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Session X1: Quantum and Classical Phenomena in Josephson Junction Arrays

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: John Clarke, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Ballroom A1

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X1.00001: Quantum Coherence of the Fluxonium Superconducting Artificial Atom Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X1.00002: Measurement of Quantum Phase-Slips in Josephson Junction Chains Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X1.00003: Coherent Terahertz Emission of Intrinsic Josephson Junction Stacks in the Hot Spot Regime Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X1.00004: Vortex pinning in ferromagnet-superconductor bilayer with tunable domain patterns Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X1.00005: Tuning superconductivity by carrier injection Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X2: Coexistence Between Antiferromagnetism and Superconductivity in Fe-pnictides

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Joerg Schmailian, Iowa State University
Room: Ballroom A2

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X2.00001: Competing phases in the iron pnictides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X2.00002: Superconductivity and Magnetism in iron-pnictides: co-existence or not? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X2.00003: Superconductivity and magnetism in 111 iron pnictides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X2.00004: Antiferromagnetic phase in iron-based superconductors: selection of magnetic order, spin excitations, competition with superconductivity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X2.00005: Optical Investigations of the Superconducting State in 122 Iron-Pnictides Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X3: Topological Vortices in Magnets, Ferroelectrics, and Multiferroics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Sang-Wook Cheong, Rutgers University
Room: Ballroom A3

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X3.00001: Magnetic vortices: From a “hidden parameter” to novel switching modes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X3.00002: Skyrmion Lattices in Chiral Magnets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X3.00003: Skyrmion crystal and topological Hall effect in B20-type transition-metal compounds Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X3.00004: Multiferroic vortices in hexagonal manganites Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X3.00005: Ferroelectric vortices from atomistic simulations Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X4: Functional Gels

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Igal Szleifer, Northwestern University
Room: Ballroom A4

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X4.00001: Micromechanical study of mitotic chromosome structure Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X4.00002: A Molecular View of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers and Gels Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X4.00003: Gelation of mucin: Protecting the stomach from autodigestion Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X4.00004: Responsive gels and membranes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X4.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session X5: The Corporate Feel: Atomic Force Microscopy in Industry

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Jason Cleveland, Asylum Research
Room: Ballroom C1

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X5.00001: Accelerated design and quality control of impact modifiers for plastics through atomic force microscopy (AFM) analysis Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X5.00002: Scanning Probe Evaluation of Electronic, Mechanical and Structural Material Properties Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X5.00003: Nanomechanical characterization of polypropylene-based materials with multifrequency atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based methods Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X5.00004: Probing Photovoltaic Performance Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X5.00005: Challenges and opportunities for probe-based information technology Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X6: Pairing in Imbalanced Fermi Mixtures

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DAMOP
Chair: Richard Scalettar, University of California, Davis
Room: Ballroom C2

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X6.00001: Correlated phases in the Fermi Hubbard model with spin and mass imbalance Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X6.00002: The phase diagram of imbalanced Fermi gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X6.00003: Pair formation in Fermi systems with population imbalance in one- and two-dimensional optical lattices Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X6.00004: Spin imbalanced Fermi gases in 1D and the crossover to 3D Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X6.00005: Universal Spin Transport in Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X7: Quantitative Approaches to DNA Replication

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: John Bechhoefer, Simon Fraser University
Room: Ballroom C3

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X7.00001: Replication domains are self-interacting structural chromatin units of human chromosomes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X7.00002: Thermal Replication Trap Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X7.00003: Single-molecule measurements of replisome composition and function reveal the mechanism of polymerase exchange Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X7.00004: Defects and DNA replication: a role for stochasticity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X7.00005: Universal Temporal Profile of Replication Origin Activation in Eukaryotes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X8: Migrations of Physicists

Sponsoring Units: FHP FIP
Chair: Noemie Koller, Rutgers University
Room: Ballroom C4

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X8.00001: Migration of scientists and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics -- a Personal and Professional Perspective Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X8.00002: Physicists' Forced Migrations under Hitler Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X8.00003: Migrations and the Rise of High Energy Physics in Brazil Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X8.00004: Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet scientific migration: history and patterns Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X8.00005: Chinese/American Physicists: A Transnational History Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session X9: Coordination, Coherence and Synchronization through Hydrodynamic Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Thomas Powers, Brown University
Room: D220

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X9.00001: Collective motion and density fluctuations in swimming bacteria Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X9.00002: Collective behavior of spinning particles at fluid/fluid interface Yaouen Fily, Aparna Baskaran, M. Cristina Marchetti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X9.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X9.00004: Synchronization phenomena in systems with magnetodipolar interactions Andrejs Cebers, Mihails Belovs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X9.00005: Pattern Formation in a Rotating Suspension of Non-Brownian Buoyant Particles Penger Tong, Makrand Kalyankar, Bruce Ackerson, W.R. Matson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X9.00006: Shear-induced hydrodynamic diffusion of a flowing suspension of elastic capsules Marcus Hwai Yik Tan, Duc Vinh Le, Keng-Hwee Chiam Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X9.00007: Artificial Microfluidic Squirmers Shashi Thutupalli, Ralf Seemann, Stephan Herminghaus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X9.00008: Characterizing particle transport due to actuated cilia with adhesive tips Amitabh Bhattacharya, Gavin Buxton, Alexander Alexeev, O. Berk Usta, Anna C. Balazs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X9.00009: Harnessing self-oscillating polymer gels to design active ciliated surfaces Pratyush Dayal, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Olga Kuksenok, Anna C. Balazs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X9.00010: Designing active cilial sensors Yi Yang, Alexander Alexeev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X9.00011: Nonlinear dynamics of flagellar bundling Pieter Janssen, Michael Graham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X9.00012: Spontaneous transitions in the synchronisation states of a Chlamydomonas mutant Kirsty Wan, Kyriacos Leptos, Marco Polin, Idan Tuval, Raymond Goldstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X9.00013: Emergence of synchronisation in flagella of variable length Marco Polin, Idan Tuval, Raymond Goldstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:30PM - 5:42PM		X9.00014: Fluid dynamics and noise in bacterial scattering Jorn Dunkel, Knut Drescher, Luis Cisneros, Sujoy Ganguly, Raymond Goldstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:42PM - 5:54PM		X9.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session X10: Focus Session: Growth, Structure, Dynamics, and Function of Nanostructured Surfaces and Interfaces -- Organic Molecules

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Jay Gupta, Ohio State University
Room: D221

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X10.00001: Identification of the Atomic Scale Structures of the Molecule-Metal Interfaces of Single-Molecule Nanowires Firuz Demir, George Kirczenow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X10.00002: The adsorption geometries of C60 monolayer on Ag(111) and Au(111) Renee Diehl, Heekeun Shin, Katariina Pussi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X10.00003: Mechanical Properties of a vdW molecular monolayer at a metal surface: Structural Polymorphism leading to facile compression Dezheng Sun, Daeho Kim, Duy Le, {\O}yvind Borck, Kristian Berland, Kwangmoo Kim, Wenhao Lu, Yeming Zhu, Miaomiao Luo, Jon Wyrick, Zhihai Cheng, T.L. Einstein, Talat Rahman, Per Hyldgaard, Ludwig Bartels Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X10.00004: Monte Carlo Study of the Fish-like Patterns of Anthracenes on Cu(111) Kwangmoo Kim, T.L. Einstein, Dezheng Sun, Dae-Ho Kim, Ludwig Bartels Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X10.00005: Self-assembly of metal phthalocyanines modulated by different substrates Wende Xiao, Yuhang Jiang, Jichun Lian, Liwei Liu, Zhihai Cheng, Li Gao, Shixuan Du, Hongjun Gao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X10.00006: Structural and electronic properties of polymer-silicon semiconductor heterojunctions using hybrid functionals Joseph Turnbull, Wenchang Lu, Jerry Bernholc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X10.00007: Tuning Structural and Mechanical Properties of Two-Dimensional Molecular Crystals: The Roles of Carbon Side Chains H.-J. Gao, H.Y. Cun, Y.L. Wang, S.X. Du, L. Zhang, L.Z. Zhang, W.A. Hofer, S.J. Pennycook Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X10.00008: Formation of Molecular Networks: Tailored Quantum Boxes and Behavior of Adsorbed CO in Them Jon Wyrick, Dezheng Sun, Dae-Ho Kim, Zhihai Cheng, Wenhao Lu, Yeming Zhu, Miaomiao Luo, Yong Su Kim, Eli Rotenberg, Kwangmoo Kim, T.L. Einstein, Ludwig Bartels Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X10.00009: Origin of the Giant Honeycomb Network of Quinones on Cu(111) T.L. Einstein, Kwangmoo Kim, Jon Wyrick, Zhihai Cheng, Ludwig Bartels, Kristian Berland, Per Hyldgaard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X10.00010: Tunneling and Time-Reversal Invariance in the Diffusion of Polyatomic Molecules at a Metal Surface Zhihai Cheng, Eric Chu, Dezheng Sun, Daeho Kim, Yeming Zhu, MiaoMiao Luo, Greg Pawin, Kin Wong, Ki-Young Kwon, Robert Carp, Michael Marsella, Ludwig Bartels Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X10.00011: Hydrogen Bonding Controls the Dynamics of Catechol Adsorbed on a TiO$_{2}$(110) Surface Ulrike Diebold, Shao-Chun Li, Li-Na Chu, Xue-Qing Gong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X10.00012: Reversible rectification in sub-monolayer molecular heterojunctions Joe Smerdon, Chris Giebink, Matthias Bode, Nathan Guisinger, Jeffrey Guest Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X10.00013: Molecular self-assembly of dichloropentacene and C$_{60}$ for a model organic solar cell heterojunction Jun Wang, Amanda Brown, Irvinder Kaur, Jian-Ming Tang, Glen Miller, Karsten Pohl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X10.00014: BEEM Study of Interface Properties in PVDF-graphite Heterojunctions Le Zhang, Clay Upton, Andrei Sokolov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X10.00015: Reverse self assembly: (111)-oriented gold crystallization at thiol monolayer templates Ahmet Uysal, Benjamin Stripe, Pulak Dutta, Binhua Lin, Mati Meron Preview Abstract

Session X11: Integer Quantum Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Room: D222

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X11.00001: Imaging quantum Hall Coulomb islands inside a quantum ring Frederico Martins, Benoit Hackens, Sebastien Faniel, Vincent Bayot, Marco Pala, Hermann Sellier, Serge Huant, Ludovic Desplanque, Xavier Wallart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X11.00002: Emergent Dissipation in the $\nu=1$ Quantum Hall Bilayer Ganpathy Murthy, Herbert Fertig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X11.00003: Microwave induced electron heating in the regime of radiation-induced magnetoresistance oscillations in the GaAs/AlGaAs system A.N. Ramanayaka, R.G. Mani, W. Wegscheider Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X11.00004: Transport study under microwave photoexcitation in epitaxial graphene Ramesh Mani, John Hankinson, Claire Berger, Walt de Heer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X11.00005: Quantized Anomalous Hall Insulator in a Nanopatterned Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Yongping Zhang, Chuanwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X11.00006: Remote sensing of transport in microwave photo-excited GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure devices Tianyu Ye, G. Chand, A.N. Ramanayaka, R.G. Mani, W. Wegscheider Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X11.00007: Microscopic conductivity imaging of the quantum Hall edge states by a microwave impedance microscope Keji Lai, Worasom Kundhikanjana, Michael Kelly, Zhi-Xun Shen, Javad Shabani, Mansour Shayegan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X11.00008: Study of integer quantum Hall transition in long-ranged potentials Ravindra Bhatt, A. Chandran Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X11.00009: High-Resolution Tunneling Spectroscopy of 2D Holes in the Quantum Hall Regime B. Hunt, O.E. Dial, R.C. Ashoori, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X11.00010: High quality two-dimensional hole system on hydrogen terminated silicon (111) surfaces Binhui Hu, Tomasz M. Kott, Robert N. McFarland, Bruce E. Kane Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X11.00011: Microwave photo-voltaic oscillations in the GaAs/AlGaAs system Ganesh Chand, T. Ye, A. Ramanayaka, R.G. Mani, W. Wegscheider Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X11.00012: Terahertz Coherent Control of Cyclotron Resonance in the Quantum Hall Regime T. Arikawa, X. Wang, J. Kono, D.J. Hilton, J.L. Reno, W. Pan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X11.00013: THz quantum Hall conductivity in a two dimensional electron gas A.V. Stier, H. Zhang, C.T. Ellis, D. Eason, G. Strasser, B.D. McCombe, J. Cerne Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X11.00014: Superconducting Transport Mediated by Quantum Hall Edge Modes Stephanie Law, Michael Vissers, Allison Dove, Nadya Mason, James Eckstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X11.00015: In-plane Field Tuned Subband Quantum Hall Ferromagnetism Dagim Tilahun, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract

Session X13: Focus Session: Continuum Description of Particulate Media

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Ken Kamrin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: D225/226

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X13.00001: A nonlocal enhancement to granular elasto-plasticity Ken Kamrin, Georg Koval Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X13.00002: Effective temperature in elastoplasticity of amorphous solids Ido Regev, Laurent Boue, Jacques Zylberg, Itamar Procaccia, George Hentschel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X13.00003: Shock driven jamming and periodic fracture of particulate rafts Mahesh Bandi, Tuomas Tallinen, L. Mahadevan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X13.00004: Application of Classical Nucleation Theory to Cavitation in Metallic Glass Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X13.00005: Macroscopic transport and topological transitions in ordered suspensions in parallel-wall channels Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Nidhi Khurana, Eligiusz Wajnryb Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X13.00006: Continuum Mean-Field Theories for Molecular Fluids, and Their Validity at the Nanoscale C.B. Hanna, F. Peyronel, C. MacDougall, A. Marangoni, D.A. Pink Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X13.00007: Coarse-Graining of a Physical Granular System Jie Zhang, Isaac Goldhirsch, Robert Behringer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X13.00008: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Driven Disordered Materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X13.00009: Breakdown of Granular Constitutive Relations for Flow through a Narrow Vertical Channel Donald Candela, Kevin Facto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X13.00010: Dynamic Structure Factor and Transport Coefficients of a Homogeneously Driven Granular Fluid in Steady State Katharina Vollmayr-Lee, Annette Zippelius, Timo Aspelmeier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X13.00011: Discrete-continuum mapping for fiber network mechanics Catalin Picu, Ali Shahsavari, Hamed Hatami-Marbini Preview Abstract

Session X14: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics: Elasticity and Deformation IV

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Narayanan Menon, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Room: D227

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X14.00001: Harnessing Instabilities in Polymers under Electric Fields Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X14.00002: Ultrasoft Electronics for Hyperelastic Strain, Pressure, and Direct Curvature Sensing Carmel Majidi, Rebecca Kramer, Robert Wood Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X14.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X14.00004: Tensile shock waves in rubber Krishnaswamy Ravi-Chandar, Johnathan Niemczura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X14.00005: Kinetic features of pattern transformation and recovery in periodic hydrogel membranes Xuelian Zhu, Rong Dong, Ji Feng, Chi-Mon Chen, Shu Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X14.00006: Cavitation in elastomeric solids: A defect-growth theory Oscar Lopez-Pamies, Martin Idiart, Toshio Nakamura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X14.00007: The aerodynamics of jumping rope Jeffrey Aristoff, Howard Stone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X14.00008: Helical Root Buckling: A Transient Mechanism for Stiff Interface Penetration Jesse Silverberg, Roslyn Noar, Michael Packer, Maria Harrison, Itai Cohen, Chris Henley, Sharon Gerbode Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X14.00009: Increasing Digging Efficiency Using Two Biologically-Inspired Techniques Dawn Wendell, Peko Hosoi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X14.00010: Pattern switches in granular crystals Katia Bertoldi, JongMin Shim, Fatih Goncu, Stephen Willshaw, Tom Mullin, Stefan Luding Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X14.00011: Evidence for a mechanical instability, via folding, of the vein network in leaves Pilnam Kim, Manouk Abkarian, Howard A. Stone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X14.00012: Minimal resonances in annular non-Euclidean strips Bryan Chen, Christian Santangelo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X14.00013: Deflation of elastic surfaces Catherine Quilliet Preview Abstract

Session X15: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors - Manipulation of Dopant Spins

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG FIAP
Chair: Paul Koenraad, TU/Eindhoven
Room: D171

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X15.00001: Quantum information in silicon: Initialization, manipulation, storage and readout Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X15.00002: Crystal orientation induced spin Rabi beat oscillations of point defects at the c-Si(111)/SiO$_{2}$ interface Seoyoung Paik, Sang-Yun Lee, Christoph Boehme Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X15.00003: Dynamic Response of the Kondo Resonance in a Single-Electron Transistor in the Presence of Magnetic Field Bryan Hemingway, Tai-Min Liu, Andrei Kogan, Steven Herbert, Michael Melloch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X15.00004: Jahn-Teller induced multiple ferromagnetic exchange interactions in magnetic semiconductors Hannes Raebiger, Takeshi Fujita Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X15.00005: Detecting excitation and magnetization of individual dopants in a semiconductor two-dimensional electron gas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X15.00006: Coherent spin precession of multiple spins in an inhomogeneous environment V. Kortan, M.E. Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X15.00007: Study of spin interactions between InAs surface electrons and local magnetic moments by antilocalization measurements Yao Zhang, R.L. Kallaher, V. Soghomonian, J.J. Heremans Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X15.00008: Spin relaxation dynamics for an electron gas with localized magnetic impurities near the ferromagnetic transition Matthew Mower, Giovanni Vignale Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X15.00009: Intrinsic Magnetism at Silicon Surfaces Steven Erwin, Franz Himpsel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X15.00010: Magnetic Si Atoms at the Step Edges of Si(553)-Au Paul Snijders, Nathan Guisinger, Phillip Johnson, Steven Erwin, Franz Himpsel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X15.00011: Electronic structure of Gd impurities in GaN on Ga, N and Ga-N adjacent sites and the role of N interstitials Tawinan Cheiwchanchamnangij, Walter Lambrecht Preview Abstract

Session X16: Focus Session: Spins in Carbon-Based Materials -- Graphene, CNT, and C60

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Luis Hueso, CIC nanoGUNE Consolider
Room: D173

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X16.00001: Enhanced spin injection and spin lifetime in Graphene Wei Han, Keyu Pi, Kathleen McCreary, Yan Li, Roland Kawakami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X16.00002: Electrical Detection of Spin Transport in Epitaxial Graphene Grown on the Si-face of Hexagonal SiC(0001) J. Abel, A. Matsubayashi, J. Garramone, C. Dimitrakopoulos, A. Grill, C.Y Sung, V. LaBella Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X16.00003: Room Temperature Spin Transport in C$_{60}$-based spin valves. Luis Hueso, Marco Gobbi, Roger Llopis, Federico Golmar, Felix Casanova Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X16.00004: Spin-orbit coupling in graphene: from single layers to graphite Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X16.00005: Ferromagnetism in Mn-implanted HOPG Samaresh Guchhait, Hendrik Ohldag, Domingo Ferrer, Sanjay Banerjee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X16.00006: Organic spin-valves based on fullerene C60 Ran Lin, Fujian Wang, Markus Wohlgenannt, Chunyong He, Xiaofang Zhai, Yuri Suzuki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X16.00007: On the Role of Spin-Orbit Coupling in the Spin Response of C$_{60}$-based Spintronics Devices Tho Nguyen, Fijian Wang, Xiao-Guang Li, Eitan Ehrenfreund, Valy Vardeny Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X16.00008: Kondo effect of magnetic impurities on nanotubes Pier Paolo Baruselli, Alexander Smogunov, Michele Fabrizio, Erio Tosatti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X16.00009: Electric-field control of magnetism in graphene quantum dots: A route to spin field effect transistors Luis Agapito, Nicholas Kioussis, Efthimios Kaxiras Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X16.00010: Evidence for magnetic behavior in chemically modified graphene Joel Therrien, Kyle Twarowski, Vaibhav Mathur, Antonio H. Castro-Neto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X16.00011: QMC study of molecules for spintronics and photoswitching Matus Dubecky, Rene Derian, Lucia Horvathova, Lubos Mitas, Ivan Stich Preview Abstract

Session X17: Focus Session: Magnetic Oxide Thin Films - Multiferroic Heterostructures and Europium Oxide

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Tiffany Santos, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: D174

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X17.00001: Electric field control of magnetism in multiferroic heterostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X17.00002: Ferroelectric field effect modulation of magnetism in composite multiferroics Jason Hoffman, Carlos Vaz, Yaron Segal, Matthew Marshall, Fred Walker, Charles Ahn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X17.00003: Pulsed Laser Deposition of Cr$_{2-x}$Fe$_{x}$TeO$_{6}$ Thin Film Junlei Wang, Kirill D. Belashchenko, Peter A. Dowben, Christian Binek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X17.00004: Properties of the Predicted Multiferroic Ca$_{3}$Mn$_{2}$O$_{7}$ - Experiment R. Misra, C. Adamo, N.A. Benedek, S.A. Denev, A. SenGupta, J.A. Mundy, J.H. Lee, D.A. Muller, V. Gopalan, C.J. Fennie, D.G. Schlom, P. Schiffer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X17.00005: Robust isothermal electric control of exchange bias at room temperature Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X17.00006: Europium Chalcogenide Magnetic Semiconducting Nanocrystals Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X17.00007: First-principles analysis of magnetic interaction in electron-doped EuO Joonhee An, Kirill Belashchenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X17.00008: Curie temperature of electron-doped EuO - is there an intrinsic limit? A. Schmehl, T. Mairoser, A. Melville, T. Heeg, L. Canella, P. B\"oni, W. Zander, J. Schubert, D.E. Shai, E.J. Monkman, K. M. Shen, D.G. Schlom, J. Mannhart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X17.00009: The Effect of Lu Doping on Ferromagnetic EuO Alexander Melville, Thomas Mairoser, Andreas Schmehl, Jochen Mannhart, Darrell Schlom Preview Abstract

Session X18: Focus Session: Low D/Frustrated Magnetism - Spin Chains & Ladders

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Marcelo Jamie, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: D172

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X18.00001: Quantum criticality, kink confinement, and emergent symmetries in coupled Ising chains and ladders Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X18.00002: Evidence for strong orbital fluctuations below the Jahn-Teller transition in Sr$_{3}$Cr$_2$O$_8$ J. Deisenhofer, Zhe Wang, M. Schmidt, A. G\"{u}nther, S. Schaile, N. Pascher, F. Mayr, Y. Goncharov, H.-A. Krug von Nidda, A. Loidl, D.L. Quintero-Castro, A.T.M.N. Islam, B. Lake Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X18.00003: NMR in the high-field magnetic phase of LiCuVO$_4$ Wolfgang Kraetschmer, Norbert Buettgen, Alois Loidl, Leonid E. Svistov, Lyudmila A. Prozorova, Andrey Prokofiev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X18.00004: Density Functional Study of the magnetic structure on spin frustrated MnSb$_{2}$S$_{4 }$ and Sr$_{2}$MOsO$_{6}$ (M = Cu, Ni) Chuan Tian, Changhoon Lee, Erjun Kan, Fang Wu, Mike Whangbo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X18.00005: Ultra-slow Magnetic Order-Order Transition in the Spin Chain Antiferromagnet Ca3Co2O6 O.A. Petrenko, S. Agrestini, C.L. Fleck, L.C. Chapon, C. Mazzoli, A. Bombardi, M.R. Lees Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X18.00006: Magnetic structure and superexchange pathways in CsV$_2$O$_5$ Andres Saul, Guillaume Radtke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X18.00007: Thermal Conductivity due to Magnon Heat Transport in Ca$_{2+x}$Y$_{2-x}$Cu$_{5}$O$_{10}$ Raheem Bello, Isaac Manzanera Esteve, John Markert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X18.00008: The origin of the incommesurate phase in the spin Peierls compound TiOCl Ariel Dobry, Diego Mastrogiuseppe, Claudio Gazza Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X18.00009: Singlet-Triplet Excitations in the Unconventional Spin-Peierls System TiOBr J.P. Clancy, B.D. Gaulin, C.P. Adams, G.E. Granroth, A.I. Kolesnikov, T.E. Sherline, F.C. Chou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X18.00010: Field-Induced Gap in a Quantum Spin-1/2 Chain in a Strong Magnetic Field S. Zvyagin, M. Ozerov, J. Wosnitza, E. \v{C}i\v{z}m\'{a}r, R. Feyerherm, S.R. Manmana, F. Mila Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X18.00011: Non-equlibrium energy dynamics in spin chains and ladders Fabian Heidrich-Meisner, Stephan Langer, Markus Heyl, Ian McCulloch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X18.00012: Nonmagnetic impurities in a frustrated spin ladder Erik Wulf, Sebastian M\"uhlbauer, Tatiana Yankova, Vasily Glazkov, Andrey Zheludev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X18.00013: Exotic gapless Bose metals and insulators on multi-leg ladders Ryan V. Mishmash, Matt S. Block, Ribhu K. Kaul, Donna N. Sheng, Olexei I. Motrunich, Matthew P.A. Fisher Preview Abstract

Session X19: Classical and Quantum Molecular Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Isaac Tamblyn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: D170

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X19.00001: Structure and Dynamics of Shock-Induced Nanobubble Collapse in Water Mohammad Vedadi, Amit Choubey, Ken-ichi Nomura, Rajiv Kalia, Aiichiro Nakano, Priya Vashishta, Adri van Duin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X19.00002: Thermal conductivity of ultra high temperature ceramics (UHTC) $ZrB_2$ and $HfB_2$ from atomistic simulations John Lawson, Murray Daw, Charles Bauschlicher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X19.00003: A robust and monotonically convergent iterative algorithm for solving the Kohn-Sham equations in metallic systems Jean-Luc Fattebert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X19.00004: Molecular Dynamics with Quantum Fluctuations Ionut Georgescu, Jason Deckman, Vladimir Mandelshtam Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X19.00005: Biased Monte Carlo technique to accelerate Molecular Dynamics simulations of rare events Pratyush Tiwary, Axel van de Walle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X19.00006: Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations using a Chebyshev-filtered subspace iteration technique for modeling amorphous silicon dioxide Minjung Kim, Khoonghong Khoo, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X19.00007: Molecular Dynamics simulations of Carbon-Oxygen mixtures in the Core of White Dwarf Stars Andre da Silva Schneider, Joe Hughto, Charles Horowitz, Don Berry Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X19.00008: Diffusion in Yukawa Crystals in White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars Joseph Hughto, Charles Horowitz, Andre Schneider Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X19.00009: MD Simulations of the Breaking Strain of Coulomb Crystals in Neutron Stars: Star mountains and gravitational waves Charles Horowitz, Joe Hughto, Andre Schneider, Don Berry Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X19.00010: Tracer Diffusion for Rough Hard Spheres Olga Kravchenko, Mark Thachuk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X19.00011: Solvation and thermal effects on the optical properties of naturaldyes: a case study on the flavylium cyanin Arrigo Calzolari, Baris Malcioglu, Ralph Gebauer, Daniele Varsano, Stefano Baroni Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X19.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X19.00013: Model inter-atomic potential for Cu-Zr system generated using a multicanonical simulation combined with a first-principles calculation Yoshihide Yoshimoto Preview Abstract

Session X20: Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials: Theory

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP GERA
Chair: Marco Fornari, Central Michigan University
Room: D168

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X20.00001: Atomistic simulations of heat transport in nanostructures Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X20.00002: Thermoelectric performance of Si-Ge heterostructured nanowires from first-principles Arash Mostofi, Matthew Shelley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X20.00003: Thermoelectric Properties of Ultra Narrow Silicon Nanowires from Atomistic Calculations Neophytou Neophytos, Hans Kosina Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X20.00004: Interface scattering and thermal conductivity in Si/SiGe alloy superlattices Zlatan Aksamija, Irena Knezevic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X20.00005: Molecular dynamics simulation of the thermal transport across Si/Al interfaces Woon Ih Choi, Kwiseon Kim, Sreekant Narumanchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X20.00006: Thermal Boundary Resistance at Ideal Gas Solid-Fluid Interfaces Sanghamitra Neogi, Gerald Mahan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X20.00007: Micro to Nano Scale Heat Conduction in Thermoelectric Materials Martin Maldovan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X20.00008: Quantum Thermoelectric Effects on the Nanoscale Justin Bergfield, Charles Stafford Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X20.00009: Thermal transport in Si-based disordered systems: amorphous silicon and silicon germanium alloys Yuping He, Ivana Savic, Giulia Galli, Davide Donadio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X20.00010: Atomistic study of heat transport in SiGe alloys Ivana Savic, Yuping He, Davide Donadio, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X20.00011: Scattering of charge carriers and phonons in thermoelectric devices Giuseppe Romano, Lee Joo-Hyoung, Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X20.00012: Many-body effects in frequency-dependent charge and thermal transport Jesus Cruz, James Freericks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X20.00013: Effective medium theory for thermoelectrics Paul Haney Preview Abstract

Session X21: Focus Session: Novel X-Ray Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Albert Macrander, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: D161

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X21.00001: Inelastic X-ray Scattering at Third Generation Synchrotron Sources: Present Activities and Future Plans Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X21.00002: The new X-ray absorption spectroscopy beamline at Diamond: B18 Silvia Ramos, Giannantonio Cibin, Stephen Parry, Andy J. Dent Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X21.00003: The soft x-ray materials research (SXR) instrument at the Linac Coherent Light Source Joshua J. Turner, Oleg Krupin, William Schlotter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X21.00004: Polarization Depend Soft X-ray Scattering of Anisotropic Organic Thin Films H. Ade, E. Gann, B. Collins, H. Yan, J. Cochran, M. Chabinyc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X21.00005: Probing buried interfaces by Index-Matched Soft X-ray Scattering E. Gann, J. Seok, J. Cochran, M. Chabinyc, B. Collins, H. Ade Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X21.00006: Lensless x-ray imaging in reflection geometry Daniel Parks, Sujoy Roy, Keoki Seu, Run Su, Joshua Turner, Weilun Chao, Erik Anderson, Stefano Cabrini, Stephen Kevan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X21.00007: Determination of Total X-ray Absorption Coefficient using Non-Resonant X-ray Emission Andrew Achkar, Tom Regier, Eric Monkman, Kyle Shen, David Hawthorn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X21.00008: Hard X-ray Microscopy with Multilayer Laue Lenses Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X21.00009: Dynamical diffraction effects on beam focusing for x-ray back reflection from curved multi-plate x-ray crystal cavity Ying-Yi Chang, Sung-Yu Chen, Mau-Tsu Tang, M. Yabashi, Yi-Wei Tsai, Yu-Hsin Wu, Shih-Chang Weng, Chia-Hung Chu, Po-Yu Liao, Shih-Lin Chang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X21.00010: High-Resolution Thermal Expansion Measurements of Single-Crystal Sapphire for Application as X-Ray Backscattering Monochromator John J. Neumeier, I. Sergeev, D. Bessas, R.P. Hermann Preview Abstract

Session X22: Metals: Bulk Properties and Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Lin-Lin Wang, Ames Laboratory/Iowa State University
Room: D163

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X22.00001: Phonon self energy in transition metals Laurent Chaput, Atsushi Togo, Isao Tanaka, Gilles Hug Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X22.00002: Observation of phonon softening in Cr near its Neel transition Ruqing Xu, Tai-Chang Chiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X22.00003: First-principles study of phonon-phonon interaction in FCC metals at high temperatures Xiaoli Tang, Chen W. Li, Brent Fultz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X22.00004: Dynamical behavior of coherent phonons in semimetals: Measuring fast electron decoherence rates with slow pulses Jian Chen, Jingjing Li, Stephen Fahy, Roberto Merlin, David Reis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X22.00005: First-principles calculations of lattice stabilities in Mo Weston Nielson, Vidvuds Ozolins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X22.00006: Competing orders in the Dirac-like electronic structure and the non-linear sigma model with the topological terms Pouyan Ghaemi, Shinsei Ryu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X22.00007: Concentration dependence of the electron-phonon coupling from metals to semiconductors Andrei Sergeev, Michael Reizer, Vladimir Mitin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X22.00008: Investigation of the electronic structure of TiTe$_{2}$ using ARPES Jianqiao Meng, Gey-Hong Gweon, Andrew LaForge, Sriram Shastry, Arthur Penn Ramirez, Zack Schlesinger, Kai Rossnagel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X22.00009: Anomalous Ordering in Inhomogeneously Strained Materials: Surface Critical Behavior in the Bulk Kevin E. Bassler, Charo I. Del Genio, Bo Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X22.00010: Finding saddle points using Gentlest ascent dynamics Amit Samanta, Xiang Zhou, Weinan E Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X22.00011: An efficient method to treat low barriers in kinetic ART simulations Peter Brommer, Normand Mousseau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X22.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X22.00013: Is the Debye-temperature a useful concept at the nanometer scale? Insights from\textit{ ab initio} free energy calculations of Au$_{13 }$and Au$_{12}$Fe nanoclusters Ghazal S. Shafai, Marisol Alcantara Ortigoza, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X22.00014: Insights on the anomalously soft and stiff modes of metal nanoparticles Marisol Alcantara Ortigoza, Talat S. Rahman, Rolf Heid, Klaus-Peter Bohnen Preview Abstract

Session X23: Focus Session: Iron Based Superconductors -- Gap Symmetry

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Laura Greene, University of Illinois
Room: D165

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X23.00001: Nodal and nodeless Superconductivity in Iron-Based Superconductors Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X23.00002: Do theoretical calculations really predict nodes in Fe-based superconductors? Igor Mazin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X23.00003: Competing Pairing Symmetries in a Generalized Two-Orbital Model for the Pnictides A. Nicholson, W. Ge, X. Zhang, J. Riera, M. Daghofer, A. Oles, G. Martins, A. Moreo, E. Dagotto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X23.00004: What the magnitude of $2\Delta/T_c$ on the hole pockets can tell us about the structure of the gaps on electron pockets in Fe-based superconductors? Saurabh Maiti, Andrey Chubukov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X23.00005: Observation of a ubiquitous three-dimensional superconducting gap function in optimally-doped Ba$_{0.6}$K$_{0.4}$Fe$_2$As$_2$ Y.-M. Xu, Y.-B. Huang, X.-Y. Cui, E. Razzoli, M. Radovic, M. Shi, G.-F. Chen, P. Zheng, N.-L. Wang, C.-L. Zhang, P.-C. Dai, J.-P. Hu, Z. Wang, H. Ding Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X23.00006: Field dependence of the zero energy density of states of an anisotropic $s_{\pm}$ superconductor Yan Wang, Peter Hirschfeld, Siegfried Graser Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X23.00007: Measurement of a sign-changing two-gap superconducting phase in Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$)$_{2}$As$_{2}$ single crystals using scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) M.L. Teague, G.K. Drayna, G.P. Lockhart, T.P. Wu, N.-C. Yeh, P. Chen, B. Shen, H.-H. Wen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X23.00008: Local measurement of the superfluid density in the pnictide superconductors $Ba(Fe_{1-x} Co_x )_2 As_2 $ across the superconducting dome Lan Luan, T.M. Lippman, C.W. Hicks, O.M. Auslaender, J.A. Bert, Jiun-Haw Chu, J.G. Analytis, I.R. Fisher, K.A. Moler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X23.00009: A sign of change: pinning down the pairing symmetry of the iron-based superconductors Erez Berg, Netanel Lindner, Tamar Pereg-Barnea Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X23.00010: Probing the Superconducting Order Parameter of Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x})_{2}$As$_{2}$ by Josephson Interferometry J.M. Atkinson, D.J. Van Harlingen, P. Canfield, N. Ni, J.D. Strand Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X23.00011: Robust nodal gap structure in BaFe$_2$(As$_{1-x}$P$_x$)$_2$ with P doping revealed by magnetic penetration depth measurements Kenichiro Hashimoto, Ryo Katsumata, Sho Tonegawa, Shigeru Kasahara, Takahito Terashima, Takasada Shibauchi, Yuji Matsuda, Alessandro Serafin, Antony Carrington Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X23.00012: Two-Gap Paring of the Optimal Doped (M,K)Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ with M = Ba, Sr Fengyan Wei, Bing Lv, Feng Chen, Yuyi Xue, Chingwu Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X23.00013: Superconducting gap measurements on Co-doped SrFe2As2 single crystals by point contact spectroscopy Cassandra R. Hunt, H.Z. Arham, W.K. Park, L.H. Greene, J. Gillett, S. Sebastian Preview Abstract

Session X24: Focus Session: Quantum Transport Simulations and Computational Electronics -- Molecular Junctions

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Hong Guo, McGill University
Room: D167

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X24.00001: Efficient k.p method for first-principles calculation of Seebeck coefficient in quantum transport David A. Strubbe, Su Ying Quek, Hyoung Joon Choi, J.B. Neaton, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X24.00002: First-Principles Studies of Charge Dynamics in Single-Molecule Junctions at Finite Bias Pierre Darancet, Hyoung Joon Choi, Jonathan R. Widawsky, Scott Berkley, Latha Venkataraman, Jeffrey B. Neaton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X24.00003: Understanding the Role of Direct Au-C Links to Electrodes in Single Molecule Junctions Hector Vazquez, Jonathan Widawsky, Zhang-Ling Cheng, Severin Schneebeli, Rachid Skouta, Ronald Breslow, Mark S. Hybertsen, Latha Venkataraman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X24.00004: Phonon-assisted tunneling in two-level quantum dots or diatomic molecules Kevin Ingersent, Edson Vernek, Gisele Iorio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X24.00005: Quantum current of a molecular photo-switch between two graphene sheets G.P. Brivio, C. Motta, M.I. Trioni, K.L. Sebastian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X24.00006: Correlation between Raman scattering and conductance in a molecular junction Tae-Ho Park, Michael Galperin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X24.00007: Towards {\it single-atom-controlled} device Subhasish Mandal, Ranjit Pati Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X24.00008: Conformational and Voltage Gating in a Molecular Three Terminal Device Saikat Mukhopadhyay, Ravindra Pandey, Shashi Karna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X24.00009: Charge transport in strongly coupled molecular junctions: `In-phase' and `out of phase' contribution to electron tunneling Partha Pratim Pal, Ranjit Pati Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X24.00010: Negative Differential Resistance at Low Bias: C60-Based Molecular Devices Wenchang Lu, Xiaohong Zheng, T.A. Abtew, Vincent Meunier, Jerry Bernholc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X24.00011: Charge injection and transport across metal-C60 and C60-petacene interfaces: A first-principles study Yong-Hoon Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X24.00012: Electron correlation enhancement of the diode property of asymmetric molecule Yoshihiro Asai, Hisao Nakamura, Joshua Hihath, Nongjian Tao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X24.00013: First Principles Study and Theoretical Analysis of a Single Molecular Diode by $p-n$ di-block molecules Hisao Nakamura, Yoshihiro Asai, Josh Hihath, Nongjian Tao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X24.00014: Temperature influence on a molecular switching under electric field: quantum transport ab initio calculation Maia Vergniory, Jose Grandino-Roldan, Aran Garc\'Ia-Lekue, Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X24.00015: Vibronic- and mechanical-spin control in spin-1 molecular devices David Ruiz-Tijerina, Pablo Cornaglia, Carlos Balseiro, Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract

Session X25: Superconductivity: Optical, Raman and Other Spectroscopies

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: David Tanner, University of Florida
Room: D166

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X25.00001: How can we relate the critical temperature and the superconducting gap amplitude in cuprate superconductors? Alain Sacuto, Seabstien Blanc, Yann Gallais, Maximilien Cazayous, Marie Aude Measson, J.S. Wen, Z.J. Xu, Genda Gu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X25.00002: Raman response in density wave materials Elizabeth Nowadnick, Alexander Kemper, Brian Moritz, Thomas Devereaux Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X25.00003: Far-infrared spectroscopy of magnetic-field-induced pairbreaking in superconducting thin films Xiaoxiang Xi, J. Hwang, C. Martin, D.B. Tanner, G.L. Carr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X25.00004: Optical properties of the pseudogap state in deeply underdoped cuprates Adam Pound, Jules Carbotte, Elisabeth Nicol Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X25.00005: Point group sensitive probes of the pseudogap electronic structure in Bi2212 J.P. Hinton, J.D. Koralek, J. Orenstein, I. Firmo, M. Hamidian, K. Fujita, J.C. Davis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X25.00006: Evidence for symmetry breaking in the pseudogap phase of the single-layer Cuprate Pb-Bi2201 J.D. Koralek, J. Hinton, J. Orenstein, R.-H. He, M. Hashimoto, Z.-X. Shen, H. Karapetyan, A. Kapitulnik, H. Eisaki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X25.00007: BCS-BEC Crossover Approach to the Optical Conductivity in high $T_c$ Superconductors Dan Wulin, Hao Guo, Chih-Chun Chien, Kathryn Levin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X25.00008: Kerr effect measurements in the pseudo-gap regime of LBCO and Pb-BSCO using high resolution Sagnac Hovnatan Karapetyan, Vikram Nathan, Ruihua He, Makoto Hashimoto, Zhi-Xun Shen, Aharon Kapitulnik, Hiroshi Eisaki, Jake Koralek, Jamie Hinton, Joe Orenstein, John Tranquada, Genda Gu, Markus Huecker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X25.00009: DC Transport in Pseudogapped Superconductors: The Role of the Fermi Arcs Hao Guo, Benjamin M. Fregoso, Dan Wulin, Chih-Chun Chien, Kathryn Levin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X25.00010: Ultrafast transient grating and pump probe measurements in optimally doped La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ thin films Darius Torchinsky, Fahad Mahmood, David Hsieh, James McIver, A. Bollinger, I. Bozovic, Nuh Gedik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X25.00011: Ultrafast quasiparticle dynamics of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ probed by time-resolved THz spectroscopy Alex Frenzel, Daniel Pilon, Anthony Bollinger, Ivan Bozovic, Nuh Gedik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X25.00012: Optical conductivity in dynamic Hubbard model Giang Bach, Jorge Hirsch, Frank Marsiglio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X25.00013: Optical and DC conductivity in the two-dimensional $t-t'-t''$ Hubbard model near the antiferromagnetic quantum critical point Dominic Bergeron, Andr\'e-Marie S. Tremblay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X25.00014: Exact nonequilibrium model for time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of an electronic charge density wave insulator at zero temperature Wen Shen, James Freericks Preview Abstract

Session X26: Focus Session: Iron Based Superconductors -- Fe(Se-Te)

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Pengcheng Dai, University of Tennessee and ORNL
Room: D162/164

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X26.00001: Evidence for local moment magnetism in superconducting FeTe$_{0.35}$Se$_{0.65}$ Guangyong Xu, Zhijun Xu, Jinsheng Wen, Songxue Chi, Wei Ku, Genda Gu, John Tranquada Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X26.00002: Low-energy magnetic excitations in the parent superconducting phases Fe$_{1+x}$Te for $x= 0.07-0.18$ Chris Stock, Efrain Rodriguez, Mark Green Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X26.00003: Neutron Scattering Study of the Dependence of Magnetic Correlations on Se and Fe Content in the Fe(Te,Se) System Zhijun Xu, Jinsheng Wen, Guangyong Xu, Genda Gu, John Tranquada Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X26.00004: Spin Excitations in Fe(Se,Te) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X26.00005: Chemical tuning of magnetism and superconductivity in Fe$_{1+x}$(Te,Se) Efrain E. Rodriguez, Chris Stock, Nicholas P. Butch, Johnpierre Paglione, Mark Green Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X26.00006: Local lattice dynamic correlation in FeSe$_x$Te$_{1-x}$ Keeseong Park, Despina Louca, Jon Taylor, Jiaqiang Yan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X26.00007: Magnetic field dependence of spin fluctuations in superconducting FeSe0.4Te0.6 V. Thampy, Y. Zhao, W. Bao, Z. Mao, J. Rodriguez, D. Argyriou, A. Savici, G. Granroth, A. Hiess, C. Broholm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X26.00008: Neutron study of spin fluctuations in iron chalcogenide Songxue Chi, Taner Yildirim, Jeffrey Lynn, Chenglin Zhang, Jose Rodrigues, Pengcheng Dai, Daniel Phelan, Deepak Singh, Rick Paul Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X26.00009: ARPES study of FeTe single crystal and FeTeO$_{x}$ films Yuefeng Nie, Martin Mansson, Yasmine Sassa, Christof Niedermayer, Genda Gu, Joseph Budnick, Barrett Wells Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X26.00010: ARPES Study of the Phase Diagram of Fe$_{1+y}$Te$_{1-x}$Se$_x$ Zhongkai Liu, Ming Yi, Yulin Chen, Ruihua He, Donghui Lu, Rob Moore, Jin Hu, Tijiang Liu, Zhiqiang Mao, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X26.00011: ARPES studies on FeTe$_{1-x}$Se$_{x}$ iron chalcogenides epitaxial thin films Davide Innocenti, Luca Moreschini, Young Jun Chang, Andrew Walter, Aaron Bostwick, Daniele Di Castro, Antonello Tebano, Pier Gianni Medaglia, Emilio Bellingeri, Ilaria Pallecchi, Carlo Ferdeghini, Giuseppe Balestrino, Eli Rotenberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X26.00012: ARPES Studies on $FeTe_{1-x}Se_{x}$ Hongbo Yang, Zhihui Pan, Genda Gu, Peter Johnson, Michael Weinert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X26.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session X27: Quantum Computing and Simulation II

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Harvard University
Room: C155

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X27.00001: Analysis of quantum Monte Carlo dynamics for quantum adiabatic evolution in infinite-range spin systems Jun-ichi Inoue Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X27.00002: Ramsey numbers and adiabatic quantum computing Frank Gaitan, Lane Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X27.00003: Two-particle quantum walks applied to the graph isomorphism problem John King Gamble, Mark Friesen, Dong Zhou, Robert Joynt, S.N. Coppersmith Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X27.00004: Quantum Walks on Trees with Disorder Steven Jackson, Teng Jian Khoo, Frederick Strauch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X27.00005: Numerical investigations of quantum walks with hard-core bosons and the graph isomorphism problem Mark Wellons, John Gamble, Eric Bach, Mark Friesen, Robert Joynt, Kenneth Rudinger, Dong Zhou, Susan Coppersmith Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X27.00006: Simulating Quantum Dynamics On A Quantum Computer Nathan Wiebe, Dominic Berry, Peter Hoyer, Barry Sanders Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X27.00007: Preparing Ground States of Many-Body Systems by Simulated Cooling Dvir Kafri, Jacob Taylor Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X27.00008: An Open-System Quantum Simulator with Trapped Ions Julio T. Barreiro, Markus Mueller, Philipp Schindler, Daniel Nigg, Thomas Monz, Michael Chwalla, Markus Hennrich, Christian F. Roos, Peter Zoller, Rainer Blatt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X27.00009: Discrete quantum walk on a binary tree Zlatko Dimcovic, Ian Milligan, Dan Rockwell, Robert M. Burton, Thinh Nguyen, Yevgeniy Kovchegov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X27.00010: Quantum Random Walks of Non-Interacting Bosons on Strongly Regular Graphs Kenneth Rudinger, John King Gamble, Mark Wellons, Mark Friesen, Dong Zhou, Eric Bach, Robert Joynt, S.N. Coppersmith Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X27.00011: Real-time Simulations of Quantum Spin $\frac{1}{2}$ Particles Coupled to Multiple Spin Baths Marta L. Guerra, M.A. Novotny, Hans De Raedt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X27.00012: Effects of Decoherence in Quantum Simulations Nayeli Zuniga-Hansen, Mark S. Byrd, Yu-Chieh Chi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X27.00013: Computational codes for simulating the Schr\"{o}dinger equation and the Master equation Nagendra Dhakal, Michael Leuenberger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X27.00014: Experimental photonic quantum simulation of frustrated Heisenberg spins Philip Walther, Xiao-song Ma, Borivoje Dakic, William Naylor, Anton Zeilinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X27.00015: A realistic topological quantum computation platform using hole-doped semiconductor nanowires and s-wave superconductors Ming Gong, Li Mao, Sumanta Tewari, Chuanwei Zhang Preview Abstract

Session X28: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials: Theoretical and Computational Studies

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Tahir Cagin, Texas A&M University
Room: C156

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X28.00001: Electron-phonon renormalization of the electronic structure of diamond Feliciano Giustino, Steven G. Louie, Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X28.00002: Intrinsic Twisting and Electronic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes : A First-Principles Study Koichiro Kato, Takashi Koretsune, Susumu Saito Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X28.00003: Excitonic Hierarchies in Gapped Carbon Nanotubes Robert Konik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X28.00004: Biexcitonic Non-Linearities in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes Toros Torosyan, Igor Bondarev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X28.00005: Spin manipulation in carbon nanotubes: All electrical spin filtering through spin-orbit interactions G. S. Diniz, A. Latg\'e, S. E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X28.00006: Substantial reduction of thermal conductivity of defected carbon nanotubes Cem Sevik, Haldun Sevincli, Justin B. Haskin, Alper Kinaci, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Tahir Cagin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X28.00007: All About Chlorinated Carbon Nanotubes Dogan Erbahar, Savas Berber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X28.00008: The origins of nanotube chirality: Is the edge-catalyst in control? Evgeni Penev, Yuanyue Liu, Boris Yakobson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X28.00009: Laser-Shot-Induced Chemical Reactions inside Nanotubes: a TDDFT investigation Hong Zhang, Yoshiyuki Miyamoto, Angel Rubio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X28.00010: Ab initio study of the dependence of the reactivity upon carbon nanotube diameter Jonathan Laflamme Janssen, Jason Beaudin, Michel C\^ot\'e, Nicholas D.M. Hine, Peter D. Haynes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X28.00011: Electric field response on hybrid C/BN nanostructures Miguel Alonso-Pruneda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X28.00012: Study of Singlet-Triplet Gaps in $\pi$-Conjugated Polymers versus Graphene Nanoribbons and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. The Effect of Dimensionality Karan Aryanpour, Sumit Mazumdar, Hongbo Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X28.00013: Carbon-Based Zero-Bandgap Tunnel Transistors Youngki Yoon, Sayeef Salahuddin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X28.00014: Josephson current in carbon nanotube quantum dots Ramon Aguado, Jong Soo Lim, Rosa Lopez, Mahn-Soo Choi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X28.00015: Kinetics of Gas Adsorption in Nanopores: A Computer Simulation Study Christopher E. Pueblo, M. Mercedes Calbi Preview Abstract

Session X29: Focus Session: Quantum Information for Quantum Foundations - Information Measures, Entanglement, and Entropies

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Mark Byrd, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Room: C148

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X29.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X29.00002: Uncertainty Relation for Smooth Entropies Marco Tomamichel, Renato Renner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X29.00003: Inadequacy of von Neumann entropy for characterising extractable work Oscar Dahlsten, Renato Renner, Elisabeth Rieper, Vlatko Vedral Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X29.00004: Interpreting quantum discord through quantum state merging Vaibhav Madhok, Animesh Datta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X29.00005: The thermodynamic meaning of negative entropy Lidia del Rio, Renato Renner, Johan Aaberg, Oscar Dahlsten, Vlatko Vedral Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X29.00006: Operational interpretations of quantum discord Marco Piani, Daniel Cavalcanti, Leandro Aolita, Sergio Boixo, Kavan Modi, Andreas Winter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X29.00007: Measures of non classical correlations Matthias Lang, Anil Shaji, Carlton Caves Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X29.00008: Redundant imprinting of information in non-ideal environments: Quantum Darwinism via a noisy channel Michael Zwolak, Haitao Quan, Wojciech Zurek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X29.00009: Quantum Darwinism in an Everyday Environment: Huge Redundancy in Scattered Photons Charles Riedel, Wojciech Zurek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X29.00010: Quantum systems as embarrassed colleagues: what do tax evasion and state tomography have in common? Chris Ferrie, Robin Blume-Kohout Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X29.00011: Quantum networks reveal quantum nonlocality Daniel Cavalcanti, Mafalda Almeida, Valerio Scarani, Antonio Acin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X29.00012: A generalization of Noether's theorem and the information-theoretic approach to the study of symmetric dynamics Iman Marvian, Robert Spekkens Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X29.00013: Closed Systems that Measure Particles Michael Steiner, Ronald Rendell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X29.00014: Quantum Theory for a Total System with One Internal Measuring Apparatus Wen-ge Wang Preview Abstract

Session X30: Nanowires: Electronic Transport, Experimental

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Francois Leonard, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: C147/154

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X30.00001: Resistivity of Endotaxial Silicide Nanowires Measured with UHV-STM Nanoprobe Sam Tobler, Peter Bennett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X30.00002: Field Effect Transistor based on Single Crystalline InSb Nanowire Jia Lu, Yennai Wang, Karan Banerjee, Huijun Yao, Thomas Schaepers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X30.00003: Realizing lateral wrap-gated nanowire FETs: Controlling gate length with chemistry rather than lithography Adam Micolich, Kristian Storm, Gustav Nylund, Lars Samuelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X30.00004: Transport studies of ultrathin YSi$_{2}$ nanowires Saban M. Hus, Hao Hu, Violeta Iancu, Hanno H. Weitering, An-Ping Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X30.00005: Experimental observation of very large magnetoconductance in microbial nanowires Nikhil Malvankar, Madeline Vargas, Derek Lovley, Mark Tuominen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X30.00006: Electron Transport in Gold Nanowires: Stable 1-, 2- and 3-Dimensional Atomic Structures and Non-Integer Conduction States Douglas Smith, Francesca Tavazza, Lyle Levine, Jon Pratt, Anne Chaka Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X30.00007: Gate-induced Fermi level tuning and ambipolar conduction control in InP nanowires Kristian Storm, Gustav Nylund, Magnus Borgstr\"om, Jesper Wallentin, Carina Fasth, Claes Thelander, Lars Samuelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X30.00008: Transport Measurements on Sb doped Silicon Nanowires Prathyusha Nukala, Marzieh Zare, Gopal Sapkota, Pradeep Gali, Usha Philipose Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X30.00009: Role of defect states in charge transport in semiconductor nanowires Dongkyun Ko, Xianwei Zhao, Kongara Reddy, Wolfgang Windl, Nitin Padture, Nandini Trivedi, Fengyuan Yang, Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X30.00010: InAs Nanowire Transistors as Gas Sensor: the Role of Surface States Dong Liang, Juan Du, Hao Tang, Xuan P.A. Gao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X30.00011: Surface passivated pure Indium Oxide nanowires for gas sensors Pradeep Gali, Kiran Shrestha, Fang Lingkuo, Nigel Shepherd, Usha Philipose Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X30.00012: Synthesis and Characterization of InAs / InSb Nanowire Heterojunctions Minkyung Jung, Michael Schroer, Jason Petta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X30.00013: Measurement of minority carrier diffusion length in individual silicon nanowires with an in-situ grown p-n junction A.D. Mohite, D.E. Perea, S. Singh, S.A. Dayeh, S.T. Picraux, H. Htoon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X30.00014: Andreev tunneling enhanced by Coulomb oscillations in superconductor-semiconductor hybrid Ge/Si nanowire devices Xiaojie Hao, Tao Tu, Hai-Ou Li, Cheng Zhou, Gang Cao, Guang-Can Guo, Guo-Ping Guo, Wayne Fung, Zhongqing Ji, Wei Lu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X30.00015: Minority Carrier Lifetimes and Surface Effects in VLS-Grown pn Junction Silicon Nanowires Yeonwoong Jung, Aleksandar Vacic, Daniel Perea, Tom Picraux, Mark Reed Preview Abstract

Session X31: Amorphous Solids, Glasses & Liquids I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Punit Boolchand, University of Cincinnati
Room: C145

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X31.00001: Evidence of Fatigue Damage in the Local Structure of Zr-based Bulk Metallic Glasses Despina Louca, Peng Tong, Peter Liaw, Gongyao Wang, Yoshihiko Yokoyama, Anna Llobet, Rick Spence Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X31.00002: Analysis of Amorphous Iron Surface Energies and Bulk Properties using DFT Charles Newnam, Michael Mehl, Daniel Finkenstadt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X31.00003: Super-localization of atomic dynamics in liquid Iron Madhusudan Ojha, David J. Keffer, Don M. Nicholson, Takeshi Egami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X31.00004: Data-mining for hidden order in metallic liquids and glasses Xiaowei Fang, C.Z. Wang, Y.X. Yao, Z.J. Ding, K.M. Ho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X31.00005: Metallic States of Multicomponent Glasses Terrence Jach Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X31.00006: An NMR study of homogenous deformation-induced ordering in La$_{50}$Ni$_{15}$Al$_{35 }$ Magdalena Sandor, Yue Wu, Haibo Ke, Wei Hua Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X31.00007: Understanding intrinsic ductility from Poisson's ratio for amorphous solids through force-field tuning Yunfeng Shi, Jian Luo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X31.00008: Universal Sound Attenuation in Amorphous Solids Dervis Can Vural Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X31.00009: Finite-temperature critical point of a glass transition Yael Elmatad, Robert Jack, Juan Garrahan, David Chandler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X31.00010: Nonequilibrium relaxation and aging scaling properties of the Coulomb glass Matthew T. Shimer, Uwe C. T\"auber, Michel Pleimling Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X31.00011: Vibrational excitations and elastic phases in Sodium Borate Glasses K. Vignarooban, P. Boolchand, M. Micoulaut Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X31.00012: Accelerated kinetics of amorphous silicon using an on-the-fly off-lattice kinetic Monte-Carlo method Jean-Francois Joly, Fedwa El-Mellouhi, Laurent Karim Beland, Normand Mousseau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X31.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X31.00014: Properties of fluids under strong confinement: a mode coupling approach Saroj Nandi, Sarika Bhattacharya, Sriram Ramaswamy Preview Abstract

Session X32: Focus Session: Frontiers in Computational Thermodynamics of Materials II

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DCOMP
Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University
Room: C144

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X32.00001: Low temperature phase transition predicted in the compound B13C2/B4C Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X32.00002: Thermodynamic modeling of Pt-Al and Pd-Al Derek Carr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X32.00003: Equation of State and Viscosity of Tantalum and Iron from First Principles Ljubomir Miljacic, Steven Demers, Axel van de Walle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X32.00004: Binary Magnesium Alloys: Searching for Novel Compounds by Computational Thermodynamics Richard Taylor, Stefano Curtarolo, Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X32.00005: High-throughput combinatorial search of novel topological insulators Kesong Yang, Wahyu Setyawan, Shidong Wang, Jeffrey Mulllen, Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X32.00006: Classification of the ICSD by crystal Prototype Junkai Xue, Wahyu Setyawan, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X32.00007: Novel Occurences of L1$_1$ and L1$_3$ found using the synnergy between High Throughput and Cluster Expansion Lance Nelson, Gus Hart, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X32.00008: Ab Initio Insights on the Shapes of Nanocrystals Roman Chepulskyy, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract

Session X33: Quantum Fluids and Solids I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Room: C143/149

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X33.00001: Characterization of MEMS Devices for the Study of Superfluid Helium Films Miguel Gonzalez, Byoung Hee Moon, Pradeep Bhupathi, Pan Zheng, George Ling, Erik Garcell, Ho Bun Chan, Yoonseok Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X33.00002: Interplay of Aerogel Anisotropy and Textures in Superfluid $^3$He Jia Li, Johannes Pollanen, Charles Collett, William J. Gannon, William P. Halperin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X33.00003: Equal-Spin Pairing Superfluid State of $^3$He in Radially Compressed Aerogel J. Pollanen, J. Li, C. Collett, W.J. Gannon, W. P. Halperin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X33.00004: Moderate Magnetic Field Transverse Acoustics in Superfluid $^3$He-B C. Collett, S. Sasaki, J.P. Davis, J. Pollanen, W.J. Gannon, J. Li, W.P. Halperin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X33.00005: L\'evy Flights and Anomalous Diffusion in Liquid $^3$He-Aerogel James Sauls Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X33.00006: Signatures of Crystalline Phases and Domain Walls in Superfluid $^3$He Thin Films Anton Vorontsov, James Sauls Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X33.00007: Visualization of counterflow dynamics using frozen nanoparticles Enrico Fonda, Matthew S. Paoletti, Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, Daniel P. Lathrop Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X33.00008: Numerical Real Space Renormalization of a 2D Random Boson Model Shankar Iyer, Gil Refael Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X33.00009: Third Sound in Superfluid $^{4}$He Films Adsorbed on Packed Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Emin Menachekanian, Gary A. Williams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X33.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X33.00011: Vortex-Loop Thermodynamics of Superfluid $^4$He Under Pressure Andrew Forrester, Gary A. Williams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X33.00012: Topological and geometrical interactions between quantum vortices near zero temperature Ran Cheng, Xiao Li, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X33.00013: Semiclassical dynamics of vortices in superfluid helium thin films Xiao Li, Ran Cheng, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X33.00014: Theory of the Bose-glass states in Br-doped Nickel-Tetrakis Thiourea (DTN) Rong Yu, Stephan Haas, Tommaso Roscilde Preview Abstract

Session X34: Nanostructures: Assembly, Growth, and Characterization

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Eric Stinaff, Ohio University
Room: C141

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X34.00001: Vapor-Liquid-Solid Glancing Angle Deposition (VLS-GLAD): A New Approach to Fabricate Crystalline Semiconductor Nanowires Arif Sinan Alagoz, Tansel Karabacak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X34.00002: LEEM and STM observations of Growth of Nanowires of Ag on Ge(110) and Surface Structural Phases of Ir on Ge(111) Cory Mullet, Marshall van Zijll, Emilie Huffman, Shirley Chiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X34.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X34.00004: Alignment of Gold Nanorods in Thermoresponsive Hydrogels Heung-Shik Park, Oleg Lavrentovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X34.00005: Programmable Nanofabrication of Nanoparticle Assemblies of arbitrarily Shapes on DNA Templates Mauricio Pilo-Pais, Sarah Goldberg, Enrique Samano, Henok Mebrahtu, Thomas LaBean, Gleb Finkelstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X34.00006: Controlling Nanostructure Self-assembly for Design of Three-dimensional Semiconductor Heterostructures Santino D. Carnevale, J. Yang, P.J. Phillips, M.J. Mills, R.C. Myers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X34.00007: Preparation of monodisperse silicon nanocrystals through density-gradient unltracentrifugation in organic solvents Joseph B. Miller, Austin Van Sickle, Swathi Iyer, Rebecca A. Anthony, Uwe R. Kortshagen, Erik K. Hobbie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X34.00008: Self-assembled Au Nanoparticle Arrays with Engineered Hot Spots for SERS A. Chen, U. Welp, V. Vlasko-Vlasov, A.E. DePrince III, A. Demortiere, A. Joshi-Imre, E.V. Shevchenko, S.K. Gray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X34.00009: Fine tuning nanoparticle spacing in freestanding membranes through ion and electron beams Pongsakorn Kanjanaboos, Alexandra Joshi-Imre, Xiao-Min Lin, Heinrich Jaeger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X34.00010: Mechanics of colloidal nanoparticle arrays Jie Yin, Markus Retsch, Edwin L. Thomas, Mary C. Boyce Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X34.00011: Au/Fe nanoparticles prepared by multilayers annealing Aida Serrano, Oscar Rodriguez de la Fuente, Miguel Angel Garcia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X34.00012: Effects of ligand binding strength and facet coverage on the morphology of nanocrystal superlattices Clive Bealing, Richard Hennig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X34.00013: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Rare Earth-Monopnictide Nanostructures Embedded in a Semiconducting Matrix Jason Kawasaki, Rainer Timm, Trevor Buehl, Edvin Lundgren, Anders Mikkelsen, Arthur Gossard, Chris Palmstr{\O}m Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X34.00014: \textit{Ab Initio }Studies of Si$_{m}$Ge$_{n }$(m+n $\leq$ 5) Nanoclusters Sarah Duesman, Asok Ray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X34.00015: Competition of Nonlinear Optical Properties in ZnO Nanoparticles Jie Lin, Antonio Llopis, Benny Urban, Yasuhisa Fujita, Arup Neogi Preview Abstract

Session X35: Topological Insulators: Theory III

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Andreas Ruegg, University of Texas at Austin
Room: C140

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X35.00001: Search for New Topological Insulators Hsin Lin, L.A. Wray, S.-Y. Xu, M.Z. Hasan, T. Das, Y.J. Wang, R.S. Markiewicz, Arun Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X35.00002: Spin-texture of three-dimensional topological insulators: Bi$_2$Te$_3$, Bi$_2$Se$_3$ and Sb$_2$Te$_3$ Susmita Basak, Hsin Lin, L.A. Wray, S.-Y. Xu, M.Z. Hasan, A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X35.00003: First principles analysis of quantum transport in Bi2Se3 3D topological insulators Yonghong Zhao, Yibin Hu, Lei Liu, Yu Zhu, Hong Guo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X35.00004: Electrically controllable surface magnetism on the surface of topological insulator Jia-Ji Zhu, Dao-Xin Yao, Shou-Cheng Zhang, Kai Chang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X35.00005: Ordering of magnetic impurities and tunable electronic properties of topological insulators Dmytro Pesin, Dmitry Abanin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X35.00006: Possible Strong Topological Insulator Phase in Li$_{2}$IrO$_{3}$ Heung Sik Kim, Choong Hyun Kim, Hosub Jin, Jaejun Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X35.00007: Half-Heusler Topological Insulators: A First-Principle Study with the Tran-Blaha Modified Becke-Johnson Density Functional Wanxiang Feng, Di Xiao, Ying Zhang, Yugui Yao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X35.00008: Toplogical electronic structure in half-Heusler topological insulators Wael Al-Sawai, Hsin Lin, Robert Markiewicz, L. Wray, Y. Xia, S. Xu, M. Hasan, A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X35.00009: Topological insulating behavior in conducting property of crystalline Ge-Sb-Te Jeongwoo Kim, Jinwoong Kim, Seung-Hoon Jhi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X35.00010: Ab initio study of topological order induced by symmetry breaking in PbTe Jinwoong Kim, Seung-Hoon Jhi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X35.00011: Electronic structure of the side surface of Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ Chang-Youn Moon, Jinhee Han, Hyungjun Lee, Hyoung Joon Choi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X35.00012: Spatial characters of metallic surface states of topological insulators Jinhee Han, Hyungjun Lee, Hyoung Joon Choi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X35.00013: Chern-Simons orbital magnetoelectric coupling in generic insulators Sinisa Coh, David Vanderbilt, Andrei Malashevich, Ivo Souza Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X35.00014: Theoretical prediction of new topological insulators in filled skutterudites Binghai Yan, Lukas Muechler, Xiao-Liang Qi, Claudia Felser, Shou-Cheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X35.00015: Three-Dimensional Topological Insulators in I-III-VI$_2$ and II-IV-V$_2$ Chalcopyrite Semiconductors Di Xiao, Wanxiang Feng, Jun Ding, Yugui Yao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:30PM - 5:42PM		X35.00016: Edge states and the bulk-boundary correspondence in Dirac Hamiltonians Vasudha Shivamoggi, Roger Mong Preview Abstract

Session X36: Graphene: Quantum Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Eva Andrei, Rutgers University
Room: C142

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X36.00001: Graphene in a periodically alternating magnetic field: an unusual quantization of the anomalous Hall effect Patrick Bruno, Mathieu Taillefumier, Vitalii K. Dugaev, Benjamin Canals, Claudine Lacroix Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X36.00002: Quantum Hall Edge States in Bilayer Graphene Ribbons Herbert Fertig, Victoria Mazo, Efrat Shimshoni Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X36.00003: Hofstadter's Fractal Energy Spectrum in Twisted Bilayer Graphene Zhengfei Wang, Feng Liu, M.Y. Chou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X36.00004: Multi-Domain Model of Bilayer Graphene with Broken Time Reversal Symmetry Gilad Ben-Shach, Amir Yacoby, Bertrand I. Halperin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X36.00005: Fractional quantum Hall effect in graphene: multicomponent states and tunable interactions Zlatko Papic, Dmitry Abanin, Nicolas Regnault, Mark Goerbig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X36.00006: Decomposition into half-integer quantum Hall numbers from Dirac cones in a graphene-related lattice model Haruki Watanabe, Hatsugai Yasuhiro, Hideo Aoki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X36.00007: Lattice Theory of Pseudospin Ferromagnetism in Bilayer Graphene: Competing Orders and Interaction Induced Quantum Hall States Jeil Jung, Fan Zhang, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X36.00008: $\nu=0$ quantum Hall ferromagnet in a monolayer graphene: bulk ground states and charged edge excitations Maxim Kharitonov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X36.00009: Disorder-induced magnetooscillations in bilayer graphene at high bias Mikhail Raikh, Vagharsh Mkhitaryan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X36.00010: Dynamical scaling analysis of the optical Hall conductivity in the quantum Hall regime Takahiro Morimoto, Yshai Avishai, Hideo Aoki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X36.00011: Disorder Effect of Quantum Anomalous Hall effect in Graphene Zhenhua Qiao, Shengyuan A. Yang, Wang-Kong Tse, Yugui Yao, Jian Wang, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X36.00012: Multiferro\"ic-like behavior in the quantum Hall ferromagnetic states of a graphene bilayer Rene Cote, Jules Lambert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X36.00013: Longitudinal Conductivity of Bilayer Graphene in the Integer Quantum Hall Regime Rohit Hegde, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X36.00014: Transverse Thermoelectric Conductivity of Bi-layer graphene in quantum Hall Regime Wei-Li Lee, Chang-Ran Wang, Wen-Sen Lu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X36.00015: Interface Landau levels in graphene monolayer-bilayer junction Mikito Koshino, Takeshi Nakanishi, Tsuneya Ando Preview Abstract

Session X37: Focus Session: Graphene Structure, Dopants, and Defects: Magnetism and Nanoribbons

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Young-Woo Son, Korea Institute for Advanced Study
Room: C146

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X37.00001: Oxygen- and Sulfur- driven Ferromagnetism in Graphitic Fragments: Ab-Initio Study Ivan Naumov, Yakov Kopelevich, Alexander Bratkovsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X37.00002: Defect Induced Resonances and Magnetic Patterns in Graphene Yi chen Chang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X37.00003: Theory of Magnetic Edge States in Chiral Graphene Nanoribbons Rodrigo Capaz, Oleg Yazyev, Steven Louie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X37.00004: Spin-orbit interactions in graphene nanoribbons : Effects of the edge profile Jun-Won Rhim, Kyungsun Moon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X37.00005: Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Edge Magnetism in Nanoribbons of Graphene Z.Y. Meng, H. Feldner, T.C. Lang, S. Wessel, A. Honecker, F. Assaad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X37.00006: First principles study of edge effects in electronic structures of graphene nanoflakes and nanoribbons Chengbo Han, Wenchang Lu, Jerry Bernholc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X37.00007: Spin states in graphene quantum dots Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X37.00008: Complex edge effects in graphene nanoribbons due to hydrogenation Biplab Sanyal, Sumanta Bhandary, Mikhail Katsnelson, Olle Eriksson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X37.00009: Magnetism in bulk and finite size graphene multilayers and its effect on the band gaps Bhagawan Sahu, Hongki Min, Sanjay Banerjee, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X37.00010: Exploring the Structure of Graphene Nanoribbons Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Yen-Chia Chen, Juanjuan Feng, Chenggang Tao, Liying Jiao, Xiaowei Zhang, Oleg Yazyev, Rodrigo Capaz, Alex Zettl, Steven Louie, Hongjie Dai, Michael Crommie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X37.00011: STM and STS studies of CVD grown graphene nanoribbons Xiaoting Jia, Minghu Pan, Sreekar Bhaviripudi, Vincent Meunier, Jing Kong, Mildred Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X37.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X37.00013: Large intrinsic energy band gaps in annealed nanotube-derived graphene nanoribbons J. Haruyama, T. Shimizu, D.C. Marcano, D.V. Kosinkin, J.M. Tour, K. Hirose, K. Suenaga Preview Abstract

Session X38: Focus Session: Non-Equilibrium Insights into Single Molecules and Cell Function I

Sponsoring Units: DCP DBP
Chair: Norbert Scherer, University of Chicago
Room: A130/131

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X38.00001: The Statistical Mechanics of Trajectories and Weights: Applications to Gene Expression Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X38.00002: Challenges in Characterizing and Controlling Complex Cellular Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X38.00003: Maximizing efficiency of molecular machines Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X38.00004: Autonomous Boolean models for logic, timing, and stability in regulatory networks Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X38.00005: Maximum Caliber Analysis of Ion-Channel Gating Roy Campbell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X38.00006: Driving denaturation: Nanoscale thermal transport as a probe of DNA melting Yonatan Dubi, Kirill Velizhanin, Chih-Chun Chien, Michael Zwolak Preview Abstract

Session X39: Biomechanics: From Subcellular to Multicellular Scales

Sponsoring Units: DBP DCOMP
Chair: Gabor Forgacs, University of Missouri
Room: A124/127

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X39.00001: Simple, Voltage Dependent Statistics Governing Cell-Substrate Contact Times Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X39.00002: Multiscale modeling of the dynamics of multicellular systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X39.00003: Theoretical estimation of the breakage intensity of microtubules at resonance using ultrasound waves Abdorreza Samarbakhsh, Jack Tuszynski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X39.00004: Flexural Rigidity of MCF-7 Microtubules Measured from Thermal Fluctuations in Shape Mitra Shojania Feizabadi, Kiryako Mutafopulos, Adam Behr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X39.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X39.00006: Persistence Length of Stable Microtubules Taviare Hawkins, Matthew Mirigian, M. Selcuk Yasar, Jennifer Ross Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X39.00007: Modeling actin waves in dictyostelium cells Vaibhav Wasnik, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X39.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X39.00009: Force Generated by Actin Array Konstantinos Tsekouras, David Lacoste, Kirone Mallick, Jean-Francois Joanny Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X39.00010: BSDB: the Biomolecule Stretching Database Marek Cieplak, Mateusz Sikora, Joanna I. Sulkowska, Bartlomiej Witkowski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X39.00011: The nonequilibrium thermodynamics and kinetics of focal adhesion dynamics Krishna Garikipati, Joseph Olberding, Michael Thouless, Ellen Arruda Preview Abstract

Session X40: Biological Networks and Systems Biology

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Luis Cruz Cruz, Drexel University
Room: A122/123

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X40.00001: Computer Simulations of Loss of Organization of Neurons as a Model for Age-related Cognitive Decline Luis Cruz, Elene Fengometidis, Frank Jones, Srinivas Jampani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X40.00002: Coupled feedback loops govern bistability properties in gene networks Abhinav Tiwari, Oleg Igoshin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X40.00003: Better Bet-Hedging with coupled positive and negative feedback loops Jatin Narula, Oleg Igoshin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X40.00004: Attractor Distribution in Random Biological Networks Described by ODEs and Diminished Order-Chaos Transition Zhiyuan Li, Chao Tang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X40.00005: Beyond Critical Exponents in Neuronal Avalanches Nir Friedman, Tom Butler, Robert DeVille, John Beggs, Karin Dahmen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X40.00006: Stochastic Modeling of Regulation of Gene Expression by Multiple Competing Small RNAs Charles Baker, Tao Jia, Rahul Kulkarni Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X40.00007: The up and down states of cortical networks Maryam Ghorbani, Alex J. Levine, Mayank Mehta, Robijn Bruinsma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X40.00008: Adiabatic and Non-Adiabatic Non-Equilibrium Stochastic Dynamics of Single Regulating Genes Haidong Feng, Bo Han, Jin Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X40.00009: Steady state growth of \textit{E. Coli} in low ammonium environment Minsu Kim, Barret Deris, Zhongge Zhang, Terry Hwa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X40.00010: Threshold response and bimodality in non-cooperative auto-activation circuits Rutger Hermsen, David Erickson, Terence Hwa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X40.00011: Inferring Complex Network Topology from Spatio-Temporal Spike Patterns Frank Van Bussel, Birgit Kriener, Marc Timme Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X40.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X40.00013: Temporal competition between differentiation programs determines cell fate choice Anna Kuchina, Lorena Espinar, Tolga Cagatay, Alejandro Balbin, Alma Alvarado, Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo, Gurol Suel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X40.00014: Comparison of Control Approaches in Genetic Regulatory Networks by Using Stochastic Master Equation Models, Probabilistic Boolean Network Models and Differential Equation Models and Estimated Error Analyzes Mehmet Umut Caglar, Ranadip Pal Preview Abstract

Session X41: Focus Session: Electronic Structure and Applications to Energy Conversion II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Troy van Voorhis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: A115/117

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X41.00001: Fundamental understanding and computational design of thin-film photovoltaics materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X41.00002: Effect of environment and long range behaviour of exchange functional on polaron formation in $\pi$-conjugated polymers Iffat Nayyar, Enrique Batista, Sergei Tretiak, Avadh Saxena, Darryl Smith, Richard Martin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X41.00003: Photo-induced modulation in the dipole moment of a donor-acceptor pair of organic molecules Yoshiyuki Miyamoto, Mina Yoon, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 4:06PM		X41.00004: Exciton transport and dissociation at organic interfaces Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X41.00005: Correlating First-Principles Electronic Structure with Device Performance of Organic Photovoltaic Cells Eric B. Isaacs, Sahar Sharifzadeh, Biwu Ma, Jeffrey B. Neaton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X41.00006: Photo-induced Charge Separation in Nanoscale Donor-Bridge-Acceptor Systems: Theory and Experiment Peter Doak, Pierre Darancet, Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Jesse Jenkins, Rachel Segalman, Don Tilley, Jeff Neaton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 5:06PM		X41.00007: Exciton Scattering in Branched Conjugated Molecules: Towards Photoinduced Dynamics and Energy Transfer Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X41.00008: NA-ESMD modeling of photoinduced dynamics in conjugated molecules Tammie Nelson, Sebastian Fernandez-Alberti, Vladimir Chernyak, Adrian Roitberg, Sergei Tretiak Preview Abstract

Session X42: Polymeric Glasses

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Mark Ediger, University of Wisconsin--Madison
Room: A302/303

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X42.00001: Molecular Mobility on the Surface of Glassy Tris-naphthylbenzene (TNB) Zahra Fakhraai, Chad Daley, Stephen F. Swallen, Daniel Scifo, James A. Forrest, Mark D. Ediger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X42.00002: Tuning the Dynamics of Penetrant Transport in Glassy Polymers through Network Structure Modification Adam Ekenseair, Nicholas Peppas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X42.00003: A Surrogate for Debye-Waller Factors from Stokes Shifts Marcus Cicerone, Qin Zhong, Madhusudan Tyagi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X42.00004: Comparison of the KWW and BSW Model Descriptions of the Dynamic Responses of Polymeric and Colloidal Glass Formers Ben Xu, Gregory B. McKenna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X42.00005: Aging and structural recovery behaviors in epoxy films subjected to carbon dioxide plasticization jumps: Evidence for a new glassy state Gregory McKenna, Shankar Subramanian, Jing Zhao, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Lameck Banda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X42.00006: Effect of Quench Conditions on the Subsequent Physical Aging Rate of Polymer Glasses Laura Golick, Paul Yoon, Andy Pahner, Connie Roth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X42.00007: Low Temperature Flow of PVC Chains Wei Chen, Gi Xue Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X42.00008: Evolution of Entanglements During Crazing of Glassy Polymers Ting Ge, Mark O. Robbins, Robert Hoy, Stefanos Anogiannakis, Christos Tzoumanekas, Doros Theodorou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X42.00009: Surface Softening in Polymers and Their Nanocomposites Determined by Surface Mechanical Properties through Spontaneous Particle Embedment Taskin Karim, Gregory McKenna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X42.00010: Effect of molecular weight on gold nanoparticle embedding into polystyrene films near and below the bulk glass transition temperature Chad Daley, Dongping Qi, James Forrest Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X42.00011: Glass Transition and Free Volume Behavior in Epoxy-amine Network Glasses: Effect of Diiamine Isomers Sergei Nazarenko, Mukul Kaushik, Matthew Jackson, Jeffrey Wiggins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X42.00012: Difference in the heat capacity and the coefficient of thermal expansion responses during thermal cycling Grigori Medvedev, Eun-Woong Lee, James Caruthers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X42.00013: Formation of Glassy Polymer Films by Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation Rodney Priestley, Yunlong Guo, Craig Arnold Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X42.00014: Characterization of pre-mature nanocomposite crazes Gregory N. Toepperwein, Juan J. de Pablo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X42.00015: Structural Characterization of a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity: X-ray Scattering With Insight From Molecular Dynamics Simulations Amanda G. McDermott, Gregory S. Larsen, Peter M. Budd, Coray M. Colina, James Runt Preview Abstract

Session X43: Focus Session: Assembly, Structure, & Instabilities in Polymer Films, Network Films, & Interfaces II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Ryan Toomey, University of Southern Florida
Room: A306/307

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X43.00001: Hydrogels with Spatially and Temporally Controlled Properties to Control Cellular Interactions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X43.00002: Hydrogel Stamping of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers for Directed Cell Growth Nicole Zacharia, Chungyeon Cho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X43.00003: Patterned Poly-N-isopropylacrylamide Surfaces for Culture and Harvest of Muscle Fibers Samuel DuPont, Kranthi Kumar Elineni, Nathan Gallant, Ryan Toomey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X43.00004: Controlled Release from Model Blended Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films Bulent Akgun, Yeongseon Jang, Sushil Satija, Kookheon Char Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X43.00005: Surface wrinkling driven by swelling and its applications Hyun Suk Kim, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X43.00006: Nanoporous Conductive Films Derived from Polymeric Bicontinuous Microemulsions Brad Jones, Kai-Yuan Cheng, Russell Holmes, Timothy Lodge Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X43.00007: Particle Behavior at Anisotropically Curved Liquid Interfaces Kathleen McEnnis, Chuan Zeng, Benny Davidovitch, Anthony Dinsmore, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X43.00008: Hierarchically Ordered Block Copolymer Micelles Formed by Controlled Evaporative Self-Assembly Wei Han, Myunghwan Byun, Zhiqun Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X43.00009: Viscoelastic properties of ultrathin polymer films using the liquid dewetting technique Jinhua Wang, Gregory McKenna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X43.00010: Elastic Moduli of Nanoparticle-Polymer Composite Thin Films via Buckling on Elastomeric Substrates Hongyi Yuan, Alamgir Karim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X43.00011: Effect of Chain Architecture on the Physical Aging of Thin Polymer Filims Bradley Frieberg, Emmanouil Glynos, Peter Green Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X43.00012: Perturbing the Tg of Polymers by 50-100 K in Nanoconfined Freely Standing Films and by the Presence of Neighboring Layers of Other Polymers John Torkelson, Soyoung Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X43.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session X44: Focus Session: Polymer Colloids-Structure, Function, and Dynamics II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DFD
Chair: Alberto Fernandez De Las Nieves, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: A309

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X44.00001: Nanoparticle Organic Hybrid Suspensions: Structure and Rheology Samanvaya Srivastava, Lynden Archer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X44.00002: Measuring and Modeling the Interactions Between DNA-Functionalized Colloids William Rogers, John Crocker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X44.00003: Rheological and scattering properties of cross-linker-free microgels Zhiyong Meng, Chinedum Osuji Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X44.00004: Normal Modes and Density of States of Disordered Colloidal Solids Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X44.00005: Signatures of Aging: Comparison between Colloidal and Molecular Glasses Xiaojun Di, K.Z. Win, Gregory McKenna, T. Narita, F. Lequeux, S. Pullela, Z. Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X44.00006: Packings of soft disks Primoz Ziherl, Marija Vidmar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X44.00007: Theory of effective interactions and dispersion of soft nanoparticles in polymer melts Jian Yang, Kenneth Schweizer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X44.00008: Density functional theory for the structure and dynamics of solvent-free nanoparticle--organic hybrid materials Hsiu-Yu Yu, Donald Koch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 5:06PM		X44.00009: Yielding mechanisms and particle rearrangements in colloidal glasses and gels under shear Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X44.00010: Ridge formation of charged end group ligands grafted on faceted nanoparticle Peijun Guo, Rastko Sknepnek, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X44.00011: Dynamics of Polymers in Colloidal Flows Hsieh Chen, Alfredo Alexander-Katz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:30PM - 5:42PM		X44.00012: Spontaneous asymmetry in coated spherical nanoparticles in solution and at liquid-vapor interfaces J. Matthew D. Lane, Gary S. Grest Preview Abstract

Session X45: Focus Session: Nanocomposite Physics I-Dispersions and Physical Properties

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Frederick Beyer, Army Research Laboratory
Room: A310

Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X45.00001: Dynamical Aspects of Percolation Networks of Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer Composites Gyemin Kwon, Bong June Sung Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X45.00002: Langevin Approach to Optimizing Thermal Conductivity in Composite Materials Abdellah Ait Moussa, K.G.S.H. Gunawardana, Kieran Mullen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X45.00003: Use of embedded metal nanoparticles as photothermal heaters in polymer nanocomposites Somsubhra Maity, Jason Bochinski, Laura Clarke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X45.00004: Resistive switching in bulk polymer nanocomposites containing silver nanowires Karen Winey, Sadie White, Patrick Vora, Jay Kikkawa, Rose Mutiso Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X45.00005: The Development of Structure in Nanoscale Colloidal Silica -- Polymer Nanocomposites Jeff Meth, J. David Londono, Changzai Chi, Barbara Wood, Patricia Cotts, Sangah Gam, Karen Winey, Russell Composto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X45.00006: Dispersion Behavior of Au Nanorods in Polymer Thin Films Mediated by Brush-Matrix Interactions Michael J.A. Hore, Russell J. Composto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X45.00007: Particle networks through aggregation in polymer nanocomposites Meisha Shofner, Jasmeet Kaur, Ji Hoon Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X45.00008: A silica nanoparticle based ionic material Nikhil Fernandes, Zubair Azad, Emmanuel Giannelis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X45.00009: Structure-Properties Relationship in Segmented Polyurethane/Silica Nanoparticle Composites Matthew Hood, James Sands, John La Scala, Frederick Beyer, Christopher Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X45.00010: Polyurethane Nanocomposites Reinforced with Core-shell Magnetic Particles for Microwave Absorption Applications Zhanhu Guo, Jiahua Zhu, Rahul Patil, Neel Haldolaarachchige, David Young, Suying Wei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X45.00011: Studies of Microwave Absorption Properties of Carbon Nanotubes-Epoxy Composites Z. Ye, Z. Li, J.A. Roberts, G.L. Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:42PM - 5:18PM		X45.00012: Ecobionanocomposites: a new class of green materials Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract