Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2011

Volume 56, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 21–25, 2011; Dallas, Texas

Session Index

Session B1: Quantum Devices Based on Semiconductor Nanowires

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland
Room: Ballroom A1

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B1.00001: Cooper-pair splitter: towards an efficient source of spin-entangled EPR pairs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B1.00002: Spin-orbit qubit in a semiconductor nanowire Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B1.00003: Prospecting for elusive Majorana particles in nanowires Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B1.00004: Spin States, Spin Correlations, Supercurrent, and Multiple Andreev Reflections in InSb Nanowire Quantum Devices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B1.00005: Measurement of Spin Relaxation in SiGe nanowire quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B1: Quantum Devices Based on Semiconductor Nanowires

Chair: Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland
Room: Ballroom A1

Session B2: Many-Body Effects for the Excited States of Graphene

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Ballroom A2

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B2.00001: Optical properties of single- and few-layer graphene: the role of interlayer and many-body interactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B2.00002: Band structures of expitaxial graphene: the role of many-body interactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B2.00003: Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in Graphene and Few Layer Graphite Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B2.00004: The Ordering and Electronic Structure of Multilayer Epitaxial Graphene on SiC Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B2.00005: Raman spectroscopy of pristine, defected and strained graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B3: The History of Superconductivity from its Discovery by Kammerlingh Onnes in 1911

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Martin Blume, Brookhaven National Laboratory, APS, Retired
Room: Ballroom A3

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B3.00001: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and the Road to Superconductivity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B3.00002: From the Meissner Effect to the Isotope Effect: Precursors to the Microscopic Theory of Superconductivity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B3.00003: BCS: 50 Years Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B3.00004: Giaever, Nb3Sn, and Josephson Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B3.00005: The arrival of high temperature superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B4: Hybrid Nanomaterials Assembly

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Richard Vaia, Air Force Research Laboratory
Room: Ballroom A4

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B4.00001: ``Hairy'' Nanoparticles in Block Copolymers and Homopolymers: Modeling using Hybrid Self-Consistent Field Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B4.00002: Direct hierarchical assemblies of nanoparticles in thin films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B4.00003: Aqueous foams stabilised solely by nanoparticles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B4.00004: Control of Nanoparticle Organization in Thin Homopolymer Films Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B4.00005: Nanoparticle Self-Assembly in a Polymer Matrix and Its Impact on Phase Separation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B5: Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Sponsoring Units: DCMP FEd
Chair: Theodore Holdap, American Physical Society
Room: Ballroom C1

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B5.00001: Using seminar-based instruction to convey contemporary research to undergraduates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B5.00002: Flocking and self-defense: experiments and simulations of avian mobbing Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B5.00003: Involving undergraduates in interdisciplinary research: The physics of biomineralization Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B5.00004: Processing and Characterization of New Materials at Pomona College with External Collaborations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B5.00005: Mentoring undergraduates for experimental research in physic Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B6: Few-body Aspects of Cold Atomic Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Robin Cote, University of Connecticut
Room: Ballroom C2

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B6.00001: Interacting and Rotating Gases of a Few Trapped Atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B6.00002: Deterministic preparation and control of a tunable few-fermion system Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B6.00003: Four-body Efimov effect Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B6.00004: Interferometry with ultra-cold few-atom states Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B6.00005: Virial Expansion for a Strongly Correlated Fermi Gas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B7: Superconductivity in Accelerators

Sponsoring Units: DPB
Chair: Soren Prestemon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Ballroom C3

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B7.00001: Superconducting Accelerator Structures: An Historical Overview Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B7.00002: Superconductors for superconducting magnets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B7.00003: State of the art superconducting magnet development Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B7.00004: RF Superconductivity: the ultimate limit Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B7.00005: Cryogenic Systems: Recent Trends and New Directions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B8: Critical Materials for Global Science and Technology

Sponsoring Units: FIP
Chair: William Barletta, U.S. Particle Accelerator School, MIT and UCLA
Room: Ballroom C4

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B8.00001: Unobtainium? Critical Elements for New Energy Technologies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B8.00002: Using Earth Abundant Minerals for New Research Pathways in Solar PV and Battery Storage Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B8.00003: Essentials for Successful and Widespread LED Lighting Adoption Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B8.00004: Niobium and its Impact on Superconducting Radiofrequency Technology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		B8.00005: Isotopes for Research - Can We Continue to Depend on Them? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session B9: Nanofluidics

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Daniel Ou-Yang, Lehigh University
Room: D220

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B9.00001: Message in a bottle: the statistical behavior of nanoparticles in optical confinement H. Daniel Ou-Yang, Joseph Junio, Liangcheng Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B9.00002: Low-frequency dielectric response of a single particle in aqueous suspensions Jingyu Wang, H. Daniel Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B9.00003: Investigation of MEMS force sensors for nano-scale water measurements Soyoung Kwon, Wonho Jhe, Corey Stambaugh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B9.00004: Investigation of the Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Nano-scale Water Corey Stambaugh, Soyoung Kwon, Wonho Jhe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B9.00005: Thermophoretic stretching of DNA in polymer nanochannels Jonas Pedersen, Lasse Thamdrup, Henrik Flyvbjerg, Anders Kristensen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B9.00006: Poisson or not Poisson: Probability distribution of colloidal nanoparticles in an optical trap Yi Hu, Xuanhong Cheng, H. Daniel Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B9.00007: Charging Dynamics of Sub-nanometer Pores Ying Liu, Guang Feng, Jingsong Huang, Bobby Sumpter, Vincent Meunier, Rui Qiao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B9.00008: Statics and Dynamics of Stretched Single DNA Molecules Tug-of-War at Micro-Nanofluidic Interfaces JiaWei Yeh, Alessandro Taloni, Yeng-Long Chen, Chia-Fu Chou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B9.00009: Long time dynamics of single linear and circular ds-DNA confined in sub-100nm nanoslits Po-Keng Lin, Jen-Fang Chang, I. Stachiv, Chia-Fu Chou, Y.- L. Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B9.00010: Heat-Driven Release of a Drug Molecule From Carbon Nanotubes Vitaly Chaban, Oleg Prezhdo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B9.00011: Characterization of Nanostructured Silicon Membranes for Control of Molecular Transport Bernadeta Srijanto, Scott Retterer, Jason Fowlkes , Mitchel Doktycz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B9.00012: Thermal resistance of thin water films during phase-change Nitin Shukla, Nenad Miljkovic, Ryan Enright, Evelyn N. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B9.00013: Effect of hydrogen bond cooperativity on the behavior of water Kevin Stokely Preview Abstract

Session B10: SPS Undergraduate Research I

Sponsoring Units: SPS
Chair: Gary White, American Institute of Physics
Room: D221

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B10.00001: Which String Breaks? Revisited Christopher Frye Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B10.00002: Synchronization effects in chaotic oscillators with spatially dependent frequency mismatch Philip Javernick, Trinanjan Datta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B10.00003: Rolling vs. Sliding: The inclusion of non-conservative work in the classic comparison Benjamin Lee, Justin Mueller, Terry Buehler, Alex Chediak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B10.00004: Is Ball Milling An Innovative Technique For the Production of Zn From ZnO? Jeff McLeod, Ali Bakhshai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B10.00005: Women in Physics: an Analysis of the Gender Gap Lillie Ghobrial, Michael Evans, Gregory Maslak, Mark Stewart, Anna Bontorno, Brittany Barrett, Nicole Scott, Carolina Ilie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B10.00006: STAIRSTEP -- a research-oriented program for undergraduate students at Lamar University Cristian Bahrim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B10.00007: Modeling Surface Acoustic Waves on Liquid Loaded Surfaces Michael Mitchell, Matthew Kwan, Madeleine Msall Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B10.00008: Characterization of a MEMS Actuator through Simulation Erik Garcell, Miguel Gonzalez, Byoung Hee Moon, Pradeep Bhupathi, Pan Zheng, George Ling, Yoonseok Lee, Ho Bun Chan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B10.00009: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Manganites Icon Mazzaccari, Hyoungjeen Jeen, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B10.00010: Magnetic field dependence on neutrino-induced electron-positron creation rates Hannah McWilliams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B10.00011: Emergent magnetic monopoles and their dynamics in artificial spin ice Yichen Shen, Olga Petrova, Paula Mellado, Oleg Tchernyshyov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B10.00012: Antihydrogen Production in a Paul Trap Guy Geyer, Reinhold Blumel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B10.00013: Effects of interactions on interference pattern formed after release and expansion of two identical Bose-Einstein condensates Catherine Lee, Courtney Lannert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B10.00014: Search for an Entanglement Measure for N-Qubit States via Phase Symmetry Joshua Geller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B10.00015: Plasmon Enhancement of Organic Solar Cells using Embossed Gratings David Shope, Jennifer Steele Preview Abstract

Session B11: Compound and Oxide Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Nelson Tansu, Lehigh University
Room: D222

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B11.00001: Terahertz radiation mechanism of native $n$-Type InN with different carrier concentrations Kuang-I Lin, Jung-Tse Tsai, Jenn-Shyong Hwang, Hon-Way Lin, Shangjr Gwo, Meng-Chu Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B11.00002: Self-confined GaN hetero-phased quantum wells Yu-Chi Hsu, Ikai Lo, Chia-Ho Hsieh, Wen-Yuan Pang, Mitch M.C. Chou, Yen-Liang Chen, Cheng-Hung Shih, Ying-Chieh Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B11.00003: Growths of InGaN Quantum Wells on GaN Micropyramids Renbo Song, Le Zhao, Guangyu Liu, Jing Zhang, Nelson Tansu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B11.00004: Charge Carriers in Boron Nitride Nanotubes Appear to confirm Quantum Capillary Action Richard Kriske Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B11.00005: Transport Electron Scattering by Structural Defects in InSb Quantum Wells T.D. Mishima, M.B. Santos Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B11.00006: Strain, Confinement and Density Dependence of the Effective Mass of Holes in InSb Quantum Wells Chomani Gaspe, M. Edirisooriya, T.D. Mishima, R.E. Doezema, M.B. Santos, L.C. Tung, Y.J. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B11.00007: Carrier and Spin Dynamics in Narrow Gap Parabolic Quantum Well Structures M. Bhowmick, T. Merritt, G.A. Khodaparast, T.D. Mishima, M.B. Santos, D. Saha, G.D. Sanders, C.J. Stanton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B11.00008: Electrical characterization of GeSn grown on Si using ultra high vacuum chemical vapor deposition method Mo Ahoujja, S. Elhamri, J. Kouvetakis, J. Tolle, Mee Yi Ryu, Y.K. Yeo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B11.00009: An extensive study to observe the effects of thermal annealing and ion fluences in the ion beam synthesis of $\beta $-SiC P.R. Poudel, B. Rout, D.R. Diercks, F.D. McDaniel, J.A. Paramo, Y.M. Strzhemechny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B11.00010: Complimentary Ferromagnetic Mechanisms in Mn doped ZnO Thin films deposited using Pulsed Laser Ablation Devajyoti Mukherjee, Tara Dhakal, Hariharan Srikanth, Pritish Mukherjee, Sarath Witanachchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B11.00011: Excitation of atomic zinc during excimer laser ablation of zinc oxide at 193 nm Enamul Khan, Stephen Langford, Thomas Dickinson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B11.00012: Role of ligands on the photoluminescence of colloidal CdSe quantum dots and enhancement of photoconductivity of ZnO nanowires by quantum dots Syamanta Kumar Goswami, Tae Soo Kim, Byoung Woo Lee, Eunsoon Oh, Ch. Kiran Kumar, Eui Tae Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B11.00013: Preparation and characterization of nanostructured ZIO thin films Vipin Kumar Jain, Praveen Kumar, Y.K. Vijay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B11.00014: M-plane ZnO grown on m-plane sapphire by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering Bi-Hsuan Lin, Wei-Rein Liu, Shao-Ting Hsu, Chin-Chia Kuo, Song Yang, Chia-Hung Hsu, Wen-Feng Hsieh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B11.00015: Phase diagram, structure, and electronic properties of (Ga$_{1-x}$Zn$_x$)(N$_{1-x}$O$_x$) solid solution Li Li, Philip B. Allen Preview Abstract

Session B12: Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors: Compound Semiconductors I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Su-Huai Wei, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Room: D223/224

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B12.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B12.00002: Optimized basis sets for coarse-grained electronic structure calculations of point defects Bj\"orn Lange, Christoph Freysoldt, J\"org Neugebauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B12.00003: Strain-Enhanced Doping in Semiconductors: Effects of Dopant Size and Charge State Junyi Zhu, Feng Liu, Gerald Stringfellow, Su-Huai Wei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B12.00004: Defects and Carrier Compensation in CdTe Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B12.00005: n-type doping in $Cu_{2}O$ by halogen impurities: a first-principles study Qiong Bai, Meng Tao, Qiming Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B12.00006: Diffusion of ion implanted indium in ZnO crystals Faisal Yaqoob, Mengbing Huang, David Look Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B12.00007: Surface effects in Co-doped ZnO nanocrystals Aline L. Schoenhalz, Gustavo M. Dalpian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B12.00008: Vacancy-assisted migration of group-III impurities in ZnO Daniel Steiauf, John L. Lyons, Anderson Janotti, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B12.00009: Improved LDA+U model for band gap corrected ZnO defect calculations Adisak Boonchun, Walter Lambrecht Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B12.00010: Hybrid density functional study of gallium in ZnO Denis Demchenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B12.00011: Study of defects in TlBr, InI as potential semiconductor radiation detectors Koushik Biswas, Mao-Hua Du Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B12.00012: Information-based screens for deep traps in semiconducting materials Kim Ferris, Kunal Shah, Dumont Jones Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B12.00013: Ab-Initio analysis of TlBr: limiting the ionic current without degrading the electronic one Cedric Rocha Leao, Vincenzo Lordi Preview Abstract

Session B13: Focus Session: Polymer Colloids: Structure, Function, and Dynamics II

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Eric R. Dufresne, Yale University
Room: D225/226

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B13.00001: Predicting long-time Brownian dynamics of ultrasoft colloid suspensions from thermodynamics Mark Pond, Jeffrey Errington, Thomas Truskett Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B13.00002: Development of surfaces repelling negatively buoyant solid particles Carina Semmler, Alexander Alexeev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B13.00003: Microscopic structure of confined colloidal suspensions under shear Xinliang Xu, Stuart Rice, Aaron Dinner, Xiang Cheng, Itai Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B13.00004: Evaporation of Lennard-Jones Fluids Shengfeng Cheng, Jeremy Lechman, Steven Plimpton, Gary Grest Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B13.00005: Rotational and Translational Diffusion of PMMA Colloidal Clusters Hyun Joo Park, Mark T. Elsesser, Kazem V. Edmond, David J. Pine Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B13.00006: A diversity of binary colloidal crystals using DNA-directed interactions John Crocker, Marie Ung, W. Ben Rogers, Raynaldo Scarlett, Talid Sinno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B13.00007: Correlating Structural and Spectral Fluctuations in a Lasing Colloidal Suspension Jason W. Merrill, Hui Cao, Eric R. Dufresne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B13.00008: Smart colloidosomes with tunable permeability and a dissolution trigger Adriana San Miguel, Jan Scrimgeour, Jennifer Curtis, Sven Behrens Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B13.00009: A theoretical study of colloidal forces near an amphiphilic polymer brush Jianzhong Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B13.00010: Phase transition of colloidal particles on curved surfaces Guangnan Meng, Jayson Paulose, David Nelson, Vinothan Manoharan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B13.00011: Dielectric effects in self-assembly of binary colloid mixtures Erik Luijten, Kipton Barros Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B13.00012: Formation of three-dimensional colloidal nanoparticle supercrystals and probing the formation kinetics Irving Herman, Chenguang Lu, Austin Akey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B13.00013: Nanoparticle-induced self-assembly of functionalized tetrapods Daniel W. Sinkovits, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B13.00014: A ``diffusing diffusivity'' model of ``anomalous yet Brownian'' diffusion of colloidal particles Mykyta V. Chubynsky, Gary W. Slater Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B13.00015: Reentrant and Isostructural Transitions in the Cluster-Crystal Forming GEM-4 Kai Zhang, Patrick Charbonneau, Bianca Mladek Preview Abstract

Session B14: Applications of Statistical and Nonlinear Physics to Social Systems and GSNP Student Speaker Award Talks

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland
Room: D227

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B14.00001: Characterization of stock market regimes by data compression Eugenio E. Vogel, Gonzalo Saravia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B14.00002: Relativistic statistical arbitrage Alexander Wissner-Gross, Cameron Freer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B14.00003: The Impact of Competing Time Delays in Stochastic Coordination Problems G. Korniss, D. Hunt, B.K. Szymanski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B14.00004: Statistical regularities in the rank-citation profile of individual scientists Alexander Petersen, H. Eugene Stanley, Sauro Succi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B14.00005: Modeling the decline of religion Richard Wiener, Haley Yaple, Daniel Abrams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B14.00006: Spontaneous Time Symmetry Breaking in System with Mixed Strategy Nash Equilibrium: Evidences in Experimental Economics Data Zhijian Wang, Bin Xu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B14.00007: The Sign Effect in Emerging Markets: the Inherent Instability of Bad News Joel Tenenbaum, Boris Podobnik, Davor Horvatic, Slavica Bajic, Beco Pehlivanovic, H. Eugene Stanley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B14.00008: Quantized expected returns in terms of dividend yield at the money Lamine Dieng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B14.00009: Competition in social systems: three and a half models Daniel Abrams, Haley Yaple, Richard Wiener Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B14.00010: Extraordinary Elasticity of the Distorted Kagome Lattice Anton Souslov, Kai Sun, Xiaoming Mao, Tom Lubensky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B14.00011: Theory of cooperation in a micro-organismal snow-drift game Zhenyu Wang, Nigel Goldenfeld Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B14.00012: Intrinsic noise in stochastic models of gene expression with molecular memory and bursting Tao Jia, Rahul V. Kulkarni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B14.00013: Search for Euler Singularity using Vortex Filaments Sahand Hormoz, Michael Brenner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B14.00014: Vibrofluidized melting of geometrically cohesive granular media Nick Gravish, Geoffrey Russell, Scott V. Franklin, David Hu, Daniel I. Goldman Preview Abstract

Session B15: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors - Spin Currents I

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG FIAP
Chair: David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: D171

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B15.00001: Optical effects of spin currents in semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B15.00002: Magnetoelectric Photocurrent Generated by Direct Interband Transitions in InGaAs/InAlAs Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Junfeng Dai, Hai-Zhou Lu, Chunlei Yang, Shun-Qing Shen, Fu-Chun Zhang, Xiaodong Cui Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B15.00003: Anisotropic conductivity caused by spin-orbit interactions David H. Berman, Michael E. Flatt{\'e} Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B15.00004: Drift and diffusion of spin and charge density waves in a two-dimensional electron gas Luyi Yang, J.D. Koralek, J. Orenstein, D.R. Tibbetts, J.L. Reno, M.P. Lilly Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B15.00005: Radial spin helix in two-dimensional electron systems with Rashba spin-orbit coupling Valeriy Slipko, Yuriy Pershin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B15.00006: Anholonomic spin manipulation in drift transport in semiconductors Ben J. Moehlmann, Michael E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B15.00007: Mapping Spin-Orbit Splitting in Strained (In,Ga)As Epilayers B.M. Norman, C.J. Trowbridge, V. Sih, J. Stephens, A.C. Gossard, D.D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B15.00008: Spin-orbit interaction from low-symmetry localized defects in semiconductors Oleg Chalaev, G. Vignale, Michael Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B15.00009: Modeling of diffusion of injected electron spins in spin-orbit coupled microchannels Liviu P. Z\^arbo, Jairo Sinova, I. Knezevic, J. Wunderlich, T. Jungwirth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B15.00010: Unitarity of scattering and edge spin accumulation in a ballistic and quasiballistic regimes Alexander Khaetskii, Eugene Sukhorukov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B15.00011: Visualizing zitterbewegung in spin-orbit coupled semiconductor quantum wires Markku Jaaskelainen, Ulrich Zulicke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B15.00012: Theory of carrier dynamics in InSb parabolic quantum wells D. Saha, G.D. Sanders, C.J. Stanton, M. Bhowmick, T. Merritt, G.A. Khodaparast, T.D. Mishima, M.B. Santos Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B15.00013: Imaging spin transport in a semiconductor with an iron-filled carbon nanotube Andrew Berger, Vidya Bhallamudi, Dominic Labanowski, Palash Banerjee, Camelia Marginean, Denis Pelekhov, David Stroud, P. Chris Hammel, Kathy McCreary, Roland Kawakami, Franziska Wolny, Thomas Muehl Preview Abstract

Session B16: Focus Session: Magnetic Nanostructures II

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Stephane Mangin, Nancy-Universite
Room: D173

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B16.00001: Electronic structure and electron spectroscopy of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles J. Gazquez, J. Salafranca, M. Varela, S. Pennycook, S.T. Pantelides, P. Morales, N. Perez, A. Labarta, X. Batlle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B16.00002: Magnetic properties of Fe/Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ core/shell nanostructure Vivek Singh, Mohindar Seehra, S. Bali, E. Eyring, N. Shah, F. Huggins, G. Huffman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B16.00003: Fe and Fe oxide nanoparticles ensembles with macroscopic anisotropy Miguel Angel Garcia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B16.00004: Magnetic Core-Shell Morphology of Structurally Uniform Magnetite Nanoparticles Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B16.00005: Magnetic Characterization of Ferrite Nanoparticles Matthew Bryan, Paul Sokol, Greg Gumina, Lyudmila Bronstein, Bogdan Dragnea Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B16.00006: Magnetically Tunable Polymer Nanocomposites for RF and Microwave Device Applications K. Stojak, S. Pal, H. Srikanth, C. Morales, J. Dewdney, J. Wang, T. Weller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B16.00007: Field dependence of T{\_}B in NiO and (Ni, Zn)O Nanoclusters Yung Huh, M. Peck, R. Skomski, R. Zhang, P. Kharel, M. Allison, D. Sellmyer, M. Langell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B16.00008: Interacting Superparamagnetic Brownian Particles in an Array of 2D Asymmetric Magnetic Traps Gregory Vieira, Aaron Chen, R. Sooryakumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B16.00009: Realization of a Bowl-like Potential and Its Confinement of Magnetic Microspheres Aaron Chen, Thomas Henighan, Gregory Vieira, Ratnasingham Sooryakumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B16.00010: Tailored Magnetostructural Transitions Radhika Barua, Felix Jimenez-Villacorta, Donald Heiman, Laura H. Lewis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B16.00011: Synthesis of Ferrimagnetic Fe$_{3}$Se$_{4}$ Nanostructures with Giant Coercivity Hongwang Zhang, Gen Long, Da Li, Hao Zeng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B16.00012: Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of FePt@MnO Nano-\textit{hetero}-Particles Thomas Schladt, Tanja Graf, Oskar Koehler, Kerstin Schneider, Wolfgang Tremel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B16.00013: Electron-electron correlations and magnetic properties of small FePt clusters Alamgir Kabir, Neha Nayyar, Volodymyr Turkowski, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract

Session B17: Focus Session: Bulk Properties of Complex Oxides - Manganites II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Gang Cao, University of Kentucky
Room: D174

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B17.00001: Dynamics of bi-stripes and a colossal metal-insulator transition in the bi-layer manganite La$_{2-2x}$Sr$_{1+2x}$Mn$_2$O$_7$ $(x\sim0.59)$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B17.00002: Probing multiple magnetic transitions and phase coexistence in mixed phase manganites M.H. Phan, N.S. Bingham, H. Srikanth, C.L. Zhang, S.W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B17.00003: Soft x-ray investigation on the spin and orbital states of La$_{1.4}$Sr$_{1.6}$Mn$_2$O$_7$ K.-T. Ko, H. Jang, J.-H. Park, B.-G. Park, J.-Y. Kim, Sung Baek Kim, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B17.00004: Optical Investigation on Collective Dynamics of Charge-Orbital Density Wave in Layered Manganites Jun Fujioka, Yoshiaki Ida, Youtarou Takahashi, Noriaki Kida, Ryo Shimano, Yoshinori Tokura Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B17.00005: Bilayer manganites: polarons in the midst of a metallic breakdown Mark Golden, Freek Massee, Sanne de Jong, Yingkai Huang, Andrew Boothroyd, D. Prabhakaran, Rolf Follath, Andrei Varykhalov, Luc Patthey, Ming Shi, Jeroen Goedkoop Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B17.00006: Synthesis, Structure, and Physical Properties of Ba$_{2}$Mn$_{2}$Sb$_{2}$O Single Crystals Jianneng Li, S. Stadler, A. Karki, Y. Xiong, R. Jin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B17.00007: Evaluating Born and local effective charges in nanoscale MnO Q.-C. Sun, X.S. Xu, S.N. Baker, A.D. Christianson, J.L. Musfeldt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B17.00008: Collective Phase Mode and the Role of lattice distortions at T$_{N}\sim $T$_{C}$ in XMn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ (X= Bi, Pr, Sm, Gd, Tb) N.E. Massa, A.F. Garc\'Ia Flores, E. Granado, G.F.L. Fabbris, G. de M. Azevedo, L. del Campo, D. De Sousa Meneses, P. Echegut, M.J. Mart\'Inez-Lope, J.A. Alonso Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B17.00009: Korringa-like relaxation in $A$-site ordered manganites S. Schaile, H.-A. Krug von Nidda, A. Loidl, J. Deisenhofer, T. Nakajima, Y. Ueda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B17.00010: Magnetic order in La$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ nanopowder Chetan Dhital, Clarina Dela Cruz, Kefong Wang, Jun-Ming Liu, Zhifeng Ren, Stephen Wilson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B17.00011: Density functional investigation of the spin frustration and the field-driven long-range ordering in the honeycomb lattice system Bi$_{3}$Mn$_{4}$O$_{12}$(NO$_{3})$ Jia Liu, Won-joon Son, Mike Whangbo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B17.00012: New magnetic structures in novel and conventional manganites Aziz Daoud-aladine, Juan Rodr\'Iguez-Carvajal, Cristian Perca, Loreynne Pinsard-Gaudart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B17.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session B18: Focus Session: Low D/Frustrated Magnetism - Quantum Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Adrian del Maestro, John Hopkins University
Room: D172

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B18.00001: Abelian and Non-Abelian Height Models R. Zach Lamberty, Stefanos Papanikolaou, Chris Henley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B18.00002: Application of DFT+U for calculating magnetic parameters for manganese based molecular magnets Shruba Gangopadhyay, Artem Masunov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B18.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B18.00004: DMRG Study of Anisotropic Triangular Heisenberg Lattice Andreas Weichselbaum, Steven R. White Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B18.00005: Interacting antikinks on a diamondback ladder I Mayra Tovar, Kirill Shtengel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B18.00006: Interacting antikinks on a diamondback ladder II Kirill Shtengel, Mayra Tovar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B18.00007: Partial Kondo screening in geometrically frustrated Kondo lattice systems Yukitoshi Motome, Kyoya Nakamikawa, Youhei Yamaji, Masafumi Udagawa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B18.00008: Study of SU(N) magnets on the cubic lattice Hao Song, Michael Hermele Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B18.00009: Trial wave function for the quantum Ising model at zero temperature Julio F. Fern\'andez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B18.00010: Thermodynamics of deconfined bosonic spinons in two dimensions Valeri Kotov, Anders Sandvik, Oleg Sushkov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B18.00011: Properties of Resonating-Valence-Bond Spin Liquids and Critical Dimer Models Ying Tang, Anders W. Sandvik, Christopher L. Henley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B18.00012: Quantum spin liquid in two-dimensional Kagome lattice spin-1/2 XY model with 4-site ring exchange Long Dang, Roger Melko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B18.00013: Linear independence of nearest neighbor valence bond states on several 2D lattices Julia Wildeboer, Alexander Seidel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B18.00014: Symmetry Fractionalization in Two Dimensions Hong Yao, Liang Fu, Xiao-Liang Qi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B18.00015: Defect-driven phase transitions out of the Coulomb phase Hyejin Ju, Simon Trebst, Christopher Henley Preview Abstract

Session B19: Focus Session: Spin Transport & Magnetization Dynamics in Metals II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Hendrik Ohldag, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Room: D170

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B19.00001: Effects of disorder on magnetic vortex dynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B19.00002: Spin-torque-driven excitations in magnetic thin films C. Wang, H. Seinige, T. Staudacher, M. Tsoi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B19.00003: Minimization of Ohmic losses for domain wall motion in ferromagnetic nanowires Artem Abanov, Oleg Tretiakov, Yang Liu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B19.00004: Equilibration in All-Perpendicular Spin Valves Subject to Short Current Pulses * Daniel Bedau, Huanlong Liu, Jonathan Sun, Jordan Katine, Eric Fullerton, Stephane Mangin, Andrew Kent Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B19.00005: Enhanced magnetization drift velocity and current polarization in (CoFe)$_{1-x}$Ge$_x$ alloys Robert McMichael, Meng Zhu, Brian Soe, Matt Carey, Stefan Maat, Jeff Childress Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B19.00006: Planar spin-transfer device with dynamical polarizer and analizer Yaroslaw Bazaliy, Anton Kravchenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B19.00007: Optimal field sweep rate in magnetic switching of a single-domain particle Shu Yan, Yaroslaw Bazaliy, Andrzej Stankiewicz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B19.00008: Ballistic (precessional) contribution to the conventional magnetic switching Andrzej Stankiewicz, Ya. B. Bazaliy, Shu Yan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B19.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B19.00010: AC Magnetic Susceptibility and $\mu $SR Study of Spin Dynamics and the Onset of Magnetic Correlations in LiHo$_{x}$Y$_{1-x}$F$_{4}$ R.C. Johnson, B.Z. Malkin, A. Lascialfari, A. Amato, C. Baines, J.S. Lord, S.R. Giblin, B. Barbara, M.J. Graf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B19.00011: Temperature dependence of the effective exchange and biquadratic coupling in ferromagnets: Calculation in the disordered local moment method Paul Larson, Kirill Belashchenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B19.00012: Effect of occupation numbers on exchange coupling in low dimensional magnetic nanostructures D. Terrade, H. X. Yang, A. Kalitsov, L. Nistor, M. Chshiev, B. Dieny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B19.00013: Spin and phase coherence times in lithographically defined bismuth wires Martin Rudolph, J.J. Heremans Preview Abstract

Session B20: Focus Session: Physics of Energy Storage Materials II -- Anodes and Capacitors

Sponsoring Units: FIAP/DMP GERA/DCOMP
Chair: Gholam?Abbas Nazri, General Motors Company
Room: D168

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B20.00001: Anode-electrolyte double-layer of Li-ion batteries: Structure and Li-ion intercalation David O. Wipf, Ibrahim Abou Hamad, Per Arne Rikvold, Mark A. Novotny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B20.00002: High Throughput Computational Discovery of Intermetallic Anodes for Li Batteries Scott Kirklin, Chris Wolverton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B20.00003: Li and Si diffusion in Si anodes in Li-ion batteries: An \emph{ab-initio} molecular-dynamics-based study Priya Johari, Vivek B. Shenoy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B20.00004: Li-ion Battery Electrode Materials Design from First-Principles Calculations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B20.00005: Crystalline-amorphous interfaces in Li-ion batteries Maria K. Chan, Jeffrey Greeley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B20.00006: Li Diffusion Characteristics and Energetics in TiO$_{2}$ H. Yildirim, Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, Jeff Greeley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B20.00007: Composite MnO2-Carbon Electrodes for High Energy Density Storage Brad Corso, Israel Perez, Philip Collins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B20.00008: Charge-Driven Structural Transformation and Valence Versatility of Boron Sheets in Magnesium Borides Yufeng Zhao, Chunmei Ban, Qiang Xu, Suhuai Wei, Anne C. Dillon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B20.00009: Nanostructured Mg Thin Film Electrodes for Mg-Air Batteries Taha Demirkan, Wisam Khudhayer, Fatih Cansizoglu, Tansel Karabacak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B20.00010: 1-pyrenecarboxylic acid Functionalization of Graphene: Effect on Capacitive Energy Storage Sujoy Ghosh, Rakesh Shah, Xiaohong An, Dinesh Rawat, Swastik Kar, Saikat Talapatra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B20.00011: Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors Using Few Layers of Graphene Grown on Nickel Foil. R. Shah, U. Philipose, J.M. Perez, S. Talapatra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B20.00012: First-principles study of the structure of RuO$_{2} \cdot x$H$_{2}$O Fei Zhou, Yongduo Liu, Mark Asta, Vidvuds Ozolins Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B20.00013: Ab initio study of the charge storage mechanism of ruthenium dioxide as an electrochemical ultracapacitor Yongduo Liu, Fei Zhou, Vidvuds Ozolins Preview Abstract

Session B21: General Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: David Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: D161

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B21.00001: Optimization of Elastic Constant Values in Non-cubic Crystals using Computational Image Matching Madeleine Msall, Timothy Head Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B21.00002: Entropic sampling without windows Ronald Dickman, Ant\^onio Cunha-Netto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B21.00003: Nearly exact calculations of small atomic and molecular systems using explicilty correlated gaussians Sergiy Bubin, Kalman Varga, Ludwik Adamowicz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B21.00004: Metallic Phase of Water Ice Predicted at Megabar Pressures Burkhard Militzer, Hugh Wilson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B21.00005: Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics in Multiple Dimensions Applied to Variational Monte Carlo - A Proof of Principle Study Thomas Markovich, Kaushik Maji, Eric Bittner, Don Kouri Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B21.00006: Electromagnetic and gravitational signatures of black hole and neutron star mergers Steven Liebling Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B21.00007: Quantification of Partially Ordered Sets with Application to Special Relativity Newshaw Bahreyni, Kevin H. Knuth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B21.00008: Lunar Orbit Anomaly and GM=tc$^3$ Cosmology Louise Riofrio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B21.00009: On a Broken Formal Symmetry between Kinetic and Gravitational Energy Armin Nikkhah Shirazi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B21.00010: The Relativistic Quantized Force: Newton's Second Law, Inertial and Gravitational; Generalization of Schwarzschild Metric for Strong and Weak Gravitational Field Azzam AlMosallami Preview Abstract

Session B22: Correlated Electrons Including "115" Materials

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Johnpierre Paglione, University of Maryland
Room: D163

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B22.00001: Quantum critical point in UCo$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$Ge Noravee Kanchanavatee, Kevin Huang, James Hamlin, Ryan Baumbach, Diego Zocco, M. Brian Maple Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B22.00002: Non Fermi liquid properties of Ni-V close to the ferromagnetic quantum critical point Almut Schroeder, Sara Ubaid-Kassis, Brendan Wyatt, Thomas Vojta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B22.00003: Non-Fermi Liquid behavior in Itinerant Ferromagnet, HfMnGa$_2$ Carlos Marques, Yuri Janssen, Moo Sung Kim, Liusuo Wu, Meigan Aronson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B22.00004: Electronic, magnetic and structural properties of Cr$_{1-x}$V$_x$N Camilo Quintela, Francisco Rivadulla, Jose Rivas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B22.00005: Magnetic Correlations in Yb$_{4}$LiGe$_{4}$: A $\mu $SR and $^{7}$Li NMR Study S. Disseler, M.J. Graf, P. Carretta, S. Peter, N. Svensson, S.R. Giblin, A. Amato, C. Baines Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B22.00006: Low-temperature specific heat of Nd$_{1-x}$Ca$_x$B$_6$ single crystals Jolanta Stankiewicz, Marco Evangelisti, Zachary Fisk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B22.00007: High-pressure resistivity of CeCoIn$_5$ at low temperatures using four-point probe technique and finite element analysis Nathaniel Brady, Georgiy Tsoi, Tesfaye Gebre, Yogesh Vohra, David Hilton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B22.00008: Exploring the antiferromagnetic superconducting phase in CeCoIn$_5$ Elizabeth Blackburn, Ted Forgan, Pinaki Das, Morten Ring Eskildsen, Mark Laver, Christof Niedermayer, Jonathan White, Cedomir Petrovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B22.00009: Electronic inhomogeneity in heavy Fermions Zachary Fisk, Eric Bauer, Yi-feng Yang, Cigdem Capan, Filip Ronning, Joe Thompson, Roman Movshovich, Andrea Bianchi, Ricardo Urbano, Hironori Sakai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B22.00010: Cooperative Intermediate Valence and Anomalous Stability of the Kondo Lattice in Ce$_{1-x}$Yb$_{x}$CoIn$_{5}$$^{\ast}$ R.E. Baumbach, L. Shu, M. Janoschek, E. Gonzales, K. Huang, T.A. Sayles, J.J. Hamlin, D.A. Zocco, C.A. McElroy, M.B. Maple, J. Paglione, P.-C. Ho, J.R. O'Brien Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B22.00011: Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy measurements of heavy fermion compound CeCoIn$_{5}$ Eduardo da Silva Neto, Pegor Aynajian, Colin Parker, Paul Tobash, Eric Bauer, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B22.00012: Electron-spectroscopy of the heavy fermion alloy Ce$_{1-x}$Yb$_x$CoIn$_5$ L. Dudy, J.W. Allen, J. Denlinger, L. Shu, M. Janoschek, R.E. Baumbach, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B22.00013: The Fermi surface of CePt$_{2}$In$_{7}$: a two-dimensional analog of CeIn$_{3}$ Moaz Altarawneh, Neil Harrison, Ross McDonald, Fedor Balakirev, Charles Mielke, Paul Tobash, Jian-Xin Zhu, Joe Thompson, Filip Ronning, Eric Bauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B22.00014: Tuning the Quantum Critical Points in CeCoIn$_{5}$ and CeRhIn$_{5}$ Through Pt Doping: Synthesis, Single Crystal and Physical Property Studies Paul Tobash, Krzysztof Gofryk, Filip Ronning, Joe Thompson, Stanislav Stoyko, Arthur Mar, Eric Bauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B22.00015: Quantum criticality and Fermi surface topology in CeRhIn$_5$ H.Q. Yuan, L. Jiao, J.L. Zhang, Y. Kohama, M. Jaime, J. Singleton, E.D. Bauer, Han-Oh Lee, T. Park, J.D. Thompson Preview Abstract

Session B23: Focus Session: Iron Based Superconductors -- Electronic Structure, Theory and Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DMP
Chair: Bruce Harmon, Iowa State University
Room: D165

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B23.00001: Point contact spectroscopy (PCS) on the Fe122 pnictides and Fe11 chalcogenides H.Z. Arham, C.R. Hunt, W.K. Park, L.H. Greene, J. Gillett, S. Sebastian, Z.J. Xu, J.S. Wen, Z.W. Lin, Q. Li, G. Gu, A. Thaler, S.L. Budko, P.C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B23.00002: Point Contact Andreev Reflection Studies on Iron Pnictide Superconductors Xiaohang Zhang, S.R. Saha, N.P. Butch, K. Kirshenbaum, J. Paglione, R.L. Greene, I. Takeuchi, Y.-S. Oh, Y. Liu, L.Q. Yan, K.-H. Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B23.00003: Point contact spectroscopy of Co-doped pnictide superconductors John Timmerwilke, Alessandra Gallastegui, J.S. Kim, G.R. Stewart, Amlan Biswas, N.H. Sung, M.S. Kim, B.K. Cho Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B23.00004: First-principles studies for understanding diverse high-T$_{c}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B23.00005: Point-Contact Andreev Reflection Spectroscopy of Iron-Based Superconductors Yi-Tang Yen, J.Y.T. Wei, S.R. Saha, T. Drye, K. Kirshenbaum, J. Paglione, Rongwei Hu*, C. Petrovic, K.W. Yeh, M.K. Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B23.00006: Observation of multiple superconducting gaps in Fe$_{1+y}$Se$_x$Te$_{1-x}$ through Andreev reflection Debtanu De, Carlos Diaz-Pinto, Zheng Wu, Pei-Herng Hor, Haibing Peng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B23.00007: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy study on Optimally Potassium Doped Single Crystal BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ Jihua Ma, Ang Li, Chenglin Zhang, Pengcheng Dai, Shuheng Pan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B23.00008: STM Studies on the Surface Structure of Ba122 iron pnictides cleaved at Low Temperature Ang Li, Jihua Ma, A. Sefat, M. McGuire, B. Sales, D. Mandrus, R. Jin, Chenglin Zhang, Pengcheng Dai, Shuheng Pan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B23.00009: STM Studies of the Lattice Distortion at the Surface of Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x})_{2}$As$_{2}$ Shuheng Pan, Ang Li, Jihua Ma, A. Sefat, M. McGuire, B. Sales, D. Mandrus, R. Jin, E. Plummer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B23.00010: Observation of multiple gaps and vortex bound states in Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy Lei Shan, Yong-Lei Wang, Bing Shen, Bin Zeng, Jing Gong, Yan Huang, Huan Yang, Cong Ren, Hai-Hu Wen, Ang Li, Shuheng Pan, Da Wang, Qiang-Hua Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B23.00011: Quasiparticle Interference in Iron-Based Superconductors Johannes Knolle, Alireza Akbari, Ilya Eremin, Roderich Moessner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B23.00012: Cryogenic Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Superconducting Iron Chalcogenide Single Crystals J.Y.T. Wei, Igor Fridman, Kuo-Wei Yeh, Maw-Kuen Wu, Rongwei Hu, C. Petrovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B23.00013: Surface lattice dynamics of the 122-type iron pnictides Jing Teng, Chen Chen, Guorong Li, Amar Karki, Jiandi Zhang, Rongying Jin, Ward Plummer Preview Abstract

Session B24: Focus Session: Multiscale Modeling - Methodology and applications

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DMP
Chair: Jincheng Du, University of North Texas
Room: D167

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B24.00001: Recent Advances in Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Methods Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B24.00002: Multiscale (atomistic to mesoscopic) modeling of carbon nanotube materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B24.00003: Toward Distinct Element Method Simulations of Carbon Nanotube Systems Evgeniya Akatyeva, Tyler Anderson, Ilia Nikiforov, David Potyondy, Roberto Ballarini, Traian Dumitrica Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B24.00004: Coarse-Grained Monte Carlo Simulations of Continuous Systems Xiao Liu, Warren Seider, Talid Sinno Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B24.00005: Quantum-mechanical and QM/MM simulations of proton dissociation free energies in solution Noam Bernstein, Csilla Varnai, Monika Fuxreiter, G\'abor Cs\'anyi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B24.00006: Understanding Vibrational Spectra of Silicon Nanocrystals Dundar Yilmaz, Cem Sevik, Ceyhun Bulutay, Tahir Cagin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B24.00007: \textit{Ab initio} study of the \textit{thermodynamic properties and the} phonon calculations of Zircon and Reidite Mrunalkumar Chaudhari, Jincheng Du Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B24.00008: One-dimensional model of interacting-step fluctuations on vicinal surfaces: Analytical formulas and kinetic Monte-Carlo simulations Paul Patrone, T.L. Einstein, Dionisios Margetis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B24.00009: Real-time visualization of excited-state dynamics in molecular chains Yonghui Li, Carsten Ullrich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B24.00010: Thermal conductivity of bulk crystals from first-principles lattice dynamics Keivan Esfarjani, Junichiro Shiomi, Gang Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B24.00011: Optimizing laser pulses for controlled excitation of materials and molecules Roland Allen Preview Abstract

Session B25: Superconductivity: Spin properties, Structure and Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Young Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: D166

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B25.00001: Structure, spin-stripe order, and superconductivity in La$_{1.905}$Ba$_{0.095}$CuO$_4$ with and without 1\% Zn substitution of Cu Jinsheng Wen, Z. Xu, G. Xu, Q. Jie, M. Hucker, A. Zheludev, W. Tian, B. Winn, J. Zarestky, D. Singh, T. Hong, Q. Li, G. Gu, J. Tranquada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B25.00002: Electron-Spin Excitation Coupling in an Electron Doped Copper Oxide Superconductor Pr0.88LaCe0.12CuO4-$\delta$ Jun Zhao, Francis C. Niestemski, Shankar Kunwar, Shiliang Li, Paul Steffens, Arno Hiess, Hye Jung Kang, Stephen D. Wilson, Ziqiang Wang, Pengcheng Dai, Vidya Madhavan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B25.00003: Fluctuating stripes at the onset of the pseudogap in the high-Tc superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x Colin Parker, Pegor Aynajian, Eduardo H. da Silva Neto, Aakash Pushp, Shimpei Ono, Jinsheng Wen, Zhijun Xu, Genda Gu, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B25.00004: Manipulating stripes in La$_{2-x}$Ba$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ in extreme environments Markus Huecker, Genda Gu, Zhijun Xu, Jinsheng Wen, John M. Tranquada, Martin von Zimmermann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B25.00005: Hidden itinerant-spin extreme in heavily-overdoped LSCO revealed by dilute Fe doping: A combined neutron scattering and ARPES study Ruihua He, M. Fujita, M. Enoki, M. Hashimoto, S. Iikubo, S.-K. Mo, H. Yao, T. Adachi, Y. Koike, Z. Hussain, Z.-X. Shen, K. Yamada Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B25.00006: Two distinct electronic sites in the Cu-O plane of the (La, Sr)CuO(4) pseudogap state Robert Smith, Philip Kuhns, Arneil Reyes, Gregory Boebinger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B25.00007: Oxygen staging in phase separated La2-xSrxCuO4+y Hashini Mohottala, Linda Udby, Samuel Emery, B.O. Wells, J. I. Budnick, Christof Niedermayer, Kim Lefmann, N.H. Anderson, F.C. Chou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B25.00008: Tunable High Q Superconducting Microwave Resonator Z. Kim, C.P. Vlahacos, J.E. Hoffman, J.A. Grover, B.K. Cooper, J.R. Anderson, A.J. Dragt, C.J. Lobb, L.A. Orozco, S.L. Rolston, J.M. Taylor, F.C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B25.00009: Nanomechanical Torque Magnetometry of Individual Mesoscopic Superconductors Abdul Suhel, Doug Vick, Mark R. Freeman, John P. Davis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B25.00010: Strong disorders in cuprate superconductors in d-density wave state Hong-Yi Chen, Chung-Pin Chou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B25.00011: Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Studies on the Cu-L edge in 1-Dimensional Cuprate Chains James Lee, M. Yi, W.S. Lee, K. Zhou, C. Monney, S. Johnston, J. van den Brink, T. Schmitt, L. Patthey, T.P. Devereaux, K. Kudo, Y. Koike, Z.X. Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B25.00012: High-resolution RIXS measurement at O K-edge on the edge-shared chain cuprates, Ca$_{2+x}$Y$_{2-x}$Cu$_{5}$O$_{10}$ W.S. Lee, J. Lee, M. Yi, K. Zhou, S. Johnston, T. Schmitt, Jeroen van den Brink, T.P. Devereaux, K. Kudo, Y. Koike, L. Patthey, Z.X. Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B25.00013: Suppression of superconductivity in the fully frustrated Josephson junction array with site dilution Bruna de Oliveira, Tommaso Roscilde, Stephan Haas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B25.00014: Dynamical Spectral weight transfer in the cuprates is described by the Hubbard model Philip Phillips, Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B25.00015: Superstructure and Magnetism in Na0.825CoO2 - A NMR study P.Y. Chu, B.-L. Young, J.Y. Juang, G.J. Shu, M.-W. Chu, F.C. Chou Preview Abstract

Session B26: Focus Session: Iron Based Superconductors -- Growth

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Leonardo Degiorgi, ETH Zurich
Room: D162/164

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B26.00001: Influences of material processing on the microstructure and intergranular current of polycrystalline Sm1111 iron-pnictides A. Yamamoto, J. Jiang, F. Kametani, A. Polyanskii, J. Weiss, E. Hellstrom, D. Larbalestier, A. Martinelli, A. Palenzona, M. Tropeano, M. Putti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B26.00002: Synthesis and superconducting properties of FeTe1-xSe Single Crystals under high magnetic fields Tesfaye Gebre, G. Li, J. Whalen, B. Conner, M. Kostov, T. Siegrist, L. Balicas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B26.00003: Single crystal growth and superconducting properties of LiFeAs Bumsung Lee, Seunghyun Khim, Jae Wook Kim, Eun Sang Choi, Jung Soo Kim, G. R. Stewart, Kee Hoon Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B26.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B26.00005: Superconductivity and wire fabrication of FeSe family Toshinori Ozaki, Keita Deguchi, Yoshikazu Mizuguchi, Hiroaki Kumakura, Yoshihiko Takano Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B26.00006: Synthesis of Large Single Crystals of LaMnPO Greg Smith, Jack Simonson, Carlos Marques, Victor Leyva, Meigan Aronson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B26.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B26.00008: Faceted nanocrystalline growth of FeTe on SrTiO$_{3}$(001) Yi Li, Zhaoliang Liao, Lina Chen, Jianneng Li, Amar Karki, Rongying Jin, Ward Plummer, Jiandi Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B26.00009: Superconducting Iron-Chalcogenide Thin Films and Coated Conductors Qiang Li, Weidong Si Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B26.00010: Superconducting properties of FeSe$_{0.5}$Te$_{0.5}$ and FeTe:O$_x$ thin films Weidong Si, Ayan Bhattacharya, Su Jung Han, Ivo Dimitrov, Lijun Wu, Qiang Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B26.00011: Maze-like surface reconstruction on pure SrFe$_2$As$_2$ observed by STM/STS Michael Dreyer, Mark Gubrud, Hui Wang, Shanta Saha, Nick Butch, Kevin Kirshenbaum, Johnpierre Paglione Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B26.00012: Cleavage behavior and surface states in iron pnictides Klaus Koepernik, Alexander Lankau, Helmut Eschrig, Jeroen van den Brink, Sergey Borisenko, Erik van Heumen, Mark S. Golden Preview Abstract

Session B27: Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits - Measurement

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Matthias Steffen, IBM Research
Room: C155

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B27.00001: Quantum Noise in a Chirped Superconducting Nonlinear Resonator Kater Murch, R. Vijay, Ido Barth, Lazar Friedland, Irfan Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B27.00002: Measurement backaction and the quantum Zeno effect in a superconducting qubit Daniel H. Slichter, R. Vijay, Irfan Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B27.00003: Investigation of the measurement dynamics of a flux qubit inductively coupled to a readout dc-SQUID Peter Groszkowski, Jay Gambetta, Frank Wilhelm Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B27.00004: Optimization of SQUID-based microwave parametric amplifiers for qubit readout Chris Macklin, R. Vijay, E. Levenson-Falk, D. Slichter, Z. Minev, I. Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B27.00005: Fluxonium qubit readout with the Josephson parametric converter M. Hatridge, B. Abdo, A. Kamal, N. Masluk, F. Schackert, M.H. Devoret Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B27.00006: Dispersive Readout of a Superconducting Flux Qubit Using a Microstrip SQUID Amplifier J.E. Johnson, E.M. Hoskinson, C. Macklin, I. Siddiqi, John Clarke Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B27.00007: SQUID-tunable microwave lumped-element oscillators and distributed resonators P. Bhupathi, M.P. DeFeo, M. Ware, J.D. Strand, B.L.T. Plourde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B27.00008: Multiplexing Readout of a Qubit Array via a Single Transmission Line Markus Jerger, Stefano Poletto, Alexander Lukashenko, Alexey V. Ustinov, Pascal Macha, Uwe H\"ubner, Evgeni Il'ichev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B27.00009: Multiplexed dispersive readout of superconducting phase qubits Yu Chen, Rami Barends, Radoslaw Bialczak, Julian Kelly, Micheal Lenander, Erik Lucero, Matteo Mariantoni, Matthew Neeley, Aaron O'Connell, Peter O'Malley, Daniel Sank, Amit Vainsencher, Haohua Wang, Martin Weides, James Wenner, Theodore White, Yi Yin, Jian Zhao, Andrew Cleland, John Martinis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B27.00010: Non-linear dispersive interaction in superconducting circuit QED Yi Yin, Haohua Wang, Matteo Mariantoni, Radoslaw C. Bialczak, Mike Lenander, Eric Lucero, Matthew Neeley, Aaron O'Connell, Daniel Sank, Jim Wenner, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Andrew Cleland, John Martinis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B27.00011: Circuit QED with a Nonlinear Resonator: ac-Stark Shift and Dephasing Florian R. Ong, M. Boissonneault, F. Mallet, A. Palacios-Laloy, A. Dewes, A.C. Doherty, A. Blais, P. Bertet, D. Vion, D. Esteve Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B27.00012: Improved Superconducting Qubit Readout by Qubit-Induced Nonlinearities in the Straddling Regime Maxime Boissonneault, J.M. Gambetta, J. Bourassa, A. Blais Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B27.00013: Purcell Protection and Cycling Transition Measurement with a Superconducting V-system Anthony Hoffman, Srikanth Srinivasan, Jay Gambetta, Andrew Houck Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B27.00014: Quantum State Tomography of a Cooper-pair Box Sergey Novikov, V. Zaretskey, B. Suri, Z. Kim, B.S. Palmer, F.C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B27.00015: A phase qubit coupled to an RF-SQUID resonator Jed Whittaker, Shane Allman, Katarina Cicak, Francois Nguyen, Adam Sirois, John Teufel, Eva Zakka-Bajjani, Raymond Simmonds Preview Abstract

Session B28: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials: Growth, Sorting and Properties

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ray Baughman, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: C156

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B28.00001: Fundamentals and applications of monodisperse carbon-based nanomaterials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B28.00002: Electronic separation of dispersed carbon nanotubes in solution by Lorentz forces Charishma Subbaiah, Joshua Wood, Joseph Lyding Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B28.00003: Horizontally Aligned Carbon Nanotube Growth: Defects and Film Density W.D. Tennyson, D. Shi, E.S. Sanchez, J.C. Keay, M.B. Johnson, D.E. Resasco Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:51PM		B28.00004: Utilizing real time transmission electron microscopy to understand the mechanisms of nanotube nucleation, growth and growth termination Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B28.00005: In situ diagnostics of the pulsed growth of graphene and carbon nanotubes David Geohegan, Alex Puretzky, Jason Readle, Christopher Rouleau, Murari Regmi, Gyula Eres, Gerd Duscher, Mina Yoon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B28.00006: Growth of Ultra-High Density Vertically-Aligned Carbon Nanotube Forests John Robertson, Santiago Esconjauregui, Martin Fouquet, Bernhard Bayer, Stephan Hofmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:51PM		B28.00007: Carbon Nanotubes with Temperature Invariant Viscoelasticity from -196$^{\circ}$C to 1000$^{\circ}$C Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B28.00008: Understanding Chiral-Selective Growth of Carbon Nanotubes: In-Situ Raman Studies of Individual Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Growth Rahul Rao, David Liptak, Tonya Cherukuri, Daylond Hooper, Boris Yakobson, Benji Maruyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B28.00009: Dislocation Dynamics in Multishell Carbon Nano-Onions Traian Dumitrica, Evgeniya Akatyeva, Jianyu Huang Preview Abstract

Session B29: Advances in Ion Trap Quantum Computation

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Jungsang Kim, Duke University
Room: C148

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B29.00001: Trapped ion arrays for quantum simulation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B29.00002: Laser-induced charging of microfabricated ion traps Guang Hao Low, Shannon X. Wang, Nathan Lachenmyer, Yufei Ge, Peter Herskind, Isaac L. Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B29.00003: Superconducting microfabricated ion traps Shannon X. Wang, Yufei Ge, Jaroslaw Labaziewicz, Eric Dauler, Karl Berggren, Isaac L. Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B29.00004: Microfabricated surface trap for scalable ion-photon interfaces Peter Herskind, Shannon Wang, Molu Shi, Yufei Ge, Marko Cetina, Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B29.00005: Ion crystal transducer for strong coupling between single ions and single photons Lucas Lamata, David Leibrandt, Isaac Chuang, Ignacio Cirac, Mikhail Lukin, Vladan Vuletic, Susanne Yelin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B29.00006: Temperature driven structural phase transition for trapped ions Zhe-Xuan Gong, Guin-Dar Lin, Lu-Ming Duan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B29.00007: Differential Stark shift measurement of clock states of Yb+ using an optical frequency comb Qudsia Quraishi*, David Hayes, David Hucul, Dzmitry Matsukevich, Shantanu Debnath, Susan Clark, Chris Monroe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B29.00008: ``Tack'' ion trap for efficient photon collection. Chen-Kuan Chou, Gang Shu, Nathan Kurz, Thomas Noel, John Wright, Boris Blinov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B29.00009: Towards laser cooling of a LC-resonator via trapped ions Soenke Moeller, Nikos Daniilidis, Boyan Tabakov, Aaron Bradley, Hartmut Haeffner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B29.00010: Micro-Fabricated Surface Electrode Y-Junction Ion Traps David Moehring, Matthew Blain, Robert Cook, Kevin Fortier, Raymond Haltli, Clark Highstrete, Daniel Stick, Chris Tigges Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B29.00011: Emergent effective spin models in ion-trap-based quantum simulators Cheng-Ching Joseph Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B29.00012: Individual addressing of trapped ions using a MEMS beam steering system Taehyun Kim, Caleb Knoernschild, Emily Mount, Stephen Crain, Rachel Noek, Daniel Gaultney, Peter Maunz, Jungsang Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B29.00013: Scalable micro-scale optics for planar ion traps True Merrill, Harley Hayden, Chien-Shing Pai, Rachel Noek, Jungsang Kim, Curtis Volin Preview Abstract

Session B30: Graphene: Transport and Correlations

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Vladimir Falko, Lancaster University, UK
Room: C147/154

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B30.00001: Magnetoconductance Oscillations in High-Mobility Suspended Bilayer and Trilayer Graphene Wenzhong Bao, Zeng Zhao, Hang Zhang, Gang Liu, Philip Kratz, Lei Jing, Jairo Velasc, Dmitry Smirnov, Chun Ning Lau Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B30.00002: Novel Excitonic Effects in Graphene and Bilayer Graphene Li Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B30.00003: Metal-insulator transitions in graphene Mario Amado, Enrique Diez, Francesco Rossella, Vittorio Bellani, David Lopez-Romero, Duncan Maude Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B30.00004: Conductivity of Coulomb interacting massless Dirac particles in graphene Vladimir Juricic, Oskar Vafek, Igor Herbut Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B30.00005: Plasma Excitations of Dressed Dirac Electrons in Graphene Oleksiy Roslyak, Danhong Huang, Andrii Iurov, Godfrey Gumbs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B30.00006: Variational approach to the excitonic phase transition in graphene Fernando Sols, Javier Sabio, Francisco Guinea Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B30.00007: First-principles study of polarization in graphene Priyamvada Jadaun, YuGui Yao, Leonard F. Register, Qian Niu, Sanjay Banerjee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B30.00008: Graphene K and K' States at the Dirac Point Lawrence Snyder, Christopher Wells Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B30.00009: Edges states and anomalous Aharonov-Bohm-type oscillation in anti-dot lattice graphenes formed by nanoporous alumina template mask J. Haruyama, T. Shimizu, J. Nakamura, T. Matsui, H. Fukuyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B30.00010: Snake orbits in graphene underneath an array of Ni$_{0.80}$Fe$_{0.20}$ nano-dots Adam Neal, Jiangjiang Gu, Tony Low, Peide Ye Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B30.00011: Metal Electrode Effect on Electronic Transport through Graphene Cheng Gong, Weichao Wang, Geunsik Lee, Bin Shan, Kyeongjae Cho Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B30.00012: Casimir Interaction Between Graphene and Planar Systems David Drosdoff, Lilia Woods Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B30.00013: Hot electron dynamics and Schwinger mechanism in graphene Meng-Chieh Ling, J\"org Schmalian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B30.00014: Band structures of bilayer graphene superlattices Si Wu, Matthew Killi, Arun Paramekanti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B30.00015: Giant inelastic tunneling in epitaxial grapheme mediated by localized states Kees Flipse, Kevin Ruit van de, Jiri Cervenka Preview Abstract

Session B31: Focus Session: van der Waals Bonding in Advanced Materials: Applications to Systems and Behaviors

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Yves Chabal, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: C145

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B31.00001: Physisorbed molecules: How their frictional and diffusive properties impact lubricity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B31.00002: Edge-dependent Static Friction of Adsorbed van der Waals Islands Nicola Varini, Furio Ercolessi, Ugo Tartaglino, Andrea Vanossi, Erio Tosatti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B31.00003: Why viscosities of Ne and Kr monolayers are so different on the Pb(111) surface Ruqian Wu, Yanning Zhang, V. Bortolani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B31.00004: Tribological Characterization of Nanoclustered Lead Films Keeley M. Stevens, Jacqueline Krim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B31.00005: van der Waals bonded materials: vanadium pentoxide bulk structure Elisa Londero, Elsebeth Schroeder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B31.00006: Stacking and Registry Effects in Layered Materials: The Case of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Leeor Kronik, Noa Marom, Jonathan Bernstein, Jonathan Garel, Alexandre Tkatchenko, Ernesto Joselevich, Oded Hod Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B31.00007: van der Waals binding and band structure effects in graphene overlayers and graphane multilayers Per Hyldgaard, Jochen Rohrer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B31.00008: Noble gas adsorption on carbon nanotubes: insight from a van der Waals density functional study De-Li Chen, Wissam Al-Saidi, Karl Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B31.00009: Water droplet distributions in pure and functionalized single walled carbon nanotubes Callen Johnson, Supriyo Ghosh, Xenia Tombokan, Parameswar Hari Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B31.00010: How do hybrid functionals, dispersion interactions and quantum nuclei affect the structure of liquid water? Zhaofeng Li, Robert A. DiStasio Jr., Roberto Car, Xifan Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B31.00011: Density, structure and dynamics of water: the effect of Van der Waals interactions Marivi Fernandez-Serra, Jue Wang, Guillermo Roman, Emilio Artacho, Jose Soler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B31.00012: Van der Waals Density Functional Simulations of Liquid Water Jun Wu, Cui Zhang, Giulia Galli, Francois Gygi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B31.00013: Ice under pressure: the role of van der Waals forces in hydrogen bonding Eamonn Murray, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract

Session B32: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures and Metamaterials II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Tom Driscoll, University of California, San Diego
Room: C144

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B32.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B32.00002: Optical Properties of Metal-Dielectric-Metal (MDM) Nanoantennas Bhuwan Joshi, Xuejin Wen, Kai Sun, Wu Lu, Qi-Huo Wei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B32.00003: Designing broadband plasmonic nanoantennas for ultrasensing Zhenhuan Yi, Kai Wang, Dmitri V. Voronine, Andrew Traverso, Alexei Sokolov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		B32.00004: Optical nanoantennas: controlled emission of single photon sources Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B32.00005: Plasmon-mediated polarization-tuneable enhancement of optical absorption in a polymer film Edward J. Osley, Paul G. Thompson, Claudiu G. Biris, Nicolae C. Panoiu, Paul A. Warburton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B32.00006: Plasmonic-molecular resonance coupling Jianfang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B32.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B32.00008: Advanced Material Models for Nano-Plasmonic Systems via Discontinuous Galerkin Methods Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B32.00009: Suppression of Landau Damping in Metal Nanostructures via Quantum Size Effect Xiaoguang Li, Di Xiao, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B32.00010: Excitation of electromagnetic modes in spheres Raul Garc\'Ia-Llamas, Luis Ramirez-Rodriguez Preview Abstract

Session B33: Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides: Electronic Conduction and Defects

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland
Room: C143/149

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B33.00001: Conduction at different ferroelectric domain walls in BiFeO$_{3}$ Saeedeh Farokhipoor, Christophe Daumont, Beatriz Noheda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B33.00002: Electronic Transport properties of ultra-thin BiFeO$_{3}$ Dipanjan Mazumdar, Oleg Mryasov, Vilas Shelke, Stephen Jesse, Arthur Baddorf, Sergei Kalinin, Arunava Gupta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B33.00003: Oxygen vacancies in lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO$_3$) Joshua Sayre, Nicola Spaldin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B33.00004: Defect-Induced Electronic Structures and Formation Energies of Vacancy Complexes in SrTiO$_{3}$ Jiyeon Kim, Choong H. Kim, Rokyeon Kim, Jaejun Yu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B33.00005: Quasiparticle electronic structure calculations of F centers in SrTiO$_{3}$ perovskite Chandrima Mitra, Alex Demkov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B33.00006: Charge transition levels of oxygen vacancies in monoclinic hafnia Manish Jain, James R. Chelikowsky, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B33.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B33.00008: Disproportionation and comproportionation reactions of resistive switching in polycrystalline NiOx films Forest S.-S. Chien, Yi-Ta Wu, Guan-Long Lai, Y.H. Lai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B33.00009: The effect of oxygen migration for random resistance access memory in oxide-based devices Zhaoliang Liao, Peng Gao, Yang Meng, Hongwu Zhao, Xuedong Bai, Dongmin Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B33.00010: Conduction and Loss Mechanisms in Flexible Oxide-Based Memristors J.L. Tedesco, N. Gergel-Hackett, L. Stephey, A.A. Herzing, M. Hernandez-Mora, C.A. Hacker, J. Obrzut, L.J. Richter, C.A. Richter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B33.00011: Capacitive network near the metal insulator transition in Vanadium Dioxide J.G. Ramirez, E.J. Patino, R. Schmidt, A. Sharoni, M.E. Gomez, I.K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B33.00012: Substitution site for Zn in LiNbO$_3$ from detailed EXAFS analysis Frank Bridges, Brad Car, Jaime Castillo, Michael Kozina, Scott Medling Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B33.00013: Structure and Magnetic Properties of Electron Doped YMnO$_{3}$ Tian Yu, Peng Gao, Trevor Tyson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B33.00014: First-principles calculations of Ti and O NMR chemical shift tensors in ferroelectric perovskites Daniel Pechkis, Eric Walter, Henry Krakauer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B33.00015: Electrical Breakdown in Lightning Arrestor Connector (LAC) Devices Harold P. Hjalmarson, Kenneth Kambour, Andrew C. Pineda Preview Abstract

Session B34: Focus Session: Interfaces in Complex Oxides - Spectroscopy and Growth

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: John Hill, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: C141

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B34.00001: Strain-modulated asymmetric orbital--lattice interactions in correlated oxide heterostructures J. Chakhalian, J. Rondinelli , Jian Liu, B. Gray, M. Kareev, E.J. Moon, J. Cohn, M. Varela, S.G. Altendorf, F. Strigari, B. Dabrowski, L.H. Tjeng, P.J. Ryan, J.W. Freeland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B34.00002: Structural effects on the electronic properties of epitaxially strained RNiO$_{3}$ thin films I.C. Tung, Jian Liu, B. Gray, J. Chakhalian, J. Rondinelli, P. Ryan, J.W. Kim, M.J. Bedzyk, J.W. Freeland Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B34.00003: Orbital engineering near La$_{2}$NiO$_{4}$-La$_{2}$CuO$_{4}$ superlattice interfaces S. Smadici, J.C.T. Lee, J. Morales, P. Abbamonte, G. Logvenov, A. Gozar, I. Bozovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B34.00004: Orbital Control in single unit cell LaNiO3/LaAlO3 superlattices J.W. Freeland, J. Liu, B. Gray, M. Kareev, J.W. Kim, P.J. Ryan, R. Pentcheva, J. Chakhalian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B34.00005: Realistic DMFT calculations for nickelate superlattices M.J. Han, Xin Wang, Chris A. Marianetti, Andrew J. Millis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B34.00006: Conductivity enhancement of ultrathin LaNiO$_{3}$ films in superlattices Junwoo Son, James M. Lebeau, S. James Allen, Susanne Stemmer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B34.00007: Electric-Field Control of the Metal-Insulator Transition in Nickelate Thin Films Raoul Scherwitzl, Pavlo Zubko, Ignacio Gutierrez-Lezama, Shimpei Ono, Alberto Morpurgo, Gustau Catalan, Jean-Marc Triscone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B34.00008: Interface Structures in Ferromagnetic LaMnO$_{3}$-SrMnO$_{3}$ Superlattices Amish Shah, Quentin Ramasse, Steven May, Anand Bhattacharya, Xiaofang Zhai, James Eckstein, Jian-Min Zuo, John Spence Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B34.00009: Induced Ti magnetism at titanate / manganite interfaces J. Garcia-Barriocanal, F.Y. Bruno, A. Rivera-Calzada, C. Leon, J. Santamaria, J.C. Cezar, P. Thakur, N.B. Brookes, J.W. Taylor, J.A. Duffy, S.B. Dugdale, C. Utfeld, S.R. Giblin, T. Nakamura, K. Kodama, S. Okamoto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		B34.00010: Orbital Reflectometry and the Electronic Structure of Oxide Interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B34.00011: Source oxidation problem in oxide-MBE environment and its solution Namrata Bansal, Yong-Seung Kim, Seongshik Oh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B34.00012: Growth of SrTiO3(110) film with oxide molecule beam epitaxy Jiandong Guo, Zhiming Wang, Fang Yang, Jiagui Feng, Fengmiao Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B34.00013: Oxygen Doping Study of Cuprate/Manganite Thin-Film Heterostructures Hao Zhang, J.Y.T. Wei, Wen He Gong, Gianluigi A. Botton Preview Abstract

Session B35: Topological Insulators: Theory I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Kai Sun, University of Maryland
Room: C140

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B35.00001: Classification of Gapped Topological Phases in 1D Interacting System Xie Chen, Zheng-Cheng Gu, Xiao-Gang Wen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B35.00002: Classification of topological insulators and superconductors using KR theory Abhishek Roy Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B35.00003: The classification of topological insulators and superconductors Ching-Kai Chiu, Michael Stone, Taylor Hughes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B35.00004: Chern Numbers Hiding in Time of Flight Images Indubala Satija, Erhai Zhao, Parag Ghosh, Noah Bray-Ali Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B35.00005: Topological Nature of Phonon Hall Effect Lifa Zhang, Jie Ren, Jian-Sheng Wang, Baowen Li Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B35.00006: Effects of Metallic Contacts on Topological Insulator Surface States Jimmy Hutasoit, Tudor Stanescu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B35.00007: Spin active scattering at the interface between a metal and a topological insulator Erhai Zhao, Chun Zhang, Mahmoud Lababidi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B35.00008: Floquet Topological Insulator in Semiconductor Quantum Wells Netanel Lindner, Gil Refael, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B35.00009: A study of localized states in topological insulators Kun Woo Kim, Tamar Pereg-Barnea, Gil Refael Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B35.00010: Zero modes in the bulk of the Topological Insulators induced by disorder or dislocations David Schmeltzer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B35.00011: Zero energy modes in heterostructures Tudor Petrescu, Stephan Rachel, Karyn Le Hur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B35.00012: Protected Entanglement Spectrum in Disordered Topological Insulators Emil Prodan, Taylor Hughes, Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B35.00013: Theory of Inversion Symmetric Topological Insulators Taylor Hughes, Emil Prodan, B. Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B35.00014: Topological Properties of Insulators with Inversion Symmetry Ari Turner, Yi Zhang, Roger Mong, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B35.00015: Computing topological invariants without inversion symmetry Alexey Soluyanov, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract

Session B36: Photovoltaics: Novel Approaches and System Issues

Sponsoring Units: GERA
Chair: Fatima toor, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Room: C142

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B36.00001: Surpassing the classical light-trapping limit in thin film solar cells Jeremy Munday, Dennis Callahan, Harry Atwater Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B36.00002: Resonance shifting: A simple, all-optical method for circumventing the reabsorption problem in luminescent concentrators Noel Giebink, Gary Wiederrecht, Michael Wasielewski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B36.00003: Computational Design of All-Carbon Photovoltaics Marco Bernardi, Jeffrey C. Grossman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B36.00004: Continuum and KMC simulations of realistic bulk heterostructure solar cell photovoltaic devices Kanokkorn Pimcharoen, Daniel Olds, Phillip Duxbury Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B36.00005: Computational Materials Design for High Efficiency Photovoltaic Solar Cells and Transparent Conducting Sulfides Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida, Yoshimasa Tani, Kazunori Sato Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B36.00006: Efficient Black Silicon Solar Cells with Multi-Scale Surface Texture Fatima Toor, William Nemeth, Matthew Page, Qi Wang, Howard Branz, Hao-Chih Yuan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B36.00007: Scalability of Nanocoax PV Architecture Michael J. Naughton, Zhifeng Ren, Kris Kempa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B36.00008: Physical effects of ultrathin photovoltaic junctions T. Kirkpatrick, K. Kempa, M.J. Naughton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B36.00009: Amorphous Silicon-Carbon Nanostructure Solar Cells Maria Schriver, Will Regan, Matthias Loster, Alex Zettl Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B36.00010: Prediction of enhanced photovoltaic performance of amorphous silicon solar cells with filled nanopores Jeffrey Grossman, Joo-Hyoung Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B36.00011: Optimizing materials for photon-enhanced thermionic emission Jared Schwede, Daniel Riley, Igor Bargatin, Samuel Rosenthal, Roger Howe, Nicholas Melosh, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B36.00012: Optimization and Characterization of Nanostructured Surfaces for Photon-Enhanced Thermionic Emission and Photoemission cathodes Daniel Riley, Vijay Narasimhan, Joel Jean, Igor Bargatin, Jared Schwede, Zhi-Xun Shen, Roger Howe, Nick Melosh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B36.00013: Design and characterization of transparent thin film nanostructure device Uday Trivedi, Utpal Joshi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B36.00014: Interface properties of chalcopyrite heterocontacts Christian Pettenkofer, Andreas Hofmann, Eike Janocha, Carsten Lehmann Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B36.00015: Effects of Back Contact Materials on Substrate Configuration CdTe Solar Cells Nathan G.F. Reaver, Kristopher Wieland, Alvin D. Compaan Preview Abstract

Session B37: Focus Session: Graphene Growth, Characterization, and Devices: Devices and Contacts

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Thomas Seyller, University of Erlanger-Nuernberg
Room: C146

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B37.00001: BN / Graphene / BN RF Transistors Han Wang, Thiti Taychatanapat, Allen Hsu, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Tomas Palacios Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B37.00002: Bilayer graphene $p-i-n$ tunnel junction controlled by modulated top gate Hisao Miyazaki, Song-Lin Li, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, Akinobu Kanda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B37.00003: Rectification at the graphene and multi-layer-graphene / semiconductor interface from room temperature up to 900K Sefaattin Tongay, Todd Schumann, Arthur F. Hebard Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B37.00004: Complementary-like semiconducting graphene logic inverters Song-Lin Li, Hisao Miyazaki, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, Akinobu Kanda Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B37.00005: Ferroelectric gating of CVD graphene devices Guangxin Ni, Yi Zheng, Kui Yao, Barbaros \"Ozyilmaz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B37.00006: Electrical noise in graphene FETs Nan Sun, Kristof Tahy, Gerald Arnold, Debdeep Jena, Huili Xing, Steven Ruggiero Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B37.00007: Development of epitaxial graphene based electronics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B37.00008: Metal selection criteria for enhancing electrical conductance of metal-graphene junctions Marcelo Kuroda, J. Tersoff, Dennis Newns, Glenn Martyna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B37.00009: Influence of Metal Contact on the Operation and Scalability of Graphene Field-Effect-Transistors Pei Zhao, Qin Zhang, Debdeep Jena, Siyuranga O. Koswatta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B37.00010: Flexible and Transparent Field Emission Devices based on Graphene-Nanowire Hybrid Structures Muhammad Arif, Kwang Heo, Byung Yang Lee, David H. Seo, Sunae Seo, Jikang Jian, Seunghun Hong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B37.00011: CVD grown graphene field-effect device arrays with water top gate Bei Wang, B. Koger, J. Zhu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B37.00012: Graphene p-n Junctions via Molecular Functionalization Ren-Jye Shiue, Hung-Chieh Cheng, Chia-Chang Tsai, Yit-Tsong Chen, Wei-Hua Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B37.00013: Device fabrication progress on epitaxial graphene on SiC Yike Hu, Zelei Guo, Rui Dong, Claire Berger, Walt deHeer Preview Abstract

Session B38: Earle K. Plyler Prize Session I: Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Vladimir Chernyak, Wayne State University
Room: A130/131

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B38.00001: Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy Talk: Coherent Ultrafast Multidimensional Spectroscopy of Molecules; From NMR to X-rays Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B38.00002: Photoelectron spectroscopy of solvated electrons in liquid tetrahydrofuran and methanol microjets Alexander Shreve Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B38.00003: The Solvated Electron in Acetonitrile Stephanie Doan, Arthur Bragg, Benjamin Schwartz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B38.00004: Dynamics of electron solvation in I\={ }(CH$_{3}$OH)$_{n}$ clusters (4 $\le \quad n \quad \le $ 11) Ryan Young Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B38.00005: Vibronic Enhancement of Exciton Sizes and Energy Transport in Photosynthetic Complexes Andrew Moran, Jordan Womick, Brantley West, Stephen Miller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 1:15PM		B38.00006: Nonlinear Coherent Optical Imaging for Biomedicine: The Quest for Ultimate Sensitivity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B38.00007: Optical Control of Conjugated Oligomer Planarity Sergei Tretiak, Jenny Clark, Guglielmo Lanzani Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B38.00008: Using 2D Fourier-transform spectroscopy to separate homogeneous and inhomogeneous line widths of heavy- and light-hole excitons in weakly disordered semiconductor quantum wells Steven Cundiff, Alan Bristow, Tianhao Zhang, Mark Siemens, Richard Mirin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B38.00009: Oxygen atom roaming and multiple dissociation pathways of NO$_{3}$ Michael Grubb, Michelle Warter, Kurt Johnson, Simon North Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B38.00010: First Principle Simulations of the Infrared Spectrum of Liquid Water using Hybrid Density Functionals Cui Zhang, Davide Donadio, Francois Gygi, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B38.00011: Nonequilibrium Mixed Quantum-Classical simulations of Hydrogen-bond Structure and Dynamics in Methanol-d Carbon tetrachloride liquid mixtures and its spectroscopic signature Kijeong Kwac, Eitan Geva Preview Abstract

Session B39: Focus Session: Single Molecule Biophysics II: Novel Single Molecule Approaches to Biology

Sponsoring Units: DBP DPOLY DCP
Chair: Keir Neuman, National Institutes of Health
Room: A124/127

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B39.00001: Single-image molecular analysis for accelerated fluorescence imaging Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B39.00002: Super-resolution imaging of multiple fluorescent proteins with highly overlapping emission spectra in living cells Mudalige Gunewardene, Fedor Subach, Travis Gould, Gregory Penoncello, Manasa Gudheti, Vladislav Verkhusha, Samuel Hess Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B39.00003: Single-image diffusion coefficient measurements of proteins in free solution Shannon Kian Zareh, Michael DeSantis, Jonathan Kessler, Yan Mei Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B39.00004: Quantifying kinetics and dynamics of DNA repair proteins using Raster-scan Image Correlation Spectroscopy Salim Abdisalaam, Milan Poudel, David Chen, George Alexandrakis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		B39.00005: Overview of single-molecule methods including high-force, force-fluorescence, and dual-trap studies for probing molecular and cellular machinery Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B39.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B39.00007: 3D single molecule tracking in thick cellular specimens using multifocal plane microscopy Sripad Ram, E. Sally Ward, Raimund J. Ober Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B39.00008: Single Molecule Analysis of Serotonin Transporter Regulation Using Quantum Dots Jerry Chang, Ian Tomlinson, Michael Warnement, Alessandro Ustione, Ana Carneiro, David Piston, Randy Blakely, Sandra Rosenthal Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B39.00009: Casein Kinase 2 Reverses Tail-Independent Inhibition of Kinesin-1 Jing Xu, Zhanyong Shu, Preetha Anand, Babu Reddy, Silvia Cermelli, Thomas Whisenant, Stephen King, Lee Bardwell, Lan Huang, Steven Gross Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B39.00010: Asymmetric Friction and Directed Movement of Brownian Motors Oleg Andreev, Vladislav Markin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B39.00011: GSK-3 regulates transport of kinesin-1 driven cargos \textit{in vivo} Christina Leidel, Carole Weaver, Lukasz Szpankowski, Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, George T. Shubeita Preview Abstract

Session B40: Lipid Bilayers and Biological Membranes: Dynamics and Thermodynamics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Mark Henle, Harvard University
Room: A122/123

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B40.00001: Correlating Anomalous Diffusion with Membrane Obstacle Structure Using Single Molecule Tracking and AFM Michael Skaug, Marjorie Longo, Roland Faller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B40.00002: Tracking single Kv2.1 channels in live cells reveals anomalous subdiffusion and ergodicity breaking Aubrey Weigel, Blair Simon, Michael Tamkun, Diego Krapf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B40.00003: Studies of molecular diffusion in single-supported bilayer lipid membranes at high hydration by quasielastic neutron scattering M. Bai, A. Miskowiec, S.-K. Wang, H. Taub, F.Y. Hansen, T. Jenkins, M. Tyagi, D.A. Neumann, S.O. Diallo, E. Mamontov, K.W. Herwig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B40.00004: Studies of molecular diffusion in single-supported bilayer lipid membranes at low hydration by quasielastic neutron scattering A. Miskowiec, M. Bai, M. Lever, H. Taub, F.Y. Hansen, T. Jenkins, M. Tyagi, D.A. Neumann, S.O. Diallo, E. Mamontov, K.W. Herwig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B40.00005: Diffusion in Single Supported Lipid Bilayers C.L. Armstrong, M. Trapp, M.C. Rheinst\"{a}dter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B40.00006: Membrane stress relaxation by transbilayer cholesterol exchange Mark L. Henle, L. Mahadevan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B40.00007: Ethanol enhances collective dynamics of lipid membranes Martin Kaye, Maikel Rheinstadter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B40.00008: Vesicle Shape Transformations Driven by Active and Spontaneous Lipid Flip-flop Thomas Powers, Elnaz Baum-Snow Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B40.00009: \textit{In vitro} approach to the mechanics of lipid membrane area regulation: vesicle absorption and tube formation Margarita Staykova, Douglas Holmes, Clarke Read, Howard A. Stone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B40.00010: Structural Phase Diagram for Multi-lamellar Tubular Deformations of Lipid Mesophases Lobat Tayebi, Atul Parikh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B40.00011: Biomembranes that respond to specific triggers by phase separating Matthew Leroux, Matthew Frantes, Vernita Gordon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B40.00012: Lipid domains in supported SM-Chol membranes measured by GISANS Mikhail Zhernenkov, Manish Dubey, Boris Toperverg, Jaroslaw Majewski, Michael Fitzsimmons Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B40.00013: Structure of the Stern layer in Phospholipid Systems Sweta Vangaveti, Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B40.00014: Modeling Signal Transduction and Lipid Rafts in Immune Cells Ashok Prasad Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B40.00015: Calcium-mediated rigidity in PIP2 lipid domains Wouter G. Ellenbroek, Andrea J. Liu Preview Abstract

Session B41: Focus Session: Supramolecular Self-Assembly--Controlling Network and Gel Formation I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBP
Chair: Aline Miller, University of Manchester
Room: A115/117

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B41.00001: Bio-mimetic metal-ligand crosslinks yield self-healing polymer networks with near-covalent elastic moduli Niels Holten-Andersen, Matthew Harrington, Henrik Birkedal, Bruce Lee, Phillip Messersmith, Herbert Waite, Ka Yee Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B41.00002: Controlling Mechanical Properties of Bis-leucine Oxalyl Amide Gels William Chang, Daniel Carvajal, Kenneth Shull Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B41.00003: 4D Structural Dynamics of Sheared Collagen Networks Richard Arevalo, Daniel Blair, Jeffrey Urbach Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B41.00004: Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Actin Network Formation Ronald Pandolfi, Peter Becich, Lam Nguyen, Linda Hirst Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B41.00005: Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Complexes: A New Class of Organogelators Kevin Cavicchi, Yuqing Liu, Gustavo Guzman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B41.00006: Self-Assembly of DNA--Block Copolymer Micelles Wei Qu, Xuan Jiang, Hai-Quan Mao, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B41.00007: LL37-DNA complexes and auto-immune diseases Fan Jin, Lori K. Sanders, Wujing Xian, Michel Gilliet, Gerard C. L. Wong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B41.00008: Stiffness of DNA nanotubes: insights for the design of dsDNA materials Paul Weitekamp, Daniel Schiffels, Alex Iteen, Deborah Fygenson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:27PM		B41.00009: Peptide assemblies: from cell scaffolds to immune adjuvants Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B41.00010: Multiscale peptide self-assembly Justin Barone, Devin Ridgley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B41.00011: Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Peptide and Modified Jeffamine Organogels Daniel Savin, Adam Richardson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B41.00012: Designing responsive peptide hydrogels using peptide-responsive polymer conjugates Alberto Saiani, Anton Maslovskis, Aline Miller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B41.00013: Stimuli-Responsive Peptide-based Triblock and Star Copolymers Jacob Ray, Sandeep Naik, Ashley Johnson, Jack Ly, Daniel Savin Preview Abstract

Session B42: Polyelectrolytes, Conformations, Assembly, and Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Venkat Ganesan, University of Texas at Austin
Room: A302/303

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B42.00001: Scaling behavior of single chain dimension of polystyrene sulfonate Qingbo Yang, Jiang Zhao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B42.00002: Bridging induced by multivalent counterions in polyelectrolyte brush Nicolas Laugel, Robert Farina, Philip Pincus, Matthew Tirrell Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B42.00003: Collapse of single polyelectrolytes in a.c.\,electric fields Chunda Zhou, Robert Riehn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B42.00004: Conformation of Randomly Sulfonated Pentablock Ionomers in Dilute Solution: Molecular Dynamic Simulation Study Dipak Aryal, Dvora Perahia, Gary S. Grest Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B42.00005: Polyelectrolyte Dendrimer Conformations from Mean Field Theory Thomas Lewis, Venkat Ganesan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B42.00006: Controlling the swelling and wettability of weak polyelectrolyte brushes Richard Gurtowski, Benxin Jing, Elaine Zhu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B42.00007: Light- and pH Switchable Supramolecular Nanoparticles through Electrostatic Self-Assembly Franziska Groehn, Immanuel Willerich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B42.00008: Tunable morphologies from charged diblock copolymers Monojoy Goswami, Bobby Sumpter Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B42.00009: Finite size effects in polyelectrolyte adsorption: A simulation study Maria Sammalkorpi, Paul R. Van Tassel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B42.00010: Thermal Properties of Linearly and Exponentially Growing Layer-by-Layer Assemblies Ajay Vidyasagar, Jodie Lutkenhaus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B42.00011: Polyelectrolyte gel dynamics during volume phase transitions Mithun Mitra, Jing Hua, Murugappan Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B42.00012: Field theoretic simulations of the interfacial properties of complex coacervates Robert Riggleman, Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B42.00013: Electrohydrodynamics of polyelectrolytes using Lattice-Boltzmann simulations without electrostatics Owen A. Hickey, James L. Harden, Christian Holm, Gary W. Slater Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B42.00014: Thermophoresis of a polyelectrolyte Jennifer Kreft Pearce, Audrey Hammack, Andrew Laster, James Lee, Seth Norman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B42.00015: Charge transport in confined ionic liquids Joshua Sangoro, Ciprian Iacob, Wycliffe Kipnusu, Friedrich Kremer Preview Abstract

Session B43: Focus Session: Polymers for Energy Storage and Conversion -- Nanoscale Structure in Polymer-based Photovoltaics

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY GERA
Chair: Dean Delongchamp, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: A306/307

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B43.00001: Association of P3HT and PCBM in solution Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B43.00002: Organic solar cells: a theoretical study of the effects of polymer side-chains Nicolas Berube, Helene Antaya, Michel Cote Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B43.00003: Perylene Diimide Based ``Nanofabric'' Thin Films for Organic Photovoltaic Cells Austin Carter, June Hyoung Park, Yong Min, Arthur Epstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B43.00004: Influence of Annealing and Blending of Photoactive Polymers on Their Crystalline Structure Matthias A. Ruderer, Stefan M. Prams, Monika Rawolle, Qi Zhong, Peter Mueller-Buschbaum, Jan Perlich, Stephan V. Roth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B43.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 1:15PM		B43.00006: Bio-Inspired electro-photonic structure for organic and dye sensitized solar cells Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B43.00007: The Poly(3-hexylthiophene) / ZnO (10-10) interface: structure and energetics Jie Jiang, Sohrab Ismail-Beigi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B43.00008: Photovoltaic Device Performance Enhancement by Interfacial Decoration of Bulk-Heterojunctions with Semiconducting Nanocrystals Theodore J. Kramer, Ioannis Kymissis, Irving P. Herman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B43.00009: Semiconducting Nanocomposites via Directly Grafting Conjugated Polymer onto Quantum Rods Lei Zhao, Xinchang Pang, Zhiqun Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B43.00010: Directed assembly of core-shell hybrid nanomaterials for polymer photovoltaics Shanju Zhang, Candice Pelligra, Lisa Pfefferle, Chinedum Osuji Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B43.00011: Interconnected and nano-perforated lamellar sheets of metal oxides produced using novel block copolymer templates Paul Zavala-Rivera, Kevin Channon, Vincent Nyugen, Easan Sivaniah, Nataraj Sanna Kotrappanavar, S.A. Al-Muhtaseb Preview Abstract

Session B44: Physics of Copolymers I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Darrin Pochan, University of Delaware
Room: A309

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		B44.00001: Controlling Cellular Endocytosis at the Nanoscale Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B44.00002: Microphase Separation in Block-Random Copolymers of Styrene and Hydrogenated Isoprene Bryan S. Beckingham, Richard A. Register Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B44.00003: Micellization kinetics of diblock copolymers in a homopolymer matrix: A self-consistent field study Raghuram Thiagarajan, David Morse Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B44.00004: Manipulating the structural conformation of block copolymer micelles using co-solvent mixtures Elizabeth G. Kelley, Thomas P. Smart, Millicent O. Sullivan, Thomas H. Epps, III Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B44.00005: Molecular Exchange in Ordered Diblock Copolymer Micelles Soo-Hyung Choi, Timothy Lodge, Frank Bates Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B44.00006: Kinetics of Pressure Jump for Block Copolymer Phase Transition in Selective Solvent Yongsheng Liu, Rama Bansil, Milos Steinhart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B44.00007: Transition Behavior of Hydrogen Bonding mediated Block Copolymer complex Sudhakar Naidu, Hyungju Ahn, Hoyeon Lee, Du Yeol Ryu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B44.00008: Phase Behavior of Binary Mixtures of Block Copolymers having Hydrogen Bonding Sung Hyun Han, Jin Kon Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B44.00009: Highly Localized Optically Induced Melting Transitions in Block Copolymers Azar Alizadeh, Eugene Boden, Xialei Shi, Victor Ostroverkhov, Daniel Brunnelle, Vicki Watkins, Charles Kerbage, Matthew Misner, Brian Lawrence Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B44.00010: Self-Assembly of Lamellar Microphases in Linear Gradient Copolymer Melts Nicholas B. Tito, Scott T. Milner, Jane E. G. Lipson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B44.00011: Kinetics and Dynamics of HEX to Gyroid Transition of a Diblock Copolymer in Selective Solvent Julian Spring, Yongsheng Liu, Rama Bansil Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B44.00012: Dynamics of Cloud Point Transitions in Dilute Solutions of Gradient Copolymers with Prescribed Gradient Strengths Keith Gallow, Yueh-Lin Loo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B44.00013: Effect of Macromolecular Architecture on the Morphology of Polystyrene/Polyisoprene Block Copolymers Caleb Dyer, Paraskevi Driva, Scott Sides, Bobby Sumpter, Jimmy Mays, Mark Dadmun, Feng Zuo, Frank Bates Preview Abstract

Session B45: Optomechanics at the Quantum Limit

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP GQI
Chair: Brian DeMarco, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: A310

Monday, March 21, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		B45.00001: Sideband cooling micromechanical motion to the quantum ground state John Teufel, Tobias Donner, Dale Li, Konrad Lehnert, Raymond Simmonds Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		B45.00002: Cavity Cooling of A Mechanical Resonator in Amorphous Systems Lin Tian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		B45.00003: Quantum Interactions of a Torsional Nanomechanical Resonator with a Single Spin Brian D'Urso, Shonali Dhingra Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		B45.00004: Characterization of an oscillator's mechanical impedance using photon pressure Paul Wilkinson, Gordon Shaw, Jon Pratt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		B45.00005: Multi-stability in an optomechanical system with two-component Bose-Einstein condensate Ying Dong, Jinwu Ye, Han Pu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		B45.00006: Optomechanical down-conversion Simon Groeblacher, Sebastian Hofer, Witlef Wieczorek, Michael Vanner, Klemens Hammerer, Markus Aspelmeyer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		B45.00007: Photothermally induced dynamics in partially coated loaded microcantilevers Shomeek Mukhopadhyay, Umar Mohideen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		B45.00008: Micro-optomechanical trampoline resonators Brian Pepper, Dustin Kleckner, Petro Sonin, Evan Jeffrey, Dirk Bouwmeester Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		B45.00009: Proposal for detecting measurement-induced entanglement between remote mechanical oscillators Kjetil Borkje, Andreas Nunnenkamp, Steven M. Girvin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		B45.00010: Investigation of radiation pressure shot-noise in a microwave circuit optomechanical system Jennifer Harlow, John Teufel, Raymond Simmonds, Konrad Lehnert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		B45.00011: Levitated Quantum Nano-Magneto-Mechanical Systems Mauro Cirio, Jason Twamley, Gavin K. Brennen, Gerard J. Milburn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		B45.00012: Measurement of Casimir force with transparent conducting oxides Alexandr Banishev, Chia-Cheng Chang, Umar Mohideen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		B45.00013: Precision measurements of the Casimir force at Low temperatures Rodrigo Castillo-Garza, Umar Mohideen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		B45.00014: Strong interactions of single atoms and photons near a dielectric boundary N.P. Stern, D.J. Alton, T. Aoki, H. Lee, E. Ostby, K.J. Vahala, H.J. Kimble Preview Abstract
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		B45.00015: Distinct single photons strongly interacting at a single atom in a waveguide Pavel Kolchin, Rupert F. Oulton, Xiang Zhang Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2011

Volume 56, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 21–25, 2011; Dallas, Texas

Session Index

Session B1: Quantum Devices Based on Semiconductor Nanowires

Session B1: Quantum Devices Based on Semiconductor Nanowires

Session B2: Many-Body Effects for the Excited States of Graphene

Session B3: The History of Superconductivity from its Discovery by Kammerlingh Onnes in 1911

Session B4: Hybrid Nanomaterials Assembly

Session B5: Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Session B6: Few-body Aspects of Cold Atomic Gases

Session B7: Superconductivity in Accelerators

Session B8: Critical Materials for Global Science and Technology

Session B9: Nanofluidics

Session B10: SPS Undergraduate Research I

Session B11: Compound and Oxide Semiconductors

Session B12: Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors: Compound Semiconductors I

Session B13: Focus Session: Polymer Colloids: Structure, Function, and Dynamics II

Session B14: Applications of Statistical and Nonlinear Physics to Social Systems and GSNP Student Speaker Award Talks

Session B15: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors - Spin Currents I

Session B16: Focus Session: Magnetic Nanostructures II

Session B17: Focus Session: Bulk Properties of Complex Oxides - Manganites II

Session B18: Focus Session: Low D/Frustrated Magnetism - Quantum Magnetism

Session B19: Focus Session: Spin Transport & Magnetization Dynamics in Metals II

Session B20: Focus Session: Physics of Energy Storage Materials II -- Anodes and Capacitors

Session B21: General Theory

Session B22: Correlated Electrons Including "115" Materials

Session B23: Focus Session: Iron Based Superconductors -- Electronic Structure, Theory and Spectroscopy

Session B24: Focus Session: Multiscale Modeling - Methodology and applications

Session B25: Superconductivity: Spin properties, Structure and Dynamics

Session B26: Focus Session: Iron Based Superconductors -- Growth

Session B27: Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits - Measurement

Session B28: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials: Growth, Sorting and Properties

Session B29: Advances in Ion Trap Quantum Computation

Session B30: Graphene: Transport and Correlations

Session B31: Focus Session: van der Waals Bonding in Advanced Materials: Applications to Systems and Behaviors

Session B32: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures and Metamaterials II

Session B33: Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides: Electronic Conduction and Defects

Session B34: Focus Session: Interfaces in Complex Oxides - Spectroscopy and Growth

Session B35: Topological Insulators: Theory I

Session B36: Photovoltaics: Novel Approaches and System Issues

Session B37: Focus Session: Graphene Growth, Characterization, and Devices: Devices and Contacts

Session B38: Earle K. Plyler Prize Session I: Spectroscopy

Session B39: Focus Session: Single Molecule Biophysics II: Novel Single Molecule Approaches to Biology

Session B40: Lipid Bilayers and Biological Membranes: Dynamics and Thermodynamics

Session B41: Focus Session: Supramolecular Self-Assembly--Controlling Network and Gel Formation I

Session B42: Polyelectrolytes, Conformations, Assembly, and Dynamics

Session B43: Focus Session: Polymers for Energy Storage and Conversion -- Nanoscale Structure in Polymer-based Photovoltaics

Session B44: Physics of Copolymers I

Session B45: Optomechanics at the Quantum Limit

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