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Session W1: Direct Imaging of Crystal Nucleation

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Arjun Yodh, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Oregon Ballroom 201

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W1.00001: Nucleation of Hard Sphere Colloidal Crystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W1.00002: The initial stages of template-controlled CaCO3 formation revealed by Cryo-TEM Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W1.00003: Nanocrystal Formation and Cation Ordering in Li-Intercalation Metal Phosphate. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W1.00004: A Fast Response Mechanism for Insulin Storage in Crystals May Involve a Novel Mode of Kink Generation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W1.00005: Computer simulation of structure and dynamics of liquids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W2: Drop-based Microfluidics for Use with Soft-materials and Biology

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Michael Rubinstein, University of North Carolina
Room: Oregon Ballroom 202

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W2.00001: Emulsion-based microfluidics for high-throughput biology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W2.00002: The PhaseChip: Manipulating Phase Diagrams with Microfluidics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W2.00003: Breaking of an Emulsion under an ac Electric Field Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W2.00004: Electrowetting Control of Droplets for Biomedical Applications on Chips Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W3: Adler, McGroddy, and Pake Award/Prize Session

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP
Chair: Robert Nemanich, Arizona State University
Room: Oregon Ballroom 203

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W3.00001: James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials Talk: A theorist's-eye view of multiferroics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W3.00002: James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials Talk: What is new in multiferroicity?: Mott ferroelectrics! Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W3.00003: James C. McGroddy Prize Talk: Controlling and Manipulating Ferromagnetism with an Electric Field Using Multiferroic Oxide Heterostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W3.00004: David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics Talk: Surfaces of Quasicrystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W3.00005: George E. Pake Prize Talk: Leading Applied R{\&}D: Seeking Serendipity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W4: Electric Voltages Generated by Magnetization Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Axel Hoffmann, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: Oregon Ballroom 204

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W4.00001: Detection of electromotive force induced by domain wall motion Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W4.00002: Conduction electrons and the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W4.00003: Electric detection ofmagnetization dynamics through inverse spin Hall effects Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W4.00004: Quantifying Spin Hall Effects from Spin Pumping Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W4.00005: Quantitative measurement of spin transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions by spin-transfer-driven ferromagnetic resonance Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W5: Renewable Energy Education

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Robert Ehrlich, George Mason University
Room: Portland Ballroom 256

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W5.00001: NREL's Education Program in Action in the Concentrating Solar Power Program Advanced Materials Task Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W5.00002: Evolution of a New Engineering Degree Program: the Bachelors of Science in Renewable Energy Engineering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W5.00003: Modernizing the Physics Curriculum by Being Less Modern Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W5.00004: Renewable Energy at George Mason University and Around the Nation: Lessons Learned by One Faculty Member New to the Field Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W6: Superconducting Qubits

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Irfan Siddiqi, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Portland Ballroom 253

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W6.00001: Superconducting Phase Qubits: Two-Qubit Tomography and Adjustable Coupling Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W6.00002: Atomic physics and quantum optics using circuits: An overview of recent results on superconducting qubits Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W6.00003: Realization of Simple Quantum Algorithms with Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W6.00004: Quantum measurement in superconducting qubits Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W7: Biological Networks

Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Jin Wang, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Room: Portland Ballroom 254

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W7.00001: Sources of non-linearity in the mitotic trigger Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W7.00002: Landscape and Flux Framework for Networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W7.00003: Molecular noise, cellular behavior and navigation strategies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W7.00004: Spatially-Extended Cellular Signals - The Case of Chemotaxis Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W7.00005: Beyond Optimality to Understanding Neuronal Circuits Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W8: Scanned Probe Microscopy of Novel Materials and Systems

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Joseph Stroscio, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: Portland Ballroom 255

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W8.00001: Quantized spin-momentum transfer in atom-sized magnetic systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W8.00002: Scanning Tunneling Microsocpy of Complex Magnetic Order Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W8.00003: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Iron-Based Superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W8.00004: Kondo effect of bulk impurities studied with electron focusing Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W8.00005: Charge Measurement of Atoms and Atomic Resolution of Molecules with Noncontact AFM Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W9: QHE and topological insulators

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Marcel Franz, University of British Columbia
Room: A105

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W9.00001: Fractional topological insulators Adiel (Ady) Stern, Michael Levin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W9.00002: Robustness of topological invariants: Implications for localization Emil Prodan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W9.00003: Discovery of spin-textured single-Dirac-cone pi-Berry's phase Topological Insulator states in Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 and related new materials M. Zahid Hasan, David Hsieh, Yuqi Xia, L. Andrew Wray, Dong Qian, J. Hugo Dil, Fabian Meier, Luc Patthey, Jurg Osterwalder, Alexei Fedorov, Hsin Lin, Arun Bansil, David Grauer, Yewsan Hor, Robert Cava Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W9.00004: Wormhole effect in a strong topological insulator M. Franz, G. Rosenberg, H.-M. Guo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W9.00005: Topological Insulators on kagome and pyrochlore lattices H.-M. Guo, M. Franz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W9.00006: Witten effect in a topological insulator Gilad Rosenberg, Marcel Franz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W9.00007: Topological insulators on the Lieb and Perovskite lattices Conan Weeks, Marcel Franz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W9.00008: Inverse spin-galvanic effect in the interface between a topological insulator and a ferromagnet Ion Garate, Marcel Franz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W9.00009: Orbital magnetoelectric coupling in band insulators Andrew Essin, Ari Turner, Joel Moore, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W9.00010: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect and Featureless Mott Insulators Anton Burkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W9.00011: Quantum Hall plateau transition as a transition between Anderson and band insulators Dmitri Feldman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W9.00012: Transport Between Supercondutors Coupled to Quantum Hall Edge Modes Stephanie Law, Michael Vissers, Allison Dove, Serena Eley, Nadya Mason, James Eckstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W9.00013: Quantum Transport in Oxide Nanostructures Jeremy Levy, Cheng Cen, Daniela F. Bogorin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W9.00014: Signatures of surface states in bismuth at high magnetic field Babak Seradjeh, Jiansheng Wu, philip phillips Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W9.00015: Z$_{2}$ topological classification in BEC-BCS crossover phenomena Mitsuhiro Arikawa, Isao Maruyama, Yasuhiro Hatsugai Preview Abstract

Session W10: Lipid Bilayers I

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Christian Santangelo, University of Massachusetts
Room: A106

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W10.00001: Lipid membrane rigidity from fluctuation measurement in nm scale Sung Chul Bae, Bo Wang, Chang-Ki Min, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W10.00002: What is the difference between a supported and a free lipid bilayer? Roland Faller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W10.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W10.00004: Shapes of biological membranes due to curvature-inducing proteins Kiyotaka Akabori, Christian Santangelo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W10.00005: Microrheology of freestanding lipid bilayers Christopher Harland, Miranda Bradley, Raghuveer Parthasarathy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W10.00006: Correlated motion of membrane proteins and their effect on membrane viscosity Haim Diamant, Naomi Oppenheimer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W10.00007: Effect of myristoylated N-terminus of Arf1 on the bending rigidity of phospholipid membranes Beatriz Burrola Gabilondo, Hernan Zhou, Paul A. Randazzo, Wolfgang Losert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W10.00008: Molecular dynamics simulation study of structural changes and pore formation in phospholipid bilayers in the presence of dimethylsulfoxide Dorel Moldovan, Raghava Alapati, Jieqiong Lin, Brian Novak, Ram Devireddy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W10.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W10.00010: Dynamics of inter-leaflet lipid exchange in membranes: Mechanism for stress relaxation Mark L. Henle, L. Mahadevan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W10.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W10.00012: Local measurements of phase transitions in Bacteriorhodopsin membrane R. Proksch, M.P. Nikiforov, S. Hohlbauch, W.P. King, S. Antoraz Contera, K. Vo\"Itchovsky, S.V. Kalinin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W10.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W10.00014: Particle/fluid interface replication as a means of producing topographically patterned surfaces: Substrates for supported lipid bilayers Anand Subramaniam, Sigolene Lecuyer, Kumaran Ramamurthi, Richard Losick, Howard Stone Preview Abstract

Session W11: Proteins: Structure, Function, and Folding

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Margaret Cheung, University of Houston
Room: A107-A109

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W11.00001: Anisotropic mechanical response of the enzyme Guanylate Kinase perturbed by the DNA molecular spring. Chiao-Yu Tseng, Andrew Wang, Giovanni Zocchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W11.00002: Protein structure, stability and folding in the cell -- \textit{in silico} biophysical approaches Margaret Cheung Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W11.00003: Membrane-associated folding and unfolding Yana Reshetnyak, Alexander Karabadzhak, Dhammika Weerakkody, Mak Thakur, Gregory Andreev, Donald Engelman, Oleg Andreev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W11.00004: First Principles Electronic Structure Investigation of Singlet and Triplet States of Oxyhemoglobin by Hartree-Fock Procedure Combined with Many-Body Perturbation Theory S.R. Badu, Archana Dubey, R.H. Scheicher, N. Sahoo, R.H. Pink, A. Schulte, H.P. Saha, Lee Chow, K. Nagamine, T.P. Das Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W11.00005: Two-State Model of Allostery With Force Yuriy Pereverzev, Oleg Prezhdo, Evgeni Sokurenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W11.00006: Cu(II) coordination structure determinants of the fibrillization switch in Abeta peptides Jessica Hernandez-Guzman, Li Sun, Anil Mehta, David Lynn, Kurt Warncke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W11.00007: Impact of Salts on Structural Dynamics of Photoactive Yellow Protein Sandip Kaledhonkar, Lorand Kelemen, Aihua Xie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W11.00008: Position dependence of the trigger sequence in the folding and dimerization of a lattice model coiled-coil peptide Yuba Bhandari, Prem Chapagain, Bernard Gerstman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W11.00009: Probing the vibrational dynamics of proteins in liquid water by terahertz absorption spectroscopy Nguyen Quang Vinh, Kevin W. Plaxco, S. JAMES Allen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W11.00010: Entropic and Dynamical Origins of Catalysis in a B12 Enzyme Kurt Warncke, Miao Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W11.00011: Copper attachment to a non-octarepeat site in prion protein Miroslav Hodak, Jerry Bernholc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W11.00012: Determining the Structure of a Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation Element Binding Protein via AMBER9 Alison Saunders Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W11.00013: Determining the structure of Ac-Ala$_n$LysH$^+$ \textit{in vacuo}: computational spectroscopy using DFT Mariana Rossi, Volker Blum, Peter Kupser, Gert von Helden, Frauke Bierau, Gerard Meijer, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W11.00014: (Un)folding of a high-temperature stable polyalanine helix from first principles Volker Blum, Mariana Rossi, Alex Tkatchenko, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W11.00015: Thermodynamics and kinetics of protein folding on the ribosome: Alteration in energy landscapes, denatured state, and transition state ensembles Edward O'Brien, Michele Vendruscolo, Christopher Dobson Preview Abstract

Session W12: Foams and Suspensions

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Dan Blair, Georgetown Univeristy
Room: B110-B111

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W12.00001: Rheology of a dilute suspension of cubic nanoparticles Rajesh Kumar Mallavajula, Donald Koch, Lynden Archer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W12.00002: Hydrodynamic Interaction of Colloid Suspension in Ribbon Channels Binhua Lin, Sergey Novikov, Stuart A. Rice Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W12.00003: Jamming of Solid-Stabilized Emulsions Sujit Datta, Kosta Ladavac, Rodrigo Guerra, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W12.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W12.00005: Liquid organic foams for formulation optimization: an assessment of foam linear viscoelasticity and its temporal dependence Jamie Kropka, Lisa Mondy, Mat Celina Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W12.00006: Characterization of Intermittent and Continuous Dynamics in Jammed Aqueous Foam Sam Stanwyck, Michael Folkerts, Oleg Shpyrko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W12.00007: The Search for Precursor and Aftershock Dynamics in Aqueous Foam Michael M. Folkerts, Samuel W. Stanwyck, Oleg G. Shpyrko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W12.00008: Structural Inhomogeneities in a Dense Emulsion S. K. Dutta, E. D. Knowlton, D. L. Blair Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W12.00009: Coarsening in Two Dimensional Foams Adam Roth, Christopher Jones, Douglas Durian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W12.00010: Structure and dynamics of a coarsening emulsion Klebert Feitosa, John Crocker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W12.00011: Critical transition in fiber suspension Alexandre Franceschini, Elizabeth Guazzelli, David Pine Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W12.00012: Viscous properties of aluminum oxide nanotubes and aluminium oxide nanoparticles - silicone oil suspensions Ram Thapa, Steven French, Adrian Delgado, Carlos Ramos, Jose Gutierrez, Mircea Chipara, Karen Lozano Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W12.00013: Exploring the phase behavior of microgel suspensions with Neutron Scattering and Hydrostatic Pressure Juan-Jose Lietor-Santos, Urs Gasser, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W12.00014: Influence of Boundary Mobility on the Dynamics of Confined Colloidal Suspensions Gary L. Hunter, Kazem V. Edmond, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract

Session W13: Focus Session: Jamming II

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: C. Olson Reichhardt, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: B112

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W13.00001: Avalanches and di?usion in model bubble rafts near jamming Craig Maloney Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W13.00002: Observing rearrangements in a 2D emulsion flowing through a hopper Dandan Chen, Ken Desmond, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W13.00003: How do hard, regular tetrahedra pack? Michael Engel, Amir Haji-Akbari, Aaron S. Keys, Xiaoyu Zheng, Rolfe G. Petschek, Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Sharon C. Glotzer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W13.00004: Minimal Energy Polymer Packings Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W13.00005: The Packing and Jamming of Real Polymer Chains Gi Xue, Chao Teng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W13.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W13.00007: Frictionless Packings of Rod-like Granular Materials Scott Franklin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W13.00008: Jamming in Granular Polymers and Frictional Granular Assemblies Lena Lopatina, Charles Reichhardt, Cynthia Reichhardt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W13.00009: How does jamming and glassy behavior depend on particle shape? Carl Schreck, Corey O'Hern Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W13.00010: Large-Scale Structures in Dense Granular Flows through a Vertical Channel Kevin Facto, Donald Candela Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W13.00011: Avalanches Near the Onset of Jamming J.M. Schwarz, Bismayan Chakrabarti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W13.00012: Jamming in Vertical Channels G. William Baxter, Jeffrey McCausland, Fiona Steel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W13.00013: Confinement of Colloidal Suspensions in a Cylindrical Geometry Nabiha Saklayen, Gary L. Hunter, Kazem V. Edmond, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract

Session W14: Focus Session: Optics of Nanostructures -- Quantum Dots II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Carlo Piermarocchi, Michigan State University
Room: B113

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W14.00001: Effect of Photoexcitation and Population Relaxation on Carrier Multiplication Efficiency in Semiconductor Nanocrystals Kirill Velizhanin, Andrei Piryatinski, Victor Klimov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W14.00002: Effect of Quantum Confinement on Radiative and Nonradiative Decay Rates in Ge Nanocrystals Istvan Robel, Doh C. Lee, Scott A. Crooker, Jeffrey M. Pietryga, Richard D. Schaller, Victor I. Klimov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W14.00003: Independent tuning of quantum dot frequencies in a photonic crystal cavity Susanna Thon, Hyochul Kim, Pierre Petroff, Dirk Bouwmeester Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W14.00004: Multiple recombination centers model of fluorescence intermittency of single colloidal semiconductor quantum dots Pavel Frantsuzov, Sandor Volkan-Kacso, Boldizsar Janko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W14.00005: Origin of one-photon and two-photon absorption peaks in PbSe nanocrystals from atomistic pseudopotential calculations Alberto Franceschetti, Jun-Wei Luo, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W14.00006: Calculations of strong coupling between a single quantum dot and a plasmonic nanoresonator Xiaohua Wu, Jason Montgomery, Stephen Gray, Matthew Pelton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W14.00007: Radiative Cascades in Charged and Neutral Semiconductor Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W14.00008: AFM assembly and optical characterization of individual hybrid nanostructures Daniel Ratchford, Farbod Shafiei, Suenne Kim, Xiaoqin Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W14.00009: Probing carrier separation in a novel series of infrared type-II nanoheterostructures Jeffrey M. Pietryga, Doh C. Lee, Istvan Robel, Victor I. Klimov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W14.00010: Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer near Metal Nanoparticle V.N. Pustovit, T.V. Shahbazyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W14.00011: Do ``giant'' nanocrystal quantum dots need to be giant to suppress Auger recombination? Florencio Garcia-Santamaria, Ranjani Viswanatha, Richard Schaller, Victor Klimov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W14.00012: Optical Properties of CdSe/Zns Quantum Dots Coupled to Gold Nanoparticles Shin Grace Chou, Hyeong Gon Kang, Matthew Clarke, Jeeseong Hwang, Rajasekhar Anumolu, Leonard Pease, Silvia Lacerda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W14.00013: Exciton Energy Transfer between Quantum Dots in Photon-Confined Systems Kaijie Xu, Carlo Piermarocchi Preview Abstract

Session W15: Surfaces, Thin Films, and Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Don Nicholson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: B114

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W15.00001: Electronic Structures of Tungsten (3, 2, 0) and Tungsten (8, 7, 0) Surfaces Zhuo Bao, Aaron Bostwick, Eli Rotenberg, Stephen Kevan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W15.00002: Surfactant Mediated Growth of Co on MgO(111) H. Trevor Johnson-Steigelman, Somendra S. Parihar, Paul F. Lyman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W15.00003: Single adatom adsorption on metal surfaces by first principles: effects of symmetry gap and surface states on the adatom electronic properties M.I. Trioni, S. Achilli, E.V. Chulkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W15.00004: Hydrogen on Nickel Surfaces at Elevated Temperatures Lauren A. Dillon, Angelo Bongiorno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W15.00005: A Hybrid Density Functional Study of Atomic Hydrogen and Oxygen Adsorptions on the (0001) Surface of Non-Magnetic DHCP Americium Shafaq Amdani-Moten, Raymond Atta-Fynn, Asok Ray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W15.00006: Stress release mechanisms for Cu on Pd(111) in the submonolayer and monolayer regimes Giulia Rossi, Jari Jalkanen, Enzo Granato, Oleg Trushin, See-Chen Ying, Tapio Ala-Nissila Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W15.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W15.00008: Electrically driven magnetism on a Pd thin film Yang Sun, John Burton, Evgeny Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W15.00009: Enhancing THz Absorption using Thin-Film Multilayer Stacks Dragoslav Grbovic, Christos Bolakis, Gamani Karunasiri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W15.00010: Broadband Asymmetric Optical Reflectance of Chemically Grown, Near-Percolation Granular Silver Films Miriam Deutsch, Aiqing Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W15.00011: Drude Circle for Ultra-Thin Gold Films Observed by Picometrology David Nolte, Xuefeng Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W15.00012: Charge Transport Properties of Continuous and Nanostructured Ruthenium Thin Films Michael Steeves, Derya Deniz, Robert Lad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W15.00013: Optical response function reconstruction of the femtosecond electronic dephasing of an individual plasmonic nanostructure Kseniya S. Deryckx, Alexandria Anderson, Xiaoji G. Xu, G\"unter Steinmeyer, Markus B. Raschke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W15.00014: A Debate on the Accuracy of the Results from Transmission Electron Microscopy Jennifer Anand Sundararajan, Maninder Kaur, Q. Yao, You Qiang, Chongmin Wang, D. Ronald Baer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W15.00015: Preferential Nucleation and Growth of Au Particles on faceted O/Ru$(11\bar {2}0)$ Nanotemplate Quantong Shen, Wenhua Chen, Robert Bartynski Preview Abstract

Session W16: Focus Session: Organic Electronics and Photonics: Transistors and Light Emitting Devices

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY
Chair: Lynn Loo, Princeton University
Room: B115

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W16.00001: Microstructural Effects on Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W16.00002: Characterization of Soluble Anthradithiophene Derivatives Brad Conrad, Calvin Chan, Marsha Loth, John Anthony, David Gundlach Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W16.00003: Amorphous Dithenylcyclopentadienone-Carbazole copolymer for Organic Thin-Film Transistors E. Kang, J. Yuen, W. Walker, N. Coates, S. Cho, E. Kim, F. Wudl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W16.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W16.00005: Infrared Electro-Optic Response of TIPS-Pentacene Thin Film Field Effect Transistors E.G. Bittle, J.W. Brill, J.E. Anthony Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W16.00006: Origin of the bias stress instability in single-crystal OFETs Vitaly Podzorov, Bumsu Lee, Daniel Mastrogiovanni, Alan Wan, Eric Garfunkel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W16.00007: Electrical and structural characterization of high performance airbrushed organic thin film transistors Calvin Chan, Lee Richter, Cherno Jaye, Brad Conrad, Hyun Wook Ro, David Germack, Daniel Fischer, Dean DeLongchamp, David Gundlach Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W16.00008: Sensing with electrochemical transistors Fabio Cicoira, George G. Malliaras Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W16.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W16.00010: Controlling Emission Zone in Blue OLEDs by Material Design Asanga Padmaperuma, Evgueni Polikarpov, James Swensen, Lelia Cosimbescu, Phillip Koech, Liang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W16.00011: Polymerizable ionic liquids for fixed junction light-emitting electrochemical cells Ilya Kosilkin, Matt Martens, Michael Murphy, Janelle Leger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W16.00012: Quantum Dot Light-emitting Electrochemical Cells Amanda Norell Bader, Janelle Leger Preview Abstract

Session W17: Focus Session: Dynamics of Polymers and Complex Fluids III

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Shi-Qing Wang, The University of Akron
Room: B116

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W17.00001: Sequence Dependent Electrophoretic Separations of DNA in Pluronic F127 Gels Seungyong You, David H. Van Winkle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W17.00002: Clusters of Janus Particles in Stokes Flow Jonathan Whitmer, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W17.00003: High Frequency Relaxation in Fluid Mixtures, Protein Solubility and Entropy-Enthalpy Compensation Jack Douglas, Jacek Dudowicz, Karl Freed Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W17.00004: Single-Molecule Studies of DNA Dynamics and Intermolecular Forces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W17.00005: Polymer dynamics during capillary flow into nanopores Anatoli Serghei, Thomas P. Russell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W17.00006: Modification of the coil-stretch transition by confinement Patick Doyle, Jing Tang, Jeremy Jones Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W17.00007: Nanofluidic flow with polymers Santtu Ollila, Colin Denniston, Mikko Karttunen, Tapio Ala-Nissila Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W17.00008: Single-Molecule Tracking of Polymers on Surfaces Juan Guan, Bo Wang, Stephen Anthony, Sung Chul Bae, Subhalakshmi Kumar, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W17.00009: Surface Directed Phase Separation and Ordering in Semi-flexible Polymer Solution under Confinement Paresh Chokshi, Venkat Ganesan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W17.00010: Nonmonotonic size dependence of the electrophoretic mobility of stiff and slightly flexible rods in random arrays of obstacles Mykyta V. Chubynsky, Gary W. Slater Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W17.00011: Fluorescent nanospheres as a probe for confined fluids rheology Mourad Chennaoui, Janet S. Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W17.00012: Life-like functionality and self-organization in a system of communicating polymeric microcapsules German Kolmakov, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Victor Yashin, Anna Balazs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W17.00013: Reduced Interfacial Entanglement Density Affects Boundary Condition of Polymer Flowe Karin Jacobs Preview Abstract

Session W18: Focus Session: Polymer Network Mechanics I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Catalin Picu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Room: B117

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W18.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W18.00002: Possible explanation of anomalous ductility in thermoset/thermoplastic polymer alloys Debashish Mukherji, Cameron Abrams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W18.00003: Toughness and Fracture Energy of PDMS Bimodal and Trimodal Elastomers Claude Cohen, Geoffrey Genesky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W18.00004: Novel Telechelic Polymer Hydrogels using Homo and Hetero-combinations of End-blocks Rajiv R. Taribagil, Marc A. Hillmyer, Timothy P. Lodge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W18.00005: Tunable Strain-Stiffening of Physically Associating Networks Kendra A. Erk, Kenneth R. Shull Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W18.00006: Buckling instabilities in patterned, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgels Ryan Toomey, Samuel DuPont, Ryan Cates Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W18.00007: Strain hardening, fracture and toughening mechanisms in self-assembling gels Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W18.00008: Wrinkling and strain softening in polymer supported networks of pristine single-wall carbon nanotubes Erik K. Hobbie, Daneesh Simien, Jeffrey Fagan, Ji Yeon Huh, Jun Young Chung, Steven Hudson, Jan Obrzut, Christopher Stafford Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W18.00009: Creasing Instability of Hydrogel Surfaces: Nucleation, Growth Dynamics {\&} Hysteresis Ryan Hayward, Jinhwan Yoon, Jungwook Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W18.00010: Entanglement swelling in polymer glasses Joshua McGraw, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W18.00011: Long-range correlations and solution of boundary value problems for semi-flexible polymer networks Catalin Picu, Hamed Hatami-Marbini Preview Abstract

Session W19: Focus Session: Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Techniques in Soft Matter and Biological

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBP
Chair: Zhang Jiang, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: B118-B119

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W19.00001: Characterizing 3-D Assembly of Block Copolymer Films using Rotational Small Angle Neutron Scattering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W19.00002: Development of Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering for Polymer Systems at Advanced Light Source Cheng Wang, Alexander Hexemer, James Nasiatka, Elaine Chan, Howard Padmore Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W19.00003: X-ray reflectivity and diffuse studies of lipid bilayer stacks on solid substrates Gang Chen, M. Mukhopadhyay, Y. Ma, Sunil K. Sinha, C. DeCaro, J. Berry, Laurence B. Lurio, Z. Jiang, A. Brozell, D. Bricarello, Atul N. Parikh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W19.00004: Reduced Viscosity of Free Surface in Entangled Polymer Melt Films Tad Koga, C. Li, M. Endoh, J. Koo, M. Rafailovich, S. Narayanan, D. Lee, L. Lurio, S. Sinha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W19.00005: Surface Freezing Controlled Meniscus Relaxation in Side Chain Comb Polymers Shishir Prasad, Zhang Jiang, Michael Sprung, Sunil Sinha, Ali Dhinojwala Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W19.00006: X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Measurements of Dynamics within Concentrated Eye-Lens Protein Suspensions Janae DeBartolo, V. N. C. Karunaratne, Justin Berry, Laurence Lurio, George Thurston, Alec Sandy, Suresh Narayanan, John Weizeorick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W19.00007: GISAXS Study of Lateral Instability in Nanoimprinted Polymer Gratings Yeling Dai, Oleg Shpyrko, Kyle Alvine, Joseph Strzalka, Alec Sandy, Hyun Wook Ro, Christopher Soles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W19.00008: Electrostatic 2D assembly of bionanoparticles on a cationic lipid monolayer. Sumit Kewalramani, Suntao Wang, Masafumi Fukuto, Lin Yang, Zhongwei Niu, Giang Nguyen, Qian Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W19.00009: Biomimetic growth of calcium oxalate crystals: synchrotron X-ray studies Ahmet Uysal, Benjamin Stripe, Pulak Dutta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 2:03PM		W19.00010: Neutron and X-ray Scattering From Single Supported Lipid Bilayers: Reflectometry, Grazing Incidence In-Plane Diffraction and Off-Specular Scattering Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W19.00011: \textit{In-situ} synchrotron small angle and wide angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS) study of polyethylene and polyethylene/clay nanocomposites during multiaxial deformation Bilge Gurun, David Bucknall, Yonathan Thio Preview Abstract

Session W20: Graphene Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Tony Heinz, Columbia University
Room: C120-122

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W20.00001: Effect of doping on the Raman lineshape and intensity of graphene Cinzia Casiraghi, Denis M. Basko, Andrea C. Ferrari Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W20.00002: Identifying the orientation of edge of graphene using G band Raman spectra K. Sasaki, S. Murakami, R. Saito, M.S. Dresselhaus, K. Takai, T. Mori, T. Enoki, K. Wakabayashi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W20.00003: Study of defectivity in suspended graphene by analysis of G-phonon Raman line-widths Gayathri Rao, Ji Ung Lee, Robert Geer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W20.00004: Power dependence of Raman spectrum of graphene Hyerim Moon, Duhee Yoon, Seoungwoo Woo, Young-Woo Son, Hyeonsik Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W20.00005: Temperature Dependent Ultraviolet Raman Spectroscopy of Monolayer Graphene Films Irene Calizo, Brent Sperling, Joshua Giltinan, James Maslar, Angela R. Hight Walker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W20.00006: Raman study of turbostratic graphene grown via chemical vapor deposition on metals Daniel R. Lenski, Michael S. Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W20.00007: Dispersions of graphene sheets characterized by Raman spectroscopy Angela Hight Walker, Irene Calizo, Guangjun Cheng, Xiaomin Tu, Jeff Simpson, Ming Zheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W20.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W20.00009: First Direct Observation of a Nearly Ideal Graphene Band Structure Mike Sprinkle, Y. Hu, J. Hicks, A. Tejeda, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi, P. Le F\`{e}vre, F. Bertran, C. Berger, W.A. de Heer, E.H. Conrad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W20.00010: ARPES Study of Quasifreestanding Graphene David Siegel, Choonkyu Hwang, Xiaozhu Yu, Alexei Fedorov, Walt de Heer, Claire Berger, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W20.00011: New approach to electronic structure of graphene studied by ARPES W. S. Jung, Chul Kim, C. S. Leem, Seung Ryong Park, Y. K. Kim, Y. Y. Koh, Changyoung Kim, E. Rotenberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W20.00012: Measuring the quantum properties of graphene using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy Choongyu Hwang, Hui Zhai, David A. Siegel, Shuyun Zhou, Alexei V. Fedorov, Dung-Hai Lee, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W20.00013: Quasiparticle Interference and Anisotropy in Photoemission Spectroscopy on Graphene Michelle Yong, David Siegel, Shuyun Zhou, Chris Jozwiak, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W20.00014: Anomalous temperature-dependent shift in Fermi energy of epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide studied by photoluminescence spectroscopy and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy Sebastien Lounis, David Siegel, Robert Broesler, Eugene Haller, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W20.00015: Measurement of the electronic density of states versus oxygen coverage in oxidized graphene Tanesh Bansal, Aditya Mohite, Charudatta Galande, Anchal Srivastava, Hemant Shah, Pulickel Ajayan, Bruce Alphenaar Preview Abstract

Session W21: Focus Session: Graphene: Strain

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland
Room: Portland Ballroom 251

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W21.00001: Effects of Strain on Electronic Properties of Graphene Young-Woo Son, Seon-Myeong Choi, Seung-Hoon Jhi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W21.00002: Probing strain-induced changes in the electronic structure of graphene by Raman spectroscopy Mingyuan Huang, Hugen Yan, Tony Heinz, James Hone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W21.00003: Effect of uniaxial strain on graphene Duhee Yoon, Hyerim Moon, Seoungwoo Woo, Young-Woo Son, Hyeonsik Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W21.00004: Supercurrent and Interference in Carbon Nanotube Josephson Transistors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W21.00005: How wrinkling singularities impact graphene's electronic transport Vitor Pereira, Antonio Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W21.00006: Singular elastic strains and magnetoresistance of suspended graphene G. Leon, E. Prada, P. San-Jose, M. M. Fogler, F. Guinea Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W21.00007: Probing strain-induced changes of phonon dispersion in graphene by Raman spectroscopy Hugen Yan, Mingyuan Huang, James Hone, Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W21.00008: Theoretical STM maps of curved graphene G.S. Diniz, S.E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W21.00009: Focused Ion Beam Etching of Suspended Graphene Devices Britton Baugher, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W21.00010: Morphology and Transport in Suspended graphene Membrane Wenzhong Bao, Feng Miao, Zhen Chen, Hang Zhang, Wanyoung Jiang, Chris Dames, Chun Ning Lau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W21.00011: Interplay between electronic excitations and flexural phonons in graphene Jose Gonzalez, Pablo San-Jose Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W21.00012: Corrugation and energetics of graphene on SiO$_{2}$ William Cullen, Mahito Yamamoto, Kristen Burson, Jianhao Chen, Ellen Williams, Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W21.00013: Graphene wettability engineering Young Jun Shin, Yingying Wang, Han Huang, Gopinadhan Kalon, Andrew Thye Shen Wee, Zexiang Shen, Charanjit Singh Bhatia, Hyunsoo Yang Preview Abstract

Session W22: Graphene Nanoribbons

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Gary Pennington, University of Maryland
Room: Portland Ballroom 252

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W22.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W22.00002: Graphene Nanoribbons with Crystallographically-Orientated Edges Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, Ken Van Tilburg, Vitor Manfrinato, Leonardo Campos, Karl Bergerren, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W22.00003: Spin stiffness of graphene and zigzag graphene nanoribbons Jun-Won Rhim, Kyungsun Moon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W22.00004: Edge state engineering on graphene nano ribbons via local potential field Sungjong Woo, Young-Woo Son Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W22.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W22.00006: Magnetic Coupling Between Transition Metal Chains Via Graphene Nanoribbons S. Vincent Ong, R. Robles, S.N. Khanna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W22.00007: Electronic properties of graphene nanoribbons with multiple passivating edge species Maria Stournara, Vivek Shenoy, Ashwin Ramasubramaniam Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W22.00008: Width-dependent dimensional crossover in zigzag graphene nanoribbons Mahdi Zarea, Nancy Sandler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W22.00009: Unimpeded Tunneling in Graphene Nanoribbons Andrii Iurov, Oleksiy Roslyak, Godfrey Gumbs, Danhong Huang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W22.00010: Graphene nanoribbons without cutting graphene Matheus Paes Lima, Alexandre Reily Rocha, Ant\^onio J.R. da Silva, Adalberto Fazzio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W22.00011: Polaron Formation in Graphene Nanoribbons Ivo Batistic, Avadh Saxena, Alan Bishop Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W22.00012: Tunable Band Structure Effects on Ballistic Transport in Graphene Nanoribbons Oleksiy Roslyak, Godfrey Gumbs, Danhong Huang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W22.00013: Ballistic Thermal Conductance of a Graphene Ribbon Enrique Munoz, Jianxin Lu, Boris Yakobson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W22.00014: Thermal conductivity of graphene nanoribbons Guo Zhixin, Zhang Dier, Gong Xin-Gao Preview Abstract

Session W23: Solid Helium II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Josh West, Pennsylvania State University
Room: C125-C126

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W23.00001: Nanoscale Supersolidity in $^4$He Adsorbed on a C$_{20}$ Molecule Yongkyung Kwon, Hyeondeok Shin, Soomin Shim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W23.00002: Supersolid-like Behavior in Thin Solid $^4$He Films Adsorbed on a Nanoporous Glass Keiya Shirahama, Takayuki Kogure, Rama Higashino, Hitomi Yoshimura, Yoshiyuki Shibayama Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W23.00003: Torsional Oscillator Measurements of 2D Amorphous Solid $^4$He Sangil Kwon, Duk Young Kim, Eunseong Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W23.00004: Mutual effect of $^3$He impurities and Peierls potential on shear modulus softening in solid $^4$He D. Aleinikava, E. Dedits, A.B. Kuklov, D. Schmeltzer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W23.00005: Dislocation Mobility in a Quantum Crystal: the Case of Solid $^{4}\mathrm{He}$ Maurice de Koning, Renato Pessoa, S. A. Vitiello Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W23.00006: Grain boundary roughening transitions S.T. Chui Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W23.00007: Giant isochoric compressibility of solid He4 due to superclimb of dislocations A.B. Kuklov, \c{S}.G. S\"{o}yler, L. Pollet, N.V. Prokof'ev, B.V. Svistunov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W23.00008: Dislocation-induced superfluidity in a model supersolid Kinjal Dasbiswas, Debajit Goswami, Chi-Deuk Yoo, Alan Dorsey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W23.00009: Dynamics of Topological Defects in Supersolids Chi-Deuk Yoo, Alan T. Dorsey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W23.00010: Bound states of edge dislocations Debajit Goswami, Kinjal Dasbiswas, Chi-Deuk Yoo, Alan Dorsey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W23.00011: Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Anomalous Excitations in BCC Helium-4 Jaron Krogel, Saad Khairallah, David Ceperley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W23.00012: A Superglass Phase of Interacting Bosons Roger Melko, Ka-Ming Tam, Scott Geraedts, Stephen Inglis, Michel Gingras Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W23.00013: Heat capacity reveals a possible glass state in hcp $^4$He solids Jung-Jung Su, Matthias J. Graf, Alexander V. Balatsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W23.00014: Mass Injection and Flow in Solid $^4$He Michael Ray, Robert Hallock Preview Abstract

Session W24: Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides -- Bulk Ferroelectrics II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Serge Nakhmanson, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: D133-D134

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W24.00001: Strain-induced Ferroelectricity in Ruddlesden-Popper Sr(n+1)Ti(n)O(3n+1) Phases N. Orloff, C. Lee, C. Fennie, X. X. Xi, I. Takeuchi, J. C. Booth, D. G. Schlom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W24.00002: The Optical Bandgap of Sr$_{n+1}$Ti$_{n}$O$_{3n+1}$ (\textit{n}=1$\sim $5, 10) Ruddlesden-Popper Phases Chehui Lee, Nikolas Podraza, Xiaoxing Xi, Darrell Schlom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W24.00003: Electric field-induced structural transition in rare-earth substituted BiFeO$_3$ from first principles Lucia Palova, Daisuke Kan, Ichiro Takeuchi, Karin M. Rabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W24.00004: First Principle Based Computation of Pyroelectricity in LiNbO3 Q. Peng, R.E. Cohen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W24.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W24.00006: Numerical quantification of the vibronic broadening of the SrTiO$_3$ Ti L-edge spectrum Keith Gilmore, Eric Shirley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W24.00007: Anisotropic Optical Behavior of Ferroelectric Bismuth Titanate: A Comparison of Experiment and Theory Amritendu Roy, Rajendra Prasad, Sushil Auluck, Ashish Garg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W24.00008: Dielectric properties of the $Ba Ti O_3 - Bi (Zn_{\frac{1}{2}} Ti_{\frac{1}{2}}) 0_3$ solid solution from density-functional theory Dennis Jackson, David Roundy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W24.00009: Band structure of SrTiO3 with structural phase transition by using ARPES Young Jun Chang, Aaron Bostwick, Yong Su Kim, Karsten Horn, Eli Rotenberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W24.00010: Neutron Scattering Study of Single Crystal PZT Daniel Phelan, Peter Gehring, Zuo-Guang Ye, Xifa Long Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W24.00011: Room Temperature Monoclinic Phase in BaTiO$_{3}$ Single Crystals Sava Denev, Amit Kumar, Andrew Barnes, Eftihia Vlahos, Gabriella Shepard, Venkatraman Gopalan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W24.00012: Surface electronic structure of positively and negatively poled single crystal lithium niobate after surface processes Yang Sun, Woochul Yang, Gary Hembree, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W24.00013: Effect of Stoichiometry and Absorption on Self-Pumped Two-Beam Coupling Gain and Photovoltaic Fields in LiNbO$_{3}$:Fe Hans Banerjee, Gary Cook, Partha Banerjee, Sergey Basun, Jennifer Carns, Barry Wechsler, Michael Scripsick, Dean Evans Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W24.00014: Photovoltaic effect in Ferroelectric Materials Rajesh K. Katiyar, Neeraj Panwar, G. Morell, Ram S. Katiyar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W24.00015: X-Ray diffraction analysis of B-site diploe-like substitutions in Barium Titanate Thomas Mion, Steven Tidrow Preview Abstract

Session W25: Semiconductor Growths and Wide Bandgap Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Nelson Tansu, Lehigh University
Room: D135

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W25.00001: Studies on single-phase, indium-rich In1-xGaxN epilayers grown by high-pressure CVD Max Buegler, Mustafa Alevli, Ramazan Atalay, Goksel Durkaya, Jielei Wang, Indika Senevirathna, Sampath Gamage, Nikolaus Dietz, Ronny Kirste, Jan-Hindrik Schulze, Axel Hoffmann, Ramon Collazo, Zlatko Sitar, Muhammad Jamil, Ian Ferguson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W25.00002: Growths of Lattice-Matched AlInN Alloys on GaN Guangyu Liu, Hongping Zhao, Jing Zhang, G. S. Huang, Nelson Tansu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W25.00003: Physical and electrical interface structure of crystalline oxides on GaN Yosi Bason, Fred J. Walker, Agham B. Posadas, Carlos A.F. Vaz, Victor E. Henrich, Charles H. Ahn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W25.00004: MOCVD Epitaxy of GaN by Employing SiO$_{2}$ Colloidal Microspheres Templates Xiao-Hang Li, Yik-Khoon Ee, Guangyu Liu, Pisist Kumnorkaew, James F. Gilchrist, Nelson Tansu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W25.00005: Self-assembled GaN hexagonal disks and pyramids grown on $\gamma $-LiAlO$_{2}$ by plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy Wen-Yuan Pang, Ikai Lo, Chia-Ho Hsieh, Yu-Chi Hsu, Ming-Chi Chou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W25.00006: Effect of Nitrogen on electrical properties of Titanium Aluminum Nitride Mohammad R. Hantehzadeh, Ali Mohammad Razeghi, Mahmmod Ghoranneviss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W25.00007: Lattice Parameter Variation in ScGaN Alloy Thin Films on MgO(001) Grown by RF Plasma Molecular Beam Epitaxy Arthur Smith, Costel Constantin, Jeongihm Pak, Kangkang Wang, Abhijit Chinchore, Meng Shi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W25.00008: Catalyst-free Indium Nitride Nanostructures Grown by Plasma-Assisted MOCVD Dever Norman, Samir Hamad, Hye-Won Seo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W25.00009: Dielectrophoretic Alignment of ZnO Nanowires Santosh Murali, Vivienne Ng, Chien-Chih Huang, John Conley, Jr. Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W25.00010: Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanowires by Chemical Vapor Deposition Gang Shen, David Wilbert, Babatunde Ajilore, Matthew York, William Baughman, Michael Murphy, Jongsu Kim, Seongsin M. Kim, Patrick Kung Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W25.00011: Synthesis of Core-Shell BiFeO3/ZnO nanostructures Genevieve White, Sungmu Kang, Andrew Buechele, Ian Pegg, John Philip Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W25.00012: Surface Reconstructions and Bi Incorporation in GaAs1-xBix Alloys R.B. Lewis, M. Masnadi, D.A. Beaton, T. Tiedje, X. Lu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W25.00013: Photoluminescence and structural characterization of InAsSb/InAs strain balanced SLS grown on GaSb for infrared detector applications David Lackner, Oliver J. Pitts, Michael Steger, Albion Yang, Michael L. W. Thewalt, Simon P. Watkins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W25.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W25.00015: Evolution of heteroepitaxial (001) diamond films on (001) Ir/YSZ/Si substrates Murari Regmi, Karren More, Gyula Eres Preview Abstract

Session W26: Quantum Control and Resources for Quantum Computing

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Frank Wilhelm, University of Waterloo
Room: D136

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W26.00001: Quantum Eraser and Phase-Matching for Exponential Spin-Squeezing via Coherent Optical Feedback Collin Trail, Ivan Deutsch, Poul Jessen, Leigh Norris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W26.00002: High fidelity gates with simple pulses Felix Motzoi, Jay Gambetta, Frank Wilhelm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W26.00003: Generation of ion-photon entangled state with trapped barium ions Nathan Kurz, Gang Shu, Matthew Dietrich, Katherine Mitchell, Boris Blinov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W26.00004: Qubit decoherence due to detector switching Frank Wilhelm, Ioana Serban Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W26.00005: CNOT gates with weakly coupled qubits: Dependence of fidelity on form of interaction Joydip Ghosh, Michael Geller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W26.00006: Optical generation of Fock states in a weakly nonlinear oscillator Botan Khani, Jay Gambetta, Felix Motzoi, Frank Wilhelm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W26.00007: Free-time and Fixed End-point Multi-target Optimal Control Theory: Application to Quantum Computing Kenji Mishima, Koichi Yamashita Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W26.00008: Feedback Control of the Two Components of a Schroedinger-Cat Justin Finn, Kurt Jacobs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W26.00009: Manipulation of the dynamics of many-body systems via quantum control methods Julie Dinerman, Lea Santos Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W26.00010: Magic recovery of spin coherence in an interacting quantum bath Nan Zhao, Jian-Liang Hu, Ren-Bao Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W26.00011: Path integral representation of a two qubit system Justin Wilson, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W26.00012: Fermionic Resources for Quantum Teleportation Adam D'Souza, David Feder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W26.00013: Quantum computation in the ground state of interacting fermions David Feder, Gora Shlyapnikov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W26.00014: How to implement a quantum algorithm on a large number of qubits by controlling one central qubit Alexander Zagoskin, Sahel Ashhab, J.R. Johansson, Franco Nori Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W26.00015: Self-organization in optical lattices studied within the positive-P representation Ray Ng, Erik S. Sorensen Preview Abstract

Session W27: Focus Session: Attosecond Science and Strong Field Chemical Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Robin Santra, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: D137

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W27.00001: Revealing molecular structure and dynamics through high harmonic generation driven by mid-IR fields Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W27.00002: Isolated attosecond pulses from ionization-gated high harmonics for molecular spectroscopy Mark Abel, Phillip Nagel, Justine Bell, Hiroki Mashiko, Daniel Neumark, Stephen Leone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:39PM		W27.00003: Ultrafast/Attosecond Transient Absorption with High Order Harmonics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W27.00004: Attosecond Control of Molecular Photoionization Freek Kelkensberg, Wing Kiu Siu, Georg Gademann, Arnaud Rouzee, Per Jonsson, Marc Vrakking Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:27PM		W27.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W27.00006: Direct optimization of isolated attosecond pulse contrast Hiroki Mashiko, Thomas Pfeifer, Mark Abel, Phillip Nagel, Willem Boutu, Justine Bell, Colby Steiner, Annelise Beck, Yanwei Liu, Daniel Neumark, Stephen Leone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W27.00007: Double Optical Gating: an easy method for generating isolated attosecond pulses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:15PM - 2:27PM		W27.00008: Augmented collisional ionization in XUV-cluster interaction Edward Ackad, Nicolas Bigaouette, Lora Ramunno Preview Abstract

Session W28: Focus Session: Charge Transport in Nanostructures II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Yaguang Wei, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: C124

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W28.00001: Charge Transport in Silicon Nanomembranes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W28.00002: Calculation of transmission in low symmetry lattices and its application Manoj Srivastava, X.-G. Zhang, H.-P. Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W28.00003: Resistance Measurements of Thin Silicon Nanomembranes in Ultra-high Vacuum Weina Peng, Shelley Scott, Feng Chen, James Endres, Donald Savage, Irena Knezevic, Mark Eriksson, Max Lagally Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W28.00004: Two-photon induced photocurrent imaging in CdS nanosheets P. Kumar, A. Wade, H.E. Jackson, L. M. Smith , J. Yarrison Rice, Young-Jin Choi, Jae-Gwan Park Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W28.00005: Conduction Mechanisms in Zinc Oxide Nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W28.00006: Spatially-Resolved Photoluminescence and Photocurrent Spectroscopy of CdS Nanosheet Devices A. Wade, P. Kumar, H.E. Jackson, L.M. Smith, J.M. Yarrison-Rice, Y.J. Choi, J.G. Park Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:51PM		W28.00007: Emerging Functionality in Complex Oxides Driven by Spatial Confinement Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W28.00008: Spectroscopic Characterization of 1-D Excitons in Semiconductor Quantum Wires Richard A. Loomis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W28.00009: Conduction via Spatially Extended Electronic States in Insulating Protein Fragments David Cardamone, George Kirczenow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:15PM - 2:27PM		W28.00010: Charge transfer along DNA molecule within Peyrard-Bishop-Holstein model Neranjan Edirisinghe, Vadym Apalkov Preview Abstract

Session W29: Focus Session: Thermoelectrics V: III-V's & Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP GERA
Chair: Lilia Woods, University of South Florida
Room: C123

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W29.00001: Thermal conductivity of ``nanoparticle in alloy'' materials from a first principles approach David Broido, Natalio Mingo, Derek Stewart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W29.00002: Thermoelectric materials with embedded nanoparticles- An effective medium approach Mona Zebarjadi, Keivan Esfarjani, Zhixi Bian, Ali Shakouri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W29.00003: Optimization of the Thermoelectric Effect in GaN-based Materials Ian Ferguson, Na Lu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W29.00004: Investigation of ErAs and ErSb doped semiconductors for enhanced thermoelectric Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W29.00005: High current density diamond based electron emitters for vacuum thermionic energy conversion Franz Koeck, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W29.00006: Photon Enhanced Thermionic Emission for Solar Concentrator Systems Jared Schwede, Igor Bargatin, Dan Riley, Brian Hardin, Roger Howe, Nick Melosh, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W29.00007: Thermoelectric Properties of MOVPE Grown AlInN, Lattice-Matched to GaN Jing Zhang, Hua Tong, Guangyu Liu, Juan Herbsommer, Gensheng Huang, Nelson Tansu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W29.00008: Enhancement of thermoelectric efficiency in arrays of InAs/GaAs quantum dots Vladimir Fomin, Peter Kratzer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W29.00009: Quantum-enhanced performance of nanoscale thermoelectrics Justin Bergfield, Charles Stafford Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W29.00010: Optimization of Thermoelectric transport in Solution Processed Nanocrystalline/Conducting Polymer Composites Kevin C. See, Joseph Feser, Jeffrey Urban, Rachel A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W29.00011: Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of nanosize CoSb$_{3}$ skutterudite by solvothermal route Wenzhi Li, Latha Kumari, Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W29.00012: Direct measurement of the thin-film thermoelectric figure of merit at high temperatures Tela Favaloro, James Christofferson, Ali Shakouri, Gehong Zeng, John Bowers, Hong Lu, Arthur Gossard Preview Abstract

Session W30: Focus Session: High Pressure IV: Dynamics of Shock Induced Phase Transitions

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GSCCM
Chair: Timothy Germann, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: D139

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W30.00001: Physical Transformation of Matter at High Energy Density and Multi-Phase Equation of State Vladimir Fortov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W30.00002: Ultrafast observation of shock compression from greater than 10 GPa precompression Michael Armstrong, Jonathan Crowhurst, Joseph Zaug Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W30.00003: Atomic transformation pathways from THz radiation generated by shock-induced phase transformations Evan Reed, Michael Armstrong, Ki-Yong Kim, James Glownia, Mike Howard, Edwin Piner, John Roberts Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W30.00004: Properties of Shocked Polymers: Mbar experiments on Z and multi-scale simulations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W30.00005: Shock Induced Phase Transitions in Polymeric Nitrogen William Mattson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W30.00006: Critical velocities for deflagration and detonation in a REBO high explosive S. Davis Herring, Timothy C. Germann, Niels G. Jensen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W30.00007: Solid-solid phase transformation in shocked Cs and Ce using molecular dynamics Virginie Dupont, Timothy C. Germann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W30.00008: Characteristic curves of shockless compression from atomistic molecular dynamics J. Matthew D. Lane, Jonathan A. Zimmerman, Aidan P. Thompson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W30.00009: Strain Rate Effects in Shock and Quasi-Isentropic Compression of Solids R. Ravelo, B.L. Holian, T.C. Germann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W30.00010: High Strain Rate Effects on the Deformation of Vanadium Nanowires Xiandong Ding, Suzhi Li, Xiaobing Ren, Turab Lookman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W30.00011: New Strength Data on Aluminum to 160GPa C.S. Alexander, W.D. Reinhart, J.R. Asay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W30.00012: Molecular dynamics simulation of shock wave and spallation phenomena in metal foils irradiated by femtosecond laser pulse Vasily Zhakhovsky, Brian Demaske, Nail Inogamov, Ivan Oleynik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W30.00013: Efficient sticking of surface-passivated Si nanospheres via phase-transition plasticity Traian Dumitrica, Mayur Suri Preview Abstract

Session W31: Non-equilibrium Quantum Dynamics in Atomic Systems

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Gavin Brennen, Macquarie University
Room: E141

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W31.00001: Quantum critical states and phase transitions in the presence of non equilibrium noise Emanuele Dalla Torre, Eugene Demler, Thierry Giamarchi, Ehud Altman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W31.00002: Quenching across a quantum critical point: non-trivial power laws in different topological sectors Diptiman Sen, Smitha Vishveshwara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W31.00003: Anomalous non-ergodic scaling in adiabatic multicritical quantum quenches Shusa Deng, Gerardo Ortiz, Lorenza Viola Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W31.00004: Thermalization in Quenched Spinor Condensates Ryan Barnett, Anatoli Polkovnikov, Mukund Vengalattore Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W31.00005: Quench dynamics near a quantum critical point Claudia De Grandi, Vladimir Gritsev, Anatoli Polkovnikov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W31.00006: Quantum quenches and thermalization in one-dimensional systems Marcos Rigol Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W31.00007: Numerical verification of the instanton method on macroscopic quantum tunneling: phase slip dynamics Ippei Danshita, Anatoli Polkovnikov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W31.00008: Non-Equilibrium Enhancement of Superfluidity in a Bose-Hubbard Model Andrew Robertson, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W31.00009: Quantum distillation: dynamical generation of low-entropy states of strongly correlated fermions in an optical lattice Salvatore Manmana, Fabian Heidrich-Meisner, Marcos Rigol, Alejandro Muramatsu, Adrian Feiguin, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W31.00010: Emergent ``super-solitons'' following an interaction strength quantum quench across a Luttinger liquid-Mott insulating phase boundary Matthew Foster, Emil Yuzbashyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W31.00011: Quantum Quenches in an XXZ Spin Chain with an Inhomogeneous Initial State Jarrett Lancaster, Aditi Mitra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W31.00012: Nonequilibrium dynamics of weakly and strongly paired superconductors Victor Gurarie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W31.00013: Onset of quantum chaos in one-dimensional bosonic and fermionic systems and its relation to thermalization Lea Santos, Marcos Rigol Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W31.00014: Signatures of the random singlet phase after a bond-breaking Courtney Lanert, Gil Refael Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W31.00015: Non-adiabatic processes below the gap energy in $p$-wave superfluids Gunnar M\"oller, Nigel R. Cooper, Victor Gurarie Preview Abstract

Session W32: Structure and Morphology: Semiconductor Surfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Steve Erwin, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: E142

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W32.00001: Step-mediated island growth: a new ripening mechanism A.L. Chin, H.C. Kan, C.R. Lee, F.K. Men Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W32.00002: Gold on silicon: Structure and energetics of Si(111)-(5x2)-Au Steven Erwin, Ingo Barke, F. J. Himpsel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W32.00003: Si adatoms as catalyst for the growth of monolayer Al film on Si(111) Jing Teng, Lixin Zhang, Kehui Wu, Ying Jiang, Jiandong Guo, Qinlin Guo, Philipp Ebert, Toshio Sakurai, Enge Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W32.00004: On the feasibility of magnetic doping with a surface driven route: Manganese on group IV semiconcuctor surfaces and quantum dots Petra Reinke, Christopher Nolph, Kiril Simov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W32.00005: One dimensionally modulated Ag films grown on Si(111) decorated by atomic chains Aaron Gray, Tai Chiang, Hawoong Hong, Manami Ogawa, Iwao Matsuda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W32.00006: Growth of Iridium and Silver on Ge(111) and Ge(110) Studied by STM and LEEM Cory Mullet, Shirley Chiang, James Morad, Alice Durand Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W32.00007: Dispersive resonance bands within the space charge layer of metal- semiconductor junction Shu-Jung Tang, Tay- Rong Chang, Chien-Chung Huang, Chang-Yeh Lee, Cheng-Maw Cheng, Ku-Ding Tsuei, H. -T. Jeng, Chung-Yu Mou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W32.00008: Island Formation on Nano-membranes Ken Elder, Zhi-Feng Huang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W32.00009: Effect of Surface Bonding on Semiconductor Nanoribbon Wiggling Structure Yu Zhang, Minrui Yu, Donald Savage, Max Lagally, Robert Blick, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W32.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W32.00011: Islands as nanometric probes of strain distribution in heterogeneous surfaces Eldad Peretz, Henry Realpe, Noah Shamir, Moshe H. Mintz, Roni Z. Shneck, Yishay Manassen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W32.00012: Continuum Elasticity Modeling and Nonlinear Effects during Epitaxially Strained Island Evolution Champika G. Gamage, Zhi-Feng Huang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W32.00013: Low temperature epitaxial growth of Ge on Si(100)-(2x1) with excitation laser by pulsed laser deposition Ali Er, Hani Elsayed-Ali Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W32.00014: Spontaneous Nanoscale Faceting of Si(100) Surfaces During Aqueous Etching Marc Faggin, Kent Hallman, Brandon Aldinger, Ankush Gupta, Melissa Hines Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W32.00015: Deciphering the Structure of Etched Si(100) Surfaces Brandon S. Aldinger, Ankush Gupta, Ian T. Clark, Marc F. Faggin, Richard G. Hennig, Melissa A. Hines Preview Abstract

Session W33: Quantum Entanglement

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Ivette Fuentes-Schuller, University of Nottingham, UK
Room: E143

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W33.00001: Entanglement of Dirac fields in an expanding spacetime Ivette Fuentes-Schuller, Robert B. Mann, Shahpoor Moradi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W33.00002: Entanglement Entropy in Critical Harmonic Chains with Even Dynamical Exponents Layla Hormozi, Nick Bonesteel, Kun Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W33.00003: Quench dynamics of entanglement entropy in the toric code Armin Rahmani, Claudio Chamon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W33.00004: Holographic Entanglement Spectrum Noah Bray-Ali Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W33.00005: Entanglement Entropy in Heisenberg Ladders with Valence Bond QMC Ann Kallin, Iv\'{a}n Gonz\'{a}lez, Matthew Hastings, Roger Melko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W33.00006: Entanglement Entropy of Random Fractional Quantum Hall Systems Barry Friedman, Darwin Luna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W33.00007: Entanglement Entropy and Mutual Information in Bose-Einstein Condensates Kun Yang, Wenxin Ding Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W33.00008: Fluctuation Length Scales in Random Singlet Phases Huan Tran, Nick Bonesteel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W33.00009: Von Neumann and Renyi Entanglement Entropies in Spin Ladders Ivan Gonzalez, Ann B. Kallin, Matthew B. Hastings, Roger G. Melko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W33.00010: Entanglement dynamics in two-mode JC-model Mikhail Erementchouk, Michael Leuenberger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W33.00011: Stability of Flip and Exchange Symmetric Entangled State Classes Mehmet Zafer Gedik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W33.00012: Single-experiment-detectable nonclassical correlation witness Robabeh Rahimi, Akira SaiToh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W33.00013: Entanglement Capacity of Nonlocal Hamiltonians: A Geometric Approach Pramod Joag, Behzad Lari, Ali Hassan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W33.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session W34: Focus Session: Nanomagnetism -- Atomic Size Structures

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Pietro Gambardella, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Room: E144

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W34.00001: Spin-dependent quantum interference within a single Co nanostructure D. Sander, H. Oka, S. Wedekind, G. Rodary, L. Niebergall, P. Ignatiev, V. Stepanyuk, J. Kirschner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W34.00002: A model for spin sensitive dissipation in atomically resolved probe microscopy experiments on magnetic surfaces Giuseppe Ernesto Santoro, Franco Pellegrini, Erio Tosatti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W34.00003: Ligand control of the spin states of single Mn atom on lead oxide film P. Cheng, T. Zhang, S.H. Ji, Y.S. Fu, X. Chen, X.C. Ma, J.F. Jia, Q.K. Xue Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W34.00004: Temperature and size dependence of antiferromagnetism in Mn nanostructures P. Sessi, N.P. Guisinger, J.R. Guest, M. Bode Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W34.00005: STM studies of spin excitations in few-atom cobalt clusters David Gohlke, Taeyoung Choi, Jay Gupta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W34.00006: Analysis of the Kondo Effect in Low Coordinated Ferromagnets Carlos Untiedt, M. Reyes Calvo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W34.00007: Skyrmionic like spin-texture of Rashba electron scattering at magnetic adatoms deposited on the Au(111) surface Samir Lounis, Andreas Bringer, Stefan Bl\"ugel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W34.00008: Density functional calculations of the absorption and magnetic properties of oxygen molecule on Au(110) Ruqian Wu, Yanning Zhang, Juexian Cao, Ying Jiang, Wilson Ho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W34.00009: Origin of the spin-polarization of magnetic STM tips Paolo Ferriani, Cesar Lazo, Stefan Heinze Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W34.00010: Quantum size effects in competing charge and spin orderings of dangling-bond wires on Si(001) Jun-Hyung Cho, Ji Young Lee, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W34.00011: Determination of rotatable and frozen antiferromagnetic spins in exchange biased CoO/Fe/Ag(001) system J. Wu, J. Park, Wondong Kim, E. Arenholz, M. Liberati, Chanyong Hwang, Z.Q. Qiu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W34.00012: Magnetic anisotropy of CoO/Fe films grown on vicinal Ag(001) J. Park, J. Wu, A. School, A. Doran, E. Arenholz, W. Kim, Chanyong Hwang, Z. Q. Qiu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W34.00013: Magnetism of Fe-Pt surface alloy formed on Pt(110) Chanyong Hwang, W.D. Kim, Y.S. Park, M.B. Hossain, C.G. Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W34.00014: Ni spin switching induced by interfacial spin frustration in FeMn/Ni/Cu(001) Z. Q. Qiu, J. Wu, J. Choi, A. Scholl, A. Doran, E. Arenholz, Chanyong Hwang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W34.00015: Magnon softening in a ferromagnetic monolayer Andrea Taroni, Anders Bergman, Lars Bergqvist, Johan Hellsvik, Bj\"orgvin Hj\"orvarsson, Olle Eriksson Preview Abstract

Session W35: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors -- DMS: III-V and Devices

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Masaaki Tanaka, University of Tokyo
Room: E145

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W35.00001: Ultrafast Coherent Magnetism in Ferromagnetic GaMnAs Jigang Wang, M.D. Kapetanakis, I.E. Perakis, K.J. Wickey, C. Piermarocchi, Xinyu Liu, J.K. Furdyna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W35.00002: High Frequency FMR spectroscopy of Thin MnAs Epilayers grown on (111) and (100) GaAs M. Cubukcu, H.J. von Bardeleben, J.L. Cantin, M.J. Wilson, D. Rench, P. Schiffer, N. Samarth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W35.00003: Ultra-fast Creation and Destruction of Ferromagnetic nanowires Kenneth Burch, F. Chen, A. Azad, J. O'Hara, S. Mack, A.M. Dattelbaum, G. Montano, V.S. Zapf, D.D. Awschalom, R.D. Averitt, A.J. Taylor Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W35.00004: Induced ferromagnetic order in (Ga;Mn)As in epitaxial Fe/(GaMn)As heterostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W35.00005: Observation of Antiferromagnetic Interlayer Exchange Coupling in a GaMnAs/GaAs:Be/GaMnAs Tri-layer Jonathan Leiner, Xinyu Liu, Jacek Furdyna, Margaret Dobrowolska, Hakjoon Lee, Taehee Yoo, Sanghoon Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W35.00006: FMR study of magnetic anisotropy and interlayer exchange coupling in (Ga,Mn)As/GaAs/(Ga,Mn)As K. Dziatkowski, Z. Ge, X. Liu, J. K. Furdyna, B. Clerjaud, R. Jakiela, A. Barcz, A. Twardowski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W35.00007: $sp^{3}$ tight binding model of Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$As within the Dynamical Mean Field Approximation Abdolmadjid Nili, Unjong Yu, Dana Browne, Juana Moreno, Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W35.00008: Tunnel magnetoresistance and current-induced magnetization switching in mesoscale (Ga,Mn)As magnetic tunnel junctions M.J. Wilson, P. Mitra, M. Zhu, P. Schiffer, N. Samarth, L. Xue, K.V. Thadani, D.C. Ralph, M.E. Flatte Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W35.00009: Submicron measurements of domain wall dynamics in patterned (Ga,Mn)As devices A. L. Balk, M. J. Wilson, D. Rench, P. Schiffer, N. Samarth, M. Nowakowski, D. D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W35.00010: Spin-dependent transport properties of three-terminal ferromagnetic-semiconductor heterostructures with a GaMnAs quantum well and double barriers: Control of quantum levels and TMR Iriya Muneta, Shinobu Ohya, Masaaki Tanaka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W35.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W35.00012: InMnAs based bipolar junction transistor Nikhil Rangaraju, John Peters, Bruce Wessels Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W35.00013: Strain-Engineered Magnetic Anisotropy in Insulating, Ferromagnetic Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x}$P$_{1-y}$N$_{y}$ Peter R. Stone, Oscar D. Dubon, Jeffrey W. Beeman, Kin M. Yu, Lukas Dreher, Martin S. Brandt Preview Abstract

Session W36: Focus Session: Frustrated and Low-D Magnetism -- Spin Ice

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Xianglin Ke, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: E146

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W36.00001: Coulomb Phases in the spin ices Ho$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$ and Dy$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W36.00002: Spin ice on the trillium lattice Travis Redpath, John Hopkinson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W36.00003: Manifestations of monopole physics in spin ice: Thermal quenches Claudio Castelnovo, Roderich Moessner, Shivaji Sondhi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W36.00004: Quantum melting of spin ice Shigeki Onoda, Yoichi Tanaka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W36.00005: Dirac Strings and Magnetic Monopoles in the Spin Ice, Dy$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W36.00006: High Resolution Neutron Scattering Study of Ho$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Jason Gardner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W36.00007: Magnetic Monopole Dynamics in Artificial Kagome Ice Stephen Daunheimer, Yi Qi, John Cumings Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W36.00008: Relating local correlations to interaction energies between neighboring ferromagnetic islands in a triangular-lattice geometry Sheng Zhang, Jie Li, Jason Bartell, Cristiano Nisoli, Paul Lammert, Vincent Crespi, Peter Schiffer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W36.00009: Comparing frustrated and non-frustrated clusters of single-domain ferromagnetic islands Jie Li, Sheng Zhang, Jason Bartell, Cristiano Nisoli, Paul Lammert, Vincent Crespi, Peter Schiffer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W36.00010: Towards an effective Hamiltonian for Tb$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Paul McClarty, Hamid Molavian, Michel Gingras Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W36.00011: Magnetization dynamics in an artificial spin ice on kagome Olga Petrova, Paula Mellado, Oleg Tchernyshyov Preview Abstract

Session W37: Focus Session: Complex Oxide Thin Films -- BiFeO3 Multiferroics

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland
Room: E147-E148

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W37.00001: Electrical conduction at domain walls in multiferroic BiFeO3 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W37.00002: Neutron Diffraction Investigations of BiFeO$_3$ Films W. Ratcliff II, Daisuke Kan, Silvia Capelli, Gary McIntyre, Ichiro Takeuchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W37.00003: Origin of Modified Interface Dielectric Properties in BFO Thin Films Albina Borisevich, Hye Jung Chang, Mark Huijben, Mark Oxley, Satoshi Okamoto, Manish Niranjan, John Burton, Evgeny Tsymbal, Ying Hao Chu, Pu Yu, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Sergei Kalinin, Stephen Pennycook Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W37.00004: Reversible Electric Control of Exchange Bias in an Oxide Based Multiferroic Field Effect Device Stephen Wu, Shane Cybart, Pu Yu, R. Ramesh, R.C. Dynes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W37.00005: Development of Electrically Controlled Magnetism in all Oxide Multiferroic Systems David Kirkwood, Jiwei Lu, Stuart Wolf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W37.00006: Switching of Ferroelectric Domains in Multiferroic BiFeO$_{3}$ Thin Films Joon-Hyuk Yang, Lourdes Salamanca-Riba Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W37.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W37.00008: Femtosecond spectroscopy of multiferroic BiFeO$_{3}$ thin films J. Zhang, E. Abreu, J.R. Schneck, D.S. Rana, I. Kawayama, M. Tonouchi, L. Ziegler, R.D. Averitt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W37.00009: Properties of diluted antiferromagnets from atomistic simulations Sergey Prosandeev, Laurent Bellaiche Preview Abstract

Session W38: Correlated Electrons: Lattice Models

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: G Fernando, University of Connecticut
Room: F149

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W38.00001: Spin rotational symmetry breaking by orbital current patterns in two-leg Cu-O Hubbard ladders Piotr Chudzinski, Marc Gabay, Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W38.00002: Mott transition in multi-orbital Hubbard models for iron pnictides: a slave-rotor mean-field study Rong Yu, Qimiao Si Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W38.00003: Momentum-selective metal-insulator transition in the two-dimensional Hubbard model: An 8-site dynamical cluster approximation study Emanuel Gull, Philipp Werner, Olivier Parcollet, Andrew J. Millis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W38.00004: Competing interactions and symmetry breaking in the Hubbard-Holstein model Johannes Bauer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W38.00005: Momentum distribution of the hard-core extended Bose-Hubbard model in a frustrated two-leg ladder Jong-Geun Shin, In-Ho Jeon, Min-Chul Cha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W38.00006: Spectral function of the ionic Hubbard model (IHM) Sinan Bulut, Bill Atkinson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W38.00007: Examining an Exactly Solvable First-Order Transition in a Modified Hubbard Model Pawel Pisarski, R.J. Gooding Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W38.00008: Study of the anisotropic two-orbital Hubbard model using dynamical cluster approximation Hunpyo Lee, Yu-Zhong Zhang, Harald O. Jeschke, Roser Valenti, Hartmut Monien Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W38.00009: Doping induced Mott transition in the two dimensional Hubbard model Giovanni Sordi, A.-M.S. Tremblay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W38.00010: Real-time dynamics of particle-hole excitations in Mott insulator-metal junctions Luis Dias da Silva, Khaled Al-Hassanieh, Adrian Feiguin, Fernando Reboredo, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W38.00011: Numerical study of polaron problem in the adiabatic limit Frank Marsiglio, Zhou Li, Cindy Blois, Devin Baillie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W38.00012: Solving the dynamical mean field theory impurity problem with equations of motion and decoupling Qingguo Feng, Yu-Zhong Zhang, Harald O. Jeschke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W38.00013: The Paired-Electron Crystal in the Two-Dimensional Frustrated Quarter-Filled Band R. T. Clay, S. Dayal, H. Li, S. Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W38.00014: Sodium doped TiOCl as a realization of a multiband ionic Hubbard model Harald O. Jeschke, Yu-Zhong Zhang, Kateryna Foyevtsova, Martin U. Schmidt, Roser Valenti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W38.00015: Effects of local moments on a Mott transition Rajesh Narayanan, Serge Florens, Priyanka Mohan, Janani Chander, Tribikram Gupta Preview Abstract

Session W39: Focus Session: Iron Based Superconductors: Neutron Scattering and Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMP
Chair: Pengcheng Dai, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Room: F150

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W39.00001: Recent Neutron Studies of the Iron-based Magnetic Superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W39.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W39.00003: Interplay between Fe and Nd magnetism in NdFeAsO single crystals W. Tian, W. Ratcliff II, J.W. Lynn, J.-Q. Yan, M.G. Kim, B. Jensen, K. Dennis, R.W. McCallum, T.A. Lograsso, R.J. McQueeney, A.I. Goldman, A. Kreyssig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W39.00004: Lattice distortion and magnetic quantum phase transition in CeFeAs1-xPxO C.R. dela Cruz, W.Z. Hu, S. Li, Q. Huang, M. Green, J. Lynn, G.F. Chen, N.L. Wang, H. Mook, Q. Si, P. Dai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W39.00005: Systematic evolution of magnetism with doping in AFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W39.00006: Neutron scattering studies of competing magnetic and superconducting order parameters in Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x})_{2}$As$_{2}$ Daniel Pratt, Rafael Fernandez, Wei Tian, Jerel Zaretsky, Andreas Kreyssig, Shibabrata Nandi, Min Gyu Kim, Alex Thaler, Ni Ni, Sergey Bud'ko, Paul Canfield, Robert McQueeney, Jorg Schmalian, Alan Goldman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W39.00007: Magnetic order and lattice distortion in Rh- and Cu-doped BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ single crystals A. Kreyssig, M.G. Kim, S. Nandi, W. Tian, J. Zarestky, A. Thaler, N. Ni, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield, R.J. McQueeney, A.I. Goldman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W39.00008: Vortex Imaging in Ba(Fe$_{0.93}$Co$_{0.07}$)$_{2}$As$_{2}$ using Small Angle Neutron Scattering P. Das, T.R. O'Brien, M.R. Eskildsen, M. Laver, C.D. Dewhurst, N. Ni, A. Kreyssig, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield, A.I. Goldman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W39.00009: Neutron Scattering Study of the Magnetic Structure of NdFeAsO Yiming Qiu, Wei Bao, Qingzhen Huang, Mark Green, T. Wu, G. Wu, Xianhui Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W39.00010: Crystal growth and neutron scattering studies of single crystal NaFeAs and its Co-doped superconductors Meng Wang, Chenglin Zhang, Jun Zhao, Miaoyin Wang, Huiqian Luo, Pengcheng Dai Preview Abstract

Session W40: Mesoscopic and Nanoscopic Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Mingliang Tian, Pennsylvania State University
Room: F151

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W40.00001: Quantum Dot Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices with self-assembled InAs Ryosuke Ishiguro, Sunmi Kim, Eichiro Watanabe, Daiju Tsuya, Kenji Shibata, Kazuhiko Hirakawa, Hideaki Takayanagi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W40.00002: Thermodynamic properties of ultra-small metallic grains in the presence of pairing and exchange correlations Konstantin Nesterov, Yoram Alhassid Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W40.00003: Simulation of electronic structures of nano-scaled superconductors using 3-dimensional finite element method Masaru Kato Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W40.00004: Geometrically confined superconducting condensates in nanoscopic Al squares prepared by e-beam lithography Neal Staley, Xinxin Cai, Ying Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W40.00005: Scanning SQUID investigation of the suppression of superfluid density in mesoscopic superconducting rings Julie A. Bert, Nicholas C. Koshnick, Hendrik Bluhm, Martin E. Huber, Kathryn A. Moler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W40.00006: Probing Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling in Superconducting Nanowires by Varying the Critical Current Thomas Aref, Matthew Brenner, Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W40.00007: Boundary Effects in Superconducting Zn Nanowires Stephen Snyder, Yu Chen, Allen Goldman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W40.00008: Magnetic field induced superconductivity in out-of-equilibium Zn nanowires Yu Chen, Stephen Snyder, Allen Goldman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W40.00009: Transport studies of individual crystalline nanowires contacted by superconducting electrodes Jian Wang, Meenakshi Singh, Mingliang Tian, Nitesh Kumar, Bangzhi Liu, Chuntai Shi, J.K. Jain, Nitin Samarth, T.E. Mallouk, M.H.W. Chan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W40.00010: Maintaining the local temperature below the critical value in thermally out of equilibrium superconducting wires Massilliano Di Ventra, Yonatan Dubi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W40.00011: Re-examining the critical velocity of a clean one-dimensional superconductor Paul Goldbart, Tzu-Chieh Wei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W40.00012: Switching Current Fluctuation of Superconducting Aluminum Nanowires Peng Li, Phillip Wu, Albert Chang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W40.00013: Nonlocal transport in multi-terminal NS structures with transparent interfaces Martin Stehno, Dale J. Van Harlingen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W40.00014: Andreev bound states in superconductor ferromagnet hybrids Shi-Hsin Lin, Milorad Milosevic, Francois Peeters, Boldizsar Janko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W40.00015: Electrical Transport Properties of Hybrid Magnet-Superconductor Nanostructures near the Transition Temperature K. Kim, A.E. Ozmetin, D.G. Naugle, W. Wu, I. Lyuksyutov Preview Abstract

Session W41: Focus Session: Search for New Superconductors - Silicides, Nickelates and Cobaltates

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Robert Cava, Princeton University
Room: F152

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W41.00001: A Possible Path from BCS through HTS to VHTS Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W41.00002: Electronic structures of 122- and 111-type silicides and germanides in comparison to iron pnictide superconductors Yukari Katsura, Hidenori Takagi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W41.00003: NaAlSi: An Unusual Self-Doped Semimetal With Free Electrons and Covalent Holes Hahnbidt Rhee, Swapnonil Banerjee, Erik Ylvisaker, Warren Pickett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W41.00004: Disorder-Sensitive Superconductivity and Bonding Network in the Iron-Silicide Superconductor Lu$_2$Fe$_3$Si$_5$ Tadataka Watanabe, Hiroaki Okuyama, Kouichi Takase, Yoshiki Takano, Fumiko Yoshida, Chikako Moriyoshi, Yoshihiro Kuroiwa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W41.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W41.00006: $^{139}$La NMR in La$_{4}$Ni$_{3}$O$_{8}$: a possible analog to the cuprate high temperature superconductors Nicholas apRoberts-Warren, Viktor Poltavets, Martha Greenblatt, Adam Dioguardi, Abby Shockley, Nicholas Curro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W41.00007: Structure and electronic properties of the Ln$_{n+1}$Ni$_{n}$O$_{2n+2}$ layered nickelates Konstantin Lokshin, Viktor Poltavets, Martha Greenblatt, Takeshi Egami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W41.00008: Ferromagnetism, superconductivity and magnetoresistance of Y$_{9}$Co$_{7}$ Tomasz Klimczuk, Victor Fanelli, CuiHuan Wang, Tyrel M. McQueen, Filip Ronning, Douglas Safarik, Marcelo Jaime, Jon M. Lawrence, Joe D. Thompson, Robert J. Cava Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W41.00009: Systematic band-filling dependence in the strongly-correlated triangular lattice H. Li, S. Mazumdar, R. T. Clay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W41.00010: New magnetic orderings in Na${_x}$CoO${_2}$ Jiunn-Yuan Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W41.00011: Transition of Fermi surface topology in highly-doped NaxCoO2 studied by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy Toshiyuki Arakane, Takafumi Sato, Pierre Richard, Takashi Takahashi, Takenori Fujii, Atsushi Asamitsu Preview Abstract

Session W42: Excitation and Transport at Complex Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Patrick Woodward, Ohio State University
Room: D138

Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W42.00001: Transport at Complex Oxide Interfaces William Cole, Anamitra Mukherjee, Nandini Trivedi, Mohit Randeria, Patrick Woodward Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W42.00002: Novel Electronically Conducting Tellurium Oxides Mas Subramanian, Theerunan Siritanon, Arthur Sleight Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W42.00003: Theory of magnetic and transport properties of double perovskites Oinam Nganba Meetei, Anamitra Mukherjee, Mohit Randeria, Nandini Trivedi, Patrick Woodward Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W42.00004: Oxygen-vacancy-induced charge carrier in n-type interface of LaAlO$_{3}$ overlayer on SrTiO$_{3}$ (001): interface vs bulk doping carrier Yun Li, Sutassana Na Phattalung, Jaejun Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W42.00005: Observation of charge redistribution during bond formation in one-dimensional alkali-metal wires Guido Fratesi, Congcong Huang, Donald A. MacLaren, Weidong Luo, William Allison, Gian Paolo Brivio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W42.00006: Confinement and dot formation in quantum wires by inhomogeneous magnetic fields Thomas Heinzel, Mihai Cerchez, Hengyi Xu, Alexey Tarasov, Stefan Hugger, Igor Zozoulenko, Dirk Reuter, Andreas Wieck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W42.00007: Guided Wave Plasmon Polariton Modes in Trilayer Structures Matthew Oostman, Trevor Morgan, Brad Johnson, Stephen McDowall, Janelle Leger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W42.00008: Stability and work function of TiC$_{x}$N$_{1-x}$ alloy surfaces: Density functional theory calculations Hong Zhu, Mark Aindow, Rampi Ramprasad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W42.00009: Behavior of gradient copolymers at liquid/liquid interfaces Wa Yuan, Michelle Mok, John Torkelson, SonBinh Nguyen, Kenneth Shull Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W42.00010: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Halomethane Adsorption on Two Dissimilar Surfaces Gary Leuty, Chiranjivi Lamsal, Mesfin Tsige Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W42.00011: Coupled Atomistic-Continuum Calculations of Ionizing Radiation Tracks in Insulators Harold Hjalmarson, Paul Crozier, Rudolph Magyar, Roderick Devine, Carolyn Phillips Preview Abstract