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Session Y1: Superconductivity and Quantum Transport in Nanowires

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Alexei Berzryadi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y1.00001: Mapping out the Superconductor-Insulator Phase Diagram for Nanowires. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		Y1.00002: Statistics of superconductive-resistive switching in nanowires: An effective probe for resolving phase-slip events Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		Y1.00003: Theory of the pairbreaking superconductor-metal transition in nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		Y1.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		Y1.00005: Thermally activated phase slips in superconducting nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y2: Advances in Optical Microscopy

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: David Weitz, Harvard University
Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y2.00001: Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		Y2.00002: Differential Dynamic Microscopy: a simple means to measure dynamics with a microscope Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		Y2.00003: Holographic video microscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		Y2.00004: New techniques for fluorescence background rejection in microscopy and endoscopy Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		Y2.00005: Photoactivated localization microscopy combined with single particle tracking Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y3: Multi-valley Electron Systems in the Quantum Limit

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Wei Pan, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: 301/302

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y3.00001: Phase Transitions of Dirac Electrons in Bismuth Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		Y3.00002: Hall Plateaus at magic angles in ultraquantum Bismuth Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		Y3.00003: Bismuth and graphite in the ultraquantum limit: signatures of fractional quantum Hall effect Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		Y3.00004: AlAs 2D Electrons at High Magnetic Field: The Role of Spin and Valley Degree of Freedom Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		Y3.00005: High Mobility Sixfold Valley Degenerate Electrons on Silicon [111] Surfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y4: New insight into Exchange Bias from Advanced Scattering Techniques

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Julie Borchers, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: 306/307

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y4.00001: Neutron and X-Ray Scattering Studies of the Exchange Bias Problem Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		Y4.00002: Measuring interfacial magnetic configurations with Polarized Neutron Reflectometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		Y4.00003: Inelastic neutron scattering studies of exchange biased core-shell nanoparticles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		Y4.00004: Exchange bias in core/shell magnetic nanoparticles: experimental results and numerical simulations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		Y4.00005: Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of Magnetic Correlation Lengths in Nanoparticle Assemblies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y5: Self-Organization in Biological Cells and Tissues II

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Ray Goldstein, University of Cambridge
Room: 401/402

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y5.00001: Cells anticipate periodic events Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		Y5.00002: The Physics of Cardiac Fibrillation: Strings that kill Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		Y5.00003: Spatiotemporal patterns of voltage and calcium signaling in heart cells and tissue Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		Y5.00004: Synchronization of Eukaryotic Flagella and the Evolution of Multicellularity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		Y5.00005: Single cell motility and trail formation in populations of microglia Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y6: Novel Orbital Quantum Phases in Cold Atom Optical Lattices

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DAMOP
Chair: Steve Girvin, Yale University
Room: 406

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y6.00001: Dynamics of ultracold atoms in higher lattice orbitals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		Y6.00002: Control of Bosons in a 2D optical lattice with checkerboard staggered field. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		Y6.00003: Non-zero momentum Bose-Einstein condensation of orbital atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		Y6.00004: Novel orbital physics with fermions in optical lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		Y6.00005: Realization of Extended Hubbard Models with Tailored Orbitals in Optical Lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y7: The Statistical Properties of Forces in Jammed Granular Matter

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DCMP
Chair: Wim van Saarloos, Leiden University
Room: 407

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y7.00001: Statistical Mechanics of Jammed Matter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		Y7.00002: A statistical mechanics framework for static granular matter Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		Y7.00003: Confocal measurements of emulsions leading to a statistical model for frictionless, polydisperse packings Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		Y7.00004: Statistics of force networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		Y7.00005: Measuring the configurational temperature of granular media Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y8: Pushing the Limits of Mechanical Detection

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Dan Rugar, IBM Almaden
Room: 414/415

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y8.00001: Quantum Optical Control of Micromechanics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		Y8.00002: Measurement of Dispersive Coupling Between a Nanoresonator and a Superconducting Qubit Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		Y8.00003: Nanoscale Magnetic Resonance Imaging Based on Ultrasensitive Force Detection Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		Y8.00004: A Cantilever-based apparatus for detecting micron-scale deviations from Newtonian gravity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 11:00AM		Y8.00005: The quantum limit and beyond in gravitational wave detection Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session Y9: Stochastic Processes in Biological Systems II

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Leah Shaw, The College of William and Mary
Room: 303

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y9.00001: A Stochastic Single-Molecule Event Triggers Phenotype Switching of a Bacterial Cell Sunney Xie, Paul Choi, Long Cai Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y9.00002: The role of time scales in extrinsic noise propagation Srividya Iyer-Biswas, Juan Manuel Pedraza, C. Jayaprakash Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y9.00003: Determination of the equilibrium free energy for pulled single molecules from nonequilibrium work measurements Liao Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y9.00004: Efficient stochastic sampling of first passage times for multi-scale simulations Navodit Misra, Russell Schwartz Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y9.00005: Dynamics of segregation of polymers in a confined geometry Ya Liu, Bulbul Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y9.00006: Modeling DNA unhooking from a single post as a translocation process Nabil Laachi, Jaeseol Cho, Kevin Dorfman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y9.00007: Evolutionary advantage of a mixed strategy for the competence phenotype in bacteria Christopher Wylie, Herbert Levine, David Kessler Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y9.00008: Physical limits on computation by assemblies of allosteric proteins John Robinson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y9.00009: Calcium waves in the the maturing oocyte Aman Ullah, Ghanim Ullah, Peter Jung, Khaled Machaca Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y9.00010: Calcium puffs: From microdomain to a channel. Divya Swaminathan, Peter Jung Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y9.00011: Dynamical Phase Transitions In Periodically Driven Model Neurons Jan R. Engelbrecht$^1$, Renato Mirollo$^2$ Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y9.00012: Stochastic and Deterministic Flagellar Dynamics Provide a Mechanism for Eukaryotic Swimming Reorientation Marco Polin, Idan Tuval, Knut Drescher, Raymond Goldstein Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y9.00013: Active stochastic oscillations and amplification of mechanical stimuli in a hair cell model Lijuan Han, Alexander Neiman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y9.00014: The co-existence of spirals with multiple rates of rotation Joseph Tranquillo Preview Abstract

Session Y10: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures VI: Artificially Structured Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Stefano Cabrini, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: 304

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y10.00001: Green's Functions in Nanoscience Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y10.00002: First Principles Absorption Spectra of Cu$_n$ ($n=1-10$) Clusters Kopinjol Baishya, Juan C. Idrobo, Serdar Ogut, Mingli Yang, Koblar A. Jackson, Julius Jellinek Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y10.00003: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO S1.00259 Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y10.00004: Calculations of second harmonic generation by periodically-structured surfaces William Schaich Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y10.00005: Optical properties of the Folic Acid/APTMS/TiO$_{2}$ nanosystems Volodymyr Turkowski, Michael Leuenberger, Talat Rahman, Duy Le, Sudipta Seal, Sanku Mallik, Andre Gesquiere Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y10.00006: Optical Properties and Aging of Gasochromic WO$_{3}$ Rudresh Ghosh, Matthew B. Baker, Rene Lopez Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y10.00007: {\it Ab initio} Bethe-Salpeter Equation approach for aperiodic materials and core-excitations H.M. Lawler, J. Vinson, J.J. Rehr, E.L. Shirley Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y10.00008: Franz-Keldysh effect in the interband optical absorption of quantum wires Harold Spector, Congxin Xia Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y10.00009: Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) of pyridine on Pt Qingzhen Hao, Lasse Jensen, Peter Eklund Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y10.00010: The Effect of Roughened Metallic Films on Colloidal Quantum Dot Energy Transfer Christopher Ferri, Somnath Ghosh, Brent Rich, Michelle Khine, Sayantani Ghosh Preview Abstract

Session Y11: Superlattices and Nanostructures - Electronic Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Stefan Badescu, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 305

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y11.00001: Finding structures with specific properties in complex configurational spaces using multi-target inverse band structure approach Paulo Piquini, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y11.00002: First-principles studies of structure and electronic level alignment at nanoscale CdSe/CdTe heterojunctions Shenyuan Yang, David Prendergast, Jeffrey Neaton Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y11.00003: \textit{P}-type InSb and In$_{x}$Ga$_{1-x}$As quantum wells remotely doped with Be Chomani Gaspe, Madhavie Edirisooriya, Tetsuya Mishima, Michael Santos Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y11.00004: Predicted Band Structures of Wurtzite III-V Semiconductors Based on Empirical Pseudopotentials Amrit De, Craig Pryor Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y11.00005: Fundamental properties of TiO$_{2}$ nanostructures: the effects of the size confinement and the surface coverage Giovanni Cantele, Amilcare Iacomino, Fabio Trani, Domenico Ninno, Ivan Marri, Stefano Ossicini Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y11.00006: Ion scattering from Au nanoclusters formed by buffer layer assisted growth Snjezana Balaz, Jory Yarmoff Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y11.00007: Cyclotron Resonance of Two-Dimensional Hole Systems in InSb Quantum Wells James Coker, R. Doezema, M. Edirisooriya, T. Mishima, Mike Santos, X. Pan, G. Sanders, C. Stanton, L. Tung, Y.-J. Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y11.00008: Structural and electronic properties of crystals of thiolate-capped Au nanoparticles doped with donor and acceptor molecules: first-principles calculations Ronaldo Batista, Jonathan Martins, H\'elio Chacham Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y11.00009: Interaction effects in conductance of quasi-1D channels formed from AlGaAs/GaAs 2DEG: Crossover from weakly-disordered Fermi liquid to Luttinger liquid Matthew Bell, Andrei Sergeev, Jonathan Bird, Vladimir Mitin, Aleksandr Verevkin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y11.00010: Giant Orbital Paramagnetism in Nanometer Scale 2DEG Strips Michael Harrison Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y11.00011: Excitonic condensation with different pairing symmetries in double quantum wells Christopher Jamell Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y11.00012: Coulomb Blockade in a Field Emitting Freely Suspended Island Chulki Kim, Hyun S. Kim, Hua Qin, Robert H. Blick Preview Abstract

Session Y12: Electronic and Lattice Properties, Including Quantum Size Effects

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMP
Chair: Tai Chiang, University of Illlinois, Champaign-Urbana
Room: 308

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y12.00001: Bi(114): A quasi one-dimensional metal with strong spin-orbit splitting Ph. Hofmann, J.W. Wells, H. Dil, F. Meier, J. Lobo-Checa, V.N. Petrov, J. Osterwalder, M.M. Ugeda, I. Fernandez-Torrente, J.I. Pascual, E. Rienks, M.F. Jensen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y12.00002: Plasmon Resonances in Ultrathin Magnesium Films Mustafa M. Ozer, Eun Ju Moon, Adolfo G. Eguiluz, Hanno H. Weitering Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y12.00003: Structural analysis of the surface of bilayered ruthenate Sr$_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Biao Hu, D. Mandrus, A.P. Li, M.H. Pan, Shuheng Pan, V.B. Nascimento, E.W. Plummer, R. Jin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y12.00004: Interface-Induced Complex Electronic Interference Structures in Ag Films on Ge(111) Tai Chiang, Yang Liu, Nathan Speer, Shu Tang, Tom Miller Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y12.00005: Influence of quantum well states on the formation of surface Au/Pb alloy in Pb/Si(111) quantum thin films. Jungdae Kim, Shengyong Qin, Alexander Khajetoorians, Wenguang Zhu, Zhenyu Zhang, Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y12.00006: Coherent quantum-well electronic structure in bimetallic Pb/Ag films prepared on Si(111). Matthew Brinkley, Yang Liu, Nathan Speer, Thomas Miller, Tai-Chang Chiang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y12.00007: Pseudogap Mediated by Quantum-Size Effects in Lead Islands Kedong Wang, Xieqiu Zhang, M.M.T. Loy, T.-C. Chiang, Xudong Xiao Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y12.00008: Quantized Electronic Structure and Growth of Pb Films on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite Yang Liu, Jens Paggel, Mary Upton, Tom Miller, Tai Chiang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y12.00009: Quantum stability and superconductive properties of atomically smooth ultrathin alloy films of thermodynamically immiscible metal elements Eun Ju Moon, Mustafa M. Ozer, James R. Thompson, Hanno H. Weitering Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y12.00010: First-principles study of SiON/SiC(0001) surface insulating layer Yasunobu Ando, Kazuto Akagi, Shinji Tsuneyuki, Tetsuroh Shirasawa, Hiroshi Tochihara Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y12.00011: Electronic structures of intrinsic \textit{n}-type SrTiO$_{3}$-LaAlO$_{3}$ interface: density and spatial distribution of free carriers Won-joon Son, Eunae Cho, Seungwu Han Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y12.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y12.00013: Positron states and annihilation characteristics at the reconstructed (100) and (111) surfaces of Si with adsorbed hydrogen and oxygen. N.G. Fazleev, W.B. Maddox, A.H. Weiss Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y12.00014: Fabrication and transport measurement of periodic wavy structures of Si/SiGe nanomembranes Minrui Yu, Robert Blick, Arnold Kiefer, Don Savage, Max Lagally Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y12.00015: Electron accumulation on bare and hydrogenated indium nitride surfaces Brian Thoms, Rudra Bhatta, Ananta Acharya, Mustafa Alevli, Nikolaus Dietz Preview Abstract

Session Y13: General Theoretical and Computational Methods

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Christine Wu, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: 309

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y13.00001: A global EMC/FDTD simulation tool for modeling THz wave interaction with conductive media K. J. Willis, S. C. Hagness, I. Knezevic Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y13.00002: GPU Based Acceleration of First Principles Calculations Hidekazu Tomono, Toshiaki Iitaka, Kazuo Tsumuraya Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y13.00003: Saturation effects in dispersion interactions Bo E. Sernelius Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y13.00004: Symmetries of non-relativistic quantum-mechanical Hamiltonian Bojan Tunguz Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y13.00005: Planck's High Temperature Catastrophe in Observational Astronomy:- (NASA proves Planck wrong) Clarence A. Gall Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y13.00006: Expressing n dimensions as n-1 John Laubenstein Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y13.00007: The mass, energy, space and time system theory-MEST- the theory of relativity and the quantum mechanics Dayong Cao Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y13.00008: Is Sound a Property of Space or Vacuum? Venkata Chaganti Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y13.00009: New Generally Covariant Generalization of the Dirac Equation Not Requiring Gauges David Maker Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y13.00010: The darkness of mere being: DM and DE explained James Beichler Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y13.00011: Charged Particles are Preventing from Moving Faster than the Speed of Light by Light Itself Randy Wayne Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y13.00012: Why So Many More Americans Die in Fires Lawrence Cranberg Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y13.00013: A new Virtual Crystal Approximation approach Roberta Poloni, Jorge I\~{n}iguez, Alberto Garcia, Enric Canadell Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y13.00014: Solvent-Shift Monte Carlo: A cluster algorithm for solvated atomistic and coarse-grained systems David Earl, Christopher Hixson, James Benigni Preview Abstract

Session Y14: Nonequilibrium and Templated Assembly

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Jack Douglas, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: 315

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y14.00001: Speeding up the understanding of Vertical Deposition of Diluted Colloids Wenceslao Gonz\'alez-Vi\~nas, Maximiliano Giuliani, Moorthi Pichumani Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y14.00002: Kinetics of formation and disintegration of ionic and non-ionic spherical micelles Gunjan Mohan, Dmitry Kopelevich Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y14.00003: Using fluid flow to control the structure of soluble surfactants deposited through receding contact lines. Benjamin Beppler, Kalyani Varanasi, Stephen Garoff, Kristina Woods, Guennadi Evmenenko Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y14.00004: Rapid Convective Deposition For Fabrication of Microlens Arrays James Gilchrist, Pisist Kumnorkaew, Nelson Tansu, Yik-Khoon Ee Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y14.00005: Permanent Flow-Induced Phase Transitions in Wormlike Surfactant Micelle Solutions Mukund Vasudevan, Eric Buse, Amy Shen, Bamin Khomami, Radhakrishna Sureshkumar Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y14.00006: Understanding the structure of porous materials created by freeze casting Stephen Barr, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y14.00007: End-Functionalized Triblock Copolymers as a Guide for Nanoparticle Ordering Rastko Sknepnek, Joshua Anderson, Monica Lamm, Joerg Schmalian, Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y14.00008: Unexpectedly wide distributions in the stochastic synthesis of functionalized nanoparticles. Jack Waddell, Douglas Mullen, Bradford Orr, Mark Banaszak Holl, Leonard Sander Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y14.00009: Self assembly of silica nanoparticles in a surfactant mesophase K. Sharma, K. Guruswamy, O. Mondain-Monval, I. Ly Preview Abstract

Session Y15: Liquid Crystals III

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Luz Martinez-Miranda, University of Maryland
Room: 316

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y15.00001: Magnetic-field induced isotropic to nematic liquid crystal phase transition J.T. Gleeson, T.B. Ostapenko, D. B. Wiant, S.N. Sprunt, A. Jakli Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y15.00002: High Magnetic Field-Induced Birefringence in Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals T. Ostapenko, Yu. Nastishin, J.T. Gleeson, S.N. Sprunt, O.D. Lavrentovich, P.J. Collings Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y15.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y15.00004: Chromonic liquid crystalline properties of dyes Xuxia Yao, Jung Park, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y15.00005: Liquid Crystalline Phase Transition of Colloidal Platelets with Identical Thickness Dazhi Sun, Zhengdong Cheng, Hung-Jue Sue Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y15.00006: Study of the Isotropic-Nematic and the Nematic-Smectic-A Phase Transitions in Carbon Nanotubes and Liquid Crystal Composites Krishna Sigdel, Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y15.00007: Recovery and stabilization of a reversed phase sequence in a ternary liquid crystal mixture Ronald Pindak, Shun Wang, LiDong Pan, B.K. McCoy, Suntao Wang, H.T. Nguyen, Cheng-Cher Huang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y15.00008: Room-Temperature Liquid Crystal Blue Phases Stefanie Taushanoff, Khoa Van Le, Robert Twieg, Antal Jakli Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y15.00009: Hybrid shells of nematic liquid crystal Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Teresa Lopez-Leon Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y15.00010: Optical waveguiding in bent core liquid crystal filaments Antal Jakli, Jake Fontana, Chris Bailey, Wolfgang Weissflog, Istvan Janossy, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y15.00011: Dielectric properties of bent-core nematic materials Peter Salamon, Nandor Eber, Samuel Sprunt, James Gleeson, Antal Jakli Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y15.00012: Second Harmonic Generation in a Bent-core Nematic Liquid Crystal. Seung Ho Hong, Antal Jakli, James Gleeson, Samuel Sprunt, Brettt Ellman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y15.00013: Viscoelastic parameters and flexoelectric effect in a bent-core nematic liquid crystal studied by dynamic light scattering Madhabi Majumdar, K. Neupane, James T. Gleeson, Antal Jakli, Samuel Sprunt Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y15.00014: Large Flow-Birefringence of Nematogenic Bent-Core Liquid Crystals Christopher Bailey, Katalin Fodor-Csorba, Rafael Verduzco, James Gleeson, Samuel Sprunt, Antal Jakli Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y15.00015: Activated Kinetics of Nematic and Smectic Phase Transitions in an Aligned Matrix of Nano-colloidal Liquid Crystalline Gel Dipti Sharma Preview Abstract

Session Y16: Elastomers and Gels II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Ryan Hayward, University of Massachusetts
Room: 317

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y16.00001: Deuterium NMR studies of segment orientation in PDMS unimodal and bimodal endlinked networks. Claude Cohen, Geoffrey Genesky, T. Michael Duncan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y16.00002: Volume-phase Transitions and Confined Water in Surface-tethered Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Networks Ajay Vidyasagar, Ryan Toomey Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y16.00003: Strain induced alignment of particles in an elastomer host Ben Spott, Jeremy Neal, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y16.00004: Dynamics of uniaxially oriented elastomers using dielectric spectroscopy HyungKi Lee, Daniel Fragiadakis, Darren Martin, James Runt Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y16.00005: Shape-Memory Polymers Based on Fatty Acid-Filled Elastomeric Ionomers Elise Izzo, Robert Weiss Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y16.00006: Dynamics of Segmented Polyurethane Elastomers Using Dielectric Spectroscopy James Runt, Daniel Fragiadakis, Alicia Castagna, Taeyi Choi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y16.00007: Polydomain to monodomain transition in nematic liquid crystal elastomers Badel Mbanga, Fangfu Ye, Jonathan Selinger, Robin Selinger Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y16.00008: Liquid crystal elastomers: Bent core flexo-electricity Martin Chambers, Rafael Verduzco, Samuel Sprunt, James T. Gleeson, Antal Jakli Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y16.00009: Photoinduced distortions of polydomain liquid crystal elastomer samples Wilder Iglesias, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y16.00010: Dynamic Aspect of Electro-Opto-Mechanical Effects in Swollen Nematic Elastomers Kenji Urayama, Atsushi Fukunaga, Toshikazu Takigawa, Antonio DeSimone, Luciano Teresi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y16.00011: Analysis of Diffusion through Dynamic Network Polymers using Multi-photon Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching Jiahui Li, Kelley Sullivan, Edward Brown, Mitchell Anthamatten Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y16.00012: Gelling Mechanism of Aluminum Di-Soaps in Oils Xiaorong Wang, Mindaugas Rackaitis Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y16.00013: Surface Plasmon Resonance Effects in Responsive Polyelectrolyte/Gold Nanoparticles Hydrogel Thin Films Ihor Tokarev, Iryna Tokareva, Venkateshwarlu Gopishetty, Sergiy Minko Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y16.00014: Gelation, Dynamics and Mechanics of Associating Polymers: Exploring Parameter Space Robert S. Hoy, Glenn H. Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y16.00015: Step Cycle Deformation Processing of Elastomers and Gels Based on Semicrystalline Polyolefin-based Block Copolymers Fanny Deplace, Zhigang Wang, Nathaniel A. Lynd, Atsushi Hotta, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Edward J. Kramer, Jeffrey M. Rose, Anna E. Cherian, Geoffrey W. Coates, Hisashi Ohtaki, K. Hirokane, F. Yamada, Yong-Woo Shin, Fumihiko Shimizu Preview Abstract

Session Y17: Focus Session: Quantum Metrology and Nanomechanics

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: David DiVincenzo, IBM
Room: 318

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y17.00001: High-sensitivity diamond magnetometer with nanoscale resolution Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y17.00002: Coupling Nitrogen Vacancy Centers in a Diamond Nanopillar to a Silica Microsphere Khodadad Dinyari, Mats Larsson, Hailin Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y17.00003: An Ensemble of NV-centers in Diamond Coupled to a Flux Qubit David Marcos, Martijn Wubs, R. Aguado, M.D. Lukin, Anders Sorensen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y17.00004: Getting Information on Independently Prepared Quantum States -- When are Individual Measurements as Powerful as Joint Measurements? Chi-Hang Fred Fung, H. F. Chau Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y17.00005: Quantum noise interference as a route to ground state cooling in cavity electromechanics Aashish Clerk, Florian Elste, Steve Girvin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y17.00006: Force sensitivity of a nanomechanical oscillator in a microwave cavity Jennifer Harlow, John Teufel, Tobias Donner, Konrad Lehnert Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y17.00007: Resolved-Sideband Cooling of Nanomechanical Motion within a Microwave Cavity John Teufel, Jennifer Harlow, Tobias Donner, Michael Demoret, Konrad Lehnert Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y17.00008: Photon-Mediated Magnetic Cooling of~a Micromechanical Oscillator Joonho Jang, Raffi Budakian Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y17.00009: Parametric Amplification and Detection of Nanomechanical Motion Jared Hertzberg, Tristan Rocheleau, Tchefor Ndukum, Keith Schwab Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y17.00010: Back action evading quantum limited measurements of a nanomechanical resonator Tchefor Ndukum, Tristan Rocheleau, Jared Hertzberg, Keith Schwab Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y17.00011: Sideband Resolved Cooling of a Nanomechanical Resonator Parametrically Coupled to a Microwave Resonator Tristan Rocheleau, Tchefor Ndukum, Jared Hertzberg, Keith Schwab Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y17.00012: Ground state cooling of nanomechanical resonator via linear coupling in a superconducting circuit Lin Tian Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y17.00013: Quantum Measurements of Coupled Systems L. Fedichkin, M. Shapiro, M. I. Dykman Preview Abstract

Session Y18: Focus Session: Surface Instabilities and Adsorbed or Grafted Layers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Room: 319

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y18.00001: Drying-Mediated Self-Assembly of Highly Ordered Complex Structures: From Polymers to Nanoparticles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y18.00002: Morphology of Osmotically-Driven Surface Buckles Derek Breid, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y18.00003: Lateral Instability of Nanoimprinted Polymer Patterns during Thermal Annealing Yifu Ding, Kyle Alvine, Hyunwook Ro, Manish Kulkarni, Jack Douglas, Christopher Soles Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y18.00004: Mechanical instabilities in periodic porous elasto-plastic solids. Srikanth Singamaneni, Katia Bertoldi, Sehoon Chang, Ji-Hyun Jang, Seth Young, Edwin Thomas, Mary Boyce, Vladimir Tsukruk Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y18.00005: Peculiarities in liquid phase of Styrene Butadiene rubber surface induced by Atomic Force Microscopy-assisted electrostatic nanolithography Mindaugas Rackaitis, Sergei Lyuksyutov, Dmytro Kashyn, Pavel Paramonov, Robert Mallik Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y18.00006: Diffusion-Controlled, Self-Organized Growth of Symmetric Wrinkling Patterns Christopher M. Stafford, Jun Young Chung, Adam J. Nolte Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y18.00007: Transition from Non-interacting to Interacting Regime of Tethered Polymer Chains Ryan Van Horn, Joseph X. Zheng, Ming-Siao Hsiao, Bernard Lotz, Edwin L. Thomas, Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann, Stephen Z.D. Cheng Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y18.00008: Internal Structure of Diblock Copolymer Brushes. Bulent Akgun, Charles F. Majkrzak, Sushil Satija, Gokce Ugur, William J. Brittain, Mark D. Foster, Xuefa Li, Jin Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y18.00009: Steric effects on the phase behavior of end-tethered temperature-responsive polymers Charles Hogshead, Evangelos Manias Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y18.00010: Self-Assembling Pi-conjugated Monolayer on Silicon J.-C. Lin, J. Kellar, J.-H. Kim, S. Nguyen, M. Hersam, M. Bedzyk, K. Bevan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y18.00011: The Dynamic Reinforcement of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) as a Result of Non-equilibrium State of Polymer Supermolecular Structures and their Confinement in Nanofibers Eyal Zussman, Emil Shaked, Arkadi Arinstein Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y18.00012: Phenomenology of Polymer Thin Film Dewetting during Vapor Deposition Polymerization Mitchell Anthamatten, Xichong Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y18.00013: Nano-adsorbents control surface properties of polyurethane SuPing Lyu, Darrel Untereker, Jim Schley, Tom Grailer, Anna Belu, Chris Hobot, Terri Bartlett, Randy Sparer Preview Abstract

Session Y19: Surfaces and Adsorption I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Zhiqun Lin, Iowa State University
Room: 320

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y19.00001: Sequence-directed organization in self-assembled monolayers of beta-peptides on solid surfaces: A Monte Carlo simulation study Jagannath Mondal, Bong June Sung, Arun Yethiraj Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y19.00002: Thermal Response of PNIPAM Brushes Studied by Numerical Self-Consistent Field Calculations Dong Meng, Qiang WANG Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y19.00003: Time evolution of the structure of fluorinated alkanes near solid surfaces Mesfin Tsige Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y19.00004: Activation of CO$_{2}$ on transition metal surfaces and oxide supported metal thin films Sujata Paul, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y19.00005: Dynamics of an Adsorbed Polymer Chain Joshua Kalb, Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y19.00006: Investigation of Carboxymethyl Cellulose Adsorption onto Regenerated Cellulose Surfaces via Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring and Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy Zelin Liu, Paul Gatenholm, Alan Esker Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y19.00007: Theory of Polymer Adsorption Onto Selected Chemically Patterned Substrates. Alexander Chervanyov, Gert Heinrich Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y19.00008: Cationic xylan adsorption onto self-assembled monolayers and model cellulose surfaces Alan Esker, Abdulaziz Kaya, Daniel Drazenovich, Wolfgang Glasser, Katrin Schwikal, Thomas Heinze Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y19.00009: Introduction of a novel surface plasmon resonance imaging method for use in the study of quantitative kinetic surface interactions Scott Allen, Oleh Tanchak, John Dutcher Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y19.00010: Pentacene on Cu(911): A Density Functional Theory study Abdelkader Kara Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y19.00011: Dynamics within alkylsiloxane SAMs studied by sensitive dielectric spectroscopy Mary Scott, Derrick Stevens, Jason Bochinski, Laura Clarke Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y19.00012: Control of The Morphology of Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces Robert Weiss, Andrey Dobrynin, Xueyuan Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y19.00013: Biomimetic and responsive artificial surfaces that quantitatively reproduce the water repellency of a Lotus leaf Spiros H. Anastasiadis, Vassilia Zorba, Emmanuel Stratakis, Marios Barberoglou, Emmanuel Spanakis, Panagiotis Tzanetakis, Costas Fotakis, Anca Mateescu, Maria Vamvakaki Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y19.00014: Haloform Adsorption on Crystalline Copolymers of Vinylidene Fluoride with Trifluoroethylene Carolina C. Ilie, Jie Xiao, Peter A. Dowben Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y19.00015: Shear-controlled Micro-nano Scaled Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces with Tunable Sliding Angles from isotactic-Polypropylene / Polypropylene Chlorid Blend Xia Dong, Charles C. Han, Song Hong, Yonghua Yao Preview Abstract

Session Y20: Biological-Synthetic Hybrid Materials

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Ali Dhinojwala, University of Akron
Room: 321

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y20.00001: Peptide Folding and Consequent Self-assembly for Shear Thinning Hydrogels with Immediate Recovery Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y20.00002: Designing `smart' hydrogels using peptide-responsive conjugates Alberto Saiani, Jean-Baptiste Guibaud, Aline Miller Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y20.00003: ``Backpack'' Functionalized Living Immune Cells Albert Swiston, Soong Ho Um, Darrell Irvine, Robert Cohen, Michael Rubner Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y20.00004: Reversible Structural Transition of a DNA Lipid Film. Matthew Tirrell, Surekha Gajria, Thorsten Neumann, Luc Jaeger Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y20.00005: Gecko-Inspired Carbon Nanotube-Based Adhesives Liehui Ge, Sunny Sethi, Anubha Goyal, Lijie Ci, Pulickel Ajayan, Ali Dhinojwala Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y20.00006: Sensing Structures Inspired by Blind Cave Fish Michael E. McConney, Nannan Chen, David Lu, Kyle D. Anderson, Huan Hu, Chang Liu, Vladimir V. Tsukruk Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y20.00007: Giant super-helix formation from aqueous bioinspired block copolymers. H.K. Murnen, A.M. Rosales, R.N. Zuckermann, R.A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y20.00008: The effects of supramolecular network topology on hapten-receptor avidity Jason Benkoski, Andrew Mason, Jill La Favors, Joshua Wolfe Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y20.00009: Dynamic DNA Interactions with Functionalized Colloids Lu Zhang, Yingxi Elaine Zhu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y20.00010: Growth of well-defined metal and oxide nanoparticles on biological surfaces Vladimir Tsukruk Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y20.00011: Fluorescent DNA-bound Ag nanoclusters Patrick O'Neill, Lourdes Velazquez, Kim Weirich, Deborah Fygenson Preview Abstract

Session Y22: Focus Session: Spin Resonance in Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Stephen Lyon, Princeton University
Room: 324

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y22.00001: Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in Silicon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y22.00002: Electrical detection of dynamic nuclear polarization and nuclear magnetic resonance in ferromagnet-semiconductor heterostructures Mun Chan, J. Zhang, Q. Hu, T. Kondo, E. Garlid, C.J. Palmstrom, P.A. Crowell Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y22.00003: Electric-field control of a hydrogenic donor's spin in a semiconductor Amrit De, Craig E. Pryor, Michael E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y22.00004: Electronic spin polarization and spin-dependent band structure in GaAs probed by optically-pumped NMR (OPNMR) Sophia Hayes, Kannan Ramaswamy, Stacy Mui, Scott Crooker, Xingyuan Pan, Gary Sanders, Christopher Stanton Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y22.00005: Theory of the Spin-Splitting of the Valence Band Landau Levels in GaAs X. Pan, G.D. Sanders, C.J. Stanton, K. Ramaswamy, S. Mui, S.E. Hayes, S.A. Crooker Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y22.00006: High bandwidth EDMR detection H. Huebl, L.H. Willems van Beveren, R.P. Starrett, D.R. McCamey, A.J. Ferguson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y22.00007: Optically Detected Electron Spin Resonance of GaAs Spin-LEDs John Colton, Steve Brown, Benjamin Heaton, Daniel Jenson, Michael Johnson, Aaron Jones Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y22.00008: Spin lifetime properties of a quantum well GaAs sample measured by optically detected magnetic resonance Benjamin Heaton, John Colton, Steve Brown, Daniel Jenson, Michael Johnson, Aaron Jones Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y22.00009: Ballistic Spin Resonance Sergey Frolov, Silvia Luescher, Wing-Wa Yu, Yuan Ren, Joshua Folk, Werner Wegscheider Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y22.00010: Scaling behavior of spin-dependent scattering off Neutral Donors in Silicon Field-Effect Transistors C. C. Lo, J. Bokor, T. Schenkel, J. He, A. M. Tyryshkin, S.A. Lyon Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y22.00011: Electron Spin Resonance in Si/SiGe Heterostructures at 350 mK Jianhua He, A.M. Tyryshkin, S.A. Lyon, D.E. Savage, M.A. Eriksson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y22.00012: Electron spin resonance in silicon MOS structures down to 0.36 K S. Shankar, A. M. Tyryshkin, S. A. Lyon Preview Abstract

Session Y24: Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage: Atomic and Molecular Motions

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Eric Majzoub, University of Missouri--St. Louis
Room: 326

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:36AM		Y24.00001: Atomic Motions in Ionic Hydrides: MgH$_{2}$, NaMg$_{3}$H$_{3}$, and LiBH$_{4}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y24.00002: Understanding and Enhancing Hydrogen Diffusion in MgH$_{2}$ and NaMgH$_{3}$ David Sholl, Shiqiang Hao Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y24.00003: Quasielastic Neutron Scattering of Hydrogen Adsorbed in KC$_{24}$ Justin Purewal, James Keith, Channing Ahn, Brent Fultz, Craig Brown Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y24.00004: Novel geometry for simultaneous resistive, Hall and optical measurement of MgH$_{x}$ thin films D.W. Koon, C. C. W. Griffin, J.R. Ares, F. Leardini, C. Sanchez Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y24.00005: Proton Tunneling: A Decay Channel of the O-H Stretch Mode in $\mathrm{KTaO}_{3}$ Erik Spahr, Michael Stavola, Lanlin Wen, Lynn Boatner, Leonard Feldman, Norman Tolk, Gunter L\"{u}pke Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y24.00006: Reversible Low Temperature Hydrogen Storage Using Ternary Borides Wen Li, John Vajo, Robert Cumberland, Ping Liu, Son-Jong Hwang, Chul Kim, Robert Bowman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y24.00007: Thermodynamic and kinetic destabilization in LiBH$_{4}$-based hydride systems John Vajo, Wen Li, Ping Liu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y24.00008: Structure and librational dynamics in borohydrides Monika Hartl, Michael Wolverton, Alice Acatrinei, Abhijit Bhattacharyya, Luke Daemen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y24.00009: First-principles Study on the Vibration Modes and Electronic Structure of Alkali and Alkaline-earth Amides and Alanates Takao Tsumuraya, Tatsuya Shishidou, Tamio Oguchi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y24.00010: Neutron spectroscopy of $\gamma $-AlH$_{3}$ Alexander Kolesnikov, Jason Graetz, Craig Jensen, Walker Langley, Vladimir Antonov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y24.00011: Cubic Metallic Phase of Aluminum Hydride Showing Improved Hydrogen Desorption Ralph H. Scheicher, Duck Young Kim, Rajeev Ahuja Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y24.00012: Regeneration of Aluminum Hydride studied with Raman Microscopy. David Lacina, Jason Graetz, J.J. Reilly Preview Abstract

Session Y25: Focus Session: Graphene XVIII: Functionalization and Growth II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Yong-Jie Wang, NHMFL, Florida State University
Room: 327

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y25.00001: Edge states and nitrogen substitutional doping in carbon nanoribbons Jie Jiang, Wenchang Lu, Jerry Bernholc, Piotr Boguslawski Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y25.00002: Counting Graphene Layers on Glass by Optical Reflection Microscopy Helgi Skulason, Peter Gaskell, Chris Rodenchuk, Thomas Szkopek Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y25.00003: Molecular Physisorption on Graphene. David Carey, Thomas Connolly Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y25.00004: Interface structure for growth of epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001) S.H. Rhim, G. Sun, L. Li, M. Weinert Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y25.00005: In-situ IR studies of graphene oxide reduction. Muge Acik, Laurence Goux, Yves Chabal Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y25.00006: AFM local oxidation nanolithography of graphene Lishan Weng, Liyuan Zhang, Yong P. Chen, Leonid P. Rokhinson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y25.00007: Hydrogen Saturation of Graphene Nanoribbons: edge states suppression and gap behavior Thiago Martins, Antonio J. R. da Silva, Adalberto Fazzio Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y25.00008: Anomalous magnetic susceptibility and Hall effect from valley degrees of freedom Tianyi Cai, Wang Yao, Junren Shi, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y25.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y25.00010: Si diffusion on and between graphene sheets Lede Xian, M.Y. Chou Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y25.00011: Gauge field for the edge states in graphene Ken-ichi Sasaki, Shuichi Murakami, Riichiro Saito Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y25.00012: Collective properties of magnetobiexcitons in quantum wells' and graphene superlattices Oleg Berman, Roman Kezerashvili, Yurii Lozovik Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y25.00013: The Electronic Structure of Few-Layer Graphene: Probing the Evolution from a 2-Dimensional Sheet to a 3-Dimensional Solid by Optical Spectroscopy Kin Fai Mak, Matthew Sfeir, James Misewich, Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y25.00014: Edge effects in Bilayer Graphene Nanoribbons Matheus P. Lima, Adalberto Fazzio, Antonio J. R. da Silva Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y25.00015: Measuring a Butterfly with Graphene Andres Concha Preview Abstract

Session Y26: Glassy and Amorphous Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Room: 328

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y26.00001: Long Term Aging of As$_{x}$Se$_{1-x }$glasses and the Intermediate Phase Ping Chen, Jacob Wachtman, P. Boolchand Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y26.00002: Molecular structure of virgin and T$_{g}$ cycled (Ag$_{2}$Se)$_{x}$ (AsSe)$_{1-x}$ bulk glasses Jacob Wachtman, Ping Chen, P. Boochand Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y26.00003: Atomistic Picture of the Intermediate Phase in GexSe1-x Glasses: A Joint Theoretical and Experimental Study Fakhar ul Inam, Gang Chen, Denyago Tafen, David Drabold Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y26.00004: Boson modes and Floppy modes in network glasses D. Novita, Ping Chen, P. Boolchand Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y26.00005: Characterization of dry B$_{2}$O$_{3}$ glass K. Vignarooban, D. Novita, Ping Chen, P. Boolchand Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y26.00006: Silicon under mechanical shear: molecular dynamics study Ali Kerrache, Normand Mousseau, Laurent J. Lewis Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y26.00007: Liquid-liquid transition in supercooled silicon determined by first-principles simulation P. Ganesh, M. Widom Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y26.00008: High thermal conductivity of a hydrogenated amorphous silicon film J.L. Feldman, Xiao Liu, D.G. Cahill, R.S. Crandall, Noam Bernstein, D.M. Photiadis, M.J. Mehl, D.A. Papaconstantopoulos, Ho-Soon Yang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y26.00009: Specific heat of amorphous materials outside of the universal regime: $a$-Si and $a$-Si:H Daniel Queen, Qi Wang, Richard Crandall, Frances Hellman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y26.00010: Hydrogen microstructure and voids in amorphous silicon hydride: A first principles study Rajendra Timilsina , Parthapratim Biswas Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y26.00011: Atomistic modeling of amorphous silicon carbide: A first-principles study Parthapratim Biswas, Raymond Atta-Fynn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y26.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y26.00013: Glass Formability of Aqueous Solutions, and the Critical Nucleation Radius of Cubic Ice Ryan Dunn, Matthew Warkentin, Robert Thorne Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y26.00014: Nanocalorimetry as a means to explore thin films of vapor-deposited organic glasses Kenneth L. Kearns, Heiko Huth, Mathias Ahrenberg, Christoph Schick, M. D. Ediger Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y26.00015: Evidence for a new molecular packing at low temperatures in vapor-deposited indomethacin Kevin Dawson, Ken Kearns, Werner Steffen, Lian Yu, Mark Ediger Preview Abstract

Session Y27: Mechanical Properties of Nanomaterials

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: John Sullivan, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: 329

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y27.00001: Carbon nanotube dispersed liquid crystal: A nano electromechanical system Rajratan Basu, Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y27.00002: Strong ``position squared'' optical readout of a micromechanical oscillator Jack Sankey, Andrew Jayich, Benjamin Zwickl, Cheng Yang, Jack Harris Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y27.00003: \textit{In-situ} Transduction of the In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Modes of Nanowire-based Very-High Frequency Electromechanical Resonators Wayne Fung, Wei Lu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y27.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y27.00005: Mechanical properties of metal-repaired defective carbon nanotubes Guangping Zheng Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y27.00006: Mechanics of Nanometric Water Wire Manhee Lee, Baekman Sung, Bongsu Kim, Jongwoo Kim, Wonho Jhe Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y27.00007: Torsional Stick-Slip Behavior in WS$_{2}$ Nanotubes K.S. Nagapriya, Ohad Goldbart, Ifat Kaplan-Ashiri, Gotthard Seifert, Reshef Tenne, Ernesto Joselevich Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y27.00008: Optical Requirements for Quantum Mechanics with Micromechanical Systems Dustin Kleckner, Brian Pepper, Evan Jeffrey, Petro Sonin, Dirk Bouwmeester Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y27.00009: A Servo-Controlled Atomic Break Junction: Closing the Gap between Experiment and Modeling Douglas Smith, Jon Pratt, Francesca Tavazza Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y27.00010: High-performance supercapacitors, actuators and elastomeric composites based on CNT assemblies Mikhail Kozlov, Jiyoung Oh, MinKyoon Shin, Raquel Robles, M\'arcio Lima, Ray Baughman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y27.00011: Determination of Intrinsic Damping in a MWNT using the Harmonic Detection of Resonance Method Doyl Dickel, Gayatri Keskar, Malcolm Skove, Apparao Rao Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y27.00012: Eigenmodes and Vibration Spectra of Ag$_2$Ga Nanoneedles Measured Using Laser Doppler Vibrometry R. Reifenberger, L. Biedermann, R. Tung, A. Raman, M. Yazdanpanah, R. Cohn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y27.00013: Digital Batteries Alfred Hubler Preview Abstract

Session Y28: Nanotechnology I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Jason Benkoski, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Room: 330

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y28.00001: Nanoscale Assembly of Actuating Cilia-Mimetic Lance Baird, Jennifer Breidenich, Bruce Land, Allen Hayes, Jason Benkoski, Pei Keng, Jeffrey Pyun Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y28.00002: Amplification by 1/f noise with stochastic resonance in silicon-based nanomechanical resonators. Diego N. Guerra, Tyler Dunn, Pritiraj Mohanty Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y28.00003: High Frequency Antennas for Wireless Transmissions of Audio and Video Signals Using Threads Spun From Long Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes. David Mast, Chaminda Jayasinghe, Mark Schulz, Vesselin Shanov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y28.00004: Noise color and asymmetry in stochastic resonance with silicon nanomechanical resonators Tyler Dunn, Diego N. Guerra, Pritiraj Mohanty Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y28.00005: Room-Temperature Single-Electron Transistors fabricated using CMOS-compatible processes Vishva Ray, Ramkumar Subramanian, Pradeep Bhadrachalam, Seong Jin Koh Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y28.00006: Electronic-structure modulation transistor: A new switch with few kT supply voltage Hassan Raza, Tehseen Raza, Tuo-Hung Hou, Edwin Kan Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y28.00007: The electronic structure of diodes probed under bias Per-Anders Glans, Jinghua Guo, Jeong Park, Somorjai Gabor Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y28.00008: Spatial Wavefunction Switched Field-Effect Transistors (SWS-FETs): A Novel Device with Multiple States and Functionality Faquir Jain, Evan Heller Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y28.00009: Ultrathin germanium-on-insulator tunneling field effect transistors D. Kazazis, P. Jannaty, A. Zaslavsky, C. Le Royer, C. Tabone, L. Clavelier Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y28.00010: Full Recovery of PFET NBTI and NFET PBTI of high-k metal gate MOSFETs with high temperature bake Anastasios Katsetos, James Stathis, Fernando Guarin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y28.00011: Band Structure Engineering of PtSi Alex Slepko, Alexander A. Demkov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y28.00012: Ideal SiC Schottky Barrier Diodes Fabricated Using Refractory Metal Borides Tom Oder, Rani Kummari Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y28.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y28.00014: Achieving a low interfacial density of states in atomic layer deposited Al$_{2}$O$_{3 }$on In$_{0.53}$Ga$_{0.47}$As Han-Chin Chiu, L.T. Tung, Y.H. Chang, Y.J. Lee, C.C. Chang, M. Hong, J. Kwo Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y28.00015: Palladium and Palladium-Carbon Nanotube Composite Nanomechanical Resonator SungWan Cho, YoungDuck Kim, JungHoon Bak, JuHyung Lee, SeungRan Lee, KookRin Char, SeungHun Hong, Yun Daniel Park Preview Abstract

Session Y29: Focus Session: Spin Liquids

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Tsuyoshi Kimura, Osaka University
Room: 333

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y29.00001: Topological pairing of skyrmions and symmetry breaking in low-dimensional SU(N) antiferromagnets Alexei Kolezhuk Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y29.00002: Cascade of quantum phase transitions in the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice antiferromagnet Cs$_{2}$CuBr$_{4}$ Nathanael Fortune, Adrienne Wilson-Muenchow, Scott Hannahs , Yasu Takano, Yasuo Yoshida, Todd Sherline, Toshio Ono, Hidekazu Tanaka Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y29.00003: Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions and non-magnetic impurities in the s=1/2 kagome antiferromagnet Ioannis Rousochatzakis, Salvatore Manmana, Andreas Laeuchli, Bruce Normand, Frederic Mila Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y29.00004: Neel ordering and the stability of the spin 1/2 kagome lattice antiferromagnet in Zn-Paratacamite Michael J. Lawler, Erik S. Sorensen, Yong Baek Kim Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y29.00005: Magnetization steps on the spin liquid ground state of the $S $= 1/2 kagome-like antiferromagnet Cu$_{3}$V$_{2}$O$_{7}$(OH)$_{2}$2H$_{2}$O Hiroyuki Yoshida, Yoshihiko Okamoto, Takashi Tayama, Toshiro Sakakibara, Masashi Tokunaga, Akira Matsuo, Yasuo Narumi, Koichi Kindo, Makoto Yoshida, Masashi Takigawa, Zenji Hiroi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y29.00006: $^{69,71}$Ga NMR Probe of the Spin Dynamics in the Rare-Earth Kagom\'{e} Pr$_3$Ga$_5$SiO$_{14}$ Lloyd Lumata, K.-Y. Choi, T. Besara, M. J. R. Hoch, H. D. Zhou, J. S. Brooks, P. L. Kuhns, A. P. Reyes, N. S. Dalal, C. R. Wiebe Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		Y29.00007: Ba$_3$Cr$_2$O$_8$, a new non-Cu based quantum s=1/2 spin singlet system Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y29.00008: BEC of triplon in the complex quantum spin liquid BaCuSi$_2$O$_6$ Raivo Stern, Steffen Kraemer, Mladen Horvatic, Ivo Heinmaa, Enno Joon, Claude Berthier, Tsuyoshi Kimura, Joel Mesot Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y29.00009: High-Frequency EPR Studies of the Antiferromagnet Spin Dimer Compound Ba$_{3}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{8}$ Changhyun Koo, Stephen Hill, Eric C. Samulon, Ian R. Fisher Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y29.00010: $^{135,137}$Ba NMR study of condensed phase and critical behavior in \textit{S}=1 spin dimer system Ba$_{3}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{8}$ Steve Suh, W.G. Clark, S.E. Brown, E.C. Samulon, I.R. Fisher, C.D. Batista, A.P. Reyes, P. Kuhns, L.L. Lumata, J.S. Brooks Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y29.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y29.00012: The symmetry of the spin Hamiltonian in herbertsmithite, a spin-1/2 kagom\'e lattice Oren Ofer, Amit Keren Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y29.00013: Magnetic Excitations in the Stacked Quantum Magnets NaNiO$_2$ and LiNiO$_2$ J.P. Clancy, B.D. Gaulin, J.P.C. Ruff, K.A. Ross, G.J. Van Gastel, D.L. Abernathy, M.B. Stone Preview Abstract

Session Y30: Focus Session: LAO/STO Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Anand Bhattacharya, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 334

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y30.00001: Coulomb Catastrophe and the Origin of the Sheet Carrier Density at the n-type LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface: What do band calculations tell us? Zoran Popovic, Sashi Satpathy, Richard Martin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y30.00002: Quantum nature of two-dimensional electron gas confinement at LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ interfaces Karolina Janicka, Julian Velev, Evgeny Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y30.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y30.00004: Effect of Stoichiometry on the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at the LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ Interface Grown by MBE. Maitri Warusawithana, Charles Brooks, Darrell Schlom, Stefan Thiel, Jochen Mannhart, Nicolas Reyren, Andrea Caviglia, Stefano Gariglio, Jean-Marc Triscone Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y30.00005: Two Dimensional Electron Gas Formed at Inverted SrTiO3-LaAlO3 Interface Mao Zheng, Brian Mulcahy, Xiaofang Zhai, James Eckstein Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y30.00006: Electrostatic doping in oxide heterostructures. Alexander A. Demkov, Jaekwang Lee, Na Sai Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:48AM		Y30.00007: Nanoscale analysis of high-mobility electron gases at SrTiO$_{3}$ interfaces and surfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y30.00008: Band offsets between SrTiO$_3$ and LaAlO$_3$ Kristopher E. Andersen, C. Stephen Hellberg Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y30.00009: Transport and band profiles of MBE grown LaAlO$_{3}$/ SrTiO$_{3}$ Yaron Segal, J.H. Ngai, J.W. Reiner, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y30.00010: Resonant Anomalous Synchrotron X-Ray Studies of LaAlO$_{3}$ Films on SrTiO$_{3}$(001) Dillon Fong, Tim Fister, Marie-Ingrid Richard, Stephan Hruszkewycz, Jeffrey Eastman, Paul Fuoss, Sung Seok Seo, Ho Nyung Lee Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y30.00011: Oxygen vacancy, charge doping, and polarization screening in LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface Yun Li, Jaejun Yu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y30.00012: The effect of strain on the SrTiO3/LaAlO3 heterointerface C. Tyler Diggans, Kristopher E. Andersen, C. Stephen Hellberg Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y30.00013: Polarization effects and the source of electrons in two-dimensional electron gas at insulating oxide heterointerfaces H.W. Jang, D.A. Felker, C.M. Folkman, D.L. Profitt, S.H. Baek, M.S. Rzchowski, C.B. Eom, K. Janicka, Y. Wang, M.K. Niranjan, E.Y. Tsymbal Preview Abstract

Session Y31: Focus Session: Neutron Scattering

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Jason Lashley, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: 335

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y31.00001: Anomalous spin-waves in triangular lattice antiferromagnets Mike Zhitomirsky, Sasha Chernyshev Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y31.00002: Two Dimensional Correlations and Field Induced Order in the Pyrochlore Ferromagnet Yb$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Kate Ross, J.P.C. Ruff, B.D. Gaulin, C.P. Adams, J.S. Gardner, H.A. Dabkowska, Y. Qiu, J.R.D. Copley Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y31.00003: Beyond Simple Bilayers in the Triangular Lattice Dimer compound Ba$_{3}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{8}$ Matthew Stone, Mark Lumsden, Sung Chang, Eric Samulon, Cristian Batista, Kirrily Rule, Eric Ressouche, Beatrice Grenier, Ian Fisher Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 9:12AM		Y31.00004: Spin waves and quantum criticality in the frustrated XY pyrochlore antiferromagnet Er$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y31.00005: Recent neutron scattering results from Gd-based pyrochlore oxides Jason Gardner Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y31.00006: Electric Control of Spin Chirality in Multiferroic Ni3V2O8 Ivelisse Cabrera, Michel Kenzelmann, Gavin Lawes, Oksana Zaharko, Collin Broholm Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y31.00007: CEF groundstate of the frustrated quantum magnets SrRE$_2$O$_4$ (RE= Dy, Ho) A. Desilets-Benoit, A. D. Bianchi, V. Pomjakushin, B. R. Hansen, M. Kenzelmann, R. J. Cava Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:24AM		Y31.00008: Dynamics of excitations in a one-dimensional Bose liquid Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y31.00009: Magnetic properties of LuFe$_{2}$O$_{4+\delta }$ Fan Wang, Jungho Kim, G. Xu, S.M. Shapiro, G.D. Gu, Y. Lee, Y.-J. Kim Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y31.00010: Phonon renormalization of the N\`{e}el transition in KCuF$_{3}$ J.C.T. Lee, S. Yuan, A. Rusydi, S. Smadici, S.L. Cooper, E. Fradkin, P. Abbamonte Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y31.00011: The influence of magnetic field on Cu(tn)Cl$_{2}$ - two-dimensional quantum magnet with N\'{e}el ground state. A. Orendacova, M. Orendac, L. Sedlakova, A. Feher, K. Siemensmeyer, A. Buchsteiner, J. S. Xia, L. Yin, M.W. Meisel Preview Abstract

Session Y32: Focus Session: Current-Induced Magnetic Switching

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Yi Ji, University of Delaware
Room: 336

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y32.00001: Effect of spin diffusion in the polarizer on current-induced magnetic switching Scott Button, Sergei Urazhdin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y32.00002: Spin transfer torque switching of Co nanoparticles Han Zou, Xiaojun Wang, Yi Ji Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y32.00003: Stochastic Resonance Driven by Spin Torque Xiao Cheng, Carl Boone, Jian Zhu, Ilya Krivorotov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y32.00004: Reduction of spin-torque switching currents by partially canceling the free layer demagnetization field Luqiao Liu, Takahiro Moriyama, Dan Ralph, Robert Buhrman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y32.00005: Effects of rf current on critical field for magnetization reversal in spin torque devices Wenyu Chen, Sylvia Florez, Jordan Katine, Matthew Carey, Liesl Folks, Bruce Terris Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:36AM		Y32.00006: A Three Terminal Approach to Spin-Torque Written MRAM Cells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y32.00007: Invariant Form of the Spin-Transfer Switching Condition Inti Sodemann, Yaroslaw Bazaliy Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y32.00008: Exchange assisted spin transfer torque switching Xi Chen, Randall Victora Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y32.00009: Structural Characterization of Spin-Torque Oscillators Sarah C. Parks, K. Li, A. Hauser, J. E. Thompson, J. Ciraldo, J. Emerick, J. Lucy, F. Y. Yang, E. Johnston-Halperin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y32.00010: AC and DC voltage driven magnetization dynamics in magnetic nanostructures Oleg Tretiakov, Aditi Mitra Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y32.00011: All Spin Digital Circuits Behtash Behin-Aein, Deepanjan Datta, Sayeef Salahuddin, Supriyo Datta Preview Abstract

Session Y33: Nanowires and Quantum Dots

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Milind Kunchur, University of South Carolina
Room: 403

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y33.00001: Digital Wires Benny Brown, Alfred Hubler Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y33.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y33.00003: Renormalization of the dephasing by zero point fluctuations Swarnali Bandopadhyay, Doron Cohen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y33.00004: Helical [110] gold nanowires make longer linear atomic chains Edgard Amorim, Edison da Silva Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y33.00005: Hall effect detection of time-reversal symmetry breaking under AC driving Alexei Chepelianskii, Sophie Gueron, Frederic Pierre, Antonella Cavanna, Bernard Etienne, Helene Bouchiat Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y33.00006: On time-dependent counting statistics of mesoscopic electron transport Wolfgang Belzig Preview Abstract

Session Y34: Superconducting Devices and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Galen O'Neil and Robert Horansky, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: 404

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y34.00001: Designing electron refrigerators for improved cooling with an expanded thermal model Galen O'Neil, Erik Larson, Joel Ullom Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y34.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y34.00003: Nanomechanical parametric amplification and oscillation via electrostatic coupling to Cooper-pair box Junho Suh, Matt LaHaye, Pierre Echternach, Keith Schwab, Michael Roukes Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y34.00004: Back-action and self-oscillation in the Double Pump Josephson Parametric Amplifier (DPA) Archana Kamal, Adam Marblestone, Michel H. Devoret Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y34.00005: Detection and Reset Dynamics of Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors Anthony Annunziata, Orlando Quaranta, Daniel Santavicca, Joel Chudow, Luigi Frunzio, Aviad Frydman, Michael Rooks, Daniel Prober Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y34.00006: Measurements of a YBCO superconducting quantum interference filter with planar ion-damaged Josephson junctions Steven M. Anton, Shane A. Cybart, Stephen M. Wu, John Clarke, R.C. Dynes Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y34.00007: Cryogenic Broadband Impedance-Matched Absorptive Microwave Filters Daniel Slichter, Ofer Naaman, Irfan Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y34.00008: The Electronic Properties of AlN Tunnel Barriers and the Effect of Oxygen Impurities Yun Li, John Read, Pinshane Huang, Hsin-wei Tseng, Robert Buhrman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y34.00009: Dispersive Microwave Readout of NanoSQUIDs R. Vijay, Aidin Fathalizadeh, Irfan Siddiqi, Michael Hatridge, John Clarke Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y34.00010: Dispersive microwave magnetometry of single molecule magnet crystals M. Hatridge, J. Clarke, R. Vijay, J.J. Lee, I. Siddiqi, G. Timco, R. Winpenny Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y34.00011: Single-artificial-atom lasing using a voltage-biased superconducting charge qubit Robert Johansson, Sahel Ashhab, Alexandre Zagoskin, Franco Nori Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y34.00012: A scanning SQUID microscope for imaging high-frequency magnetic fields C. P. Vlahacos, F. C. Wellstood, J. Matthews Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y34.00013: The Josephson Microwave Photomultiplier Brendan Osberg, Jay Gambetta, Frank Wilhelm Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y34.00014: Transport Properties of a Hybrid SET-SQUID Device in Tunable Dissipative Environment. Shuchao Meng, Jeffrey Quilliam, Chas Mugford, Andy Sachrajda , Jan Kycia Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y34.00015: Cooper Pair Wavefunction Approach to SNS Junctions Yong-Jihn Kim Preview Abstract

Session Y35: Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XVI: Hc2 and Vortex Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ruslan Prozorov, Ames Laboratory
Room: 405

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y35.00001: Fluorine Doping Effect On H$_{c2}$ and R$_{h}$ In LaFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_{x}$ Y. Kohama, S. Riggs, F. Balakirev, M. Jaime, Y. Kamihara, T. Atake, M. Hirano, H. Hosono Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y35.00002: Upper critical fields of NdFeAsO$_{0.7}$F$_{0.3}$ single crystal J. Jaroszynski, F. Hunte, L. Balicas, Youn-jung Jo, Ivana Raicevic, A. Gurevich, D.C. Larbalestier, F.F. Balakirev, L. Fang, P. Cheng, Y. Jia, H.H. Wen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y35.00003: Determination of anisotropic $H_{c2}$ in (Ba$_{0.55}$K$_{0.45}$)Fe$_2$As$_2$ single crystals C. H. Mielke, M. M. Altarawneh, K. Collar, N. Ni, S. L. Bud'ko, P. C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y35.00004: Thermodynamic estimation of the upper critical field slope of doped SmFeAsO from fluctuation conductivity in the critical regime Marina Putti, Ilaria Pallecchi, Carlo Fanciulli, Matteo Tropeano, Maurizio Ferretti, Alberto Martinelli, Andrea Palenzona, Carlo Ferdeghini Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y35.00005: Upper critical field in Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x})_{2}$As$_{2}$ and FeSe$_{1-x}$ Te$_{x}$ compounds Chiara Tarantini, Jan Jaroszynski, Jianyi Jiang, Alex Gurevich, David C. Larbalestier, Rongyin Jin, Athena S. Sefat, Michael A. McGuire, Brian C. Sales, David G. Mandrus Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y35.00006: Thermodynamic Determination of the Upper Critical Field and Anisotropy of Ba$_{0.6}$K$_{0.4}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ Single Crystals Wai -K. Kwok, Ulrich Welp, Ruobing Xie, Alexei Koshelev, John Schlueter, Jiong Hua, Hui-qian Luo, Zhao-sheng Wang, Gang Mu, Hai-hu Wen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y35.00007: Inter- and intra-granular current properties of iron pnictide superconductors Akiyasu Yamamoto, Anatolii Polyanskii, Jianyi Jiang, Fumitake Kametani, Marina Putti, Chiara Tarantini, Frank Hunte, Jan Jaroszynski, Eric Hellstrom, Alex Gurevich, David Larbalestier Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y35.00008: Magneto-optical imaging of flux distribution in single crystals Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ of various doping level $x$. Erick C. Blomberg, P. Prommapan, M. A. Tanatar, V. G. Kogan, N. Ni, S. L. Bud'ko, P. C. Canfield, R. Prozorov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y35.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y35.00010: Similarity Between Fe-based Pnictide Superconductors and High-T$_c$ Cuprates Revealed by the Irreversible Magnetic Behavior in the Vortex State Ruslan Prozorov, M.A. Tanatar, C. Martin, R.T. Gordon, E.C. Blomberg, P. Prommapan, V.G. Kogan, N. Ni, M.E. Tillman, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y35.00011: Flux Pinning and Structural Inhomogeneity in Superconducting BaFe$_{1.8}$Co$_{0.2}$As$_{2}$ Single Crystals Qiang Li, Juan Zhou, Jiufeng Tu, Yuhang Ren, Linjun Li, Yongkang Luo, Hang Chen, Guanghan Cao, Zhu'an Xu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y35.00012: Thermally-activated and temperature-independent magnetic relaxation in aligned grains of NdFeAsO(F) James R. Thompson, Y. L. Zuev, D. K. Christen, E. D. Specht, R. Jin, B.C. Sales, M. A. McGuire, A. Sefat, D. G. Mandrus Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y35.00013: Magnetic imaging of vortices and inhomogeneity in Ba(Fe,Co)$_2$As$_2$ by magnetic force microscopy Weida Wu, S. Park, Linjun Li, Yongkang Li, Hang Chen, Guanghan Cao, Zhu'an Xu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y35.00014: Isotropic low-temperature upper critical field in (Ba,K)Fe$_2$As$_2$ Huiqiu Yuan, Scot Baily, John Singleton, Fedor Balakirev, G.F. Chen, J.L. Luo, N.L. Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y35.00015: Unconventional magnetic field-temperature superconducting phase-diagram in Co doped BaFe$_2$As$_2$ Younjung Jo, R.H. Liu, H. Chen, X.H. Chen, L. Balicas Preview Abstract

Session Y36: Organic and Hybrid Surfaces and Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY
Chair: V. Podzorov, Rutgers University
Room: 408

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y36.00001: Diffusivity control in molecule-on-metal systems using electric fields Y.Y. Zhang, N. Jiang, S.X. Du, H.-J. Gao, Matthew J. Beck, Sokrates T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y36.00002: Oxygen-related traps in pentacene thin films: Energetic position and implications for transistor performance Wolfgang Kalb, Kurt Mattenberger, Bertram Batlogg Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y36.00003: Grazing-incidence X-ray Diffraction of Tetracene Thin Films on Hydrogenated Si(001) Substrate De-Tong Jiang, Andrew Tersigni, Chang-Yong Kim, Jun Shi, Robert Gordon, Ning Chen, Xiaorong Qin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y36.00004: Nanoscale conductivity measurements on organic thin films and interfaces Justin Wells, Fei Song, Philip Hofmann Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y36.00005: Density Functional Theory of Transition Metal Phthalocyanines Noa Marom, Leeor Kronik Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y36.00006: Cascade and Accumulation of Spin at CuPc/GaAs (100) interface Huanjun Ding, Irfan Irfan, Yongli Gao, Mirko Cinchetti, Marina Sanchez-Albaneda, Jan-Peter Wustenberg, Oleksiy Andreyev, Michael Bauer, Martin Aeschlimann Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y36.00007: Electronic structure of MoO3 insertion layer at the interface between organic semiconductor and indium tin oxide (ITO). Huanjun Ding, Irfan Irfan, Yongli Gao, Frank So Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y36.00008: HPLC and Semi-Prep Scale Fractionations of Poly(3-alkyl thiophenes) Scott LeFevre, Heungyeol Choi, Taihyun Chang, Chang Ryu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y36.00009: Tailored Assembly of Organic Molecular Nanofibers into Advanced Donor-Acceptor Architectures Volodimyr Duzhko, Michael J. Kelley, Kenneth D. Singer Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y36.00010: The substitution effect on the reorganization energy of metal free phthalocyanine Choongkeun Lee, Karl Sohlberg Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y36.00011: Rational design of the shape and periphery of discotics: a synthetic way towards high charge carrier mobilities Denis Andrienko, Xinliang Feng, Valentina Marcon, Wojciech Pisula, James Kirkpatrick, Ferdinand Grozema, Kurt Kremer, Klaus M{\"u}llen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y36.00012: Anisotropic phases in ferromagnetic ultrathin films from multipolar interactions Daniel Barci, Daniel Stariolo Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y36.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session Y37: Mesoscopic Systems, Clusters, and Nanoscale Systems I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Julius Jellinek, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 409

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y37.00001: Single-Molecule Interfacial Electron Transfer Dynamics at Dye-Sensitized TiO$_{2}$ Nanoparticles H. Peter Lu, Yuanmin Wang, Yufan He Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y37.00002: Phase Diagram of a Model of Nanoparticles in Electrolyte Solutions Xiaofei Li, Steven Lettieri, Nathaniel Wentzel, James Gunton Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y37.00003: Prediction of Zeolite Framework Types by a Machine Learning Approach Shujiang Yang, Mohammed Lach-hab, Iosif Vaisman, Estela Blaisten-Barojas Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y37.00004: Site-specific polarizabilities as predictors of optimal binding sites of H$_{2}$O on Na$_{n}$ clusters Li Ma, Koblar Jackson, Julius Jellinek Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y37.00005: Effect of adsorbates on the isomer stability of Ir$_4$ clusters Vladan Stevanovic, Zeljko Sljivancanin, Alfonso Baldereschi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y37.00006: Control and manipulation of Au nanocatalysis: effects of metal oxide support thickness and composition Bokwon Yoon, Chris Harding, Vahideh Habibpour, Sebastian Kunz, Adrian Nam-Su Farnbacher, Ueli Heiz, Uzi Landman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y37.00007: Role of anharmonic contributions for the elasticity of ice Mira Todorova, Lars Ismer, J\"org Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y37.00008: An Assessment of Hubbard U Corrections on Manganese Oxide Clusters Elise Y. Li, Davide Ceresoli, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y37.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y37.00010: Advances in a Joint Density-Functional Theory for Electronic Systems in Contact with Liquid Water: A New Form of Density Functional for Water Johannes Lischner, Tomas Arias Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y37.00011: The AM05 density functional applied to the water molecule, dimer, and bulk liquid Ann E. Mattsson, Thomas R. Mattsson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y37.00012: Heat capacities of aluminum clusters Anne Starace, Baopeng Cao, Oscar Judd, Martin Jarrold Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y37.00013: From Atomic Clusters towards Nano-Materials with Controlled properties S.N. Khanna, M.C. Qian, A.C. Reber, J.U. Reveles, R. Robles, P.A. Clayborne, S.V. Ong, K. Casalenuovo, A.W. Castleman Jr., A. Sen, P.W. Weiss, H. Saavedra, A. Ugrinov, N. Chaki Preview Abstract

Session Y38: Surfaces, Interfaces, and Colloids I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Sunil Sainis, Rowland Institute, Harvard University
Room: 410

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y38.00001: Aqueous Solutions on Silica Surfaces: Structure and Dynamics from Simulations Alberto Striolo, Dimitrios Argyris, Naga Rajesh Tummala Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y38.00002: Formation of Organic Peroxides and Ethers at Post-Discharge Plasma Plume-Liquid Interfaces Milan Begliarbekov, Steven Kotowich, Vladimir Tarnovsky Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y38.00003: Deducing 2D Crystal Structure at the Solid/Liquid Interface with Atomic Resolution by Combined STM and SFG Study Arthur McClelland, Seokhoon Ahn, Adam J. Matzger, Zhan Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y38.00004: Curved space crystallography at an oil-water interface William Irvine, Stefano Sacanna, Yael Roichman, Andrew Hollingsworth, Mark Elsesser, Mark Bowick, David Grier, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y38.00005: On the nanometer Gold projectile - surface interaction in SIMS experiments. Francisco A. Fernandez-Lima, Veronica Pinnick, Michael Eller, Stanislav Verkhoturov, Emille Schweikert Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y38.00006: Binding energy of adsorbates on a noble-metal surface: Exchange and correlation effects Michael Rohlfing, Thomas Bredow Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y38.00007: Bonding of adenine on Cu(110) Geoffrey Stenuit, Oksana Plekan, Vitaliy Feyer, Kevin Prince, Paolo Umari Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y38.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y38.00009: Two-photon photoemission spectroscopy of thiophene/Au(111). Jing Zhou, Nicholas Camillone, Michael White Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y38.00010: Interfacial Structure imaging of Pentacene/Si(111) by model- independent method Songtao Wo, Hua Zhou, Randall Headrick, Alexander Kazimirov Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y38.00011: Optical Trapping of Colloidal Nanoparticles by a Weakly Focused Laser Beam Chun-Yu Lin, Hsia-Yu Lin, Shean-Jen Chen, Steven M.T. Wei, H.D. Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y38.00012: Colloidal Crosstalk: Brownian Diffusion of Hydrodynamically Coupled Colloids Stephen Anthony, Minsu Kim, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y38.00013: Depletion-Driven Selective Optical Trapping in Nanoparticle Suspensions Yi Hu, Joseph Junio, H.D. Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y38.00014: Colloid diffusion on phospholipid membranes is anomalous Bo Wang, Stephen Anthony, Sung Chul Bae, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y38.00015: Determination of Charge Interactions of Nanoparticles by Optical Trapping Joseph Junio, H.D. Ou-Yang Preview Abstract

Session Y39: Techniques in Biophysics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania
Room: 411

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y39.00001: The Molecular Splash Test: when applied physics help stroke patients. Cedric Hurth, Lena van Nimwegen, Deepthi Jampala, Kris Vijay, Frederic Zenhausern Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y39.00002: Surfaced-Enhanced Raman Scattering of $\lambda $-DNA Diane Alvarez, Jiandi Zhang, Hong Wei, Hongxing Xu Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y39.00003: Sub-cellular structure studied by combined atomic force-fluorescence microscopy Andreea Trache Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y39.00004: Expanding the applicability of multi-photon fluorescence recovery after photobleaching \textit{in vivo} by incorporating convective flow into the recovery model Kelley Sullivan, William Sipprell, Edward Brown, Jr., Edward Brown, III Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y39.00005: Electrophoretic Migration of Branched DNA in Polymer Solutions Henry Lau, Lynden Archer Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y39.00006: Time-resolved dielectric spectroscopy of protein aggregation performed on model system of hen lysozyme and beta-lactoglobulin Brian Mazzeo, Andrew Flewitt Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y39.00007: ``Shooting Bead'' Method with Filament Energy Loss Consideration for Finding the Flexural Rigidity of the Rodelike Biological Filaments Abdorreza Samarbakhsh, Jack Tuszynski Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y39.00008: Electrostatic Force Microscopy Identification of Different Peptide Structures Casper Hyttel Clausen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y39.00009: Specific Detection of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Using Microcantilever Resonators. Jason Francis, Stephanie Archer, Lisa Holland, David Lederman Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y39.00010: Positioning and guidance of neurons on Au by directed assembly of proteins using Atomic Force Microscopy. Cristian Staii, Chris Viesselmann, Jason Ballweg, Justin Williams, Erik Dent, Susan Coppersmith, Mark Eriksson Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y39.00011: Determination of Frank-Oseen parameters in collagen using polarization modulated second harmonic signal. Clayton Bratton, Karen Reiser, Andre Knoesen, Diego Yankelevich, Mingshi Wang, Israel Rocha - Mendoza Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y39.00012: Direct measurement of the non-conservative force field generated by optical tweezers Pinyu Wu, Rongxin Huang, Christian Tischer, Alexandr Jonas, Ernst-Ludwig Florin Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y39.00013: SERS-Active Nanoinjector for Intracellular Spectroscopy Elina Vitol, Zulfiya Orynbayeva, Michael Bouchard, Jane Azizkhan-Clifford, Gary Friedman, Yury Gogotsi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y39.00014: Evaluating Epithelial Mechanics with Laser Hole-drilling M. Shane Hutson, David N. Mashburn, Xiaoyan Ma, Holley E. Lynch Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:48AM - 11:00AM		Y39.00015: Top-Down Fabricated Silicon Nanochannel Field-Effect Transistors for Biosensing Applications Yu Chen, Xihua Wang, Shyamsunder Erramilli, Pritiraj Mohanty Preview Abstract

Session Y40: Physiological and Medical Physics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Krastan Blagoev, National Science Foundation
Room: 412

Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00AM - 8:12AM		Y40.00001: Biophysical investigation of the apoptotic force Yusuke Toyama, Xomalin Peralta, Adrienne Wells, Daniel Kiehart, Glenn Edwards Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:12AM - 8:24AM		Y40.00002: Reorganization of neuronal circuits in growing visual cortex Wolfgang Keil, Siegrid Loewel, Fred Wolf, Matthias Kaschube Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:24AM - 8:36AM		Y40.00003: Epithelial oscillations enhance signal detection in a peripheral sensory system Alexander Neiman, Tatiana Engel, David Russell, Brian Helbig, Lutz Schimansky-Geier Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36AM - 8:48AM		Y40.00004: Sound Localization in Lizards: Functioning of a Pressure-Gradient Receiver J. Leo van Hemmen Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 8:48AM - 9:00AM		Y40.00005: Direct Neural Imaging using Ultra-Low Field Magnetic Resonance Karlene Maskaly, Michelle Espy, Mark Flynn, John Gomez, Robert Kraus, Andrei Matlashov, John Mosher, Shaun Newman, Tuba Owens, Mark Peters, J. Sandin, Larry Schultz, Algis Urbaitis, Petr Volegov, Vadim Zotev Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:00AM - 9:12AM		Y40.00006: Synaptic vesicle dynamics in Hippocampal Slices Krastan Blagoev, Denis Bragin, Wolfgang Mueller Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:12AM - 9:24AM		Y40.00007: The surface properties of a lung mucus model system Markus Weygand, Beautia Dew, Stephen Garoff, Mathias L\"{o}sche, Todd Przybycien, Robert Tilton Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:24AM - 9:36AM		Y40.00008: Structural Measurements from Images of Noble Gas Diffusion Robert V. Cadman, Stephen J. Kadlecek, KiaRash Emami, John MacDuffie Woodburn, Vahid Vahdat, Masaru Ishii, Rahim R. Rizi Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:36AM - 9:48AM		Y40.00009: Clusters of decelerations of heart rate appear to be a Hopf bifurcation, and provide early warning of illness in premature infants Abigail Flower, Randall Moorman, Douglas Lake, John Delos Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:48AM - 10:00AM		Y40.00010: New Outlet Conditions for Three-Dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulations of Blood Flow in Arteries David Johnson, Ulhas Naik, Antony Beris Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00AM - 10:12AM		Y40.00011: Millimeter Wave Spectroscopy for Breast Cancer Diagnostics and Detection Konstantin Korolev, Shu Chen, Mohammed Afsar, Stephen Naber Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:12AM - 10:24AM		Y40.00012: Diffusion dependence of proton NMR relaxation rates in the presence of ferritin Michael Boss, P. Chris Hammel Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:24AM - 10:36AM		Y40.00013: Application of Histogram Analysis in Radiation Therapy (HART) in Intensity Modulation Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Treatments Anil Pyakuryal Preview Abstract
Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36AM - 10:48AM		Y40.00014: Role of Physique on Probability of Injury to the Low Back Saami J. Shaibani Preview Abstract