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Session J1: Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy II: High Frequencies & Optical Techniques

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: David Goldhaber-Gordon, Stanford University
Room: 203

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J1.00001: Towards Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Semiconducting and Biological Nanostructures D.P. Weber, Fei Xue, P. Peddibhotla, M. Poggio Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J1.00002: Nanoscale MRI of electron spins at millikelvin temperatures Geert Wijts, Andrea Vinante, Oleksandr Usenko, Arthur Den Haan, Laurens Schinkelshoek, Tjerk Oosterkamp Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J1.00003: ESR induced anomalous polarization in Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy Lei Chen, Eric Moore, Jonilyn Longenecker, John Marohn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J1.00004: Nanomechanical detection of nuclear magnetic resonance using a silicon nanowire oscillator Invited Speaker: John Nichol Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J1.00005: Mechanism for Edge-enhanced Optical Response of Tip Induced Plasmonic Emission Guo Li, Liuguo Chen, Chao Zhang, Zhenchao Dong, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J1.00006: Adiabatic Plasmon Nanofocusing for Ultrashort Pulses and Spectroscopy Joanna Atkin, Samuel Berweger, Robert Olmon, Xiaoji Xu, Markus Raschke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J1.00007: Near-Field Enhanced UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Using an Aluminum Bow-tie Nano-antenna Ling Li, Shuang Fang Lim, Robert Riehn, Hans Hallen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J1.00008: Multimodal Imaging of Heterogeneous Materials Wei Liu, Jianyong Yang, Thomas Dieng, Ute Schmidt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J1.00009: Local 2D-2D tunneling in high mobility electron systems Matthew Pelliccione, Adam Sciambi, John Bartel, David Goldhaber-Gordon, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West, Michael Lilly, Seth Bank, Arthur Gossard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J1.00010: Infrared Phonon Fingerprinting of Nanocrystals through Broadband Near-Field Spectroscopy Alexander S. McLeod, Gerardo Dominguez, Priscilla Kelly, Mark Thiemens, Lingfeng M. Zhang, Alex Rodin, Michael M. Fogler, Fritz Keilmann, D.N. Basov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J1.00011: Creation of Electron Trap States in Silicon Dioxide By Local Electron Injection Dustin Winslow, Clayton Williams Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J1.00012: Nm-scale Mapping of Thermally-Activated Trap Emission in an AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor D. Cardwell, A.R. Arehart, S.A. Ringel, J.P. Pelz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J1.00013: Stochastic switching of microcantilever motion Warner Venstra, Hidde Westra, Herre van der Zant Preview Abstract

Session J2: Invited Session: K-12 Science Education: Closing the Gap with the Leading Nations

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Paul Cottle, Florida State University
Room: 204AB

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J2.00001: A Framework for K-12 Science Education Invited Speaker: Helen Quinn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J2.00002: The Globalization of Science Education Invited Speaker: George DeBoer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J2.00003: Physics For All -- yes, it's real physics Invited Speaker: Arthur Eisenkraft Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J2.00004: An Introduction to the new AP Physics algebra-based program: A new focus on best practices Invited Speaker: Gay Stewart Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J2.00005: The Role of Pre-College Preparation in College Physics Success Invited Speaker: Philip Sadler Preview Abstract

Session J3: Invited Session: Quantum Computing with Superconducting Circuits

Sponsoring Units: GQI DCMP
Chair: John Martinis, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: 205AB

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J3.00001: Continuous High-Fidelity Monitoring of a Superconducting Qubit: From Quantum Jumps to Feedback Invited Speaker: I. Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J3.00002: Observation of the dynamical Casimir effect in a superconducting circuit Invited Speaker: Christopher Wilson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J3.00003: Towards a scalable superconducting qubit architecture Invited Speaker: Matthias Steffen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J3.00004: The Photon Shell Game and the Quantum von Neumann Architecture with Superconducting Circuits Invited Speaker: Matteo Mariantoni Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J3.00005: Realization of Three-Qubit Quantum Error Correction with Superconducting Circuits Invited Speaker: Matthew Reed Preview Abstract

Session J4: Non-Equilibrium Dynamics with Quantum Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Rajdeep Sensarma, University of Maryland
Room: 205C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J4.00001: Non Equilibrium Quantum Criticality: an intuitive approach Emanuele Dalla Torre, Eugene Demler, Thierry Giamarchi, Ehud Altman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J4.00002: Dynamics of noise correlations of ultracold bosons in an optical lattice Khan W. Mahmud, Eite Tiesinga Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J4.00003: Stability of Counterflow Superfluidity Noah Bray-Ali, Carl Williams, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J4.00004: Fermion Dynamics from Gross-Pitaevskii--like Equations Michael Forbes, Rishi Sharma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J4.00005: Expansion of Bose-Hubbard Mott insulators in optical lattices Mark Jreissaty, Juan Carrasquilla, F. Alexander Wolf, Marcos Rigol Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J4.00006: Protection of dissipative quantum state preparation by interlacing the control with dynamical decoupling pulses Z.R. Gong, Wang Yao Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J4.00007: ABSTRACT MOVED TO L4.00008 Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J4.00008: Periodically and almost periodically driven quantum system Luca D'Alessio, Anatoli Polkovnikov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J4.00009: Cold bosons in noisy optical lattices Johannes Schachenmayer, Hannes Pichler, Peter Zoller, Andrew Daley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J4.00010: Many-body Landau-Zener Transition in Cold Atom Double Well Optical Lattices Yinyin Qian, Ming Gong, Chuanwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J4.00011: Quasi steady-states, spin statistics, and interaction-induced transport of ultra-cold atoms in 1D optical lattices Chih-Chun Chien, Michael Zwolak, Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J4.00012: Spin Caloritronics in Noncondensed Bose Gases Clement Wong, Hedwig van Driel, Rakpong Kittinaradorn, Henk Stoof, Rembert Duine Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J4.00013: Universal energy fluctuations in thermally isolated driven systems Guy Bunin, Luca D'Alessio, Yariv Kafri, Anatoli Polkovnikov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J4.00014: Lie-algebraic Approach to Dynamics of Closed Quantum Systems and Quantum-to-Classical Correspondence Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J4.00015: Visibility of the Amplitude (Higgs) Mode in Condensed Matter and Cold Atomic Systems Daniel Podolsky, Assa Auerbach, Daniel P. Arovas Preview Abstract

Session J5: Focus Session: Interfaces in Complex Oxides - Electronic Structure

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Andres Felipe Santander-Syro, Universite Paris-Sud 11
Room: 206A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J5.00001: Angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy of the electronic structure of complex oxide interfaces Invited Speaker: Kyle Shen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J5.00002: Spectral and spatial redistribution at the LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ interface T. Guenter, A. Rubano, T. Fink, D. Paparo, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, L. Marrucci, J. Mannhart, M. Fiebig Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J5.00003: Electronic properties of LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ superlattices: interface charge density, Fermi surfaces, plasmon and optical spectra Se Young Park, Andrew J. Millis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J5.00004: Direct observations of the band alignment of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 using scanning tunneling microscopy Y.P. Chiu, B.C. Huang, P.C. Huang, V.T. Tra, J.Y. Lin, J.C. Yang, Y.H. Chu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J5.00005: Multi-orbital subband structure of transition-metal oxide 2DEGs Phil D.C. King, W. Meevasana, H.Y. Hwang, Z.-X. Shen, F. Baumberger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J5.00006: A Universal Critical Density Underlying the Physics of Electrons at the LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ Interface Arjun Joshua, S. Pecker, J. Ruhman, E. Altman, S. Ilani Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J5.00007: Localization of the Two-dimensional Electron Gas in LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ Heterostructures Tomas Hernandez, Chung Wung Bark, Chang-Beom Eom, Mark S. Rzchowski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J5.00008: Localized electron states and phase separation at the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface S. Satpathy, K.V. Shanavas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J5.00009: Electronic structure, Fermi surfaces, and electron-phonon coupling in La-doped Sr$_{2}$TiO$_{4}$ and SrTiO$_{3}$ Yuefeng Nie, Shouvik Chatterjee, Bulat Burganov, Eric Monkman, John Harter, Daniel Shai, Che-hui Lee, Darrell Schlom, Kyle Shen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J5.00010: Theory of SrTiO3 2DEGs Guru Khalsa, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J5.00011: Conducting band structure in LaTiO3/SrTiO3 interfaces Young Jun Chang, Luca Moreschini, Aaron Bostwick, Andrew L. Walter, Karsten Horn, Eli Rotenberg Preview Abstract

Session J6: Focus Session: van der Waals Bonding in Advanced Materials - Layered Structures & Mechanical Properties

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Janice Reutt Robey, University of Maryland
Room: 206B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J6.00001: Improved Description of Soft Layered Materials with van der Waals Density Functional Theory Gabriella Graziano, Jiri Klimes, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Angelos Michaelides Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J6.00002: Moir\'e pattern of a single layer MoS$_2$ grown on Cu(111) Duy Le, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J6.00003: Observation of tightly bound charged excitons in monolayer MoS$_{2}$ Keliang He, Kin Fai Mak, Changgu Lee, Jim Hone, Tony Heinz, Jie Shan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J6.00004: Beyond graphene: atomic scale structure of quasi-2D van der Waals materials Christopher Gutierrez, Liuyan Zhao, Kin Fai Mak, Paul Cadden-Zimansky, Dmitri Efetov, Tony F. Heinz, George W. Flynn, Philip Kim, Abhay Pasupathy, Robert J. Cava Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J6.00005: Here to stay: Stability and structure of (6$\sqrt{3}\times$6$\sqrt{3}$)-R30$^\circ$ graphene on SiC(111) by all-electron DFT including van der Waals effects Volker Blum, Lydia Nemec, Patrick Rinke, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J6.00006: Edge-Edge interactions in stacked graphene Eduardo Cruz-Silva, Xiaoting Jia, Mauricio Terrones, Mildred Dresselhaus, Vincent Meunier Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J6.00007: Influence of water on the electronic structure of metal supported graphene: Insight from van der Waals density functional theory Ji Feng, Xiao Li, Enge Wang, Sheng Meng, Jiri Klimes, Angelos Michaelides Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J6.00008: Alkanes adsorbed on graphene: a vdW-DF study Elisa Londero, Emma Karlson, Marcus Landahl, Dimitri Ostrovskii, Jonatan Rydberg, Elsebeth Schroeder Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J6.00009: To wet or not to wet? Dispersion forces tip the balance for water ice on metals Javier Carrasco, Biswajit Santra, Jiri Klimes, Angelos Michaelides Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J6.00010: Understanding the magnetic properties present at hybrid organic-ferromagnetic interfaces and the role of the van der Waals interaction Nicolae Atodiresei, Vasile Caciuc, Predrag Lazi\'c, Stefan Bl\"ugel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J6.00011: Simultaneous conductance and mechanical measurements on single molecule junctions reveal enhanced binding due to van der Waals interactions Sriharsha V. Aradhya, Michael Frei, Mark S. Hybertsen, Latha Venkataraman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J6.00012: Mechanical properties of van der Waals interactions at compositionally graded interfaces between metals and organic semiconductors Huarui Sun, Vladimir Stoica, Max Shtein, Roy Clarke, Kevin Pipe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J6.00013: Benchmark data base for accurate van der Waals interaction in inorganic fragments Jan Brndiar, Ivan Stich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J6.00014: Interlayer binding energy of graphite: A mesoscopic determination from deformation Zhe Liu, Ze Liu, Quanshui Zheng Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J6.00015: Helium atom diffraction from a monolayer solid with a beam that penetrates to the substrate Ludwig Bruch, Flemming Hansen Preview Abstract

Session J7: Focus Session: Graphene Devices

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Nina Markovic, Johns Hopkins University
Room: 207

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J7.00001: Graphene-Superconductor based Bolometers Heli Vora, Piranavan Kumaravadivel, Bent Nielsen, Xu Du Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J7.00002: Microwave transport and noise in graphene devices Bernard Placais, Andreas Betz, Emiliano Pallecchi, Gwendal F\`eve, Jean-Marc Berroir, Christian Benz, Romain Danneau, Antonella Cavanna, Ali Madouri Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J7.00003: Anomalous noise characteristics in graphene p-n junctions Janice Wynn Guikema, Atikur Rahman, Nina Markovic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J7.00004: Incidence Angle-dependent Transport across a Single Graphene $p-n$ Junction Formed by Buried Split-gates Surajit Sutar, Everett Comfort, Jian Liu, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Ji Ung Lee Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J7.00005: Gate-Controlled P-I-N Junction Switching Device with Graphene Nanoribbon Shu Nakaharai, Tomohiko Iijima, Shinichi Ogawa, Hisao Miyazaki, Songlin Li, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, Shintaro Sato, Naoki Yokoyama Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J7.00006: Fabrication of suspended graphene heterojunctions for exploring the intrinsic transport of Dirac fermions Piranavan Kumaravadivel, Xu Du Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J7.00007: Transport Properties of Gate Tunable Graphene-Based Tunnel Diodes Damon Farmer, Vasili Perebeinos, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J7.00008: Drain Current Saturation in Sub-$\mu $m Graphene Field Effect Transistors Shu-Jen Han, Dharmendar Palle, Aaron Franklin, Alberto Vlades-Garcia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J7.00009: Self-aligned high transconductance CVD graphene transistor Yuchi Che, Alexander Badmaev, Zhen Li, Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J7.00010: Graphene Enabled Vertical Field Effect Transistors Evan P. Donoghue, Maxime G. Lemaitre, Mitchell A. McCarthy, Bo Liu, Bill R. Appleton, Andrew G. Rinzler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J7.00011: Transport/magnetotransport of high-performance graphene transistors on organic molecule-functionalized substrates Shao-Yu Chen, Po-Hsun Ho, Ren-Jye Shiue, Chun-Wei Chen, Wei-Hua Wang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J7.00012: Quantum transport simulation of graphene transistors Yang Lu, Jing Guo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J7.00013: Pulse gating on graphene quantum dots Christian Volk, Christoph Neumann, Sebastian Kazarski, Stefan Fringes, Stephan Engels, Bernat Terres, Jan Dauber, Stefan Trellenkamp, Uwe Wichmann, Christoph Stampfer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J7.00014: Ultrafast conductivity measurements in CVD graphene James Heyman, Yilikal Ayino, Rolan Manderson-Jones, Jacob Stein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J7.00015: Delay Analysis of Graphene Field Effect Transistors and T-Gate Self-Aligned GFETs Han Wang, Allen Hsu, Ki Kang Kim, Jing Kong, Tomas Palacios Preview Abstract

Session J8: Quantum Magnetism, BEC, and Disorder

Sponsoring Units: DCMP GMAG
Chair: Marcelo Jaime, Los Alamos National Lab
Room: 208

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J8.00001: Finite-$T$ spectral function of the BEC quantum magnets Suhas Gangadharaiah, Sasha Chernyshev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J8.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J8.00003: Theory of magnetic Bose glass in Br-doped dichloro-tetrakis-thiourea-nickel (DTN) Stephan Haas, Rong Yu, Tommaso Roscilde Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J8.00004: Magnetization and Specific Heat Investigations of the Bose Glass: Br-doped NiCl$_{2}$-4SC(NH$_{2}$)$_{2}$ Franziska Weickert, Corneliu Miclea, Roman Movshovich, Vivien Zapf, Rong Yu, Tommaso Roscilde Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J8.00005: Magnetic Bose glass in Br-doped NiCl$_{2}$-4SC(NH$_{2})_{2}$: Magneto-Electric Effect Liang Yin, Jian-Sheng Xia, Neil Sullivan, Vivien Zapf, Armando Paduan-Filho Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J8.00006: Disorder in a two-dimensional quantum spin liquid Dan Huvonen, Martin Mansson, Severian Gvasaliya, Shuangyi Zhao, Tatiana Yankova, Vasiliy Glazkov, Eric Ressouche, Christof Niedermayer, Mark Laver, Georg Ehlers, Andrey Zheludev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J8.00007: Dynamics of the Random-Field Ising Model Spencer Tomarken, Daniel Silevitch, Thomas Rosenbaum Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J8.00008: Strong Disorder Renormalization Group for the Many Body Localization Transition Gil Refael, Vadim Oganesyan, Shankar Iyer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J8.00009: Evolution of magnetic order and fluctuations in Ni-V close to the disordered ferromagnetic quantum critical point Almut Schroeder, Ruizhe Wang, S. Ubaid-Kassis, P.J. Baker, F.L. Pratt, S.J. Blundell, T. Lancaster, I. Franke, J.S. Moeller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J8.00010: Unconventional spin-Peierls state in the quantum magnet TiOBr J.-P. Castellan, J.P. Clancy, J.P.C. Ruff, S. Rosenkranz, R. Osborn, B.D. Gaulin, F.C. Chou, S.H. Huang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J8.00011: Ashkin-Teller criticality and pseudo-first-order behavior in a frustrated Ising model on the square lattice Songbo Jin, Arnab Sen, Anders Sandvik Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J8.00012: Quantum phase diagram of the spin ladder model with next-nearest neighbor interactions Yanchao Li, Haiqing Lin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J8.00013: Majorana Spin Liquids on a two-leg ladder Hsin-Hua Lai, Olexei Motrunich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J8.00014: Static and dynamic properties of a strong-leg spin ladder David Schmidiger, Sebastian Muehlbauer, Severian Gvasaliya, Andrey Zheludev, Pierre Bouillot, Corinna Kollath, Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J8.00015: Sign problem free quantum Monte Carlo simulations of spin density wave transitions in metals Erez Berg, Max Metlitski, Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract

Session J9: Focus Session: Magnetic Oxide Thin Films And Heterostructures - Multiferroic Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Alex Demkov, University of Texas at Austin
Room: 209

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J9.00001: Electric-field induced magnetization reversal using multiferroics Invited Speaker: Morgan Trassin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J9.00002: Properties of LuFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$ Films Grown by Molecular-Beam Epitaxy R. Misra, C.M. Brooks, J.A. Mundy, T. Heeg, J. Schubert, Z.K. Liu, D. Muller, D.G. Schlom, P. Schiffer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J9.00003: Growth and Characterization of Magnetoelectric Fe$_{2}$TeO$_{6}$ Thin Films Junlei Wang, Peter Dowben, Christian Binek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J9.00004: Probing of ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic orders of multiferroic YMnO$_{3}$ via second harmonic generation Srinivas Polisetty, Mikel Holcomb, Cameron Keenan, Felio Perez, David Lederman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J9.00005: Investigation of Electric Field Control of Antiferromagnetic Domains in Epitaxial BiFeO3 Thin Films Using Neutron Diffraction W. Ratcliff, V. Anbusathaiah, T. Gao, P.A. Kienzle, I. Takeuchi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J9.00006: Antiferromagnetic and structural phase transitions in tetragonal-like BiFeO$_3$ H.M. Christen, G.J. MacDougall, W. Siemons, J.H. Nam, J.L. Zarestky, M.D. Biegalski, S. Liang, E.R. Dagotto, S.E. Nagler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J9.00007: Reversible switching of magnetic easy axis in Co/BiFeO$_{3}$ thin film heterostructures Tieren Gao, Anbusathaiah Varatharajan, William Ratcliff, Ichiro Takeuchi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J9.00008: Probing interface reconstructions in multiferroic BiFeO$_{3 }$ and charge ordered La$_{0.5}$Ca$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$ heterostructures Guneeta Singh-Bhalla, Morgan Trassin, Ying-Hao Chu, Rammamoorthy Ramesh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J9.00009: Promise of new multiferroics: Synthesis and characterization of epitaxial NiTiO$_{3}$ films Tamas Varga, Timothy Droubay, Mark Bowden, Scott Chambers, Bernd Kabius, William Shelton, Ponnusamy Nachimuthu, Vaithiyalingam Shutthanandan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J9.00010: Structural Control of Magnetic Anisotropy in a Multiferroic EuTiO$_3$ Thin Film J.W. Freeland, X. Ke, P.J. Ryan, J.W. Kim, J.-H. Lee, R. Misra, P. Schiffer, T. Birol, C.J. Fennie, D.G. Schlom Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J9.00011: Growth and Optical Properties of Multiferroic LuFe2O4 Thin Films R.C. Rai, A. Delmont, A. Sprow, B. Cai, M. Nakarmi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J9.00012: Exchange bias in BiFeO3/CoFe2O4 heterostructure Yonghang Pei, Jiwei Lu, Ryan Comes, Stuart Wolf Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J9.00013: Magnetic and ferroelectric properties of patterned multiferroic CoFe$_{2}$O4-BiFeO$_{3}$ nanocomposites Ryan Comes, Mikhail Khokhlov, Hongxue Liu, Jiwei Lu, Stuart Wolf Preview Abstract

Session J10: Invited Session: How Reliable are Computed Electronic Properties?

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University
Room: 210A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J10.00001: Validation of Atomic, Molecular and Condensed Matter Calculations Invited Speaker: Eric Shirley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J10.00002: New Tools for the Verification and Validation of Electronic Structure Calculations Invited Speaker: Francois Gygi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J10.00003: Single-electron excitations of molecules and solids -- reliability and robustness of density-functional theory and \textit{GW} calculations Invited Speaker: Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J10.00004: Role of Validation and Predictions in Modeling: Specific Examples from Semiconductor Industry Applications Invited Speaker: Sadasivan Shankar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J10.00005: Materials by design Invited Speaker: Gerbrand Ceder Preview Abstract

Session J11: Focus Session: Graphene Structure, Stacking, Interactions: Density Functional Theory

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Vitor Pereira, National University of Singapore
Room: 210B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J11.00001: Electronic structure, electron-phonon coupling and superconductivity in metal-doped few-layer graphene Serdar Ogut, Xuhui Luo, Taner Yildirim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J11.00002: First-principles investigation of lithium doped of bilayer graphene and Lithium Intercalated Carbon Nanotubes Oguz Gulseren, Huseyin Sener Sen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J11.00003: Ab Initio Study of the Interactions between Dopant Atoms in Graphene Igor Vasiliev, Nabil Al-Aqtash, Tarek Tawalbeh, Khaldoun Al-Tarawneh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J11.00004: Ab Initio Study of the Interactions between Dopant Atoms and Point Defects in Graphene Tarek Tawalbeh, Igor Vasiliev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J11.00005: Many-body study of cobalt adatoms adsorbed on graphene Yudistira Virgus, Wirawan Purwanto, Henry Krakauer, Shiwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J11.00006: Adsorption of group VA atoms in single and double vacancy of graphene Shyam Kattel, Boris Kiefer, Plamen Atanassov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J11.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J11.00008: Stability and electronic structure of the functionalized graphene layers Jacek A. Majewski, Karolina Milowska, Magdalena Birowska, Magdalena Woinska Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J11.00009: Band Structures of bilayer graphene with experimentally measured twisting angles Houlong L. Zhuang, Robin W. Havener, Jiwoong Park, Richard G. Hennig Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J11.00010: From graphene to graphite: A first-principles study Bi-Ru Wu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J11.00011: Accurate computational studies of carbon doped two-dimensional boron-nitride Hyoungki Park, Amita Wadehra, John W. Wilkins, Antonio H. Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J11.00012: Electronic and Structural Properties of Graphene Dots in h-BN ZhaoHui Huang, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J11.00013: Hybrid density functional study of 2D graphene-boron nitride (BCN) nanostructures Amita Wadehra, Hyoungki Park, John W. Wilkins, Antonio H. Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J11.00014: First-principles and Tight-binding Investigations of Graphene-like Systems X.W. Sha, E.N. Economou, D.A. Papaconstantopoulos, M. Pederson, M.J. Mehl, M. Kafesaki Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J11.00015: Quasiparticle Band Gaps of Graphene and Graphone on Hexagonal Boron Nitride Substrate Neerav Kharche, Saroj Nayak Preview Abstract

Session J12: Focus Session: Graphene: Growth, Mechanical Exfoliation, and Properties - Strain and Structure

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Alain Diebold, University at Albany - SUNY
Room: 210C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J12.00001: Growth-induced electronic properties of epitaxial graphene Invited Speaker: Phillip First Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J12.00002: Colossal Corrugations in Freestanding Graphene Observed with STM P.M. Thibado, P. Xu, Y. Yang, S.D. Barber, M.L. Ackerman, J.K. Schoelz, Salvador Barraza-Lopez, L. Bellaiche, Igor A. Kornev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J12.00003: Melon: A carbon-nitride analog to graphene Joel Therrien, Yancen Li, Daniel Schmidt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J12.00004: AB-stacked multilayer graphene synthesized via chemical vapor deposition: a characterization by hot carrier transport Debtanu De, Carlos Diaz-Pinto, Viktor Hadjiev, Haibing Peng Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J12.00005: Signatures of indentation strain in graphene conductance Matthew Barr, Mario Borunda, Eric Heller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J12.00006: Transport in Suspended graphene under strain Hang Zhang, Jhao-Wun Huang, Jairo Velasco, David Dung Tran, Kevin Myhro, Zeng Zhao Adam, Fenglin Wang, yongjin lee, Wenzhong Bao, Chun Ning (Jeanie) Lau Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J12.00007: Suppression of Weak-Localization Effect in Strained CVD --grown Graphene Xiaochang Miao, Sefaattin Tongay, Arthur F. Hebard Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J12.00008: Probing Mechanical Properties of Chemical Vapor Deposition Graphene Membranes Using Indentation Methods Gwan-Hyoung Lee, Ryan Cooper, Sungjoo An, Arend van der Zande, Nicholas Petrone, Sunwoo Lee, Alex Hammerberg, Changgu Lee, Bryan Crawford, Jeffrey Kysar, James Hone Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J12.00009: Electron transport measurement of graphene under one-dimensional local strain A. Kanda, H. Tomori, Y. Nukui, Y. Toyota, H. Karube, S. Nihei, Y. Ootuka, K. Tsukagoshi, M. Hayashi, H. Yoshioka Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J12.00010: Introducing designed local strain to graphene using dielectric nanostructures H. Tomori, A. Kanda, H. Goto, Y. Nukui, Y. Toyota, H. Karube, S. Nihei, Y. Ootuka, K. Tsukagoshi, M. Hayashi, H. Yoshioka Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J12.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J12.00012: Mechanical-Electric-Magnetic Coupling Effects in Black and White Graphenes Wanlin Guo Preview Abstract

Session J13: Focus Session: Magnetic Nanostructures - Thin Films, Surfaces and Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Hao Zeng, SUNY Buffalo
Room: 211

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J13.00001: A Symmetry Microscope for Disordered Materials Daniel Parks, Keoki Seu, Run Su, Eric Fullerton, Erik Shipton, Sujoy Roy, Steve Kevan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J13.00002: New Magnetic State In Thin-Film Antiferromagnets and Uncompensated Magnetization Igor V. Roshchin, K.E. Badgley, K.D. Belashchenko, Mikhail Zhernenkov, Michael R. Fitzsimmons Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J13.00003: Existence of Ferromagnetism in Stacked Bilayers of Pd/C60 Siddhartha Ghosh, Sefaattin Tongay, Arthur F. Hebard, Hasan Sahin, Salim Ciraci Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J13.00004: Spin-Wave Transmission in Ferromagnetic Thin Films: Flexoelectric Control and Spin-Wave Drag Tianyu Liu, Giovanni Vignale, Michael Flatte Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J13.00005: Impact of preparation conditions on the magnetocaloric properties of Gd thin films H.F. Kirby, D.D. Belyea, J.T. Willman, C.J. Hendryx, C.W. Miller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J13.00006: Chiral modulations in MnSi thin films Theodore Monchesky, Eric Karhu, Ulrich R\"{o}{\ss}ler, Alexei Bogdanov, Samer Kahwaji, Brian Kirby, Helmut Fritzsche, Michael Robertson, Charles Majkrzak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J13.00007: Stabilization of surface magnetism by organic-acid adsorption J. G\'azquez, J. Salafranca, N. P\'erez, A. Labarta, S.T. Pantelides, S.J. Pennycook, X. Batlle, M. Varela Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J13.00008: Surface Structure of L1$_{0}$-MnGa(111) Ultra-Thin Films Studied Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and First Principles Calculations Reyes Garcia Diaz, Kangkang Wang, Noboru Takeuchi, Arthur Smith Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J13.00009: Surface Ferromagnetism in Pt films Pushkal Thapa, Parashu Kharel, Renat Sabirianov, Mohammad Faiz, Julie Borchers, David Sellmyer, Boris Nadgorny Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J13.00010: TiO2 as an electrostatic template for epitaxial growth of EuO on MgO(001) by reactive molecular beam epitaxy Adrian Swartz, Jared Wong, Igor Pinchuk, Roland Kawakami Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J13.00011: Magnetic Thin Films of Inorganic Nanosheets Takashi Yamamoto, Hiroaki Namba, Yasuaki Einaga Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J13.00012: Suppression and Revival of Magnetic Correlations at Interfaces Axel Euverte, Frederic Hebert, George Batrouni, Simone Chiesa, Richard Scalettar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J13.00013: Effects of inhomogeneous strain on the magnetization behavior of magnetic nanostructures in BiFeO$_{3}$/CoFe$_{2}$O$_{4}$ composite Nicolas Aimon, Mark Mascaro, Frank Liu, Markus Buehler, Caroline Ross Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J13.00014: Magnetic field dependencies of dielectric and ferroelectric properties in PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3/La3/8Ca5/8MnO3 multiferroic thin films Yi-ping Yao, Yu-kuai Liu, Si-ning Dong, Xiao-guang Li Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J13.00015: Tailored inter and intra layer exchange coupled superlattices for optimized magnetocaloric effect Tathagata Mukherjee, S. Michalski, R. Skomski, D.J. Sellmyer, Ch. Binek Preview Abstract

Session J14: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors - Spin-Orbit Coupled Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Giovanni Vignale, University of Missouri
Room: 212

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J14.00001: Spin-dependent transport of spin-orbit coupled holes in GaAs nanostructures Invited Speaker: Alex Hamilton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J14.00002: Quantum-confined holes: More spin for your buck! Invited Speaker: Ulrich Zuelicke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J14.00003: Spin-electric stripes: electric voltage generated by spin current Yuli Lyanda-Geller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J14.00004: Spin-orbit or Aharonov-Casher edge states in semiconductor two-dimensional systems L.L. Xu, J.J. Heremans, C.K. Gaspe, S. Vijeyaragunathan, T.D. Mishima, M.B. Santos Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J14.00005: Spin orbit coupling induced splitting in excitations of high mobility 2DESs Albert F. Rigosi, Ursula Wurstbauer, Aron Pinczuk, John Watson, Sumit Mondal, Michael J. Manfra, Ken W. West, Loren N. Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J14.00006: Current-induced spin polarization along spin orbit fields in strained InGaAs Benjamin M. Norman, C.J. Trowbridge, J. Stephens, A.C. Gossard, D.D. Awschalom, V. Sih Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J14.00007: Thermodynamic compressibility and spin-splitting in one-dimensional quantum wires Luke W. Smith, A.R. Hamilton, K.J. Thomas, M. Pepper, I. Farrer, D. Anderson, G.A.C. Jones, D.A. Ritchie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J14.00008: Spin-orbit effects in two-dimensional hole systems on hydrogen-terminated silicon (111) surfaces Binhui Hu, Tomasz M. Kott, Bruce E. Kane Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J14.00009: Quasiparticle velocities in 2D electron/hole liquids with spin-orbit coupling David Aasen, Stefano Chesi, Bill Coish Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J14.00010: Spin Coulomb drag and optical excitations in low dimensional systems Irene D'Amico, Carsten Ullrich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J14.00011: Theory of Helical Fermi liquids Ali Ashrafi, Dmitrii Maslov Preview Abstract

Session J15: Focus Session: Spins in Metals - Spin Transport in Novel Devices and Structures

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP GMAG
Chair: Peter Metaxas, University of Western Australia
Room: 213

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J15.00001: An Alternative Approach for Fabricating Ring-shaped Spin-transfer Torque RAM Devices Robert Burke, Alan Edelstein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J15.00002: Spin dependent tunneling and possible spin torque effects in magnetic nanoparticle tunnel junctions Chen Wang, Hsin-wei Tseng, Robert A. Buhrman, Daniel C. Ralph Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J15.00003: What determines the sign of magnetoresistance in a molecular tunnel junction? Subhasish Mandal, Ranjit Pati Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J15.00004: Spin-dependent inertial force and spin current in accelerating systems Mamoru Matsuo, Jun'ichi Ieda, Eiji Saitoh, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J15.00005: Anomalous Magneto Transport in amorphous TbFeCo thin films Nattawut Anuniwat, Marc Costantine, Jiwei Lu, Manli Ding, Joseph Poon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J15.00006: Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in single-crystalline Ag/NiO/Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$/MgO(001) sample Jia Li, Ali Sucipt Tan, Jim Son, Eric Jin, Zi Q. Qiu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J15.00007: AIP Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics Lecture: Controlled exchange in recording media and spintronic devices Invited Speaker: Eric Fullerton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J15.00008: Influence of the exchange bias on the magnetic losses in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB tunnel junctions Ryan Stearrett, W.G. Wang, Xiaoming Kou, L.R. Shah, J.Q. Xiao, E.R. Nowak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J15.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J15.00010: Magneto-optical properties of Fe thin films in an external electric field Kohji Nakamura, Toru Akiyama, Tomonori Ito, Michael Weinert, Arthur Freeman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J15.00011: Spin transport in metal-oxide switching devices Curt A. Richter, H.-Jae Jang, Oleg Kirillov, Oana Jurchescu Preview Abstract

Session J16: Vanadium Dioxide; Nano and Devices

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Ivan Schuller, University of California, San Diego
Room: 251

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J16.00001: M2 phase in free-standing single-crystalline nanostructures of VO$_2$ at ambient conditions E. Strelcov, A. Tselev, I.N. Ivanov, J. Zhang, J.D. Budai, J.Z. Tischler, S.V. Kalinin, A. Kolmakov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J16.00002: Photocurrent in Vanadium Dioxide T. Serkan Kasirga, Dong Sun, Jae H. Park, James Coy, Xiaodong Xu, David H. Cobden Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J16.00003: Electronic phases in vanadium dioxide nanowires observed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy John Hatch, Luisa Whittaker, Tai-Lung Wu, Adam Stabile, G. Sambandamurthy, Sarbajit Banerjee, Hong Luo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J16.00004: Current-induced metastable states in single-crystalline VO$_2$ nanoplatelets Alexander Tselev, J.D. Budai, E. Strelcov, J.Z. Tischler, A. Kolmakov, S.V. Kalinin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J16.00005: Hydrogen stabilization of metallic VO2 in single-crystal nanobeams Jiang Wei, Heng Ji, Wenhua Guo, Andriy Nevidomskyy, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J16.00006: Identifying the Role of Domains in Metal-Insulator Transitions in Individual Nanowires of Tungsten-Doped $VO_{2}$ Adam Stabile, Sujay Singh, Tai-Lung Wu, Luisa Whittaker, Payam Taherirostami, Sarbajit Banerjee, G. Sambandamurthy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J16.00007: Ionic Liquid Gated Vanadium Oxide Three Terminal Devices: Chemical Stability and Field Effect You Zhou, Zheng Yang, Shriram Ramanathan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J16.00008: Gating Effect on VO2 nanowire by Ionic Liquid Heng Ji, Jiang Wei, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J16.00009: Strain control of the metal-insulator transition in vanadium dioxide nanobeams Jae Hyung Park, Serkan Kasirga, James Coy, Xiaodong Xu, David Cobden Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J16.00010: Investigation of switching behavior of two-terminal devices on VO$_{2}$ Iuliana P. Radu, Koen Martens, Bogdan Govoreanu, Sofie Mertens, Xiaoping Shi, Malgorzata Jurczak, Stefan De Gendt, Andre Stesmans, Jorge A. Kittl, Marc Heyns Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J16.00011: Local thermal heating in VO$_2$ electric-field-induced metal insulator transition A. Zimmers, L. Aigouy, A. Sharoni, S. Wang, J.G. Ramirez, I.K. Schuller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J16.00012: Electrical properties of vanadium dioxide -- dielectric -- metal structures and the metal-insulator transition Koen Martens, Iuliana Radu, Sofie Mertens, Xiaoping Shi, Marc Schaekers, Stefan De Gendt, Marc Heyns, Jorge Kittl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J16.00013: Field-effect modulation of conductance in VO$_2$ nanobeam transistors with HfO$_2$ as the gate dielectric Shamashis Sengupta, Kevin Wang, Kai Liu, Ajay Bhat, Sajal Dhara, Junqiao Wu, Mandar M. Deshmukh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J16.00014: Metal-to-insulator transition in a columnar nanocomposite oxide Zhaoliang Liao, Peng Gao, Shane Stadler, Xiaoqing Pan, Rongying Jin, E. Ward Plummer, Jiandi Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J16.00015: Avalanches in sub-micron V$_{2}$O$_{3}$ devices Siming Wang, Gabriel Ramirez, Ivan Schuller Preview Abstract

Session J17: Focus Session: Surfaces and Interfaces in Nonoxide Nanostructures: Growth, Structure, and Characterization - Organic/Inorganic Interfaces & Quantum Dots

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Brad Conrad , Appalachian State University
Room: 252A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J17.00001: Current at Metal-Organic Interfaces Invited Speaker: Klaus Kern Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J17.00002: Temperature dependence in metal/organic heteroepitaxy Geoffrey Rojas, Xumin Chen, Donna Kunkel, Mathias Bode, Axel Enders Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J17.00003: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy investigation of the assembly of diF-TES-ADT on Ag(111) Shawn Huston, Jiuyang Wang, Marsha Loth, John Anthony, Brad Conrad, Daniel Dougherty Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J17.00004: DFT study of metal/organic interfaces; optimizing morphology and energy levels for maximum Voc Michelle Tomasik, Alexie Kolpak, Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J17.00005: DFT based modeling of C60/Dichloropentacene/Au OPV heterojunctions Jun Wang, Jian-Ming Tang, Karsten Pohl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J17.00006: Acetophenone on Si(001) with STM and DFT Steven Schofield, Adam Rahnejat, Oliver Warschkow, Daniel Belcher, Marian Radny, Phillip Smith Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J17.00007: Contact Angle Behavior for Fullerene/Porphyrin Mixtures on Si surfaces Miriam Cezza, Romaine A. Isaacs, Qian Shao, Shy-Hauh Guo, Lourdes G. Salamanca-Riba, Janice Reutt-Robey, Raymond J. Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J17.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J17.00009: Molecular nanostructures on graphite Andreas Riemann, Linda Grabill, Brandon Owens, Eric Krebs Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J17.00010: Spontaneous Formation of Quantum Height Manganese Gallium Islands and Atomic Chains on N-polar Gallium Nitride (000\underline {1}) Arthur R. Smith, Abhijit Chinchore, Kangkang Wang, Meng Shi, Yinghao Liu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J17.00011: Wavelength tunable high quality positioned InAs quantum dots grown on patterned GaAs (001) substrates Ayesha Jamil, Joanna Skiba-Szymanska, Ian Farrer, Martin Ward, Jonathan Griffiths, Geb Jones, Andrew Shields, Dave Ritchie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J17.00012: Investigation of spatial correlation of type-II ZnTe quantum dots embedded in ZnCdSe barriers Uttam Manna, Ismail Noyan, Gertrude Neumark, Siddharth Dhomkar, Bidisha Roy, Igor Kuskovsky, Richard Moug, Le Peng, Maria Tamargo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J17.00013: Characterization of quantum dot chains using transmission electron microscopy Tyler Park, John Colton, Jeffrey Farrer, Haeyeon Yang Preview Abstract

Session J18: Focus Session: Nanostructures and Metamaterials, Growth, Structure, and Characterization -- New Fabrication Techniques

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Willie Padilla, Boston College
Room: 252B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J18.00001: Large Area 3D Negative Index Metamaterials Formed by Printing Invited Speaker: John Rogers Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J18.00002: Optical metamaterials with different metals and wedge demonstration of negative refraction with fishnet metamaterials at visible wavelengths Nian-Hai Shen, Thomas Koschny, Maria Kafesaki, Costas M. Soukoulis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J18.00003: Subwavelength imaging of plasmonic nano-bubble cavity probed by Cathodoluminescence Jun Xu, Hyungjin Ma, Nicholas Fang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J18.00004: Direct laser writing of three dimensional metal nanostructures using a femtosecond laser and various chemistries SeungYeon Kang, Kevin Vora, Shobha Shukla, Eric Mazur Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J18.00005: Self-assembly of metallic nanoparticles into macroscopic, high-density, monolayer films Jake Fontana, Ron Rendell, Jawad Naciri, Banahalli Ratna Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J18.00006: Designing Phoxonic Metamaterials with Fractal Geometry Sisi Ni, Cheong Yang Koh, Steve Kooi, Edwin Thomas Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J18.00007: Plasmon Enhanced Transparency of a Metallic Film on Silicon Tianyi Sun, Yang Wang, Zhifeng Ren, Krzysztof Kempa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J18.00008: Enhancing optical gradient forces with metamaterials Vincent Ginis, Philippe Tassin, Irina Veretennicoff Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J18.00009: Terahertz composite right/left-handed transmission-line metamaterial surfaces Zhijun Liu, Philip Hon, Amir Tavallaee, Tatsuo Itoh, Benjamin Williams Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J18.00010: Metamaterial Single Polarization Grid: Moving Towards the Dynamic Selective Polarizer Corey Shemelya, Thomas Vandervelde Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J18.00011: A new theoretical model for enhanced optical transmission through thin films Eli Lansey, Isroel Mandel, Jonah Gollub, David Crouse Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J18.00012: Enhanced second harmonic generation from aperiodic arrays of gold nanoparticles Antonio Capretti, Gary Walsh, Jacob Trevino, Giovanni Miano, Luca Dal Negro Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J18.00013: Plasmonic Coupling Effects in Large-area High-enhancement, Periodically-Arrayed Nanopillars Francisco Bezares, Joshua Caldwell, Orest Glembocki, Maarit Kariniemi, Jaakko Niinist\"o, Timo Hatanp\"a\"a, Ronald Rendell, Maraizu Ukaegbu, Mikko Ritala, Sharka Prokes, Charles Hosten, Markku Leskela Preview Abstract

Session J19: Invited Session: Strongly Interacting Cold Fermi Gases

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DAMOP
Chair: John Thomas, Duke University
Room: 253AB

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J19.00001: From ultracold Fermi Gases to Neutron Stars Invited Speaker: Christophe Salomon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J19.00002: Spin-Imbalance in One and Three-Dimensional Fermi Gases Invited Speaker: Randall Hulet Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J19.00003: Many-body physics with ultracold alkali-earth fermions in optical lattices Invited Speaker: Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J19.00004: Onset of a Pseudogap Regime in Ultracold Fermi Gases Invited Speaker: Aurel Bulgac Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J19.00005: Strongly Repulsive Quantum Gases Invited Speaker: Tin-Lun Ho Preview Abstract

Session J20: Invited Session: Sexual and Gender Diversity Issues in Physics

Sponsoring Units: COM CSWP
Chair: Savannah Garmon, University of Toronto
Room: 253C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J20.00001: The State of Higher Education for STEM LGBTQQ Faculty/Staff Invited Speaker: Susan Rankin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J20.00002: Shattering the Lavender Ceiling: Sexual Minorities in Physics Invited Speaker: Michael Ramsey-Musolf Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J20.00003: Why Awareness of LGBT issues in the Physics Community Makes Sense Invited Speaker: Janice Hicks Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J20.00004: Physics Climate as Experienced by LGBT+ Physicists Invited Speaker: Elena Long Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J20.00005: TBA Invited Speaker: Theodore Hodapp Preview Abstract

Session J21: Focus Session: Search for New Superconductors: New Theories and Experiments

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Malcolm Beasley, Stanford University
Room: 254A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J21.00001: The Challenge of Unconventional Superconductivity Invited Speaker: Michael Norman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J21.00002: Transport properties of layered Ba(Pb,Bi)O$_3$ thin films G.W.J. Hassink, K. Munakata, R.H. Hammond, M.R. Beasley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J21.00003: Control of Two-Dimensional Multi-Component Superconductivity in SrTiO$_3$ Heterostructures by Interlayer Coupling Hisashi Inoue, Minu Kim, Christopher Bell, Yasuyuki Hikita, Hiroshi Okamoto, Harold Hwang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J21.00004: Electric field induced superconductivity in a layered transition metal chalcogenide J.T. Ye, Y.J. Zhang, Y. Mastuhashi, Y. Iwasa Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J21.00005: Fano resonances in multigap Fe based superconductors and complexity for material design Antonio Bianconi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J21.00006: Ordering of dopants and potential increase of Tc to near room temperature Stuart Wolf, Vladimir Kresin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J21.00007: Inhomogeneous superconducting state and the intrinsic Tc: Near room temperature superconductivity in the cuprates Vladimir Kresin, Stuart Wolf Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J21.00008: A Kohn Luttinger perspective on topological superconductivity Ronny Thomale, Christian Platt, Werner Hanke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J21.00009: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of Single Crystals of intercalated Bismuth Selenide Somaditya Sen, John A. Dudek, Ying Zou, Mary Severson, Mark Bissen, Prasenjit Guptasarma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J21.00010: Search for Superconductivity in Single Crystals of Topological Insulators Prasenjit Guptasarma, Somaditya Sen, John Dudek, Mary Severson, Mark Bissen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J21.00011: Surface Andreev Bound States of Topological Superconducting Phase in Doped Semiconductors: Application to Cu$_x$Bi$_2$Se$_3$ Timothy Hsieh, Liang Fu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J21.00012: Functional renormalization group and variational Monte Carlo studies of the electronic instabilities in graphene near 1/4 doping Fa Wang, Qiang-Hua Wang, Fan Yang, Dung-Hai Lee Preview Abstract

Session J22: Focus Session: Fe-based Superconductors - Nodal and Nodeless Superconductivity

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Takashi Imai, McMaster University
Room: 254B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J22.00001: Evolution of symmetry and structure of the gap in Fe-based superconductors with doping and interactions Andrey Chubukov, Saurabh Maiti, Maxim Korshunov, Thomas Maier, Peter Hirschfeld Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J22.00002: Non-Fermi liquid behavior in overdoped iron-pnictides Johnpierre Paglione, Kevin Kirshenbaum, Shanta Saha, Tyler Drye Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J22.00003: Probing the Superconducting Order Parameter of Co-doped BaFe$_2$As$_2$ by Josephson Interferometry Juan Atkinson, Dale Van Harlingen, Paul Canfield Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J22.00004: Nodal structure and quantum critical point beneath the superconducting dome of BaFe$_2$(As$_{1-x}$P$_x$)$_2$ Invited Speaker: Yuji Matsuda Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J22.00005: London penetration depth in single crystals SrFe$_2$(As$_{0.65}$P$_{0.35}$)$_2$ Charles P. Strehlow, K. Cho, M.A. Tanatar, R. Prozorov, T. Kobayashi, S. Miasaka, S. Tajima Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J22.00006: London penetration depth in heavily over-doped Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_{2}$As$_{2}$ Jason Murphy, H. Kim, M.A. Tanata, A. Thaler, P.C. Canfield, U. Welp, W.K. Kwok, R. Prozorov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J22.00007: Specific Heat To H$_{c2}$: Evidence for Nodes or Deep Minima in the Superconducting Gap of Under- and Overdoped BaFe$_{2-x}$Co$_{x}$As$_{2}$ G.R. Stewart, J.S. Kim, K. Gofryk, F. Ronning, A.S. Sefat, K.Y. Choi, K.H. Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J22.00008: Nodal versus nodeless order parameters in LiFeP and LiFeAs superconductors T. Shibauchi, K. Hashimoto, S. Kasahara, R. Katsumata, Y. Mizukami, M. Yamashita, H. Ikeda, T. Terashima, Y. Matsuda, A. Carrington Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J22.00009: Inter-Layer Superconducting Pairing Induced c-axis Nodal Lines in Iron-based Superconductors Chandan Setty, Yuehua Su, Ziqiang Wang, Jiangping Hu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J22.00010: Thermal-transport measurement of the nodal superconductor KFe$_2$As$_2$ Minoru Yamashita, Daiki Watanabe, Takyuya Yamashita, Takasada Shibauchi, Yuji Matsuda, Hideto Fukazawa, Taku Saito, Yoh Kohori, Kunihiro Kiho, Akira Iyo, Hiroshi Eisaki Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J22.00011: Microwave Surface Impedance Measurements of SrFe$_2$(As,P)$_2$ Single Crystals Hideyuki Takahashi, Yoshinori Imai, Atsutaka Maeda, Kentaro Kitagawa, Kazuyuki Matsubayashi, Masashi Takigawa, Yoshiya Uwatoko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J22.00012: Doping-induced line nodes in the superconducting gap of the iron arsenide Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$ from thermal conductivity R.T. Gordon, J.-Ph. Reid, X.G. Luo, H. Shakeripour, S. Ren\'{e} de Cotret, A. Juneau-Fecteau, N. Doiron-Leyraud, J. Chang, Louis Taillefer, H. Kim, M.A. Tanatar, R. Prozorov, B. Shen, H.-H. Wen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J22.00013: Evidence for line nodes in the energy gap of overdoped Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x})_{2}$As$_{2}$: A low-temperature specific heat study Gang Mu, Jun Tang, Yoichi Tanabe, Jingtao Xu, Satoshi Heguri, Katsumi Tanigaki Preview Abstract

Session J23: Phase Changes, Metals, PC Memories

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Paul Kent, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 255

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J23.00001: Phonon dispersions and structural transitions of CrO$_{2}$ under high pressure Sooran Kim, Kyoo Kim, Chang-Jong Kang, B.I. Min Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J23.00002: Optimizing plasmonic properties of supported silver nanocube monolayers Anatoli Ianoul, Adam Bottomley, Nur Ahamad Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J23.00003: Isotropic Structural Color of Nanostructured Metal Surfaces Sylvanus Y. Lee, Carlo Forestiere, Alyssa J. Pasquale, Gary F. Walsh, Marco Romagnoli, Luca Dal Negro Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J23.00004: Ab-initio study of the free liquid Hg surface Lazaro Calderin, Luis E. Gonzalez, David Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J23.00005: Noncontact technique for measuring the electrical resistivity and magnetic susceptibility of electrostatically levitated melts G.E. Rustan, N.S. Spyrison, A. Kreyssig, R. Prozorov, A.I. Goldman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J23.00006: Orientational ordering of tetrahedral clusters in $CaCd_6$ alloy Woosong Choi, Marek Mihalkovic, Chris Henley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J23.00007: Electronic structure of Sr$_2$IrO$_4$ and its doped materials measured by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy Qiang Wang, Yue Cao, J.A. Waugh, S.R. Park, Tongfei Qi, Oleksandr Korneta, Gang Cao, D.S. Dessau Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J23.00008: Electronic Structures of Oxygen-deficient PtO$_{2}$ Yong Yang, Osamu Sugino, Takahisa Ohno Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J23.00009: Theory of Non-Fermi Liquids Patrick O'Brien Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J23.00010: Evolution between metastable strain glass state and stable martensitic phase in TiNi alloy Yuanchao Ji, Xiaobing Ren, Xiangdong Ding Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J23.00011: Ab Initio Study of Phase-Change Materials Doped with magnetic Impurities Riccardo Mazzarello, Yan Li Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J23.00012: Crystallization Times of Ge2Sb2Te5 Nanostructures as a Function of Temperature Faruk Dirisaglik, Kadir Cil, Maren Wennberg, Adrienne King, Mustafa Akbulut, Yu Zhu, Chung Lam, Ali Gokirmak, Helena Silva Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J23.00013: Electrical Resistivity of Liquid Ge2Sb2Te5 in Patterned Nanostructures Kadir Cil, Faruk Dirisaglik, Maren Wennberg, Adrienne King, Mustafa Akbulut, Yu Zhu, Chung Lam, Helena Silva, Ali Gokirmak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J23.00014: 3-D Numerical Study of Switching Dynamics in Nanoscale Phase Change Memory Devices Ibrahim Cinar, Gulsen Kosoglu, Ozgur Burak Aslan, Gulen Aktas, Ozhan Ozatay Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J23.00015: 3-D Simulation Model of Phase Change and Percolation in Phase Change Memory Ozgur Burak Aslan, Ibrahim Cinar, Gulsen Kosoglu, Gulen Aktas, Ozhan Ozatay Preview Abstract

Session J24: Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors - Si and III-V

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Socrates Pantelides, Vanderbilt University
Room: 256

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J24.00001: Dislocation nucleation in Si -- effect of Ge and vacancies Zhi Li, Catalin Picu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J24.00002: Surface Charge Distribution on Hydrogen-Passivated Silicon Measured by UHV Kelvin Probe Microscopy Pavel Nagornykh, Kristen Burson, William Cullen, Bruce Kane Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J24.00003: Magnetic resonance characterization of silicon nanowires Marco Fanciulli, Matteo Belli, Antonio Vellei, Carmen Canevali, Davide Rotta, Stefano Paleari, Martina Basini Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J24.00004: Ab initio study of confinement effects and hyperfine structure in chalcogen doped Silicon nanostructures Alberto Debernardi, Guido Petretto, Andrea Masse, Marco Fanciulli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J24.00005: Segregation and diffusion of boron dopants in the Si/SiO$_2$ interface Young Jun Oh, Hyeon-Kyun Noh, Geun-myung Kim, K.J. Chang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J24.00006: Hybrid functional calculations for native defects and dangling bonds in $\alpha$-Al$_2$O$_3$ Minseok Choi, Anderson Janotti, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J24.00007: Role of oxygen-related defects in hafnia Manish Jain, James R. Chelikowsky, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J24.00008: Vibrational spectroscopy of cast Si used to fabricate solar cells: microscopic properties of nitrogen and oxygen impurities Haoxiang Zhang, Michael Stavola, Mike Seacrist Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J24.00009: The chemical trends of a new defect cluster: DDX centers Jie Ma, Su-Huai Wei Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J24.00010: Valence state manipulation of single Fe impurities in GaAs Paul Koenraad, Juanita Bocquel, Victoria Kortan, Michael Flatte, Richard Campion, Bryan Gallagher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J24.00011: Local Environment Effects on Single Zn and Mn Acceptors in Gallium Arsenide Nancy Santagata, Donghun Lee, Jay Gupta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J24.00012: Recombination dynamics of excitons bound to nitrogen isoelectronic centers in GaAs Philippe St-Jean, Gabriel \'Ethier-Majcher, John F. Klem, S\'ebastien Francoeur Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J24.00013: First-principles study of InX (X=P,Sb) semiconductors Oscar D. Restrepo, Rohan Mishra, Wolfgang Windl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J24.00014: Simple intrinsic defects in GaP and InP Peter A. Schultz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J24.00015: Defects in GaSb and InAs/GaSb superlattices Jianwei Wang, Yong Zhang Preview Abstract

Session J25: Focus Session: Simulation of Matter at Extreme Conditions: Shock Compression and Other High-Strain-Rate Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GSCCM DMP
Chair: Evan Reed, Stanford University
Room: 257A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J25.00001: Single two-zone elastic-plastic shock waves in solids Vasily Zhakhovsky, Mikalai Budzevich, Nail Inogamov, Ivan Oleynik, Carter White Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J25.00002: The Role of Shock Induced Defect Structure in Spall Failure Justin Wilkerson, K.T. Ramesh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J25.00003: Physics of hyper-velocity impacts of micrometer and sub-micrometer sized particles Anna Mocker, Klaus Hornung, Zoltan Sternovsky, Keith Drake, Sascha Kempf, Eberhard Gr\"un, Fiege Fiege, Ralf Srama Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J25.00004: Shock Ejecta Entrainment in Gas Michael Furnish Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J25.00005: Why nano-projectiles work differently than macro-impactors- role of plastic flow E.M. Bringa, Christian Anders, Gerolf Ziegenhain, Giles Graham, J. Freddy Hansen, Nigel Park, Nick Teslich, Herbert Urbassek Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J25.00006: Elastic-plastic response and polymorphic phase transition in shock-compressed diamond You Lin, Romain Perriot, Vasily Zhakhovsky, Xiang Gu, Carter White, Ivan Oleynik Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J25.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J25.00008: The Shock Response of Granular and Consolidated Ta2O5 Tracy Vogler, Seth Root, William Reinhart, Gregg Fenton, Dennis Grady Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J25.00009: Optical emission from Gd$_{3}$Ga$_{5}$O$_{12}$ single crystals shock compressed from 40 to 300 GPa Xianming Zhou, Williams Nellis, Jiabo Li, Jun Li, Xun Liu, Xiuxia Cao, Wanguang Zhao, Qiang Wu, Tsutomu Mashimo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J25.00010: Laser-driven focusing shock waves in a thin liquid layer David Veysset, Thomas Pezeril, Gagan Saini, Steven Kooi, Alex Maznev, Keith Nelson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J25.00011: From fingering to fracture in a complex fluid Baudouin Saintyves Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J25.00012: Nonlinear Elasticity as a Guide for Exploring High Pressure/Shear Stability T.W. Wright Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J25.00013: Multi million-to-Billion Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cavitation-Induced Damage on a Silica Slab Adarsh Shekhar, Ken-ichi Nomura, Rajiv Kalia, Aiichiro Nakano, Priya Vashishta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J25.00014: Akrology; the physics of the extreme behaviour of metals and energetics Neil Bourne Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J25.00015: Equation of State of a Solid: Potts-Percolation Model Miron Kaufman, H.T. Diep Preview Abstract

Session J26: Focus Session: What is Computational Physics?

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Norman Chonacky, Yale University
Room: 257B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J26.00001: Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics Lecture: Photonic Crystals and Genetic Algorithms: Adventures of a Computational Physicist Invited Speaker: Kai Ming Ho Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J26.00002: Computational Science as a Data and Compute Intensive Environment: How do we Prepare the Future for it? Invited Speaker: Nora Sabelli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J26.00003: New Approaches for Microscopic Hydrodynamics for the Study of Fluid-Structure Interactions Subject to Thermal Fluctuations Paul Atzberger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J26.00004: Extending the Flux Operator with the Husimi Projection Douglas Mason, Mario Borunda, Eric Heller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J26.00005: Finite Element Modeling of Open Domain Quantum Scattering A.V. Ilyashenko, A.G. Gianfrancesco, C.R. Boucher, L.R. Ram-Mohan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J26.00006: Solution of a Schroedinger equation containing a general non local potential Joseph Power, George Rawitscher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J26.00007: Accurate and fast numerical solution of Poisson's equation for arbitrary, space-filling convex Voronoi polyhedra: near-field corrections revisited Aftab Alam, Brian G. Wilson, Duane D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J26.00008: Sonoluminescence and Vacuum Radiation Justin Melunis, Eduardo Flores Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J26.00009: Second harmonic generation in three-dimensional metamaterials based on homogeneous centrosymmetric spheres Jinying Xu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J26.00010: Characterizing the frequency response curve of large rooms in the short and long time regimes Anna Klales, Suzanne Pittman, Matthew Barr, Mario Borunda, Eric Heller Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J26.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session J27: Invited Session: International Energy Perspectives

Sponsoring Units: FIP GERA
Chair: William Barletta, Fermilab
Room: 258AB

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J27.00001: Energy production and use in China Invited Speaker: Mark Levine Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J27.00002: Economics of energy Alternatives Invited Speaker: Carmine Difiglio Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J27.00003: Future Trends ad Issues in Nuclear Power Invited Speaker: Richard Lester Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J27.00004: Science for Sustainable Energy: Recommendations of the 2010 BESAC Report Invited Speaker: Alexis Malozemoff Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J27.00005: Fuel from Sunlight: Prospects and Approaches Invited Speaker: Ellen Stechel Preview Abstract

Session J28: Focus Session: Frontiers in Computational Thermodynamics of Materials

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DCOMP
Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University
Room: 258C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J28.00001: The role of Wang-Landau sampling in materials development Invited Speaker: David Landau Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J28.00002: Dissolving the Periodic Table in Zirconia: Data Mining for Insight Bryce Meredig, Chris Wolverton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J28.00003: High-throughput discovering half-metals from materials magnetic properties database Junkai Xue, Shidong Wang, Kesong Yang, Chaitanya Das Pemmaraju, Stefano Sanvitos, Stefano Curtarolo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J28.00004: First Principles Modeling of the Temperature Dependent Ternary Phase Diagram for the Cu-Pd-S System William Huhn, Michael Widom Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J28.00005: Wang-Landau Without Binning G. Brown, D. Nicholson, Kh. Odbadrakh, M. Eisenbach, A. Rusanu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 1:15PM		J28.00006: Thermodynamic Stability of Actinide-Dioxide Solid Solutions and Surface Interactions with Water Invited Speaker: Mark Asta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J28.00007: Structure and stability of Al$_2$Fe and Al$_5$Fe$_2$ Michael Widom, Marek Mihalkovic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J28.00008: Equation of state of paramagnetic CrN from ab initio disordered local moments molecular dynamics Igor Abrikosov, Peter Steneteg, Bj\"orn Alling Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J28.00009: Lattice dynamics of anharmonic solids from first principles Olle Hellman, Igor Abrikosov, Sergei Simak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J28.00010: Unified cluster expansion method applied to the configurational thermodynamics of cubic Ti$_{1-x}$Al$_{x}$N Bj\"orn Alling, Andrei Ruban, Ayat Karimi, Lars Hultman, Igor Abrikosov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J28.00011: Atomistic modeling of thermodynamic equilibrium of plutonium Tongsik Lee, Steve Valone, Mike Baskes, Shao-Ping Chen, Andrew Lawson Preview Abstract

Session J29: Focus Session: Quantum Information for Quantum Foundations - Informational Principles and Fundamental Structures

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Giulio Chiribella, Perimeter Institute
Room: 259A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J29.00001: Information Causality as a physical principle Invited Speaker: Valerio Scarani Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J29.00002: Tensor network states for quantum foundations Jacob Biamonte Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J29.00003: On the Feynman Problem Giacomo D'Ariano Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J29.00004: Origin of Feynman's Rules of Quantum Theory and Complementarity Philip Goyal Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J29.00005: Partially Ordered Sets of Quantum Measurements and the Dirac Equation Kevin H. Knuth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J29.00006: An Observer-Based Foundation of Geometry Newshaw Bahreyni, Kevin H. Knuth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J29.00007: Quantum state space as a maximal consistent set Gelo Noel Tabia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J29.00008: SIC-POVMs and Lie Algebras Hoan Dang, Marcus Appleby, Christopher Fuchs Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J29.00009: The Galois Group of Symmetric Measurements Marcus Appleby, Hulya Yadsan-Appleby, Gerhard Zauner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J29.00010: Quantum Nonlocal Boxes Exhibit Stronger Distillability Jibran Rashid, Peter Hoyer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J29.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J29.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J29.00013: The necessity of entanglement and the equivalency of Bell's theorem with the second law of thermodynamics Ian Durham Preview Abstract

Session J30: Open Quantum Systems and Decoherence

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Bill Coish, McGill University
Room: 259B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J30.00001: Heisenberg scaling of time-limited quantum metrology with realistic decoherence Maxime Hardy, William A. Coish Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J30.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J30.00003: Entanglement and diffusive behavior of a driven Floquet system coupled to noise Benjamin M. Fregoso, Justin Wilson, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J30.00004: A Lie-algebraic approach to decoherence in a quantum spin system Justin Wilson, Benjamin Fregoso, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J30.00005: Quantum simulator of an open quantum system using superconducting qubits: exciton transport in photosynthetic complexes Sarah Mostame, Patrick Rebentrost, Alexander Eisfeld, Andrew J. Kerman, Dimitris I. Tsomokos, Alan Aspuru-Guzik Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J30.00006: Quantum signatures of chaos in quantum tomography Vaibhav Madhok, Carlos Riofrio, Ivan Deutsch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J30.00007: Non-Markovian behavior of small and large complex quantum systems Carlos Pineda, Marko Znidaric, Ignacio Garc\'Ia-Mata Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J30.00008: Quantum correlation of an optically controlled open quantum system Ching-Kit Chan, L.J. Sham Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J30.00009: Effects of counter rotating terms on quantum discord and entanglement between two atoms in a dissipative cavity Ferdi Altintas, Resul Eryigit Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J30.00010: Pointer state engineering in open quantum systems Lorenza Viola, Kaveh Khodjasteh, Viatcheslav Dobrovitski Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J30.00011: Crossover from adiabatic to antiadiabatic quantum pumping with dissipation Giuseppe Ernesto Santoro, Franco Pellegrini, Carlotta Negri, Fabio Pistolesi, Nicola Manini, Erio Tosatti Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J30.00012: Open Quantum Walks and Dissipative Quantum Computing Francesco Petruccione Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J30.00013: Non-Markovian dynamics of a solid-state charge qubit measured by a quantum point contact Chung-Chin Jian, Po-Wen Chen, Hsi-Sheng Goan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J30.00014: Hierarchical equations of motion: A fundamental theory for quantum open systems YiJing Yan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J30.00015: Fidelity of the ground state in adiabatic quantum computation Qiang Deng, Dmitri Averin, Mohammad Amin, Peter Smith Preview Abstract

Session J31: Focus Session: Topological Insulators: Synthesis and Characterization - Transport

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Nitin Samarth, Pennsylvania State University
Room: 260

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J31.00001: Transport in Topological Insulator Thin Films Valla Fatemi, Hadar Steinberg, Jean-Baptiste Laloe, Ferhat Katmis, Lucas Orona, Jagadeesh Moodera, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J31.00002: Bi$_2$Se$_3$ and Bismuth: A comparison of transport in topological and trivial materials Anthony Richardella, Michel van Maasakkers, Duming Zhang, Joon Sue Lee, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J31.00003: Low-temperature magnetoresistance in electrically gated Bi$_2$Se$_3$ thin films J.S. Lee, A.M. DaSilva, A. Richardella, D.M. Zhang, J.K. Jain, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J31.00004: Thickness Independent Surface Transport of Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ on Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$(0001) Substrates Namrata Bansal, Yong Seung Kim, Matthew Brahlek, Eliav Edrey, Seongshik Oh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J31.00005: Electronic transport in MBE-grown $Bi_{2}Se_{3}$ topological insulator thin film field effect devices Tai-Lung Wu, Jifa Tian, Helin Cao, Yi Xuan, Xinyu Liu, Jack Furdyna, Yong P. Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J31.00006: Weak anti-localization behavior in Bi2(SeTe)3 grown on GaAs (001) substrate Joseph Hagmann, Jacek Furdyna, Malgorzata Dobrowolska, Xinyu Liu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J31.00007: Transport in topological insulator films Jian Wang, Ashley DaSilva, Meenakshi Singh, Joon Sue Lee, Jainendra Jain, Nitin Samarth, Moses H.W. Chan, Cui-Zu Chang, Ke He, Xu-Cun Ma, Qi-Kun Xue, Handong Li, Maohai Xie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J31.00008: Magneto-transport study of the topological insulator Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ Pramod Kumar, Aruna Ramanayaka, Ramesh Mani Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J31.00009: Theoretical study of carrier transport and screening in topological insulator Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ Shaffique Adam, E.H. Hwang, M.D. Stiles, S. Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J31.00010: Minimum conductivity and charge inhomogeneity in Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ in the topological regime Dohun Kim, Sungjae Cho, Nicholas Butch, Paul Syers, Kevin Kirshenbaum, Johnpierre Paglione, Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J31.00011: Gate-tunable electronic transport in topological insulator Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ thin films synthesized by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition Helin Cao, Rama Venkatasubramanian, Jonathan Pierce, Tai-lung Wu, Jifa Tian, Isaac Childres, Yong Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J31.00012: Ambipolar field effect in the ternary topological insulator (Bi$_{x}$Sb$_{1-x})_{2}$Te$_{3}$ by composition tuning Yulin Chen, Desheng Kong, Judy Cha, Qianfan Zhang, James Analytis, Keji Lai, Zhongkai Liu, Seung-Sae Hong, Kristie Koski, Sung-Kwan Mo, Zahid Hussain, Ian Fisher, Zhi-Xun Shen, Yi Cui Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J31.00013: Signature of Topological Insulators in Conductance Measurements Seokmin Hong, Vinh Diep, Supriyo Datta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J31.00014: Coupling between 3-D topological insulator and superconductor Vladimir Orlyanchik, Martin Stehno, Christopher Nugroho, Dale Van Harlingen, Namrata Bansal, Matthew Brahlek, Seongshik Oh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J31.00015: Aging effect on carrier density and mobility of thin film Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ and Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ grown on Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$ Nikesh Koirala, Matthew Brahlek, Namrata Bansal, Seonshik Oh Preview Abstract

Session J32: Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides - Domain Structures and Switching

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Peter Maksymovych, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 261

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J32.00001: Superdomains and Flux Closure Patterns in Ferroelectrics Invited Speaker: Marty Gregg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J32.00002: Superdomain dynamics in single-crystal BaTiO$_{3}$ lamellae Raymond McQuaid, Leo McGilly, Pankaj Sharma, Alexei Gruverman, Marty Gregg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J32.00003: Theoretical study of ferroelectric switching of Pt/BaTiO$_{3}$ Slabs Kurt Fredrickson, Alex Demkov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J32.00004: Probing Nanoscale Ferroelectric Domain Switching Mechanisms with Scanning Probe Microscopy Vasudeva Rao Aravind, Senli Guo, Amit Kumar, Stephen Jesse, Sergei Kalinin, Venkatraman Gopalan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J32.00005: In situ TEM studies of interaction between ferroelastic and ferroelastic domains during ferroelectric switching Peng Gao, Christopher Nelson, Jacob Jokisaari, Seung-Hyub Baek, Chung Wung Bark, Chang-Beom Eom, Xiaoqing Pan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J32.00006: Vortex polarization, strain induced phase transitions and dielectric response in ultra-thin PbTiO$_3$ nanowires from first principles Ghanshyam Pilania, R. Ramprasad Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J32.00007: Domain Wall Nucleation and Propagation within Ferroelectic Nanowires in High Strength Electric Fields Kevin McCash, Arvind Srikanth, Inna Ponomareva Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J32.00008: Terahertz Frequency Dynamics of Ferroelectric Nanowires Ryan Herchig, Kimberly Schultz, Kevin McCash, Inna Ponomareva Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J32.00009: Origin of 90$^{\circ}$ Domain Wall Pinning in Pb(Zr$_{0.2}$Ti$_{0.8})$O$_{3}$ Heteroepitaxial Thin Films Dong Su, Qingping Meng, MMyung-Geun Han, Carlos Vaz, Yaron Segal, Matthew Marshall, Fred Walker, Monica Sawicki, Christine Broadbridge, Charles Ahn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J32.00010: Dynamics of Nanowalls In Ferroelectric Ultrathin Films Qingteng Zhang, Ryan Herchig, Inna Ponomareva Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J32.00011: Nanoscale Ferroelectric Switching in Thin Films by in-situ TEM for Magnetoelectric Applications Christopher Nelson, Peng Gao, Jacob Jokisaari, Colin Heikes, Carolina Adamo, Alexander Melville, Seung-Hyub Baek, Chad Folkman, Benjamin Winchester, Yijia Gu, Yuanming Liu, Kui Zhang, Enge Wang, Jiangyu Li, Long-Qing Chen, Chang-Beom Eom, Darrell Schlom, Xiaoqing Pan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J32.00012: Domain dynamics during ferroelectric switching Xiaoqing Pan, Peng Gao, Christopher Nelson, Jacob Jokisaari, Seung-Hyub Baek, Chung-Wung Bark, Chang-Beom Eom, Darrell Schlom Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J32.00013: Modeling Micron Size Multi-domain Ferroelectric Switching using a Massively Parallel Time Domain Phase-Field Model Khalid Ashraf, Sayeef Salahuddin Preview Abstract

Session J34: Focus Session: Impact of Ultrafast Lasers III: Biophysics

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Nancy Levinger and Amber Kummel, Colorado State University
Room: 107A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J34.00001: Probing Electronic Excitations in Molecules by Coherent Multidimensional UV and X Ray Spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Shaul Mukamel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J34.00002: Conformation of self-assembled porphyrin dimers in liposome vesicles by phase-modulation 2D fluorescence spectroscopy Alejandro Perdomo-Ortiz, Geoffrey A. Lott, James K. Utterback, Julia R. Widom, Al\'an Aspuru-Guzik, Andrew H. Marcus Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J34.00003: 2-Dimensional Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Determining the Temperature-Dependent Conformations of Porphyrin Dimers and Nucleic Acids Julia Widom, Alejandro Perdomo-Ortiz, Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Andrew Marcus Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:51PM		J34.00004: Probing photosynthetic structure and function using multidimensional spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Jennifer Ogilvie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J34.00005: Exploring Relaxation Processes in Components of DNA with UV Nonlinear Spectroscopy Andrew Moran, Brantley West, Jordan Womick Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J34.00006: Early optical response of fluorescent molecules studied by synthetic optically delayed pulses Arkaprabha Konar, Jay Shah, Tapas Goswami, Vadim Lozovoy, Marcos Dantus Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:51PM		J34.00007: Quantum mechanical light harvesting mechanisms in photosynthesis Invited Speaker: Gregory Scholes Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J34.00008: Temperature dependence of proton transfer kinetics in the green fluorescent protein Bridget Salna, Abdelkrim Benabbas, Paul Champion, J. Timothy Sage, Jasper van Thor, Ann Fitzpatrick Preview Abstract

Session J35: Liquids

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Donald Truhlar, University of Minnesota
Room: 107B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J35.00001: Ion shape effect on dynamics of ionic liquids Hongjun Liu, Edward Maginn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J35.00002: Thermodynamic Phase Diagram of Hydrogen in Nano-porous Silica Eli Van Cleve, Sergei Kucheyev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J35.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J35.00004: Quasi-free Electron Energy in Near Critical Point He Yevgeniy Lushtak, Samantha Dannenberg, Cherice Evans, Gary Findley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J35.00005: COSMO-3D: Introducing Steric Effects into COSMO Solvation Models Erin McGarrity, Jan van der Eerden, Gerard Krooshof Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J35.00006: Charge induced hydrophobic/hydrophilic metallic surfaces Luana Pedroza, Adrien Poissier, Marivi Fernandez-Serra Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J35.00007: Pulling adsorbed polymers at an angle: A low temperature theory Gerasim Iliev, Stuart Whittington Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J35.00008: Low-Energy Electron Induced Reactions in Condensed Methanol Michael Boyer, Mavis Boamah, Kristal Chamberlain, ChanMaye Myae Soe, Andrew Bass, Leon Sanche, Christopher Arumainayagam Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J35.00009: The Widom line and noise power spectral analysis of a supercritical fluid Sungho Han, Clare Yu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J35.00010: Disappearance of Widom Line for Liquid-Liquid Phase Transition with Horizontal Coexistence Line Jiayuan Luo, Limei Xu, Sergey Buldyrev, Austen Angell, Gene Stanley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J35.00011: Effects of pressure on transitions between disordered phases in supercooled liquid Si Alex Antonelli, Karl Garcez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J35.00012: Thermodynamics of Supercooled Water Vincent Holten, Christopher Bertrand, Mikhail Anisimov, Jan Sengers Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J35.00013: Diffusivity crossover and liquid-liquid transition in solutions of hard spheres in Jagla particles Dario Corradini, Paola Gallo, Sergey V. Buldyrev, H. Eugene Stanley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J35.00014: Small-to-Large Polaron Transition in Water Shahriar Shadkhoo, Robijn Bruinsma Preview Abstract

Session J36: Focus Session: New Energy III

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Bruce Garrett, Pacific Northwest Research Laboratory and Anders Nilsson, SLAC
Room: 107C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J36.00001: Tailoring Surface Chemical Properties Using Electronic Structure Theory Invited Speaker: Jens Norskov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J36.00002: Ab initio reaction pathways for dissociative adsorption of dioxygen on Al (111) Florian Libisch, Chen Huang, Peilin Liao, Michele Pavone, Emily Carter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:39PM		J36.00003: Alkane and CO$_{2}$ Activation by Modified Oxide Catalysts Invited Speaker: Horia Metiu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J36.00004: First-principles calculations of Fischer-Tropsch processes catalyzed by nitrogenase enzymes Joel Varley, Lars Grabow, Jens N{\O}rskov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J36.00005: Low-temperature dehydrogenation catalysis of isophorone (C$_9$H$_{14}$O) on Pd(111) Xinguo Ren, Wei Liu, Aditya Savara, Wiebke Ludwig, Karl-Heinz Dostert, Swetlana Schauermann, Alexandre Tkatchenko, Hans-Joachim Freund, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J36.00006: Interfacial binding in catalytic and photovoltaic materials, and the energetics of elementary surface processes during catalytic fuels production and utilization Invited Speaker: Charles T. Campbell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J36.00007: Ab initio modeling of EXAFS spectra of nanoparticles Samuel Chill, Aaron Yevik, Anatoly Frenkel, Graeme Henkelman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J36.00008: Predicting the Catalytic Reactions using Random Phase Approximation J. Yan, T. Olsen, J.J. Mortensen, K.W. Jacobsen, K.S. Thygesen, F. Abild-Pedersen, J.K. Norskov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J36.00009: In situ XAS of Pt monolayer model fuel cell catalysts: balance of na-nostructure and bimetallic interactions Daniel Friebel, Venkat Viswanathan, Ask Larsen, Daniel J. Miller, Hirohito Ogasawara, Toyli Anniyev, Christopher P. O'Grady, Jens N{\O}rskov, Anders Nilsson Preview Abstract

Session J37: SPS Undergraduate Research IV

Sponsoring Units: SPS
Chair: Peter Muhoro, American Physical Society
Room: 108

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J37.00001: Life as a Hiltern Courtney Lemon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J37.00002: Zinc Oxide Coated Carbon Nanotubes for Energy Harvesting Applications Austin Mohney, David Stollberg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J37.00003: Influence of carbon nanotubes diameter on thermal conductivity of polyester based nanocomposites Romeo de Coss-Mart\'Inez, Graciela In\'es Qui\~nones-Weiss, Jazm\'In Anely Doporto-Valladares, Caridad Guadalupe Vales-Pinz\'on, Miguel \'Angel Zambrano-Arjona, Jos\'e \'Angel Mendez-Gamboa, Rub\'en Arturo Medina-Esquivel, Juan Jos\'e Alvarado-Gil Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J37.00004: Electrical characterization of field effect transistors made from C-nanotubes covered with poly(3-hexylthiophene) Luis Pomales, Nicholas Pinto, Mitchell Lerner, Alan Johnson Jr. Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J37.00005: Physical Manipulation of the Na/K Pump David Eve, Clausell Mathis, Wei Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J37.00006: Characterization of the GaN-MgO Transistor Interface: More Power and Efficiency Jose Sanchez, Divine Kumah, Fred Walker Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J37.00007: Generating more electricity from water Daniel Moser, Guoping Zhang Preview Abstract

Session J39: Exciton, Polariton, and Electron Dynamics in two-dimensional semiconductor structures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Mark Sherwin, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: 109B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J39.00001: Valence-band Mixing in Strain-based Traps for Indirect Excitons in Coupled Quantum Wells Jeffrey Wuenschell, Nicholas Sinclair, David Snoke, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J39.00002: Dark excitons and Bose-Einstein condensation in strain-trapped excitons in coupled quantum wells Nicholas Sinclair, Jeff Wuenschell, Kenneth West, Loren Pfeiffer, David Snoke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J39.00003: Trapping Long-Lifetime Superfluid Polaritons Using a Laser-Generated Barrier B. Nelsen, M. Steger, G. Liu, D. Snoke, K. West, L. Pfeiffer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J39.00004: All Optical Switching Using Exciton-Polariton Renormalization in Microcavities M. Steger, B. Nelsen, C. Gautham, D. Snoke, L. Pfeiffer, K. West Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J39.00005: Two-Dimensional Mott-Hubbard Electrons in an Artificial Honeycomb Lattice V. Pellegrini, M. Gibertini, B. Karmakar, S. Yuan, M. Polini, G. Vignale, M. Katsnelson, A. Pinczuk, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West, A. Singha Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J39.00006: Cooperative carrier dynamics in InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells in high magnetic fields Ji-Hee Kim, Tim Noe, Yongrui Wang, Aleksander K. Wojcik, Stephen A. McGill, Alexey A. Belyanin, Junichiro Kono Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J39.00007: High-Order Sideband Generation in Quantum Wells Driven by Intense THz Radiation: Electron-Hole Recollisions Benjamin Zaks, Ren-Bao Liu, Mark Sherwin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J39.00008: Intersubband electrons coupled to zone-folded coherent acoustic phonons in a GaN/AlN superlattice Cynthia Aku-Leh, Klaus Reimann, Michael Woerner, Eva Monroy, Daniel Hofstetter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J39.00009: Intersubband polariton bleaching observed in ultrafast mid-infrared spectroscopy Simone Zanotto, Riccardo Degl'Innocenti, Ji-Hua Xu, Giorgio Biasiol, Lucia Sorba, Alessandro Tredicucci Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J39.00010: Pump-probe experiment in LaMnO3/SrTiO3 superlattices and thin film Purevdorj Munkhbaatar, B. Tsermaa, J.S. Kim, W.S. Choi, S.S.A. Seo, H.N. Lee, K. Myung-Whun Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J39.00011: Excitonics of Hybrid Nanostructures Arranged with Mixed Dimensionality Pedro Ludwig Hernandez Martinez, Alexander O. Govorov, Hilmi Volkan Demir Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J39.00012: Many-particle effects in the photoluminescent response of silicon quantum-dot solids Joseph B. Miller, Austin R. Van Sickle, Rebecca R. Anthony, Uwe R. Korthshagen, Daniel M. Kroll, Erik K. Hobbie Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J39.00013: Spectral dependence of the Aharonov Bohm effect in the magneto-photoluminescence of layered ZnTe-ZnSe structures Bidisha Roy, Haojie Ji, Siddharth Dhomkar, Le Peng, Richard Moug, Uttam Manna, Maria Tamargo, Fred Cadieu, Igor Kuskovsky Preview Abstract

Session J40: Multi-cellular Processes and Development

Sponsoring Units: DBIO
Chair: Lisa Manning, Syracuse University
Room: 156A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J40.00001: A Quantitative Analysis of Axonal Growth and Connectivity in Cortical Neurons James White, Elise Spedden, Sawyer Bernath, David Kaplan, Timothy Atherton, Cristian Staii Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J40.00002: Collective cell migration in a periodic potential Thomas Angelini, Jolie Breaux, Steven Zehnder Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J40.00003: Collective Cell Migration on Deformable Substrates Adrian Pegoraro, Allen Ehrlicher, Ming Guo, Thomas Angelini, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J40.00004: Impact of jamming on collective cell migration Kenechukwu David Nnetu, Melanie Knorr, Steve Pawlizak, Thomas Fuhs, Mareike Zink, Josef A. K\"as Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J40.00005: Self-rheology of cell monolayers Romaric Vincent, Xavier Serra-Picamal, Vito Conte, Ester Anon, Xavier Trepat Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J40.00006: Collective mechanics of undifferentiated cells drives ventral furrow formation in {\sl Drosophila} embryo Ana Hocevar, Primoz Ziherl, Matteo Rauzi, Maria Leptin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J40.00007: Collective Cell Mechanics in 3D Scaffolds Jolie Breaux, Steven Zehnder, Lucas Osterbur, Jennifer Lewis, Thomas Angelini Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J40.00008: Biomechanics of the endothelium substrate influences leukocyte transmigration Kimberly Stroka, Helim Aranda-Espinoza Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J40.00009: Growth variability in a tissue governed by stress dependent growth Karen Alim, Arezki Boudaoud Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J40.00010: Emergent mechanical behavior in a minimal model for embryonic tissues Lisa Manning, Marcos Lanio, Jared Talbot, Eva-Maria Schoetz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J40.00011: Spatially limited growth of an epithelium Maxime Deforet, Olivier Cochet, Axel Buguin, Pascal Silberzan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J40.00012: Information propagation and nutrient flow in \textit{Physarum polycephalum} Gabriel Amselem, Francois Peaudecerf, Karen Alim, Jacques Dumais, Anne Pringle, Michael Brenner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J40.00013: Scaling of Traction Stresses with Size of Cohesive Cell Colonies Aaron F. Mertz, Shiladitya Banerjee, Yonglu Che, M. Christina Marchetti, Valerie Horsley, Eric R. Dufresne Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J40.00014: Elasticity of adherent active cells on a compliant substrate Shiladitya Banerjee, Aaron F. Mertz, Eric R. Dufresne, M. Cristina Marchetti Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J40.00015: Wave transmission through cell-cell coupling Chenlu Wang, Meghan Driscoll, Sagar Chowdhury, S.K. Gupta, Wolfgang Losert Preview Abstract

Session J41: Vortex Dynamics, Turbulence and Geophysical Flows

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Greg Voth, Wesleyan University
Room: 156B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J41.00001: Two point correlations between velocity sums and differences in turbulence Nicholas Rotile, Greg Voth, Susantha Wijesinghe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J41.00002: Variance of scalar fluctuations using backwards relative dispersion in turbulent channel flows Chiranth Srinivasan, Dimitrios Papavassiliou Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J41.00003: Measuring anisotropy as a function of scale in turbulence using 3D particle tracking Susantha Wijesinghe, Greg Voth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J41.00004: Rotation rate of rods in turbulent flow Shima Parsa, Greg Voth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J41.00005: Statistics of Macroturbulence from Flow Equations Brad Marston, Thomas Iadecola, Wanming Qi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J41.00006: Motion of a Thread in Compressible Turbulence Rory Cerbus, Walter Goldburg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J41.00007: Statistical Equilibria of Turbulence on Surfaces of Different Symmetry Wanming Qi, Brad Marston Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J41.00008: Design and Evolution of Shaped Vortices Dustin Kleckner, William T.M. Irvine Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J41.00009: Insights into vortex merger using the core growth model Fangxu Jing, Eva Kanso, Paul Newton Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J41.00010: Entrainment of solid particles by energetic flow events Manousos Valyrakis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J41.00011: Modeling and dynamics of sand bed vortex ripples Justin Kao, Abigail Koss, Taylor Perron Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J41.00012: The statistics of wind driven ocean currents Yosef Yosef, Golan Bel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J41.00013: Modulation of Atlantic tropical cyclones by El Nino - Southern Oscillation Constantin Andronache Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J41.00014: Fingers and Toes in Miscible Viscous Flows Radha Ramachandran, Irmgard Bischofberger, Sidney Nagel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J41.00015: Thermal plumes in locally heated vertical soap films Nicolas Adami, St\'ephane Dorbolo, Herv\'e Caps Preview Abstract

Session J42: Focus Session: Stochastic Population Dynamics I - Cyclic competition and population stability

Sponsoring Units: DBIO GSNP
Chair: Michel Pleimling and Uwe Tauber, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: 156C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J42.00001: Cyclic competition of four or more species: Results from mean field theory and stochastic simulations Invited Speaker: R.K.P. Zia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J42.00002: Varieties of extinction scenarios when four species compete cyclically S.O. Case, C.H. Durney, M. Pleimling, R.K.P. Zia Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J42.00003: The effects of mobility on the one-dimensional four-species cyclic predator-prey model David Konrad, Michel Pleimling Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J42.00004: Boundary conflicts and cluster coarsening: Waves of life and death in the cyclic competition of four species Ahmed Roman, Michel Pleimling Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J42.00005: Discriminating the effects of spatial extent and population size in cyclic competition among species David Lamouroux, Stephan Eule, Theo Geisel, Jan Nagler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J42.00006: Stochastic extinction dynamics of HIV-1 Ira Schwartz, Eric Forgoston, Leor Weinberger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J42.00007: Experimental observation of critical slowing down before population collapse Lei Dai, Daan Vorselen, Carmel Dudley, Onur Ornek, Kirill Korolev, Jeff Gore Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J42.00008: Extinction of Bacterial Populations: A Change of Paradigm? Ingo Lohmar, Baruch Meerson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J42.00009: Invasion, Coexistence, and Extinction Driven by Preemptive Competition and Sex Ratio Ferenc Molnar, Thomas Caraco, Gyorgy Korniss Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J42.00010: Vaccine enhanced extinction in stochastic epidemic models Lora Billings, Luis Mier-y-Teran, Ira Schwartz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J42.00011: Fast stochastic algorithm for simulating evolutionary population dynamics Lev Tsimring, Jeff Hasty, William Mather Preview Abstract

Session J43: Invited Session: Stochastic Geometry and Conformal Invariance in Non-Equilibrium and Disordered Systems

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD
Chair: Walter Goldburg, University of Pittsburgh
Room: 157AB

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J43.00001: Stochastic geometry of turbulence Invited Speaker: Gregory Falkovich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J43.00002: Stochastic geometry in disordered systems, applications to quantum Hall transitions Invited Speaker: Ilya Gruzberg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J43.00003: Efficient SLE algorithms and numerical pitfalls of the method Invited Speaker: Tom Kennedy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J43.00004: Search for Conformal Invariance in Two-dimensional Compressible Turbulence Invited Speaker: - Stefanus Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J43.00005: Schramm-Loewner (SLE) analysis of quasi two-dimensional turbulent flows Invited Speaker: Simon Thalabard Preview Abstract

Session J44: Focus Session: Dynamics of Polymers: Phenomena Due to Confinement I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Zahra Fakhraai, University of Pennsylvania
Room: 157C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J44.00001: A closer look at the two-layer model Dongdong Peng Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J44.00002: Inter- and intra-chain Proximity in PS and PMMA free-standing thin films Studied by Fluorescence NRET Jie Xu, Gi Xue Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J44.00003: Surface Dynamics of Partially Tethered Polymer Films Mark Foster, Jin Kuk Lee, Bulent Akgun, Zhang Jiang, Suresh Narayanan, Sushil Satija Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J44.00004: Structural characterization of irreversibly adsorbed polymer layers at the polymer/solid interface - In-situ grazing incidence angle x-ray scattering studies Naisheng Jiang, Fen Chen, Xiameng Chen, Zexi Han, Chen Liang, Peter Gin, Mitsunori Asada, Maya Endoh, Tad Koga Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J44.00005: Relaxation of Polyisoprene in Nanoscale Confinement Sung A. Kim, Praveen Agarwal, Lynden Archer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J44.00006: Molecular simulations of confined polymer glasses Robert Riggleman, Amit Shavit Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J44.00007: Structure and Dynamics of Polymer / Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites Nigel Clarke, Argyrios Karatrantos, Karen Winey, Russell Composto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J44.00008: Polymer Conformations in SWCNT/Polystyrene Nanocomposites using SANS Wei-Shao Tung, Nigel Clarke, Russell J. Composto, Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J44.00009: Structures and Dynamics of Polymers Adsorbed on Supported Cationic Lipid Membrane Chen-Ming Chang, Yuk-Gyn Lau, Jih-Chiang Tsai, Wen-Tau Juan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J44.00010: Structure and Dynamics in Hyperbranched Nanohybrids K. Chrissopoulou, S. Fotiadou, S.H. Anastasiadis, B. Frick Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J44.00011: Large Amplitude Shear Deformations of Nano-Filled Elastomers: Evidence of Glassy Dynamics in the Vicinity of the Fillers Didier Long, Paul Sotta, Samy Merabia, Aurelie Papon, Francois Lequeux, Helene Montes, Laurent Guy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J44.00012: Polymer Diffusion Slows Down in Nanocomposites Containing Hard Nanospheres Russell Composto, Sangah Gam, Karen Winey, nigel clarke, Jeffrey Meth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J44.00013: Time and Temperature Dependent Surface Stiffness of Poly(alpha-methylstyrene)(PAMS) through Particle Embedment Taskin Karim, Gregory McKenna Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J44.00014: The Calorimetric Glass Transition of Polystyrene Ultrathin Films Siyang Gao, Yung P. Koh, Sindee Simon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J44.00015: Dynamics of anchored polymer chains in a tunable micelle confinement system Hengxi Yang, Chelsea Chen, Ga Ram Jun, Peter Green Preview Abstract

Session J45: Padden Award Symposium

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Karen Winey, University of Pennsylvania
Room: 159

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J45.00001: Field-Theoretic Studies of Nanostructured Triblock Polyelectrolyte Gels Debra Audus, Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J45.00002: Effect of Confinement on Proton Transport in Nanostructured Block Copolymer/Ionic Liquid Membranes Megan L. Hoarfrost, Madhu S. Tyagi, Rachel A. Segalman, Jeffrey A. Reimer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J45.00003: Controlling Au Nanorod Dispersion in Thin Film Polymer Blends Michael J.A. Hore, Russell J. Composto Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J45.00004: Influence of Charge and Network Inhomogeneities on the Swollen-Collapsed Transition in Polyelectrolyte Nanogels Prateek Jha, Jos Zwanikken, Fran\c{c}ois Detcheverry, Juan de Pablo, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J45.00005: Enhanced electron mobility of n-channel polymer thin film transistors by use of low-k polymer dielectric buffer layer Felix Sunjoo Kim, Samson Jenekhe Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J45.00006: Imaging three dimensional bicontinuous networks in bulk heterojunction solar cells James T. Rogers, Louis A. Perez, Alan J. Heeger, Hiroshi Jinnai, Guillermo C. Bazan, Edward J. Kramer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J45.00007: Single molecule dynamics of self-associating polymers Charles Sing, Alfredo Alexander-Katz Preview Abstract

Session J46: Invited Session: Electrostatic Interactions in Polymeric and Biological Systems

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Andrey Dobrynin, University of Connecticut
Room: 160ABC

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J46.00001: Ion Specific Effects at Interfaces Invited Speaker: Yan Levin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J46.00002: Solvation of ions in bulk and at interfaces: What can density functional theory teach us? Invited Speaker: Christopher Mundy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J46.00003: Simulation of single molecule stretching experiments on denatured ssDNA Invited Speaker: Mark Stevens Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J46.00004: Charge-regularization effects on polyelectrolytes Invited Speaker: Murugappan Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		J46.00005: Effect of electrostatic interactions on lubrication in polymeric and biological systems Invited Speaker: Jan-Michael Carrillo Preview Abstract

Session J48: Focus Session: Gelation and Glass Transition in Colloids and Soft Matter Systems II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Michael Rubinstein, University of North Carolina
Room: 161

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J48.00001: Kinetic arrest and activated relaxation in dense suspensions of attractive nonspherical colloids Rui Zhang, Kenneth Schweizer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J48.00002: Rearrangements, Vibrations and Microscopic Glassy Dynamics and Structure in Quasi-2D Dense Colloidal Gels Matthew Lohr, Arjun Yodh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J48.00003: Dynamical Phases and Rheology of Rod-Sphere Nanoparticle Mixtures Ryan Jadrich, Kenneth Schweizer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		J48.00004: Phonons and Rearrangements in Disordered Colloidal Glasses Invited Speaker: Arjun Yodh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J48.00005: Characterization of local shear zones that govern the deformation of colloidal glasses Katharine Jensen, Nobutomo Nakamura, David Weitz, Frans Spaepen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J48.00006: Elasticity and microstructure of colloidal gels undergoing strain-induced yielding Lilian Hsiao, Richmond Newman, Sharon Glotzer, Michael Solomon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J48.00007: Complex oscillatory yielding in model hard sphere glasses George Petekidis, Nick Koumakis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J48.00008: Interactions of Dislocations with Twin Boundaries in Hard-Sphere Colloidal Crystals Maria Persson Gulda, Eric Maire, David Weitz, Frans Spaepen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J48.00009: Gel formation and aging in weakly attractive nanocolloid suspensions James Harden, Hongyu Guo, Subramanian Ramakrishnan, Robert Leheny Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J48.00010: Phase-Change Dynamics in Attractive, Polydisperse Colloidal Suspensions John Mergo, Itai Cohen, Anthony Dinsmore Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J48.00011: The role of picosecond dynamics in relaxation of molecular glasses Marcus Cicerone, Qin Zhong, Feng Ding, Jack Douglas, Madhusudan Tyagi, David Simmons Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J48.00012: AC Impedance Study of the Structural Transformation of Graphite Suspensions Jianjian Wang, Gang Chen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J48.00013: Large colloidal crystals grown by centrifugation onto a template Daniel Pennachio, Katharine Jensen, David Weitz, Frans Spaepen Preview Abstract

Session J49: Focus Session: Crystallization in Single-, Multicomponent, and Hybrid Systems I

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Christopher Li, Drexel University
Room: 162A

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		J49.00001: Orientation of conjugated polymers: epitaxy versus mechanical rubbing Invited Speaker: Martin Brinkmann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J49.00002: Solution Assembly of Hybrid Poly (3-hexyl thiophene) and Cadmium Selenide Nanowires Felicia Bokel, Emily Pentzer, Todd Emrick, Ryan Hayward Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J49.00003: Correlating crystallization and ionic conductivity of PEO/graphene oxide nanocomposite Shan Cheng, Derrick Smith, Grace Hsuan, Christopher Li Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J49.00004: Nucleation and Crystallization in nucleated Polymers Christoph Schick, Evgeny Zhuravlev, Andreas Wurm Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J49.00005: Spherulite Growth in Polymer-Nanoparticle Blends Goran Ungar, Eunwoo Lee, Ruibin Zhang, Jyongsik Jang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J49.00006: Synthesis and morphology of hydroxyapatite/polyethylene oxide nanocomposites with block copolymer compatibilized interfaces Ji Hoon Lee, Meisha Shofner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J49.00007: Confined crystallization in compatibilized Polyamide 6/High Density Polyethylene blends Simona Ceccia, Alexandra Argoud, Lise Trouillet-Fonti, Didier R. Long, Paul Sotta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		J49.00008: Crystallization and Microphase Separation in Chiral Block Copolymers Invited Speaker: Rong-Ming Ho Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J49.00009: Chain conformation and crystallization in PEO / layered silicate nanocomposites Spiros H. Anastasiadis, K. Chrissopoulou, S. Bollas, K.S. Andrikopoulos, S. Fotiadou, G.A. Voyiatzis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J49.00010: Lamellar Orientation Inversion under Dynamic Interplay between Simultaneous Crystallization and Phase Separation Charles Han, Weichao Shi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J49.00011: Phase separation of DMDBS from iPP, and controlled crystalline orientation K. Sreenivas, Guruswamy Kumaraswamy, R.S. Basargekar Preview Abstract

Session J50: Focus Session: Translocation through Nanopores - Novel Devices and Computational Approaches

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBIO
Chair: Samuel Amanuel, Union College
Room: 162B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J50.00001: Integrated Nanopore Detectors in a Standard Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Process Ashfaque Uddin, Chin-Hsuan Chen, Sukru Yemenicioglu, Kaveh Milaninia, Ellie Corigliano, Madoo Varma, Luke Theogarajan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J50.00002: Graphene Gating of Solid State Nanopores for DNA Translocation Kimberly Venta, Matthew Puster, Marija Drndic Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J50.00003: Nanochannel Device with Embedded Nanopore: a New Approach for Single-Molecule DNA Analysis and Manipulation Yuning Zhang, Walter Reisner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J50.00004: fd Virus as a Model Stiff Polymer for Translocation Experiments with Solid-State Nanopores Angus McMullen, Xu Liu, Mirna Mihovilovic, Derek Stein, Jay Tang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J50.00005: Studies of DNA Translocation Dynamics Using Asymmetrical Nanopores Xu Liu, Karri DiPetrillo, Jason Chan, Derek Stein Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J50.00006: First-passage-time analysis of DNA translocation in solid-state nanopores Daniel Ling, Xinsheng Ling Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J50.00007: Some aspects of polymer translocation dynamics through nanopore: comparison of recent the theories with simulation results Invited Speaker: Aniket Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J50.00008: DNA translocation measurements in solid-state nanopores fabricated using helium-ion microscope Liping Liu, Wang Miao, Chuong Huynh, Quanjun Liu, Xinsheng Ling Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J50.00009: Dynamics of Simultaneous, Single Ion Transport through Two Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Observation of a Three-State System Steven Shimizu, Wonjoon Choi, Chang Young Lee, Moon-Ho Ham, Michael Strano Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J50.00010: Polymer Translocation through a Nanopore Modulated by a Sticky Site Hendrick W. de Haan, Gary W. Slater Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J50.00011: Translocation dynamics of a semi-flexible chain through a nano-pore Ramesh Adhikari, Andy W.C. Lau, Aniket Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J50.00012: Characterization of Idealized Helical Repeat Proteins in Silicon Nitride Nanopores Jiali Li, Bradley Ledden, David Talaga, Aitziber Cortajarena, Lynne Regan Preview Abstract

Session J51: Liquid Crystals: Smectic, Ferroelectric, Nanocomposites and DNA

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DFD
Chair: Luz J Martinez-Miranda, University of Maryland
Room: Boston Conference Center 154

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J51.00001: Two-Dimensional Microfluidics: Hydrodynamic Interactions in Ultra-Thin Smectic Liquid Crystal Films Zoom Nguyen, Aaron Goldfain, Cheol Park, Joe Maclennan, Matt Glaser, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J51.00002: Two-Dimensional Microfluidics: hydrodynamics of drops and interfaces in flowing smectic liquid crystal channels Zhiyuan Qi, Zoom Nguyen, Cheol Park, Joe Maclennan, Matt Maclennan, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J51.00003: Smectic liquid crystal cells with a ``dirty'' substrate Quan Zhang, Leo Radzihovsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J51.00004: Structural Reorganization of 4 - Cyano - 4' - octyloxybiphenyl (8OCB) revealed by Fast Scanning Calorimetry Dongshan Zhou, Jing Jiang, Zhijie Huang, Wei Jiang, Gi Xue Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J51.00005: A Biaxial Banana Liquid Crystal Phase with Short-range Layer Ordering Yongqiang Shen, Tao Gong, Dong Chen, Renfan Shao, Chenhui Zhu, Matthew Glaser, Joseph Maclennan, David Walba, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J51.00006: A Bent -- Shape Leaning Smectic Liquid Crystal Material Cuiyu Zhang, Nick Diorio, S. Radhika, B.K. Sadashiva, Antal Jakli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J51.00007: Effective Conductivity due to Continuous Polarization Reorientation in Fluid Ferroelectrics Joseph Maclennan, Yongqiang Shen, Tao Gong, Renfan Shao, Eva Korblova, David Walba, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J51.00008: Microscopic origins of first-order SmA-SmC phase behavior and electro optics in de Vries smectic liquid crystals Z. Kost-Smith, M.A. Glaser, P.D. Beale, N.A. Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J51.00009: Morphology and Dynamics of Liquid Crystalline Molecules Confined in Nano-pores Malgorzata Jasiurkowska, Wilhelm Kossack, Roxana Ene, Ciprian Iacob, Wycliffe Kipnusu, Periklis Papadopoulos, Joshua Sangoro, Maria Massalska-Arodz, Friedrich Kremer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J51.00010: Temperature Dependence of Smectic Liquid Crystals Mixed With Magnetic Nanoparticles Jefferson W. Taylor, Lynn K. Kurihara, Luz J. Martinez-Miranda Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J51.00011: The Role of ZnO Particle Size, Shape and Concentration on Liquid Crystal Order and Current-Voltage Properties for Potential Photovoltaic Applications Luz J. Martinez-Miranda, Janelle Branch, Robert Thompson, Jefferson W. Taylor, Lourdes Salamanca-Riba Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J51.00012: ZnO Nanowire Arrays with Liquid Crystals for Photovoltaic Applications Lourdes Salamanca-Riba, Joshwa Taillon, Luz Martinez-Miranda Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J51.00013: Ligation of Complementary Oligomers in Liquid Crystals of nanoDNA Gregory Smith, David Walba, Noel Clark, Weixian Xi, Tao Gong, Christopher Bowman, Tommaso Fraccia, Giuliano Zanchetta, Tommaso Bellini Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J51.00014: Liquid Crystal Ordering of Random DNA Oligomers Tommaso Bellini, Giuliano Zanchetta, Tommaso Fraccia, Roberto Cerbino, Ethan Tsai, Mark Moran, Gregory Smith, David Walba, Noel Clark Preview Abstract

Session J52: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics - Plates

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD
Chair: Christian Santangelo, University of Massachusetts
Room: 153C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J52.00001: Radial stretching of thin sheets: A prototypical model for morphological complexity Benny Davidovitch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J52.00002: Bending of a surface with spontaneous curvature Catherine Quilliet, Philippe Marmottant, Alexandre Farutin, Chaouqi Misbah Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J52.00003: Deformations of 2D Random Elastic Networks Hendrik Florijn, M. van Deen, Henk Imthorn, Martin van Hecke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J52.00004: Packing with a twist: from Wrinkles to Scrolls Arshad Kudrolli, Julien Chopin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J52.00005: Geometry and Mechanics of Chiral Pod Opening Eran Sharon, Shahaf Armon, Efi Efrati, Raz Kupferman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J52.00006: Flat-twisted-helical transition in composed gel sheets and self assembled chiral molecules Shahaf Armon, Eran Sharon, Efi Efrati, Raz Kupferman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J52.00007: Curvature and defects in soft membranes with orientational order Thanh Son Nguyen, Jun Geng, Jonathan V. Selinger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J52.00008: Capillary induced buckling of floating sheets Miguel Pineirua, Jose Bico, Benoit Roman, Narayanan Menon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J52.00009: The wrinkle transition of a sheet on a drop Robert Schroll, Benny Davidovitch, Hunter King, Narayanan Menon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J52.00010: Transition from Wrinkling to Crumpling in a Sheet Floating on a Drop Hunter King, Narayanan Menon, Robert Schroll, Benny Davidovitch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J52.00011: Supported conical defects Efi Efrati Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J52.00012: Stamping and wrinkling of elastic plates Jeremy Hure, Jose Bico, Benoit Roman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J52.00013: Deterministic Wrinkling Patterns of Thin Polymeric Coatings on Soft Substrates Jie Yin, Jose L. Yague, Karen K. Gleason, Mary C. Boyce Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J52.00014: Wrinkles in reinforced membranes Atsushi Takei, Fabian Brau, Beno\^It Roman, Jos\'e Bico Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J52.00015: Mechanics of Graphene Electronics Xuanhe Zhao Preview Abstract

Session J53: Disordered Systems: Jamming

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Patrick Charbonneau, Duke University
Room: 153B

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J53.00001: The contact percolation transition Tianqi Shen, Corey O'Hern, Mark Shattuck Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J53.00002: Constraint counting for frictional jamming D.A. Quint, S. Henkes, J.M. Schwarz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J53.00003: Decoupling of Rotational and Translational Diffusion in a 2D Granular Experiment Nabiha Saklayen, Gary L. Hunter, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J53.00004: Characterizing the clogging transition by individual grain behavior Charles Thomas, Douglas Durian Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J53.00005: Jamming around fixed obstacles Amy Bug, Sam Bullard-Sisken, Carl Goodrich, Lisa Manning, Andrea Liu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J53.00006: Frictional Jammed Packings: Classification, Protocol Dependence and the Phase Diagram Stefanos Papanikolaou, Corey O' Hern, Mark D. Shattuck Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		J53.00007: Jammed 2D circle packing reconsidered as a jigsaw puzzle Eric Corwin, Kenneth Desmond, Eric Weeks Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		J53.00008: An experimental test of equilibration of temperature-like variables in jammed granular materials James Puckett, Brian Tighe, Karen E. Daniels Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		J53.00009: Energy decay of freely cooling granular gases in three dimensions Zahera Jabeen, Sudhir N. Pathak, Rajesh R. Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J53.00010: The Influence of Topology on Signal Propagation in Granular Force Networks Danielle Bassett, Eli Owens, Karen Daniels, Mason Porter Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J53.00011: Jamming of Brownian disks in a channel with a constriction Alejandro Bilbao, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J53.00012: To be or not to be jammed Simon Dagois-Bohy, Brian Tighe, Johannes Simon, Silke Henkes, Martin Van Hecke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J53.00013: Jamming, Yielding and Rheology of Weakly Vibrated Granular Media Geert Wortel, Joshua Dijksman, Olivier Dauchot, Martin van Hecke Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J53.00014: Dynamics near shear-jamming for a dense granular system Jie Ren, Joshua Dijksman, Robert Behringer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		J53.00015: Tricriticality in constraint percolation L. Cao, J. M. Schwarz Preview Abstract

Session J54: Focus Session: Complex and Co-evolving Networks - Empirical Studies of Social Networks

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Gene Stanley, Boston University
Room: 152

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		J54.00001: Modeling users' activity on Twitter networks: validation of Dunbar's number Bruno Goncalves, Nicola Perra, Alessandro Vespignani Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		J54.00002: Entropy of dynamical social networks Kun Zhao, Marton Karsai, Ginestra Bianconi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		J54.00003: The nature and perception of fluctuations in human musical rhythms Holger Hennig, Ragnar Fleischmann, Anneke Fredebohm, York Hagmayer, Jan Nagler, Annette Witt, Fabian Theis, Theo Geisel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		J54.00004: Structural and social aspects of human mobility James Bagrow, Yu-Ru Lin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		J54.00005: Temporal and spatial regularity of mobile-phone data Philipp Hoevel, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		J54.00006: Scale-free correlations in the geographical spreading of obesity Lazaros Gallos, Pablo Barttfeld, Shlomo Havlin, Mariano Sigman, Hernan Makse Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		J54.00007: Mining networks of human contact with wearable sensors Invited Speaker: Alain Barrat Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		J54.00008: Are we in our travel decisions self-determined? Christian Schneider, Thomas Couronne, Zbigniew Smoreda, Marta Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		J54.00009: A cross-section test of Cobb-Douglass production function between market capitalization and GDP Adam Avakian, Boris Podobnik, H. Eugene Stanley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		J54.00010: Statistical Analysis on the Korean Transportation System Okyu Kwon, Gabjin Oh, Woo-Sung Jung Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		J54.00011: The Growth Dynamics of Words: How Historical Context Shapes the Competitive Linguistic Environment Joel Tenenbaum, Alexander Petersen, Shlomo Havlin, H. Eugene Stanley Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		J54.00012: Voronoi Cell Patterns: Application of the size distribution to societal systems Rajesh Sathiyanarayanan, Diego Luis Gonz\'alez, Alberto Pimpinelli, T.L. Einstein Preview Abstract