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Session H1: Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy I: Novel Approaches to Complex Systems

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Andreas Heinrich, IBM Almaden
Room: 203

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H1.00001: Hybrid STM/AFM study of half-metallic surface states in cobaltates Alex W. Contryman, Francis Niestemski, Ming Rue D. Thian, Carolina Parra, Yulin Chen, Thorsten Hesjedal, Z.X. Shen, Hari C. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H1.00002: Trend and novel challenges in spectroscopic imaging scanning tunneling microscopy for correlated electron materials research Jhinhwan Lee, Jimin Kim, Seok Hwan Choi, Chanhee Kim, Hwansoo Suh, Kazuhiro Fujita, Shin-ichi Uchida, J.C. Seamus Davis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H1.00003: Unique vortex states on nanosize superconducting islands observed by LT-STM Takaki Sakamoto, Takaaki Tominaga, Takahiro Nishio, Toyoaki Eguchi, Yasuo Yoshida, Yukio Hasegawa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H1.00004: Scanning SQUID microscopy: A powerful tool for probing magnetism and superconductivity in complex oxides Invited Speaker: Julie A. Bert Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H1.00005: Spatial Dependence of Kondo Screening and Magnetic Anisotropy on Saturated Copper Nitride Islands M. Reyes Calvo, Jenny C. Oberg, F. Delgado, Joaquin Fernandez-Rossier, Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H1.00006: Evolution of the Kondo Resonance for Screened Atoms on Metals and Thin Insulators Jenny C. Oberg, M. Reyes Calvo, Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H1.00007: Atomic force microscopy as nano-stethoscope to study living organisms, insects Igor Sokolov, Maxim Dokukin, Nataliia Guz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H1.00008: Scanning tunneling microscopy study of the assembly and structure of filamentous virus M13 bound to graphite Prashant Sharma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H1.00009: Nanomechanics of Murine Articular Cartilage Reveals the Effects of Chondroadherin Knockouts Michael Batista, Alan Grodzinsky, Christine Ortiz, Dick Heineg{\aa}rd, Lin Han Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H1.00010: Nanoindenter Stiffness Measurements on a MEMS Sound Sensor R. Downey, L. Brewer, G. Karunasiri Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H1.00011: Primary electron beam generation in Near-Field-Emission SEM Danilo Andrea Zanin, Hugo Cabrera, Lorenzo Giuseppe De Pietro, Urs Ramsperger, Danilo Pescia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H1.00012: Chemical contrast in Near-Field-Emission SEM Lorenzo Giuseppe De Pietro, Manfred Thalmann, Hugo Cabrera, Danilo Andrea Zanin, Urs Ramsperger, Danilo Pescia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H1.00013: Electrostatic characterization of Near-Field-Emission SEM Hugo Cabrera, Danilo Andrea Zanin, Lorenzo Giuseppe De Pietro, Urs Ramsperger, Danilo Pescia Preview Abstract

Session H2: Invited Session: Novel and Proven Methods of Communicating Science to the Public

Sponsoring Units: FPS FEd
Chair: Brian Schwartz, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of CUNY
Room: 204AB

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H2.00001: Creating Catalytic Collaborations between Theater Artists, Scientists, and Research Institutions Invited Speaker: Debra Wise Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H2.00002: Using Cartoons to Communicate Science Invited Speaker: Odd Todd Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H2.00003: Drawing at the Speed of Talk: doodling complex discussions in real-time to create animated ``Conversation Portraits'' Invited Speaker: Flash Rosenberg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H2.00004: The New Wave of Science Festivals and their Establishment Invited Speaker: John Durant Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H2.00005: Celebrating 24 years of Public Outreach of Science and Engineering in Portland Oregon Invited Speaker: Terry Bristol Preview Abstract

Session H3: Invited Session: Electronic Properties of the Pseudogap Phase in Cuprates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Fu-Chun Zhang, University of Hong Kong
Room: 205AB

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H3.00001: Extremely Correlated Fermi Liquids Invited Speaker: Sriram Shastry Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H3.00002: The new extremely correlated electron perspective of the normal state of high temperature superconductors Invited Speaker: Gey-Hong Gweon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H3.00003: A Phenomenological Theory of the Anomalous Pseudogap Phase in Underdoped Cuprates Invited Speaker: T. Maurice Rice Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H3.00004: Fermi pockets and the pseudogap in underdoped $Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8$ Invited Speaker: Hongbo Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H3.00005: Nodal-antinodal dichotomy in underdoped cuprates: a cluster-dynamical mean-field theory perspective. Invited Speaker: Antoine Georges Preview Abstract

Session H4: Spin-orbit Coupling in Ultracold Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Ian Spielman, JQI
Room: 205C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H4.00001: Topological phase transitions in ultra-cold Fermi superfluids: the evolution from BCS to BEC under artificial spin-orbit fields Li Han, Kangjun Seo, Carlos A.R. Sa de Melo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H4.00002: BCS-BEC Crossover and Topological Phase Transition in 3D Spin-Orbit Coupled Degenerate Fermi Gases Ming Gong, Sumanta Tewari, Chuanwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H4.00003: BCS-BEC crossover in 2D spin-orbit coupled degenerate Fermi gases Chuanwei Zhang, Gang Chen, Ming Gong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H4.00004: One-dimensional Ultracold Fermi Gases with Spin-orbit Coupling Yingfei Gu, Hui Zhai Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H4.00005: Who is the Lord of the Rings in the Zeeman-spin-orbit Saga: Majorana, Dirac or Lifshitz? Carlos Sa de Melo, Kangjun Seo, Li Han Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H4.00006: Quantum phases of atomic Fermi gases with spin-orbit coupling Menderes Iskin, Levent Subasi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H4.00007: Low-density molecular gas of tightly-bound Rashba-Dresselhaus fermions So Takei, Chien-Hung Lin, Brandon Anderson, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H4.00008: Order by Disorder in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates Ryan Barnett, Stephen Powell, Tobias Grass, Maciej Lewenstein, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H4.00009: Exotic 3D Spin-Orbit Couplings Brandon Anderson, Gediminas Juzeliunas, Ian Spielman, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H4.00010: Cold-atom systems with synthetic SU(3) spin-orbit coupling Greg Boyd, Ryan Barnett, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H4.00011: Superfluidity of Bosons in Optical lattices with Spin-Orbit coupling Qinqin Lu, Daniel Sheehy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H4.00012: Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates Under Synthetic Gauge Field Xiao-Qiang Xu, Jung Hoon Han Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H4.00013: BCS-BEC crossover induced by a synthetic non-Abelian gauge field Vijay B. Shenoy, Jayantha P. Vyasanakere, S. Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H4.00014: Trapped fermions in a synthetic non-Abelian gauge field Sudeep Kuamar Ghosh, Jayantha P. Vyasanakere, Vijay B. Shenoy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H4.00015: Effects of the interplay between spin-orbit coupling and interaction on bosons Qi Zhou, Xiaoling Cui Preview Abstract

Session H5: Focus Session: Interfaces in Complex Oxides - Polar Interfaces and Ferroelectrics

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Susanne Stemmer, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: 206A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H5.00001: First-principles study of intermixing and polarization at the DyScO$_3$ /SrTiO$_3$ interface Kourosh Rahmanizadeh, Gustav Bihlmayer, Stefan Bl\"ugel, Martina Luysberg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H5.00002: Growth and transport properties of fractionally \textit{$\delta $}-doped oxide superlattices Ho Nyung Lee, Woo Seok Choi, Suyoun Lee, Valentino Cooper Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H5.00003: Characterization of extreme-concentration 2DEGs at the SrTiO$_{3}$/GdTiO$_{3 }$interface Clayton Jackson, Pouya Moetakef, Tyler Cain, Siddharth Rajan, James Allen, Susanne Stemmer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H5.00004: Dynamical conductivity of the extreme concentration 2DEGs in GdTiO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ heterostructures Daniel Ouellette, Pouya Moetakef, Christopher Morris, Mark Sherwin, S. James Allen, Susanne Stemmer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H5.00005: Electrostatic carrier doping of GdTiO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ heterostructures Pouya Moetakef, Tyler Cain, Daneil Ouellette, Jack Zhang, Clayton Jackson, Siddharth Rajan, James Allen, Susanne Stemmer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H5.00006: High mobility electron gas in the surface vicinity of the cubic-perovskite KTaO$_3$ via Ar$^+$-irradiation Satoshi Harashima, Chris Bell, Yasuyuki Hikita, Harold Y. Hwang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H5.00007: Memristive behavior of ferroelectric tunnel junctions Invited Speaker: Alexei Gruverman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H5.00008: Exploring and alleviating detrimental interface dipole effects in ultra-thin all-oxide metal-ferroelectric-metal heterostructures Xiaohui Liu, Yong Wang, Pavel Lukashev, J.D. Burton, Evgeny Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H5.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H5.00010: Domains and Electrostatic Coupling in Ferroelectric Superlattices Pavlo Zubko, Noemie Jecklin, Celine Lichtensteiger, Almudena Torres-Pardo, Alex Gloter, Pablo Aguado-Puente, Javier Junquera, Odile Stephan, Jean-Marc Triscone Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H5.00011: In situ x-ray study of oxide superlattice growth in reactive molecular-beam epitaxy June Hyuk Lee, Seo hyoung Chang, I-Cheng Tung, Jeff Eastman, Dillon Fong, John Freeland, Hawoong Hong Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H5.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H5.00013: The memristive magnetic tunnel junction as a nanoscopic synapse-neuron system Andy Thomas, Patryk Krzysteczko, Jana M\"unchenberger, G\"unter Reiss, Markus Sch\"afers Preview Abstract

Session H6: Focus Session: van der Waals Bonding in Advanced Material - Methods and Application to Water and Ice

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Elsebeth Schr\"oder, Chalmers University of Technology
Room: 206B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H6.00001: van der Waals interactions in water and ice from density functional theory simulations: improvements and challenges Invited Speaker: Marivi Fernandez-Serra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H6.00002: The Effect of van der Waals Interactions on the Structure of Liquid Water. Robert DiStasio Jr., Zhaofeng Li, Roberto Car Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H6.00003: Van der Waals interactions and vibrational effects in ice from first principles Eamonn Murray, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H6.00004: Hydrogen Bonds and van der Waals Forces in Ice at Ambient and High Pressures Biswajit Santra, Ji\v{r}\'{I} Klime\v{s}, Dario Alf\`{e}, Alexandre Tkatchenko, Ben Slater, Angelos Michaelides, Roberto Car, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H6.00005: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO Q35.00010 Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H6.00006: Higher-order van der Waals coefficients from static multipole polarizability Jianmin Tao, John Perdew, Adrienn Ruzsinszky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H6.00007: Quantum Monte Carlo Simulation of condensed van der Waals Systems Anouar Benali, Luke Shulenburger, Nichols A. Romero, Jeongnim Kim, O. Anatole von Lilienfeld Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H6.00008: Van der Waals interactions based on maximally localized Wannier functions in ABINIT Camilo Espejo, Tonatiuh Rangel, Yann Pouillon, Aldo Romero, Xavier Gonze Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H6.00009: Density-Functional Theory with Screened van der Waals Interactions for the Modeling of Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Systems Victor G. Ruiz, Wei Liu, Egbert Zojer, Matthias Scheffler, Alexandre Tkatchenko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H6.00010: Stress and Vibrational Properties of non-local van der Waals exchange-correlation functionals Riccardo Sabatini, Stefano de Gironcoli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H6.00011: Dispersion interactions in Density Functional Theory Lampros Andrinopoulos, Nicholas Hine, Arash Mostofi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H6.00012: A Qbox Implementation of van der Waals Density Functionals with Applications Jun Wu, Francois Gygi Preview Abstract

Session H7: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotube Sensing

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: A.T. Charlie Johnson, University of Pennsylvania
Room: 207

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H7.00001: Selective, Reversible Near-Infrared Fluorescence Quenching of Boronic Acid--Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Complexes in Response to Glucose Kyungsuk Yum, Jin-Ho Ahn, Thomas McNicholas, Paul Barone, Bin Mu, Jong-Ho Kim, Rishabh Jain, Michael Strano Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H7.00002: The transduction mechanism of carbon nanotube transistors monitoring single molecule protein dynamics Patrick C. Sims, Yongki Choi, Tivoli J. Olsen, Gregory A. Weiss, Philip G. Collins Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H7.00003: Electrical Detection of Resonance in a Helically Coiled Carbon Nanowire Doyl Dickel, Deepika Saini, Balu Pillai, Herbert Behlow, Malcolm Skove, Apparao Rao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H7.00004: Arrays of Versatile DNA-Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Chemical Sensor for Vapor Analyte Detection Nicholas Kybert, Mitchell Lerner, Zhengqing John Qi, A.T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H7.00005: Environmental Charge Noise in Suspended Carbon Nanotube Biosensors Tal Sharf, Joshua W. Kevek, Ethan D. Minot Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H7.00006: Generalized Protein Attachment Chemistry for Highly Sensitive Carbon Nanotube-Based Biosensors Mitchell Lerner, Tatiana Pazina, Matthew Robinson, A.T. Charlie Johnson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H7.00007: Detection of carbon nanotubes in plant roots through microwave-induced heating Fahmida Irin, Babina Shrestha, Jaclyn Canas, Mohammad Saed, Micah Green Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H7.00008: Adsorption of noble gases on individual suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes Hao-Chun Lee, Zenghui Wang, Richard Roy, Erik Fredrickson, Oscar Vilches, David Cobden Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H7.00009: Conductance isotherms for adsorption of noble gases on individual single-walled carbon nanotubes Boris Dzyubenko, Hao-Chun Lee, Oscar Vilches, David Cobden Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H7.00010: Dependence of adsorption kinetics on the geometry of substrate Dinesh Rawat, Saikat Talapatra, Vaiva Krungleviciute, Aldo Migone Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:36AM		H7.00011: New concepts in molecular and energy transport within carbon nanotubes: thermopower waves and stochastically resonant ion channels Invited Speaker: Michael Strano Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H7.00012: Neon adsorption on oxidized single-walled carbon nanohorns Vaiva Krungleviciute, Aldo Migone, Masako Yudasaka, Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H7.00013: Carbon dioxide adsorption on open single walled carbon nanohorn aggregates Shree Banjara, Vaiva Krungleviciute, Aldo Migone, Masako Yudasaka, Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract

Session H8: Focus Session: Frustrated Magnetism - Kagome I

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Peter Schiffer, Pennsylvania State University
Room: 208

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H8.00001: Confinement transitions of Z2 spin liquids on the kagome lattice Invited Speaker: Matthias Punk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H8.00002: NMR study of the spin-1/2 near-kagome system Vesignieite Jeffrey Quilliam, Fabrice Bert, Ross Colman, David Boldrin, Andrew Wills, Philippe Mendels Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H8.00003: Magnetization Process of Spatially Anisotropic Kagome Heisenberg Model Ryui Kaneko, Takahiro Misawa, Youhei Yamaji, Hiroki Nakano, Masatoshi Imada Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H8.00004: Investigation of fermi-liquid-like specific heat and spin-density-wave signatures in the distorted kagome compound Volborthite, Cu$_3$V$_2$O$_7$(OH)$_2$$\cdot2$H$_2$O Tyler Dodds, Yong Baek Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H8.00005: Experimental signatures of spin liquid physics on the S=1/2 kagom\'{e} lattice Invited Speaker: Young Lee Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H8.00006: Spin cluster operator theory for the kagome lattice antiferromagnet Kwon Park, Kyusung Hwang, Yong Baek Kim, Jaejun Yu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H8.00007: Low Energy Spectrum and Correlation Functions of the $S=1/2$ Kagome Antiferromagnet Andreas Lauchli, Rainer Johanni Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H8.00008: Valence bond crystals in the kagome spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet: Symmetry classification and projected wave function study Yasir Iqbal, Federico Becca, Didier Poilblanc Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H8.00009: Neutron Scattering and Thermodynamic Studies of Low Spin Kagome Magnets Robin Chisnell, Danna Freedman, Joel Helton, Chris Stock, Franz Demmel, Daniel Nocera, Young Lee Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H8.00010: Magnetic studies of S=1/2 kagom\'e lattice single crystals Tianheng Han, Shaoyan Chu, Yasu Takano, Jose Rodriguez-Rivera, Collin Broholm, Daniel Nocera, Young Lee Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H8.00011: Single Crystal NMR Study of Frustrated Spin-Liquid in S = 1/2 Kagome Lattice $ZnCu_{3}(OD)_{6}Cl_{2}$ Mingxuan Fu, David. A. Torchetti, Takashi Imai, Tianheng Han, Young. S. Lee Preview Abstract

Session H9: Focus Session: Complex Bulk Oxides: Ruthenates

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Craig Fennie, Cornell University
Room: 209

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H9.00001: Nonlinear conduction phenomena in the Mott insulator Ca$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ Ryuji Okazaki, Yasuo Nishina, Yukio Yasui, Ichiro Terasaki, Fumihiko Nakamura, Yusaku Kimura, Mariko Sakaki, Takashi Suzuki Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H9.00002: Emergent electronic and magnetic state in Ca$_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7}$ induced by Ti doping Xianglin Ke, J. Peng, D.J. Singh, T. Hong, W. Tian, C.R. Dela Cruz, Z.Q. Mao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H9.00003: From quasi-2D metal with ferromagnetic bilayers to Mott insulator with G-type antiferromagnetic order in Ca$_{3}$(Ru$_{1-x}$Ti$_{x}$)$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Jin Peng, Gaochao Wang, Xianglin Ke, Tao Hong, Zhiqiang Mao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H9.00004: Orbital selective phase transition Yu-Zhong Zhang, Hunpyo Lee, Hai-Qing Lin, Chang-Qin Wu, Harald Jeschke, Roser Valenti Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H9.00005: Magnetic order arising from chemical chaos in A2MnRuO6 (A = Sr, Ca) double perovskites Rohan Mishra, Patrick Woodward, Wolfgang Windl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H9.00006: Surface dynamics and electronic properties of parent and Mn doped Sr$_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Jing Teng, Chen Chen, Biao Hu, Jiandi Zhang, Rongying Jin, Ward Plummer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H9.00007: The Physics of Hunds metals and its relevance for ruthenades, iron pnictides and chalchogenides Invited Speaker: Kristjan Haule Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H9.00008: Anomalous $E-$type Antiferromagnetism in the ground state of Mn-substituted Sr$_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Dalgis Mesa, Feng Ye, Songxue Chi, Jaime A. Fernandez-Baca, V.O. Garlea, Biao Hu, Rongying Jin, E.W. Plummer, Jiandi Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H9.00009: Anisotropy of magnetoresistivities in Sr$_{3}$Ru$_{2}$O$_{7}$: Evidence for orbital-dependent metamagnetism D. Fobes, G.C. Wang, Z.Q. Mao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H9.00010: Study of an electronic nematic with precise control of the applied magnetic field vector Jan Bruin, Rodolfo Borzi, Andreas Rost, Robin Perry, Santiago Grigera, Andrew Mackenzie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H9.00011: Optical Polarization Microscopy of the Electron Nematic Phase in Sr$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$ Colin Heikes, David MacNeill, Saikat Ghosh, R. Perry, J.F. Mercure, E.A. Kim, A. Mackenzie, D.C. Ralph Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H9.00012: Suppression of An Antiferromagnetic Insulating Phase in Sr$_{3}$(Ru$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x})_{2}$O$_{7}$ by Magnetic Field Biao Hu, E.W. Plummer, R. Jin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H9.00013: The Orbital-Selected Mott Phase of the Nondegenerate Two-Orbital Hubbard Model Yun Song Preview Abstract

Session H10: Invited Session: Strongly Interacting Photons

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University
Room: 210A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H10.00001: Strong photon-photon interaction in a coupled quantum dot- photonic crystal nanocavity Invited Speaker: Jelena Vuckovic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H10.00002: Single-photon nonlinearity Invited Speaker: Vladan Vuletic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H10.00003: Strongly nonlinear optics with plasmonics Invited Speaker: park hongkun Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H10.00004: Slow-light polaritons in Rydberg gases Invited Speaker: Michael Fleischhauer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H10.00005: Fast optical control of atom-light interactions using quantum dots coupled to photonic crystal cavities Invited Speaker: Edo Waks Preview Abstract

Session H11: Focus Session: Graphene Structure, Stacking, Interactions: Interfaces and Adsorbates

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Eli Rotenberg, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Room: 210B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H11.00001: Confinement of organic solvents by wet transfer of graphene Gregory Doidge, Joshua Wood, Eric Pop, Joseph Lyding Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H11.00002: Photo-assisted polymerization of one-dimensional molecular arrays on epitaxial graphene TeYu Chien, Aparna Deshpande, Chun-Hong Sham, Justice Alaboson, Mark C. Hersam Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H11.00003: Chemical reactivity imprint lithography on graphene: Controlling the substrate influence on electron transfer reactions Qing Hua Wang, Zhong Jin, Ki Kang Kim, Andrew Hilmer, Geraldine Paulus, Chih-Jen Shih, Moon-Ho Ham, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Jing Kong, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Michael Strano Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H11.00004: Graphene on Metals: Interface Structure and Defects Lyudmyla Adamska, Rafik Q. Addou, Matthias Batzill, Ivan I. Oleynik Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H11.00005: Topologically Frustrated Bonding in Dual-sided Adsorption to an Atomically Thin Membrane Cheng-Ing Chia, Vincent Crespi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H11.00006: Correlation between adatom adsorption properties and growth morphology of metal on graphene Xiaojie Liu, C.Z. Wang, M. Hupalo, Wen-Cai Lu, Y.X. Yao, P.A. Thiel, K.M. Ho, M.C. Tringides Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H11.00007: Lithium Intercalation Induced Decoupling of Epitaxial Graphene on SiC(0001): Electronic Property and Dynamic Process Yuanchang Li, Gang Zhou, Jia Li, Jian Wu, Bing-Lin Gu, Wenhui Duan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H11.00008: Single atom doping of graphene -- A theoretical study Amir Natan, Tamar Seideman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H11.00009: Hydrogen adsorption induced structural and electronic changes in graphene grown on metal substrate Srivats Rajasekaran, Sarp Kaya, Toyli Anniyev, Hirohito Ogasawara, Anders Nilsson, Fan Yang, Dario Stacchiola, Frank-Abild Pederson, Jens Norskov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H11.00010: Vibrational Spectrum of ``Crystalline Graphane'' A.I. Kolesnikov, V.E. Antonov, I.O. Bashkin, V.S. Efimchenko, G.E. Granroth, V.I. Kulakov, T. Sherline Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H11.00011: Direct determination of the dominant scatterer in graphene on silicon oxide Jyoti Katoch, Masa Ishigami Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H11.00012: Electron Heat Capacity of Nitrogen Doped Graphene in Low Temperature Di Luo, Wang-Chuang Kuo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H11.00013: Chemical reactions and thermal stability of oxygen impurities on graphene Bin Wang, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H11.00014: Efficient adsorbate transport on graphene by electromigration Kirill Velizhanin, Dmitry Solenov Preview Abstract

Session H12: Chemical Doping of Graphene and Applications: Solar Cells, Sensors

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Sefaattin Tongay, Dr.
Room: 210C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H12.00001: I-V characteristics of orgarnic molecules coated graphene Seung Jae Baek, Yung Woo Park Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H12.00002: Investigation of Electrochemical Gate Controlled Charge Transport in Large Area Boron-Nitrogen Doped Graphene Sujoy Ghosh, Swastik Kar, Zheng Liu, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel Ajayan, Saikat Talapatra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H12.00003: Stable Chemical Doping of Graphene for Low Electrical Resistance and High Optical Transparency Kara Berke, Sefaattin Tongay, Max Lemaitre, Zahra Nasrollahi, David Tanner, Bill Appleton, Arthur Hebard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H12.00004: Reversible and Robust Carrier Doping in Graphene \textit{via} Mechanical Actuation of Tethered Azobenzene Phong Nguyen, Vikas Berry, Nihar Mohanty, Kabeer Jasuja Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H12.00005: Tuning the Electrical Properties of Large Area Graphene through Boron-Nitrogen Co-Doping Baleeswaraiah Muchharla, Arjun Pathak, Zheng Liu, Li Song, Swastik Kar, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel Ajayan, Saikat Talapatra, Naushad Ali Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H12.00006: Raman studies of ultra-clean graphene on hexagonal boron nitride with controlled doping Yilei Li, Inanc Meric, Kin Fai Mak, Leandro Malard, Cory Dean, Philip Kim, Kenneth Shepard, Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H12.00007: Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) Study of B-doped Monolayer Graphene Liuyan Zhao, Mark Levendorf, Christopher Gutierrez, Theanne Schiros, George Flynn, Jiwoong Park, Abhay Pasupathy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H12.00008: Substituent Effects for the Control of Covalent Electronic Doping of CVD Graphene Geraldine L.C. Paulus, Moon-Ho Ham, Qing Hua Wang, Andrew J. Hilmer, Ki Kang Kim, Chih-Jen Shih, Zachary Ulissi, Jing Kong, Michael S. Strano Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H12.00009: Charge transfer and density of states modifications of graphene upon molecular adsorption - Implications for gas and molecular sensors David Carey, Alexander Samuels Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H12.00010: Biochemical Sensing in Solution Gated Graphene Field Effect Transistors Mauricio D. Bedoya, Jan Scrimgeour, James Palmer, W.A. deHeer, C. Berger, J.E. Curtis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H12.00011: Combined transport-Scanning Probe Microscopy study of reduced graphene oxide sensors Christopher Kehayias, Joseph Rahamim, Samuel MacNaughton, Sameer Sonkusale, Cristian Staii Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H12.00012: Biomimetic graphene sensors: functionalizing graphene with peptides Masa Ishigami, Sang Nyon Kim, Rajesh Naik, Suren A. Tatulian, Jyoti Katoch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H12.00013: Solution-gated graphene field-effect transistors as local pH sensors in microfluidic systems Wan Li, H\'{e}ctor D. Abru\~{n}a, Daniel C. Ralph Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H12.00014: A low cost construction method for Graphene based resistive chemical sensors Silpa Kona, Cindy K. Harnett Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H12.00015: Finite temperature quantum transport in nanosensors based on graphene nanoribbons Kirti Kant Paulla, Amir Farajian Preview Abstract

Session H13: Focus Session: Low-Dimensional and Molecular Magnetism - Magnetism and Transport of Isolated Molecular Magnets - Molecular spintronics

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Lapo Bogani, Universitat Stuttgart
Room: 211

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H13.00001: Manipulating Molecular Kondo Effect by Chemical Reactions Howon Kim, Yunhee Chang, Min Hui Chang, Yong-Hyun Kim, Se-jong Kahng Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H13.00002: Electronic readout of a single nuclear spin using a molecular spin transistor R. Vincent, S. Klyastskaya, M. Ruben, W. Wernsdorfer, F. Balestro Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H13.00003: DFT calculations of the charged states of N@C60 and {\{}Fe4{\}} single molecule magnets investigated in tunneling spectroscopy Javier Nossa, Fhokrul Islam, Carlo Canali, Mark Pederson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H13.00004: Beller Lectureship: Single Molecular Magnets on Conductive Surfaces Invited Speaker: Roberta Sessoli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H13.00005: Theoretical study of hysteresis in electron transport through spin-crossover molecules Kristen Brown, Kyungwha Park Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H13.00006: Individual Magnetic Molecules on Ultrathin Insulating Surfaces Fadi El Hallak, Ben Warner, Cyrus Hirjibehedin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H13.00007: Interfacial Electronic and Magnetic Coupling in Organic-metal System Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Yu-Hsun Chu, C.H. Hsu, P.J. Hsu, W.J. Hsieh, C.I. Lu, S.W. Chen, C.J. Butler, Chao-Cheng Kaun, Minn-Tsong Lin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H13.00008: The Kondo effect in molecular magnets from first principles David Jacob, Michael Karolak, Alexander I. Lichtenstein, Maria Soriano, Juan Jose Palacios Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H13.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H13.00010: Electronic transport in Co-based valence tautomeric conjugated polymers Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, Yifeng Chen, Arrigo Calzolari, Wanderla Scopel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H13.00011: Dynamical magnetic anisotropy in spin--1 molecular systems David Ruiz-Tijerina, Pablo Cornaglia, Carlos Balseiro, Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H13.00012: Hot electron spin transport in C$_{60}$ fullerene Luis Eduardo Hueso, Marco Gobbi, Amilcar Bedoya-Pinto, Federico Golmar, Roger Llopis, Felix Casanova Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H13.00013: A Copper Nitride Nanotemplate for Individual Magnetic Molecules Ben Warner, Fadi El Hallak, Michael Waters, Joris van Slageren, Cyrus Hirjibehedin Preview Abstract

Session H14: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors - Electrical Spin Injection

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Jean Heremans, Virginia Tech
Room: 212

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H14.00001: Electrical Spin Injection and Detection in Silicon: Effect of Interface States Jonas Bearsdley, Yong Pu, Adrian Swartz, Pat Odenthal, Andrew Berger, Dongkyun Ko, Vidya Bhallamudi, Peter Christopher Hammel, Roland Kawakami, Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, Jon Pelz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H14.00002: Non-local spin transport and accumulation measurements in Si:AlGaAs with tunable carrier density Jennifer Misuraca, J.-I. Kim, K.K. Meng, L. Chen, J. Lu, J.H. Zhao, P. Xiong, S. von Molnar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H14.00003: Electrical spin injection and detection in Fe/MgO/Si: influence of interface states Yong Pu, Jonas Beardsley, Adrain Swartz, Patrick Odenthal, Andrew Berger, Dongkyun Ko, Vydia Bhallamudi, Chris Hammel, Roland Kawakami, Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, Jon Pelz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H14.00004: Spin accumulation in Fe/MgO/Ge heterostructures A.T. Hanbicki, S.-F. Cheng, R. Goswami, O.M.J. van 't Erve, B.T. Jonker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H14.00005: Spin Transfer from a Ferromagnet into a Semiconductor through an Oxide barrier Clodoaldo Irineu levartoski de Araujo, Milton Andre Tumelero, Alexandre Da Cas Viegas, Nicolas Garcia, Andre Avelino Pasa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H14.00006: Comparing nonlocal and three terminal Hanle experiments in Silicon Olaf van 't Erve, Connie Li, Aubrey Hanbicki, Phillip Thompson, Berend Jonker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H14.00007: Electrical injection and detection of spin accumulation in Si at 500 K with magnetic metal/SiO$_{2}$ contacts Invited Speaker: Connie H. Li Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H14.00008: Spin-filter effect of quantum dot with spin-orbit interaction in magnetic field Tomohiro Yokoyama, Mikio Eto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H14.00009: Tailoring Chirp in Spin-Lasers Jeongsu Lee, Guilhem Boeris, Karel Vyborny, Igor Zutic Preview Abstract

Session H15: Focus Session: Spin and Dynamics in Metal, Spin logic and Spin-Based Devices

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP GMAG
Chair: Jimmy Zhu, Carnegie Mellon University
Room: 213

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H15.00001: A novel three-terminal spintronics device utilizing the spin Hall effect Chi-Feng Pai, Luqiao Liu, Hsin-Wei Tseng, Yun Li, Daniel C. Ralph, Robert A. Buhrman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H15.00002: Electric field assisted switching in magnetic tunnel junctions Weigang Wang, Mingen Li, Stephen Hagemen, C. L. Chien Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H15.00003: Nanomagnetic triangles for a non-volatile logic applications Alexander Kozhanov, S. James Allen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H15.00004: Ultra low-energy hybrid spintronics and straintronics: multiferroic nanomagnets for memory, logic and ultrafast image processing Invited Speaker: Jayasimha Atulasimha Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H15.00005: Reliable switching in MRAM and multiferroic logic Kamaram Munira, Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Jayasimha Atulasimha, Eugene Chen, Avik W. Ghosh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H15.00006: Low-energy information transfer between dipolar-coupled magnetic disks observed by time resolved magnetic soft X-ray microscopy Peter Fischer, Hyunsung Jung, Ki-Suk Lee, Dae-Eun Jeong, Young-Seok Choi, Young-Sang Yu, Dong-Soo Han, Andreas Vogel, Lars Bocklage, Guido Meier, Mi-Young Im, Sang-Koog Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H15.00007: Four-state straintronics: Ultra low-power collective nanomagnetic computing using multiferroics with biaxial anisotropy Noel D'Souza, Jayasimha Atulasimha, Supriyo Bandyopadhyay Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H15.00008: GMAG Dissertation Award Talk: All Spin Logic -- Multimagnet Networks interacting via Spin currents Invited Speaker: Srikant Srinivasan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H15.00009: ``Spin inverter'' as building block of All Spin Logic devices Angik Sarkar, Srikant Srinivasan, Supriyo Datta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H15.00010: Ultra low-power straintronics with multiferroic nanomagnets: magnetization dynamics, universal logic gates and associated energy dissipation Mohammad Salehi-Fashami, Jayasimha Atulasimha, Supriyo Bandyopadhyay Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H15.00011: Hybrid spintronics and straintronics: A paradigm for ultra-low-energy computing Kuntal Roy, Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Jayasimha Atulasimha Preview Abstract

Session H16: Quantum Fluids: Mainly Helium, Vortices, and Solitons

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DAMOP
Chair: Norbert Mulders, University of Delaware
Room: 251

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H16.00001: Weak to strong limits in confined superfluid helium Stephen R.D. Thomson, Justin K. Perron, Francis M. Gasparini Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H16.00002: Critical point coupling in liquid helium and the significance of the correlation length Justin K. Perron, Stephen R.D. Thomson, Francis M. Gasparini Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H16.00003: Creating Only Isotropic Homogeneous Turbulence in Liquid Helium near Absolute Zero G.G. Ihas, K.J. Thompson, G. Labbe, P.V.E. McClintock Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H16.00004: Superfluid Onset and 2D phase transitions of Helium-4 on Lithium and Sodium Angel Velasco, Fawn Huisman, Eli Van Cleve, Peter Taborek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H16.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H16.00006: Discrepancies Between Theory and Experiment for Field-Dependence and $f$-wave Interactions in Superfluid $^3$He-$B$ C.A. Collett, J. Pollanen, Jia Li, W.J. Gannon, W.P. Halperin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H16.00007: Role of the order parameter manifold on surface Majorana fermions and spin susceptibility of superfluid $^{3}$He-B Takeshi Mizushima, Masatoshi Sato, Kazushige Machida Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H16.00008: Macroscopic quantum tunneling of a single vortex in a rotating Bose-Einstein condensate Kinjal Dasbiswas, Alan T. Dorsey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H16.00009: Expansion Dynamics of a Ring Bose--Einstein Condensate Mark Edwards, Hadayat Seddiqi, Michael Krygier, Brandon Benton, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H16.00010: Quantum Dynamics of a Bose Superfluid Vortex Lara Thompson, Philip Stamp Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H16.00011: Fragmented Many-Body states of definite angular momentum and stability of attractive 3D Condensates Marios C. Tsatsos, Alexej I. Streltsov, Ofir E. Alon, Lorenz S. Cederbaum Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H16.00012: Origins of bright soliton transparency to Bogoliubov quasi-particles Zaijong Hwang, Maxim Olshanii Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H16.00013: Supersymmetric Structure of two Families of Solitons Andrew Koller, Maxim Olshanii Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H16.00014: From Dark Solitons to Vortex Clusters in Bose-Einstein Condensates Panayotis Kevrekidis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H16.00015: Multifractals in Soliton sea on Fibonacci Lattice Masahiro Takahashi, Hosho Katsura, Mahito Kohmoto, Tohru Koma Preview Abstract

Session H17: Focus Session: Thermoelectrics - Characterization/Molecular junctions/Magnetic and Low Temp

Sponsoring Units: DMP GERA FIAP
Chair: Jeffrey Urban, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: 252A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H17.00001: Strategies for developing optimal thermoelectric metrology protocols Joshua Martin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H17.00002: Experimental Determination of the Lorenz Number Kevin Lukas, Weishu Liu, Zhifeng Ren, Gang Chen, Cyril P. Opeil Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H17.00003: Anisotropic Two-band Transverse Thermoelectrics in Zero Magnetic Field Chuanle Zhou, Y. Tang, K. Heinselmann, M. Grayson, S. Birner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H17.00004: Magnetotransport in thermoelectric materials. Mona Zebarjadi, Kevin Lukas, Cyril Opeil, Gang Chen, Mildred Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H17.00005: Separation of Joule Heating and Peltier Cooling via Time-Resolved X-Ray Di?raction in Si/SiGe Superlattice Michael Kozina, Matthias Fuchs, Jian Chen, Mason Jiang, Pice Chen, Paul Evans, Bjorn Vermeersch, Je-Hyeong Bahk, Ali Shakouri, Dale Brewe, David Reis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H17.00006: Reassessment of the carrier concentration in GeTe-based thermoelectric materials by $^{125}$Te NMR E.M. Levin, J.D. Acton, K. Schmidt-Rohr Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H17.00007: Charge and Energy Transport in Molecular Junctions Invited Speaker: Pramod Reddy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H17.00008: The impact of electron-vibration interactions on the thermoelectric efficiency of molecular junctions Bailey Hsu, Ji-Wei Jiang, Yu-Chang Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H17.00009: Interfacial Interactions in Polymer-Nanocrystal Thermoelectric Composites Provide a Novel Route for Power Factor Enhancement Nelson E. Coates, Shannon K. Yee, Boris Russ, Jeffrey J. Urban, Rachel A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H17.00010: Nernst-Ettingshausen Effect in Elemental Rare-Earth Single Crystals Audrey Chamoire, Joseph Heremans Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H17.00011: Giant Bipolar Nernst Effect in the Quasi-One-Dimensional Metal, Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ Joshua L. Cohn, Benjamin D. White, Carlos A. M. dos Santos, John J. Neumeier Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H17.00012: Cryogenic Thermoelectric Properties of the Bismuth-Magnesium and Bismuth-Antimony-Magnesium Systems Christine Orovets, Hyungyu Jin, Bartlomiej Wiendlocha, Joseph P. Heremans Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H17.00013: Low Temperature Electronic and Magnetic Properties of CePd$_{3}M_{x}$ Stephen Boona, Donald Morelli Preview Abstract

Session H18: Focus Session: Electron, Ion, and Exciton Transport in Nanostructures - Nanowires and Superlattices

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Mark Lusk, Colorado School of Mines
Room: 252B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H18.00001: Energy Transfer of Excitons and Electron-Hole Plasmas between Quasi-two-dimensional Semiconductor Layers S.K. Lyo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H18.00002: Charge transport physics of individual PbSe Nanowire field effect transistors Soong Ju Oh, David Kim, Cherie Kagan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H18.00003: Electronic transport in individual, vertical, catalyst free GaN/AlN nanowires Camelia Marginean, Santino Carnevale, Patrick Phillips, Thomas Kent, Denis Pelekhov, Michael Mills, Roberto Myers Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H18.00004: Correlated study of individual nanowires with electronic transport and scanning tunneling microscopy Shengyong Qin, Tae-Hwan Kim, Yanning Zhang, Hanno H. Weitering, Chih-Kang Shih, Wenjie Ouyang, Ruqian Wu, Arthur P. Baddorf, An-Ping Li Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H18.00005: The influence of excitonic effects on charge separation at hybrid nanoscale interfaces Zhigang Wu, Huashan Li, Mark Lusk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H18.00006: QM/EM simulation of Junctionless FinFET Jie Peng, Linyi Meng, Chiyung Yam, Guanhua Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H18.00007: Tuning the hole mobility in InP semiconductor nanowires Mariama Rebello Sousa Dias, Adalberto Picinin, Victor Lopez-Richard, Sergio E. Ulloa, Leonardo K. Castelano, Jos\'e Pedro Rino, Gilmar E. Marques Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H18.00008: First-principles study on metal-TaO$_x$-metal heterostructures: response to applied bias voltages Satoshi Watanabe, Takuya Matsumoto, Arihiro Tawara, Tingkun Gu, Tomofumi Tada Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H18.00009: Theory of spatially inhomogneous Bloch oscillations in semiconductor superlattices Luis Bonilla, Mariano Alvaro, Manuel Carretero Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H18.00010: Stochastic current switching in semiconductor superlattices: observation of non-exponential kinetics Yu. Bomze, H.T. Grahn, R. Hey, S.W. Teitsworth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H18.00011: Pseudospin Transfer Torques in Semiconductor Electron Bilayers Youngseok Kim, Allan H. MacDonald, Matthew J. Gilbert Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H18.00012: Effects of Fermion Flavor on Excitonic Condensation in Double Layer Systems Zachary Estrada, John Shumway, Matthew Gilbert Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H18.00013: Magnetic-Field Modulated Josephson Oscillations in a Planar Semiconductor Microcavity Guojun Jin, Chuanyi Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H18.00014: Lagrange formalism of memory circuit elements: classical and quantum formulations Guy Cohen, Yuriy Pershin, Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H18.00015: Electrolyte Gated Transistors based on Solution Processed Mesoporous Tungsten Trioxide Thin Films Clara Santato, Dilek Isik, Fabio Cicoira Preview Abstract

Session H19: Invited Session: Current-Driven Spin Textures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP GMAG
Chair: Joseph Orenstein, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: 253AB

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H19.00001: Doppler velocimetry of a current driven spin helix Invited Speaker: Luyi Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H19.00002: Experimental studies of skyrmion textures and spin torque effects in chiral magnets Invited Speaker: Robert Ritz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H19.00003: Current-induced domain wall motion stabilized by Rashba spin-orbit coupling Invited Speaker: Ioan Miron Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H19.00004: Current-driven spin dynamics in spin-orbit coupled superconductors Invited Speaker: Giovanni Vignale Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H19.00005: Emergent electrodynamics from moving magnetic whirls in chiral magnets Invited Speaker: Achim Rosch Preview Abstract

Session H20: Invited Session: Hydrodynamics and Microstructure: From Single Self-Propelled Particles to Active Soft Matter

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD
Chair: Thomas Powers, Brown University
Room: 253C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H20.00001: Swimming {\&} Propulsion in Viscoelastic Media Invited Speaker: Paulo Arratia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H20.00002: Assembly and dynamics of synthetic cilia Invited Speaker: Tim Sanchez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H20.00003: Polar patterns in active fluids Invited Speaker: M. Cristina Marchetti Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H20.00004: Swimming of Paramecium in confined channels Invited Speaker: Sunghwan Jung Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H20.00005: Helical swimming in viscoelastic and porous media Invited Speaker: Bin Liu Preview Abstract

Session H21: Superconductivity: Electronic Structure of BSCCO; ARPES and theory

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Weiguo Yin, Brookhaven National Lab
Room: 254A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H21.00001: Extraction of Normal Electron Self-Energy and Pairing Self-Energy in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8}$ via Laser ARPES Wentao Zhang, J.M. Bok, J.H. Yun, J.F. He, G.D. Liu, L. Zhao, H.Y. Liu, J.Q. Meng, X.W. Jia, Y.Y. Peng, D.X. Mou, S.Y. Liu, L. Yu, S.L. He, X.L. Dong, J. Zhang, J.S. Wen, Z.J. Xu, G.D. Gu, C.T. Chen, Z.Y. Xu, H.-Y. Choi, C.M. Varma, X.J. Zhou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H21.00002: Momentum Dependence of the Self-energy and Fluctuation Spectrum of Bi2212 from High Resolution Laser ARPES Han-Yong Choi, Jin Mo Bok, Jae Hyun Yun, Wentao Zhang, X.J. Zhou, C.M. Varma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H21.00003: Mechanisms for Superconductivity in Cuprates compared with results from the Generalized MacMillan-Rowell Analysis of High Resolution Laser- ARPES Chandra Varma, Han-Yong Choi, Wentao Zhang, Xingjiang Zhou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H21.00004: Comparative study of the MDC and two-dimensional analysis of ARPES intensity for Bi2212 bilayer superconductor Jin Mo Bok, Han-Yong Choi, Junfeng He, X.J. Zhou, C.M. Varma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H21.00005: Ultra-High Resolution Time- and Angle-Resolved Photoemission Experiments on High Temperature Superconductor Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_8$ Wentao Zhang, Chris Smallwood, Tristan Miller, Chris Jozwaik, Hiroshi Eisaki, Dung-Hai Lee, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H21.00006: Momentum-Dependent Ultrafast Quasiparticle Dynamics in Optimally-Doped Bi-2212 Monitored with Time-Resolved ARPES Georgi Dakovski, Tomasz Durakiewicz, Jian-Xin Zhu, Peter Riseborough, Genda Gu, Steve Gilbertson, George Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H21.00007: Tracking Cooper Pair Formation in a Cuprate Superconductor: An Ultrafast ARPES Study Christopher Smallwood, James Hinton, Chris Jozwiak, Wentao Zhang, Jake Koralek, Hiroshi Eisaki, Dung-Hai Lee, Joseph Orenstein, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H21.00008: Nodal Gap of Heavily Under-doped Bi2201 Revealed by VUV Laser ARPES Yingying Peng, Jianqiao Meng, Changtian Chen, Zuyan Xu, Xingjiang Zhou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H21.00009: Doping Dependence of Pair-breaking and Pair-forming Processes in BSCCO Theodore Reber, Nicholas Plumb, Yue Cao, Zhe Sun, Stephen Parham, Qiang Wang, Hideaki Iwasawa, Shimpei Ono, Genda Gu, Yoshihiro Aiura, Gerald Arnold, Daniel Dessau Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H21.00010: Momentum dependence of Fermi surface maps in angle-resolved photoemission spectrum of ${\rm Bi_2Sr_2CuO_6}$ (Bi2201) Susmita Basak, J. Nieminen, M. Lindroos, R. S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H21.00011: Detecting the minimum gap locus in ARPES spectra of Bi2201 Makoto Hashimoto, Ruihua He, Rob Moore, Donghui Lu, Yoshiyuki Yoshida, Motoyuki Ishikado, Hiroshi Eisaki, Zahid Hussain, Tom Devereaux, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H21.00012: Evidence for Charge-Density-Wave in Underdoped Bi2201 from ARPES and LEED J.A. Rosen, R. Comin, G. Levy, D. Fournier, Z.-H. Zhu, B. Ludbrook, C.N. Veenstra, D. Wong, P. Dosanjh, Y. Yoshida, H. Eisaki, L. Petaccia, A. Damascelli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H21.00013: Electronic Scattering Rates in the High-T$_{c}$ Superconductor Bi$_{2.1}$Sr$_{1.9}$Ca(Cu$_{1-y}$Fe$_{y})_{2}$O$_{x}$ Stephen Parham, Theodore Reber, Yue Cao, Justin Waugh, Genda Gu, Daniel Dessau Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H21.00014: Universal 115meV Feature and High Energy Spectral Weight Transfer in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\Delta}$ Superconductor Revealed by Laser ARPES Junfeng He, Xingjiang Zhou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H21.00015: Towards the Standard Model for Fermi Arcs from a Wilsonian Reduction of the Hubbard Model Seungmin Hong, Philip Phillips Preview Abstract

Session H22: Focus Session: Fe-based Superconductors - Anisotropic Transport and Anisotropy

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Johnpierre Paglione, University of Maryland
Room: 254B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H22.00001: Temperature-dependent anisotropic resistivity in electron, hole and isoelectron - doped BaFe$_2$As$_2$ superconductors Invited Speaker: M.A. Tanatar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H22.00002: Enhanced conductance in the normal state of Fe pnictides {\&} chalcogenides measured by quasiparticle scattering spectroscopy (QPS): evidence of orbital fluctuations Hamood Arham, C.R. Hunt, W.K. Park, L.H. Greene, J. Gillett, S.D. Das, S.E. Sebastian, S. Ran, A. Thaler, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield, Z.J. Xu, J.S. Wen, Z.W. Lin, Q. Li, G. Gu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H22.00003: Nematic order in the vicinity of a vortex in superconducting FeSe Debanjan Chowdhury, Erez Berg, Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H22.00004: T-matrix Impurity Effects on Nematicity in Iron-Based Supeconductors Nachum Plonka, Alexander Kemper, Thomas Devereaux Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H22.00005: Surface Structure of Stripe ordered 1x2 phase on (Ba, Ca)(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x})_{2}$As$_{2}$ Guorong Li, Von Braun Nascimento, Xiaobo He, Amar B. Karki, Rongying Jin, Jiandi Zhang, Ward Plummer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H22.00006: Scanning tunneling spectroscopy in Co-doped BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$: what density functional theory can tell us Klaus Koepernik, Steven Johnston, Jeroen van den Brink, Erik van Heumen, Mark S. Golden Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H22.00007: Scanning tunneling spectroscopic studies of the iron-arsenic superconducting Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$)$_{2}$As$_{2}$ single crystals M.L. Teague, H. Chu, R. T.-P. Wu, N.-C. Yeh, P. Chen, B. Shen, H.-H. Wen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H22.00008: Examining multiple spectroscopic techniques with multiband Eliashberg theory in BaCo$_{x}$Fe$_{2-x}$As$_2$ Steven Johnston, E. van Heumen, K. Koepernik, Massee Freek, J. Kaas, J.B. Goedkoop, J. van den Brink, M.S. Golden Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H22.00009: Point-Contact Andreev Reflection Spectroscopy in Pt-Substituted BaFe2As2 Steven Ziemak, Xiaohang Zhang, Tyler Drye, Richard Greene, Johnpierre Paglione Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H22.00010: Scanning tunneling microscopy study of K-doped iron selenide superconductor film by MBE Qi-Kun Xue, Wei Li, Hao Ding, Peng Deng, Kai Chang, Shuihua Ji, Ke He, Lili Wang, Xucun Ma, Jiang-Ping Hu, Xi Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H22.00011: The Surface Structure of FeTe$_{1-x}$Se$_{x}$: A LEED/STM Study Xiaobo He, Von Braun Nascimento, Guorong Li, Jiandi Zhang, Rongying Jin, A.S. Sefat, M.A. McGuire, B.C. Sales, D. Mandrus, E.W. Plummer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H22.00012: Cryomagnetic Point-Contact Andreev Reflection Spectroscopy on Single Crystal Iron-Chalcogenide Superconductors Y.T. Yen, Rongwei Hu, C. Petrovic, K.W. Yeh, M.K. Wu, J.Y.T. Wei Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H22.00013: Transport properties of disordered iron-pnictides in case of coexistence between superconducting and spin-density wave order Dushko Kuzmanovski, Maxim Vavilov Preview Abstract

Session H23: Metals Structural

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: David Parker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 255

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H23.00001: Cr based Alloy Cr-Y-Mo-W Oxidation Study from First Principals Molecular Dynamics Simulation Lei Zhao, Shizhong Yang, Ebrahim Khosravi, Shengmin Gao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H23.00002: Enhancing mechanical toughness of aluminum surfaces by nanoboron implantation: An {\em ab initio} study Zhen Zhu, Dae-Gyeon Kwon, Young-Kyun Kwon, David Tomanek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H23.00003: Phase Stability and Deformation Behavior of Mo-Si-B System and effect of alloying Oleg Y. Kontsevoi, Arthur J. Freeman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H23.00004: Structural, elastic and thermal properties of cementite from Modified Embedded Atom Method (MEAM) potential Laalitha Liyanage, Jeff Houze, Seong-Gon Kim, Mark Tschopp, Sungho Kim, Mike Baskes, Mark Horstemeyer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H23.00005: High Strain Rate Deformation of BCC Materials: Molecular Dynamics Simulations Con Healy, Graeme Ackland Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H23.00006: Effect of lattice vibrations on magnetic phase transition in BCC Iron Junqi Yin, Markus Eisenbach, Aurelian Rusanu, Don Nicholson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H23.00007: Phase-Stabilizers in Titanium Alloys Bengt Tegner, Linggang Zhu, Graeme Ackland Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H23.00008: Structural properties and phase stability of Ti alloys containing V and Cr by first-principles calculation Linggang Zhu, Bengt Tegner, Graeme Ackland, Qing-Miao Hu, Rui Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H23.00009: Dynamics of twinning dislocations in Tantalum Luis Sandoval, Michael Surh, Alexander Chernov, David Richards Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H23.00010: Vacancy Assisted Climb in Continuum Dislocation Dynamics Matthew Bierbaum, Yong Chen, Woosong Choi, James Sethna Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H23.00011: Stacking-fault energy and anti-Invar effect in FeMn alloys at high temperature Andrei Reyes-Huamantinco, Peter Puschnig, Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl, Oleg Peil, Andrei Ruban Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H23.00012: Microstructural and mechanical characterization of 0.2mass\% Carbon content steel Sajjad Tollabimazraehno, Christian Commenda, Guenter Hesser, Andreas Pichler, Kurt Hingerl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H23.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H23.00014: Ab initio-based interatomic potentials for body-centered cubic refractory metals Michael Fellinger, Hyoungki Park, Jeremy Nicklas, John Wilkins Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H23.00015: Influence of Nano-Alumina and Micro-Size Copper on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Magnesium Alloys AZ31 Quy Bau Bosley Nguyen, Sandar Khin Tun, Manoj Gupta Preview Abstract

Session H24: Electrical and Thermal Properties of Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Michael Manfra, Purdue University
Room: 256

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H24.00001: Electrical characterization of SiGeSn grown on Ge substrate using ultra high vacuum chemical vapor deposition Mo Ahoujja, S. Kang, M Hamilton, Y.K. Yeo, J. Kouvetakis, J. Menendez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H24.00002: Informatic Strategies for Screening Electron Mobility of Candidate Semiconducting Materials Kim Ferris, Dumont Jones Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H24.00003: Measurement of Electron Effective Mass in GaAs$_{1-x}$Bi$_{x}$ Brian Fluegel, Rajeev Kini, Aaron Ptak, Dan Beaton, Kirstin Alberi, Angelo Mascarenhas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H24.00004: Piezo-resistance in $n$-type Si$_{1-x}$Ge$_x$ alloys as a function of alloy composition and strain Felipe Murphy-Armando, Stephen Fahy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H24.00005: Non-diffusive thermal conductivity in semiconductors at room temperature Alexei Maznev, Jeremy Johnson, Jeffrey Eliason, Keith Nelson, Austin Minnich, Kimberlee Collins, Gang Chen, John Cuffe, Timothy Kehoe, Clivia Sotomayor Torres Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H24.00006: Thermal conductivity and isotope effect in wide bandgap semiconductors Lucas Lindsay, Thomas Reinecke, Enrico Bellotti, David Broido Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H24.00007: Conductance beyond the Landauer limit and charge pumping in quantum wires driven by linearly polarized radiation Jay Sau, Takuya Kitagawa, Bertrand Halperin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H24.00008: Positive and Negative Coulomb Drag in a 1D Quantum Circuit Dominique Laroche, Guillaume Gervais, Mike Lilly, John Reno Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H24.00009: Phonon Mediated Optical Stark Effect for Organic-Semiconductor Heterostructures Que Huong Nguyen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H24.00010: Electron phonon coupling and carrier lifetimes in III-nitride ternary semiconductors Nandan Tandon, P.G. Kassebaum, L.R. Ram-Mohan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H24.00011: Vibrational structure of defect luminescence bands in GaN from electronic structure calculations Audrius Alkauskas, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H24.00012: Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in GaAs(110) Studied by Time- and Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy Shuolong Yang, Jonathan Sobota, Patrick Kirchmann, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H24.00013: Intraexcitonic Autler-Townes effect in terahertz-driven semiconductor quantum wells M. Wagner, D. Stehr, H. Schneider, S. Winnerl, A. Andrews, S. Schartner, G. Strasser, M. Helm Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H24.00014: Raman Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy of the Bismuth Sillenites Bi$_{25}$InO$_{39}$ and Bi$_{25}$FeO$_{39}$ Daniel J. Arenas, Theo Jegorel, Lev Gasparov, Hideo Kohno, Catalin Martin, David B. Tanner, Michael W. Lufaso Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H24.00015: Two-dimensional Fourier-Transform spectra of PbS semiconductor quantum dots Denis Karaiskaj, Prasenjit Dey, Jason Bylsma Preview Abstract

Session H25: Focus Session: Simulation of Matter at Extreme Conditions - Shock Compression of Metals

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GSCCM DMP
Chair: Sheng Luo, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: 257A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H25.00001: Invariance of the Dissipative Action at Ultrahigh Strain Rates above the Strong Shock Threshold Jonathan Crowhurst, Michael Armstrong, Kimberly Knight, Joseph Zaug, Elaine Behymer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H25.00002: Ultrashort elastic and plastic shock waves in nickel generated by femtosecond laser pulses Nail Inogamov, Brian Demaske, Vasily Zhakhovsky, Carter White, Ivan Oleynik Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H25.00003: Molecular dynamics simulations of steady shock waves in nickel Brian Demaske, Vasily Zhakhovsky, Carter White, Ivan Oleynik Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H25.00004: A Molecular dynamics study of a Richtmyer-Meshkov instability Frank Cherne, Guy Dimonte, Timothy Germann, Virginie Dupont Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H25.00005: Orientation dependence of shock-induced melting in crystalline aluminum Ivan Oleynik, Mikalai Budzevich, Vasily Zhakhovsky, Carter White Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H25.00006: Strain rate influence on the Hall-Petch effect in Cu Virginie Dupont, Timothy C. Germann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H25.00007: High Strain Rate and Shock-Induced Deformation in Metals Invited Speaker: Ramon Ravelo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H25.00008: Metallurgical Effects Upon the Shock Response of Tantalum: Cold Work and Dilute Alloying Jeremy Millett Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H25.00009: High Strain Rate Behavior of Nanoporous Tantalum Carlos J. Ruestes, Eduardo M. Bringa, Alexander Stukowski, Joaquin F. Rodriguez Nieva, Graciela Bertolino, Yizhe Tang, Marc A. Meyers Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H25.00010: High-Pressure Strength Determination via Quasi-Elastic Optimization Analysis Justin Brown, Tracy Vogler, Jim Asay Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H25.00011: Calculation of diffusivity and viscosity of Al-Cu molten mixtures using molecular dynamics Robert Rudd, William Cabot, Kyle Caspersen, Jeff Greenough, Tomorr Haxhimali, Paul Miller, David Richards, Fredrick Streitz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H25.00012: Mechanical Behaviour of Light Metal Alloys at High Strain Rates. Computer Simulation on Mesoscale Levels Vladimir Skripnyak, Evgeniya Skripnyak, Lothar W. Meyer, Norman Herzig, Nataliya Skripnyak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H25.00013: Estimation of spectral characteristics of particles ejected from free surfaces of metals and liquids under shock wave effect Alla Georgievskaya, Victor Raevsky Preview Abstract

Session H26: Focus Session: Friction, Fracture and Deformation Across Length Scales - Friction Across Length Scales

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GSNP
Chair: Izabela Szlufarska, University of Wisconsin
Room: 257B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H26.00001: Rock Friction from the Nanoscale to the San Andreas Fault Invited Speaker: David L. Goldsby Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H26.00002: Avalanche Distributions and the Effect of Inertia in Strained Amorphous Solids K. Michael Salerno, Mark O. Robbins, Craig Maloney Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H26.00003: Dynamic Phase Diagram and Jamming for Driven Dislocation Assemblies Charles Reichhardt, Cynthia Reichhardt, Caizhi Zhou, Irene Beyerlein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H26.00004: Scale invariant avalanches: a critical confusion Osvanny Ramos Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H26.00005: Unjamming of amorphous films probed with a transverse shear ultrasonic oscillator Julien Leopoldes, Guillaume Conrad, Xiaoping Jia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H26.00006: Universality of Deformation Down to the Nanoscale Nir Friedman, Andrew T. Jennings, Georgios Tsekenis, Ju-Young Kim, Molei Tao, Jonathan T. Uhl, Julia R. Greer, Karin A. Dahmen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H26.00007: Boundary lubrication under pressure: could the friction jump down, instead of up? Andrea Vanossi, Andrea Benassi, Nicola Varini, Erio Tosatti Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H26.00008: Plasticity as a Depinning Phase Transition Georgios Tsekenis, Pak Yuen Chan, Thomas Fehm, Jonathan T. Uhl, Jonathan Dantzig, Nigel Goldenfeld, Karin Dahmen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H26.00009: Tribo-induced melting and temperature gradients at sliding asperity contacts J. Krim, L. Pan, D.J. Lichtenwalner, A.I. Kingon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H26.00010: Formation of Stable Metallic Nanocontacts by mechanical annealing Carlos Sabater, Carlos Untiedt, Juan Jose Palacios, Maria Jose Caturla Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H26.00011: Scaling in earthquake models with inhomogeneous damage Rachele Dominguez, Kristy Tiampo, C.A. Serino, W. Klein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H26.00012: Stress Corrosion Fracture of Silicate Glasses: How Far Can Water Penetrate? Elisabeth Bouchaud, Cindy Rountree, Fabrice Cousin, Fred\'eric Lechenault, Stephane Chapuliot, Laurent Ponson, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H26.00013: Magnetic friction: From Stokes to Coulomb behavior Martin Magiera, Sebastian Angst, Alfred Hucht, Dietrich E. Wolf Preview Abstract

Session H27: Invited Session: McGroddy Prize, Adler Lectureship, and Pake Prize: Superconductivity and Spin Transport

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis
Room: 258AB

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H27.00001: Assembling, understanding, auguring phase diagrams for Fe-based superconductivity Invited Speaker: Paul Canfield Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H27.00002: James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials Lecture: New Superconductors and other Research in New Materials Invited Speaker: Robert Cava Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H27.00003: David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics: Racetrack Memory - a high-performance, storage class memory using magnetic domain-walls manipulated by current Invited Speaker: Stuart Parkin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H27.00004: George E. Pake Prize Lecture: Pulsed Laser Deposition and the Oxide Electronics Revolution Invited Speaker: T. Venkatesan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H27.00005: A New Avenue towards Colossal Magnetoresistance in Organic Tunneling Junctions Invited Speaker: Jian Shen Preview Abstract

Session H28: Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors - Si

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Michael Aziz, Harvard University
Room: 258C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H28.00001: Reliability of III-V electronic devices -- the defects that cause the trouble Invited Speaker: Sokrates T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H28.00002: Near-Interface Defects in SiO$_{2}$/SiC MOS Devices A.F. Basile, P.M. Mooney Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H28.00003: Doping in Si/SiO$_{2}$ Structures: A first-principles metadynamics study Nicholas Lanzillo, Philip Shemella, Saroj Nayak, Wanda Andreoni, Alessandro Curioni Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H28.00004: The lifetime recovery puzzle in intermediate band materials: A new experimental approach Mark Winkler, Daniel Recht, Jacob Krich, Michael Aziz, Tonio Buonassisi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H28.00005: Single-Electron Capacitance Spectroscopy of Individual Dopants in Silicon Matthew DeNinno, Morewell Gasseller, James Harrison, Stuart Tessmer, Sven Rogge, Roger Loo, Matty Caymax Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H28.00006: Charge States of Individual Group V Donors on n-doped Si(111)-(2x1) Surface Veronika Brazdova, Philipp Studer, Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin, Steven Schofield, Neil J. Curson, David R. Bowler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H28.00007: First-principles calculations for Er impurities in Si Lars Bjaalie, Lars Ismer, Anderson Janotti, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H28.00008: Deactivation of deep level impurities in hyperdoped silicon Christie Simmons, Mark Winkler, Joseph Sullivan, Daniel Recht, Michael Aziz, Tonio Buonassisi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H28.00009: Single crystal silicon hyperdoped with transition metals Daniel Recht, Matthew Smith, Joseph Sullivan, Supakit Charnvanichborikarn, Mark Winkler, James Williams, Tonio Buonassisi, Silvija Gradecak, Michael Aziz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H28.00010: Theoretical and Experimental Framework of an Insulator-to-Metal Transition in Selenium-Hyperdoped Silicon Elif Ertekin, Mark Winkler, Daniel Recht, Aurore Said, Michael Aziz, Tonio Buonassisi, Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H28.00011: Optical Absorption Mechanisms in Sulfur Hyper-doped Silicon Joseph Sullivan, Daniel Recht, Christie Simmons, Michael Aziz, Tonio Buonassisi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H28.00012: Atomistic study of heavy doping in Si nanowires Mahesh Neupane, Rajib Rahman, Roger Lake Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H28.00013: Femtosecond-laser hyperdoping: controlling sulfur concentrations in silicon for band gap engineering Meng-Ju Sher, Mark Winkler, Yu-Ting Lin, Benjamin Franta, Eric Mazur Preview Abstract

Session H29: Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits: Amplifiers and Read-out

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Irfan Siddiqi, University of California at Berkeley
Room: 259A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H29.00001: Frequency tunable non-degenerate Josephson amplifier for qubit readout Flavius Schackert, Michael Hatridge, Katrina Sliwa, Baleegh Abdo, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H29.00002: Microstrip SQUID amplifiers for quantum information science M.P. DeFeo, B.L.T. Plourde Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H29.00003: Measurement of the phase non-reciprocity of the Josephson parametric converter Baleegh Abdo, Katrina Sliwa, Archana Kamal, Flavius Schackert, Michael Hatridge, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H29.00004: Performance of the doubly pumped four-wave Josephson parametric amplifier Katrina Sliwa, Anirudh Narla, Michael Hatridge, Flavius Schackert, Shyam Shankar, Archana Kamal, Baleegh Abdo, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H29.00005: Analytical Calculation of Gain and Noise of DC Squid Microwave Amplifier Archana Kamal, Michel Devoret, John Clarke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H29.00006: Observing quantum jumps of a transmon qubit with a Josephson parametric converter S. Shankar, M. Hatridge, F. Schackert, K. Geerlings, T. Brecht, K. Sliwa, B. Abdo, L. Frunzio, R.J. Schoelkopf, M.H. Devoret Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H29.00007: Quantum measurement in action with the transmon qubit M. Hatridge, S. Shankar, F. Schackert, K. Geerlings, T. Brecht, K. Sliwa, B. Abdo, L. Frunzio, R.J. Schoelkopf, M.H. Devoret Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H29.00008: Monitoring the state of a superconducting quantum bit using weak measurements Chris Macklin, R. Vijay, D.H. Slichter, Steven Weber, Kater Murch, R. Naik, Alexander N. Korotkov, I. Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H29.00009: Stabilizing Rabi oscillations in a superconducting qubit using quantum feedback R. Vijay, Chris Macklin, D.H. Slichter, Steven Weber, Kater Murch, R. Naik, Alexander N. Korotkov, I. Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H29.00010: High fidelity readout of a superconducting qubit using heralded state preparation J.E. Johnson, C. Macklin, D.H. Slichter, R. Vijay, E. Weingarten, John Clarke, I. Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H29.00011: Experimental approaches to improve the single shot measurement fidelity of a superconducting charge qubit Yanbing Liu, Srikanth Srinivasan, Anthony Hoffman, Andrew Houck Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H29.00012: Multiplexed dispersive readout for the superconducting phase qubit Daniel Sank, R. Barends, J. Bochmann, B. Chiaro, Y. Chen, J. Kelly, M. Lenander, E. Lucero, M. Mariantoni, A. Megrant, C. Neill, P. O'Malley, P. Roushan, A. Vainsencher, J. Wenner, T. White, Y. Yin, Andrew Cleland, John M. Martinis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H29.00013: Ground State Misidentification in Superconducting Qubits James Wenner, Y. Chen, J. Kelly, H. Wang, E. Lucero, B. Chiaro, R. Barends, M. Lenander, M. Mariantoni, A. Megrant, C. Neill, P. O'Malley, P. Roushan, D. Sank, A. Vainsencher, T. White, Y. Yin, J. Zhao, A.N. Cleland, John M. Martinis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H29.00014: Autoresonant readout of a high Q resonator coupled to a superconducting quantum bit Kater Murch, Steven Weber, R. Vijay, Eran Ginossar, Steven M. Girvin, I. Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H29.00015: Qubit Measurement with a Nonlinear Cavity Detector Beyond Linear Response Catherine Laflamme, Aashish Clerk Preview Abstract

Session H30: Semiconductor Qubits - Device Development

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Mark Eriksson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: 259B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H30.00001: Screening of charged impurities with multi-electron singlet-triplet spin qubits in quantum dots Jason Kestner, Edwin Barnes, Nga Nguyen, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H30.00002: Measurements of undoped accumulation-mode SiGe quantum dot devices Kevin Eng, Mathew Borselli, Kevin Holabird, Ivan Milosavljevic, Adele Schmitz, Peter Deelman, Biqin Huang, Marko Sokolich, Leslie Warren, Thomas Hazard, Andrey Kiselev, Richard Ross, Mark Gyure, Andrew Hunter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H30.00003: Fabrication of dual-gated devices on undoped Si/SiGe heterostructures Y. Dovzhenko, K. Wang, C. Payette, C.-H. Lee, C. W. Liu, J. R. Petta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H30.00004: Optimization of realistic silicon double quantum dots through simulation Erik Nielsen, Suzey Gao, Ralph Young, Richard Muller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H30.00005: Anatomy of the exchange gate action in undoped accumulation-mode SiGe quantum dot devices A.A. Kiselev, R.S. Ross, M.G. Borselli, K. Eng, K.S. Holabird, T.M. Hazard, M.F. Gyure Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H30.00006: Effect of fixed charge gate oxide defects on the exchange energy of a multi-valley silicon double quantum dot Rajib Rahman, Erik Nielsen, Rick Muller, Malcolm Carroll Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H30.00007: Modeling split gate tunnel barriers in lateral double top gated Si-MOS nanostructures Amir Shirkhorshidian, Nathaniel Bishop, Ralph Young, Joel Wendt, Michael Lilly, Malcolm Carroll Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H30.00008: Enhancement-mode buried strained-silicon channel double quantum dot T.M. Lu, N.C. Bishop, T. Pluym, J. Means, P.G. Kotula, J. Cederberg, L.A. Tracy, J. Dominguez, M.P. Lilly, M.S. Carroll Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H30.00009: Hybrid Donor-Dot Devices made using Top-down Ion Implantation for Quantum Computing Edward Bielejec, Nathan Bishop, Malcolm Carroll Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H30.00010: Computer assisted design of poly-silicon gated enhancement-mode, lateral double quantum dot devices for quantum computing Nathaniel Bishop, Ralph Young, Carlos Borras Pinilla, Harold Stalford, Erik Nielsen, Richard Muller, Rajib Rahman, Lisa Tracy, Joel Wendt, Michael Lilly, Malcolm Carroll Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H30.00011: Correlation functions of the electric and magnetic fields in the vicinity of a metal surface Luke Langsjoen, Robert Joynt, Maxim Vavilov, Amrit Poudel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H30.00012: Fabrication and measurement of quantum dots in double gated, dopantless Si/SiGe heterostructures Daniel Ward, Robert Mohr, Jonathan Prance, John Gamble, Don Savage, Max Lagally, Susan Coppersmith, Mark Eriksson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H30.00013: Unintentional Quantum Dots in Silicon: Deducing the Location and Cause Ted Thorbeck, Neil M. Zimmerman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H30.00014: The divacancy in SiC: A new solid-state qubit Luke Gordon, Anderson Janotti, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H30.00015: Large Stark effect for Li donor spins in Si Luke Pendo, Erin Handberg, Vadim Smelyanskiy, Andre Petukhov Preview Abstract

Session H31: Focus Session: Topological Insulators: Synthesis and Characterization: Bulk Crystals

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Nicholas Butch, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: 260

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H31.00001: Low carrier concentration crystals of the topological insulator Bi$_2$Te$_2$Se Shuang Jia, Huiwen Ji, E. Climent-Pascual, M.K. Fuccillo, M.E. Charles, Jun Xiong, N.P. Ong, R.J. Cava Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H31.00002: Structural study of topological insulator Bi$_{2}$(Se$_{3-x}$Te$_{x})$ Keeseong Park, Despina Louca, Anna Llobet Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H31.00003: Hole doping of p-type thin topological insulators Inna Korzhovska, Lukas Zhao, Zhiyi Chen, Haiming Deng, Limin Huang, Simone Raoux, Jean Jordan-Sweet, Myriam Sarachik, Stephen O'Brien, Lia Krusin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H31.00004: Synthesis and Characterization of New Topological Insulators Invited Speaker: Kouji Segawa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H31.00005: Transport properties of new Pb-based Topological Insulators Kazuma Eto, Satoshi Sasaki, Kouji Segawa, Yoichi Ando Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H31.00006: Millikelvin transport of high quality Bi2Se3 crystals at high pressure Kevin Kirshenbaum, Jason Jeffries, Nicholas Butch, Paul Syers, James Hamlin, Brian Maple, Johnpierre Paglione Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H31.00007: Entropy transport in Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ Beno\^it Fauqu\'e, Aurelie Collaudin, Kamran Behnia, Nick Butch, Johnpierre Paglione, Steffen Wiedmann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H31.00008: Search and Design of Topological Insulators by High-throughput Method Kesong Yang, Wahyu Setyawan, Shidong Wang, Jeff Mulllen, Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H31.00009: Effects of Intrinsic Defects on Topological Insulator Behavior: Theory and Experiments on Ternary Tetradymite Compounds Duane D. Johnson, Lin-Lin Wang, Aftab Alam, Mianliang Huang, Srinivasa Thimmaiah, Tom Lograsso, Adam Kaminski, Paul C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H31.00010: Transport properties of chalcogenide and related topological insulator bulk crystals R.B. Lillianfeld, Helin Cao, Tai-Lung Wu, Irek Miotkowski, Yong P. Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H31.00011: Bulk Excitations in single crystal Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$: Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Study Sz-Chian Liou, F.T. Huang, R. Sankar, M.-W. Chu, F.C. Chou, C.H. Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H31.00012: Insights on the electronic and vibrational properties of Bi(111) from first principles Marisol Alcantara Ortigoza, Rolf Heid, Klaus-Peter Bohnen, Irina Sklyadneva, Neha Nayyar, Talat S. Rahman, Eugene Chulkov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H31.00013: Electron beam irradiation effect on Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ topological insulator nanodevices Zhiyong Wang, Peng Wei, Xinfei Liu, Jing Shi Preview Abstract

Session H32: Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides - Conducting Domain Walls and Conduction Mechanisms

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Gustau Catalan, ICREA and CIN2, Barcelona
Room: 261

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H32.00001: Conduction of topologically-protected charged ferroelectric domain walls Weida Wu, Yoichi Horibe, Nara Lee, S-W. Cheong, Jeffery Guest Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H32.00002: Electrical dressing of domain walls in hexagonal ErMnO$_3$ Dennis Meier, Jan Seidel, Andres Cano, Kris Delaney, Yu Kumagai, Maxim Mostovoy, Nicola A. Spaldin, Manfred Fiebig, Ramamoorthy Ramesh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H32.00003: Anisotropic conductance at improper ferroelectric domain walls Jan Seidel, Dennis Meier, Andres Cano, Kris Delaney, Yu Kumagai, Maxim Mostovoy, Nicola Spaldin, Manfred Fiebig, Ramamoorthy Ramesh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H32.00004: Conduction at domain walls in insulating Pb(Zr$_{0.2}$Ti$_{0.8}$)O$_3$ thin films Jill Guyonnet, Iaroslav Gaponenko, Stefano Gariglio, Patrycja Paruch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H32.00005: Interplay between polarization and conductivity in BiFeO$_{3}$ thin films Saeedeh Farokhipoor, Beatriz Noheda Pinuaga Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H32.00006: Tunable Metallic Conductivity in Ferroelectric Nanodomains P. Maksymovych, A.N. Morozovska, P. Yu, E.A. Eliseev, Y.-H. Chu, R. Ramesh, A.P. Baddorf, S.V. Kalinin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H32.00007: Ultrafast p-d charge-transfer carrier dynamics of multiferroic BiFeO3 Y.M. Sheu, S.A. Trugman, Y.-S. Park, S.-W. Cheong, Q. Jia, A.J. Taylor, R.P. Prasankumar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H32.00008: Photocurrent effect of epitaxial tetragonal-like BiFeO$_{3}$ thin film Kanghyun Chu, Chang-Su Woo, Seung Jin Kim, Ji Ho Sung, Wonmo Lee, Moon-Ho Jo, Chan-Ho Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H32.00009: Intrinsic defects in BiFeO3: Energetics and implication for magetism Tula R. Paudel, Sitaram S. Jaswal, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H32.00010: Dielectric screening enhanced Hall mobility in doped ferroelectrics Wolter Siemons, Michael A. McGuire, Valentino R. Cooper, Michael D. Biegalski, Ilia N. Ivanov, Gerald E. Jellison, Lynn A. Boatner, Brian C. Sales, Hans M. Christen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H32.00011: The persistence of ferroelectric distortions in electron-doped BaTiO3: microscopic origins and critical behavior Yong Wang, John Burton, Sitaram Jaswal, Evgeny Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H32.00012: Multiphysics model of semiconducting ferroelectrics and its application to memory devices Nathaniel Ng, Kaushik Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H32.00013: Conduction mechanism in BiFeO$_{3}$-CoFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$ columnar nanostructure Yi-Chun Chen, Ying-Hui Heish, Chen-Wei Liang, Jia-Ming Liou, Ya-Ping Chiu, Qing He, Qian Zhan, Ying-Hao Chu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H32.00014: Current-Controlled Negative Differential Resistance Due to Joule Heating In Tio$_2$ A.M. Bratkovsky, A.S. Alexandrov, S.E. Savel'ev, D.B. Strukov, R.S. Williams Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H32.00015: Physical and Electrical Characterization of HfO$_{2}$, HfSiO$_{4}$, and ZrSiO$_{4}$ Memristors Based on Sol-Gel Synthesis J.L. Tedesco, Walter Zheng, S. Pookpanratana, A.A. Herzing, P.P. Kavuri, O.A. Kirillov, N.V. Nguyen, C.A. Richter Preview Abstract

Session H33: Focus Session: Scaleable Technologies for Photovoltaics

Sponsoring Units: GERA FIAP
Chair: Mark Bernius, Dow Chemcial Company
Room: 106

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H33.00001: Solar Glitter -- Microsystems Enabled Photovoltaics Invited Speaker: Gregory N. Nielson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H33.00002: Perspective on the Practical Limits and Roadmap for Nanostructured Photovoltaics Richard R. Lunt, Vladimir Bulovic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H33.00003: Role of radiative recombination in 1 eV GaInNAs solar cells Ian R. Sellers, Wei-Sin Tan, Katherine Smith, Stephen Day, Stewart Hooper, Matthias Kauer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H33.00004: Device architectures for efficient photovoltaics from hard-to-dope semiconductors Steven Byrnes, William Regan, Will Gannett, Alex Zettl, Feng Wang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H33.00005: Efficiency Analysis and Demonstration of Split-Junction Photovoltaic Solar Cells Han Chen, Emir Magden, Chandler Downs, Thomas Vandervelde Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H33.00006: Electronic structure and optical spectra of Bulk and Nanocrystalline CuInS$_2$ Michael Mehl, Alexander Efros, Andrew Shabaev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H33.00007: Impact of a high resistivity transparent (HRT) layer on ultra-thin CdTe devices Hasitha Mahabaduge, Kristopher Wieland, Alvin Compaan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H33.00008: Solution-based synthesis of crystalline silicon thin films from liquid silane inks Ganjigunte R.S. Iyer, Guruvenket S., Justin M. Hoey, Kenneth J. Anderson, Douglas L. Schulz, Orven F. Swenson, S. Elangovan, P. Boudjouk, Erik K. Hobbie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H33.00009: Device modeling for organic solar cells Lunmei Huang, Robert Krasny, Kyle Renshaw, Stephen Forrest Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H33.00010: Combined Photo and Thermionic Energy Conversion with Doped Diamond Electron Emitters Tianyin Sun, Franz Koeck, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H33.00011: Metal nanoparticle-graphene superstructures as electrodes for solar cells Anna Zaniewski, Maria Schriver, Gloria Lee, A. Zettl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H33.00012: Study of the crystalline phases in paste coating deposition of CIGS Ivan Davoli, Ivan Colantoni Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H33.00013: A large-area, LED-based spectral response measurement system for solar PV device characterization Behrang Hamadani, John Roller, Howard Yoon, Brian Dougherty Preview Abstract

Session H34: Focus Session: Nano II: Nanoscale Materials and Properties I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Shiv Khanna, Virginia Commonwealth University and Gabor Somorjai, UC Berkeley
Room: 107A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H34.00001: Nanoelectronics Meets Biology Invited Speaker: Charles Lieber Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H34.00002: Charge Retention by Monodisperse Gold Clusters on Surfaces Prepared Using Soft Landing of Mass Selected Ions Grant Johnson, Thomas Priest, Julia Laskin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H34.00003: Transitioning the Superfluid Helium Droplet Assembly into a Technology: Synthesis of Nanometer Scale Energetic Films using SHeDA S.B. Emery, K.B. Rider, B.K. Little, R. Cleaver, C.M. Lindsay Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H34.00004: Screened Charge Model in the Treatment of Electrostatic Interactions Bo Wang, Hannah Leverentz, Donald Truhlar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H34.00005: Magnetic Superatom Assemblies and their Transport Properties Lin Zhu, J. Ulises Reveles, V. Mendel, A. Reber, Shiv Khanna Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H34.00006: Fabrication and Characterization of Electrodeposited Nanoporous Alloys Kyla Koboski, Nathan Graber, Evan Nelsen, Jennifer Hampton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H34.00007: Strongly Size-Dependent High-Temperature Behavior of Bismuth Oxide Nanoparticles Gerrit Guenther, Ralf Theissmann, Einar Kruis, Olivier Guillon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H34.00008: Borane derivatives: A New Class of Superhalogens Devleena Samanta, Biswarup Pathak, Rajeev Ahuja, Purusottam Jena Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H34.00009: Configurational thermodynamics of alloyed nanoparticles: a first-principles cluster expansion study Lin-Lin Wang, Duane D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H34.00010: Sintering of multi-metallic nanoparticles Vineetha Mukundan, Birgid Wanjala, Rameshwori Loukrakpam, Jin Luo, Jun Yin, Chuan-Jian Zhong, Oana Malis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H34.00011: Temperature dependence of Raman spectroscopy of molecular iodine trapped in zeolite crystals Wenhao Guo, Dingdi Wang, Juanmei Hu, Zikang Tang, Shengwang Du Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H34.00012: Single molecule thermodynamics and nanopore-based thermometry Joseph E. Reiner, Joseph W.F. Robertson, Lisa K. Burden, Daniel L. Burden, John J. Kasianowicz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H34.00013: On the Stability and Dynamics of Atmospheric Pre-Nucleation Clusters Ville Loukonen, I-Feng W. Kuo, Matthew J. McGrath, Hanna Vehkamaki Preview Abstract

Session H35: Focus Session: DFT III: Weak Bonding and Liquid Phase Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Erin Johnson, University of California, Merced
Room: 107B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H35.00001: Weakly Interacting Subsystems in DFT Invited Speaker: Troy Van Voorhis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H35.00002: Towards Efficient and General Method for Many-Body van-der-Waals Interactions Alexandre Tkatchenko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H35.00003: Dispersion Interactions with Density-Functional Theory: Benchmarking Semiempirical and Interatomic Pairwise Corrected Density Functionals Leeor Kronik, Noa Marom, Alexandre Tkatchenko, Mariana Rossi, Vivekanand V. Gobre, Oded Hod, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H35.00004: {\it Ab-inito} liquid water with hybrid functionals and dispersion interactions Zhaofeng Li, Xifan Wu, Robert DiStasio Jr., Roberto Car Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H35.00005: Understanding the role of London dispersion forces in molecular surface processes Invited Speaker: Valentino R. Cooper Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H35.00006: First principles Monte Carlo simulations of vapor--liquid equilibria: Density functionals, basis sets, and dispersion corrections J. Ilja Siepmann, Matthew J. McGrath, I-F. William Kuo, Christopher J. Mundy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H35.00007: Incorporation of an Improved Radial Distribution Function into Classical DFT Joost De Gussem, Erin McGarrity Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H35.00008: Solvation of the chloride anion in water: ab initio simulations Cui Zhang, Davide Donadio, Francois Gygi, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H35.00009: Entropy of Liquid Water from Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Leonardo Spanu, Cui Zhang, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H35.00010: Mean-field Density Functional Theory of Triple Junction Chang-You Lin, Michael Widom, Robert F. Sekerka Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H35.00011: Structural and vibrational properties of sulphate-water clusters from ab-initio calculations Quan Wan, Leonardo Spanu, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract

Session H36: Focus Session: Environment II: Green Processes

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Ilja Siepmann, University of Minnesota, Don Baer, Pacific Northwest Research Laboratory, and James Hutchinson, University of Oregon
Room: 107C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H36.00001: Using Molecular Simulation to Develop New Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications Invited Speaker: Edward Maginn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H36.00002: Highly Selective CO$_{2}$/CH$_{4 }$Gas Uptake by a Halogen-Decorated Borazine-Linked Polymer Thomas Reich, Swayamprabha Behera, Karl Jackson, Puru Jena, Hani El-Kaderi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H36.00003: Carbon dioxide intercalation in Na-fluorohectorite clay at near-ambient conditions Jon Otto Fossum, Henrik Hemmen, Erlend G. Rolseth, Davi Fonseca, Elisabeth Lindbo Hansen, Tomas Plivelic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H36.00004: Monoethanolamine adsorption on TiO2 (110) for solid supported CO2 capture Deyu Lu, Kathrin Muller, Sanjaya Senanayake, David Starr Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H36.00005: Investigation of nanoparticle transformations to guide the design of greener products and processes Invited Speaker: James Hutchison Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H36.00006: Ceria Nanoparticles: Environmental Impacts on Particle Structure and Chemistry Donald Baer, Prabhakaran Munusamy, Ajay Karakoti, Suntharampillai Thevuthasan, Satya Kuchibhatla, Sudipta Seal Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H36.00007: Solubility and transport of cationic and anionic patterned nanoparticles Jiaye Su, Hongxia Guo, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H36.00008: Hydrogen bond density and strength analysis on hydrated Rutile (110) and Cassiterite (110) surfaces Nitin Kumar, Paul Kent, Andrei Bandura, David Wesolowski, James Kubicki, Jorge Sofo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H36.00009: Microfluidics and Stimulus-Responsive Materials -- The Key to Next Generation Chemical Sensors for Widely Distributed Environmental Monitoring Invited Speaker: Dermot Diamond Preview Abstract

Session H37: SPS Undergraduate Research III

Sponsoring Units: SPS
Chair: Gary White, AIP/SPS
Room: 108

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H37.00001: Fabrication of Micromirror Templates Using a Focused CO2 Laser Sonia Perez, Ben Petrak, Kumarasiri Konthasinghe, Andreas Muller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H37.00002: High-power, narrow-bandwidth laser based on a tapered amplifier Michael Yanakas, Anthony Vivona, Michael Lim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H37.00003: Depth of focus in digital holography using spatial partially coherent light Kristen Binz, Xiao Yu, David Clark, Myung K. Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H37.00004: Photocatalytic properties of nanostructured TiO2 surfaces Lauren Moore, Timothy Luttrell, Matthias Batzill Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H37.00005: Pushing the Limits of Nanoscale Imaging in Atomic Force Microscopy Jacob Cvetich, Vasudeva Rao Aravind, Benjamin Legum Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H37.00006: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Fe Doped Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+x}$ Brian Koopman, W.D. Wise, Kamalesh Chatterjee, Genda Gu, E.W. Hudson, M.C. Boyer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H37.00007: Theoretical \& Experimental Design \& Optimization of Multilayer Mirrors for Soft X-Ray Reflection Bakari Hassan, Franck Delmotte, Evgueni Meltchakov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H37.00008: Domain Coarsening Within the Ising Model on the Hyperbolic Plane James Molchanoff, Howard L. Richards Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H37.00009: Quantum chaos: an introduction via chains of interacting spins-1/2 Aviva Gubin, Lea Santos Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H37.00010: Solving the Feynman--Gell-Mann Equation for the Electron Graham Miller, Daniel Finkenstadt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H37.00011: Second harmonic generation and non-linear corrections to the high frequency susceptibility of a multiferroic material Philip Javernick, Trinanjan Datta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H37.00012: Aluminum Nitride Nanofibers fabricated using Electrospinning and Nitridation Xenia Barbosa, Eva Campo, Jorge Santiago, Idalia Ramos Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H37.00013: Formation of Nanostructures at Gold Surfaces Exposed to Femtosecond Laser Pulses Kelsie Niffenegger, Brian Demaske, Vasily Zhakhovsky, Ivan Oleynik Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H37.00014: Gold coated nanoparticles on silicon substrate Sirak Melaku Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H37.00015: Simulations of surface plasmons launched on gold nanogratings Ian White, Jennifer Steele Preview Abstract

Session H39: Electronic Structure: Calculations II

Chair: Seong-Gon Kim, Mississippi State Unviersity
Room: 109B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H39.00001: Variational investigations of the electronic structure and energy of finite hydrogen systems with the Gutzwiller wave function within local correlation matrix renormalization approximation Yongxin Yao, Jun Liu, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Kai-Ming Ho Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H39.00002: Real-time time-correlation approach for x-ray absorption and emission spectra F.D. Vila, A.J. Lee, J.J. Rehr Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H39.00003: Calculation of Phonon Satellites in Electron Spectral Functions Spencer Williams, J.J. Kas, J.J. Rehr, M. Verstraete Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H39.00004: Atomic Multiplets in X-ray spectroscopies revisited Bernard Delley, Francois Vernay, Anne-Christine Uldry Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H39.00005: Simulation of electron-energy-loss spectra including both diffraction and solid-state effects Micah Prange, Mark Oxley, Maria Varela, Stephen Pennycook, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H39.00006: Precise all-electron response functions from a combined spectral sum and Sternheimer approach: application to EXX-OEP Markus Betzinger, Christoph Friedrich, Stefan Bl\"ugel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H39.00007: Electronic band structure of lanthanum bromide and strontium iodide from many-body perturbation theory calculations Daniel Aberg, Paul Ehart, Babak Sadigh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H39.00008: First-principles studies of Ce and Eu doped inorganic materials as candidates for scintillator gamma ray detectors Andrew Canning, Slim Chourou, Stephen Derenzo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H39.00009: Test of Variational Methods for Molecular and Solid State Properties by Application to Hyperfine Interaction in Phosphorous Atom T.P. Das, R.H. Pink, S.R. Badu, Archana Dubey, R.H. Scheicher, Lee Chow Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H39.00010: Sharp transition for single polarons in one-dimensional models with non-diagonal Su-Schrieffer-Heeger coupling Dominic J.J. Marchand, Philip C.E. Stamp, Nikolay V. Prokof'ev, Mona Berciu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H39.00011: Many-Pole Model Calculations of Inelastic Losses in XPS J.J. Kas, J.J. Rehr, M. Guzzo, L. Reining Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H39.00012: Low Energy Positron Interactions with Biological Molecules Indika Wanniarachchi, Caroline Morgan, Bernhard Schlegel, Gary Kedziora, Larry Burggraf, Michael Pak, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H39.00013: Atomic Probing Structures of Electrolytes at Graphene Surface:~Insights from X-ray Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Hua Zhou, Paul Fenter, Panchapakesan Ganesh, Paul Kent, Deen Jiang, Ariel Chialvo, Pasquale Fulvio, Sheng Dai, Guang Feng, Michael Rouha, Peter Cummings, Volker Presser, Jake McDonough, Yuri Gogotsi, Matthew Wander, Kevin Shuford Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H39.00014: Charge Transfer Resistance of a Pristine Graphitic Carbon Interface Brad Corso, Israel Perez, Philip Collins Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H39.00015: Applications of Light Element X-ray Raman Spectroscopy and Hard X-ray Emission Spectroscopy to the Electronic Structure of Energy Storage Materials: Prospects and Initial Results from the Spectroscopy Program at SSRL Dennis Nordlund, Weng Tsu-Chien, Dimosthenis Sokaras Preview Abstract

Session H40: Focus Session: Protein Association II: Aggregation and Fibril Formation

Sponsoring Units: DBIO DPOLY
Chair: Tom Haxton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: 156A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H40.00001: The Physics of Amyloid Aggregation and Templating in Prions Invited Speaker: Daniel Cox Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H40.00002: Early-Aggregation Studies of Polyglutamine in Solution Aaron Fluitt, Juan de Pablo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H40.00003: Search for Length Dependent Stable Structures of Polyglutamaine Proteins with Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamic Alexander Kluber, Robert Hayre, Daniel Cox Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H40.00004: Lysozyme Aggregation and Fibrillation Monitored by Dynamic Light Scattering Louis Nemzer, Bret Flanders, Jeremy Schmit, Christopher Sorensen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H40.00005: Primary nucleation and linear aggregation: novel methods take us further Gonzalo Garcia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H40.00006: The Mechanisms of Aberrant Protein Aggregation Samuel Cohen, Michele Vendruscolo, Chris Dobson, Tuomas Knowles Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H40.00007: Amyloid growth: combining experiment and kinetic theory Tuomas Knowles, Samuel Cohen, Michele Vendruscolo, Christopher Dobson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H40.00008: Scaling exponents report on changes in the mechanism of filamentous growth Luke Rajah, Samuel Cohen, Sara Linse, Erik Hellstrand, Chris Dobson, Tuomas Knowles Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H40.00009: Control the kinetics and pathway of insulin fibril formation Zhongli Zheng, Benxin Jing, Y. Elaine Zhu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H40.00010: Time-Dependent and Low Temperature Studies of Amyloidogenic and Non-amyloidogenic Proteins by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy Donald Barry, Shaun Marshall, Shelby Hunt, Florin Despa, Izabela Stroe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H40.00011: Applying microfluidic techniques in quantitative studies of protein aggregation Therese Herling Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H40.00012: Anomalous Formation of Multilayer Protein Aggregates on the Surface of Nanotubular $TiO_{2}$ Jacob Forstater, Alfred Kleinhammes, Yue Wu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H40.00013: Effect of Lipid Bilayer on Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Self Assembly Chi-cheng Chiu, Sadanand Singh, Juan J. de Pablo Preview Abstract

Session H43: Invited Session: Physics of Systems Biology

Sponsoring Units: DBIO
Chair: Jin Wang, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Room: 157AB

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H43.00001: Robustness of Biological Circuits Invited Speaker: Marc Kirschner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H43.00002: Epigenetic switches and network transitions Invited Speaker: Masaki Sasai Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H43.00003: Specificity and Self Recognition in Immunity Invited Speaker: Arup K. Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H43.00004: Landscape and Flux Framework for Non-Equilibrium Networks: Kinetic Paths and Rate Dynamics Invited Speaker: Jin Wang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H43.00005: Experimental evolution in budding yeast Invited Speaker: Andrew Murray Preview Abstract

Session H44: Focus Session: Nano to Mesoscale Structure in Ordered Systems: Liquid Crystal Topology and Defects

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Robin Selinger, Kent State University
Room: 157C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H44.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Break
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H44.00002: Chiral Self-Assembly Invited Speaker: Robert Meyer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H44.00003: Pillar-Assisted Epitaxial Assembly of Focal Conic Domain Arrays in Smectic-A Liquid Crystals Daniel Beller, Apiradee Honglawan, Marcello Cavallaro, Randall Kamien, Kathleen Stebe, Shu Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H44.00004: Shape and chirality transitions in twisted nematic elastomer ribbons: Finite element simulation studies Vianney Gimenez-Pinto, Fangfu Ye, Badel Mbanga, Jonathan Selinger, Robin Selinger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H44.00005: Frustrated orientational order on extrinsic geometries Badel L. Mbanga, Gregory M. Grason, Christian D. Santangelo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H44.00006: Topology of knots and links in chiral nematic colloids Slobodan Zumer, Simon Copar, Igor Musevic, Miha Ravnik, Uros Tkalec Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H44.00007: Modeling texture transitions in cholesteric liquid crystal droplets Robin Selinger, Vianney Gimenez-Pinto, Shin-Ying Lu, Jonathan Selinger, Andrew Konya Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H44.00008: Necklaces of Liquid Crystal Beads: Nematic Drops Constrained on Thin Cellulosic Fibers Pedro Almeida, Yong Geng, Eugene Terentjev, Maria Helena Godinho Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H44.00009: Controlling the location of defects in nematic shells Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Teresa Lopez-Leon, Maurizio Nobili, Christophe Blanc Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H44.00010: Structures in liquid crystalline shells at a nematic-smectic transition Jan Lagerwall, Hsin-Ling Liang, Per Rudquist Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H44.00011: Visualizing, manipulating, and imprinting $\pi$-wall defects in self-assembled colloidal membranes Mark Zakhary, Thomas Gibaud, C. Nadir Kaplan, Edward Barry, Rudolf Oldenbourg, Robert B. Meyer, Zvonimir Dogic Preview Abstract

Session H45: Focus Session: Thin Film Block Copolymers - Phase Behavior

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Andrew Croll, North Dakota State University
Room: 159

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H45.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Break
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H45.00002: Controlling the Orientation of Block Copolymer Thin Films with Selective and Neutral Nanoparticles Misang Yoo, Seyong Kim, Bumjoon J. Kim, Joona Bang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H45.00003: Assembly and Photo-Induced Disorder in Block Copolymer-Additive Systems Li Yao, James Watkins Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H45.00004: Diblock copolymer morphologies in ultra thin films under shear Marco Pinna, Andrei Zvelindovsky, Xiaohu Guo, Christine Stokes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H45.00005: Structure and dynamics of random block copolymers in the bulk and thin films Marcus M{\"u}ller, Birger Steinm{\"u}ller, Keith H. Hambrecht, Grant D. Smith, Dmtiry Bedrov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H45.00006: Macrophase Separation of Block Copolymer Blends in Thin Films Lance Williamson, Paul Nealey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H45.00007: Phase segregation at the sub-5-nm scale using high $\chi $ Poly(ethylene oxide-b-dimethylsiloxane) copolymers Damien Montarnal, Glenn Fredrickson, Edward Kramer, Craig Hawker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H45.00008: Decoupling Bulk Thermodynamics and Wetting Characteristics of Block Copolymer Thin Films Sangwon Kim, Paul Nealey, Frank Bates Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H45.00009: Continuity and connectivity of lamellar-forming block copolymers in thin films Ian Campbell, Mark Stoykovich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H45.00010: Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Contact Hole Shrink using PS-PMMA Block Copolymers Valeriy Ginzburg, Phillip Hustad, Jeffrey Weinhold, Rahul Sharma, Vivian Chuang, Peter Trefonas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H45.00011: Tailoring block copolymer morphology via control of topographical surface: A self consistent field theoretic study Xianggui Ye, Brian J. Edwards, Bamin Khomami Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H45.00012: Silicon patterning using self-assembled PS-b-PAA diblock copolymer masks for anti-reflective black silicon fabrication via plasma etching Xin Zhang, Christopher J. Metting, Sean Fackler, Robert M. Briber, Andrei B. Sushkov, H. Dennis Drew Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H45.00013: Assembly of block copolymer films between chemically patterned and chemically homogeneous surface Jeong In Lee, Huiman Kang, Hyo Seon Suh, Christopher Thode, Lei Wan, Abelrado Hernandez, Yasuhiko Tada, Hiroshi Yoshida, Juan de Pablo, Paul Nealey Preview Abstract

Session H46: Invited Session: Polymer Physics Prize

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Jane Lipson, Dartmouth College
Room: 160ABC

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H46.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Lecture: Polyelectrolyte complexes: New routes to useful soft materials Invited Speaker: Matthew Tirrell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H46.00002: Physical and Biological Properties of Engineered Protein Hydrogels Invited Speaker: David Tirrell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H46.00003: Enhancing Biopolymer Dynamics through Destruction Invited Speaker: Jennifer Ross Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		H46.00004: Cellular Reconstitution: Building Biomolecular Systems from the Bottom Up Invited Speaker: Daniel Fletcher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		H46.00005: Making Polymers Swim Invited Speaker: Anthony Ryan Preview Abstract

Session H48: Polymer Gels and Solutions

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: James Watkins, University of Massachusetts
Room: 161

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H48.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Break
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H48.00002: Phase Segregation and Dynamics in Strongly Interacting Small Molecule Additive - Block Copolymer Surfactant Complexes Rohit Kothari, Ahmed Khalil, H. Henning Winter, James J. Watkins Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H48.00003: Using Mesoscopic Models to Design Strong and Tough Biomimetic Polymer Isaac G. Salib, German V. Kolmakov, Benjamin J. Bucior, Orit Peleg, Martin Kroger, Thierry Savin, Viola Vogel, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Anna C. Balazs Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H48.00004: Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Hydrogels Bearing Reversibly Associating Side Groups Christopher Lewis, Jiahui Li, Mitchell Anthamatten Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H48.00005: Thermoreversible Supramolecular Ion Gels via Hydrogen Bonding Yu Lei, Timothy Lodge Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H48.00006: Hydrogen Bonding Based Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Poly(vinyl alcohol) with Weak Polyacids Hyomin Lee, Remy Mensire, Robert Cohen, Michael Rubner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H48.00007: Gelation in a model 1-component system with adhesive hard-sphere interactions Jung Min Kim, Aaron Eberle, Jun Fang, Norman Wagner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H48.00008: Concentration Fluctuations in Polymer Solutions under Extensional Flow Michael Villet, Michael Cromer, Glenn Fredrickson, Gary Leal, Roman Stepanyan, Markus Bulters Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H48.00009: Crossover length scale for viscosity experienced by Gold nanoparticles in semi dilute polymer solution Indermeet Kohli, Rami Omari, Ashis Mukhopadhyay Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H48.00010: Kinetics of Narrowly dispersed Latex Formation in a Surfactant-free Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene in Acetone-Water Mixture He Cheng, Zhiyong Li, Charles Han Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H48.00011: Cluster Growth in Aqueous Sugars Observed by Dynamic Light Scattering Tri Tran, David Sidebottom Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H48.00012: Boson peak in L-cysteine: a Raman scattering study Thamires Lima, Herculano Martinho Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H48.00013: Low temperature dynamic transitions of L-cysteine and L-proline amino acids: a specific heat study Mariana Ishikawa, Thamires Lima, Herculano Martinho Preview Abstract

Session H49: Focus Session: Fluctuation-Induced Forces in Soft Matter & Polymeric Systems - Casimir and Interfacial Forces

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Northwestern University
Room: 162A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H49.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Break
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H49.00002: Casimir Interaction at Soft Interfaces Ehsan Noruzifar, Jef Wagner, Hsiang-Ku Lin, Umar Mohideen, Roya Zandi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H49.00003: Critical Casimir Interactions: New fluctuation forces in colloidal science Peter Schall Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H49.00004: Thermodynamic Casimir effect in the large-$n$ limit: Exact results for slabs with free surfaces F.M. Schmidt, M. Hasenbusch, A. Hucht, S. Rutkevich, D. Gr\"uneberg, H.W. Diehl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		H49.00005: Fluctuation-induced forces in a fluid membrane under tension Invited Speaker: Roya Zandi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H49.00006: The Casimir forces between inclusions in a fluid membrane Hsiang-Ku Lin, Roya Zandi, Umar Mohideen, Leonid Pryadko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H49.00007: Aspect-ratio dependence of thermodynamic Casimir forces Alfred Hucht, Daniel Grueneberg, Felix M. Schmidt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H49.00008: Field-Theoretic Simulations of Bicontinuous Microemulsions in Polymer Blends Kris Delaney, Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H49.00009: Looking Down at Adsorption Dynamics: Filament Height Measurements with TIRFM David Welch, Zvonimir Dogic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H49.00010: Partial osmotic compressibility of binary mixtures of colloidal nanoparticles and PEG Jinxin Fu, Melissa Goleb, H. Daniel Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H49.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session H50: Polymer Melts

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Steven Hudson, NIST
Room: 162B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H50.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Break
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H50.00002: Coil-Globule Transition of Polymer -- Tricriticality of Theta Ashok Dasmahapatra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H50.00003: Microscopic Theory of Nanoparticle Diffusivity in Entangled and Unentangled Polymer Melts Umi Yamamoto, Kenneth Schweizer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H50.00004: Effect of Secondary Structure on the Persistence Length of a Poly N-substituted Glycine Hannah K. Murnen, Adrianne M. Rosales, Steven R. Kline, Ronald N. Zuckermann, Rachel A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H50.00005: Gibbs Ensemble Calculations of Phase Coexistence in Supramolecular Assembly of Block Copolymers Zoltan Mester, Nathaniel Lynd, Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H50.00006: Pressure-induced structural transition in an one-component polymer poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) in its melted state Ayano Chiba, Nobumasa Funamori, Kazuya Nakayama, Yasuo Ohishi, Stephen M. Bennington, Sanjay Rastogi, Anuj Shukla, Kazuhiko Tsuji, Mikihito Takenaka Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H50.00007: Anomalous diffusion of a polymer chain in an unentangled melt Jean Farago, Hendrik Meyer, Alexander Semenov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H50.00008: Representation of Polymer melts as soft liquids with effective pair interactions Anthony Clark, Marina Guenza Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H50.00009: Entropy of Mixing: Rigid vs. Flexible Molecules: Effect of Varying Solvent on Dissolution Temperature Eric B. Sirota, Hasnain Rangwalla, Pawel Peczak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H50.00010: Polymeric Fluid Flow Over Superhydrophobic Surfaces Lucas Landherr, Steven Hudson, Kalman Migler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H50.00011: Reconstructing Polymer Melt Dynamics Sped up due to Large-Scale Coarse-Graining Ivan Lyubimov, Marina Guenza Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H50.00012: Steric Constraints in Fractal-Regime Star Polymers Gregory Beaucage, Durgesh Rai, Ramanth Ramachandran, Kedar Ratkanthwar, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Hong Kunlun, David Uhrig Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H50.00013: Capillary break-up, gelation and extensional rheology of hydrophobically modified cellulose ethers Vivek Sharma, Simon Haward, Olivia Pessinet, Asa Soderlund, Phil Threlfall-Holmes, Gareth McKinley Preview Abstract

Session H51: Colloids II: Crystals and Phase Transitions

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DFD
Chair: Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: Boston Convention Center 154

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H51.00001: Effects of vacancies and interstitials on the phonon modes in a 2D colloidal crystal Lichao Yu, Sungcheol Kim, Di Yin, Alexandros Pertsinidis, Xinsheng Ling Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H51.00002: Normal modes of various colloidal crystals Feng Wang, Yi Peng, Ziren Wang, Yilong Han Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H51.00003: Microscopic observation of dynamics and structure in microgel suspensions Melaku Muluneh, Joris Sprakel, Hans Wyss, Johan Mattsson, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H51.00004: Homogeneous Melting of 3D Superheated Colloidal Crystals Ziren Wang, Feng Wang, Yi Peng, Yilong Han Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H51.00005: Polyhedral assembled colloids (PACs); a new family of colloids with facets Nobuhiro Yanai, Jing Yan, Qian Chen, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H51.00006: Measuring every particle's size in a confocal microscopy experiment Eric Weeks, Rei Kurita Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H51.00007: Vibrational Phonon Modes of Two-Dimensional Soft-Particle Colloidal Crystals with Hard-Particle Dopants Matthew Gratale, Peter Yunker, Ke Chen, Kevin Aptowicz, Arjun Yodh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H51.00008: Direct observation of the nucleation in colloidal solid-solid transitions Yi Peng, Feng Wang, Ziren Wang, Yilong Han Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H51.00009: Colloidal gas-liquid transition: tuning nucleation and growth by Critical Casimir forces Duc Nguyen, Peter Schall Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H51.00010: Temperature control of colloidal phases by Critical Casimir forces -- a simulation study Minh Triet Dang, Van Duc Nguyen, Ana Vila Verde, Peter Bolhuis, Peter Schall Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H51.00011: Colloidal aggregation in microgravity by critical Casimir forces Sandra Veen, Peter Schall, Oleg Antoniuk, Marco Potenza, Matteo Alaimo, Stefano Mazzoni, Gerard Wegdam Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H51.00012: Light transport through soft colloidal glasses Sofia Magkiriadou, Jin-Gyu Park, Young-Seok Kim, Gi-Ra Yi, Vinothan N. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H51.00013: 3D Dynamic Light Scattering of Microgel Suspensions John Hyatt, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H51.00014: Using colloidal packings as templates for structuring drugs James Wilking, Andr\'e Studart, Sebastian Koltzenburg, Rodrigo Guerra, Esther Amstad, Jens Rieger, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H51.00015: Spin coating of superparamagnetic colloids with applied magnetic fields Wenceslao Gonz\'alez-Vi\~nas, Moorthi Pichumani Preview Abstract

Session H52: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics - Rods

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD
Chair: Douglas Holmes, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: 153C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H52.00001: Dynamic curling of a naturally curved Elastica Invited Speaker: Basile Audoly Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H52.00002: The Mechanics of Curly Hair James Miller, Arnaud Lazarus, Breanna Berry, Basile Audoly, Pedro Reis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H52.00003: The Shape of a Ponytail and the Statistical Physics of Hair Fiber Bundles Raymond E. Goldstein, Patrick B. Warren, Robin C. Ball Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H52.00004: Following the equilibria of slender elastic rods Arnaud Lazarus, James Miller, Pedro Reis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H52.00005: The elasticity of magnetic chains: From self-buckling to self-assembly Dominic Vella, Emmanuel du Pontavice, Cameron Hall, Alain Goriely Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H52.00006: Spontaneous and Deterministic Three-dimensional Curling of Pre-strained Elastomeric Strips: From Hemi-helix to Helix Jiangshui Huang, Jia Liu, Benedikt Kroll, Katia Bertoldi, Zhigang Suo, David Clarke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H52.00007: Snakes Out of the Plane Andrew McCormick, Bruce A. Young, L. Mahadevan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H52.00008: Analysis of the fluid mechanical sewing machine Pierre-Thomas Brun, Basile Audoly, Neil Ribe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H52.00009: Microfabrication of a spider-silk analogue through the liquid rope coiling instability Frederick P. Gosselin, Daniel Therriault, Martin Levesque Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H52.00010: Buckling Instability and Stress Propagation in Rods with Elastic Support Zi Chen, Wanliang Shan, Ankita Gumaste, Winston Soboyejo, Clifford Brangwynne Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H52.00011: Undulatory buckling of a rod constrained by an elastic matrix Jia Liu, Tianxiang Su, Oscar Lopez-Pamies, Pedro Reis, Katia Bertoldi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H52.00012: Slack, stress, and noisy structures in inertial strings James Hanna, Christian Santangelo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H52.00013: Sinusoidal to helical buckling of an elastic rod under a cylindrical constraint Tianxiang Su, James Miller, Arnaud Lazarus, Nathan Wicks, Jahir Pabon, Katia Bertoldi, Pedro Reis Preview Abstract

Session H53: Focus Session: Continuum Descriptions of Discrete Materials

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Ken Kamrin, MIT
Room: 153B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H53.00001: Failure of a loose packing of grains Greg Farrell, Narayanan Menon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H53.00002: Jamming in Hopper Flows: Analysis of Survival Times Michal Dichter, Shubha Tewari, Bulbul Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H53.00003: Experimental analysis on how grain properties affect the performance of jammed granular systems for variable stiffness robotic applications Nadia Cheng, Karl Iagnemma, Anette Hosoi, Katy Gero Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H53.00004: Shear-Transformation-Zone Theory of Glassy Diffusion, Stretched Exponentials, and the Stokes-Einstein Relation Invited Speaker: James Langer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H53.00005: A granular flow law based on nonlocal fluidity Ken Kamrin, Georg Koval Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H53.00006: Rheology of discontinuously shear thickening suspensions beyond simple shear Pawel Zimoch, Gareth McKinley, Anette Hosoi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H53.00007: Activated processes in a stress landscape: a rheological model for dense driven granular materials Bulbul Chakraborty, Dapeng Bi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H53.00008: Shear-transformation-zone theory of plasticity in hard-sphere materials Charles K.C. Lieou, James S. Langer, Ahmed E. Elbanna, Jean M. Carlson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H53.00009: Width of Shear Zones in Gravity-Driven Granular Flows Shubha Tewari, Bulbul Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H53.00010: From streamline jumping to strange eigenmodes: Learning from simple continuum models of granular mixing Ivan C. Christov, Julio M. Ottino, Richard M. Lueptow Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H53.00011: From liquid to stone: a polydispersive colloidal model for cement setting Enrico Masoero, Roland Pellenq, Franz-Josef Ulm, Sidney Yip, Emanuela Del Gado Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H53.00012: Effect of randomness on wave propagation in granular systems Mohith Manjunath, Amnaya P. Awasthi, Philippe H. Geubelle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H53.00013: Continuum Representation of the Mechanics of Random Fiber Networks Ali Shahsavari, Catalin Picu Preview Abstract

Session H54: Focus Session: Complex and co-evolving networks - Dynamics on Networks

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Daniel Goldman, Georgia Tech
Room: 152

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H54.00001: Robustness and Assortativity for Diffusion-like Processes in Scale- free Networks Antonio Scala, Gregorio D'Agostino, Vinko Zlatic, Guido Caldarelli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H54.00002: Time scales and dynamical processes in activity driven networks Nicola Perra, Bruno Goncalves, Romualdo Pastor-Satorras, Alessandro Vespignani Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H54.00003: Network growth dynamics of fire ant ({\em Solenopsis invicta}) nests NIck Gravish, Michael A.D. Goodisman, Daniel I. Goldman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H54.00004: The Impact of Time Delays in Network Synchronization in a Noisy Environment Invited Speaker: G. Korniss Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H54.00005: Predicting the origin of contagion processes on complex, multi-scale networks Rafael Brune, Christian Thiemann, Dirk Brockmann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H54.00006: Influence and structural balance in social networks P. Singh, S. Sreenivasan, B. Szymanski, G. Korniss Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H54.00007: Majority-vote model on a dynamic small-world square lattice Thomas E. Stone, Susan R. McKay Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H54.00008: Underlying mechanisms for commuting and migration processes Filippo Simini, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, James Bagrow Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H54.00009: A quantitative measure for organization of complex and co-evolving networks Georgi Georgiev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H54.00010: Identification of Interventions to Control Network Crises Jie Sun, Sagar Sahasrabudhe, Adilson Motter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H54.00011: Effect of degree correlations on controlability of complex networks Marton Posfai, Yang Liu, Jean-Jaques Slotine, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H54.00012: Control Capacity in Complex Networks Tao Jia, Yang-Yu Liu, Jean-Jacques Slotine, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H54.00013: Controlling Complex Networks with Compensatory Perturbations Sean Cornelius, William Kath, Adilson Motter Preview Abstract