashar, Bruce Wessels Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V22.00014: Magnetotranport properties of magnetic InMnSb semiconductor films. Nidhi Parashar, Nikhil Rangaraju, Bruce Wessels Preview Abstract

Session V23: Focus Session: Extreme Conditions and High Pressure III: Electronic Transitions and Mixtures

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GSCCM
Chair: Stephane Mazevet, French Atomic Energy Commission
Room: 325

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V23.00001: Phase separation in hydrogen-helium mixtures at high pressure Miguel Morales, Eric Schwegler, David Ceperley, Carlo Pierleoni, Sebastian Hamel, Kyle Caspersen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V23.00002: Molecular dynamics simulations of electron-ion temperature equilibration in an SF6 plasma Lorin X. Benedict, James N. Glosli, David F. Richards, Frederick H. Streitz, Stefan P. Hau-Riege, Frank R. Graziani, Michael S. Murillo, John F. Benage Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V23.00003: Optical signature of the OCP crystallization in a boron plasma Flavien Lambert, St\'ephane Mazevet, Jean Cl\'erouin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		V23.00004: Mixtures in the Warm, Dense Matter Regine Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V23.00005: Electrical Conductivity of Synthetic Uranus Sebastien Hamel, Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V23.00006: Magnetism and vibrations in the phase $\epsilon$ of Oxygen Tuan Anh Pham, Ralph Gebauer, Sandro Scandolo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V23.00007: Ab-initio calculations of the X-ray absorption spectra of shocked compressed aluminum Stephane Mazevet, Vanina Recoules, Gilles Zerah Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V23.00008: High-pressure spectroscopic studies on solid germane Xiaojia Chen, Viktor V. Struzhkin, Zhen-Xian Liu, Muhetaer Aihaiti, Yue Meng, Ho-kwang Mao, Russell J. Hemley, Chao Zhang, Rui-Qin Zhang, Yanling Li, Hai-Qing Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V23.00009: High pressure optical properties of sodium Amy Lazicki, Alexander Goncharov, Viktor Struzhkin, Zhenxian Liu, Eugene Gregoryanz, Christophe Guillaume, Ho-Kwang Mao, Russel Hemley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V23.00010: Influence of Fermi Surface Topology on Superconductivity in High-Pressure Phases of Silane Tian Cui, Xilian Jin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V23.00011: Structural Properties of Superconducting CaLi$_{2}$ At High Pressures Hahnbidt Rhee, Warren Pickett, Richard Scalettar, William Evans, David Young Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V23.00012: Fe K pre-edge of Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$ at High Pressure Shibing Wang, Wendy Mao, Yong Cai, Nozomu Hiraoka, Hirofumi Ishii, Yang Ding, Yuming Xiao, Paul Chow, Ho-kwang Mao, Jinfu Shu, Chichang Kao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V23.00013: High Pressure Phase Transitions in FeO from Density Functional Theory, Quantum Monte Carlo and Dynamical Mean Field Theory Luke Shulenburger, Ken Esler, Sergej Savrasov, Jeongnim Kim, R. E. Cohen Preview Abstract

Session V24: Focus Session: Nanotube Related Hybrid Structures

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Daniel Finkelstadt, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 326

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V24.00001: Broken Optical Symmetry in DNA-SWNT Hybrids: Spectroscopic Signaling of the Helical Wrap Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V24.00002: Color Detection Using Chromophore-Nanotube Hybrid Devices Xinjian Zhou, Thomas Zifer, Bryan Wong, Karen Krafcik, Fran\c{c}ois L\'eonard , Andrew Vance Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V24.00003: Spectral Features of Carbon Nanotube Films Changeable With Increasing Thickness John H. Lehman, Katalin Kamar\'as, \'Aron Pekker, Katherine E. Hurst, D.B. Tanner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V24.00004: Light emitting peapods: A first-principles study Matus Milko, Tayebeh Movlarooy, Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V24.00005: Friction and Stability of Carbon Onions Films in Vacuum R.A. Al-Duhaileb, B.W. Jacobs, M.A. Crimp, V.M. Ayres, A. Hirata, M. Horikoshi, M.G.I. Galinato, N. Lehnert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V24.00006: Computational Study on the Structural and Electronic Properties of Various Fullerene Derivatives Sora Park, Jeung Sun Ahn, Young-Kyun Kwon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V24.00007: Diffusion of Various Molecules through Crystalline C$_{60}$ Solid and their Electronic and Vibrational Properties Young-Kyun Kwon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V24.00008: Simulation of Fe$_{n}$-doped C$_{60}$ Monolayer on \textit{h}-BN/Ni (111) Lan Li, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V24.00009: Superatom states in an endohedral fullerene Tian Huang, Min Feng, Jin Zhao, Hrvoje Petek, Shangfeng Yang, Lothar Dunsch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V24.00010: Isotropic Wave Function Delocalization in C$_{60}$ Molecular Assemblies Min Feng, Jin Zhao, Hrvoje Petek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V24.00011: First-principles calculation of electronic structures of new C$_{60}$ polymers Taichi Kosugi, Shinji Tsuneyuki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V24.00012: Role of OH Adsorption on the Properties of MRI contrast agent Gd$_{3}$N@C$_{80}$ Vince Ong, Shiv Khanna, Panos Fatouros Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V24.00013: Imaging and Spectroscopy of Diamondoid-Fullerene Hybrid Molecules J.C. Randel, H.C. Manoharan Preview Abstract

Session V25: Focus Session: Graphene XIII: Spectroscopic and Transport Properties

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Shaffique Adam, University of Maryland
Room: 327

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V25.00001: Charged Impurity Scattering in Graphene induced by adsorption of calcium Masahiro Ishigami, Jyoti Katoch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V25.00002: Current-Phase Measurements in Single Layer Graphene Cesar Chialvo, Ion Moraru, Daniel Bahr, Nadya Mason, Dale Van Harlingen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 9:00AM		V25.00003: Landau level spectroscopy of Dirac fermions in multilayer epitaxial graphene and graphite Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V25.00004: Charged Impurity Scattering in Bilayer Graphene Shudong Xiao, Jianhao Chen, Ellen D. Williams, Michael S. Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V25.00005: Band structure asymmetry of bilayer graphene revealed by infrared spectroscopy Zhiqiang Li, Erik Henriksen, Zhigang Jiang, Zhao Hao, Matt Zhang, Michael Fogler, Michael Martin, Philip Kim, Horst Stormer, Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 10:00AM		V25.00006: On the dynamical and dc conductivity of graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V25.00007: Thermoelectric and Magnetothermoelectric Transport Measurements of Graphene Yuri M. Zuev, Willy Chang, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V25.00008: Piezoresistivity of graphene-based thin films Rahul Raveendran Nair, K.S. Navoselov, Da Jiang, Soren Neubeck, Leonid Ponomarenko, A.K. Geim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V25.00009: Graphite in the bi-layer regime: in-plane transport Hridis Pal, Sefaattin Tongay, Dmitri Gutman, Dmitrii Maslov, Arthur Hebard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V25.00010: Tuning the Infrared Absorption of a Bilayer Graphene Field-Effect Transistor Chun Hung Lui, Kin Fai Mak, Matthew Sfeir, James Misewich, Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V25.00011: Local Transport Measurements on Graphene Using Scanning Tunneling Potentiometry Weigang Wang, Ko Munakata, Michael Rozler, Francoise Kidwingira, Malcolm Beasley Preview Abstract

Session V26: Focus Session: Graphene XIV: Magnetism and Bilayers

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Bruno Uchoa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: 328

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V26.00001: Defect-induced magnetism in graphene nanoflakes E. Martinez-Guerra, M.E. Cifuentas-Quintal, R. de Coss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V26.00002: Magnetism in Nanopatterned Graphene and Graphite Film Li Chen, Decai Yu, Elisabeth Lupton, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V26.00003: Tunable band structure in double gated trilayer graphene Monica Craciun, Saverio Russo, Michihisa Yamamoto, Jeroen Oostinga, Alberto Morpurgo, Seigo Tarucha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V26.00004: Can Carbon Be Ferromagnetic? H. Ohldag, T. Tyliszczak, R. {H\"{o}hne}, P. Esquinazi, D. Speman, M. Ungureneau, T. Butz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V26.00005: Low-frequency magnetooptical spectra of bilayer Bernal graphene Yen-Hung Ho, Y. H. Chiu, M. F. Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V26.00006: Tunneling Measurements in Single- and Multi-layer Graphene Yung-Fu Chen, Travis Dirks, Cesar Chialvo, Nadya Mason Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V26.00007: Resistance noise in electrically biased bilayer graphene Atindra Nath Pal, Arindam Ghosh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V26.00008: Ab-initio study of doped bilayer graphene Paola Gava, Michele Lazzeri, A. Marco Saitta, Francesco Mauri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V26.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V26.00010: Vortices, zero modes and fractionalization in bilayer-graphene exciton condensate Babak Seradjeh, Heidrun Weber, Marcel Franz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V26.00011: Ultrafast electroic-state dynamics of graphite probed by time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy Y. Ishida, T. Togashi, K. Yamamoto, M. Tanaka, T. Taniuchi, T. Kiss, A. Shimoyamada, K. Ishizaka, M. Nakajima, T. Suemoto, S. Shin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V26.00012: Plasmon Dispersion and Damping in Electrically-isolated Two-dimensional Charge Sheets Yu Liu, Roy Willis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V26.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V26.00014: Edge Phonons of Graphene from Tight-Binding. Daniel Finkenstadt, N. Bernstein, D. Gunlycke, M.J. Mehl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V26.00015: Optical Conductivity and quasiparticle properties of Bilayer graphene Yafis Barlas, Kun Yang Preview Abstract

Session V27: Focus Session: Emerging Scanning Probe Microscopy Methods for Biological Applications

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Igor Sokolov, Clarkson University, Sergei Kalinin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 329

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V27.00001: Kinetic parameters of association and dissociation between single molecules measured by single-molecule force spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V27.00002: Coaxial and Triaxial Atomic Force Microscope Probes for Nanoassembly Keith A. Brown, Jonathan Aguilar, R.M. Westervelt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V27.00003: Protein bond rupture measured by AFM and the energy landscape problem Peter Hoffmann, Essa Mayyas, Lindsay Runyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V27.00004: AFM method to detect differences in adhesion of silica bids to cancer and normal epithelial cells Igor Sokolov, Swaminathan Iyer, Ravi Gaikwad, Craig Woodworth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V27.00005: Rapid Cellular Identification by Dynamic Electromechanical Response Vladimir Reukov, Maxim Nikiforov, Alexei Vertegel, Gary Thompson, Stephen Jesse, Sergei Kalinin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 10:00AM		V27.00006: Simultaneous Nanomechanical and 3d Optical Microscopy: Cellular Distortions and Structural Dynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V27.00007: Spectral Oscillations in Backscattering of Light from a Biological Cell Alexander Heifetz, Alexander Patashinski, Vadim Backman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V27.00008: Single-molecule detection of near-infrared phthalocyanine dyes You Li, Brian Canfield, Lloyd Davis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V27.00009: Chemical Recognition Tunneling via Hydrogen Bond Jin He, Shuai Chang, Lisha Lin, Shuo Huang, Ashley Kibel, Myeong Lee, Peiming Zhang, Otto Sankey, Stuart Lindsay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V27.00010: Nanoscale Properties of Neural Cell Prosthetic and Astrocyte Response D.A. Flowers, V.M. Ayres, R. Delgado-Rivera, I. Ahmed, S.A. Meiners Preview Abstract

Session V28: Focus Session: Graphene Device and Applications III

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Phaedon Avouiris, IBM
Room: 330

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V28.00001: Graphene field-effect transistors for RF applicatoins Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V28.00002: Tunable spin-polarized terahertz excitations in graphene nanoribbons Jun-Qiang Lu, Xiaoguang Zhang, Sokrate T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V28.00003: THz Emission from Graphite Surfaces Chen Xia, Jie Shan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V28.00004: Low - Frequency Noise in Graphene Transistors Guanxiong Liu, Qinghui Shao, Desalegne Teweldebrhan, Alexander Balandin, Serguei Roumyantsev, Michael Shur Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V28.00005: Environmental Effects on 1/f Noise in Graphene and CNT Based Devices Brett R. Goldsmith, Ye Lu, Zhengtang Luo, A.T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 10:00AM		V28.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V28.00007: Progress towards graphene as a quantum-limited electro-mechanical resonator R. G. Knobel, A. Chia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V28.00008: Developing resonant tunneling devices based on graphene Eric Yu, Sandip Tiwari, Derek Stewart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V28.00009: Coherent Graphene Devices: Movable Mirror, Buffer and Memory L. Zhao, S. F. Yelin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V28.00010: Graphene interferometry Daniel Gunlycke, Carter White Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V28.00011: Nanotube Films and Their Application For Mode-Locked Lasers Alex G. Rozhin, A.C. Ferrar Preview Abstract

Session V29: Correlated Electrons

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Meigan Aronson, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: 333

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V29.00001: Emergence of spin structure in quantum wires under strong magnetic fields Gilad Barak, Georg Schusteritsch, Amir Yacoby, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V29.00002: Nonequilibrium transport in the Anderson model of a biased quantum dot Sung Chao, Guillaume Palacios, Andres Jerez, Carlos Bolech, Pankaj Mehta, Natan Andrei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V29.00003: Imaging the Fano lattice in the heavy fermion material URu$_{2}$Si$_{2}$ by scanning tunneling spectroscopy Andrew Schmidt, Mohammad Hamidian, Peter Wahl, Focko Meier, Graeme Luke, J.C. Davis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V29.00004: Theory of the Unusual Quasiparticle Excitations in USb$_2$ Peter Riseborough, Xiaodong Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V29.00005: Kink in the dispersion of f-electrons Tomasz Durakiewicz, Peter S. Riseborough, Clifford G. Olson, John J. Joyce, Peter M. Oppeneer, Saad Elgazzar, Eric D. Bauer, John L. Sarrao, Ela Guziewicz, David P. Moore, Martin T. Butterfield, Kevin S. Graham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V29.00006: Localized $5f$ antiferromagnetism in cubic UIn$_{3}$: $^{115}$In-NMR/NQR Study H. Sakai, S. Kambe, Y. Tokunaga, H. Chudo, Y. Tokiwa, D. Aoki, Y. Haga, Y. \={O}nuki, H. Yasuoka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V29.00007: Studies of the Ferromagnetic Superconductors URhGe and UCoGe Travis Williams, Adam Aczel, Weiqiang Yu, Yasutomo Uemura, Jeremy Carlo, Tatsuo Goko, Jim Garrett, Graeme Luke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V29.00008: Renormalization of electronic structure close to Fermi level of CeIrIn$_{5}$ at 20K Yinwan Li, Tomasz Durakiewicz, John J. Joyce, Kevin S. Graham, John L. Sarrao, Eric D. Bauer, Clifford G. Olson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V29.00009: Interplay of magnetism and screening in the Kondo Lattice Piers Coleman, Andriy Nevidomskyy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V29.00010: Electronic band structure of Pr-based filled skutterudite antimonides J.W. Allen, B.J. Kim, Ravi S. Singh, O. Krupin, J.D. Denlinger, R.E. Baumbach, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V29.00011: High frequency thermal transport for the 2d Hubbard model Louis-Francois Arsenault, Syed Hassan, Andre-Marie Tremblay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V29.00012: Time evolution of excited state in the system with first-order metal-insulator transition W. Koshibae, N. Furukawa, N. Nagaosa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V29.00013: Chiral spin states in the pyrochlore Heisenberg magnet: Fermionic mean-field theory and variational Monte Carlo calculations Junghoon Kim, Jung Hoon Han Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V29.00014: Spectral properties of orbital polarons in Mott insulators Krzysztof Wohlfeld, Maria Daghofer, Andrzej M. Ole\'s, Peter Horsch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V29.00015: Spin conservation and Fermi liquid near a Pomeranchuk transition Andrey Chubukov, Dmitrii Maslov Preview Abstract

Session V30: Focus Session: Multiferroic Properties of Oxide Films

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Jacabo Santamaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Room: 334

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V30.00001: Understanding Magnetism in Multiferroics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V30.00002: Infrared and Raman spectroscopy of the magneto-electric couping in BiFeO$_3$ R.P.S.M. Lobo, R. Schleck, R.L. Moreira, P. Rovillain, M. Cazayous, D. Lebeugle, D. Colson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V30.00003: Ferroelectric Size-effect on BiFeO$_{3}$ Films in Ultra-high Vacuum Peter Maksymovych, Stephen Jesse, Sergey Lisenkov, Laurent Bellaiche, Nina Balke, Mark Huijben, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Arthur P. Baddorf, Sergei V. Kalinin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V30.00004: Electrical conduction at domain walls in multiferroic BiFeO3 Jan Seidel, Lane Martin, Qing He, Qian Zhan, Ying-Hao Chu, Axel Rother, Michael Hawkridge, Peter Maksymovych, Pu Yu, Martin Gajek, Nina Balke, Sergei Kalinin, Sybille Gemming, Feng Wang, Gustau Catal\'an, James Scott, Nicola Spaldin, Joseph Orenstein, Ramamoorthy Ramesh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V30.00005: Ferroelastic domain formation in epitaxial La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$ thin films Tim Fister, Dillon Fong, Jeffrey Eastman, Paul Fuoss, Kavaipatti Balasubramaniam, Paul Salvador Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V30.00006: Development of All Oxide Exchange Bias Systems David Kirkwood, Yonghang Pei, Nam Dao, Jiwei Lu, Stuart Wolf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V30.00007: Growth and characterization of multiferroic BiMnO$_{3}$ thin films Amlan Biswas, G. Singh-Bhalla, Chelsey Morien, Hyoung Jeen Jeen, Patrick Mickel, Sefaatin Tongay, Julia Neff, A. F. Hebard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V30.00008: Multiferroicity in half-doped manganites Sanjeev Kumar, Gianluca Giovannetti, Jeroen van den Brink, Silvia Picozzi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V30.00009: Element specific magnetic moments of Ni and Mn in multiferroic Bi$_2$NiMnO$_6$ film grown on SrTiO$_3$ substrate Vemuru Krishnamurthy, Dave Keavney, David Singh, A. Venimadhav, Q. Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V30.00010: Field Modulated Intrinsic Positive Exchange Bias in Novel Ferrite Ru$_{0.25}$Cr$_{0.75}$O$_{2}$ near the Compensation Point Kevin G. West, Nam Dao, Jiwei Lu, Stuart A. Wolf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V30.00011: Polarization Coupling in Ferroelectric Multilayers as a Function of Interface Charge Concentration Mahmut Okatan, Joseph Mantese, Pamir Alpay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V30.00012: Magnetoelectric effects in SrRuO$_{3}$/BaTiO$_{3}$ heterostructures: A First Principles Study M.K. Niranjan, J.D. Burton, S.S. Jaswal, E.Y. Tsymbal, J.P. Velev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V30.00013: Surface Magnetoelectric Effects from First Principles. Chun-Gang Duan, Ce-Wen Nan, Sitaram S. Jaswal, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal Preview Abstract

Session V31: Focus Session: Frustration Theory and Modeling

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Taner Yildirim, NIST Center for Neutron Research
Room: 335

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V31.00001: Rotational symmetry breaking in Heisenberg model on triangular lattice Ryo Tamura, Naoki Kawashima Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V31.00002: Finite-size scaling in frustrated Heisenberg models Sasha Chernyshev, Steven White Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V31.00003: Classical and quantum dimers on the star lattice John Fjaerestad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		V31.00004: Spatially anisotropic Heisenberg kagome antiferromagnet Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V31.00005: Ordered States on the Kagome Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Model Simeng Yan, Steven White Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V31.00006: Universality Classes of Dimerized Bond-Disordered Quantum Spin Models Jonas Gustafsson, Daoxin Yao, Erica Carlson, Anders Sandvik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V31.00007: Emergent multipolar spin correlations in a fluctuating spiral - The frustrated ferromagnetic S=1/2 Heisenberg chain in a magnetic field, Andreas Lauchli, Julien Sudan, Andreas Luscher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V31.00008: Dynamically dominant excitations of string solutions in the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain in magnetic fields Masanori Kohno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V31.00009: Interplay between interaction and (un)correlated disorder in Heisenberg spin-1/2 chains Frieda Dukesz, Marina Zilbergerts, Lea Santos Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V31.00010: Algebraic spin liquid in an exactly solvable spin model Hong Yao, Shou-Cheng Zhang, Steven Kivelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V31.00011: Extended supersolid phase of frustrated hard-core bosons on a triangular lattice Fa Wang, Frank Pollmann, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V31.00012: A $\Gamma $-matrix generalization of the Kitaev model Hsiang-Hsuan Hung, Congjun Wu, Daniel Arovas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V31.00013: Dzyloshinskii-Moriya interactions in valence bond systems II Mayra Tovar, Kumar Raman, Kirill Shtengel Preview Abstract

Session V32: Focus Session: Vortex and Domain Wall Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Ilya Krivorotov, Univerisity of California Irvine
Room: 336

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V32.00001: Dynamics of Exchange-Biased Magnetic Vortices T. Y. Chen, M. K. Chan, P. A. Crowell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V32.00002: Ferromagnetic resonance force spectroscopy of a magnetic vortex G. de Loubens, O. Klein, A. Riegler, F. Lochner, G. Schmidt, L.W. Molenkamp, H. Hurdequint, F. Boust, N. Vukadinovic, A.N. Slavin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V32.00003: Spin motive electric field driven by magnetic vortex motion Jun-ichiro Ohe, Stewart E. Barnes, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V32.00004: Thickness and field dependence of the driven dynamic mode-splitting of magnetic vortices Kristen Buchanan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V32.00005: Time-resolved X-ray Microscopy of Magnetic Antivortex Dynamics Markus Bolte, Thomas Kamionka, Michael Martens, Bernd Guede, Guido Meier, Kang Wei Chou, Tolek Tyliszczak, Michael Curcic, Bartel Van Waeyenberge, Hermann Stoll Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V32.00006: High frequency spin dynamics in soft magnetic dots in biased vortex state: precise probing and nature of the eigenmodes Farkhad Aliev, Juan Francisco Sierra, Ahmad Awad, Gleb Kakazei, Dong-Soo Han, Sang-Koong Kim, Konstantin Guslienko, Bojan Ilic, Vitali Metlushko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V32.00007: Spin-Torque Ferromagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Permalloy Nanowires Carl Boone, Jordan Katine, Jeff Childress, Jian Zhu, Xiao Cheng, Ilya Krivorotov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V32.00008: Effects of disorder and temperature on vortex domain wall dynamics Hongki Min, Michael Donahue, Mark Stiles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V32.00009: Electron Drift Speed And Current-Induced Drive Torques On A Domain Wall Luc Berger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V32.00010: Universal Electromotive Force Induced by Domain Wall Motion Qian Niu, Shengyuan Yang, Geoffrey Beach, Carl Knutson, Di Xiao, Maxim Tsoi, James Erskine Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V32.00011: Motion of a vortex domain wall in a rough nanowire Paula Mellado, David Clarke, Oleg Tchernyshyov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V32.00012: Domain pinning and disorder in Fe/Gd magnetic multilayers. Jyoti Mohanty, Ashish Tripathi, Erik Shipton, Keith Chan, SangSoo Kim, Ian McNulty, Eric Fullerton, Oleg Shpyrko Preview Abstract

Session V33: Superconductivity: Complex Order Parameter

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Suk Bum Chung, Stanford University
Room: 403

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V33.00001: Topological Superconductivity and Superfluidity Taylor Hughes, Xiao-Liang Qi, S. Raghu, Shou-Cheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V33.00002: Observing Majorana Zero Modes in a $p_x+ip_y$ Superconductor at High Temperature by Tunneling Spectroscopy Yaacov E. Kraus, Assa Auerbach, Herbert A. Fertig, Steven H. Simon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V33.00003: Frequency dependence of the intrinsic Hall conductivity in a chiral $p+ip$ superconductor with impurities Pavel Nagornykh, Roman Lutchyn, Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V33.00004: Electromagnetic response of time reversal invariant triplet superconductors Rahul Roy, Catherine Kallin, John Berlinsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V33.00005: Microscopic analysis of the stability of half-quantum vortices in $p_x + ip_y$ superfluids in an annular geometry. Victor Vakaryuk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V33.00006: Josephson tunneling studies of odd-parity superconductivity in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ Ronald Myers, Ying Liu, D. Fobes, Z. Mao, H. Yaguchi, Y. Maeno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V33.00007: Measurements of superconducting energy gap in individual Ru islands embedded in Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ Yiqun Ying, B. Clouser, R. Myers, N. Staley, Ying Liu, D. Fobes, Z.Q. Mao, Y. Xin, L. Allard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V33.00008: Magnetic response of Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ nanocrystals: search for chiral currents and fractional vortices D. J. Bahr, M. J. A. Stoutimore, R. Budakian, D. J. Van Harlingen, Y. Maeno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V33.00009: Investigating magnetic order in Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ using cantilever torque magnetometry Raffi Budakian, Joonho Jang, Dale Van Harlingen, Yoshi Maeno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V33.00010: Orbital magnetic moment in the chiral p-wave superconductor Sr2RuO4 James Annett, Karol Wysokinski, Balazs Gyorffy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V33.00011: Absence of superconductivity in the half-filled anisotropic triangular lattice Hubbard model Hongtao Li, R.T. Clay, S. Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V33.00012: Nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate as a link between antiferromagnetism and superconductivity in organic conductors Claude Bourbonnais, Abdelouahab Sedeki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V33.00013: New details in the phase diagram of $\lambda\textnormal{-}(\textnormal{BETS})_2\textnormal{Ga}\textnormal{Cl}_4$ made by advancing the art of RF penetration depth measurements in pulsed fields using a tunnel diode oscillator William A. Coniglio, Laurel E. Winter, Kyuil Cho, Braunen E. Smith, C.C. Agosta, L.K. Montgomery Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V33.00014: Upper Critical Field and Phase Diagram Studies for $\lambda$-(BETS)$_2$GaCl$_4$ Laurel E. Winter, William A. Coniglio, Kyuil Cho, Braunen E. Smith, C.C. Agosta, L.K. Montgomery Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V33.00015: Mesoscopic conductance oscillations in superconducting nanoparticle films Al-Amin Dhirani, Brian Lam Preview Abstract

Session V34: Superconductivity: Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: David Tanner, University of Florida
Room: 404

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V34.00001: Comparing the three characteristic electronic excitations in the pseudogap state of underdoped Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$Ca$_{0.8}$Dy$_{0.2}$Cu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$ K. Fujita, Jhinhwan Lee, C. K. Kim, A. Schmidt, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, J. C. Davis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V34.00002: Quasiparticle interference above and below $T_c$ in underdoped cuprates Aakash Pushp, Colin Parker, Abhay Pasupathy, Kenjiro Gomes, Shimpei Ono, Yoichi Ando, Jinsheng Wen, Zhijun Xu, Genda Gu, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V34.00003: Extinction of quasiparticle interference in underdoped cuprates with coexisting order Brian Andersen, Peter Hirschfeld Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V34.00004: Quasi-particle interference and vortex ``checkerboard'' in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_y$ T. Hanaguri, Y. Kohsaka, T. Tamegai, H. Takagi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V34.00005: Quasiparticle scattering from impurities in the cuprates E.A. Nowadnick, I.M. Vishik, B. Moritz, W.S. Lee, Z.X. Shen, T.P. Devereaux, K. Tanaka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V34.00006: Echolocation of Scatterers by Quasiparticles in Cuprate Superconductors Sumiran Pujari, Christopher Henley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V34.00007: Interference of nematic quantum critical quasiparticles: a route to the octet model Eun-Ah Kim, Michael Lawler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V34.00008: Tunneling-mediated Impurity Resonances in Bilayer Cuprate Superconductors Degang Zhang, Chin-Sen Ting Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V34.00009: Spin Filtering and Dephasing through an Aluminum Nanoparticle Felipe Tijiwa Birk, Christopher Malec, Dragomir Davidovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V34.00010: Possible competing order-induced Fermi arcs and self-consistent gap evolution with temperature in cuprate superconductors G.P. Lockhart, A.D. Beyer, M.L. Teague, B.-L. Yu, J.C.F. Wang, N.-C. Yeh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V34.00011: How does the gap change at $T_c$ in underdoped cuprates? Colin Parker, Aakash Pushp, Abhay Pasupathy, Kenjiro Gomes, Shimpei Ono, Yoichi Ando, Jinsheng Wen, Zhijun Xu, Genda Gu, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V34.00012: The Effect Of Spontaneous Magnetization On The Reliability Of The Value For The Spin Polarization As Fitted From Ferromagnet/Superconductor Point Contact Data Paul J. Dolan, Jr., Charles W. Smith Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V34.00013: Coherence factor effects in the antisymmetrized LDOS correlators Marianna Maltseva, P. Coleman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V34.00014: Visualizing electronic segregation in lightly-doped Ca$_{2-x}$Na$_x$CuO$_2$Cl$_2$ Yuhki Kohsaka, Tetsuo Hanaguri, Masaki Azuma, Mikio Takano, J. C. Seamus Davis, Hidenori Takagi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V34.00015: Search for Orbital-Current Effects in Y$_{2}$Ba$_{4}$Cu$_{7}$O$_{15-\delta}$ using $^{89}$Y NMR Simon Str\"assle, Josef Roos, Mihael Mali, Hugo Keller, Takashi Ohno Preview Abstract

Session V35: Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XIII: Pairing Symmetry, Theory and Experiment

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Igor Mazin, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 405

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V35.00001: On the magnetic fluctuations and unconventional superconducting pairing in iron pnictides Junhua Zhang, Rastko Sknepnek, Joerg Schmalian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V35.00002: Signatures of the s+ superconducting gap in electronic Raman Scattering and optical conductivity of Fe-based superconductors Ilya Eremin, Andrey V. Chubukov, Maxim M. Korshunov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V35.00003: Experiments for probing the macroscopic quantum coherence and pairing state in FeAs-based superconductors C.C. Tsuei, Ching-Tzu Chen, M.B. Ketchen, J.R. Rozen, Z.A. Ren, Z.X. Zhao, X.H. Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V35.00004: Limits on the Superconducting Order Parameter in NdFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_y$ and SmFeAsO$_{1-x}$ from Scanning SQUID Microscopy Thomas Lippman, Clifford Hicks, Martin Huber, Zhi-An Ren, Zhong-Xian Zhao, Kathryn Moler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V35.00005: Effect of disorder on sign reversing s-wave pair state for Fe-pnictides Vivek Mishra, G. Boyd, S. Graser, P. J. Hirschfeld Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V35.00006: Phase fluctuations in a magnetic exchange model of iron-based superconductors F.J. Burnell, B. Andrei Bernevig, Meera M. Parish Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V35.00007: Near degeneracy of several pairing channels in a multi-orbital model for the Fe-pnictides Thomas Maier, Siegfried Graser, Peter Hirschfeld, Douglas Scalapino Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V35.00008: Pairing Symmetry in a Two-Orbital Exchange Coupling Model of Oxypnictides B. Andrei Bernevig, Kangjun Seo, Jiangping Hu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V35.00009: Self-consistent calculations of the local density of states of FeAs superconductor/ferromagnet bilayers Nayoung Lee, Han-Yong Choi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V35.00010: Possible time-reversal symmetry breaking pairing state in FeAs superconductors Wei-Cheng Lee, Shou-Cheng Zhang, Congjun Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V35.00011: Spin fluctuation mediated extended s-wave pairing from multiple Fermi surfaces in iron pnictide superconductors Kazuhiko Kuroki, Seiichiro Onari, Ryotaro Arita, Hidetomo Usui, Yukio Tanaka, Hiroshi Kontani, Hideo Aoki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V35.00012: Spin fluctuation dynamics and multiband superconductivity in iron pnictides Valentin Stanev, Jian Kang, Zlatko Tesanovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V35.00013: Emergent symmetry of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in the iron pnictides Yong Baek Kim, Daniel Podolsky, Hae-Young Kee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V35.00014: Two-band Model for Unconventional Superconductivity in Iron-Based Superconductors Yan Chen Preview Abstract

Session V37: Chemical Dynamics and Molecular Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Harvard University
Room: 409

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V37.00001: Laser-excitation of molecular systems within stochastic time-dependent current-density-functional theory Heiko Appel, Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V37.00002: Nonlinear Response Functions in Model Dissipative Anharmonic Systems Mohammad Sahrapour, Nancy Makri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V37.00003: Hamiltonian Monodromy: Unexpected behavior of quasi-linear molecules, atoms in traps and of hydrogen in crossed fields J.B. Delos, C. Schleif, D. Sadovskii, G. Dhont, B. Zhilinskii Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V37.00004: On the internal photorelaxation mechanism of DNA Eric Bittner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V37.00005: Tunneling Splitting in the Rotationally Resolved Electronic Spectrum of 1,3-Benzodioxole Jessica A. Thomas, Leonardo Alvarez-Valtierra, David W. Pratt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V37.00006: Vacuum Ultraviolet Absorption of Supercritical Water David Bartels, Ireneusz Janik, Timothy Marin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V37.00007: Vibrational Coupling Pathways in the $\nu _{3}$ CH Stretch Fundamental Region of Methanol as Revealed by Coherence-Detected FTMW-IR Spectroscopy Sylvestre Twagirayezu, David S. Perry, Justin L. Neill, Matt T. Muckle, Brooks H. Pate Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V37.00008: Ab Initio Torsion-Wag Surface for the Ethyl Radical Ram S. Bhatta, David S. Perry Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V37.00009: Terahertz Investigations of Extraordinarily Efficient Conduction in a Redox Active Ionic Liquid. Verner Thorsmolle, Jan Brauer, Guido Rothenberger, Daibin Kuang, Shaik Zakeeruddin, Michael Gr\"atzel, Jacques Moser Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V37.00010: Investigation of the Order-Disorder Transition in the Hybrid Inorganic-Organic System [(CH$_{3})_{2}$NH$_{2}$]Zn(HCOO)$_{3}$ by means of $^{1}$H NMR T. Besara, P. Jain, A.P. Reyes, P.L. Kuhns, N.S. Dalal, H.W. Kroto, A.K. Cheetham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V37.00011: High Resolution Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled Reactive Intermediates Gabriel Just, Patrick Rupper, Linsen Pei, Terry Miller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V37.00012: Rotationally Resolved $\tilde{A}^2$A$_1$ - $\tilde{X}^2$E Electronic Spectra of Symmetric Methoxy Radicals: CH$_3$O and CD$_3$O Ming-Wei Chen, Dmitry Melnik, Jinjun Liu, Terry A. Miller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V37.00013: The Photoprotective Properties of Adenine: Time-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy at different excitation wavelengths Susanne Ullrich, Nick L. Evans, William M. Potter, Amanda N. Brouillette Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V37.00014: Observation of the $\tilde{A}$ -- $\tilde{X}$ Electronic Transitions of Cyclopentyl and Cyclohexyl Peroxy Radicals Via Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy Rabi Chhantyal Pun, Phillip Thomas, Terry Miller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V37.00015: Dynamic light scattering in an aqueous solution of 3-methylpyridine Dimitry Ivanov, Anna Trubetskaya, Andrei Kostko, Mikhail Anisimov, Jan Sengers Preview Abstract

Session V38: Focus Session: The Transition State in Physics, Chemistry, and Astrophysics II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: K. Srihari, Indian Institute of Technology
Room: 410

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		V38.00001: Quantum Transition State Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		V38.00002: Transition States in a Noisy Environment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V38.00003: Statistical Theory of Asteroid Escape Rates Charles Jaffe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 10:00AM		V38.00004: Exploring remnants of invariants buried in a deep potential well in chemical reactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:36AM		V38.00005: Intramolecular energy transfer, driving mechanisms, and reaction rates for collective motions of clusters Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V38.00006: Collective coherent control: Synchronization of polarization in ferroelectric PbTiO$_{3}$ by shaped THz fields Tingting Qi, Young-Han Shin, Ka-Lo Yeh, Nelson Keith, Rappe Andrew Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		V38.00007: Classical-Quantum correspondence in isomerization dynamics: quantum eigenstates and classical Arnol'd web S. Keshavamurthy Preview Abstract

Session V39: Biological Networks and Systems Biology

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Ilya Nemenman, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: 411

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V39.00001: Boolean modeling of collective effects in complex networks Johannes Norrell, Joshua Socolar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V39.00002: A Network Model For Sea Urchin Development Xinwei Gong, Xianrui Cheng, Joshua Socolar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V39.00003: Achieving optimal growth: lessons from simple metabolic modules Sidhartha Goyal, Thomas Chen, Ned Wingreen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V39.00004: Bifurcation in stochastic differential equations with delayed feedback Gaudreault Mathieu, Jorge Vinals Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V39.00005: Constraints imposed by nonfunctional protein-protein interactions on gene expression and proteome size Jingshan Zhang, Sergei Maslov, Eugene Shakhnovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V39.00006: Effect of TNF autocrine signaling on dosage-dependent NF-kappaB response to lipopolysaccharide stimulation Jaewook Joo, Bryan Carson, Cathy Branda, Jens Poschet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V39.00007: Gain control in molecular signaling without feedback Ilya Nemenman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V39.00008: Noise in Random Boolean Networks Tiago Peixoto, Barbara Drossel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V39.00009: The effect of negative autoregulation on eukaryotic gene expression Dmitry Nevozhay, Rhys Adams, Kevin Murphy, Kresimir Josic, G\'abor Bal\'azsi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V39.00010: Cell stimulation with optically manipulated microsources. Holger Kress, Jin-Gyu Park, Cecile Mejean, Jason Forster, Jason Park, Spencer Walse, Dianqing Wu, Orion Weiner, Tarek Fahmy, Eric Dufresne Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V39.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V39.00012: Determining Regulatory Networks Governing the Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to Pancreatic Lineage Ipsita Banerjee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V39.00013: Stabilizing Motifs in Autonomous Boolean Networks and the Yeast Cell Cycle Oscillator Volkan Sevim, Xinwei Gong, Joshua Socolar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V39.00014: The Transition Pathway from Nonspecific to Specific Complex of DNA with a DNA-Bending Protein Serguei Kuznetsov, Paula Vivas, Yogambigai Velmurugu, Anjum Ansari Preview Abstract

Session V40: Mechanics of Biomolecular Systems II

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Andrew Rutenberg, Dalhousie University
Room: 412

Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		V40.00001: Non-monotonic wave dispersion in one-dimensional spiral track of cardiac cells Tae Yun Kim, Okyu Kwon, Kyoung J. Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		V40.00002: Periodic reversals allow bacteria to swarm Yilin Wu, Dale Kaiser, Yi Jiang, Mark Alber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		V40.00003: Do Recurved Sensory Organs in Drosophila Form Through a Turing-Type Bifurcation? Huifeng Zhu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		V40.00004: Sisyphus at the Nanoscale: Bacterial Topotaxis in a Microfabricated Environment Guillaume Lambert, Peter Galajda, David Liao, Robert H. Austin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		V40.00005: Microrheology of swimming bacteria suspension. Andrey Sokolov, Igor Aronson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		V40.00006: Microrheology of Actin Network Depends on Probe Size, Surface Chemistry and Depletion Effect Jun He, Jay Tang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		V40.00007: Mechanics of biomimetic systems propelled by actin comet tails Hyeran Kang, Dhananjay Tambe, Vivek Shenoy, Jay Tang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		V40.00008: Generalized rules for the optimization of elastic network models Timothy Lezon, Eran Eyal, Ivet Bahar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		V40.00009: Pulling helices inside bacteria: imperfect helices and rings Andrew Rutenberg, Jun Allard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		V40.00010: Bending rigidity of type I collagen homotrimer fibrils Sejin Han, Sergey Leikin, Wolfgang Losert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		V40.00011: Surface manipulation of protein filaments Laurent Kreplak, Douglas Staple, Marko Loparic, Hans-Juergen Kreuzer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		V40.00012: Multiscale Mechanics of Fibrin Polymer Andre Brown, Rustem Litvinov, Dennis Discher, Prashant Purohit, John Weisel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		V40.00013: Cardiomyocytes beat best on a matrix with heart-like elasticity -- Molecular mechanics of the changes Christine Carag, Adam Engler, Dennis Discher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		V40.00014: Dynamic Viscoelasticity of Individual Bacterial Cells Virginia Vadillo-Rodriguez, John Dutcher Preview Abstract