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Session W1: Superconducting Qubits: Advances in Single-Shot QND Readout

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: John Martinis, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Ballroom A1

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W1.00001: DC-SQUID Quantum Non-Demolition Readout of Superconducting Flux Qubits Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W1.00002: Novel approaches to high fidelity qubit state measurement in circuit quantum electrodynamics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W1.00003: Observation of quantum jumps in a superconducting quantum bit Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W1.00004: Probing the quantum fluctuations of a nonlinear resonator with a superconducting qubit Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W2: CVD Graphene: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Millie Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Ballroom A2

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W2.00001: Chemical Vapor Deposition of Large-size Monolayer Graphene and Properties Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W2.00002: Roll-to-roll production of 30-inch graphene films for transparent electrodes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W2.00003: Structural and electronic properties of graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W2.00004: Atomistic view in the initial stages of growth of epitaxial graphene on metal substrates Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W2.00005: Graphene synthesis, characterization, and processing: an atomic-scale investigation Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W3: Advances in ZnO Physics and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMP
Chair: Scott Chambers, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Room: Ballroom A3

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W3.00001: Hybrid functional studies of defects and impurities in ZnO Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W3.00002: Limits of Conductivity in ZnO Thin Films: Experiment and Theory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W3.00003: The Electronic Properties of Native Point Defects at ZnO Surfaces and Interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W3.00004: Realization of high performance random laser diodes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W3.00005: Nanogenerators and Piezotronics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W4: Glassy Dynamics and Jamming

Sponsoring Units: DCMP GSNP
Chair: Arjun Yodh, University of Pennsylvania
Room: Ballroom A4

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W4.00001: Growing length-scales at the glass and jamming transition Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W4.00002: Structural rearrangements that govern flow in colloidal glasses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W4.00003: Order in amorphous solids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W4.00004: Low frequency vibrational modes and particle rearrangements in colloidal glasses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W4.00005: Space-time phase transitions in models of glasses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W5: Educating Physicists for Industrial Careers

Sponsoring Units: FIAP FEd
Chair: Mary Lanzerotti, Pacific Lutheran University
Room: Ballroom C1

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W5.00001: SPIN-UP and Preparing Undergraduate Physics Majors for Careers in Industry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W5.00002: From Grad School to the Glass Industry: One Perspective Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W5.00003: Applying Physics: Opportunities in Semiconductor Technology Companies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W5.00004: How a Physicist Can Add Value In the Oil and Gas Industry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W5.00005: Internet Courses for Career Path Redirections Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W6: Alkaline Earth Atoms and SU(N) Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Andrew Daley, University of Pittsburgh
Room: Ballroom C2

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W6.00001: Two-orbital SU(N) magnetism with ultracold alkaline-earth atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W6.00002: Double-degenerate Bose-Fermi mixture of strontium Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W6.00003: Degenerate Fermi Gas of Strontium-87 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W6.00004: Realization of an SU(6) invariant Fermi system Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W6.00005: Exotic magnetism and new states of matter with alkaline earth atoms Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W8: Bose-Einstein Condensation of Magnons and Related Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DAMOP
Chair: Andrey Zheludev, Paul Scherrer Institute
Room: Ballroom C4

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W8.00001: Spin Dimers: from BEC to Luttinger liquids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W8.00002: Luttinger--liquid and BEC physics in spin ladders Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W8.00003: Bose-Einstein Condensation and Asymmetry induced by Quantum Fluctuations in NiCl$_{2}$-4SC(NH$_{2})_{2}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W8.00004: Spin Superfluidity and Magnone BEC in He-3 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W8.00005: Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons at room temperature Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W9: Self Assembly II followed by Vesicles and Micelles II

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Remi Dreyfus, CNRS
Room: D220

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W9.00001: Self-assembly of two-dimensional systems with off-center core-corona architecture Daniel Salgado, Carlos Mendoza Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W9.00002: Limit of validity of Ostwald's rule of stages in a model of solution crystallization Lester Hedges, Stephen Whitelam Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W9.00003: Mesophase behavior and rheology of polyhedral particles Umang Agarwal, Fernando Escobedo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W9.00004: Triblock Janus Spheres Qian Chen, Sung Chul Bae, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W9.00005: Novel structure formation of dipolar Janus particles (JP) in electrolytes: A molecular dynamic (MD) simulation study Mahdy Malekzadeh, Bamin Khomami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W9.00006: Glassy Dynamics in the Rotator Phase of Two-Dimensional Janus Crystals Jing Yan, Shan Jiang, Jonathan Whitmer, Stephen Anthony, Erik Luijten, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W9.00007: Chiral Control of Interfacial Tension Mark Zakhary, Thomas Gibaud, Edward Barry, Robert Meyer, Zvonimir Dogic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W9.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W9.00009: Dynamics of a compound vesicle in shear flow Shravan Veerapaneni, Yuan-Nan Young, Petia Vlahovska, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W9.00010: Exploring Structure, Shape, and Dynamics of Elastin-like Polypeptide Nanoparticles Kiril A. Streletzky, Kaitlin Vandemark, Ali Ghoorchian, Nolan Holland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W9.00011: The Lipid domain Phase diagram in a Dipalmitoyl-PC/Docosahaexnoic Acid-PE/Cholesterol System Chai Lor, Linda Hirst Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W9.00012: Interfacial Microrheology with a Magnetic Needle Viscometer and Two-Particle Correlated Motion James Sebel, Kenneth W. Desmond, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W9.00013: Ion-Specific Induced Charges at Aqueous Soft Interfaces Wenjie Wang, Alex Travesset, David Vaknin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W9.00014: Structural characterization of a multiple stacked supported bilayer system Curt Decaro, Justin Berry, Laurence Lurio, Yicong Ma, Gang Chen, Sunil Sinha, Lobat Tayebi, Atul Parikh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W9.00015: Shape and Size of highly concentrated micelles in CTAB/NaSal solutions by small angle neutron scattering (SANS) Hu Cao, Helmult Kaiser, Narayan Das, Paul Sokol, Joseph Gladden Preview Abstract

Session W10: Adsorption, Wetting, and Complex Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Milton Cole, Penn State University
Room: D221

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W10.00001: Surface Tension Anisotropy of Lennard-Jones Systems Emre Esenturk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W10.00002: Adsorption of Methane and Propane on a LJ Wall and on Molybdenum Surface: A Simulation Study Ali Abu Nada, Gary Leuty, Mesfin Tsige Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W10.00003: Evaporation kinetics of CO$_{2}$ laser heated fused silica Selim Elhadj, M.J. Matthews, S.T. Yang, D. Cooke, J.S. Stolken, M.D. Feit Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W10.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W10.00005: Simulation study on structure of water in aqueous solutions confined between graphene electrodes under very high applied electric field Gary Leuty, Mesfin Tsige, Saikat Talapatra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W10.00006: Thermodynamics and kinetics of wetting transition of an oily fluid on surfaces with nanoscale roughness: A molecular dynamics study Elizabeth Savoy, Fernando Escobedo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W10.00007: Understanding and designing of steam-phobic surfaces Ila Badge, Sunny Sethi, Ali Dhinojwala Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W10.00008: Effects of host relaxation on gas uptake in porous media Milton Cole, Annie Grosman, Susana Hernandez, Angela Lueking Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W10.00009: Surface metal-oxygen bond length on hydrated rutile(110) and cassiterite(110) surface - A measure of the local environment Nitin Kumar, Paul Kent, Andrei Bandura, David Wesolowski, James Kubicki, Jorge Sofo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W10.00010: Water-Thin-Film Adsorption on Alpha-Quartz (0001) Surface Yun-Wen Chen, Yan Wang, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W10.00011: Mn Adsorption on MgO/Ag(100): DFT and DFT+U Calculations Hossein Hashemi, Barbara Jones Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W10.00012: Stabilizing Graphitic Thin Films of Wurtzite Materials by Epitaxial Strain Dangxin Wu, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W10.00013: Simulating phase formation during exothermic reactions in Al/Ni and Al/Zr multilayered foils Rong-Guang Xu, Michael L. Falk, Hong-Wei Sheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W10.00014: Chemical Reactivity at the Ti/CuO Interface A. Chourasia, J. Edmondson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W10.00015: Composite TiO2-Carbon nano films with enhanced photocatalytic activity Dinko Chakarov, Raja Sellappan Preview Abstract

Session W11: Electronic Structure: Thermodynamics and Optical Properties

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Room: D222

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W11.00001: Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Vibrational Spectra for Pentacene Derivatives Gregory Maslak, Mark Stewart, Lillie Ghobrial, Wes Laurion, Jinyue Jiang, Li Tan, Carolina C. Ilie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W11.00002: Optical characterization of p-doped InP epitaxial layers in mid and far infrared region R.C. Jayasinghe, Y.F. Lao, A.G.U. Perera, M. Hammar, C.F. Cao, H. Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W11.00003: Photoluminescence intensity oscillations with magnetic field in InGaAs quantum wells Lars Schweidenback, Andreas Russ, Tariq Ali, Joseph Murphy, Alexander Cartwright, Athos Petrou, Alexander Govorov, Connie Li, Aubrey Hanbicki, Berend Jonker, George Kioseoglou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W11.00004: Optical two-dimensional Fourier transform spectroscopy of single GaAs quantum wells Yuri D. Glinka, Zheng Sun, Xiaoqin Li, Allan Bracker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W11.00005: Origin of the Terahertz Absorption Peak in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Qi Zhang, Lei Ren, H. Gojuki, E.H. Haroz, T. Arikawa, J. Kono, C.L. Pint, R.H. Hauge, A.K. Wojcik, A.A. Belyanin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W11.00006: UV light emission from ZnO nanostructures in SiO$_{2}$ synthesized by ion implantation and thermal annealing Bimal Pandey, Akhilesh Singh, Prakash Poudel, Arup Neogi, Duncan Weathers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W11.00007: Ab initio calculation of indirect light absorption by free carriers in transparent conducting oxides Hartwin Peelaers, Emmanouil Kioupakis, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W11.00008: Optical absorption of light carrying orbital angular momentum by semiconductors: free-particle quantum kinetics P.I. Tamborenea, G.F. Quinteiro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W11.00009: Optical harmonics generation in semiconductor quantum dots: A tunable terahertz source Yan Xie, Weidong Chu, Suqing Duan, Wei Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W11.00010: Ultrafast Quantum Control in Semiconductor Nanostructures using Twisted Light Guillermo Quinteiro, Pablo Tamborenea, Jamal Berakdar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W11.00011: Far-infrared absorption of PbSe nanorods Byung-Ryool Hyun, Adam Bartnik, Weon-kyu Koh, Nikolay Agladze, Jun Yang, Al Sievers, Christopher Murray, Frank Wise Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W11.00012: Bright spot pattern generation in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells Angelo Mascarenhas, Brian Fluegel, D.W. Snoke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W11.00013: Nonlinear optical properties of polychlorotriphenylmethyl radicals: a computational study Claudia Cardoso, Bruce Forbes Milne, Fernando Nogueira Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W11.00014: Binding energies of indirect excitons in double quantum well systems Alex Rossokhaty, Stefan Schmult, Werner Dietsche, Klaus von Klitzing, Igor Kukushkin Preview Abstract

Session W12: Electronic Transport in Novel Materials and Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Room: D223/224

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W12.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W12.00002: Random Telegraph Noise in Silicon Nanowire BioFETs Nitin Rajan, David Routenberg, Jin Chen, Mark Reed Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W12.00003: Distinct microwave photoresistivity peak in a high-mobility quantum Hall system A.T. Hatke, M.A. Zudov, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W12.00004: Theory of nonlinear transport in separated Landau levels of two-dimensional electron systems M. Khodas, H.-S. Chiang, A.T. Hatke, M.A. Zudov, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W12.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W12.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W12.00007: Terahertz Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Materials and Nanostructures William Baughman, Shawn David Wilbert, Lee Butler, Nick Harris, Gang Shen, Nabil Dawahre, Joseph Brewer, Patrick Kung, Seongsin Margaret Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W12.00008: Statistics of excitations in the electron glass model Matteo Palassini Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W12.00009: Kondo Effect in a mesoscopic system Seungjoo Nah, Michael Pustilnik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W12.00010: Two-Dimensional Electrostatic Lattices for Excitons Mikas Remeika, Leonid Butov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W12.00011: Non-Markovian effects in the quantum noise of interacting nanostructures Clive Emary, David Marcos, Ramon Aguado, Tobias Brandes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W12.00012: Nonlinear Insulator in Complex Oxides Zhiqi Liu, T. Venkatesan, A. Ariando Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W12.00013: Tailoring the Crystal Structure of Individual Silicon Nanowires by Polarized Laser Annealing Chia-Chi Chang, Haitian Chen, Chun-Chung Chen, Chongwu Zhou, Stephen Cronin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W12.00014: A novel method for measuring electrical conductance in thin solid films that is insensitive to contact effects Tamar Mentzel, Moungi Bawendi, Marc Kastner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W12.00015: Spectrometry of electron pumping by surface acoustic waves M.J. Benesh, M. Kataoka, C.J.B. Ford, C.H.W. Barnes, J.P. Griffiths, G.A.C. Jones, I. Farrer, D.A. Ritchie Preview Abstract

Session W13: Applications of Statistical and Nonlinear Physics in the Life Sciences

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DBP
Chair: Uwe Tauber, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: D225/226

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W13.00001: Mean-field theory of four species in cyclic competition C.H. Durney, S.O. Case, M. Pleimling, R.K.P. Zia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W13.00002: Stochastic evolution of four species in cyclic competition: exact and simulation results S.O. Case, C.H. Durney, M. Pleimling, R.K.P. Zia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W13.00003: Random inheritance in a stochastic Lotka-Volterra model Ulrich Dobramysl, Gabriel Martinez, Uwe C. T\"auber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W13.00004: Time-dependent mechanical response of a network model for the cytoskeleton Nasrin Afzal, Michel Pleimling Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W13.00005: Hopf Bifurcations in a Model for Circadian Rhythms in Arabidopsis Thaliana Orrin Shindell, Randall Tagg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W13.00006: Translation with secondary structure: Dynamic blockages in totally asymmetric simple exclusion process Leah Shaw Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W13.00007: Rescue Interventions in Biological and Physical Networks Sean Cornelius Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W13.00008: Feedback control for stabilizing chaotic spiral waves during cardiac ventricular fibrillation Ilija Uzelac, John Wikswo, Richard Gray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W13.00009: Experimental and theoretical evidence for fluctuation driven activations in an excitable chemical system Harold Hastings, Sabrina Sobel, Richard Field, Scott Minchenberg, Nicole Spinelli, Keith Zauderer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W13.00010: The statistical physics of decision-making in insect colonies Patrick M. Hogan, Thomas Schlegel, Nigel R. Franks, James A.R. Marshall Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W13.00011: Thermodynamic efficiency out of equilibrium David Sivak, Gavin Crooks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W13.00012: A simple model for the transmission of malaria Adriana Dickman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W13.00013: Genearlized force-extension relation for DNA confined in sub-100nm nanoslits Yeng-Long Chen, Po-Keng Lin, Chia-Fu Chou Preview Abstract

Session W14: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics: Elasticity and Deformation III

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Pedro Reis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: D227

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W14.00001: A general theory of mechanical instabilities in soft solids Evan Hohlfeld, L. Mahadevan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W14.00002: Elastocapillary imbibition Camille Duprat, Jeffrey Aristoff, Howard Stone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W14.00003: Buckling of swelling gels under constraints Howon Lee, Jiaping Zhang, Yonghao An, Hanqing Jiang, Nicholas Fang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W14.00004: Optimal control of growing sheets Gareth Jones, L. Mahadevan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W14.00005: Decoupling thermal, chemical, and mechanical strain components in thin films Meredith Silberstein, Ethan Crumlin, Yang Shao-Horn, Mary Boyce Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W14.00006: Plane deformations generating a prescribed finite rotation field Gregory Rizza, Janet Blume Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W14.00007: Mechanics of Suture Joints Yaning Li, Juha Song, Christine Ortiz, Mary Boyce Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W14.00008: Mechanical and thermal stability of adhesive membranes with nonzero bending rigidity Tuomas Tallinen, Jan Astrom, Pekka Kekalainen, Jussi Timonen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W14.00009: Universal Shapes formed by Interacting Cracks Melissa Fender, Frederic Lechenault, Karen Daniels Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W14.00010: Pericyte Actomyosin-Mediated Contraction at the Cell-Material Interface can Modulate the Microvascular Niche Adam Zeiger, Maciej Kotecki, John Maloney, Ira Herman, Krystyn Van Vliet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W14.00011: Extraordinary Elasticity of the Distorted Kagome Lattice Anton Souslov, Kai Sun, Xiaoming Mao, Tom Lubensky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W14.00012: Suppression of Viscous Fingers in Miscible Hele-Shaw Flow Radha Ramachandran, Justin Burton, Sidney Nagel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W14.00013: Patterns on thin sheets: buckling, wrinkling, crumpling, folding Benny Davidovitch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W14.00014: Mechanics and chemical thermodynamics of a temperature-sensitive hydrogel Shengqiang Cai, Zhigang Suo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W14.00015: Mechanics of Curved Folds Marcelo A. Dias, Christian D. Santangelo Preview Abstract

Session W15: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors - Spin-Orbit Effects and Confinement

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG FIAP
Chair: Giovanni Vignale, University of Missouri
Room: D171

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W15.00001: Chern Number Spins of Mn Acceptor Magnets in GaAs Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W15.00002: Effect of magnetic field on the local density of states of Mn acceptor magnets in GaAs M.R. K. Mahani, C.M. Canali, A.H. MacDonald Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W15.00003: Effects of Anisotropy in Magnetic Quantum Dots Rafal Oszwaldowski, Igor Zutic, Andre Petukhov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W15.00004: Incorporation of Mn into Ge Quantum Dots: Growth Strategies to Control Structure and Magnetism Christopher Nolph, Petra Reinke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W15.00005: Control and properties of magnetic nanostructures in nitride semiconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W15.00006: From simplicity to complexity: Can transcendental equation and transfer matrix enlighten us about the nature of Rashba physics? Chih-Piao Chuu, Roland Winkler, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W15.00007: Signatures of the crystal symmetry after Dyakonov-Perel spin relaxation of photoexcited hot electrons in semiconductor heterostructures Lan Qing, Hanan Dery Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W15.00008: The spin dynamics in the strong spin-orbit coupling regime-A collective Rabi oscillation Xin Liu, Xiong-Jun Liu, Jairo Sinova Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W15.00009: Rasbha Spin-Orbit Interaction in Digital Alloys Joseph Pingenot, Kieran Mullen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W15.00010: Superconductivity in the repulsive Rashba model Luyang Wang, Oskar Vafek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W15.00011: Kohn-Luttinger superconductivity of two-dimensional electrons in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling Ali Ashrafi, Dmitrii Maslov Preview Abstract

Session W16: Focus Session: Bulk Properties of Complex Oxides - Other

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Rongying Jin, Louisiana State University
Room: D173

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W16.00001: Magnetic Force Microcopy of the Magnetostructural Phases of Mn3O4 Xu Wang, Minjung Kim, Raffi Budakian, S. L. Cooper Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W16.00002: Magnetic excitations in the geometric frustrated multiferroic CuCrO$_2$ Matthias Frontzek, Georg Ehlers, Andrey Podlesnyak, Masaaki Matsuda, Andrew Christianson, Randy Fishman, Jason Haraldsen, Sergei Barilo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W16.00003: Charge dynamics in frustrated charge ordered system with strong electron correlation Makoto Naka, Sumio Ishihara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W16.00004: Photo induced spin-state change in itinerant correlated electron systems Sumio Ishihara, Yu Kanamori, Hiroaki Matsueda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W16.00005: Rapidly fluctuating orbital occupancy above the orbital ordering transition in spin-gap compounds Francisco Rivadulla, Beatriz Rivas-Murias, Haidong Zhou, Jose Rivas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W16.00006: Influence of particle size on the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of nanocrystalline La$_{2/8}$Pr$_{3/8}$Ca$_{3/8}$MnO$_{3}$ P. Lampen, N.S. Bingham, M.H. Phan, H. Srikanth, T.H. Hoang, H.D. Chinh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W16.00007: Studies on manganese substituted cobalt ferrite prepared by autocombustion route Y. Kolekar, R. Kambale, R. Gupta, P. Kahol, K. Ghosh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W16.00008: Single magneto-chiral domain observed in langasite Ba$_{3}$NbFe$_{3}$Si$_{2}$O$_{14}$ by non-resonant magnetic X-ray scattering Laurent Chapon, Alessandro Bombardi, Federica Fabrizi, Chris Stock, Des McMorrow, Paolo Radaelli, Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W16.00009: Simple point-ion electrostatic model explains the cation ordering in A2BO4 spinel oxides Vladan Stevanovic, Mayeul d'Avezac, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W16.00010: Anionogenic Magnetism: Mixed Alkali -- Alkaline Earth Metal Oxides Shivakumara Giriyapura, Syarif Riyadi, Baomin Zhang, Robert A. de Groot, Thomas T.M. Palstra, Graeme R. Blake Preview Abstract

Session W17: Focus Session: Magnetic Oxide Thin Films - Cobaltate and Ferrous Oxide Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Chris Leighton, University of Minnesota
Room: D174

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W17.00001: Fist-principles design of magnetic oxides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W17.00002: Cobalt spin state and hyperfine interaction in ferromagnetic insulating LaCoO$_3$ thin films Renata Wentzcovitch, Han Hsu, Peter Blaha, Chris Leighton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W17.00003: First-principles study of strain-induced ferromagnetism in LaCoO$_{3}$ Hosung Seo, Alexander Demkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W17.00004: Spin-polarized scanning tunneling spectroscopic (SP-STS) studies of the intrinsic electronic heterogeneity in ferromagnetic (FM) cobaltites and manganites Jing Shi, Li Zhang, Wei-Hsun Lin, Hao Chu, Cameron Hughes, Nai-Chang Yeh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W17.00005: Epitaxial growth and characterization of strained LaCoO$_{3}$ on Si (100) Agham Posadas, Morgann Berg, Hosung Seo, David Smith, Alexander Kirk, Dmitry Zhernokletov, Robert Wallace, Alex de Lozanne, Alexander Demkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W17.00006: Control of the Octahedral Tilts in Lanthanum Cobaltite and the Impact on Magnetic Properties Michael Biegalski, Haile Ambaye, Valeria Lauter, Hans Christen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W17.00007: Magnetic Phase Separation in Oxygen Doped SrCoO$_{3-y}$ F.J. Rueckert, C.K. Xie, Y.F. Nie, B.O. Wells, J.I. Budnick, W.A. Hines, B. Dabrowski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W17.00008: Examining the Magnetic Properties of LaCoO$_3$ Thin Films Using Magnetic Force Microscopy Morgann Berg, Agham Posadas, Alex de Lozanne, Alexander Demkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W17.00009: Magnetic resonance at the Verwey transition in epitaxial $Fe_3O_4$ M. Pechan, B. Kaster, J. Dou, P. Jayathilaka, C. Bauer, C. Miller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W17.00010: LuFe2O4 nanostructures on MgO(111) substrate Xiaoshan Xu, Wenbin Wang, Gai Zheng, Paul Snijder, Thomaz Ward, Jian Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W17.00011: Edge-Imposed Domain Ordering in Antiferromagnetic LaFeO3 Nanostructures J.K. Grepstad, E. Folven, T. Tybell, A. Scholl, A. Young, S.T. Retterer, Y. Takamura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W17.00012: Fe$_3$O$_4$/ZnO: a high-quality magnetic oxide-semiconductor heterostructure Andreas Mueller, Markus Paul, Dominik Kufer, Sebastian Brueck, Eberhard Goering, Martin Kamp, Jo Verbeeck, He Tian, Michael Sing, Ralph Claessen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W17.00013: The control of Morin transition temperature on hematite $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$(0001) thin film SeongHun Park, J.-H. Park, B.-G. Park, J.-Y. Kim Preview Abstract

Session W18: Many Body

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Munehisa Matsumoto, University of California, Davis
Room: D172

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W18.00001: Exact asymptotes of static and dynamic correlation functions of the 1D Bose gas Aditya Shashi, Leonid Glazman, Jean-Sebastien Caux, Adilet Imambekov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W18.00002: Correlation functions of nonlinear Luttinger liquids as Fredholm determinants Yinbin Ma, Adilet Imambekov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W18.00003: Ab initio Low-Dimensional Physics Opened Up by Constrained RPA for Energy and Space: Applications to LaFeAsO and $\kappa $-(BEDT-TTF)$_{2}$X Kazuma Nakamura, Yoshihide Yoshimoto, Yoshiro Nohara, Masatoshi Imada Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W18.00004: Beyond Landau Adiabacity: Weak Interaction Quenches in a Fermi Gas Stefan Kehrein, Michael Moeckel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W18.00005: Dynamical Freezing of Response in Driven Many-Body Quantum System Arnab Das Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W18.00006: Bethe-Salpeter Equation calculations of transition metal L$_{2,3}$ edge x-ray spectra including multiplet effects J. Vinson, E.L. Shirley, J.J. Rehr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W18.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W18.00008: Real Space Green's Function Calculations of RIXS J.J. Kas, J.J. Rehr, J.A. Soininen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W18.00009: Finite-Temperature Constraint-Pairing Mean Field Theory Jianmin Tao, Gustavo Scuseria Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W18.00010: Fermionic duality approach to strongly-interacting lattice models Joe Mitchell, Tigran Sedrakyan, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W18.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W18.00012: Breakdown of the coherent state path integral: two simple examples Justin Wilson, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract

Session W19: Focus Session: Novel Magnetic Devices

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Sujoy Roy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: D170

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W19.00001: Novel Spintronic Device-Terahertz Magnon-Photon Laser Boris Tankhilevich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W19.00002: Micro-Structured Ferromagnetic Tubes for Spin Wave Excitation Alexander Kozhanov, Daniel Ouellette, Mark Rodwell, Dok Won Lee, Shan X. Wang, S. James Allen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W19.00003: Ferromagnetic STM tip operating as a Spin-diode Poliana H. Penteado, Fabricio M. Souza, Ant\^onio C. Seridonio, Renato M. Coutinho, Edson Vernek, J. Carlos Egues Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W19.00004: Spin voltage generation across rare earth spin filter barriers Guoxing Miao, Joonyeon Chang, Jagadeesh Moodera Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W19.00005: Generation of spin currents due to mechanical rotation Mamoru Matsuo, Jun'ichi Ieda, Eiji Saitoh, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W19.00006: Magnetic Field Effects on Mechanical Cantilevers with Deposited Thin Film Micromagnets Rosa Elia C\'{a}rdenas, Francisco M\'{a}rquez, John T. Markert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W19.00007: Torque magnetometry of permalloy-coated microcantilevers using higher order vibrational modes Joseph Losby, Jacob A.J. Burgess, Douglas Vick, John P. Davis, Wayne K. Hiebert, Mark R. Freeman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W19.00008: Forces due to Patterned Magnetic Traps within Microfluidic Channels M. Howdyshell, G. Vieira, A. Chen, M. Simon, M. Poirier, R. Sooryakumar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W19.00009: Giant Magnetioimpedance in Co-Based Amorphous Ribbons Coated in Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biosensing Applications N. Laurita, A. Chaturvedi, K. Stojak, S. Chandra, M.H. Phan, H. Srikanth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W19.00010: Correlation between magnetic softness, sample surface and magnetoimpedance in Co$_{69}$Fe$_{4.5}$\textit{X}$_{1.5}$Si$_{10}$B$_{15}$ (\textit{X} = Ni, Al, Cr) amorphous ribbons A. Chaturvedi, T. Dhakal, S. Witanachchi, M.H. Phan, H. Srikanth, A.T. Le Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W19.00011: Modulating the Magnetic Field to Improve Magnetic Sensors Alan Edelstein, Jonathan Petrie, Jonathan Fine, Greg Fischer, James Burnette, Gopal Srinivasan, Sanjay Mandal Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W19.00012: Ultra high sensitivity, room temperature magneto-optic field sensor made of ferromagnetic bismuth rare-earth iron garnet thick films Dong Ho Wu, Anthony Garzarella, Vince Fratello Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W19.00013: Spin-Flipping at Sputtered Co(90)Fe(10)/Cu Interfaces Hoang Yen Thi Nguyen, Rakhi Acharyya, William P. Pratt Jr., Jack Bass Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W19.00014: Magnetic Properties of Niobium-Permalloy hybrid system Jiyeong Gu, Jill Pestana, David Christiansen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W19.00015: Localized magnetism on the surface of niobium: experiments and theory Thomas Proslier, John Zasadzinski, Gianluigi Ciovati, Mike Pellin Preview Abstract

Session W20: Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials: Clathrates and Oxides

Sponsoring Units: DMP GERA FIAP
Chair: Donald Morelli, Michigan State University
Room: D168

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W20.00001: The Atomic Structure of Ga and Ge in Ba-Ga-(Si,Ge) Clathrate A.N. Mansour, J.B. Martin, W. Wong-Ng, G.S. Nolas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W20.00002: Examining Lattice Disorder in Type-I Clathrate Ba$_{8}$Ga$_{16}$Sn$_{30}$ using EXAFS Scott Medling, Michael Kozina, Frank Bridges, Koichiro Suekuni, Toshiro Takabatake Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W20.00003: Structural, Electronic and Vibrational Properties of Na$_{x}$Si$_{136 }$(0 $<$ x $<$ 24) Clathrates Craig Higgins, Emmanuel Nenghabi, Charles Myles, Koushik Biswas, Matt Beekman, George Nolas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W20.00004: NMR relaxation and phonon rattling in type-I Ba$_{8}$Ga$_{16}$Sn$_{30}$ clathrates Xiang Zheng, Sergio Y. Rodriguez, Joseph H. Ross, Jr. Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W20.00005: Zintl stabilization and site preference in Ba-Cu-Ge clathrates Sergio Y. Rodriguez, Xiang Zheng, Laziz Saribaev, Joseph H. Ross, Jr. Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W20.00006: Thermoelectric properties of low-dimensional clathrates from first principles Deepa Kasinathan, Helge Rosner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W20.00007: Nanostructured Oxides and Sulfides for Thermoelectrics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W20.00008: Electronic Structure Determination of the Thermoelectric CuRh$_{1-x}$Mg$_{x}$O$_{2}$ using Soft X-Ray Spectroscopies Eric Martin, Paolo Vilmercati, Christine Cheney, Takao Sasagawa, Norman Mannella Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W20.00009: Thermal Conductivity of Aluminum Oxide from First Principles Moses Ntam, Jianjun Dong, Bin Xu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W20.00010: Thermoelectric properties of Ca$_{3}$Co$_{4}$O$_{9}$ thin film Robert Klie, Qiao Qiao, Ahmet Gulec, Tadas Paulauskas, Stanislaw Kolesnik, Bogdan Dabrowski, Cihat Boyraz, Mehmet Ozdemir, Dipanjan Mazumdar, Arun Gupta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W20.00011: Improvement of the thermoelectric properties of substituted SrTiO$_{3}$ by synthesis conditions S. Kolesnik, S. Boona, B. Dabrowski, K. Swierczek, K. Wojciechowski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W20.00012: Thermoelectric Properties of a-InGaZnOx D.S. Williams, Stephan Piotrowski, B.E. White Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W20.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session W21: Novel Imaging Techniques and Calorimetry

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Wilhelmus Geerts, Texas State University
Room: D161

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W21.00001: Particle distribution and dynamics in a complex fluid suspension studied by an image-analysis light-scattering technique Saad Algarni, H. Kashuri, Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W21.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W21.00003: 3D Optical Field Mapping of a Focused Cylindrical Vector Beam Using Rayleigh Nanoparticles Liangcheng Zhou, Qiwen Zhan, H. Daniel Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W21.00004: High Resolution Micro-Optical Wall Shear Stress Sensor Based on Whispering Gallery Modes of Dielectric Microspheres Ulas Ayaz, Tindaro Ioppolo, Volkan Otugen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W21.00005: An effect of probe current on ADF image intensity of Si crystal Suhyun Kim, Yoshifumi Oshima, Yasumasa Tanishiro, Kunio Takayanagi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W21.00006: Fast and Computationally Efficient Boundary Detection Technique for Medical Images Arpita Das, Partha Goswami, Susanta Sen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W21.00007: Integrated instrument for holographic optical trapping and multicolor holographic video microscopy Bhaskar Jyoti Krishnatreya, David G. Grier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W21.00008: Graded Index Lens Design for Aqueous Applications Theodore Martin, Michael Nicholas, Gregory Orris, Liang-Wu Cai, Daniel Torrent, Jose Sanchez-Dehesa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W21.00009: WASTED at work: the Webcam Alpha Spectrometer Experiment Demonstrator Arthur Pallone, Nicole Newton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W21.00010: Fourier phase contrast microscopy technique for real time imaging of phase and fluorescence features simultaneously Chandra Yellleswarapu, Alexey Veraksa, Bhargab Das, Devulapalli Rao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W21.00011: Atomic Resolution imaging with non-contact Atomic Force Microscope (nc-AFM) in a closed liquid cell Umit Celik, Demet Catcat, H. Ozgur Ozer, Ahmet Oral Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W21.00012: Scanning Tunneling Microscope Study of Atomic Steps in Gold Films on Muscovite Mica Olesya Sitnikova, Ramesh Mani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W21.00013: X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging of Ancient Artifacts Robert Thorne, Ethan Geil, Kathryn Hudson, Charles Crowther Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W21.00014: Measuring the Imaginary Part of the Permittivity Using Calorimetry Hektor Kashuri, Krishna Sigdel, Klaida Kashuri, Germano S. Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W21.00015: Calorimetry of epitaxial thin films Frances Hellman, David Cooke, James Groves, Bruce Clemens Preview Abstract

Session W22: Magnetic Phase Transitions II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Thomas Vojta, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Room: D163

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W22.00001: Bound states and E8 symmetry effects in perturbed quantum Ising chains Jonas Kjall, Frank Pollmann, Joel Moore Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W22.00002: Comparison between two simple models for the magnetoelectric interaction in multiferroics G.E. Barberis, C.J. Calderon Filho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W22.00003: The itinerant ferromagnetic phase of the Hubbard model Giuseppe Carleo, Saverio Moroni, Federico Becca, Stefano Baroni Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W22.00004: Two species Bosonic Hubbard model in a two-dimensional optical lattice Kalani Hettiarachchilage, Valy Rousseau, Juana Moreno, Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W22.00005: An Anomalously Elastic, Intermediate Phase in Randomly Layered Planar Magnets, Superfluids, and Superconductors Thomas Vojta, Paul Goldbart, Priyanka Mohan, Rajesh Narayanan, John Toner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W22.00006: Quantum fidelity in the thermodynamic limit Marek Rams, Bogdan Damski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W22.00007: Finite-Temperature Fidelity Susceptibility for One-Dimensional Quantum Systems Jesko Sirker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W22.00008: Thermodynamics of itinerant metamagnetic transitions Andrew Berridge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W22.00009: Low-energy behavior of the generalized Golden chain at an integrable point Paata Kakashvili, Eddy Ardonne Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W22.00010: Tensor renormalization group: Local magnetizations, correlation functions, and phase diagrams of systems with quenched randomness Can G\"uven, Michael Hinczewski, A. Nihat Berker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W22.00011: Nature of Fermi Systems near l=0 Pomeranchuk Instability: A Tractable Crossing Symmetric Equation Approach Kelly Reidy, Khandker Quader, Kevin Bedell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W22.00012: Microscopic model for the Sr$_{n+1}$Ir$_{n}$O$_{3n+1}$ Ruddlesden-Popper series of materials Jean-Michel Carter, Hae-Young Kee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W22.00013: Protecting clean critical points by local disorder correlations J.A. Hoyos, Nicolas Laflorencie, Andr\'e Vieira, Thomas Vojta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W22.00014: Quantum antiferromagnet on a Bethe lattice at percolation I. Low-energy states, DMRG, and diagnostics Hitesh Changlani, Shivam Ghosh, C.L. Henley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W22.00015: Quantum antiferromagnet on a Bethe lattice at percolation II.Effective Hamiltonian for dangling spins Shivam Ghosh, Hitesh Changlani, Sumiran Pujari, C.L. Henley Preview Abstract

Session W23: Superconductivity: Mesoscopic and Nanometer Scale Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Myron Salamon, University of Texas at Dallas
Room: D165

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W23.00001: Fluxoid Quantization in Superconducting Al Nano-Rings Stephen Snyder, Allen Goldman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W23.00002: Destructive regime in Al loops prepared by e-beam lithography Neal Staley, Ying Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W23.00003: Superconducting nanowires as nonlinear inductive elements for qubits Jaseung Ku, Vladimir Manucharyan, Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W23.00004: Electrical transport properties of topological insulator Bi2Te3 nanowires contacted with superconducting electrodes Mingliang Tian, Jian Wang, Meenakshi Singh, Moses Chan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W23.00005: Observation of Little-Parks Oscillations of the Kinetic Inductance at Low Temperatures Using a GHz Resonator with Two Parallel Superconducting Nanowires Andrey Belkin, Matthew Brenner, Thomas Aref, Jaseung Ku, Alexey Bezryadin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W23.00006: Spin Resonance and dc Current Generation in a Quantum Wire Peng Zhou, Artem Abanov, Wayne Saslow, Valery Pokrovsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W23.00007: Large oscillations of the magnetoresistance in nano-patterned high-temperature superconducting films Ilya Sochnikov, Avner Shaulov, Yosef Yeshurun, Gennady Logvenov, Ivan Bozovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W23.00008: Penetration Depth of Superconductors with Random Superfluid Density Thomas Lippman, Kathryn Moler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W23.00009: MBE Growth for Qubit Devices Anthony Megrant, Alex Kozhanov, Ludwig Feigl, Martin Weides, Jian Zhao, Yi Yin, James Wenner, Andrew Cleland, Chris Palmstrom, John Martinis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W23.00010: Single Electron Turnstiles: Improving Performance for a Quantum Metrological Current Standard Thomas Aref, Ville Maisi, Olli-Pentti Saira, Antti Kemppinen, Jukka Pekola Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W23.00011: Tunneling spectroscopy of the Andreev Bound States in a Carbon Nanotube Jean-Damien Pillet, Charis Quay, Cristina Bena, Alfredo Levy Yeyati, Philippe Joyez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W23.00012: Quantum impurity model for microwave photons Moshe Goldstein, Michel Devoret, Manuel Houzet, Leonid Glazman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W23.00013: Elliptic billiard is a nontrivial integrable system Tao Ma, Rostislav Serota Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W23.00014: Measurement of the statistical properties of the persistent current in normal metal rings Manuel Castellanos Beltran, Will Shanks, Dustin Ngo, Ania Bleszynski-Jayich, Jack Harris Preview Abstract

Session W24: Density Functional Theory I

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Alexey Zayak, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: D167

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W24.00001: A conventional, massively parallel eigensolver for electronic structure theory V. Blum, M. Scheffler, R. Johanni, H. Lederer, Th. Auckenthaler, Th. Huckle, H.-J. Bungartz, L. Kr\"amer, P. Willems, B. Lang, V. Havu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W24.00002: GPAW on Blue Gene/P Nichols Romero, Jussi Enkovaara, Marcin Dulak, Christian Glinsvad, Ask Larsen, Jens Mortensen, Sameer Shende, Vitali Morozov, Jeffrey Greeley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W24.00003: Application of partition density-functional theory to model systems Larry Boyer, Michael Mehl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W24.00004: Simple Impurity Embedded in a Spherical Jellium: Approximations of Density Functional Theory compared to Quantum Monte Carlo Benchmarks Michal Bajdich, Jeognim Kim, Paul R.C. Kent, Fernando A. Reboredo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W24.00005: Periodic Density Functional Theory Solver using Multiresolution Analysis with MADNESS Robert Harrison, William Thornton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W24.00006: A Robust Spectrum Slicing Method Applied to the Kohn-Sham Equation for the Liquid/Solid Silicon Interface Grady Schofield, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W24.00007: Beyond the LDA in density functional theory: empirical Laplacian-based models for the exchange-correlation energy Antonio C. Cancio, Christopher E. Wagner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W24.00008: Better GGA and meta-GGA Functionals: VT{84}, meta-VMT, meta-VT{84} Alberto Vela, J. Martin del Campo, J.L. Gazquez, S.B. Trickey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W24.00009: All-Electron and Pseudopotential Orbital-Free Density Functional Calculations Valentin Karasiev, T. Sjostrom, S.B. Trickey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W24.00010: Contributions to the Non-interacting Free Energy Density Functional S.B. Trickey, James Dufty, T. Sjostrom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W24.00011: Finite-size correction in many-body electronic structure calculations of spin polarized systems Fengjie Ma, Shiwei Zhang, Henry Krakauer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W24.00012: Generalization of the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem to the case of the presence of a magnetic field Viraht Sahni, Xiaoyin Pan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W24.00013: Quantal density functional theory (QDFT) in the presence of a magnetic field Xiaoyin Pan, Tao Yang, Viraht Sahni Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W24.00014: Quantum Continuum Mechanics for Many-Electron Systems in a Strong Magnetic Field Stefano Pittalis, I.V. Tokatly, G. Vignale Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W24.00015: First principles finite temperature magnetism of defects in Fe using Wang-Landau method Aurelian Rusanu, D.M. Nicholson, Kh. Odbadrakh, Gregory Brown, Markus Eisenbach Preview Abstract

Session W25: Novel Superconductors I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Taner Yildirim, NIST/University of Pennsylvania
Room: D166

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W25.00001: Parallels and contrasts in the pairing mechanism between cuprate and organic superconductors Thomas Maier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W25.00002: Can simple hydrocarbon molecular solids superconduct? A theoretical investigation of superconductivity in K$_{3}$Picene Xuhui Luo, Serdar Ogut, Taner Yildirim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W25.00003: Electronic structure and magnetic properties of the hydrocarbon K$_{3}$picene superconductor near the metal-insulator transition Minjae Kim, B.I. Min, Geunsik Lee, Hee Jae Kwon, Y.M. Rhee, Ji Hoon Shim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W25.00004: Slow-Motion $^{1}H$ NMR Study of $\kappa$-(ET)$_{2}$Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br J.C. Gezo, Tak-Kei Lui, R.W. Giannetta, C.P. Slichter, J.A. Schleuter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W25.00005: NMR Study of $\kappa$-$\mathrm{(ET)_{2}Cu[N(CN)_{2}]Br}$ Tak-Kei Lui, J.C. Gezo, R.W. Giannetta, C.P. Slichter, J.A. Schlueter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W25.00006: 13C NMR measurements of Zeeman limited superconductivity in $\kappa $-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 Jeffrey Wright, James Brugger, John Schlueter, Reizo Kato, Stuart Brown Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W25.00007: Upper Critical Field in the Molecular Organic Superconductor (DMET)$_{2}$I$_{3}$ Pashupati Dhakal, Harukazu Yoshino, Jeong Il Oh, Koichi Kikuchi, Michael J. Naughton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W25.00008: London penetration depth of $\lambda$-(BETS)$_2$GaCl$_4$ superconductor Jason Murphy, H. Kim, K. Cho, M.A. Tantar, A. Kobayashi, H. Kobayashi, R. Prozorov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W25.00009: Thermodynamic study of the superconducting gap structure of (TMTSF)$_2$ClO$_4$ Shingo Yonezawa, Yoshiteru Maeno, Klaus Bechgaard, Denis Jerome Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W25.00010: Superconducting energy gap features of MgB$_{2}$ thin films on different substrates and orientations Wenqing Dai, Qi Li, Ke Chen, Xiaoxing Xi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W25.00011: Measurements of Multiple Gap Substructure in MgB$_2$ Below 1 Kelvin Steven Carabello, Joseph Lambert, Roberto Ramos Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W25.00012: Time Dependent Transport Properties of Superconducting MgB$_{2}$ Murat Olutas, Atilgan Altinkok, Atilla Kilic, Kivilcim Kilic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W25.00013: Measurement of Hc1 in MgB2 thin films and multilayer structures by a microwave absorption technique Chenggang Zhuang, Ke Chen, Som Tyagi, Xiaoxing Xi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W25.00014: Magnetic force microscopy study of the penetration depth in MgB$_{2}$ thin films Jeehoon Kim, Leonardo Civale, Evgueni Nazaretski, Nestor Haberkorn, Josh Thibodaux, Ilya Vekhter, Brian Moeckly, Joe D. Thompson, Roman Movshovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W25.00015: Metastable Vortex Lattice Phases in MgB$_2$ C. Rastovski, K. Schlesinger, P. Das, M.R. Eskildsen, L. DeBeer-Schmitt, N. Zhigadlo, J. Karpinski Preview Abstract

Session W26: Focus Session: Iron Based Superconductors -- Tuning Magnetism and Superconductivity

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: David Mandrus, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: D162/164

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W26.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W26.00002: Superconductivity in (Sr,Ba)Fe2As2 single crystals by Pt substitution Tyler Drye, Shanta Saha, Kevin Kirshenbaum, Nicholas Butch, Johnpierre Paglione, Peter Zavalij Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W26.00003: Tetragonal lattice collapse in SrFe$_2$As$_2$ - a combined experimental and theoretical study Helge Rosner, Deepa Kasinathan, Miriam Schmitt, Alim Ormeci, Katrin Meier, Ulrich Schwarz, Michael Hanfland, Klaus Koepernik, Yuri Grin, Andreas Leithe-Jasper Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W26.00004: Structural tuning of superconductivity and magnetism in intermetallic iron-pnictide materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W26.00005: Magnetic ordering in EuCo$_2$As$_2$ Balazs Sipos, Athena S. Sefat, Brian C. Sales Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W26.00006: High Magnetic Field Studies of Pressure-induced Superconductor EuFe$_2$As$_2$ Nobuyuki Kurita, Motoi Kimata, Kota Kodama, Atsushi Harada, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Takehiko Matsumoto, Shinya Uji, Taichi Terashima, Keizo Murata Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W26.00007: Pressure shift of the superconducting T$_{c}$ of (Pr$_{1-x }$Sr$_{x})$FeAsO and Sm(O$_{1-x}$F$_{x})$FeAs Kalyan Sasmal, G. Mu, H.-H. Wen, B. Lorenz, Ching-Wu Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W26.00008: Pressure induced superconductivity in LaFeAsO: the role of anionic height and magnetic ordering Ravhi Kumar, James Hamlin, Yuming Xiao, Stanislav Sinogeikin, Paul Chow, Brian Maple, Yusheng Zhao, Andrew Cornelius Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W26.00009: The Pressure Effects on SmFeAsO$_{0.85}$ and PrFe$_{0.925}$Co$_{0.075}$AsO Superconductors X.L. Dong, W. Lu, J. Yang, W. Yi, Z.C. Li, C. Zhang, Z.A. Ren, G.C. Che, L.L. Sun, F. Zhou, X.J. Zhou, Z.X. Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W26.00010: Valence change of europium and its relation to superconductivity in EuFe$_2$As$_{1.4}$P$_{0.6}$ and compressed EuFe$_2$As$_2$ Liling Sun, Jing Guo, Genfu Chen, Xianhui Chen, Xiaoli Dong, Wei Lu, Chao Zhang, Zheng Jiang, Yang Zuo, Shuo Zhang, Yuying Huang, Qi Wu, Xi Dai, Yuanchun Li, Jing Liu, Zhongxian Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W26.00011: Pressure effects on strained FeSe$_{0.5}$Te$_{0.5}$ thin films Melissa Gooch, Bernd Lorenz, SunXiang Huang, Chia-Ling Chien, Paul Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W26.00012: Enhanced SDW transition temperature under hydrostatic pressure in Fe1.02Se0.10Te0.90 Naoyuki Katayama, Kazuyuki Matsubayashi, Juscelino Leao, Sungdae Ji, Sung Chang, Yoshiya Uwatoko, Taku Sato, Seunghun Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W26.00013: Competition between magnetic order and superconductivity in Fe oxy-pnictides Samuele Sanna, P. Carretta, G. Prando, A. Rigamonti, R. De Renzi, T. Shiroka, G. Lamura, M. Putti, A. Martinelli, R. Cimberle, M. Tropeano, C. Ferdeghini, A. Palenzona Preview Abstract

Session W27: Focus Session: Semiconductor Qubits- Optical Control, Donors, and Hybrid Systems

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Jake Taylor, University of Maryland
Room: C155

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W27.00001: Ultrafast optical entanglement control between two quantum dot spins Sam Carter, Danny Kim, Alex Greilich, Allan Bracker, Daniel Gammon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W27.00002: Complete ultrafast optical coherent control and spin echo of single InAs quantum dot spins Kristiaan De Greve, Peter McMahon, David Press, Thaddeus Ladd, Christian Schneider, Dirk Bisping, Martin Kamp, Lukas Worschech, Sven Hoefling, Alfred Forchel, Yoshihisa Yamamoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W27.00003: Control of exciton relaxation channels in quantum dot molecules Kushal C. Wijesundara, Juan E. Rolon, Sergio E. Ulloa, Eric A. Stinaff, Allan Bracker, Dan Gammon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W27.00004: Charge dynamics and phonon induced oscillatory relaxation rates of indirect excitons in quantum dot molecules J.E. Rolon, K.C. Wijesundara, E.A. Stinaff, S.E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W27.00005: Ultralong Coherence of Phosphorus Donors in High-Purity $^{28}$Si Silicon S.A. Lyon, A.M. Tyryshkin, S. Tojo, K.M. Itoh, J.J.L. Morton, T. Schenkel, M.L.W. Thewalt, H. Riemann, N.V. Abrosimov, P. Becker, H.-J. Pohl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W27.00006: Electrical Control of the high spin system Mn2+ in ZnO Richard George, John Morton, Arzhang Ardavan, James Edwards Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W27.00007: Electron spin coherence and electron nuclear double resonance of Bi donors in natural Si John Morton, Stephanie Simmons, Richard George, Wayne Witzel, H. Riemann, Nikolai Abrosimov, N. Notzel, Mike Thewalt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W27.00008: Neutral donors interacting with a two-dimensional electron gas measured by electrically detected magnetic resonance up to 94GHz C.C. Lo, J. Bokor, V. Lang, R.E. George, J.J.L. Morton, A.M. Tyryshkin, S.A. Lyon, T. Schenkel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W27.00009: Electrical Manipulation of Spin Qubits in Li-doped Si Andre Petukhov, Luke Pendo, Erin Handberg, Vadim Smelyanskiy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W27.00010: Entanglement in a Solid State Spin Ensemble Stephanie Simmons, Richard Brown, Helge Riemann, Nikolai Abrosimov, Peter Becker, Hans-Joachim Pohl, Mike Thewalt, Kohei Itoh, John Morton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W27.00011: Optimized Electron-spin-cavity coupling in a double quantum dot Xuedong Hu, Yu-xi Liu, Franco Nori Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W27.00012: Near Field Photon Emission and Revival in Quantum Dot Qubits S. Tafur, M.N. Leuenberger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W27.00013: A Theoretical Model of Single Photon Source at Room Temperature Ahmed Elhalawany, Michael Leuenberger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W27.00014: Phonons and solid-state qubits for quantum technology \"{O}.O. Soykal, Rusko Ruskov, Charles Tahan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W27.00015: Towards electrons floating over diamond M.P. Ray, J.W. Baldwin, M.K. Zalalutdinov, J.L. Shaw, J.E. Butler, B.B. Pate, T.I. Feygelson Preview Abstract

Session W28: Graphene: Nanoribbons and Electronic Transport

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Nancy Sandler, Ohio University
Room: C156

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W28.00001: Low Bias Negative Differential Resistance in Graphene Nanoribbon Superlattices Gerson J. Ferreira, Michael N. Leuenberger, Daniel Loss, J. Carlos Egues Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W28.00002: A finite difference method for transport of massless Dirac fermions: The case of graphene nanoribbons Caio Lewenkopf, Alexis Hernandez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W28.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W28.00004: Graphene edge from A to Z Yuanyue Liu, Somnath Bhowmick, Boris I. Yakobson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W28.00005: Boron nitride nanoribbons become metallic Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla, Jingsong Huang, Humberto Terrones, Bobby Sumpter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W28.00006: Graphene valley pseudospin filter using an extended line defect Daniel Gunlycke, Carter White Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W28.00007: Zero Landau level in folded graphene nanoribbons Elsa Prada, Pablo San-Jose, Luis Brey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W28.00008: Effective time-reversal symmetry breaking in the spin relaxation in a graphene quantum dot Philipp Struck, Guido Burkard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W28.00009: Sensory Organ Like Response of Zigzag Edge Graphene Nanoribbons Vijay Shenoy, Somnath Bhowmick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W28.00010: Transport Through Graphene Surface States Douglas Mason, Eric Heller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W28.00011: Quantum charge pumping in graphene nanoribbons Tejinder Kaur, Liliana Arrachea, Nancy Sandler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W28.00012: Electronic properties of graphene nanoflakes: energy gap engineering Carlos Ramos, Eduardo Cifuentes, Romeo de Coss, Edgar Martinez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W28.00013: Electric and Magnetic Field Induced Insulating States in High Quality Bilayer Graphene pnp Junctions Lei Jing, Jairo Velasco, Philip Kratz, Gang Liu, Wenzhong Bao, Marc Bockrat, Chun Ning Lau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W28.00014: Electron-Hole Asymmetry and Electron-Electron Interaction in Bilayer Graphene K. Zou, X. Hong, J. Zhu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W28.00015: Magneto-transport study of band structure of tri-layer graphene Ryuta Yagi, Seiya Fukada, Midor Shimomura Preview Abstract

Session W29: Symmetric Discrete Structures for Finite Dimensional Quantum Systems

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Christopher Fuchs, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Room: C148

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W29.00001: Pairwise complementary observables and their mutually unbiased bases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W29.00002: Quantum States as Probabilities from Symmetric Informationally Complete Measurements Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W29.00003: The Lie Algebraic Significance of Symmetric Informationally Complete Measurements Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W29.00004: Experimental access to higher-dimensional discrete quantum systems, towards realizing SIC-POVM and MUB measurements, using integrated optics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W29.00005: Isotropic States in Discrete Phase Space Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session W30: Nanowires and Nanotubes: Optical Properties and Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Alec Talin, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: C147/154

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W30.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W30.00002: Low temperature electron transport spectroscopy of mechanically templated carbon nanotube quantum dots Saiful Khondaker, Paul Stokes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W30.00003: Tunneling spectroscopy using carbon nanotubes quantum dots Yanjing Li, Nadya Mason Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W30.00004: Photoconductivity Spectroscopy of Colloidal Lead Selenide Nanowires Rion Graham, Ka Leung, Dong Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W30.00005: The optical properties of SnO$_{2}$ nano-wires by THz time-domain spectroscopy Dongwook Lee, Xingquan Zou, Chuanwei Cheng, Saritha K. Nair, Hongjin Fan, Elbert E.M. Chia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W30.00006: Direct mapping of the exciton-polariton dispersion in tree-like ZnO micro-structures Xiangshun Lu, Huajun Zhou, Z. Ryan Tian, Min Xiao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W30.00007: Optical anisotropy of transparent multiwalled carbon nanotube sheets Julia Bykova, Yakov Lesnichii, Aleksey Arsenin, Dmitry Fedyanin, Jonathon Smith, William Holmes, Anvar Zakhidov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W30.00008: Synthesis and Optical Properties of Free Standing Titania Nanotubes Arrays for Photovoltaic and Photocatalytic Applications Dalmau Reig-i-Plessis, Mohamed Abd Elmoula, Eugen Panaitescu, Donald Heiman, Latika Menon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W30.00009: Electro-Optic Effects in Colloidal Dispersion of Metal Nano-Rods with Nematic Ordering Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Andrii B. Golovin, Jie Xiang, Heung-Shik Park, Luana Tortora, Yuriy A. Nastishin, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W30.00010: Measurement of carrier lifetimes in silicon vapor-liquid-solid wires Brian Bryce, Mark Reuter, Brent Wacaser , Sandip Tiwari Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W30.00011: Exciton dynamics for single walled carbon nanotubes in the presence of a single ion Benjamin Tayo, Slava Rotkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W30.00012: The emissivity of an incandescent carbon nanotube B.C. Regan, Scott Singer, Matthew Mecklenburg, Edward White Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W30.00013: Polarized Light Emission from a Single Hot Carbon Nanotube S.B. Singer, Matthew Mecklenburg, Edward White, B.C. Regan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W30.00014: Photoconductivity of complexes of chrysotile with tetra(4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrins created via ionic self-assembly Wesley Chu, Walter Smith, Ye Lu, A.T. Johnson, Giovanna De Luca, Luigi Scolaro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W30.00015: A confinement phase in carbon nanotubes as captured by the extended massive Schwinger model Takashi Oka, Hideo Aoki Preview Abstract

Session W31: Energy Production & Distribution, Nuclear, Hydrogen, Bio and Infrastructure

Sponsoring Units: GERA
Chair: Judy Pang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: C145

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W31.00001: Phonon dynamics of UO$_{2}$ at high temperature J.W.L. Pang, A. Chernatynskiy, B.C. Larson, S.R. Phillpot, W.J.L. Buyers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W31.00002: An \textit{Ab Initio} Study of $\alpha $ --Pu Sarah C. Hernandez, Asok K. Ray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W31.00003: Electron Correlation and Tranport Properties in Nuclear Fuel Materials Quan Yin, Kristjan Haule, Gabriel Kotliar, Sergey Savrasov, Warren Pickett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W31.00004: Reaction Rate Measurement at the Californium User Facility (CUF) for unfolding the neutron spectrum Mohammad Hannan, Ruben Ortega Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W31.00005: A first-principles investigation of III-V semiconductor-water interfaces for solar hydrogen production Brandon Wood, Tadashi Ogitsu, Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W31.00006: Hydrogen Generation and Photoelectrochemical Effect of InGaN alloys Krishna Aryal, Bed Pantha, Rajendra Dahal, Jing Li, Jingyu Lin, Hongxing Jiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W31.00007: Sieving hydrogen based on its high compressibility Hangyan Chen, Deyan Sun, Xingao Gong, Zhifeng Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W31.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W31.00009: Combining micro-structures and micro-algae to increase lipid production for bio-fuel Saurabh Vyawahare, Emilly Zhu, Troy Mestler, Andr\'e Est\'evez-Torres, Robert Austin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W31.00010: Structure and diffusion of furans and other cellulose-derived compounds in solvents via MD simulation Brooks Rabideau, Ahmed Ismail Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W31.00011: Molecular-dynamics study of proton transport near an ionomer-electrode interface Philip Taylor, Elshad Allahyarov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W31.00012: Origin of colossal ionic conductivity in YSZ/STO multilayers Timothy Pennycook, Mark Oxley, Matthew Beck, Javier Garcia-Barriocanal, Flavio Bruno, Carlos Leon, Jacobo Santamaria, Maria Varela, Stephen Pennycook, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W31.00013: Microscopic Understanding of Reactivity of Clinkers for Green Cement Engin Durgun, Hegoi Manzano, Roland J. M. Pellenq, Jeffrey C. Grossman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W31.00014: Comparison of Solar and Wind Power Output and Correlation with Real-Time Pricing Kathryn E. Hoepfl, Alvin D. Compaan, Andrew Solocha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W31.00015: Monte Carlo optimization of a matrix-based power-grid islanding algorithm Ibrahim Abou Hamad, Per Arne Rikvold, Svetlana V. Poroseva Preview Abstract

Session W32: Focus Session: Frontiers in Computational Thermodynamics of Materials I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DCOMP
Chair: Gus Hart, Brigham Young University
Room: C144

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W32.00001: Modeling the interactions of adsorbates with each other and with metal surfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W32.00002: An Automatic Symmetry-Leveraging Approach for Solving Incomplete Many-Atom Crystal Structures Bryce Meredig, Chris Wolverton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W32.00003: Finite Temperature Lattice Vibrations and the Magnetic Structure of Fe and Ni G. Malcolm Stocks, Yang Wang, Roger Stoller, Aurelian Rusanu, Markus Eisenbach, Donald Nicholson, German Samolyuk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W32.00004: Combined Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Core-Shell Nanostructures in Al-Sc-Li Alloys Colin Ophus, Abhay Gautam, Emmanuelle Marquis, Velimir Radmilovich, Ulrich Dahmen, Mark Asta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W32.00005: New structures in Pd-rich ordered alloys Jacqueline Corbitt, Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W32.00006: Pseudo-Random Number Generation for Brownian Dynamics and Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulations on GPU Devices Carolyn Phillips, Joshua Anderson, Sharon Glotzer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W32.00007: Efficient ab initio molecular dynamics using exact reweighting Vidvuds Ozolins, Mark Asta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W32.00008: Ab Initio Simulations of Hydrogen in Crystalline and Amorphous Metal Membranes William Huhn, Mike Widom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W32.00009: The enigmatic Ag-Pt phase diagram and yet another derivative structure algorithm Gus L.W. Hart, Lance J. Nelson, Rodney W. Forcade Preview Abstract

Session W33: Insulators and Dielectrics I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: William Parker, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: C143/149

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W33.00001: An \textit{Ab Initio }Study of PuO$_{2\pm 0.25}$, UO$_{2\pm 0.25}$, and U$_{0.5}$Pu$_{0.5}$O$_{2\pm 0.25}$ Li Ma, Asok Ray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W33.00002: Characterization of point defects in UO2 by positron annihilation spectroscopy: a first-principles study Marc Torrent, Gerald Jomard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W33.00003: Effect of Dielectric Materials on the Topological Insulator Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ Surface States Jiwon Chang, Leonard Register, Sanjay Banerjee, Bhagawan Sahu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W33.00004: First-Principles Investigation of Low Energy E' Center Precursors in Amorphous Silica Nathan Anderson, Ravi Vedula, Peter Schultz, Renee Van Ginhoven, Alejandro Strachan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W33.00005: Structure and energetics of ferroelectric domain walls in LiNbO$_{3}$ from atomic level simulations Donghwa Lee, Haixuan Xu, Volkmar Dierolf, Venkatraman Gopalan, Simon Phillpot Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W33.00006: Study of Defects That Trap Excitons in Yttrium Aluminum Garnets Doped With Rare-Earth Elements Farida Selim, Chris Varnery, Gary Collins, David Mckay, Sherif Reda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W33.00007: Charge-Flow Regulation at Material Interfaces in Atomistic Models Steven Valone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W33.00008: Infrared laser ablation of polystyrene from microseconds to picoseconds Richard Haglund, Sergey Avanesyan, Kenneth Schriver, Malte Duering, Barry Luther-Davies, Hee Park, Singaravelu Senthilraja, Michael Klopf, Michael Kelley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W33.00009: The effect of substrate temperature on the structure and morphology of titanium nitride compounds grown by DC magnetron sputtering Mohammad R. Hantehzadeh, Reza Bavadi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W33.00010: Growth of Erbium doped Yttrium oxide thin films by atomic layer deposition Nicholas Becker, Thomas Proslier, J. Klug, J. Elam, T. Sanamyan, M. Dubinckii, J. Girolami, M. Pellin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W33.00011: Atomic Layer Deposition of AlOx for Metal-AlOx-Metal Trilayers and Resonators A. Kozen, L. Henn-Lecordier, X. Chen, M. Schroeder, C. Musgrave, G. Rubloff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W33.00012: Improvements of Defect Analysis by Space-Charge Wave Spectroscopy Kay-Michael Voit, Burkhard Hilling, Heinz-J\"urgen Schmidt, Mirco Imlau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W33.00013: First-principles studies of Ce and Eu doped inorganic scintillator gamma ray detectors Andrew Canning, Anurag Chaudhry, Rostyslav Boutchko, Stephen Derenzo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W33.00014: Novel Approaches in Energy Conversion by Molecular Charge Transfer from Diamond Surfaces Franz A.M. Koeck, Jeff Sharp, Robert J. Nemanich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W33.00015: Diamond Based Electron Emitters for Photon Enhanced Thermionic Energy Conversion Tianyin Sun, Franz A. Koeck, Robert J. Nemanich Preview Abstract

Session W34: Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanocrystals

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Alexander Govorov, Ohio University
Room: C141

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W34.00001: Evolution of CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dot Ensembles Under Prolonged Excitation Georgiy Shcherbatyuk, Richard Inman, Sayantani Ghosh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W34.00002: Photoluminescence spectroscopy and lifetime measurements from self assembled semiconducting quantum dot- metal nanoparticle hybrid arrays M. Haridas, J.K. Basu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W34.00003: Manipulating coupling between a single semiconductor quantum dot and single gold nanoparticle Farbod Shafiei, Daniel Ratchford, Suenne Kim, Xiaoqin Li, Stephen Gray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W34.00004: Carbon Nanotube CdSe Nanoparticle Hybrid Materials: Synthesis and Optical Properties Austin Akey, Chenguang Lu, Irving P. Herman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W34.00005: Enhanced Optical Absorption of Glancing Angle Deposited Semiconducting Nanostructures for Photovoltaic Solar Cell Applications Hilal Is, Mehmet Cansizoglu, Miria Finckenor, Tansel Karabacak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W34.00006: In-Situ Studies of Photoluminescence Quenching in Single Crystal Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells Douglas Shepherd, Yong-Qi Liang, Justin Sambur, Bruce Parkinson, Martin Gelfand, Alan Van Orden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W34.00007: Particle Morphology and Interfacial Energy Transfer in CdSe/CdS Nanocrystals Nicholas Borys, Manfred Walter, Jing Huang, Dmitri Talapin, John Lupton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W34.00008: Copper-doped core-shell ZnSe/CdSe nanocrystals with efficient and widely tunable photoluminescence Ranjani Viswanatha, Sergio Brovelli, Victor I. Klimov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W34.00009: Breakdown of Volume Scaling in Auger Recombination in CdSe/CdS Heteronanocrystals: The Role of the Core-Shell Interface Sergio Brovelli, Florencio Garc\'Ia-Santamar\'Ia, Ranjani Viswanatha, Han Htoon, Scott Crooker, Victor I. Klimov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W34.00010: Complete suppression of Blinking and convergence to a single emissive state in giant nanocrystal quantum dots Anton Malko, Siddharth Sampat, Young-Shin Park, Javier Vela, Youngfen Chen, Jennifer Hollingsworth, Victor Klimov, Han Htoon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W34.00011: A comparative study of carrier multiplication in PbS and PbSe nanocrystals John Stewart, Lazaro Padilha, Doh Lee, Bishnu Khanal, Jeffrey Pietryga, Victor Klimov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W34.00012: Carrier recombination pathways in Copper Indium Sulfide (CIS) nanocrystals Anshu Pandey, Liang Li, Jeffrey M. Pietryga, Victor I. Klimov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W34.00013: Nonradiative Energy Transfer in Assemblies of Nanostructures with Mixed Dimensionality Pedro Ludwig Hernandez-Martinez, Hilmi Volkan Demir Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W34.00014: Charge and Shape Effects on the Carrier Dynamics of 25 Atom Au Nanoclusters Matthew Sfeir, Huifeng Qian, Rongchao Jin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W34.00015: Transparent Conducting Metallic Film for Applications in Photovoltaics and Optoelectronic Devices Trilochan Paudel, Piotr Patoka, Wen-Chen Chen, Michael Giersig, Willie Padilla, Zhifeng Ren, Kris Kempa Preview Abstract

Session W35: Topological Insulators: Superconductivity

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Taylor Hughes, University of Illinois
Room: C140

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W35.00001: New forms of superconductivity and magnetism in a doped topological insulator L. Andrew Wray, Suyang Xu, Hsin Lin, M. Zahid Hasan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W35.00002: Coupling superconductors to topological insulators Menno Veldhorst, Marcel Hoek, Marieke Snelder, Xiaolin Wang, Hans Hilgenkamp, Alexander Brinkman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W35.00003: Stability of surface Majorana modes in superconducting doped topological insulators Ashvin Vishwanath, Pavan Hosur, Pouyan Ghaemi, Roger Mong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W35.00004: Surface Spectral Function in the Superconducting State of a Topological Insulator Ting-kuo Lee, Lei Hao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W35.00005: Superconductivity in Topological Parent Compound Induced via Pressure C.Q. Jin, J.L. Zhang, S.J. Zhang, H.M. Gong, W. Zhang, P.P. Kong, J. Zhu, R.Z. Yu, L.X. Yang, S.M. Feng, Q.Q. Liu, X.C. Wang, R.C. Yu, W.G. Yang, L. Wang, S.C. Zhang, X. Dai, Z. Fang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W35.00006: Detecting Majorana Bound States Colin Benjamin, Jiannis Pachos Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W35.00007: Chain of Majorana States from Superconducting Dirac Fermions at a Magnetic DomainWall Titus Neupert, Shigeki Onoda, Akira Furusaki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W35.00008: Global Properties of 3D Topological Insulator Surface/Superconductor Junctions Matthew Gilbert, Taylor Hughes, Ching-Kai Chiu, Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W35.00009: Order parameter and triplet correlations near a superconductor-topological insulator interface Mahmoud Lababidi, Erhai Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W35.00010: Superconductivity and Majorana fermion creation at the quantum spin Hall insulator edge Annica M. Black-Schaffer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W35.00011: Measurements of Electrical Noise at the Interface between Bi2Se3 and a Superconductor J.S. Lee, D.M. Zhang, A.R. Richardella, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W35.00012: Study of the interface of supercondutor and topological insulator Dong Qian, Xiaomei Wang, Chunlei Gao, Canhua Liu, Jinfeng Jia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W35.00013: Self-consistent study at the superconductor-3D topological insulator interface Xiaoting Zhou, Chen Fang, Jiangping Hu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W35.00014: Proximity induced superconductivity in Bi$_2$Se$_3$ nanoribbons D.M. Zhang, J. Wang, J.S. Lee, H.R. Gutierrez, M.H.W. Chan, N. Samarth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W35.00015: Majorana Fermions in a Spin Ladder System Wade DeGottardi, Smitha Vishveshwara, Ditpiman Sen Preview Abstract

Session W36: Focus Session: Graphene Structure, Dopants, and Defects: Graphene Oxide and Fluoride

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Masahiro Ishigami, University of Central Florida
Room: C142

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W36.00001: Properties of Dilute Fluorinated Graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W36.00002: Electronic and structural properties of fluorinated graphene Chad E. Junkermeier, Stefan C. Badescu, Thomas L. Reinecke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W36.00003: Patterning nanoroads and quantum dots on fluorinated graphene Morgana Ribas, Abhishek Singh, Pavel Sorokin, Boris Yakobson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W36.00004: Anomalous Phase Breaking in Dilute Fluorinated Graphene Xia Hong, Shih-Ho Cheng, Jun Zhu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W36.00005: Functionalization of exfoliated graphene by grafting aryl groups Hang Zhang, Elena Bekyarova, Zeng Zhao, Wenzhong Bao, Jhao-Wun Huang, Mikhail Itkis, Sandip Niyogi, Xiaoliu Chi, Huazhou Wei, Fenglin Wang, Robert Haddon, Chun Ning Lau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W36.00006: Field emission from atomically thin edges of reduced graphene oxide Hisato Yamaguchi, Katsuhisa Murakami, Goki Eda, Takeshi Fujita, Julien Boisse, Pengfei Guan, Fujio Wakaya, Kyeongjae Cho, Yves Chabal, Mingwei Chen, Mikio Takai, Manish Chhowalla Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W36.00007: Electronic structure of graphite oxide Hae Kyung Jeong, Cheolsoo Yang, Bong Soo Kim, Ki-jeong Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W36.00008: Computational Studies for Reduced Graphene Oxide in Alcohol- and Hydrogen-Rich Environments Ramin Abolfath, Cheng Gong, Muge Acik, Yves Chabal, Kyeongjae Cho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W36.00009: Electron Phonon Coupling Mechanism in Thermally Reduced Graphene Muge Acik, Geunsik Lee, Cecilia Mattevi, Manish Chhowalla, Kyeongjae Cho, Yves J. Chabal Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W36.00010: Grain-boundary unzipping by oxidation in polycrystalline graphene Simone Alexandre, Aline Lucio, Ricardo Nunes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W36.00011: Influence of Gate Voltage on the diffusion of Oxygen on Graphene Alejandro Suarez, Ljubisa Radovic, Ezra Bar-Ziv, Jorge Sofo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W36.00012: Coulomb blockade and hopping conduction in graphene quantum dots array Daeha Joung, Lei Zhai, Saiful Khondaker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W36.00013: Ink jet printed graphene oxide (GO) coplanar waveguide (CPW) structures for measurement of microwave propagation in GO Kate Duncan, Edwin Barry, Mark Griep, Johhny Daniel, Derek Morris, Shashi Karna Preview Abstract

Session W37: Focus Session: Graphene: Growth, Characterization, and Devices: Quantum Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Aaron Bostwick, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: C146

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W37.00001: A study of the quantum Hall effect in CVD graphene synthesized on Cu Tian Shen, Wei Wu, Helin Cao, Yong Chen, David Newell, Curt Richter, Qingkai Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W37.00002: Strain-induced pseudo-magnetic fields and charging effects on CVD-grown graphene R.T.-P. Wu, M.-L. Teague, N.-C. Yeh, S. Yeom, B.L. Standley, D.A. Boyd, M.W. Bockrath Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W37.00003: Transport phenomena of suspended graphene in the quantum Hall regime Hsin-Ying Chiu, Ching-Tzu Chen, David DiVincenzo, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W37.00004: Measurement of the 1/3 Fractional Quantum Hall Effect Energy Gap in Multi-terminal Suspended Graphene Devices Fereshte Ghahari Kermani, Yue Zhao, Paul Cadden-Zimansky, Kirill Bolotin, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W37.00005: Symmetry breaking of zero energy landau level in monolayer graphene Yue Zhao, Paul Cadden-Zimansky, Fereshte Ghahari, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W37.00006: Fractional quantum Hall effect in graphene on boron nitride Cory Dean, Andrea Young, Paul Cadden-Zimansky, Lei Wang, Hechen Ren, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Philip Kim, James Hone, Ken Shepard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W37.00007: Transport on gated C-face epitaxial graphene Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W37.00008: Quantum Hall Effect of Hybrid Monolayer-bilayer Graphene Structures: Observation of Broken electron-hole Symmetry Yong P. Chen, Jifa Tian, Isaac Childres, Helin Cao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W37.00009: Multi-terminal transport property on hybrid structure of monolayer and bilayer graphene Yongjin Jiang, Jiangping Hu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W37.00010: Electric field induced transition between spin to valley polarized $\nu $=0 quantum Hall state in dual-gated graphene bilayers Kayoung Lee, Seyoung Kim, Babak Fallahazad, Emanuel Tutuc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W37.00011: Giant Spin-Hall Effect and Nonlocal Transport in Graphene Dmitry Abanin, K.S. Novoselov, A.K. Geim, L.S. Levitov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W37.00012: Quantum Hall effect and Landau level crossing in trilayer graphene Thiti Taychatanapat, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W37.00013: Suspended graphene electromechanics in quantum Hall regime Vibhor Singh, Ganesh Subramanian, Bushra Irfan, Hari Solanki, Mandar Deshmukh Preview Abstract

Session W38: Focus Session: Organic Electronics and Photonics -- Charge transport

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY
Chair: Almantas Pivrikas, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Room: A130/131

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W38.00001: Charge Transport in Functionalized Fluorinated Pentacenes Oana Jurchescu, Daniel David, Claire McLellan, Balaji Purushothaman, Shubin Liu, Veaceslav Coropceanu, John Anthony, Laurie McNeil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W38.00002: Semicrystalline high performance poly (thienothiophene) thin films: crystallites and defects Chenchen Wang, Javier Dacu\~na, Bj\"orn Br\"auer, Dan Daranciang, Alberto Salleo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W38.00003: First-principles study of polythiophene and polyselenophene crystals for organic electronics Takao Tsumuraya, Jung-Hwan Song, A.J. Freeman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W38.00004: Analysis of Metallic Conduction at the Interface of TTF and TCNQ Crystals Viktor Atalla, Mina Yoon, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W38.00005: Charge Trapping in Organic Thin-Film Transistors Claire McLellan, Jack Owen, Marsha Grimminger, John Anthony, Oana Jurchescu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W38.00006: Organic electrical double layer transistors gated with ionic liquids Wei Xie, C. Daniel Frisbie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W38.00007: Hopping transport in electrolyte-gated P3HT organic field effect transistors Shun Wang, Mingjing Ha, Michael Manno, C. Daniel Frisbie, C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W38.00008: Charge transport and velocity distribution in ambipolar organic thin film Transistors based on a diketopyrrolopyrrole-benzothiadiazole copolymer Tae-jun Ha, Prashant Sonar, Samarendra Pratap Singh, Ananth Dodabalapur Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W38.00009: Organic field effect transistor fabricated by directly grown poly (3 hexylthiophene) crystalline nanowires on solution processed carbon nanotube aligned array electrodes Biddut Sarker, Jianhua Liu, Lei Zhai, Saiful Khondaker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W38.00010: Interfacial Width Measurements of Dielectric/P(NDI2OD-T2) Using Resonant Soft X-ray Reflectivity Hongping Yan, Ziran Gu, Eliot Gann, Brian Collins, Sufal Swaraj, Cheng Wang, Torben Schuettfort, Chris McNeill, Harald Ade Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W38.00011: Temperature Induced Structure Evolution of Regioregular Poly (3-hexylthiophene) in Dilute Solution and its Influence on Thin Film Morphology Charles Han, Ye Huang, He Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W38.00012: Effect of Cooling Rate on Microstructure and Charge Transport in Semiconducting Polymer Thin Films Evan Kang, Eunseong Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W38.00013: Exponential behavior of the Ohmic transport in organic films Corneliu Colesniuc, Rudro Biswas, Samuel Hevia, Alexander Balatsky, Ivan Schuller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W38.00014: Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Surface Properties of P3HT Films Yeneneh Yimer, Sima Mofakham, Ali Dhinojwala, Mesfin Tsige Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W38.00015: Switching or triggering by light organic materials in the 100 nm size range Vina Faramarzi, Jean Francois Dayen, Bernard Doudin Preview Abstract

Session W39: Experimental Techniques in Biophysics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Mark Reeves, George Washington University
Room: A124/127

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W39.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W39.00002: Spatially resolved absorption spectroscopy of bio - assemblies on a micron scale Silki Arora, Jennifer Mauser, Debopam Chakrabarti, Alfons Schulte Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W39.00003: Stochastic super resolution imaging by diffusive probes Thomas Dorn, John Ewalt, Francisco Marquez, George Shubeita Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W39.00004: Near-field Approaches to Subcellular Tissue Abalation Deepa Raghu, Joan Hoffmann, Benjamin Gamari, Andrew Gomella, Mark Reeves Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W39.00005: Rotational Diffusion of Plasmon-Resonant Gold Nanorods for Depth-Resolved Microrheology Using Optical Coherence Tomography Amy Oldenburg, Raghav Chhetri, Krystian Kozek, Aaron Johnston-Peck, Joseph Tracy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W39.00006: Monte-Carlo Study of Binding Kinetics in Surface Plasmon Resonance Systems Matthew Raum, Uwe T\"auber, Kimberly Forsten-Williams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W39.00007: Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy of Tryptophan-containing Proteins in Sugar Solutions using Two Photon Excitation David Sidebottom, Nathan Holman, Yuli Wang, Michael Nichols Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W39.00008: Continuous Nano-Particle Transport in a Standing Wave Optical Line Trap Vassili Demergis, Ernst-Ludwig Florin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W39.00009: Laser- based Insect Tracker (LIT) Leonardo Mesquita, Shiva Sinha, Rob de Ruyter Van Steveninck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W39.00010: Power dependent study of kinetics of TRF2 recruitment in cells due to DNA damage caused by ultrafast near-IR Laser Manas Bhalerao, Nazmul Huda, David Gilley, Samarendra Mohanty Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W39.00011: Background Elimination and Noise Reduction by Mechanical Modulation Raman Spectroscopy Kathleen Hinko, Chieze Ibeneche, Andrea Keidel, Tobias Bartsch, Ernst-Ludwig Florin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W39.00012: Ultraweak bioluminescence dynamics and singlet oxygen correlations during injury repair in sweet potato Marius Hossu, Lun Ma, Wei Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W39.00013: Obtaining optical properties using Representative Layer Theory Neema Razavi, Brain Yust, Dhiraj Sardar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W39.00014: An \textit{in vitro} approach to understanding intracellular motor-based cargo transport Rafael Longoria Casasa, Hayley Manning, George Shubeita Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W39.00015: Nonlinear optical microscopy in biology: Combining second-harmonic generation and two-photon fluorescence imaging Koen Clays Preview Abstract

Session W40: Polymer Blends

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Mesfin Tsige, University of Akron
Room: A122/123

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W40.00001: Entanglement Dynamics in Miscible Polyisoprene / Poly(p-{\it tert}-butyl styrene) Blends Hiroshi Watanabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W40.00002: Local Relaxation Behavior and Dynamic Fragility in Hydrogen Bonded Polymer Blends James Runt, Kevin Masser, Hanqing Zhao, Paul Painter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W40.00003: Partial Miscibility in Copolymer Blends Elizabeth Clark, Jane Lipson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W40.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W40.00005: Properties of polystyrene/poly(dimethyl siloxane) blends partially compatibilized with star polymers containing a gamma-cyclodextrin core and polystyrene arms C. Maurice Balik, Brad J. Busche, Alan E. Tonelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W40.00006: Crystallization in the Binary Blends of Crystalline-Amorphous Diblock Copolymers Bearing Chemically Different Crystalline Block Che-Yi Chu, Hsin-Lung Chen, Bhanu Nandan, Ming-Siao Hsiao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W40.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W40.00008: Effect of Organoclays on Immiscible Polymer Blends Mai Ha, Ramanan Krishnamoorti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W40.00009: Characterization of the Early Stages of Phase Separation in PS/PVME Blends Using Fluorescence Annika Kriisa, Sung Park, Connie Roth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W40.00010: Non-Isothermal Crystallization of PET/PLA Blends Huipeng Chen, Marek Pyda, Peggy Cebe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W40.00011: Critical Micelle Concentrations for Different Micelle Shape in Diblock Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends Jiajia Zhou, An-Chang Shi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W40.00012: Ordered Materials via Additive Driven Assembly and Reaction using Surfactant-Based Templates Michael R. Beaulieu, Vikram K. Daga, Alan J. Lesser, James J. Watkins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W40.00013: Interfacial Structure and Dynamics of the liquid/liquid interface between Polydimethylsiloxane and Polystyrene Mesfin Tsige Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W40.00014: Effect of linear contaminants on the dynamics and rheology of ring polymer melts Jonathan Halverson, Gary Grest, Kurt Kremer Preview Abstract

Session W41: Focus Session: Electronic Structure and Applications to Energy Conversion I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Sergei Tretiak, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: A115/117

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W41.00001: Tuning the electronic structure of II-VI semiconductors and nanostructures for energy applications Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W41.00002: TR-2PPE Studies of Ultrafast Charge Separation at Organic Photovoltaic Interfaces S.W. Robey, G.J. Dutton, W. Jin, J.E. Reutt-Robey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W41.00003: Near- and Far-Field Effects on Excited States at Organic Semiconductor and Metal Interfaces Oliver Monti, Mary Steele, Nahid Ilyas, Leah Kelly Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:51PM		W41.00004: Time-domain ab initio studies of excitation dynamics in semiconductor quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W41.00005: Hole Localization in Molecular Crystals From Hybrid Density Functional Theory Na Sai, Paul F. Barbara, Kevin Leung Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W41.00006: Linear Dichroism and Photoluminescence Microscopy Imaging of Grain Boundaries in Crystalline Metal-Free Phthalocyanine Thin Films Zhenwen Pan, Cody Lamarche, Ishviene Cour, Naveen Rawat, Lane Manning, Randall Headrick, Madalina Furis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:51PM		W41.00007: Theories and applications for characterizing electronic coupling factors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W41.00008: Ab initio calculation of optical spectra of solvated molecules: GW+BSE method for liquid environments Jeehye Lee, Tomas Arias Preview Abstract

Session W42: Focus Session: Polymer Brushes

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: You Yeon Won, Purdue University
Room: A302/303

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W42.00001: Responsive Grafted Polymer Layers: the role of pH, temperature and surface geometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W42.00002: Polyelectrolyte brushes in mixed ionic medium studied via intermolecular forces Robert Farina, Nicolas Laugel, Philip Pincus, Matthew Tirrell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W42.00003: Microsecond MD Simulations of Nano-patterned Polymer Brushes on Self-Assembled Monolayers Creighton Buie, Liming Qiu, Soyeun Park, Mark Vaughn, Kwan Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W42.00004: Nano-pillars created from the surface-grafted crosslinked polymer chains Soyeun Park, Dipika Patel, Fernando Monjaraz, Wolfgang Frey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W42.00005: Polymer brushes: Tools for surface design Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W42.00006: Preparation, Patterning, and Electrical Characterization of Conjugated Polymer Brushes Jose Alonzo, Jihua Chen, Onome Swader, Nikolay Lavrik, Mark Dadmun, S. Michael Kilbey II Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W42.00007: Quantifying Fluctuations/Correlations in Polymer Brushes Qiang Wang, Xinghua Zhang, Pengfei Zhang, Baohui Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W42.00008: Structures of One and Two Polymer Mushrooms Delian Yang, Qiang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W42.00009: Tethered chains in good and poor solvent - effects of lateral confinement on adsorption and chain collapse Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann, Ryan M. Van Horn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W42.00010: Semiflexible Polymer Brushes Shiliyang Xu, J.M. Schwarz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W42.00011: Interfacial properties of statistical copolymer brushes David Trombly, Victor Pryamitsyn, Venkat Ganesan Preview Abstract

Session W43: Morphology and Transport in Charged Polymers, Block Copolymers, Membranes, and Films

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: LaShanda Korley, Case Western Reserve University
Room: A306/307

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W43.00001: Characterization of a Model Polyelectrolyte Membrane Using a Semi-crystalline Block Copolymer Keith Beers, Xin Wang, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W43.00002: Structure-Property Relationships in Sulfonated Pentablock Copolymers Jae-Hong Choi, Carl Willis, Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W43.00003: Interfacial Stability of Solid Block Copolymer Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries Greg Stone, Scott Mullin, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W43.00004: Local dielectric constant and its effects on the microphase separation in charged-neutral diblock copolymer melts Rajeev Kumar, Scott Sides, Bobby Sumpter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W43.00005: Magnetically aligned ion-transport polymer membranes Pawel Majewski, Manesh Gopinadhan, Chinedum Osuji Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W43.00006: The effect of salt-doping on the lamellar phase of AB diblock copolymers Issei Nakamura, Zhen-Gang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W43.00007: Impact of morphology on conductivity of lamellar block copolymer electrolytes for battery applications Venkat Ganesan, Victor Pryamitsyn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W43.00008: Dynamics of water in sulfonated poly(phenylene) membranes Naresh Osti, Thusitha Etampawala, Umesh Shrestha, Dvora Perahia, Christopher Cornelius Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W43.00009: Morphology and Transport Properties of Phosphonium-containing Styrenic Ionomers with Random Charge Placement Rick Beyer, Kristoffer Stokes, Joshua Orlicki, Yuesheng Ye, Yossef Elabd Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W43.00010: Morphology of precise acid copolymers neutralized with monovalent cations Michelle Seitz, Kathleen Opper, Kenneth Wagener, Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W43.00011: Cubic Ordering of Aggregates in Precise Phosphonic Acid Copolymers Francisco Buitrago, Kathleen Opper, Kenneth Wagener, Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W43.00012: The Effect of Sulfonation and Neutralization on the Dynamics of Zn Neutralized Sulfonated Polystyrene Ionomers Alicia Castagna, Wenqin Wang, Karen I. Winey, James Runt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W43.00013: Proton Transport in Nanostructured Block Copolymer/Ionic Liquid Membranes Megan Hoarfrost, Madhu Tyagi, Jeffrey Reimer, Rachel Segalman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W43.00014: Simultaneous Electronic and Ionic Charge Transport in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-Poly(ethylene oxide) Shrayesh Patel, Anna Javier, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W43.00015: Confinement Effects on Watery Domains in Hydrated Block Copolymer Electrolyte Membranes Moon Jeong Park, Sung Yeon Kim, Joomi Yeo Preview Abstract

Session W44: Focus Session: Dynamics of Polymers-Phenomena due to Confinement - Diffusion, Particles, & Pores

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Karin Jacobs, Saarland University, Germany
Room: A309

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W44.00001: Single-molecule measurements of adsorbed polymer Changqian Yu, Juan Guan, Sung Chul Bae, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W44.00002: Segmental motion in polystyrene thin film: a single molecule fluorescence study Zhongli Zheng, Jiang Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W44.00003: Order of Magnitude Decrease in Dye Diffusion in Nanoconfined Polymer Films: Fluorescence Nonradiative Energy Transfer Technique Hui Deng, Manish Mundra, John Torkelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W44.00004: Non-classical diffusion of PDMS confined in a surface forces apparatus Subhalakshmi Kumar, Changqian Yu, Sung Chul Bae, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W44.00005: Probing In-Plane Diffusion of Nano-Confined Polymers in Ultrathin Films Joshua Katzenstein, Justin Chandler, Haley Hocker, Christopher Ellison Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W44.00006: Screening Effect of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide on Polymer/Substrate Interactions Peter Gin, Naisheng Jiang, Maya Endoh, Bulent Akgun, Sushil Satija, Tad Koga Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W44.00007: The Glass Transition at Silica/PMMA Nanocomposite Interfaces Rahmi Ozisik, Katelyn Parker, Ryan T. Schneider, Richard W. Siegel, Juan Carlos Cabanelas, Berna Serrano, Claire Antonelli, Juan Baselga Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W44.00008: Structural Relaxation of 3-Dimensionally Confined Polymer Glasses: Isobaric versus Isochoric Glass Formation Yunlong Guo, Chuan Zhang, Rodney Priestley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W44.00009: Molecular Dynamics Study of Single Conjugated Polymers Confined to Nanoparticles Sabina Maskey, Flint Pierce, Dvora Perahia, Gary Grest Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W44.00010: The Glass Transition Temperature of Polymer Nanoparticles under Soft and Hard Confinement Chuan Zhang, Yunlong Guo, Rodney Priestley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W44.00011: Statics and dynamics of confined DNA in a nanopit array Alexander Klotz, Walter Reisner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W44.00012: Modeling of Free Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) in Nanoporous Confinement Fatema Begum, Sindee Simon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W44.00013: Effect of Nanopore Confinement on the Polymerization Rate of Linear Polymers Po-Han Lin, Rajesh Khare Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W44.00014: Theoretical Study of Tethered Polymers inside a Cylindrical Tube Tongchuan Suo, Mark Whitmore Preview Abstract

Session W45: Atom-Light Interactions: Experiment and Theory

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Charles Clark, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: A310

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W45.00001: Lattice-induced nonadiabatic frequency shifts in optical lattice clocks Kyle Beloy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W45.00002: Magic wavelengths for optically trapped atoms Bindiya Arora, Marianna Safronova, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W45.00003: Laser frequency stabilization for narrow linewidth cooling of $^6$Li atoms Adam Reed, Kevin Jourde, Pedro Duarte, Randall Hulet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W45.00004: Demonstration of a $^{6}$Li magneto-optical trap using the $2S_{1/2}\rightarrow 3P_{3/2}$ transition R. Hart, P.M. Duarte, T.L. Yang, J.M. Hitchcock, T.A. Corcovilos, R.G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W45.00005: Pulsed Counter-Rotating Source of Slow, Cold Molecules Igor Lyuksyutov, Les Sheffield, Mark Hickey, Vitaliy Krasovitskiy, Daya Rathnayaka, Dudley Herschbach Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W45.00006: Nanofriction in Cold Ion Traps Andrea Vanossi, Andrea Benassi, Erio Tosatti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W45.00007: Pattern formation with trapped ions Tony Lee, Michael Cross Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W45.00008: Spontaneous emission modification via quantum interference with energy shifts remained Shuai Yang, Shi-Yao Zhu, M. Suhail Zubairy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W45.00009: Optical chirality and superchiral fields Yiqiao Tang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W45.00010: Observation of a Red-Blue Detuning Asymmetry in Matter-Wave Superradiance Lu Deng, Edward W. Hagley, Qiang Cao, Xiaorui Wang, Xinyu Luo, Ruquan Wang, Marvin G. Payne, Fan Yang, Xiaoji Zhou, Xuzong Chen, Mingsheng Zhan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W45.00011: Large and rapidly-responding Kerr nonlinear phase shift using a four-level~N-scheme with an active Raman gain core Ke Li, Lu Deng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W45.00012: Experimental Observation of Carrier-Envelope Phase Effects in Multi-Cycle Pulses Pankaj Jha, Yuri Rostovtsev, Hebin Li, Vladimir Sautenkov, Marlan Scully Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W45.00013: Counter-Propagating Coherent Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy for Remote Sensing in Air Luqi Yuan, Andrew Traverso, Dmitri Voronine, Pankaj Jha, Kai Wang, Alexei Sokolov, Marlan Scully Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W45.00014: Efficient Backward Emission from Optically Pumped Air Andrew Traverso, Rodrigo Sanchez-Gonzalez, Michael Grubb, Dmitri Voronine, Kai Wang, Luqi Yuan, Alexei Zheltikov, Arthur Dogariu, James Michael, Richard Miles, Vladimir Sautenkov, Alexei Sokolov, Simon North, Marlan Scully Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W45.00015: Quantum lithography beyond the diffraction limit via Rabi-oscillations Zeyang Liao, Mohammad Al-Amri, M. Suhail Zubairy Preview Abstract