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Session A1: Phase-sensitive Probes of the Pairing Symmetry in Fe-Based Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Igor Mazin, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Oregon Ballroom 201

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A1.00001: Possible suggestions for order parameter phase-sensitive experiments in the superconducting iron pnictides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A1.00002: Josephson effect studies of pairing symmetry in Fe-based superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A1.00003: Integer and half-integer flux-quantum transitions in a niobium/iron-pnictide loop Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A1.00004: Scanning SQUID microscopy studies of the penetration depth and pairing symmetry in Fe-pnictide superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A1.00005: Andreev spectra of multiband superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A2: Topological Insulators and Topological Superfluids

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Shinsei Ryu, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Oregon Ballroom 202

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A2.00001: Majorana Fermions and Topological Insulators Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A2.00002: Topological insulators in applied fields: magnetoelectric effects and exciton condensation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A2.00003: Topological superfluids and insulators with time reversal symmetry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A2.00004: Topological Insulators and Nematic Phases from Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in 2D Fermi Systems with Quadratic Band Crossings Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A2.00005: Entanglement entropy of quantum Hall systems in torus and spherical geometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A3: New Developments in Strontium Ruthenates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland
Room: Oregon Ballroom 203

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A3.00001: Entropy and Fermi surface considerations in the nematic phase of Sr$_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A3.00002: Nematic order in Sr$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$ and triplet superconductivity in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A3.00003: Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling Effects on the Fermi Surface of Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A3.00004: Spontaneous Supercurrents in a Chiral p-Wave Superconductor Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A3.00005: Recent Developments in the Studies of Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$: Suppression of the Upper Critical Field and the Interference between the Even-Parity Superconductivity and the Superconductivity of Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A4: Human Mobility: The Statistical Physics of When, Where, and How

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Northeastern University
Room: Oregon Ballroom 204

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A4.00001: Communities, boundaries and symmetries - Hidden structures in multi-scale human mobilty networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A4.00002: Multiscale mobility networks and the large scale spreading of infectious diseases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A4.00003: Modelling large scale human activity in San Francisco Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A4.00004: Big Data, Global Development, and Complex Social Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A4.00005: Beller Lectureship Talk: Levy Flights and Walks in Nature Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A5: Silicon Photonics

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: David Lockwood, National Research Council Canada
Room: Portland Ballroom 256

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A5.00001: Physical Requirements and Opportunities for Dense Optical Interconnects to Chips Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A5.00002: Silicon Organic Hybrid: A platform for future high-speed silicon photonics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A5.00003: Silicon-Germanium Nanostructures for Light Emitters and On-Chip Optical Interconnects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A5.00004: Photonic Integrated Circuits Based on Plasmonics and Quantum Dot Materials: Properties, Compensation of Optical Losses and Applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A5.00005: Compacting high-end computing systems with silicon photonic interconnects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A6: Recent (algorithmic) Developments in Complex and Glass Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Gergely T. Zimanyi, University of California, Davis
Room: Portland Ballroom 253

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A6.00001: Dynamics of glassy systems using new algorithms for exact sampling on multiple scales Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A6.00002: Strengths and Weaknesses of Parallel Tempering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A6.00003: New insights from one-dimensional spin glasses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A6.00004: Glassy phases: a possible origin of computational hardness Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A6.00005: Negative-weight percolation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A7: Single Chain Experiments: from Polymers to Biophysics

Sponsoring Units: DBP DPOLY
Chair: Alexander Grosberg, New York University
Room: Portland Ballroom 254

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A7.00001: Molecular architecture governs the kinetics of single molecule unfolding under force Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A7.00002: DNA Sequencing Using an Engineered Protein Nanopore Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A7.00003: Electrostatic Focusing of DNA into Nanoscale Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A7.00004: Single molecule DNA interaction kinetics of retroviral nucleic acid chaperone proteins Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A7.00005: How Bacteriophage Genomes Get Inside Cells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A8: Quantum Opto-Mechanics

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP GQI
Chair: Lucia Hackermueller, University of Nottingham
Room: Portland Ballroom 255

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A8.00001: Strong quadratic and quartic optomechanical couplings for QND measurements Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A8.00002: Interfacing Opto-mechanics with Atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A8.00003: Interfacing ultracold atoms and mechanical oscillators on an atom chip Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A8.00004: Tunable cavity optomechanics with ultracold neutral atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		A8.00005: Demonstration of an ultracold micro-optomechanical oscillator in a cryogenic cavity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session A9: Focus Session: Optics of Nanostructures -- Quantum Dots I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Room: A105

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A9.00001: Entangled photons via dressed states Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A9.00002: Heterostructure quantum wires as an ideal source of entangled photon pairs Ranber Singh, Gabriel Bester Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A9.00003: Output Polarization Characteristics of an Electrically Injected Quantum Dot Spin Polarized Single Photon Source Ayan Das, Junseok Heo, Debashish Basu, Wei Guo, Pallab Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A9.00004: Heterogeneous confinement in lateral quantum dot molecules Jie Peng, Gabriel Bester Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A9.00005: Defects in diamond: Quantum computing and atomic magnetometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A9.00006: Electrostatic conveyer for excitons A.G. Winbow, J.R. Leonard, M. Remeika, A.A. High, E. Green, A.T. Hammack, L.V. Butov, M. Hanson, A.C. Gossard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A9.00007: Dark Exciton States in PbSe Nanocrystals Richard Schaller, David Bussian, Jin Joo, Jeffrey Pietryga, Victor Klimov, Scott Crooker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A9.00008: Coupling an epitaxial quantum dot a fiber-based external-mirror microcavity Andreas Muller, Edward Flagg, Michael Metcalfe, John Lawall, Glenn Solomon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A9.00009: Radiative and nonradiative pathways in multiexciton recombination in giant nanocrystal quantum dots Anton Malko, Siddharth Sampat, Han Htoon, Javier Vela-Becerra, Yongfen Chen, Jennifer Hollingsworth, Victor Klimov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A9.00010: Resonant Subband Landau Level Coupling in the Wide Quantum Well L.-C. Tung, X.-G. Wu, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, R. R. Du, Y.-J. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A9.00011: Stark effect, polarizability and electroabsorption in silicon nanocrystals Ceyhun Bulutay, Mustafa Kulakci, Rasit Turan Preview Abstract

Session A10: Focus Session: Single Molecule Biophysics and Chemical Physics I

Sponsoring Units: DCP DBP DPOLY
Chair: David Rueda, Wayne State University
Room: A106

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A10.00001: Single-molecule studies of multi-protein machines Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A10.00002: Single-Molecule Measurements of Synthesis by DNA Polymerase with Base-Pair Resolution Thomas Christian, Louis Romano, David Rueda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A10.00003: Dissecting the dissociation process of RecA monomer from a nucleoprotein filament Doseok Kim, Sung Hyun Kim, Chirlmin Joo, Jeehae Park, Kaushik Ragunathan, Taekjip Ha Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A10.00004: Dynamics of DNA strand exchange by Bxb1 integrase, a model serine site-specific recombinase Hua Bai, Pallavi Ghosh, Mingxuan Sun, Nigel Grindley, Graham Hatfull, John F. Marko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A10.00005: Noise Induced Regulation of DNA Loops Joshua Milstein, Yih-Fan Chen, Jens-Christian Meiners Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A10.00006: DNA Micromanipulation Using Novel High-Force, In-Plane Magnetic Tweezer Christopher McAndrew, Patrick Mehl, Abhijit Sarkar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A10.00007: Complex kinetics of the $\lambda $ Bacteriophage genetic switch Laura Finzi, Carlo Manzo, Chiara Zurla, David Dunlap Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A10.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A10.00009: Detailed Computational Study of Translocation Dynamics: Revealing the Physical Mechanisms of Viscosity Dependent Scaling Laws Hendrick W. de Haan, Gary W. Slater Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A10.00010: Shape transition in channel- and cavity-confined semiflexible bio-macromolecules Peter Cifra, Tomas Bleha Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A10.00011: Out of Equilibrium Characteristics of a Forced Translocating Chain through a Nanopore Kurt Binder, Aniket Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A10.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session A11: Energy Conversion Followed by Energy Storage Methods

Sponsoring Units: GERA
Chair: Sayantani Ghosh , University of California, Merced
Room: A107-A109

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A11.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A11.00002: Hot electron effect in ultrathin photovoltaic junctions T. Kirkpatrick, K. Kempa, M.J. Naughton, Z.F. Ren, A. Herczynski, Y. Gao, J. Rybczynski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A11.00003: Three-dimensional photovoltaics Bryan Myers, Marco Bernardi, Jeffrey C. Grossman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A11.00004: Development of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Xiaojuan Fan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A11.00005: Comparative Study of PbS and CdSe quantum dots for use in Luminescent Solar Concentrators Georgiy Shcherbatyuk, Richard Inman, Sayantani Ghosh, Chunhua Wang, Roland Winston Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A11.00006: RT-TDDFT Simulations of NLO-Polymers with Tunable Energy Levels Fernando Vila, J. J. Rehr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A11.00007: Optical Fiber/Nanowire Hybrid Structures for Efficient Three-Dimensional Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Yaguang Wei, Benjamin Weintraub, Zhonglin Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A11.00008: Optical Properties of semiconducting nano-particles embedded in polymethyl methacrylate thin films and their applications in solar devices Richard Inman Jr., Georgiy Shcherbatyuk, Anthony Grimes, Stephen Horabin, Roland Winston, Sayantani Ghosh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A11.00009: Electromechanical Energy Conversion using a Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystaline Elastomer and the Giant Flexoelectric Effect John Harden, Rafael Verduzco, Paul Luchette, James Gleeson, Samuel Sprunt, Antal Jakli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A11.00010: Bipolar molecules with an internal type II heterojunction for nanoscale photovoltaics Georgy Samsonidze, Marvin L. Cohen, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A11.00011: Scavenging low level mechanical vibrations using a magnetically coupled piezoelectric cantilever Ji-Tzuoh Lin, Bruce Alphenaar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A11.00012: Cylindrical Organic Solar Cells with Carbon Nanotube Charge Collectors Dante Zakhidov, Navaneeth Ravi, Raymond Lou, Alex Cook, Kamil Mielczarek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A11.00013: A new battery-charging method using an oscillating field: Amplitude and frequency dependence of charging time Ibrahim Abou Hamad, M.A. Novotny, David Wipf, Per Arne Rikvold Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A11.00014: Infrared Photon Stimulated Hydrogen Transport in Rutile TiO$_{2}$ Erik Spahr, Gunter Luepke, Lanlin Wen, Michael Stavola, Lynn Boatner, Leonard Feldman, Norman Tolk Preview Abstract

Session A12: Microfluidics I: Electrokinesis and Transport

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Eberhard Bodenschatz, Cornell University
Room: B110-B111

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A12.00001: Flow Regimes and Parametric Competitions in Nanochannel Flows Chong Liu, Zhigang Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A12.00002: Microfluidic Chemical Concentration Switching at Taylor's Limit Eberhard Bodenschatz, Albert Bae, Carsten Beta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A12.00003: Film Relaxation and Pressure-Saturation Hysteresis in a Wedge-shaped Microfluidic Channel Yihong Liu, Laura Pyrak-Nolte, David Nolte Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A12.00004: Fluidic rectification due to asymmetric concentration polarization at nano-microfluidic interface Jarrod Schiffbauer, Kathleen Reschke, Boris Zaltzman, Boyd Edwards, Isaak Rubinstein, Will Booth, Aaron Timperman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A12.00005: Photo-manipulation of a liquid droplet by chromocapillary effect Arnaud Saint-Jalmes, Antoine Diguet, Reine-Marie Guillermic, Nobuyuki Magome, Kenishi Yoshikawa, Yong Chen, Damien Baigl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A12.00006: Suppression of Brownian motion by electrodynamic confinement in aqueous solution Weihua Guan, Mark Reed, Sony Joseph, Predrag Krstic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A12.00007: Two-dimensional mapping of dielectrophoresis force and AC electro-osmosis flow Jingyu Wang, H.D. Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A12.00008: Destruction of Emulsions by an AC Electric Field: Importance of Partial Merging Abdou Rachid Thiam, Nicolas Bremond, Jer\^ome Bibette Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A12.00009: Broadband Dielectric Response of Insulin and Bovine Serum Albumin in Solution J. Booth, N. Orloff, Y. Wang, J. Dennis, I. Takeuchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A12.00010: Single-Molecule Denaturation Mapping of DNA in Nanofluidic Channels Walter Reisner, Niels Larsen, Asli Silahtaroglu, Anders Kristensen, Niels Tommerup, Jonas O. Tegenfeldt, Henrik Flyvbjerg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A12.00011: Channeling of DNA during Electrophoresis in a Sparse Ordered Post Array Jia Ou, Jaseol Cho, Sam Carpenter, Dan Olson, Kevin Dorfman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A12.00012: DNA mobility in nanofluidic systems Alena Karpusenko, Shuang Fang Lim, Robert Riehn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A12.00013: Tube-like motion of ds-DNA in a nanoslit post array Po-Keng Lin, Chen-Hsiang Hung, Chia-Fu Chou, Yeng-Long Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A12.00014: Bubble length affects bubble speed in a rough microfluidic channel Quan Zhang, Konstantin Turitsyn, Tom Witten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A12.00015: Vesicle extrusion in nanopores B\'ela Jo\'os, Martin Bertrand, S\'ebastien Ouellet Preview Abstract

Session A13: Convection and Crystal Growth

Sponsoring Units: DFD GSNP
Chair: Joseph Niemela, Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics
Room: B112

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A13.00001: Rotating turbulent convection at high Rayleigh and Taylor numbers Joseph Niemela, Simone Babuin, Katepalli Sreenivasan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A13.00002: Concentration-dependent Onset of Natural Convection in Magnetic Fluids Yi Liu, Jun Huang, Zhenyu Zhou, Weili Luo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A13.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A13.00004: The field-dependent flow-front speed of natural convection in magnetic fluids Jun Huang, Yi Liu, Zhenyu Zhou, Weili Luo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A13.00005: Probing Instability using Pattern Control in Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard Convection Adam Perkins, Roman Grigoriev, Michael Schatz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A13.00006: Convection Cells driven by Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking Michel Pleimling, Beate Schmittmann, R.K.P. Zia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A13.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A13.00008: Phase separation in fluids with chaotic advection Daniel Beller, Ben Vollmayr-Lee, Sohei Yasuda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A13.00009: Passive-scalar separation using chaotic advection Andrew Duggleby, Pradeep Rao, Mark Stremler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A13.00010: A (1 + 1)-dimensional model to study the kinetic roughening transition in molecular beam epitaxial growth Crist\'{o}v\~{a}o Dias, Nuno Ara{\'u}jo, Ant\'{o}nio Cadilhe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A13.00011: Sidebranching in the Dendritic Crystal Growth of Ammonium Chloride Andrew Dougherty, Franklin Stinner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A13.00012: Growth and Scaling Dynamics of Condensed Water Drops around a NaCl crystal nucleus Wenceslao Gonz\'alez-Vi\~nas, Ramchandra D. Narhe, Jos\'e M. Guadarrama, Daniel Beysens Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A13.00013: Scaling of walls in crystals: Deformation, grain boundaries, and dislocation structures Yong Chen, Woosong Choi, Stefanos Papanikolaou, James Sethna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A13.00014: Domain Structure Universality in the Asymmetric Cahn-Hilliard Equation Benjamin Vollmayr-Lee, Andrew Rutenberg, Sohei Yasuda Preview Abstract

Session A14: Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures I: Single-Molecule Junctions

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Latha Venkataraman, Columbia University
Room: B113

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A14.00001: Metallic conductance in single-molecule junctions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A14.00002: Fullerene-based anchoring groups for molecular electronics: insights from theory Alexei Bagrets, Christian Seiler, Velimir Meded, Ferdinand Evers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A14.00003: Transport properties of touching molecules Thomas Frederiksen, Guillaume Schull, Mads Brandbyge, Richard Berndt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A14.00004: Simultaneous Force and Conductance Measurements of Single Molecule Junctions Michael Frei, Sriharsha Aradhya, Mark S. Hybertsen, Latha Venkataraman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A14.00005: Medium Effects in Single Molecule Electronics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A14.00006: Solvent Effects on the Conductance of 1,4-benzenediamine Valla Fatemi, Maria Kamenetska, Jeffrey Neaton, Latha Venkataraman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A14.00007: Observation of Orbital Gate Modulation in Molecular Junctions Hyunwook Song, Yun Hee Jang, Takhee Lee, Youngsang Kim, Heejun Jeong, Mark A. Reed Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A14.00008: First-Principles Studies of Aromatic Single-Molecule Junctions: Length Dependence of Conductance and Thermopower Su Ying Quek, Hyoung Joon Choi, Steven G. Louie, J. B. Neaton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A14.00009: Statistically-Determined Molecular I-V Curves Measured by STM-Break Junction Jonathan R. Widawsky, Masha Kamenetska, Young S. Park, Jennifer E. Klare, Colin Nuckolls, Michael L. Steigerwald, Mark S. Hybertson, Latha Venkataraman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A14.00010: Excess Volltage-Dependent Noise in Atomic-Scale Au Contacts Patrick Wheeler, Ruoyu Chen, Kenneth Evans, Jeffrey Russom, Nicholas King, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A14.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session A15: Structural Materials, Defects, Deformation

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Lin-Lin Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: B114

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A15.00001: Modeling Point Defects in Austenite using Density Functional Theory Ron Gibala, William Counts, Chris Wolverton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A15.00002: Ab-initio and thermodynamic description of interaction of hydrogen with vacancies in fcc iron Roman Nazarov, Tilmann Hickel, Joerg Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A15.00003: Characteristic Picture of Fe-Based Disordered Alloys: {\em Ab Initio} Study S. J. Kang, Miyoung Kim, Young-Kyun Kwon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A15.00004: Liquid-metal embrittlement in Iron: surface energy reduction of Fe(110) upon Hg, Pb and Bi adsorption Lin-Lin Wang, Thierry Auger, Duane D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A15.00005: Multi-scale modelling of the structure and mobility of small defect clusters in iron Mihai-Cosmin Marinica, Francois Willaime Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A15.00006: Predicting Dislocation Climb and Creep from Explicit Atomistic Details Mukul Kabir, Timothy T. Lau, David Rodney, Sidney Yip, Krystyn J. Van Vliet Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A15.00007: Grain boundaries and glasses: birds of a feather Hao Zhang, David Srolovitz, Jack Douglas, James Warren Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A15.00008: Computing ab initio free energy contributions of point defects B. Grabowski, L. Ismer, T. Hickel, J. Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A15.00009: Atomistic simulation of plastic deformation in metallic nanowires Min Ji, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Kai-ming Ho Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A15.00010: First principles study of thermodynamic, structural and elastic properties of eutectic Ti-Fe alloys Li-Fang Zhu, Martin Fri{\'a}k, J{\"o}rg Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A15.00011: The impact of kinetics and the thresholds of twinning in \emph{bcc} tantalum Kyle Caspersen, Robert Rudd, Mike Surh, David Richards, Jim Glosli, Fred Streitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A15.00012: Embedded-atom method potential for niobium Michael Fellinger, Hyoungki Park, John Wilkins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A15.00013: Role of the defect core in energetics of vacancies in aluminum Vikram Gavini Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A15.00014: The formation and structure of the oxide and hydroxide chemisorbed phases at the aluminum surface, and relevance to hydrogen embrittlement Michael Francis, Robert Kelly, Matthew Neurock Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A15.00015: Ab initio investigation of grain boundary cohesion in Al alloys Shengjun Zhang, Oleg Y. Kontsevoi, A.J. Freeman, G.B. Olson Preview Abstract

Session A16: Graphite and Intercalated Compounds

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMP
Chair: Arthur Hebard, University of Florida
Room: B115

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A16.00001: GW Investigation of Alkali Intercalated Graphite Bahadir Altintas, Resul Eryigit Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A16.00002: Formation dynamics of graphite intercalation compounds: An {\em ab initio} study Bo Song, Haiping Fang, David Tom\'anek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A16.00003: Why is KC$_8$ superconductor and LiC$_6$ is not? Z.-H Pan, J. Camacho, M.H. Upton, A.V. Fedorov, A.C. Walters, C.A. Howard, M. Ellerby, T. Valla Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A16.00004: The nature and strength of inter-layer binding in graphite Leonardo Spanu, Sandro Sorella, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A16.00005: Delocalization by Disorder in Layered Systems Vladimir Yudson, Dmitrii Maslov, Andres Somoza, Miguel Ortuno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A16.00006: Hot electron effect and weak localization in suspended multilayer graphene Carlos Diaz Pinto, Sungbae Lee, Nelka Wijesinghe, Haibing Peng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A16.00007: Transport study of Berry's phase in Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite Aruna N. Ramanayaka, Ramesh G. Mani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A16.00008: Room-Temperature Voltage Rectification in Graphite Yakov Kopelevich, J.C. Medina Pantoja, Robson R. da Silva, Alex M. Bratkovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A16.00009: Engineering of Ferromagnetic Graphite and Graphene Robson R. da Silva, Yakov Kopelevich, Ivan N. Naumov, Alexander M. Bratkovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A16.00010: Landau-level characterization of AB-stacked graphite Yen-Hung Ho, De-Hone Lin, Wu-Pei Su, Yu-Huang Chiu, Jei Wang, Ming-Fa Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A16.00011: Landau levels of graphene multilayers in a parallel magnetic field Sergey Pershoguba, Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A16.00012: Dissolution of Graphite into Graphene and Formation of Liquid Crystals Natnael Behabtu, Jay Lomeda, Micah Green, Alexander Sinitskii, Amanda Higginbotham, A. Nicholas G. Parra-Vasquez, Dmitry V. Kosynkin, Judith Schmidt, Ellina Kesselman, Yachin Cohen, Yeshayahu Talmon, James M. Tour, Matteo Pasquali Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A16.00013: Synthesis of RE$_{9}$ Mg$_{35}$ Zn$_{57}$ (RE = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Y) from a metallic flux in 9 tesla magnetic fields Thomas J. Ott, Sally J. Tracy, Heather M. Volz, Jason C. Lashley, Jason C. Cooley Preview Abstract

Session A17: Focus Session: Relaxation Dynamics of Polymeric Glasses I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Jack Douglas, NIST
Room: B116

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A17.00001: Molecular simulations of polymer glasses under active deformation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A17.00002: Four-Point Analysis of Molecular Fluctuations in Sucrose Benzoate Near the Glass Transition by Fourier Imaging Correlation Spectroscopy James Utterback, Jasper Cook, Andrew Marcus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A17.00003: Distribution of relaxation times in miscible polymer blends close to the glass transition Paul Sotta, Gareth Royston, Didier R. Long Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A17.00004: Glass Transition Temperature of Isolated Polymer-A Chains Dispersed within a Bulk Polymer-B Phase: Novel Characterization by Fluorescence Robert Sandoval, John Torkelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A17.00005: Application of the entropy theory of glass formation to poly(alpha-olefins Karl Freed, Evgeny Stukalin, Jack Douglas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A17.00006: Reaction rates in hydrophilic glass Marcus Cicerone, Qin Zhong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A17.00007: A simple bead necklace model to study secondary relaxations in glassy polymer melts and blends Dmitry Bedrov, Grant Smith Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A17.00008: Dynamic Heterogeneity in Highly Cross-linked Epoxy in the Vicinity of Glass Transition Po-Han Lin, Rajesh Khare Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A17.00009: Antiplasticization of polymer melts diluted by low molar mass species Evgeny Stukalin, Jack Douglas, Karl Freed Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A17.00010: Relaxation Dynamics of the Glass Transition in PMMA+SWCNT Composites by Temperature-Modulated DSC Nihar Pradhan, Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A17.00011: Specifics of nanostructure stability patterned polystyrene under high electric fields Sergei Lyuksyutov, Victoria Nedashkivska, Mindaugas Rackaitis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A17.00012: Structural Characterization of Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity Using X-ray Scattering Methods Amanda McDermott, Nhamo Chaukura, Christopher Mason, Peter Budd, Kadum Msayib, Mariolino Carta, Bader Ghanem, Neil McKeown, James Runt Preview Abstract

Session A18: Focus Session: Multiscale Modeling in Polymer and Soft Matter Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DCOMP
Chair: Mesfin Tsige, University of Illinois at Carbondale
Room: B117

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A18.00001: Structural Properties of Polystyrene Adsorbed onto a Solid Surface Yergou Tatek, Mesfin Tsige Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A18.00002: Analytical rescaling of dynamics from mesoscale simulations of coarse-grained polymer melts to their atomic description Ivan Lyubimov, Marina Guenza Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A18.00003: Classical density functional theory of fluids as a multi-scale modeling tool for charged fluids: Electrical double layers, biological ion channels, dielectric interfaces Dirk Gillespie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A18.00004: Structure, Self-assembly, Solvation, and Phase Equilibria in Hydrogen-bonding Fluids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A18.00005: Geometric cluster algorithm for anisotropic particles Daniel W. Sinkovits, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A18.00006: Nucleationand surface induced crystallization in supercooled liquid water Giovanna Russo, Tianshu Li, Davide Donadio, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A18.00007: Numerical Coarse-Graining of Polymer Field Theories Michael Villet, Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A18.00008: Structure and Transport in Soft Materials Studied by Multiscale Simulation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A18.00009: Concurrent coupling between a particle simulation and a continuum description: case study of a polymer blend Marcus Mueller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A18.00010: Effective Pair Potentials and Mesoscale Simulations of Binary Polymer Blends James McCarty, Marina Guenza Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A18.00011: Multiscale simulations of chain dynamics in polymeric liquids undergoing shear Bamin Khomami, Jun Kim, Brian Edwards Preview Abstract

Session A19: Polymer Blends

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Chinedum Osuji, Yale
Room: B118-B119

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A19.00001: Dynamics of Strongly Associating Polymer Blends Using Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy Kevin Masser, James Runt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A19.00002: Solution self-assembly behavior of block copolymer blends with the same hydrophilic block but different hydrophobic blocks Jiahua Zhu, Ke Zhang, Karen Wooley, Darrin Pochan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A19.00003: Controlling co-monomer distributions in bulk and surface tethered random copolymers Lawrence Strickland, Jan Genzer, Carol Hall Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A19.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A19.00005: Compatibilization of polystyrene and poly(dimethyl siloxane) with a star polymer having a $\gamma {\rm t}$cyclodextrin core and polystyrene arms C.M. Balik, A.E. Tonelli, Brad Busche Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A19.00006: The Time Evolution of the Surface Segregation of Hyperbranched Molecules from a Linear Matrix Onome Swader, Mark Dadmun, Lian Hutchings, Richard Thompson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A19.00007: Effect of \textit{Trans-Cis} Photoisomerization on Phase Equilibria and Phase Transition of Azobenzene Chromophore and Reactive Mesogenic Diacrylate Mixtures Namil Kim, Quan Li, Thein Kyu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A19.00008: Concentration and Temperature Effects on the Micellization of Block Copolymers in a Homopolymer Matrix E. Pavlopoulou, K. Chrissopoulou, S.H. Anastasiadis, H. Iatrou, N. Hadjichristidis, G. Portale, W. Bras Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A19.00009: Micelle Formation of Diblock Copolymers in Thin Film Homopolymers and Homopolymer Blends Chelsea Chen, Peter Green Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A19.00010: Micelle Formation in Diblock Copolymer/Homopolymer Films Jiajia Zhou, An-Chang Shi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A19.00011: Analytical course-grained description of a homopolymer melt as a liquid of soft colloidal chains Anthony J. Clark, M.G. Guenza Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A19.00012: Nucleation in polydisperse polymer mixtures Dadong Yan, Shuanhu Qi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A19.00013: The Entropic Rigidity of Circular Polymers Martin Bertrand, Martin Forget, B\'ela Jo\'os Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A19.00014: Microstructural Characterization of Plastic Bonded Explosives John Yeager, Daniel Hooks, David Bahr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A19.00015: Simulating the Effect of Flame Retardant Materials on Heat Diffusion in Polymers Joseph Ortiz, Arpon Raksit, Dilip Gersappe, Miriam Rafailovich Preview Abstract

Session A20: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Functionalization and Growth

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Jeff Blackburn, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Room: C120-122

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A20.00001: Functionalization of Boron- and Nitrogen-Doped Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes: An \textit{Ab Initio} Study Nabil Al-Aqtash , Igor Vasiliev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A20.00002: Electronic properties of double-wall carbon nanotubes and the effect of functionalization Jonathan Laflamme Janssen, Jason Beaudin, Michel C\^ot\'e Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A20.00003: Electrical and Optical Properties of Covalently Functionalized Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Delphine Bouilly, Janie Cabana, Francois Meunier, Maxime Desjardins-Carriere, Francois Lapointe, Francis L. Larouche, Philippe Gagnon, Elyse Adam, Matthieu Paillet, Richard Martel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A20.00004: High Quantum efficiency SWNTs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A20.00005: Carbon Nanotube/CdSe Nanoparticle Hybrid Materials: Synthesis and Optical Properties Austin Akey, Chenguang Lu, Wei Wang, Irving Herman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A20.00006: First-Principles Design of Conductance Switching in Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes Elise Li, Nicolas Poilvert, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A20.00007: Confirmation of the resonance energy transfer between Rare Earth-DNA-Carbon Nanotube complex Tetyana Ignatova, Hikmat Najafov, Slava V. Rotkin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A20.00008: Physisorption of Nucleic Acid Bases on Boron Nitride Nanotubes: A new class of Hybrid Nano-Bio Materials Saikat Mukhopadhyay, S. Gowtham, Ralph Scheicher, Ravindra Pandey, Shashi Karna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A20.00009: Growth and characterization of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes using PECVD Suman Neupane, Wenzhi Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A20.00010: In-Situ Growth of Carbon Nanotubes in a Microreactor Environment Silpa Kona, Cindy Harnett Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A20.00011: Understanding the growth mechanism of carbon nanotubes via the ``cluster volume to surface area" model Sreekanth Mandati, Jens Kunstmann, Felix Boerrnert, Ronny Schoenfelder, Mark Ruemmeli, Kamal K. Kar, Gianaurelio Cuniberti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A20.00012: Potential of Mean Force between Aqueous Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Surfactant Solutions Alberto Striolo, Naga Rajesh Tummala, Brian H. Morrow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A20.00013: Electrical properties of electrospun polyaniline-polyethylene oxide nanofibrous membranes filled with single-walled carbon nanotubes Yung Woo Park, Bibekananda Sundaray, Ajeong Choi Preview Abstract

Session A21: Focus Session: Graphene: Quantum Interference and Transport

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Steve Cronin, University of Southern California
Room: Portland Ballroom 251

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A21.00001: Imaging coherent transport in mesoscopic graphene Jesse Berezovsky, Mario Borunda, Eric Heller, Robert Westervelt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A21.00002: Simulating a movable scatterer in coherent graphene devices Mario Borunda, Jesse Berezovsky, Robert Westervelt, Eric Heller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A21.00003: Quantum interference controlled graphene nanoribbon/molecule junctions: First-principles modeling of multiterminal nanoelectronic devices Kamal K. Saha, Branislav K. Nikolic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A21.00004: Spin-Resolved Quantum Interference in Graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A21.00005: Masses, topological phase transitions and fractionalized particles in graphene Shinsei Ryu, Christopher Mudry, Chang-Yu Hou, Claudio Chamon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A21.00006: Graphene Superconducting Quantum Interference Device \c{C}a\u{g}lar Girit, Vincent Bouchiat, Ofer Naaman, Yuanbo Zhang, Michael Crommie, Alex Zettl, Irfan Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A21.00007: Klein tunneling in disordered graphene p-n-p junctions Enrico Rossi, J.H. Bardarson, P.W. Brouwer, S. Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A21.00008: Quantum transport at the Dirac point and Klein tunneling in disordered graphene Jens H. Bardarson, E. Rossi, P.W. Brouwer, S. Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A21.00009: Wave packet scattering in graphene and the Klein paradox Aditya Raghavan, Kevin Beach, Frank Marsiglio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A21.00010: Quantum pumping in graphene Elsa Prada, Pablo San-Jose, Henning Schomerus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A21.00011: Tunneling conductance between misaligned graphene layers Rafi Bistritzer, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A21.00012: Hyperfine-induced valley mixing and the spin-valley blockade in carbon-based quantum dots Andras Palyi, Guido Burkard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A21.00013: Spin-dependent conductance of small graphene flakes R. Tugrul Senger, Hasan Sahin, Salim Ciraci Preview Abstract

Session A22: Graphene Applications

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Tomas Palacios, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Portland Ballroom 252

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A22.00001: Transfer-free fabrication methods for graphene based devices Mark Levendorf, Carlos Ruiz-Vargas, Shivank Garg, Jiwoong Park Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A22.00002: Heat Removal with Graphene Lateral Heat Spreaders S. Subrina, D. Kotchetkov, S. Ghosh, A.A. Balandin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A22.00003: Functionalizing graphene by embedded boron clusters Alexander Quandt, Jens Kunstmann, Cem Ozdogan, Holger Fehske Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A22.00004: Facile and Scalable Route to Wafer-Size Patterned Graphene Li-Hong Liu, Mingdi Yan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A22.00005: Electrostatic Transfer of Monolayer Graphene Grown on Copper Foil Roshan Choxi, Jae Won Do, Scott Schmucker, Joshua Wood, Justin Koepke, Joseph Lyding Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A22.00006: Characterization of Stacked Transparent-Conductive Graphene Films Amal Kasry, Ageeth Bol Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A22.00007: pi-pi Functionalization of Graphene: Avenue for building Ultra-sensitive Graphene BioSensors Kabeer Jasuja, Joshua Linn, Vikas Berry Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A22.00008: DNA-decorated graphene chemical sensors Brett Goldsmith, Ye Lu, Nicholas Kybert, A.T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A22.00009: Layer Transferred Graphene for Solar Cell Applications Ronald Myers, Zhibing Wang, Ying Liu, Joshua Robinson, Aaron Todd, Jian Xu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A22.00010: Bacterium Wrapping with Graphene for Non-destructive TEM Imaging and Raman Enhancement Nihar Mohanty, Ashvin Nagaraja, Monica Frey, Vikas Berry Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A22.00011: Real-time observations of Ag nanoparticle etching in ultraclean suspended graphene Timothy Booth, Henrik Andersen, Joerg Jinschek, Thomas Hansen, Jakob Wagner, Peter Boggild, Rafal Dunin-Borkowski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A22.00012: Graphene-based materials and their physical properties Rod Ruoff Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A22.00013: Metal-Semiconductor Interfaces and Patterns in Functionalized Graphene Abhishek Singh, Evgeni Penev, Boris Yakobson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A22.00014: Liquid Separation by a Graphene Membrane Gustavo Dalpian, Eudes Fileti, Roberto Rivelino Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A22.00015: Investigation of High Frequency Performance of Graphene field effect transistor Using a Self Consistent Transport Model Ercag Pince, Coskun Kocabas Preview Abstract

Session A23: Density Functional Theory I

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: John Perdew, Tulane University
Room: C125-C126

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A23.00001: Linear-Scaling Density-Functional Theory with Tens of Thousands of Atoms: Expanding the Scope and Scale of Calculations with ONETEP A.A. Mostofi, N.D.M. Hine, P.D. Haynes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A23.00002: Optimised local orbitals from linear-scaling density-functional theory calculations Peter Haynes, Laura Ratcliff, Gareth Conduit, Philip Avraam, Mark Robinson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A23.00003: Multidomain decomposition approach to large scale electronic structure calculations Kalman Varga Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A23.00004: Acceleration of DFT calculations with dual parallel method Hidekazu Tomono, Masaru Aoki, Kazuo Tsumuraya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A23.00005: Bloch-state-based interpolation -- an efficient generalization of the Shirley approach to interpolating electronic structure David Prendergast, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A23.00006: All-electron Hybrid Functional Treatment of Oxides using the FLAPW Method Markus Betzinger, Martin Schlipf, Christoph Friedrich, Marjana Le\v{z}ai\'c, Stefan Bl\"ugel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A23.00007: Gaussian-type orbitals in \emph{ab-initio} calculations for periodic systems: Solving the so-called ``linear-dependence'' problem with efficient dual space summation Cristian Diaconu, Joachim Paier, Gustavo Scuseria Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A23.00008: PAW Calculations for Core Edge Specroscopy Micah Prange, Weidong Luo, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A23.00009: Exact conditions and scaling relations in finite temperature density functional theory Stefano Pittalis, C. R. Proetto, A. Floris, A. Sanna, C. Bersier, E. K. U. Gross Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A23.00010: DFPT approach to the temperature dependence of electronic band energies Paul Boulanger, Michel Cote, Xavier Gonze Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A23.00011: Functional minimization scheme for first-principles electronic structure calculations with bi-orthogonal interpolating wavelets William Garber, Wei Ku, James Davenport, Dmitri Volja Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A23.00012: Electron-pair-density based approach to density functional theory Markus Daene, Donald Nicholson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A23.00013: Towards the calculation of experimental spectra using linear-scaling density-functional theory Laura Ratcliff, Peter Haynes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A23.00014: Transferability of Fragments in Partition Density Functional Theory Yu Zhang, Adam Wasserman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A23.00015: Subsystem functional for confinement physics Feng Hao, Ann Mattsson, Rickard Armiento Preview Abstract

Session A24: Spintronic Materials

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: George Kioseoglou, University of Crete
Room: D133-D134

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A24.00001: Magnetocrystalline anisotropy in single crystal Gd$_{5}$Si$_{2.7}$Ge$_{1.3}$ David Jiles, Ravi Hadimani, Yevgen Melikhov, John Snyder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A24.00002: Optimization of Giant Magnetoimpedance in amorphous (Co$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x})_{89}$Zr$_{7}$B$_{4}$ ribbons A. Chaturvedi, M.H. Phan, H. Srikanth, A. Leary, M.E. McHenry Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A24.00003: Ferromagnetism and large magnetocaloric effect in Eu$_{8}$Ga$_{16}$Ge$_{30 }$ clathrates M.H. Phan, A. Chaturvedi, S. Stefanoski, H. Kirby, G.S. Nolas, H. Srikanth, V. Franco Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A24.00004: Intrinsic-Vacancy Mediated, Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism in a Silicon-Compatible Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor: Cr-doped Ga$_2$Se$_3$ E.N. Yitamben, T.C. Lovejoy, A.B. Pakhomov, S.M. Heald, F.S. Ohuchi, M.A. Olmstead Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A24.00005: Ferromagnetic order at 298 K in Cr$_{0.005}$Sn$_{0.995}$Te Jason C. Lashley, James L. Smith, James E. Gubernatis, Roland K. Schulze, Bogdan Mihaila, Robert D. Field, Cyril P. Opeil, Peter B. Littlewood, Eli Rotenberg, Aaron Bostwick Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A24.00006: Absence of localized-spin magnetic scattering in the narrow-gap semiconductor FeSb$_{2}$ Andrei Savici, Igor Zaliznyak, Ovidiu Garlea, Rongwei Hu, Cedomir Petrovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A24.00007: M\"{o}ssbauer Spectrometry study of Fe$_{x}$Si$_{1-x}$ thin films Catherine Bordel, Julie Karel, Jean Juraszek, Frances Hellman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A24.00008: Positive and Negative magnetoresistance of semiconduting Fe$_{x}$-C$_{1-x}$/Si thin film Xiaozhong Zhang, Lihua Wu, Caihua Wan, Xili Gao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A24.00009: Strain and magnetism in epitaxial MnSi thin films T.L. Monchesky, E.A. Karhu, M.D. Robertson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A24.00010: Electronic structure and magnetism in EuN Ben Ruck, Joe Trodahl, Jan Richter, Andrew Preston, Franck Natali, Natali Plank, Claire Meyer, Julio Cezar, Laurent Ranno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A24.00011: Spin-dependent processes in silicon-rich silicon-nitride thin film solar cells Sang-Yun Lee, Seoyoung Paik, Dane McCamey, Christoph Boehme, Jian Hu, Feng Zhu, Arun Madan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A24.00012: GW study of the local field effect in half metallic CrAs Liam Damewood, Ching Fong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A24.00013: Measurement of the Transport Spin polarization of Ru Doped CrO2 Using Point-contact Andreev reflection Michael Osofsky, Kevin West, Stuart Wolf, Jiwei Lu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A24.00014: Magnetoelastic coupling through the antiferromagnetic - to - ferromagnetic transition in quasi-two-dimensional [Cu(pyz)$_2$HF$_2$]BF$_4$ using infrared spectroscopy J.L. Musfeldt, L.I. Vergara, T.V. Brinzari, C. Lee, L.C. Tung, J. Kang, Y.J. Wang, J.A. Schlueter, J.L. Manson, M.-H. Whangbo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A24.00015: Investigations of interactions between low-dimensional electron systems and magnetic surface species by antilocalization measurements Yao Zhang, R.L. Kallaher, J.J. Heremans, J. Gilpin Preview Abstract

Session A25: Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors - ZnO

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Mike Stavola, Lehigh University
Room: D135

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A25.00001: Magnetic Resonance Studies of Oxygen and Zinc-Vacancy Native Defects in Bulk ZnO Crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A25.00002: A pathway to p-type wide-band-gap semiconductors Anderson Janotti, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A25.00003: Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of defects in ZnO Will Tipton, Richard Hennig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A25.00004: Why nitrogen cannot lead to $p$-type conductivity in ZnO John L. Lyons, Anderson Janotti, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A25.00005: Nitrogen doping of single crystal ZnO M.D. McCluskey, S.J. Jokela, M.C. Tarun Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A25.00006: Theoretical simulation of doping mechanisms in p-type ZnO George Gavaza, Zhigen Yu, Ping Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A25.00007: Robust Conductivity Changes in ZnO and MgZnO Nanoparticle Films from Annealing in Hydrogen Sirisha Chava, Hannah Marie Young, Lorena Sanchez, Joseph Dick, John L. Morrison, Jesse Huso, Leah Bergman, Christine Berven Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A25.00008: Zinc Vacancy Formation and its Effect on the Conductivity of ZnO Enamul Khan, Marc Weber, Steve Langford, Tom Dickinson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A25.00009: The delocalized nature of holes in (Ga, N) cluster doped ZnO Muhammad N. Huda, Yanfa Yan, Mowafak M. Al-Jassim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A25.00010: Enhanced formation of Zn-interstitials by their attractive interactions with O-vacancies in ZnO Yong-Sung Kim, C.H. Park Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A25.00011: Size-dependent induced magnetism in carbon-doped ZnO nanostructures Hyunwook Kwak, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A25.00012: First-Principles Theoretical Analysis of Doping in II-VI Compound Semiconductor Nanocrystals Tejinder Singh, Triantafillos J. Mountziaris, Dimitrios Maroudas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A25.00013: A non-LSW Model for Semiconductor Nanocrystal Growth Michael Clark, Sanat Kumar, Jonathan Owen, D.D. Sarma Preview Abstract

Session A26: Focus Session: Recent Progress in Quantum Algorithms and Computational Complexity

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Dave Bacon, University of Washington
Room: D136

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A26.00001: QIP = PSPACE Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A26.00002: Interacting boson problems can be QMA-hard Tzu-Chieh Wei, Michele Mosca, Ashwin Nayak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A26.00003: Towards Quantum Chemistry on a Quantum Computer Benjamin Lanyon, James Whitfield, Geoffrey Gillett, Michael Goggin, Marcelo Almeida, Ivan Kassal, Jacob Biamonte, Masoud Mohseni, Benjamin Powell, Marco Barbieri, Al\'an Aspuru-Guzik, Andrew White Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A26.00004: New directions for quantum lattice gases Peter Love Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A26.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A26.00006: First order phase transition in the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm A. P. Young, S. Knysh, V. N. Smelyanskiy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A26.00007: Ground state problem of frustrated spin systems due to quantum annealing using the transverse interaction Yohei Saika, Jun-ichi Inoue Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A26.00008: Quantum walks in momentum space Michael S. Underwood, David L. Feder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A26.00009: Quantum vs. classical walks with memory two Zlatko Dimcovic, Yevgeniy Kovchegov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A26.00010: Where randomness comes from in the quantum walk? Yutaka Shikano, Kota Chisaki, Etsuo Segawa, Norio Konno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A26.00011: Using the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm to partition arrays Samir Lipovaca Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A26.00012: Performance evaluation of a classical database search that internally simulates an ensemble quantum database search Akira SaiToh Preview Abstract

Session A27: Evolutionary and Ecological Systems

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Jeff Gore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: D137

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A27.00001: Spontaneous Emergence of Modularity in an Evolving System: Nucleation of Biology from Chemistry Michael Deem, Jun Sun, Jiankui He Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A27.00002: Accelerated Evolution in the Death Galaxy Robert Austin, Chih-kuan Tung, Xiu-quing Gong, Guillaume Lambert, David Liao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A27.00003: Signatures of coevolution in protein superfamilies Sarosh Fatakia, Stefano Costanzi, Carson Chow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A27.00004: Correlation in the sequential evolutionary pattern of influenza hemagglutinin reveals its immunogenic and structural characters Keyao Pan, Michael Deem Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A27.00005: The dynamics of gene duplication and transposons in microbial genome evolution Nicholas Chia, Nigel Goldenfeld Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A27.00006: Growth mediated feedback and the abrupt onset of antibiotic resistance J. Barrett Deris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A27.00007: Evolution of antibiotic resistance on a mesa-shaped fitness landscape Rutger Hermsen, Terence Hwa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A27.00008: On-chip dynamic stress control for cancer cell evolution study Liyu Liu, Robert Austin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A27.00009: Modeling cell growth dynamics with a diffusion model of protein evolution Konstantin Zeldovich, Kelly Thayer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A27.00010: Synthetic Yeast Cooperation Wenying Shou, Justin Burton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A27.00011: Emergence of Anisotropy in Flock Simulations and Its Computational Analysis Motohiro Makiguchi, Jun-ichi Inoue Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A27.00012: Deriving hydrodynamic equations for the flocking dynamics of self-propelled agents Thomas Ihle, Alemayehu Gebremariam Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A27.00013: Mobbing: a problem in flocking and deterrence M. Elias Tousley, Owen Glaze, Anna Schall, Suzanne Amador Kane Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A27.00014: Robust ecological pattern formation induced by demographic noise Thomas Butler, Nigel Goldenfeld Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A27.00015: Strong resonance explains cycles in sockeye salmon populations Christian Guill, Barbara Drossel Preview Abstract

Session A28: Focus Session: Confined and Biological Water I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Gerhard Hummer, National Institutes of Health
Room: C124

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A28.00001: Liquid Water, the ``Most Complex'' Liquid: New Results in Bulk, Nanoconfined, and Biological Environments Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A28.00002: Faster water dissociation fluctuations on the surface of Cassiterite Nitin Kumar, Paul Kent, Andrei Bandura, David Cole, David Wesolowski, James Kubicki, Jorge Sofo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A28.00003: Cross-over of hydrophobic effects observed in amphiphilic aqueous solutions Ningdong Huang, Dennis Nordlund, Congcong Huang, Tolek Tyliszczak, Yves Acremann, Anders Nilsson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A28.00004: Nonequilibrium Structural Phase Transformation of Interfacial Water Assemblies Observed by Ultrafast Electron Crystallography Ding-Shyue Yang, Ahmed H. Zewail Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A28.00005: Femtosecond movies of water near interfaces at sub-Angstrom resolution Robert Coridan, Ghee Hwee Lai, Nathan Schmidt, Peter Abbamonte, Gerard C.L. Wong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A28.00006: Studies of Water Diffusion on Single-Supported Bilayer Lipid Membranes by Quasielastic Neutron Scattering M. Bai, A. Miskowiec, S.-K. Wang, H. Taub, T. Jenkins, M. Tyagi, D. A. Neumann, F. Y. Hansen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 10:12AM		A28.00007: Structure, Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Confined Water: a Computational Perspective Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A28.00008: How water meets a very hydrophobic surface Sudeshna Chattopadhyay, Ahmet Uysal, Benjamin Stripe, Young-geun Ha, Tobin Marks, Pulak Dutta, Evgenia Karapetrova Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A28.00009: Time resolved lateral dynamic force microscopy for exploring nanoscopic water bridge Jongwoo Kim, Sungjin Chang, Baekman Sung, Soyoung Kwon, Gun-Sik Park, Wonho Jhe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A28.00010: Structure and dynamics of water confined within reverse micelles Janamejaya Chowdhary, Branka Ladanyi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A28.00011: Enhancement of Hydrophobic Solvation by Hydrophilic Functional Groups: Trehalose and Kojibiose in Water R. Kramer Campen, Ana Vila Verde Preview Abstract

Session A29: Physics and Materials for Inorganic Photovoltaics: I

Sponsoring Units: DMP GERA
Chair: Tonio Buonassis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: C123

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A29.00001: Optoelectronic characterization of single PbS nanowire field effect transistors Dong Yu, Christopher Miller, Rion Graham, Matthew Caulfield Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A29.00002: Searching for new solar absorber materials for energy applications within the Fe2(IV)VI4 family using electronic structure theory Liping Yu, Stephan Lany, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A29.00003: Monitoring Photo-excitation and Electron-Hole Separation in Photovoltaic Materials Yoshiyuki Miyamoto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A29.00004: Photovoltaic Properties of TiO2/Cu2O Heterostructure Dongdong Li, Pai-chun Chang, Sheng Chu, C.J. Chien, Jia G. Lu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A29.00005: Characterization of Colloidal Silicon Nanoparticle Films Gregory Herman, David Neiman, Stephen Golledge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A29.00006: Analysis of the effects of surface chemistry on the XAS spectra of CdSe nanomaterials Heather Whitley, David Prendergast, Tadashi Ogitsu, Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A29.00007: Si Wire-Array Solar Cells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A29.00008: A Combined TDLDA/GW/CI Methodology for Multi-Exciton Processes Mark Lusk, Zhibin Lin, Alberto Franceschetti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A29.00009: Multivalency of Sn in Cu$_{2}$ZnSnS$_{4}$ Koushik Biswas, Stephan Lany, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A29.00010: Inspecting $\sim$700 A$_{2}$BX$_{4}$ compounds for energy applications: sorting their $\sim$40 crystal structures by diagramatic orbital radii maps without energy minimization Xiuwen Zhang, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A29.00011: Band alignment and interdiffusion at the BaCuSeF/ZnTe interface Andriy Zakutayev, Janet Tate, Heather Platt, Douglas Keszler, Alireza Barati, Wolfram Jaegermann, Andreas Klein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A29.00012: First-principles Study of Cu2ZnSnS4 Photovoltaic Absorber Ryoji Asahi, Akihiro Nagoya, Georg Kresse Preview Abstract

Session A30: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Chirality-Controlled Growth of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: David Geohegan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: D139

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A30.00001: The role of composition-dependent catalyst structure on chirality distributions of as-grown SWCNTs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A30.00002: On the Preferential Growth of Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Thin Films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A30.00003: Chirality selection during Catalytic Nucleation of Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A30.00004: Investigation of Nanotube Growth Kinetics via In-Situ Spectroscopy Rahul Rao, David Liptak, Roberto Acosta, Benji Maruyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A30.00005: The effect of gaseous ambients on catalytic nanoparticles and the impact on nanotube chirality selection Seung Min Kim, Dmitri N. Zakharov, Avetik R. Hartyunyan, Eric A. Stach Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A30.00006: Analysis of Diamond Nanocrystal Formation from Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes Andre Muniz, Tejinder Singh, Dimitrios Maroudas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A30.00007: Extreme synthesis and chemical doping of diamond aerogel Peter J. Pauzauskie, Jonathan C. Crowhurst, Marcus A. Worsley, Ted A. Laurence, Yinmin Wang, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, Peter K. Weber, Trevor M. Willey, Kenneth S. Visbeck, William J. Evans, Joe H. Satcher, Jr. Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A30.00008: Designing rigid carbon foams Sora Park, Jeung-Sun Ahn, Young-Kyun Kwon, Kritsada Kittimanapun, David Tom\'anek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A30.00009: Oxidized dahlia-like carbon nanohorns: adsorption of argon, methane and nitrogen Vaiva Krungleviciute, Aldo Migone, Masako Yudasaka, Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract

Session A31: Spinor Degrees of Freedom and Rotation in Quantum Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Richard Scalettar, University of California, Davis
Room: E141

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A31.00001: Spin waves in a spin-1 normal Bose gas Stefan Natu, Erich Mueller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A31.00002: Low energy dynamics of spinor condensates Austen Lamacraft Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A31.00003: Isentropes of spin-1 bosons in an optical lattice Khan W. Mahmud, George G. Batrouni, Richard T. Scalettar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A31.00004: Spin drag in noncondensed Bose gases Rembert Duine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A31.00005: Mott Insulator to Superfluid transition with two component bosons Barbara Capogrosso-Sansone, Marco Guglielmino, Vittorio Penna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A31.00006: Thermodynamic properties of two-component cold Fermi gases with bound states Naoyuki Sakumichi, Norio Kawakami, Masahito Ueda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A31.00007: Exotic paired states with anisotropic spin-dependent Fermi surfaces Adrian Feiguin, M. P. A. Fisher Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A31.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A31.00009: Magnetic phase diagram of a spin-1 condensate in two dimensions with dipole interaction Jonas Kj\"{a}ll, Andrew Essin, Joel E. Moore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A31.00010: Quantum Phases of Bose-Einstein condensates in rotating optical lattice Sankalpa Ghosh, Rashi Sachdeva , Sonika Johri Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A31.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A31.00012: Solvable model of the second order phase transition in rotating BEC Mahir Hussein, Klaus Bartschat, Pieter Van Isacker, Oleg Vorov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A31.00013: Hidden vortex lattices in a thermally paired superfluid Egor Babaev, Eskil Dahl, Asle Sudbo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A31.00014: Unusual states of vortex matter in mixtures of Bose--Einstein Condensates on rotating optical lattices Asle Sudbo, Eskil Dahl, Egor Babaev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A31.00015: Coreless vorticity in multicomponent Bose and Fermi superfluids Gianluigi Catelani, Emil Yuzbashyan Preview Abstract

Session A32: Focus Session: Directed Self Assembly of Dots, Islands and Wires on Templates

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ray Phaneuf, University of Maryland
Room: E142

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A32.00001: SiGe self-assembled quantum dots and quantum dot molecules patterned using a focused ion beam Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A32.00002: Heterogeneous Nucleation of Quantum Dot Molecules in Heteroepitaxy Hao Hu, Hongjun Gao, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A32.00003: Directing Self Assembly of Nanostructures Kinetically: Patterning and the Ehrlich Schwoebel Barrier Chuan-Fu Lin, Ajmi BH Hammouda, Hung-Chih Kan, Ray Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A32.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		A32.00005: Epitaxial growth and design of semiconductor nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A32.00006: Atomistic mechanisms and diameter selection during nanorod growth Da-Jun Shu, Xiang Xiong, Zhao-Wu Wang, Zhenyu Zhang, Mu Wang, Nai-Ben Ming Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A32.00007: Spontaneous Formation of Nanopillar Arrays in Ultrathin Viscous Films: Critical Role of Thermocapillary Stresses Sandra Troian, Mathias Dietzel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A32.00008: Tensile-strained self-assembled III-V nanostructures Paul Simmonds, Minjoo Larry Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A32.00009: Horizontally-aligned carbon nanotube films with nanotube diameter controlled by growth temperature Ali Almaqwashi, Josh Kevek, Ethan Minot Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A32.00010: Nano-ripple Formation on TiO2(110) by Grazing Incidence Low Energy Ion Beams Tim Luttrell, Wei-Kun Li, Xue-Qing Gong, Matthias Batzill Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A32.00011: Spinodal nanotechnology as a new class of bottom-up one and applications Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida, Tetsuya Fukushima, Hidetoshi Kizaki, Masamune Oshitani, Kazunori Sato Preview Abstract

Session A33: Focus Session: Magnetization and Spin Dynamics I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Michael Flatté, University of Iowa
Room: E143

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A33.00001: Element-selective magnetization dynamics probed using ultrafast soft x-ray beams S. Mathias, C. La-O-Vorakiat, M. Siemens, M. Murnane, H. Kapteyn, M. Aeschlimann, P. Grychtol, R. Adam, C. Schneider, J. Shaw, H. Nembach, T. Silva Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A33.00002: Time Resolved X-ray Imaging of Magnetic Dynamics in Perpendicularly Magnetized Nanopillars David Bernstein, Keng Chou, Roopali Kukreja, Bj\"{o}rn Br\"{a}uer, Tolek Tyliszczak, Jordan Katine, Joachim St\"{o}hr, Yves Acremann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A33.00003: Separating spin-dependent interaction mechanisms in femtosecond optical pulse excitation of ferromagnetic metals Vladimir Stoica, Christian Schlepuetz, Lynn Endicott, Donald Walko, Yuelin Li, Eric Landahl, Roy Clarke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		A33.00004: Femtosecond magnetization dynamics using the inverse Faraday effect Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A33.00005: Optical Control of Ultrafast Spin-wave Relaxation by Magnetic Anisotropy in a Ferromagnet Kevin Smith, Y. Fan, R.A. Lukaszew, J.R. Skuza, C. Clavero, K. Yang, O. Amponsah, N. Noginova, A. Reilly, G. Lupke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A33.00006: Spin wave scattering in the ferromagnetic cross Alexander Kozhanov, Dok Won Lee, Shan X. Wang, Ajey Jacob, S. James Allen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A33.00007: Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) in ferromagnet/normal metal bilayer system Taewan Noh, Danwen Song, Venkat Chadrasekhar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A33.00008: Ferromagnetic resonance linewidth and damping in perpendicular-anisotropy magnetic multilayers thin films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A33.00009: Ferromagnetic resonance of individual magnetic bilayer microwire structures Snorri Ingvarsson, Mustafa Arikan, Yat-Yin Au Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A33.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A33.00011: Theoretical foundation of the time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect for femtosecond magnetism Guoping Zhang, Wolfgang H\"ubner, Georg Lefkidis, Yihua Bai, Thomas F. George Preview Abstract

Session A34: Focus Session: Nanomagnetism -- Nanostructured Films

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Kirill Bolotin, Vanderbilt University
Room: E144

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A34.00001: Field Manipulation of Magnetization States in Nanoscale Ferromagnetic Rings Through Geometric Design Tianyu Yang, Abby Goldman, Moureen Kemei, Kathy Aidala, Mark Tuominen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A34.00002: Magnetic Property in large array cobalt antidot thin film using polymer-assisted nanosphere lithography Wei-Li Lee, Chi-Chih Ho, Yung-Wu Hsieh, Wen-Tau Juan, Keng-Hui Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A34.00003: Magnetic Triangular Dot and Antidot Arrays from Self-Assembly Lithography P. Panyajirawut, M.S. Rzchowski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A34.00004: Imaging the three dimensional magnetic nanostructure of Co/Pd multilayer media Benjamin McMorran, Paul Morrow, Daniel Pierce, John Unguris, Randy Dumas, Kai Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A34.00005: E-beam lithography patterning of Co/Pd multilayer pillars below 50 nm in diameter Ryan Comes, Richard Kasica, Gerard Henein, Jiwei Lu, Stuart Wolf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A34.00006: Microscopic return point memory in Co/Pd multilayer films Keoki Seu, Run Su, Daniel Parks, Sujoy Roy, Erik Shipton, Eric Fullerton, Stephen Kevan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A34.00007: Magnetic switching due to hydrogen absorption in Co/Pd multilayers Kineshma Munbodh, Felio Perez, Samuel Ducatman, David Lederman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A34.00008: Effect of interactions on edge property measurements in magnetic multilayers Robert McMichael, Meng Zhu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A34.00009: Transition States and the Energy Barrier to Magnetization Reversal of Thin Film Nanomagnets with Perpendicular Anisotropy Gabriel Chaves-O'Flynn, Daniel Bedau, Eric Vanden-Eijnden, Daniel Stein, Andrew Kent Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A34.00010: Interlayer coupling enhanced by the interface roughness: A perturbative method Ching-hao Chang, Tzay-ming Hong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A34.00011: Magnetization profiles in Fe/SmCo Spring Magnets with Graded Interfaces Y.H. Liu, J.S. Jiang, S.G.E. te Velthuis, H. Ambaye, A. Parizzi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A34.00012: Magnetic properties of ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic bi-layers with different spin configuration Wondong Kim, J. Wu, J. Park, E. Jin, Z.Q. Qiu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A34.00013: Mechanism of giant exchange bias in a rare earth superlattice M.R. Fitzsimmons, C. Dufour, K. Dumesnil, J. Dou, M. Pechan, J.A. Borchers, M. Laver Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A34.00014: From exchange coupling to magnetic memory: how domains remember at nanoscale Karine Chesnel, Joseph Nelson, Eric Fullerton, Matt Carey, Steve Kevan Preview Abstract

Session A35: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors -- Hyperfine Interactions

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Gian Salis, IBM, Zurich
Room: E145

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A35.00001: Magnetic spin resonance of hydrogenic phosphorus donors in silicon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A35.00002: Hyperfine interaction in silicon quantum dots Belita Koiller, Lucy V.C. Assali, Helena M. Petrilli, Rodrigo B. Capaz, Xuedong Hu, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A35.00003: Dynamic nuclear polarization in silicon Chandrasekhar Ramanathan, Maja Cassidy, Anatoly Dementyev, Charles Marcus, David Cory Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A35.00004: Optically Detected NMR of Optically Hyperpolarized $^{31}$P Nuclear Spins in $^{28}$Si A. Yang, M. Steger, T. Sekiguchi, K. Saeedi, M. L. W. Thewalt, K. M. Itoh, H. Riemann, N. V. Abrosimov, P. Becker, H.-J. Pohl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A35.00005: Optically detected hyperfine splitting and optical nuclear-spin hyperpolarization of the $^{209}$Bi donor in $^{\mathrm{nat}}$Si T. Sekiguchi, M. Steger, A. Yang, K. Saeedi, M.L.W. Thewalt, H. Riemann, N.V. Abrosimov, N. N\"{o}tzel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A35.00006: Electrically Probing Nuclear Spin Polarization in an InSb Single Quantum Well H.W. Liu, K.F. Yang, T.D. Mishima, M.B. Santos, Y. Hirayama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A35.00007: Phase-Sensitive Probes of Nuclear Polarization in Spin-Blockaded Quantum Dots Mark Rudner, Izhar Neder, Leonid Levitov, Bertrand Halperin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		A35.00008: Electron spin dephasing by hyperfine interaction with nuclei in quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A35.00009: Coherent optical manipulation of localized electron-nuclear spin systems in n-GaAs Maksym Sladkov, Alok U. Chaubal, Morten P. Bakker, Dirk Reuter, Andreas D. Wieck, Caspar H. van der Wal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A35.00010: Electron Shot Noise and Nuclear Spin Dynamics in Spin-Blockaded Quantum Dots Mark Rudner, Frank Koppens, Joshua Folk, Lieven Vandersypen, Leonid Levitov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A35.00011: Optical Polarization of Nuclei in Bulk and Nanocrystalline Diamond Jonathan King, Jeffrey Reimer Preview Abstract

Session A36: Focus Session: Bulk Properties of Complex Oxides -- Perovskite Manganites

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Jing Tao, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: E146

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A36.00001: Magnetism in complex oxides probed by transverse susceptibility and magnetocaloric effect Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A36.00002: Oxygen-isotope-substitution-induced nanoscale crystallinity and origin of metal-insulator transition in Sm$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$ Yang Ren, A.N. Styka, O. Yu. Gorbenko, N.A. Babushkina, J.-Q. Yan, D.E. Brown, D.I. Khomskii Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A36.00003: The magnetic and magneto-transport properties of double perovskite Sr$_{2}$Fe$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$MoO$_{6}$ system Lina Chen, Li Pi, Shun Tan, Zhe Qu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A36.00004: Giant increase of magnetic transition temperature in La$_{0.25}$Pr$_{0.375}$Ca$_{0.375}$MnO$_{3 }$under pressure Zhen Qin, Y.J. Choi, H.T. Yi, T. Zhou, S.-W Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A36.00005: Competing-fluctuation-induced anomalous magnetocaloric effects in perovskite manganites Hideaki Sakai, Yasujiro Taguchi, Yoshinori Tokura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A36.00006: Current tunable electroresistance and magnetothermal cooling with a phase separated manganite Ramanathan Mahendiran, Alwyn Rebello Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 10:12AM		A36.00007: Intrinsic Local Distortions and charge carrier behavior in CMR manganites and cobaltites Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A36.00008: Magnetocaloric Effect and Refrigerant Capacity in Charge-Ordered Pr$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$ N.S. Bingham, M.H. Phan, H. Srikanth, M.A. Torija, C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A36.00009: The finite size effects on transport and magnetic properties of colossal magnetoresistant manganites Kefeng Wang, J.-M. Liu, Z.F. Ren Preview Abstract

Session A37: Focus Session: Complex Oxide Thin Films -- Conductivity at Oxide Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Andy Millis, Columbia
Room: E147-E148

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A37.00001: Maximally anisotropic point Fermi surface system: VO$_2$ films embedded in TiO$_2$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A37.00002: Electric Field Tuned Crossover From Semi-Classical to Weakly Localized Quantum Transport in a Quasi 2-Dimensional Electron Gas in SrTiO$_3$ J.H. Ngai, Y. Segal, F.J. Walker, S. Ismail-Beigi, K. Le Hur, C.H. Ahn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A37.00003: Optical spectroscopic investigation in Nb:SrTiO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ oxide heterostructures D.W. Jeong, W.S. Choi, M. Kim, H. Ohta, H.Y. Hwang, Y.S. Lee, T.W. Noh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A37.00004: Metal-insulator transition by rare-earth substitution in oxide two-dimensional electron gas D. A. Felker, H. W. Jang, K. Janicka, C. T. Nelson, Y. Zhang, D. Su, C. M. Folkman, C. W. Bark, S. H. Baek, S. Lee, D. D. Fong, Y. Zhu, X. Q. Pan, E. Y. Tsymbal, M. S. Rzchowski, C. B. Eom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A37.00005: Spin-polarized 2DEG through electrostatic field doping in LaAlO$_{3}$-EuO heterostructures Jaekwang Lee, Na Sai, Alexander A. Demkov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A37.00006: Prediction of a Spin-Polarized Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at the LaAlO3/EuO(001) Interface Yong Wang, Manish Niranjan, John Burton, Joonhee An, Kirill Belashchenko, Evgeny Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A37.00007: Polar catastrophe, electron leakage, and magnetic ordering at the LaMnO$_3$/SrMnO$_3$ interface Birabar Nanda, Sashi Satpathy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A37.00008: In-situ Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy through the Metal-Insulator Transition in (LaMnO$_{3}$)$_{2n}$(SrMnO$_{3}$)$_{n}$ Superlattices Eric Monkman, Carolina Adamo, John Harter, Dawei Shen, Daniel Shai, Darrell Schlom, Kyle Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A37.00009: Stray field and superconducting spin valve effect in La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$Mn$O_3$/YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ bilayers T. Hu, H. Xiao, C. C. Almasan, C. Visani, Z. Sefrioui, J. Santamaria Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A37.00010: Spectroscopic magnetrotransport across YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-x}$/La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$ microjunctions Javier E. Villegas, J. Briatico, R. Bernard, M. Bibes, A. Barthelemy, C. Visani, Z. Sefrioui, J. Santamaria Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A37.00011: Holes and vacancies across interfaces in superconducting Sr$_{2}$CuO$_{4}$-La$_{2}$CuO$_{4}$ S. Smadici, J. Lee, P. Abbamonte, G. Logvenov, I. Bozovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A37.00012: Superconductivity at oxydes interface Nicolas Bergeal, Johan Biscaras, Thomas Wolf, Jerome Lesueur, Akhilesh Kushwaha, Ajay Gangwar, Ramesh Budhani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A37.00013: Ferrimagnetism in Ti and Cr doped $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ due to heterostructuring Hasan Sadat Nabi, Rossitza Pentcheva Preview Abstract

Session A38: Quantum Criticality I: Kondo Lattice Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Filip Ronning, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: F149

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A38.00001: Entropy Accumulation, Divergent Gruneisen Ratio, and Crossover Energy Scales near Quantum Critical Points Jianda Wu, Lijun Zhu, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A38.00002: Thermal expansion and Gr\"{u}neisen parameter in quantum Griffiths phases Thomas Vojta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A38.00003: High-temperature signatures of quantum criticality in heavy-fermion systems J. Kroha, L. Borda, M. Klein, F. Reinert, P. Simon, O. Stockert, H. von L\"ohneysen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A38.00004: Pressure-induced superconductivity and effective mass enhancement near antiferromagnetic quantum critical point in CePt$_{2}$In$_{7}$ Eric D. Bauer, H. O. Lee, V. A. Sidorov, N. Kurita, K. Gofryk, F. Ronning, Tuson Park, R. Movshovich, J. D. Thompson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A38.00005: Anomalous magnetic moment suppression in the superconducting and ferromagnetic coextistence region in Pr$_{1-x}$Nd$_x$Os$_4$Sb$_{12}$ P.-C. Ho, D.E. MacLaughlin, L. Shu, S. Zhao, J.M. Mackie, M.B. Maple, T. Yanagisawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A38.00006: Scaling and relaxational dynamics near Kondo-destroying quantum critical points Jedediah Pixley, Matthew Glossop, Stefan Kirchner, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A38.00007: Berry phase effects in the quantum phase transitions of Kondo lattice systems Pallab Goswami, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A38.00008: BCS superconductivity in quantum critical metals Jian-Huang She, Jan Zaanen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A38.00009: Competing states in the Kondo breakdown model Kangjun Seo, Catherine Pepin, Ilya Vekhter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A38.00010: Role of Phonons in Heavy Fermion Volume Collapse within the Periodic Anderson Model P. Reis, P. Zhang, M.A. Majidi, F. Assaad, T. Pruschke, J. Moreno, M. Jarrell, A.K. McMahan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A38.00011: Dynamics after a sweep through a quantum critical point Joel Moore, Frank Pollmann, Subroto Mukerjee, Andrew Green Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A38.00012: Correlations in a Band Insulator Michael Sentef, Jan Kunes, Arno P. Kampf, Philipp Werner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A38.00013: Critical metal phase at the Anderson metal-insulator transition with Kondo impurities Eduardo Mucciolo, Stefan Kettemann, Imre Varga Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A38.00014: DMRG study of the periodic Anderson model Pedro Bertussi, Marcello Silva Neto, Tatiana Rappoport, Raimundo dos Santos, Andre Malvezzi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A38.00015: Novel Electronic Order with Staggered Kondo and Crystalline Electric Field (CEF) Singlets Shintaro Hoshino, Jun'ya Otsuki, Yoshio Kuramoto Preview Abstract

Session A39: Focus Session: Iron Superconductors: New Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Athena Sefat, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: F150

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A39.00001: Crystal chemical aspects of superconductivity in BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ and related compounds Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A39.00002: New iron pnictide oxide with thick perovskite-type blocking layers Hiraku Ogino, Shinya Sato, Yutaka Matsumura, Naoto Kawaguchi, Kenji Machida, Yasuaki Shimizu, Koichi Ushiyama, Shigeru Horii, Jun-ichi Shimoyama, Kohji Kishio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A39.00003: Ab Initio Calculations on Magnetic, Electronical and Lattice Dynamical Properties of superconductor CeFeAsO Cihan Parlak, Resul Eryigit Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A39.00004: Electronic structure of iron-based superconductors with thick perovskite-blocking layers Hiroki Nakamura, Masahiko Machida Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A39.00005: Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of CsFe$_2$Sb$_2$ David J. Singh, Lijun Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A39.00006: A Possible New Phase in Ba-Fe-As System Bing Lv, Feng Chen, Yuyi Xue, C.W. Chu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A39.00007: Electronic Structure, Magnetism, and Correlation Effects in Oxychalcogenide La$_2$O$_2$Fe$_2$OSe$_2$ Jian-Xin Zhu, Rong Yu, Hangdong Wang, M. Jones, Jianhui Dai, E. Abrahams, Minghu Fang, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A39.00008: Itinerant Nature of Magnetism in Iron Pnictides: A first principles study Yu-Zhong Zhang, Ingo Opahle, Harald O. Jeschke, Roser Valenti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A39.00009: Structure and magnetic, thermal, and electronic transport properties of single crystal EuPd$_2$Sb$_2$ S. Das, K. McFadden, Yogesh Singh, R. C. Nath, D. C. Johnston, A. Ellern Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A39.00010: Synthesis and Properties of CaCuAs and CaCu$_2$As$_2$ Feng Chen, Bing Lv, Yuyi Xue, C.W. Chu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A39.00011: Structural and electronic properties of single-crystal Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$As K. Kirshenbaum, S. Saha, N. Butch, T. Drye, J. Magill, J. Paglione, P. Zavalij Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A39.00012: Large enhancement of $T_{c}$ (= 35 K) in a sample synthesized from a starting composition of LaFeAsO$_{1-y}$H$_{x}$ Kichi Miyazawa, Sigeki Ishida, Kunihiro Kihou, Parasharam M. Shirage, Hijiri Kito, Chul Ho Lee, Shinichi Uchida, Hiroshi Eisaki, Kazuyasu Tokiwa, Akira Iyo Preview Abstract

Session A40: Focus Session: Phonons and Electron Correlations in High Temperature Superconductors I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Alexander Balatsky, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: F151

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A40.00001: Strong-coupling theory of high-temperature superconductivity beyond BCS Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A40.00002: Testing polaron coherence and the pairing symmetry in cuprate superconductors by local probe methods Annette Bussmann-Holder, Hugo Keller, Jose Mustre de Leon, Arndt Simon, Alan Bishop Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A40.00003: La2CuO4 isolator gap, AF structure and pseudogaps from spin-space entangled orbitals in the Hartree-Fock scheme Alejandro Cabo Montes de Oca, Alejandro Cabo Bizet Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A40.00004: Bipolaron in the t-J Model Coupled to Longitudinal and Transverse Quantum Lattice Vibrations Janez Bonca, Lev Vidmar, Sadamichi Maekawa, Takami Tohyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A40.00005: Fulleride Superconductors are Phonon-Driven and Strongly Correlated Erio Tosatti, Massimo Capone, Claudio Castellani, Michele Fabrizio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A40.00006: Theory of time-resolved spectral function in high-temperature superconductors with bosonic modes Jianmin Tao, Jian-Xin Zhu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A40.00007: Spontaneous phase separation instabilities in nanoclusters: bottom up approach Armen Kocharian, Gayanath Fernado, Kalum Palandage, James Davenport Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A40.00008: Strong coupling picture of superconductivity in underdoped cuprates I: weak phase stiffness and mass divergence of d-wave superfluid Yucel Yildirim, Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A40.00009: Strong coupling picture of superconductivity in underdoped cuprates II: quasi-particle gap and its symmetry Wei Ku, Yucel Yildirim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A40.00010: Superconductivity mediated by anharmonic phonons: application to $\beta$-pyrochlore oxides Kazumasa Hattori, Hirokazu Tsunetsugu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A40.00011: Electron phonon interaction in cuprates: manifestations in spectroscopy Andrey Mishchenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A40.00012: Strong correlations and inhomogeneous environments in holographic superconductors S. Papanikolaou, R. Flauger, E. Pajer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		A40.00013: Self-Trapping and Binding of Particles from Singular Pockets in the AFM Mott Insulator State of Cuprates Alvaro Rojo Bravo, Serguei Brazovski Preview Abstract

Session A41: Superconductivity: Multilayers and Josephson Effects

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: John Clarke, University of California, Berkeley
Room: F152

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		A41.00001: THz wave emission from intrinsic Josephson junctions in in-plane magnetic fields controlled by surface impedance Yoshihiko Nonomura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		A41.00002: Tuning superconductivity by carrier injection Paul M\"uller, Yuri Koval, Xiaoyue Jin, Christoph Bergmann, Yilmaz Simsek, L\"utfi \"Ozy\"uzer, Huabing Wang, G\"unter Behr, Bernd B\"uchner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		A41.00003: The current carrying effects on the interplay between the superconductivity and the anti-ferromagnetism (AFM) in a multi-layered high $T_c$ cuprates Haitao Quan, Jian-Xin Zhu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A41.00004: Spin-triplet superconductivity induced by PdNi alloy in Co-based Josephson junctions Trupti Khaire, Mazin Khasawneh, William Pratt, Norman Birge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A41.00005: Systematic exploration of spin-triplet superconductivity in Co-based Josephson junctions Mazin Khasawneh, Trupti Khaire, William Pratt, Norman Birge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A41.00006: Output of a Josephson stimulated terahertz amplified radiation emitter Richard Klemm, Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A41.00007: Characterizing aluminum nanobridge Josephson junctions for molecular magnetometry R. Vijay, E.M. Levenson-Falk, I. Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A41.00008: Phase Dynamics of Ferromagnetic Josephson Junctions Ivana Petkovic, Marco Aprili Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A41.00009: Non-equilibrium effects in a Josephson junction coupled to a precessing spin Cecilia Holmqvist, Sofian Teber, Manuel Houzet, Denis Feinberg, Mikael Fogelstrom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		A41.00010: Coherent THz radiation from multiple I-V branching structures in intrinsic Josephson junctions of Bi-2212 Manabu Tsujimoto, Kazuhiro Yamaki, Takashi Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Minami, Takanari Kashiwagi, Kazuo Kadowaki, Masashi Tachiki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		A41.00011: Coherent THz radiatin and its manipulation in intrinsic Josephson junctions of Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+{\delta}}$ Kazuo Kadowaki, M. Tsujimoto, T. Koike, N. Orita, K. Deguchi, K. Yamaki, T. Yamamoto, Krsto Ivanovic, T. Kashiwagi, H. Minami, M. Tachiki, S. Fukuya, R.A. Klemm Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		A41.00012: Coherent THz radiation with geometrical full wave length resonance in single crystalline Bi2212 T. Kashiwagi, K. Yamaki, M. Tsujimoto, K. Deguchi, T. Koike, N. Orita, R. Nakayama, H. Minami, T. Yamamoto, K. Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		A41.00013: Microwave Activation of a Current-Biased Josephson Junction~Near the Classical-Quantum Crossover Zechariah Thrailkill, Joseph Lambert, Steven Carabello, Thilanka Galwaduge, Roberto Ramos Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		A41.00014: Very Large Scale Integration of Nano-patterned YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ Josephson Junctions in a Two-dimensional Array Shane Cybart, S.M. Anton, S.M. Wu, John Clarke, R.C. Dynes Preview Abstract

Session A42: Focus Session: Physics Teacher Preparation: Effective Strategies, National Models, and Challenging Issues

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Stamatis Vokos, Seattle Pacific University
Room: D138

Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		A42.00001: Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics: Findings and Recommendations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		A42.00002: Becoming a physics teacher: A perspective on learning and teaching Physics by Inquiry Anne Alesandrini, Lillian C. McDermott Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		A42.00003: Reforming the professional preparation of teachers of physics and physical science at Seattle Pacific University Lezlie DeWater Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		A42.00004: Physics Teacher Preparation---Brigham Young Universities Physics Departments efforts in Physics Teacher Training Duane Merrell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		A42.00005: Through the Eyes of a Student: Rutgers Physics Teacher Preparation Program Jonathan Chia, Chris D'Amato Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		A42.00006: Florida PROMiSE: the perspective of three physics faculty participants.* M.W. Meisel, S. Hershfield, J.S. Brooks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		A42.00007: Florida PROMiSE: How much Physics can one teach in two weeks? Selman Hershfield, Mark Meisel, James Brooks Preview Abstract