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Session H1: Charge and Spin Transport in Josephson and Proximity Devices

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: James Sauls, Northwestern University
Room: Oregon Ballroom 201

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H1.00001: Non-sinusoidal current-phase relations in SFS pi-Josephson junctions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H1.00002: Crossed Cooper Pair Transmission and Pure Spin Supercurrents through Strongly Spin-polarized Ferromagnets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H1.00003: Spin-transport and spin-transfer torque in SF nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H1.00004: Cooper Pair Mediated Coherence Between Normal Metals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H1.00005: Tunable non-local entanglement of electrons probed by noise cross-correlation measurement Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H2: Recent Advances in Cell and Single Molecule Manipulation

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Omar Saleh, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Oregon Ballroom 202

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H2.00001: Mobile magnetic traps for cell manipulation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H2.00002: Unraveling chromatin structure using magnetic tweezers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H2.00003: Single molecule experiments using magnetic tweezers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H3: Room Temperature Semiconductor Spintronics

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Berry Jonker, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Oregon Ballroom 203

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H3.00001: Multiferroic spintronics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H3.00002: Electrical creation of spin polarization in silicon at room temperature Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H3.00003: Spin transport in graphene: Injection, relaxation, and electron-hole asymmetries Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H3.00004: Quantum science with spin impurities in diamond Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H3.00005: Spin Routes in Organic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H4: Polymer Physics Prize

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Hyuk Yu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: Oregon Ballroom 204

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H4.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Talk: Our Love Story with Polymers or ``Is This Really Physics?'' Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H4.00002: Designing Ion-Containing Polymers for Facile Ion Transport Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H4.00003: Why Brownian yet Anomalous? The Importance of Pausing Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H4.00004: A block copolymer approach to the pre-programmed organization of inorganic nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H4.00005: Carbon nanotubes soldering for high performance composites Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H5: Facing the Challenge of the LED Droop

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Jim Speck, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Portland Ballroom 256

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H5.00001: Auger Recombination in Indium Gallium Nitride: Experimental Evidence Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H5.00002: Auger recombination and free-carrier absorption in nitrides from first principles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H5.00003: Carrier transport, polarization matching, and efficiency droop in GaN-based visible LEDs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H5.00004: The contribution of carrier localisation to efficiency droop in GaN LEDs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H5.00005: On the importance of radiative and Auger losses in GaN-based quantum wells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H6: Artificial Electromagnetism and other Gauge Fields in Cold Atomic Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Lindsay LeBlanc, University of Toronto
Room: Portland Ballroom 253

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H6.00001: Optically synthesized electric and magnetic fields for ultracold neutral atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H6.00002: A practical scheme for a light-induced gauge field in an atomic Bose gas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H6.00003: Correlated Phases in Bose-Hubbard Models with Simulated Magnetic Fields Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H6.00004: Single particle to many-body physics in rotating optical lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H6.00005: Creation, Manipulation, and Detection of Abelian and Non-Abelian Anyons in Optical Lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H7: Optimization Principles in Biological Physics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: William Bialek, Princeton University
Room: Portland Ballroom 254

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H7.00001: Balanced excitation and inhibition lead to statistical and dynamical criticality Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H7.00002: Optimal Performance in Sensorimotor Behavior Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H7.00003: In silico evolution of biochemical networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H7.00004: Information processing in small gene regulatory networks and cascades Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H7.00005: Predictive information in the retina Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H8: Opportunities for Research and Employment in Transporation Science

Sponsoring Units: FPS
Chair: Brian Schwartz, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Room: Portland Ballroom 255

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H8.00001: The Science of Transportation Analysis and Simulation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H8.00002: The Physics of Traffic Congestion and Road Pricing in Transportation Planning Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H8.00003: The Changing Science of Urban Transportation Planning Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H8.00004: Trends in Transportation Sciences and How to Get a Job in the Industry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H9: Optoelectronic Properties of Quantum Dots

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Michael Scheibner, University of California, Merced
Room: A105

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H9.00001: 2DEG depth-dependent leakage currents in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures Bernard Matis, Dong Ho Wu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H9.00002: Zero-Bias Anomaly in Quantum Point Contacts Yuan Ren, Wing-Wa Yu, Seyed Hadi Ebrahimnejad, Sergey Frolov, Joshua Folk, Werner Wegscheider Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H9.00003: Heisenberg Backaction in Quantum Point Contact Qubit Detectors Carolyn Young, Aashish Clerk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H9.00004: Tunable Conductance Anomaly in Asymmetrically Gated Quantum Point Contacts Phillip Wu, Peng Li, Albert Chang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H9.00005: Analysis of electron tunneling events with the hidden Markov model Matthew House, Hong Wen Jiang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H9.00006: Coherent excitonic resonances of natural quantum dots studied with optical 2D Fourier transform spectroscopy Mark Siemens, Galan Moody, Alan Bristow, Xingcan Dai, Denis Karaiskaj, Steven Cundiff, Allan Bracker, Daniel Gammon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H9.00007: Quantum confined Stark effect in direct excitonic states in single InAs/GaAs quantum molecules Swati Ramanathan, Mauricio Garrido, Kushal C. Wijesundara, Eric Stinaff, Allan Bracker, Dan Gammon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H9.00008: InAs Lateral Quantum Dot Molecules With Controllable Configurations Michael Yakes, Allan Bracker, Cory Cress, Joe Tischler, Danny Kim, Alex Greilich, Dan Gammon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H9.00009: Direct and indirect exciton lifetimes in InAs/GaAs coupled quantum dots Kushal C. Wijesundara, Mauricio Garrido, Swati Ramanathan, Eric Stinaff, Allan Bracker, Dan Gammon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H9.00010: Carrier dynamics in InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots excited by degenerate pump-probe technique K.N. Chauhan, D.M. Riffe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H9.00011: Phonon-Induced Dephasing of Excitons in Semiconductor Quantum Dots: Multiple Exciton Generation, Fission, and Luminescence Angeline Madrid, Hyeon-Deuk Kim, Bradley Habenicht, Oleg Prezhdo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H9.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H9.00013: Disorder-induced linear magnetoresistance in composite films of self-assembled MnAs nanoparticles in GaAs Don Heiman, Hannah Johnson, Steve Bennett, Radhika Barua, Laura Lewis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H9.00014: Carrier thermal escape in families of InAs/InP self-assembled quantum dots Guillaume Gelinas, Ali Lanacer, Richard Leonelli, Remo A. Masut, Philip J. Poole Preview Abstract

Session H10: Physics of Bacteria II

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Eshel Ben-Jacob, Tel Aviv University
Room: A106

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H10.00001: Cell shape acquisition and maintenance in rodlike bacteria Sven van Teeffelen, Ned Wingreen, Zemer Gitai Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H10.00002: Cell-wall dynamics in growing bacteria Leon Furchtgott, Ned Wingreen, Kerwyn Casey Huang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H10.00003: Computational assessment of the stiffness of the Gram-negative bacterial cell wall Sandhya Sinha, Yao Zhao, K.C. Huang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H10.00004: The role of spatial asymmetries in the development of the bacterium \textit{Caulobacter crescentus} Carolina Tropini, Erin Chen, Stephen Sciochetti, Austin Newton, Michael Laub, Kerwyn Casey Huang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H10.00005: Bacteria in Confined Spaces Connie Wilking, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H10.00006: Microbial Nanowire Electronic Structure Probed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Joshua P. Veazey, Sanela Lampa-Pastirk, Gemma Reguera, Stuart H. Tessmer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H10.00007: Viability of adhered bacterial cells: tracking MinD protein oscillations Matt Barrett, Keegan Colville, Chris Schultz-Nielsen, Manfred Jericho, John Dutcher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H10.00008: Curved microchannels and bacterial streamers Roberto Rusconi, Sigolene Lecuyer, Laura Guglielmini, Howard Stone Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H10.00009: Physical properties of native bacterial biofilm cells measured by atomic force microscopy Katherine Aidala, Catherine Volle, Megan Ferguson, Eileen Spain, Megan Nunez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H10.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H10.00011: Growth mechanics of bacterial cell wall and morphology of bacteria Hongyuan Jiang, Sean Sun Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H10.00012: Intercellular interactions~in early biofilm formation probed with image analysis and~laser trapping Vernita Gordon, Jacinta Conrad, Maxsim Gibiansky, Fan Jin, Nyrene Haque, Dominick Motto, Margie Mathewson, Gabe Spalding, Matthew Parsek, Joshua Shrout, Gerard Wong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H10.00013: Genetic Control of Rheology in Bacterial Biofilms James Wilking, Michael Brenner, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H10.00014: Atomic Force Microscope Investigations of Biofilms Treated with Gas Discharge Plasmas Kurt Vandervoort, Gregory Stough, Anna Zelaya , Graciela Brelles-Marino Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H10.00015: Relationship between model bacterial peptidoglycan network structures and AFM force-distance curves Aidan Brown, Robert Wickham, Ahmed Touhami, John Dutcher Preview Abstract

Session H11: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics I

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: P. Reis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: A107-A109

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H11.00001: Buckling thin films with inhomogeneous swelling Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H11.00002: Conical surfaces and singularities in highly constrained elastic membranes Paula Mellado, Shengfeng Cheng, Andres Concha Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H11.00003: Simple experiments in thin plates: Persistence length of curvature and Snap-buckling instability Yoel Forterre, Catherine Quilliet, L. Mahadevan, Denis Richard, Loic Tadrist Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H11.00004: A Sheet on a Drop Hunter King, Narayanan Menon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H11.00005: Geometry of a sheet crumpled into a ball Narayanan Menon, Dominique Cambou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H11.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H11.00007: Shape Selection in Non-Euclidean Plates John Gemmer, Shankar Venkataramani Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H11.00008: Pattern Driven Stress Localization Andrew Croll, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H11.00009: How do singularities fade away? From stress-focusing zones to smoothly deformed regions of elastic sheets Benny Davidovitch, Lee Walsh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H11.00010: Experimental Study of Shape and Energy Scaling in Hyperbolic Non-Euclidean Plates Yael Klein, Efi Efrati, Eran Sharon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H11.00011: The shapes of two-component crystalline shell Graziano Vernizzi, Rastko Sknepnek, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H11.00012: Buckling and crumpling of a compressed thin-walled box Tuomas Tallinen, Jan {\AA}str\"om, Jussi Timonen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H11.00013: Draping Films: A Wrinkle to Fold Transition Douglas Holmes, Alfred J. Crosby Preview Abstract

Session H12: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics of Social Systems

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Beate Schmittmann, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: B110-B111

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H12.00001: Patterns of inequality: Dynamics of income distribution in USA and global energy consumption distribution Anand Banerjee, Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H12.00002: Allocation of Wealth and Emergence of Inequality Natalia Romero, Luc Wille Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H12.00003: The market behavior and performance of different strategy evaluation schemes Yongjoo Baek, Sang Hoon Lee, Hawoong Jeong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H12.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H12.00005: Modeling of First-Passage Processes in Financial Markets Jun-ichi Inoue, HIkaru Hino, Naoya Sazuka, Enrico Scalas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H12.00006: Habituation and 1/f Noise Bruce West, Paolo Grigolini Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H12.00007: Critical behavior of epidemic spreading in dynamic small world networks Thomas Stone, Susan McKay Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H12.00008: Percolation in anisotropic, hyperbolic and small-world lattices and in explosive growth Robert Ziff Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H12.00009: Stability and complexity of small random linear systems Harold Hastings Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H12.00010: Modeling Insurgent Network Structure and Dynamics Michael Gabbay, Ashley Thirkill-Mackelprang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H12.00011: Community Structure in Time-Dependent Networks Mason Porter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H12.00012: Adapting and Vibration: Empirical Evidence from Human Subjects Experiments Zhijian Wang, Bin Xu, Dadong Yan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H12.00013: Fat-tail vs. critical random matrix ensembles Jinmyung Choi, Khandker A. Muttalib Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H12.00014: The basic properties of the fractional exclusion statistics Dragos-Victor Anghel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H12.00015: Use of asymmetric cells in percolation theory Eugenio E. Vogel, Walter Lebrecht, Julio F. Valdes Preview Abstract

Session H13: Liquid Crystals: Nanoparticles and Surfaces

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Robin Selinger, Kent State University
Room: B112

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H13.00001: Maier-Saupe-type theory of ferroelectric nanoparticles in nematic liquid crystals Jonathan Selinger, Lena Lopatina Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H13.00002: Study of Phase Transitions in Barium Titanate - Liquid Crystal Nano-colloidal Suspensions Krishna Sigdel, Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H13.00003: Optical control of nano-particles and colloidal architectures Hector Mireles, Angel Martinez, Ivan Smalyukh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H13.00004: Interaction of a bi-molecular liquid crystal film with functionalized nanoparticles Jefferson W. Taylor, L.J. Martinez-Miranda Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H13.00005: The Role of Liquid Crystal Order in Liquid Crystal-Zno Nanoparticle Photovoltaics Luz J. Martinez-Miranda, Kaitlin M. Traister, Lourdes Salamanca-Riba, Iriselies Melendez-Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H13.00006: Electro-optical properties of CdSe quantum dots dispersed in a chiral nematic liquid crystal J. Kirchhoff, R.H. Inman, S. Ghosh, L.S. Hirst Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H13.00007: The Study Of Charge Carrier Transport On The Calamitic Liquid Crystals `` 5, 5'-Di-(Alkyl-Pyridin-Yl) - 2' Bithiophenes'' Naresh Shakya, Chandra Pokhrel, Brett Ellman, Yulia Getmanenko , Robert Twieg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H13.00008: Bent-core alignment monolayers Wilder Iglesias, Antal Jakli, Elizabeth K. Mann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H13.00009: Island Diffusion in Freely Suspended Smectic A Films: Crossover From 2D to 3D Behavior Zoom Nguyen, Markus Atkinson, Cheol Park, Joseph Maclennan, Matthew Glaser, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H13.00010: Title: Liquid crystal cells with ``dirty" substrates Quan Zhang, Leo Radzihovsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H13.00011: Thickness dependent phase behavior of AFLC liquid crystal films Cheng-Cher Huang, LiDong Pan, Shun Wang, Chain-Shu Hsu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H13.00012: Colloidal crystal-liquid Interface: Anisotropy, Free energy, and Structure Duc Nguyen, Triet Dang, Bart Weber, Peter Schall Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H13.00013: Cooperative Ordering at Liquid Crystal Interfaces and its Role in Orientational Memory David Patrick Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H13.00014: Effect of Alignment on the Nematic to Isotropic Phase Transitions of 8CB Dipti Sharma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H13.00015: Study on the surface enhanced ordering effect of liquid crystal films LiDong Pan, Shun Wang, Chain-Shu Hsu, Cheng-Cher Huang Preview Abstract

Session H14: Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures III: Theory and Computation I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Jeffrey Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: B113

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H14.00001: Transport Through Single-Molecule Junctions: Interference, Thermopower, and the Role of Self-Interaction Effects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H14.00002: First principles calculations of thermal phonon transport in nanostructures Thushari Jayasekera, A. Calzolari, Y.F. Chen, K.W. Kim, M. Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H14.00003: Coupled Ionic and Electronic Heat Transport at the Nanoscale N.A. Modine, R.E. Jones, J.A. Templeton, G.J. Wagner, D.L. Olmsted, R.M. Hatcher, M.J. Beck Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H14.00004: Atomic-Scale Thermoelectric Refrigerator Yu-Chang Chen, Yu-Shen Liu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H14.00005: Molecular Study of Charge Transport at the Interface between Nanostructures and Matrix in Nanocomposites Pedro Derosa, David Cossey, Jacquelyn Hoyle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H14.00006: Quantized Conductance and Electromigration Kirk Bevan, Hong Guo, Zhenyu Zhang, Ellen D. Williams Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H14.00007: Detection of Inelastic Electron Transport Properties in Molecular Junctions by Internal Substitutions Hisao Nakamura Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H14.00008: Electronic transport properties of nano-scale Si films: an ab initio study Jesse Maassen, Youqi Ke, Ferdows Zahid, Hong Guo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H14.00009: Ion-induced quantum transport in ultrathin amorphous silicon dioxide films Nikolai Sergueev, Yevgeniy Puzyrev, Matthew Beck, Kalman Varga, Ron Schrimpf, Dan Fleetwood, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H14.00010: Calculations of Electron Transport on the Si(111) 7$\times $7 Surface Manuel Smeu, Wei Ji, Robert Wolkow, Hong Guo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H14.00011: Plane-wave based Electron Tunneling through Au nanojunctions Aran Garcia-Lekue, Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H14.00012: First-principles study of electronic transport properties of Ta$_2$O$_5$ atomic switch Satoshi Watanabe, Tingkun Gu, Tomofumi Tada Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H14.00013: Scanning Gate Microscopy of a 1D InAs/InP Nanowire Quantum Dot Erin E. Boyd, Halvar J. Trodahl, R.M. Westervelt, Kristian Nilsson, Lars Samuelson Preview Abstract

Session H15: Metals: Compounds, Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: J. von Pezold, Max-Planck Institut fur Eisenforschung
Room: B114

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H15.00001: Physical properties from Na$_{24}$Si$_{136}$ single crystals M. Beekman, W. Schnelle, M. Baitinger, H. Borrmann, K. Meier, A. Datta, Yu. Grin, G.S. Nolas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H15.00002: Tunneling and Rattling in the Intermetallic Cage Compound VAl$_{10+\delta}$ Douglas Safarik, Tomasz Klimczuk, Darrin Byler, Jason Lashley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H15.00003: Lateral photovoltaic effect in Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ James P. Hinton, Jake D. Koralek, Joseph Orenstein, Shane A. Cybart, James Analytis, Ian Fisher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H15.00004: Infrared reflectance of single crystal bismuth in high magnetic fields: strongly correlated physics in the extreme quantum limit Adam Koncz, Andrew LaForge, Zhiqiang Li, Alex Frenzel, Brennan Pursley, Tao Lin, Xinfei Liu, Jing Shi, Sasa Dordevic, Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H15.00005: Band structure of a superconducting topological metal Lewis Wray, Hsin Lin, Arun Bansil, Yewsan Hor, Robert Cava, Zahid Hasan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H15.00006: The topological insulator and a parasitic metal - friends or foes? Doron Bergman, Gil Refael Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H15.00007: Optical study of the metal-insulator transition in Bi$_{1-x}$Sb$_{x}$ alloys Dirk van der Marel, Florence Levy, Julien Levallois, Alexey Kuzmenko, Enrico Giannini, Zahid Hassan, David Hsieh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H15.00008: Anomalous Properties of Single Crystal Niobium Richard K. Bollinger, Ben D. White, John J. Neumeier, Yoko Suzuki, Jon Betts, Albert Migliori, Hugo R. Z. Sandim, Carlos dos Santos Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H15.00009: Magnetoresistivity of V$_{3}$Si single crystal: Deviations from K\"{o}hler's Rule and details of the Martensitic transformation Sunhee Moraes, Albert A. Gapud, Peter Favreau, James R. Thompson, David K. Christen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H15.00010: Local moments and hyperfine magnetic fields in rare-earth intermetallics XRu$_2$ Dermot Coffey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H15.00011: Temperature-dependence of the lattice dynamics of Cr across its magnetic transitions Ruqing Xu, Mary Upton, Ahmet Alatas, Bogdan Leu, Tai-Chang Chiang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H15.00012: Magnetism effects on structural properties in Al- and Si- substituted Laves phases Fe$_{2}$Nb and Fe$_{2}$W Fran{\c c}ois Liot, Martin Fri{\'a}k, J{\"o}rg Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H15.00013: Electronic structure and quantum critical behavior of NbFe$_{2}$ Brian Neal, Erik Ylvisaker, Warren Pickett Preview Abstract

Session H16: Nanowires: Synthesis, Structural Properties and Growth Kinetics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Douglas Strachan, University of Kentucky
Room: B115

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H16.00001: Characteristics of Coalesced Planar GaN Layers on GaN/Si (111) Nanowires Grown By Plasma-AssistedMolecular Beam Epitaxy Wei Guo, Meng Zhang, Pallab Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H16.00002: Synthesis and Photochemical Properties of Au-Attached Titania Nanotubes Arrays Ragen McAdoo, Mohamed Abd Elmoula, Latika Menon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H16.00003: Synthesis and Characterization of Templated Si-based Nanowires via Vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) Growth for Electrical Transport Jae Ho Lee, Isaac Lund, Yongqiang Xue, Eric Eisenbraun, Robert Geer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H16.00004: Analysis of Electric Field Alignment of PbSe Nanowires for Transport Studies C.D. Cress, E.E. Foos, J.E. Boercker, T.J. Zega, R.M. Stroud, J.G. Tischler, Al L. Efros, S.C. Erwin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H16.00005: Effects of carbon dopant on the morphology of GaAs nanowires Omid Salehzadeh, Simon Watkins Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H16.00006: Morphology of $<$111$>$-oriented Si nanowire and its physical origin Tao Xu, Jean Philippe Nys, Maxime Berthe, Bruno Grandidier, Didier Stievenard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H16.00007: N and N$_{2}$ Enhancing Atomic Chain Formation in Copper Nanowires Edison Z. da Silva, Edgard P.M. Amorim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H16.00008: Synthesis of and mesoscopic charge transport in magnetically-doped Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ nanoribbons J.J. Cha, J.R. Williams, D. Kong, S. Meister, A.J. Bestwick, P. Gallagher, D. Goldhaber-Gordon, Yi Cui Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H16.00009: Growth kinetics nano-scale faceted solid-liquid interfaces Tomorr Haxhimali, Dorel Buta, Jeffrey Hoyt, Mark Asta, Peter Voorhees Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H16.00010: First-principles study of bulk MnSe and its narrow nanowires Hadi Akbarzadeh, Peyman Amiri, S. Javad Hashemifar, Mohammad Hassan Amiri Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H16.00011: A study of Au adsorption on yttrium disilicide nanowires on Si (001) substrate from first principles Wenjie Ouyang, Aniketa Shinde, Juexian Cao, Ruqian Wu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H16.00012: Atomistic Mechanism of Catalyzed Growth and Termination of Silicon Nanowire Seunghwa Ryu, Wei Cai Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H16.00013: Structural ordering, electronic and magnetic properties of bundled Mo$_6$S$_{9-x}$I$_x$ nanowires Seoung-Hun Kang, Young-Kyun Kwon, David Tom\'anek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H16.00014: Theoretical investigation of the InN/In2O3 interface Giancarlo Cicero, Antonio Aliano, Alessandra Catellani Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H16.00015: Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Tensile Behavior of Silver Nanowires on Experimentally Accessible Timescales Danny Perez, Chun-Wei Pao, Sriram Swaminarayan, Arthur F. Voter Preview Abstract

Session H17: Focus Session: Relaxation Dynamics of Polymeric Glasses II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Greg Mckenna, Texas Tech University
Room: B116

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H17.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Break Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H17.00002: Nanoscale fluctuations and responses in equilibrium and nonequilibrium glassy polymers Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H17.00003: Molecular cooperativity in the dynamics of glass-forming systems Liang Hong, Purushottam Gujrati, Vladimier Novikov, Alexei Sokolov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H17.00004: Ellipsometric Studies of the Structure and Transformation Kinetics of Ultra Stable Glasses into the Supercooled Liquid Zahra Fakhraai, Gregory K. Pribil, Mark D. Ediger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H17.00005: Molecular motion confinement after physical aging Xiaoliang Wang, Qiang Gu, Pingchuan Sun, Chao Teng, Dongshan Zhou, Gi Xue Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H17.00006: On the Triviality of Aging Stefan Boettcher, Paolo Sibani Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H17.00007: Deformation perturbs heterogeneous dynamics and position on the energy landscape Mark Ediger, Hau-Nan Lee, Benjamin Bending Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H17.00008: Impact of Stress Present During the Thermal Quench on the Subsequent Physical Aging in Polymer Films Connie Roth, James Davidheiser, Suk Yoon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H17.00009: Simple Model of Polymeric Viscoplasticity Robert Hoy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H17.00010: A microscopic view of deformation-accelerated dynamics in polymer glasses Mya Warren, Joerg Rottler Preview Abstract

Session H18: Polymer Composites

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Bryan Vogt, Arizona State University
Room: B117

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H18.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Break Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H18.00002: Resistive Switching Behavior in Silver Nanowire-Polystyrene Composites Sadie White, Patrick Vora, James Kikkawa, John Fischer, Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H18.00003: Dependence of Electrical Percolation Behavior on Filler Aspect Ratio in Isotropic Silver Nanowire-Polystyrene Composites Rose M. Mutiso, Sadie I. White, David Jahnke, Sam Hsu, Patrick M. Vora, James M. Kikkawa, Ju Li, Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H18.00004: Ionic and Electronic Conductivity of Poly(Ionic Liquid) - Gold-Nanoparticle Composites Millicent Firestone, Sungwon Lee, Soenke Seifert Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H18.00005: Thermal Features and Glass Transition in Polystyrene-Nanodiamond Composites Alin Cristian Chipara, Thomas Mion, Rafael Villegas, Karen Lozano, Dorina Magdalena Chipara, Steven Tidrow, Mircea Chipara Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H18.00006: Glass Transition in Polystyrene -- TiO2 Nanocomposites Andreea Arguelles, Thomas Mion, Alin Cristian Chipara, John Hamilton, Lozano Karen, Dorina Magdalena Chipara, Steven Tidrow, Mircea Chipara, David Hui Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H18.00007: Enhancement of nanoparticle dispersion in crosslinked network composites through surface modification Adam Richardson, Gregory Strange, Philip Costanzo, Daniel Savin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H18.00008: Negative Permittivity and Permeability Metamaterials of Polymer-based Nanocomposite H. Han, B. Li, Q. Yao, W.H. Zhong, Y. Qiang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H18.00009: Bimodal-Sized Magnetic Nanoparticles in Polymers Adam Holferty, Pinar Akcora Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H18.00010: Isotactic polypropylene carbon nanotube composites -- crystallization and ordering behavior Georgi Georgiev, Robert Judith, Erin Gombos, Michael McIntyre, Scott Schoen, Peggy Cebe, Michael Mattera Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H18.00011: Radiation Effects on Polypropylene Carbon Nanofibers Composites: Spectroscopic Investigations John Hamilton, Thomas Mion, Alin Cristian Chipara, Elamin I. Ibrahim, Karen Lozano, Steven Tidrow, Dorina Magdalena Chipara, Mircea Chipara Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H18.00012: Radiation-Induced Changes of Thermal Properties of Polypropylene Carbon Nanofibers Composites Rafael Villegas, Alin Cristian Chipara, Thomas Mion, John Hamilton, Ananta Adhikari, Elamin I. Ibrahim, Karen Lozano, Dorina Magdalena Chipara, Steven Tidrow, Mircea Chipara Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H18.00013: Computational Modeling of Polystyrene-b-(ethylene-co-butylene)-b-styrene and Mineral Oil Gels and Nanocomposites T.L. Chantawansri, M. Berg, R. Mrozek, K. Stokes, B. Henz, P. Chung, F. Beyer, J. Lenhart, J.W. Andzelm Preview Abstract

Session H19: Focus Session: Long Range Order in Polymeric Structure and Morphology I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Kevin Cavicchi, The University of Akron
Room: B118-B119

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H19.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Break Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H19.00002: Phononic band gap and mechanical anisotropy in spider silk Periklis Papadopoulos, Nikos Gomopoulos, Friedrich Kremer, George Fytas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H19.00003: Enhancing commensurability using cylinder-forming block copolymer-homopolymer ternary blends on spotted chemical patterns Huiman Kang, Paul F. Nealey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H19.00004: Supramolecular Structure of inclusion complexes of $\beta $-cyclodextrin with PEO-b-PPO-b-PEO Triblock Copolymer Chi-Chun Tsai, Bernard Lotz, Mingming Guo, S.Z.D. Cheng Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H19.00005: Periodic Polymers for Control of PhoXons, where X = t + n Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H19.00006: Green Manipulation of Microdomain Structures in Block Copolymer Thin Films using Density Fluctuating Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Peter Gin, Mitsunori Asada, Maya Endoh, Tadanori Koga Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H19.00007: Solvent Annealing Strategies for the Self-Assemblty of Low Molecular Weight Block Copolymers Kevin Gotrik, Yeon Sik Jung, Jeong Gon Son, Caroline Ross Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H19.00008: The Gelation Transition in Confinement: A Field-Theoretic Model and Mean-Field Solution Aruna Mohan, Richard Elliot, Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H19.00009: Phase equilibria in polymer-blend thin films Nigel Clarke, Mireille Souche Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H19.00010: Facile Alignment of Amorphous Poly(ethylene oxide) Microdomains in a Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymer Using Magnetic Fields Chinedum Osuji, Manesh Gopinadhan, Pawel Majewski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H19.00011: Ordering of Triblock Copolymer Surfactants by Blending with a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Daniel Miranda, James Watkins, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract

Session H20: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Excitonic Effects

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Vasili Perebeinos, IBM
Room: C120-C122

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H20.00001: Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes Denis Pristinski, Vivek M. Prabhu, Jeffrey A. Fagan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H20.00002: Chirality-Dependent Electron-Hole Asymmetry in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Probed by Direct Observation of Transverse Quasi-Dark Excitons Yuhei Miyauchi, Hiroshi Ajiki, Shigeo Maruyama Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H20.00003: Excitons and High-Order Optical Transitions in Individual Carbon Nanotubes Stephane Berciaud, Christophe Voisin, Hugen Yan, Bhupesh Chandra, Robert Caldwell, Yuyao Shan, Louis E. Brus, James Hone, Tony F. Heinz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H20.00004: Magnetic Brightening of Dark Excitons in Carbon Nanotubes at Ultralow Temperatures L.G. Booshehri, S.Y. Jong, T.A. Searles, J. Kono, J. Hayakawa, G. Yusa, J.A. Fagan, E.K. Hobbie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H20.00005: Trench width dependence of photoluminescence intensity from individual suspended carbon nanotubes S. Moritsubo, T. Murai, T. Shimada, Y. Murakami, S. Chiashi, S. Maruyama, Y. K. Kato Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H20.00006: Non-radiative Exciton Decay in Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes Mark Harrah, Anna Swan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H20.00007: Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of single wall carbon nanotubes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H20.00008: Exciton environment effect and exciton-phonon interaction of single wall carbon nanotubes Riichiro Saito, Ahamad R.T. Nugraha, Jin Sung Park, Paulo T. Araujo, Ado Jorio, Mildred S. Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H20.00009: High energy E$_{11}$ excitons above the continuum threshold in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes Hongbo Zhao, Sumit Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H20.00010: First-principles Calculations of the Quasiparticle and Optical Excitations in Metallic Carbon Nanostructures Jack Deslippe, Cheol-Hwan Park, Manish Jain, Steven Louie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H20.00011: Calculation of optical matrix elements in carbon nanotubes made simple Serguei Goupalov, Abbas Zarifi, Thomas Pedersen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H20.00012: Optical Characterization of Double-walled Carbon Nanotube and Quantum Dot Heterostructures Matthew Sfeir, Xiaohui Peng, Stanislaus Wong, James Misewich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H20.00013: Exciton Emission under Strong Exciton-Plasmon Coupling in Carbon Nanotubes Igor Bondarev, Lilia Woods, Kevin Tatur Preview Abstract

Session H21: Focus Session: Graphene: Nanoribbons

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Nancy Sandler, Ohio University
Room: Portland Ballroom 251

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H21.00001: Electronic properties of graphene antidot lattices Vladimir M. Stojanovic, Mihajlo Vanevic, Nenad Vukmirovic, Markus Kindermann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H21.00002: Formation of Atomic Carbon Chains from Graphene Nanoribbons Renato Pontes, Edwin Hobi Jr., Adalberto Fazzio, Ant\^onio J.R. da Silva Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 9:00AM		H21.00003: Transport in Graphene Nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H21.00004: Gate-defined graphene double quantum dot and excited state spectroscopy Xing Lan Liu, Dorothee Hug, Lieven Vandersypen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H21.00005: Optical properties of graphene nanostructures from first-principles: from 1D to 0D Daniele Varsano, Deborah Prezzi, Alice Ruini, Elisa Molinari Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H21.00006: Edge effects in graphene nanoislands on Co(0001) Deborah Prezzi, Daejin Eom, Andrea Ferretti, Kwang T. Rim, Hui Zhou, Michael Lefenfeld, Colin Nuckolls, Mark S. Hybertsen, Tony F. Heinz, George W. Flynn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H21.00007: Graphene Nanoribbons Fabricated by Helium Ion microscope D. Pickard, B. Oezyilmaz, J. Thong, K.P. Loh, V. Viswanathan, A. Zhongkai, S. Mathew, T. Kundu, C. Park, Z. Yi, X. Xu, K. Zhang, T.C. Tat, H. Wang, T. Venkatesan, G. Botton, M. Couillard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H21.00008: Superconducting Graphene Nanoelectronic Devices Joel Wang, Michele Zaffalon, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H21.00009: Bistability and oscillatory motion of graphene nano-membranes on silicon dioxide Torge Mashoff, Marco Pratzer, Viktor Geringer, Tim Echtermeyer, Max Lemme, Marcus Liebmann, Markus Morgenstern Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H21.00010: Edge effects in quantum transport and quasiparticle spectra of graphene nanostructures J. Wurm, I. Adagideli, K. Richter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H21.00011: First-principles study of the graphene edges: edge orientation, stability, equilibrium shape, and the effect of hydrogen passivation Chee K. Gan, David J. Srolovitz Preview Abstract

Session H22: Epitaxial Graphene on Silicon Carbide

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Gregory Rutter, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Portland Ballroom 252

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H22.00001: Controlled growth of monolayer graphene on silicon carbide David Torrance, David Miller, Madeleine Phillips, Holly Tinkey, Evan Green, Phillip First Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H22.00002: The role of carbon surface diffusion on the growth of epitaxial graphene on SiC Taisuke Ohta, Norman Bartelt, Shu Nie, Konrad Thuermer, Gary Kellogg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H22.00003: Insights into the epitaxial growth of graphene on SiC substrate: A computational study Ming Yu, C.S. Jayanthi, S.Y. Wu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H22.00004: First principles calculation of structural and electronic properties of the 5x5- SiC(0001) reconstructed surface Alfredo Ramirez, Nancy Sandler, Randall Feenstra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H22.00005: Band Engineering and Magnetic Doping of Epitaxial Graphene on SiC (0001) Byoung Don Kong, Thushari Jayasekera, Ki Wook Kim, M. Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H22.00006: Charge carrier density and mobility uniformity in SiC(0001) epitaxial graphene Conor Puls, Neal Staley, Gregory Harkay, Joshua Robinson, Ying Liu, Jeong-Sun Moon, Kurt Gaskill, Paul Campbell, Joseph Tedesco Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H22.00007: Conductance Anisotropy in Epitaxial Graphene Sheets Generated by Substrate Interactions Arnaldo Laracuente, Michael Yakes, Daniel Gunlycke, Joseph Tedesco, Paul Campbell, D. Kurt Gaskill, Paul Sheehan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H22.00008: Pronounced half integer quantum-Hall effect in gated epitaxial graphene grown on SiC (0001) Tian Shen, Adam Neal, Jiangjiang Gu, Min Xu, Michael Bolen, Michael Capano, Lloyd Engel, Peide Ye Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H22.00009: Rotational Stacking Order in C-Face Epitaxial Graphene Jeremy Hicks, M. Sprinkle, Y. Hu, H. Tinkey, M. Clark, A. Tejeda, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi, P. Le F\`{e}vre, F. Bertran, C. Berger, W.A. de Heer, E.H. Conrad Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H22.00010: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies of Multi-layer Epitaxial Graphene Formed on Semi-Insulating 4H- and 6H-SiC Substrates E.R. Glaser, N.Y. Garces, J.C. Culbertson, A.L. Friedman, P.M. Campbell, G.G. Jernigan, J.L. Tedesco, R.L. Myers-Ward, C.R. Eddy, Jr., D.K. Gaskill Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H22.00011: Selective Graphitization of Silicon Carbide: Effect of Argon Background Pressure and Transport Measurements on the Epitaxial Graphene Farhana Zaman, Miguel Rubio-Roy, Yike Hu, Claire Berger, Michael Moseley, James Meindl, Walt de Heer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H22.00012: Thermoelectric characterization of large area graphene grown on SiC Ruwantha Jayasinghe, Andriy Sherehiy, Gamini Sumanasekera, Anton Sidorov, Zhigang Jiang, Joseph Tedesco, Kurt Gaskill Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H22.00013: A New Method to Prepare Large High Quality Epitaxial Graphene Samples Xiaozhu Yu, Choonkyu Hwang, Annemarie Kohl, David Siegel, Baisong Geng, Feng Wang, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H22.00014: Nano-Objects Developing at Graphene/Silicon Carbide Interface Shirley Chiang, Sebastien Vizzini, Hanna Enriquez, Hamid Oughaddou, Patrick Soukiassian Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H22.00015: Thermally Induced Folds in Exfoliated Graphene Tao Jiang, Kyle Twarowski, Joel Therrien Preview Abstract

Session H23: Classical and Quantum Monte Carlo I

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Pui-Man Lam, Southern University
Room: C125-C126

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H23.00001: Phase diagram and critical behavior of the square-lattice Ising model with competing nearest- and next-nearest-neighbor interactions Junqi Yin, David Landau Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H23.00002: Nodal structures and analytical properties of many-body wavefunctions for quantum Monte Carlo Lubos Mitas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H23.00003: Finite Size Scaling of Melting in Two Dimensions Keola Wierschem, Efstratios Manousakis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H23.00004: Quantum Monte Carlo backflow calculations of the benzene dimer Kathleen Schwarz, Richard Hennig Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H23.00005: A generalization of valence-bond-Monte-Carlo to spin 1 magnets Andreas Deschner, Erik S. Sorensen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H23.00006: Geometry optimization using Quantum Monte Carlo Lucas Wagner, Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H23.00007: Large scale application of kinetic ART, a near order-1 topologically- based off-lattice kinetic Monte-Carlo algorithm with on-the-fly calculation of events Laurent Karim Beland, Fedwa El-Mellouhi, Normand Mousseau Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H23.00008: Introducing the Reduced Monte Carlo Scheme (RMCS): Application to ideal quantum gases and classical hard sphere systems Uduzei Edgal Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H23.00009: Systematic reduction of sign errors in many-body calculations of atoms and molecules P.R.C. Kent, M. Bajdich, M.L. Tiago, R.Q. Hood, F.A. Reboredo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H23.00010: Systematic reduction of sign errors for excited states in many-body problems Fernando Reboredo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H23.00011: Compact and Flexible Basis Functions for Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations Frank Petruzielo, Julien Toulouse, Cyrus Umrigar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H23.00012: Transient quantum Monte Carlo investigations of few-electron systems Norm Tubman, Jonathan Dubois, Randolph Hood, Berni Alder Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H23.00013: A quantum Monte Carlo study of a spherical jellium with an embedded impurity Michal Bajdich, Fernando A. Reboredo, G. Malcolm Stocks, Paul R.C. Kent, Jeongnim Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H23.00014: Construction of localized wave functions for a disordered optical lattice and analysis of the resulting Hubbard model parameters Shengquan Zhou, David Ceperley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H23.00015: Study of the dynamic behavior of Niedermayer's algorithm Daniel Girardi, Nilton Branco Preview Abstract

Session H24: Focus Session: Production and Application of Cold Molecules I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: David Chandler, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: D133-D134

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H24.00001: Cold, Trapped Molecules via Cryogenic Buffer Gas Methods Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H24.00002: Femtosecond time-resolved EUV photoion imaging studies of pure helium nanodroplets Oliver Buenermann, Oleg Kornilov, Oliver Gessner, Stephen R. Leone, Daniel M. Neumark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:24AM		H24.00003: Stark and Zeeman deceleration of atoms and molecules Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H24.00004: Cold dipolar collisions between buffer gas cooled ND$_{3}$ and Stark decelerated OH molecules Brian Sawyer, Benjamin Stuhl, Mark Yeo, David Patterson, John Doyle, Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 10:12AM		H24.00005: Taming molecular beams; towards a molecular laboratory on a chip Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H25: Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors - Si

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Pat Mooney, Simon Fraser University
Room: D135

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H25.00001: Isotopic Fingerprints of four and five-atom Pt luminescence centers in $^{28}$Si Michael Steger, Albion Yang, Takeharu Sekiguchi, Kamyar Saeedi, M.L.W. Thewalt, M.O. Henry, K. Johnston, H. Riemann, N.V. Abrosimov, P. Becker, H.-J. Pohl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H25.00002: Modelling the Si(110) surface Veronika Brazdova, Martin Setvin, Kazushi Miki, Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin, David R. Bowler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H25.00003: Quantum confinement in P doped Si nanowires and nanofilms Jiaxin Han, Tzu-Liang Chan, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H25.00004: Defects at the Nanoscale: The Role of Quantum Confinement and Dimensionality Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H25.00005: Low temperature AFM/STM for characterization of Si:H(111) surfaces and measurement of subsurface donors Pavel Nagornykh, Michael Dreyer, Bruce E. Kane Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H25.00006: The influence of a Pb surfactant on Mn delta-doped layers on Si(001) S. Kahwaji, S. Roorda, S. Q. F. Xiao, R. A. Gordon, E. D. Crozier, M. D. Robertson, T. L. Monchesky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H25.00007: Determination of the energy level of boron induced charge traps in Si/SiO$_{2}$ systems by second harmonic generation Heungman Park, Jingbo Qi, Ying Xu, Kalman Varga, Gunter L\"upke, Norman Tolk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H25.00008: Altering the Charge State of Surface Silicon Dangling Bonds using Nanoscale Schottky Contacts Jason Pitters, Iana Dogel, Robert Wolkow Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H25.00009: Diffusion Monte Carlo Calculations of Formation Energies of Charged Self Interstitial Defects in Silicon Jonathan L. DuBois, Daniel Aberg, Vincenzo Lordi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H25.00010: Investigation of charge trapping at grain boundaries in polycrystalline and multi-crystalline silicon solar cells Jennifer Heath, Chun-Sheng Jiang, Helio Moutinho, Mowafak Al-Jassim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H25.00011: Size Fractionation of Mechanochemical Synthesized Alkyl-Passivated Silicon Nanoparticles Luigi Verdoni, Brian Mitchell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H25.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session H26: Spin Qubits - Diamond, III-Vs, and Coupling to Cavities

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Sophia Economou, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: D136

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H26.00001: A tunable few electron triple quantum dot Louis Gaudreau, Alicia Kam, Ghislain Granger, Piotr Zawadzki, Sergei Studenikin, Aashish Clerk, Andrew Sachrajda Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H26.00002: Coherent manipulation of a single charge in an isolated double quantum dot K. D. Petersson, J. R. Petta, H. Lu, A. C. Gossard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H26.00003: Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in InAs Nanowire Few Electron Double Quantum Dots S.M. Frolov, S. Nadj-Perge, J. Danon, Yu. V. Nazarov, R. Algra, E.P.A.M. Bakkers, L.P. Kouwenhoven Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H26.00004: Mapping out spin blockade in the presence of strong spin-orbit and hyperfine interactions Stevan Nadj-Perge, S.M. Frolov, J. Danon, Yu. V. Nazarov, R. Algra, E.P.A.M. Bakkers, L.P. Kouwenhoven Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H26.00005: Electron transfer between distant quantum dots by surface acoustic waves R.P.G. McNeil, M. Kataoka, C.J.B. Ford, C.H.W. Barnes, D. Anderson, G.A.C. Jones, I. Farrer, D.A. Ritchie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H26.00006: Towards Quantum Computing with Electron Spin Ensembles David Schuster, Adam Sears, Janus Wesenberg, Arzhang Ardavan, Andrew Briggs, John Morton, Klauss Moelmer, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H26.00007: Coupling of Electron Spin Ensembles to Superconducting Transmission Line Resonators Adam Sears, David Schuster, Leo DiCarlo, Lev Bishop, Eran Ginossar, Luigi Frunzio, Janus Wesenberg, Arzhang Ardavan, Andrew Briggs, Klauss Moelmer, John Morton, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H26.00008: Laser spectroscopy of a doubly charged quantum dot molecule Danny Kim, Alex Greilich, Allan Bracker, Mark Bashkansky, Dan Gammon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H26.00009: Optical Control of an Electron Spin in a Single Self-Assembled Quantum Dot Katherine Truex, Erik D. Kim, Bo Sun, Xiaodong Xu, Duncan G. Steel, Allan Bracker, Daniel Gammon, Lu Sham Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H26.00010: Ultrafast optical spin echo of a single electron spin in a quantum dot Kristiaan De Greve, David Press, Peter McMahon, Thaddeus Ladd, Benedikt Friess, Martin Kamp, Christian Schneider, Sven Hoefling, Alfred Forchel, Yoshihisa Yamamoto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H26.00011: Resilient neutral exciton qubits in self-assembled quantum dot molecules J.E. Rolon, S.E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H26.00012: Spatial placement limits of nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond via ion implantation C.D. Weis, D.M. Toyli, E. Herrmann, A. Persaud, I. Chakarov, G.D. Fuchs, F.J. Heremans, D.D. Awschalom, T. Schenkel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H26.00013: Decoherence of nitrogen-vacancy center spins in diamond and its control Sai Wah Ho, Jian Liang Hu, Nan Zhao, Ren Bao Liu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H26.00014: Coherent spin manipulation of a single NV center in its orbital excited state G.D. Fuchs, D.M. Toyli, F.J. Heremans, D.D. Awschalom, V.V. Dobrovitski, C.D. Weis, T. Schenkel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H26.00015: Spin decoherence of a single NV center in its orbital excited state V. V. Dobrovitski, G. D. Fuchs, D. M. Toyli, F. J. Heremans, C. D. Weiss, T. Schenkel, D. D. Awschalom Preview Abstract

Session H27: Focus Session: Confined and Biological Water II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Teresa Head?Gordon, University of California, Berkeley
Room: D137

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H27.00001: Water confined at the nanoscale: insight from first principles calculations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H27.00002: Dynanimcal Properties of Water in Nanoconfinement Michael Chandross, Christian D. Lorenz, J. Matthew D. Lane, Gary S. Grest Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H27.00003: The importance of van der Waals dispersion forces in ice B. Santra, A. Michaelides, M. Scheffler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H27.00004: Density Functional Theory study of the equilibrium density of water at normal conditions Jue Wang, Guillermo Roman-Perez, Jose M. Soler, Emilio Artacho, Marivi Fernandez-Serra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H27.00005: Fluctuations of Water near Hydrophobic, Hydrophilic and Patterned Surfaces and in Nanoscopic Confinement Amish Patel, David Chandler, Sumanth Jamadagni, Hari Acharya, Shekhar Garde Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H27.00006: Nanoconfined water under electric field Alenka Luzar, D. Bratko, C.D. Daub Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 10:12AM		H27.00007: Water and hydrophobic effects at interfaces and in confinement Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H27.00008: The role of hydrogen bonding in water-metal interactions Adrien Poissier, Sriram Ganeshan, Marivi Fernandez-Serra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H27.00009: Suspension Bridge Induced by Electrostrictive Effect in Dielectric Liquids Chuanshan Tian, Y. Ron Shen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H27.00010: First principles study of the Ga(10$\bar{1}$0)/water interface Jue Wang, Xiao Shen, Marivi Fernandez-Serra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H27.00011: dynamics of water at the 100 and 111 surfaces of platinum electrodes Adam Willard, David Chandler, Paul Madden Preview Abstract

Session H28: Focus Session: New Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Axel Becke, Dalhousie University
Room: C124

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H28.00001: DFT and beyond: A discussion of exact exchange plus local- and nonlocal-density approximations to the correlation functional Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H28.00002: Accurate binding energies in transition-metal molecules using a position-dependent GGA+U(R) approach Heather Kulik, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H28.00003: Self-consistent Meta-GGA for Solids, with Application to the CO Adsorption Puzzle Jianwei Sun, John Perdew, Martijn Marsman, Georg Kresse Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H28.00004: Evaluation of density functionals using valence and core excited spectra of Ni(II) tetrahlides Matt Queen, Harlan Byker, Robert Szilagyi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H28.00005: Linear-scaling and projector self-consistent DFT+U for electronic correlations in large systems David D. O'Regan, Mike C. Payne, Arash A. Mostofi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H28.00006: Time-dependent density-matrix functional theory formalism to study biexcitonic phenomena in bulk systems and nanostructures Volodymyr Turkowski, Talat S. Rahman, Carsten A. Ullrich, Michael N. Leuenberger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 10:12AM		H28.00007: Meta-generalized gradient approximations: What they can and cannot do for you Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H28.00008: Acceleration of the transcorrelated method for solids Keitaro Sodeyama, Masayuki Ochi, Rei Sakuma, Shinji Tsuneyuki Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H28.00009: Dispersion Interactions in Molecular Assemblies from First-Principles Calculations Yan Li, Deyu Lu, Huy Viet Nguyen, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H28.00010: Two and three-body interatomic dispersion energy contributions to binding in molecules and solids Anatole von Lilienfeld, Alexandre Tkatchenko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H28.00011: Excited-state properties of organic photovoltaic materials from a many-body Lanczos-GW approach and time-dependent density functional theory Xiaofeng Qian, Paolo Umari, Davide Ceresoli, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract

Session H29: Physics and Materials for Inorganic Photovoltaics: III

Sponsoring Units: DMP GERA
Chair: Lin?Wang Wang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: C123

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H29.00001: Investigation of GaTlP for Use in Multijunction Photovoltaics C. Downs, J. Chivers, T. Vandervelde Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H29.00002: Materials Identification for Quantum Dot Intermediate Band Solar Cells Including the Effect of Strain Som Dahal, K.-Y. Ban, Christiana Honsberg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H29.00003: Singlet fission in pentacene through multiple exciton quantum states Zhiyong Zhang, Paul Zimmerman, Charles Musgrave Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H29.00004: Intermediate band solar cells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H29.00005: Structural Characterization of Optically Active Defects in Selenium-Doped Silicon Bonna Newman, Joseph Sullivan, Mark Winkler, Meng-Ju Sher, Matthew Marcus, Sirine Fakra, Eric Mazur, Tonio Buonassisi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H29.00006: Intermediate Band Formation in Selenium Doped Silicon Elif Ertekin, Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H29.00007: Electronic transport in silicon doped with sulfur to non-equilibrium concentrations Mark Winkler, Meng-Ju Sher, Daniel Recht, Michael Aziz, Eric Mazur Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H29.00008: Time-domain ab initio studies of photoinduced electron dynamics in nanoscale semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H29.00009: Advances in all-sputtered CdTe solar cells on flexible substrates Kristopher Wieland, Hasitha Mahabaduge, Anthony Vasko, Alvin Compaan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H29.00010: High-Efficiency Photovoltaic Energy Conversion using Surface Acoustic Waves in Piezoelectric Semiconductors Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H29.00011: Studying nanoscale CuInSe$_{2}$ for high efficient tandem cell applications Ah Reum Jeong, Ran Hee Shin, Nuri Lee, William Jo Preview Abstract

Session H30: Focus Session: Frontiers in Computational Thermodynamics of Materials

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University
Room: D139

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H30.00001: Chasing Exotic Binary Alloy Compounds: The Necessary Synergy of Cluster Expansion and High-Throughput Methods Stefano Curtarolo, Gus L. W. Hart, Ohad Levy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H30.00002: Equilibrium and metastable shapes of platinum nanoparticles from first principles Roman Chepulskyy, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H30.00003: Free energy reconstruction from steered dynamics: applications to vacancy migration in Fe, phase coexistence in FeCr and structural transitions in LJ$38$ Manuel Athenes, Mihai-Cosmin Marinica, Gilles Adjanor Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H30.00004: First-principles calculations of free energies of solids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H30.00005: Stationary properties of the entropy as a functional of the pair correlation and their application to DFT calculations of free energy D.M. Nicholson, C.Y. Gao, D.J. Keffer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H30.00006: Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of molten Al$_{1-x}$Si$_{x}$ alloys M. Kim, K. H. Khoo, T.-L. Chan, G. Schofield, James R. Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H30.00007: Theoretical study of the atomic structure and thermodynamics of amorphous hafnia Xuhui Luo, Alex Demkov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H30.00008: Generating and utilizing derivative structures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H30.00009: Predictions of the $\mathrm{Pt}_{8}\mathrm{Ti}$ phase in unexpected systems Richard Taylor, Stefano Curtarolo, Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H30.00010: Calculating Thermodynamic Properties for Classical and DFT Hamiltonians G. Brown, D. M. Nicholson, M. Eisenbach Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H30.00011: Geometrical frustration and macroscopic residual entropy in an elemental boron explained by a frustrated Ising model T. Ogitsu, F. Gygi, J. Reed, M. Udagawa, Y. Motome, E. Schwegler, G. Galli Preview Abstract

Session H31: Weakly and Strongly Interacting Fermions

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Marcos Rigol, Georegetown University
Room: E141

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H31.00001: Spectral function and RF spectroscopy of dilute Fermi gases William Schneider, Mohit Randeria Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H31.00002: The phase diagram of ultra-cold fermionic atoms across the BCS-BEC crossover in the presence of disorder Parag Ghosh, Predrag Nikolic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H31.00003: Viscosity in dilute Fermi gases: spectral functions and sum rules Edward Taylor, Mohit Randeria Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H31.00004: Thermodynamics of the unitary Fermi gas Kris Van Houcke, Felix Werner, Evgeny Kozik, Nikolay Prokof'ev, Boris Svistunov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H31.00005: Measuring the Contact in the BCS-BEC Crossover Tara Drake, John Gaebler, Jayson Stewart, Deborah Jin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H31.00006: Probing the homogeneous spectral function of a trapped atomic Fermi gas using momentum resolved rf spectroscopy Qijin Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H31.00007: Single impurity in cold Fermi superfluids Lei Jiang, Han Pu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H31.00008: Observation of pseudogap phase in a strongly interacting Fermi gas John Gaebler, J.T. Stewart, T.E. Drake, D.S. Jin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H31.00009: Short-time dynamics of an ultracold Fermi gas in radio-frequency spectroscopy Chun Kit Chung, C. K. Law Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H31.00010: Theory of photoemission spectroscopy of Fermi gases in the BCS-BEC crossover regime above Tc Shunji Tsuchiya, Ryota Watanabe, Yoji Ohashi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H31.00011: Temperature Dependence of Dynamic Structure Factors in Ultracold Fermi Gases: Bragg Scattering From BCS to BEC Hao Guo, Chih-Chun Chien, Kathryn Levin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H31.00012: Pseudogap phase of ultra-cold Fermi gases at unitarity: a comparative study Chih-Chun Chien, Hao Guo, Yan He, Kathryn Levin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H31.00013: Propagation of second sound in a superfluid Fermi gas in the unitary limit Emiko Arahata, Tetsuro Nikuni Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H31.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H31.00015: Inhomogeneous superfluid phases of spatially separated trapped fermions Kuei Sun, Julia S. Meyer, Daniel E. Sheehy, Smitha Vishveshwara Preview Abstract

Session H32: Focus Session: Tribophysics -- Fracture and Plasticity

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DMP
Chair: Bernd Gotsmann, IBM Zurich
Room: E142

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H32.00001: Fractal geometry of fracture patterns in rocks simulated with a stochastic Laplacian growth model Alejandra Aguilar-Hernandez, Guillermo Ramirez-Santiago Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H32.00002: Event Scaling in Granular Stick-Slip Failures Karen Daniels, Kate Foco, Karin Dahmen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H32.00003: Scaling of Stick-Slip Instabilities in Granular Materials Eric Daub, Paul Johnson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H32.00004: The precursory fault width formation of large earthquakes Fumihide Takeda, Makoto Takeo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H32.00005: Pinch-off and Fracture of Bubble Rafts Chin-Chang Kuo, Michael Arciniaga, Michael Dennin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H32.00006: Propagation of a crack front in presence of a controlled disorder Julien Chopin, Alexis Pr\'evost, Arezki Boudaoud, Mokhtar Adda-Bedia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H32.00007: Failure of disordered materials as a depinning transition Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H32.00008: Extending the Scaling Laws of Plasticity Georgios Tsekenis, Karin Dahmen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H32.00009: Meso-scale harmonic analysis of homogeneous dislocation nucleation. Asad Hasan, Craig Maloney Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H32.00010: Bauschinger effect in oriented polymer glasses Ting Ge, Mark O. Robbins Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H32.00011: Strain Localization in Metallic Glasses: Role of Mechanical Heterogeneity Pavan Valavala, Michael Falk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H32.00012: Effects of Molecular Architecture on Shear Band Formation and Mode II Fracture of Polymeric Glasses Jared Archer, Alan Lesser Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H32.00013: Stress enhanced shear yielding in aging polymer glasses Joerg Rottler, Amy Y.-H. Liu Preview Abstract

Session H33: Focus Session: Magnetization and Spin Dynamics II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: A. Lukaszew, College of William and Mary
Room: E143

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H33.00001: Strong-field interactions between a nanomagnet and a photonic cavity \"O. O. Soykal, M. E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H33.00002: Dissipative dynamics of magnetic solitons in metals Clement Wong, Yaroslav Tserkovnayk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H33.00003: Dynamic Magnetization Reversal of Single Domain Magnetic Particle with Low Energy Barrier Hua Zhou, Kaizhong Gao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H33.00004: Field-driven domain wall propagation in magnetic nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H33.00005: Magnetization Dynamics in the Cone Phase of Au/Co/Au thin films near the spin-reorientation transition S. Roy, K.A. Seu, D. Parks, R. Su, J.J. Turner, S. Park, C.M. Falco, S.D. Kevan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H33.00006: Vortex dynamics in an equilateral triangular arrangement of three magnetic disks X. M. Cheng, D. J. Keavney, D. J. Clarke, O. Tchernyshyov, M. Mahoney, A. Melikyan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H33.00007: Giant spin pumping effect in microwave-driven ferromagnet-topological insulator systems Farzad Mahfouzi, Branislav K. Nikolic, Son-Hsien Chen , Ching-Ray Chang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H33.00008: Pure spin transport in metallic nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H33.00009: Theory of spin wave driven spin Seebeck effect Jiang Xiao, Gerrit Bauer, K. Uchida, E. Saitoh, S. Maekawa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H33.00010: Creating Spin Switches and Junctions on Surfaces Eric Mills, Philip Stamp Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H33.00011: Energetic analysis of fast magnetic switching Andrzej Stankiewicz Preview Abstract

Session H34: Focus Session: Frustrated and Low-D Magnetism -- Spin Chains and Ladders

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Andrei Bernevig, Princeton University
Room: E144

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H34.00001: The magnetic structure of the zigzag chain family Na$_{x}$Ca$_{1-x}$V$_2$O$_4$ determined by muon-spin rotation Oren Ofer, Tatsuo Goko, Jess H. Brewer, Eduardo J. Ansaldo, Jun Sugiyama, Yutaka Ikedo, Kim Chow, Martin M\aa{}nsson, Hiroya Sakurai Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H34.00002: Magnetic Ordering in the Frustrated Heisenberg Chain System CuCl$_2$ R. K. Kremer, M. G. Banks, C. Hoch, A. Simon, B. Ouladdiaf, J.-M. Broto, H. Rakoto, C. Lee, W.-H. Whangbo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H34.00003: Synthesis and structural characterization of 2Dioxane$\cdot$2H$_2$O$\cdot$CuCl$_2$: Metal-organic compound with Heisenberg antiferromagnetic S= 1 2 chains Tao Hong, R. Custelcean, B.C. Sales, B. Roesslie, D.K. Singh, A. Zheludev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H34.00004: Spin excitations and magnon fractionalization in a quantum spin ladder Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H34.00005: CrSb$_{2}$ is a S=1 Quasi-one-Dimensional Antiferromagnet Matthew Stone, Mark Lumsden, Stephen Nagler, Brian Sales, David Mandrus, David Singh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H34.00006: Ground state description of BiCu$_2$PO$_6$ and BiCu$_2$AsO$_6$ Deepa Kasinathan, Alexander Tsirlin, Oleg Janson, Helge Rosner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H34.00007: Phase diagram of the frustrated spin ladder Oleg Starykh, Toshiya Hikihara Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H34.00008: Dynamical correlation functions in spin-$1/2$ ladders under a magnetic field Pierre Bouillot, Corinna Kollath, Lauchli Andreas, Mikhail Zvonarev, Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H34.00009: Low-temperature density matrix renormalization group study on spin-1/2 zigzag XY chains Shigetoshi Sota, Takanori Sugimoto, Takami Tohyama Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H34.00010: Entanglement spectrum in Spin Chains Ronny Thomale, Daniel P. Arovas, B. Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H34.00011: Characterization of multipolar liquid phases in frustrated spin chains from NMR relaxation rate Masahiro Sato, Toshiya Hikihara, Tsutomu Momoi, Akira Furusaki Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H34.00012: Field-induced quantum phase transitions of the asymmetric three-leg spin tube Toru Sakai, Masahiro Sato, Kouichi Okunishi, Kiyomi Okamoto, Chigak Itoi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H34.00013: Ground State phase diagram of the asymmetric spin tube up to 6 legs Ryo Igarashi, Masahiko Okumura, Susumu Yamada, Masahiko Machida Preview Abstract

Session H35: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors -- DMS: Nitrides and Oxides

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Alberta Bonanni, Johannes Kepler University
Room: E145

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H35.00001: The magnetic behaviour of diluted (Ga,Mn)N Alberta Bonanni, Bogdan Faina, Tian Li, Andrea Navarro-Quezada, Andreas Grois, Thibaut Devillers, Wiktor Stefanowicz, Dariusz Sztenkiel, Maciej Sawicki, Tomasz Dietl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H35.00002: SmN; a zero-moment ferromagnetic semiconductor Joe Trodahl, Ben Ruck, Claire Meyer, Andrew Preston, Bart Ludbrook, Julio Criginski Cezar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H35.00003: Room temperature ferromagnetism and spin polarization in Cr doped InN thin films Ambesh Dixit, C. Sudakar, P. Thapa, R. Panguluri, V. Naik, R. Naik, J. S. Thakur, B. Nadgorny, G. Lawes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H35.00004: Materials design of dilute magnetic semiconductors based on the control of spinodal decomposition Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H35.00005: Charge transfer ferromagnetism in defect-ridden oxide films Michael Coey, Plamen Stamenov, Munuswami Venkatesan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H35.00006: Defect-induced magnetism in oxides Andrea Droghetti, Sri Chaitanya Das Pemmaraju, Stefano Sanvito Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H35.00007: Defect pairing and magnetism in C or N-doped MgO and ZnO: a density-functional study Peter Kratzer, Hua Wu, Sung Sakong, Xin-Gao Gong, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H35.00008: Ferromagnetism in N doped ZnO and MgO Michael Shaughnessy, L.H. Yang, C.Y. Fong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H35.00009: Magnetic properties of multilayered CoO-ZnO Hyeon-Jun Lee, Frances Hellman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H35.00010: Producing room temperature ferromagnetism by doping non-magnetic Ta ions in transparent conducting anatase TiO$_{2}$ thin film S. Dhar, A. Rusidy, A. Roy Barman, A. Ariando, B.C. Qi, J.B. Yi, Y.P. Feng, K. Yang, J. Ding, A.T.S. Wee, T. Venkatesan, G. Neuber, M. Ruebhausen, Y. Dai, H. Hilgenkamp Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H35.00011: Room-temperature ferromagnetism of Cu-doped ZnO films probed by soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism A. Rusydi, T.S. Herng, D.-C. Qi, J.B. Yi, Y.P. Feng, I. Santoso, X.Y. Gao, A.T.S. Wee, J. Ding, J. Berlijn, W. Ku, C. Sanchez-Hanke, K.S. Yang, Y. Dai Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H35.00012: Spin dynamics in colloidal n-type and Mn$^{2+}$-doped ZnO quantum dots Stefan Ochsenbein, Daniel Gamelin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H35.00013: Models of Spinodal Decomposition in an Oxide Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor, Zn$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$O Michael White, Stefan Ochsenbein, Tracy Lovejoy, Marjorie Olmstead, Daniel Gamelin Preview Abstract

Session H36: Focus Session: Nanomagnetism -- Spin Torque

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Liam O'Brien, Imperial College London
Room: E146

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H36.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H36.00002: Observation of fractional synchronization of spin torque nano-oscillators to a symmetry-breaking microwave signal Vasyl Tyberkevych, Andrei Slavin, Phil Tabor, Sergei Urazhdin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H36.00003: Magnetoresistance in magnetic nanostructures: the role of nonuniform current Tatiana Rappoport, Tiago Machado, Marcio de Menezes, Luiz Sampaio Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H36.00004: Huge enhancement of the magnetoresistance in nanoparticle arrays Elena Bascones, Virginia Estevez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H36.00005: Measurements of GMR and Spin Valve Effects in Single Co/Cu/Co Nanowires Mingliang Tian, Jian Wang, Joe Kulik, Jeremy Cardellino, David Rench, Thomas Mallouk, Moses Chan, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H36.00006: High temperature annealing of MgO based perpendicular MTJ with Co/Pd multilayers M. Tofizur Rahman, Andrew Lyle, Hui Zhao, Jian-Ping Wang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H36.00007: Enhanced spin-torque efficiency in ferromagnetic metal systems characterized by Rashba-type structural inversion asymmetry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H36.00008: Rapid Domain Wall Motion in Permalloy Nanowires Excited by Spin-Polarized Current Applied Perpendicular to the Nanowire C. Boone, X. Cheng, J. Katine, J. Childress, M. Carey, I. Krivorotov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H36.00009: Spin waves, domain wall, and spin transfer torque interactions Mahdi Jamali, Jaehyun Kwon, Hyunsoo Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H36.00010: Current driven magnetization dynamics in ferromagnetic nanowires with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction Oleg Tretiakov, Artem Abanov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H36.00011: Spin torque and domain wall velocity in ferromagnetic semiconductor $\pi$ and $2\pi$ N\'eel walls E.A. Golovatski, M. E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H36.00012: Joule Heating in Ballistic Nano-Contacts T. Y. Chen, C. L. Chien, M. Manno, L. Wang, C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H36.00013: Robust isothermal electric switching of interface magnetization: A route to voltage-controlled spin electronics Xi He, Yi Wang, Ning Wu, Siqi Shi, A. Caruso, E. Vescovo, Kirill D. Belashchenko, Peter Dowben, Christian Binek Preview Abstract

Session H37: Focus Session: Complex Oxide Thin Films -- Manganites

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: John Freeland, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: E147-E148

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H37.00001: Anisotropic magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ films Anand Bhattacharya, Tiffany Santos Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H37.00002: The micro-twinning in La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ (LSMO) epitaxial thin films on SrTiO$_{3}$ (001) Lifeng Yin, Zheng Gai, Thomas Zac Ward, Jianxin Ma, DaLi Sun, Hangwen Guo, John D. Budai, Jian Shen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H37.00003: Interplay of strain and magnetism in manganese perovskites from first-principles calculations Alessio Filippetti, Giuseppe Colizzi, Vincenzo Fiorentini Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H37.00004: Two-dimensional ~La$_{2/3}$Sr$_{4/3}$MnO$_{4}$ Manganite Films Probed by Epitaxial Strain and Cation Ordering Brittany Nelson-Cheeseman, Tiffany Santos, Anand Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H37.00005: In-plane magnetic anisotropy and domain transition in phase separated (La$_{0.4}$Pr$_{0.6})_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ thin films on orthorhombic NdGaO$_{3}$ substrates Hyoung Jeen Jeen, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H37.00006: Epitaxial-strain effect on charge- and orbital-ordered Pr0.5Ca0.5MnO3 films Daisuke Okuyama, Masao Nakamura, Yasujiro Taguchi, Yusuke Wakabayashi, Hirotake Itoh, Reiji Kumai, Hiroyuki Yamada, Takahisa Arima, Masashi Kawasaki, Yoshinori Tokura Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H37.00007: Mesoscopic percolation network in a manganite thin film revealed by microwave impedance microscopy Keji Lai, Worasom Kundhikanjana, Michael Kelly, Zhi-Xun Shen, Masao Nakamura, Masashi Kawasaki, Yoshi Tokura Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H37.00008: Phase coexistence and collapse of charge ordering in low dimensional (La,Pr)CaMnO$_{3}$ N. Laurita, S. Chandra, N.S. Bingham, M.H. Phan, H. Srikanth, T.H. Hoang, H.D. Chinh, T.Z. Ward, J. Shen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H37.00009: Competing Dielectric Phases and Detailed Balance in Thin Film Manganites Patrick Mickel, Amlan Biswas, Arthur F. Hebard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H37.00010: Direct Imaging of Nanoscale Phase Separation in La$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ and Its Relation with Colossal Magnetoresistance Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H37.00011: Studies of the intrinsic inhomogeneity and pseudogap phenomena of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 epitaxial films using spin-polarized (SP) scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) C. R. Hughes, J. Shi, A. D. Beyer, N.-C. Yeh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H37.00012: Fabrication and Characterization of YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7}$ and La$_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ Nanostructures Yi-Tang Yen, John Y.T. Wei, Pai-Chia Kuo, Jessie Shiue, Maw-Kuen Wu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H37.00013: Investigations of low-energy excitations in half-doped Pr$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$ thin films by the means of THz time-domain spectroscopy M. Tonouchi, D.S. Rana, K.R. Mavani, I. Kawayama, H. Murakami Preview Abstract

Session H38: Phase Transitions in Vanadium Oxides

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jenny Hoffman, Harvard University
Room: F149

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H38.00001: THz spectroscopy of optically and thermally induced metallic states in nanogranular vanadium dioxide T.L. Cocker, L.V. Titova, S. Fourmaux, H.-C. Bandulet, D. Brassard, J.-C. Kieffer, M.A. El Khakani, F.A. Hegmann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H38.00002: Three-terminal field effect switches probing the electrically triggered Metal-Insulator Transition in Vanadium dioxide Gokul Gopalakrishnan, Changhyun Ko, Dmitry Ruzmetov, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Shriram Ramanathan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H38.00003: Time resolved measurements for voltage induced metal-insulator-transition in VO$_{2}$ nanostructures Li Gao, Xin Jiang, See-Hun Yang, Masamitsu Hayashi, Rai Moriya, Stuart S. P. Parkin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H38.00004: Metal-insulator transition at 180-degree orientational domain walls in VO$_{2}$ A. Tselev, E. Strelcov, I.A. Luk'yanchuk, V. Meunier, W. Shelton Jr, K. Jones, R. Proksch, A. Kolmakov, S.V. Kalinin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H38.00005: Non-equilibrium transport in VO$_2$ nanoparticles B. Wu, A. Zimmers, H. Aubin, R. Ghosh, Y. Liu, R. Lopez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H38.00006: Nano-optical study of the metal-insulator transition (MIT) phase behavior of individual VO$_2$ microcrystals Andrew C. Jones, Samuel Berweger, Jiang Wei, David Cobden, Markus B. Raschke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H38.00007: Thermal Conductance of Nanoscale VO$_{x}$ Epitaxial Layers Dong-Wook Oh, Ivan Petrov, David Cahill Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H38.00008: A study on the metal-insulator transition in V$_{1-x}$W$_{x}$O$_{2}$ by optical spectroscopy Byung Gyu Chae, Hyun Tak Kim, Mumtaz M. Qazilbash, Dimitri N. Basov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H38.00009: Electronic and structural transformations near the insulator-to-metal transition in vanadium dioxide M. M. Qazilbash, A. Tripathi, A. Frenzel, O. G. Shpyrko, D. N. Basov, M. V. Holt, J. M. Maser, Byung-Gyu Chae, Bong-Jun Kim, Hyun-Tak Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H38.00010: Electron correlations in the k-dependent electronic structure of metallic V$_{2}$O$_{3}$ O. Krupin, J.D. Denlinger, B.J. Kim, J.W. Allen, P. Metcalf Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H38.00011: Investigation of M2 phase in the Metal-insulator transition in vanadium dioxide nanobeams Jiang Wei, Jae Park, David Cobden, Andy Jones, Samuel Berweger, Markus Raschke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H38.00012: Mapping and Exploration of Extensive Stress-Temperature Phase Diagram of Vanadium Dioxide J. Cao, W. Fan, D.F. Ogletree, K. Chen, N. Tamura, M. Kunz, C. Barrett, J. Seidel, E. Saiz, J. Wu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H38.00013: Search for a structural intermediate phase accompanying the metal-insulator transition of vanadium dioxide thin films Joyeeta Nag, Richard Haglund, Andrew Payzant, Karren More, Stephan Pauli, Phil Willmott Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H38.00014: Photo-induced Mott metal-insulator transition and oscillation in VO$_{2}$ Hyun-Tak Kim, Gi-Wan Seo, Bong-Jun Kim, Yong Wook Lee Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H38.00015: Voltage Triggered Hysteretic Switching of VO$_{2}$ at Room Temperature Jeehoon Kim, Changhyun Ko, Alex Frenzel, Shriram Ramanathan, Jennifer E. Hoffman Preview Abstract

Session H39: Focus Session: Iron Based Superconductors: Pairing Symmetry

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: David Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: F150

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H39.00001: Experimental and computational evidence for the $s_{\pm}$ pairing symmetry in Fe-based superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H39.00002: Momentum dependence and nodes of the superconducting gap in the iron pnictides Anton Vorontsov, Andrey Chybukov, Maxim Vavilov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H39.00003: Quasi-degenerate superconductivity in the `122' iron-pnictide superconductors Kenichiro Hashimoto, Alessandro Serafin, Antony Carrington, Sigeru Kasahara, Sho Tonegawa, Kosuke Ikada, Minoru Yamashita, Hiroaki Ikeda, Takahito Terashima, Takasada Shibauchi, Yuji Matsuda Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H39.00004: $\mu$SR Studies of Electron-doped 122 Pnictide Superconductors Travis Williams, A.A. Aczel, J.P. Carlo, Y.J. Uemura, J. Paglione, S.L. Bud'ko, N. Ni, P.C. Canfield, T. Goko, G.M. Luke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H39.00005: Quasiparticle dynamics across the multiple superconducting gaps in the electron doped BaFe1.85Co0.15As2 Yuhang Ren, Yu Gong, Tetiana Nosach, L. J. Li, G. H. Chao, Zhuan Xu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H39.00006: Nodal gap symmetry in Ba(Fe$_{0.93}$Co$_{0.07}$)$_{2}$As$_{2}$ from NMR measurement in high magnetic field Sangwon Oh, S. Mukhopadhyay, A.M. Mounce, W.P. Halperin, N. Ni, S.L. Bud\'{}ko, P.C. Canfield, Y. Furukawa, A.P. Reyes, P.L. Kuhns Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H39.00007: Accidental nodes in the order parameter of the iron superconductors due to Coulomb repulsion Alaska Subedi, David Singh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H39.00008: Theory of ac Josephson effects in multiple tunneling junctions: A probe of $\pm s$-wave in iron-based superconductors Yukihiro Ota, Noriyuki Nakai, Hiroki Nakamura, Masahiko Machida, Daisuke Inotani, Yoji Ohashi, Tomio Koyama, Hideki Matsumoto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H39.00009: Vortex as a probe - suggested measurement of the order parameter structure in the iron-based superconductors Eugeniu Plamadeala, Tamar Pereg-Barnea, Gil Refael Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H39.00010: Theory of thermal conductivity in a multi-band superconductor : Application to pnictides Vivek Mishra, A.B. Vorontsov, P.J. Hirschfeld, I. Vekhter Preview Abstract

Session H40: Focus Session: Phonons and Electron Correlations in High Temperature Superconductors II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: David Parker, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: F151

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H40.00001: Percolative Theories of Strongly Disordered Ceramic High Temperature Superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H40.00002: Nonlinear Electron-lattice Coupling Solution to High Temperature Superconductivity in Cuprates Dennis Newns, Razvan Nistor, Glenn Martyna, Martin Mueser, Chang Tsuei Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H40.00003: Detecting the Majorana fermion surface state of $^3$He-B through spin relaxation Suk Bum Chung, Shoucheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H40.00004: Topological Majorana and Dirac zero modes in superconducting vortex cores Rahul Roy, Steven Simon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H40.00005: Majorana Fermions Bound to Dislocations in 2d Weak Topological Superconductors Taylor Hughes, Hong Yao, Xiao-Liang Qi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H40.00006: Stable Topological Superconductivity in a Family of Fermion Lattice Models Meng Cheng, Kai Sun, Victor Galitski, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H40.00007: Superconductivity on the surface of topological insulators and in two-dimensional noncentrosymmetric materials Titus Neupert, Luiz Santos, Claudio Chamon, Christopher Mudry Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H40.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H40.00009: Normal State Transport of the Cuprates within Hidden Fermi Liquid Theory Philip A. Casey, Philip W. Anderson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H40.00010: Charge 2e Boson Underlies Two - Fluid Model of the Pseudogap in Cuprate Superconductors Shiladitya Chakraborty, Philip Phillips Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H40.00011: Crossover between $T$ and $T^2$ electrical resistivity near an antiferromagnetic quantum critical point Dominic Bergeron, Bumsoo Kyung, Vasyl Hankevych, A.-M.S. Tremblay Preview Abstract

Session H41: Superconductivity: Proximity Effects

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Thomas Lemberger, Ohio State University
Room: F152

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H41.00001: Proximity Effect in Electron-Doped Cuprate Josephson junctions S. Charpentier, G. Roberge, S. Godin-Proulx, P. Fournier Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H41.00002: Possible triple superconductivity in Exchange-Spring/Superconductor hybrid system with a non-collinear magnetization Jiyeong Gu, Jefery Kusnadi, Chun-Yeol You Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H41.00003: Correlation of Superfluid Density and $T_c $ Suppression in Superconducting/Ferromagnetic Bilayers Michael Hinton, Adam Hauser, Jeremy Lucy, Julia Meyer, Fengyuan Yang, Thomas Lemberger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H41.00004: Angular Dependence of the Superconducting Transition Temperature in Ferromagnet-Superconductor-Ferromagnet Trilayers Jian Zhu, Ilya Krivorotov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H41.00005: Dissipation in Nanostructured Superconductors Serena Eley, James Eckstein, Nadya Mason Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H41.00006: Pair correlations in semiconductor-superconductor junctions James Eckstein, Michael Vissers, Stephanie Law, Allison Dove, Paul Goldbart Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H41.00007: Oscillation of the Critical Temperature in Proximity Systems Involving Graphite Julius C. De Rojas, Andreas Bill, Vladimir Z. Kresin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H41.00008: Long Range Longitudinal Proximity Effects in Superconducting/Normal-Metal Bilayers John Sadleir, John Clem, Stephen Smith, Caroline Kilbourne Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H41.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H41.00010: Quantum Interference Proximity Transistor Francesco Giazotto, Joonas Peltonen, Matthias Meschke, Jukka Pekola Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H41.00011: Anti-proximity Effect in Single Crystal Aluminum Nanowires Meenakshi Singh, Jian Wang, Mingliang Tian, Thomas Mallouk, Moses Chan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H41.00012: Inverse Spin Hall Effect in Josephson Contacts Severin Sadjina, Anatolii Mal'shukov, Arne Brataas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H41.00013: Crossover from clean to dirty limit in Josephson junctions with inhomogeneous ferromagnet Zoran Radovic, Luka Trifunovic, Zorica Popovic Preview Abstract

Session H42: Focus Session: Research in Mathematics Education and Mathematics in Physics Education

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: John Thompson, University of Maine
Room: D138

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H42.00001: School mathematics is largely useless for learning physics. But it needn't be. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H42.00002: Using Student Reasoning in Mathematics Instruction Karen Marrongelle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H42.00003: Investigating Student Understanding of Physics Concepts and the Underlying Calculus Concepts in Thermodynamics John Thompson, Warren Christensen, Donald Mountcastle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H42.00004: Student understanding of calculus within physics and mathematics classrooms Warren Christensen, John Thompson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H42.00005: Student Understanding of Basic Probability Concepts in an Upper-Division Thermal Physics Course Michael Loverude Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H42.00006: Exploring Student Difficulties with Multiplicity and Probability in Statistical Physics Donald Mountcastle, John Thompson, Trevor Smith Preview Abstract