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Session P2: Invited Session: Large Fluctuations Far From Equilibrium

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Baruch Meerson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Room: 204AB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P2.00001: Characterizing Order in Glassy Systems Invited Speaker: Dov Levine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P2.00002: Drift, diffusion and barrier crossing of small objects on a surface assisted by an external noise: roles of non-linear friction Invited Speaker: Manoj Chaudhury Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P2.00003: Noise induced stabilization in population dynamics Invited Speaker: Alex Kamenev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		P2.00004: Speeding up spontaneous disease extinction Invited Speaker: Michael Khasin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		P2.00005: Cooperativity-Driven Singularities in Cooperative Asymmetric Exclusion Invited Speaker: Sidney Redner Preview Abstract

Session P3: Invited Session: Alkaline Iron Selenides vs Iron Pnictides: Properties and Their Implications

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Qimiao Si, Rice University
Room: 205AB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P3.00001: Neutron Scattering Study on the New 245 Iron Selenide Superconductors Invited Speaker: Wei Bao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P3.00002: Distinct Fermi Surface Topology and nearly Isotropic Superconducting Gap in A$_{x}$Fe$_{2-y}$ Se$_{2}$ (A=K, Tl, Rb) Superconductors Invited Speaker: Xingjiang Zhou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P3.00003: Pairing strength and symmetries of 122 iron selenides in comparison with iron pnictides Invited Speaker: Pallab Goswami Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		P3.00004: Pairing state in AFe2Se2 from spin fluctuation theory Invited Speaker: Peter Hirschfeld Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		P3.00005: NMR investigation of iron-selenide and iron-arsenide high $T_{c}$ superconductors Invited Speaker: Takashi Imai Preview Abstract

Session P4: Multi-Component BECs and Mixtures

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Noah Bary-Lai, Joint Quantum Institute
Room: 205C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P4.00001: Analytical solutions to the spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensates Shi-Jie Yang, Zhi-Hai Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P4.00002: Geometry of Spinor Condensates with Large Spins Omnarayani Nayak, Ari Turner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P4.00003: Pomeranchuk cooling of SU(N) ultracold fermions in optical lattice Zi Cai, Hsiang-Hsuan Hung, Dong Zheng, Congjun Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P4.00004: Determinant Quantum Monte Carlo simulations on quantum magnetism of theSU(2N) ultra-cold fermions Dong Zheng, Hsiang-Hsuan Hung, Zi Cai, Congjun Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P4.00005: Multi-component integrable models in cold atoms Yuzhu Jiang, Junpeng Cao, Yupeng Wang, Haiqing Lin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P4.00006: Haldane Phase of Ultra Cold Atom Gas Loaded on Pseudo-One-Dimensional Optical Lattice Keita Kobayashi, Masahiko Okumura, Yukihiro Ota, Susumu Yamada, Masahiko Machida Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P4.00007: Half-quantum vortex state and its excitations in a spin-orbit coupled spinor Bose-Einstein condensate B. Ramachandhran, Bogdan Opanchuk, Xia-Ji Liu, Han Pu, Hui Hu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P4.00008: Searching for Non-abelian Phases in Bose-Einstein Condensate of Dy Biao Lian, Hui Zhai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P4.00009: Quasiparticles in a Bose-Fermi mixture in optical lattice Kazuto Noda, Robert Peters, Norio Kawakami, Thomas Pruschke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P4.00010: Ultracold bosons in the presence of a second species in the Tonks-Girardeau regime: dynamics and quantum features Miguel Angel Garcia-March, Thomas Fogarty, Thomas Busch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P4.00011: The Many-Body Correlation of Bose-Fermi Mixture in the Ring Trap Ryosuke Shibato, Takushi Nishimura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P4.00012: Cooling by corralling: a route to antiferromagnetism in optical lattices Yen Lee Loh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P4.00013: Magnetic order in the doped Hubbard model and the crossover from two- to three-dimensions: a Hartree-Fock study Jie Xu, Eric J. Walter, Shiwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P4.00014: Continuous measurement quantum state tomography of atomic spins Carlos Riofrio, Ivan Deutsch, Aaron Smith, Brian Anderson, Hector Sosa, Poul Jessen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P4.00015: Measuring spin correlations in optical lattices K.G.L. Pedersen, B.M. Andersen, G.M. Bruun, O.F. Sylju{\aa}sen, A.S. S{\O}rensen Preview Abstract

Session P5: Surfaces, Interfaces, and Thin Films: Kinetics, Dynamics, and Reactions

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Ray Phaneuf, University of Maryland
Room: 206A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P5.00001: Direct versus hydrogen assisted CO dissociation on metal surfaces Dominic Alfonso Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P5.00002: Multi-lattice approach to first-principles kinetic Monte Carlo simulations: Application to catalytic CO oxidation at Pd(100) Max Hoffmann, Matthias Scheffler, Karsten Reuter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P5.00003: The role of non-conventional supports for single-atom Platinum-based catalysts in fuel cell technology: A theoretical surface science approach Aloysius Soon, Renqin Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P5.00004: Water-Pd Interface in Catalytic Biomass Conversion: Atomic-Scale Structure and Properties Yake Wang, Shuxia Yin, Xin Liu, Darwin Shields, Sanwu Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P5.00005: Multilayer epitaxial graphene oxide: structural and chemical properties from a combined theoretical and experimental XPS study Si Zhou, Suenne Kim, Elisa Riedo, Angelo Bongiorno Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P5.00006: Switching of molecules at metal surfaces Petra Tegeder Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P5.00007: Competing Atomic and Molecular Mechanisms of Thermal Oxidation of Si vesus SiC Xiao Shen, Blair R. Tuttle, Sokrates T. Pantelides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P5.00008: Scanning tunneling microscopy uncovers the mechanism of silicon oxidation in aqueous solutions Melissa Hines, Marc Faggin, Kun Bao, Ankush Gupta, Brandon Aldinger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P5.00009: Metal pulled-off effect: A unique explanation of different oxidation process on Cu and Al surfaces Junyi Zhu, Joongoo Kang, Su-Huai Wei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P5.00010: Electrical and Structural Properties of Thin Films Fabricated by E-Beam Lithography from Gold Nanoparticle Resists Stefan Dickert, Myoung-Hwan Park, Colin Jermain, Vincent Rotello, Mark Tuominen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P5.00011: Self-Diffusion of small Ag and Ni islands on Ag(111) and Ni(111) using the self-learning kinetic Monte Carlo method Syed Islamuddin Shah, Giridhar Nandipati, Abdelkader Kara, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P5.00012: Collective Excitations in Ultrathin Magnesium Films on Silicon Xiaoguang Li, Di Xiao, Jian Shen, Hanno Weitering, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P5.00013: Scaling Properties of Exciton Binding Energies in Two-Dimensional Insulating Films Haiping Lan, Ping Cui, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P5.00014: Spatially and Temperature Resolved Photoluminescence (PL) Of Excitons in Highly Oriented Phthalocyanine Films Naveen Rawat, Zhenwen Pan, Lane Manning, Anthony Wetherby, Rory Waterman, Randy Headrick, Madalina Furis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P5.00015: Grain Boundary Exploration of Excitonic States in Organic Crystalline Thin Films Lane Manning, Naveen Rawat, Zhenwen Pan, Cody Lamarche, Ishviene Cour, Randy Headrick, Madalina Furis Preview Abstract

Session P6: Graphene Optical Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: John Cerne, SUNY Buffalo
Room: 206B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P6.00001: Graphene-based photonic crystals Roman Ya. Kezerashvili, Oleg L. Berman, Vladimir S. Boyko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P6.00002: Graphene Plasmonic Terahertz Filters and Polarizers Fengnian Xia, Hugen Yan, Xuesong Li, Bhupesh Chandra, George Tulevski, Yanqing Wu, Marcus Freitag, Wenjuan Zhu, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P6.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P6.00004: Surface-plasmon polaritons on graphene-metal surface Coskun Kocabas, Omer Salihoglu, Sinan Balci Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P6.00005: New Aspects of Photocurrent Generation at Graphene pn Junctions Revealed by Ultrafast Optical Measurements Grant Aivazian, Dong Sun, Aaron Jones, Jason Ross, Wang Yao, David Cobden, Xiaodong Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P6.00006: Relaxation dynamics of photoexcited carriers in graphene probed by optical pump-THz probe spectroscopy Liang Zhao, Kin Fai Mak, Nick Petrone, Jim Hone, Tony Heinz, Jie Shan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P6.00007: Excitonic Effects and Optical Absorption Spectrum of Doped Graphene Felipe Jornada, Jack Deslippe, Steven Louie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P6.00008: Magneto-phonon resonance in graphene Younghee Kim, J.-M. Poumirol, A. Lombardo, N.G. Kalugin, J. Kono, T. Georgiou, A.K. Geim, K.S. Novoselov, A.C. Ferrari, D. Smirnov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P6.00009: Coherent photocurrent control in a graphene bilayer in a magnetic field Kiran Rao, John Sipe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P6.00010: Giant optical nonlinearity of graphene in a strong magnetic field Xianghan Yao, Alexey Belyanin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P6.00011: Mid-Infrared Magneto-Optical Kerr and Faraday Studies in Gated Monolayer and Rotated Bilayer CVD Graphene C.T. Ellis, N. Tesarova, Alok Mukherjee, A. Stabile, Yufeng Hao, R.S. Ruoff, G. Sambandamurthy, J. Cerne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P6.00012: Substrate effects and photon energy dependence of ultrafast carrier relaxation in graphene Adam Roberts, Daniel Cormode, John Foreman, Henry Everitt, Brian Leroy, Arvinder Sandhu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P6.00013: Excitonic Effects on Optical Absorption Spectra of Doped Graphene Li Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P6.00014: Dirac Plasmas in Graphene Hugen Yan, Fengnian Xia, Xuesong Li, Bhupesh Chandra, George Tulevski, Yanqing Wu, Marcus Freitag, Wenjuan Zhu, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P6.00015: Experimental and theoretical investigations on SERS enhancement mechanism of graphene Qingzhen Hao, Seth Morton, Bei Wang, Yanhui Zhao, Lasse Jensen, Tony Jun Huang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:00AM - 11:12AM		P6.00016: Exciting and probing plasmons in graphene by local defects Anatoly Efimov, Kirill Velizhanin Preview Abstract

Session P7: Focus Session: Computational Design of Materials: Graphene - Electronic Structure and Transport

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Yan Wang, University of Florida
Room: 207

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P7.00001: Electronic transport properties of a graphene monolayer covered by another layer with infinite or finite width Daniel Valencia, Ji Luo, Jun-Qiang Lu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P7.00002: Electronic transport proprieties of graphene few-layers Junqiang Lu, Carlos Sierra, Daniel Valencia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P7.00003: Quantum Transport Properties of Modified Graphene Nanoribbons with Boron Nitride Domains at the Mesoscopic Scale Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P7.00004: First-principles study of charge transfer doping and electronic transport in single--walled carbon nanotubes Xiangguo Li, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P7.00005: Computational Study of the Thermal and Electronic Transport Properties of Rigidly-Interconnected Carbon Nano Foam Sora Park, Young-Kyun Kwon, David Tom\'anek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P7.00006: Klein, anti-Klein tunneling and pseudo-spintronics in graphene heterojunctions Redwan Sajjad, Avik Ghosh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P7.00007: Curvature-induced spin-orbit coupling and spin relaxation in a chmically-clean single-layer graphene Jae-Seung Jeong, Jeongkyu Shin, Hyun-Woo Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P7.00008: Fractional topological phases, triplet superconductivity and spontaneous time reversal symmetry breaking in strained graphene Pouyan Ghaemi, Jerome Cayssol, Donna Sheng, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P7.00009: Satellite Structures in Spectral Functions of Silicon and Graphene from ab initio GW and Cumulant Expansion Calculations Derek Vigil Currey, Johannes Lischner, Steven Louie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P7.00010: Static and dynamical response of graphene Tobias Stauber, Guillermo Gomez Santos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P7.00011: First-principles study of graphene - carbon nanotube contacts Brandon Cook, Kalman Varga Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P7.00012: Electronic Band Structures of Graphene Nanomeshes William Oswald, Zhigang Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P7.00013: Quantum Mechanics on a Mobius Strip: Energy Levels, Symmetries, and Level Splitting in a Magnetic Field Zehao Li, Ramdas Ram-Mohan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P7.00014: QED Kapitza conductance of nano-carbon thermal interconnects Slava V. Rotkin, Alexey G. Petrov Preview Abstract

Session P8: Focus Session: Spin Liquids I

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Claudio Castelnovo, Royal Holloway University
Room: 208

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P8.00001: Quantum Ice : Experimental Signatures Nic Shannon, Owen Benton, Olga Sikora, Karlo Penc, Paul McClarty, Frank Pollmann, Roderich Moessner, Peter Fulde Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P8.00002: Quantum Ice : A Quantum Monte Carlo Study Olga Sikora, Owen Benton, Nic Shannon, Karlo Penc, Paul McClarty, Frank Pollmann, Roderich Moessner, Peter Fulde Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P8.00003: Three-dimensional generalized Kitaev models Zhoushen Huang, Daniel Arovas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P8.00004: High pressure sequence of Ba$_{3}$NiSb$_{2}$O$_{9}$ structural phases: new $S $= 1 quantum spin-liquids based on Ni$^{2+}$ Invited Speaker: Luis Balicas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P8.00005: Generalizations of the Kitaev-Heisenberg model and connections to experiment Itamar Kimchi, Yi-Zhuang You, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P8.00006: Topological phases of the 2D AKLT like model via study of degenerate singular value spectra Ching-Yu Huang, Feng-Li Lin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P8.00007: Finite temperature phase diagram of the classical Heisenberg-Kitaev model. Natalia Perkins, Craig Price Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P8.00008: Dynamical Jahn-Teller effect in spin-orbital coupled system Joji Nasu, Sumio Ishihara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P8.00009: Quantum spin liquid in frustrated one dimensional LiCuSbO$_4$ Martin Mourigal, Sian E. Dutton, Manoranjan Kumar, Zoltan G. Zoos, Jiajia Wen, Collin L. Broholm, Niels H. Andersen, Qing Huang, Mohamed Zbiri, Rasmus Toft-Petersen, Robert J. Cava Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P8.00010: Exotic S=1 spin liquid state with fermionic excitations on triangular lattice Maksym Serbyn, Senthil Todadri, Patrick A. Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P8.00011: Spin Liquid Phases for Spin-1 systems on the Triangular lattice Cenke Xu, Fa Wang, Yang Qi, Leon Balents, Matthew Fisher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P8.00012: Stability of the U(1) Dirac spin liquid state on the kagome lattice Michael Lawler, Bryan Clark, Jesse Kinder, Eric Neuscamman, Garnet Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P8.00013: Theory of spin liquids in integer spin pyrochlores SungBin Lee, Shigeki Onoda, Leon Balents Preview Abstract

Session P9: Focus Session: Magnetic Oxide Thin Films And Heterostructures: Manganite Thin Films

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Anand Bhattacharya, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 209

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P9.00001: Magnetic non-uniformity in (La$_{0.4}$Pr$_{0.6})_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ films and measurement of the strain-magnetization coupling coefficient S. Singh, M.R. Fitzsimmons, T. Lookman, H. Jeen, M.A. Roldan, M. Varela, A. Biswas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P9.00002: The dead layer in La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 thin films Hans Boschker, Jaap Kautz, Mark Huijben, Jo Verbeeck, Ricardo Egoavil, Sara Bals, Staf van Tendeloo, Gertjan Koster, Dave Blank, Guus Rijnders Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P9.00003: Angular dependence of the anomalous Hall effect in La$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$MnO$_3$ films Netanel Naftalis, Noam Haham, Jason Hoffman, Matthew Marshall, Charles Ahn, Lior Klein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P9.00004: Effect of electronic reconstruction on the superconducting properties in high $T_C$ superconducting spin valve structures Yaohua Liu, L.Y. Zhu, A. Hoffmann, S.G.E. te Velthuis, N.M. Nemes, C. Visani, J. Tornos, C. Leon, J. Santamaria, M.R. Fitzsimmons, M. Zhernenkov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P9.00005: STEM-EELS and theoretical analysis of the electronic structure in cuprate-manganite heterostructures J. Salafranca, J. Tornos, C. Le\'on, J. Santamar\'Ia, M. Varela, S.J. Pennycook, E. Dagotto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P9.00006: Phase Diagram of Thin Film Oxides Growth by Pulsed Laser Deposition Hangwen Guo, Dali Sun, Jian Shao, Zac Ward, Zheng Gai, Ivan Kravchenko, Wenbin Wang, Jian Shen, Xiaoshan Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P9.00007: Domain Structures in Perovskite Oxide Superlattices Invited Speaker: Yayoi Takamura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P9.00008: Temperature dependent optical properties of thin films of the doped manganite La$_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ Naween Anand, Naveen Margankunte, David Tanner, Hyoungjeen Jeen, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P9.00009: Induced ferromagnetism in La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$/LaFeO$_{3}$ interfaces and its role on magnetic tunnel junctions Flavio Y. Bruno, C. Visani, A. Rivera-Calzada, J. Tornos, N.M. Nemes, S. Valencia, R. Abrudan, Y. Liu, J.W. Freeland, S.G.E. te Velthuis, M. Garcia-Hernandez, M. Varela, S.J. Pennycook, J. Santamaria, J.E. Villegas, M. Bibes, A. Barthelemy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P9.00010: Magnetic studies on thin films of La$_{0.65}$Pb$_{0.35}$MnO$_{3}$ Steven Tidrow, Thomas Mion, Magdalena Dorina Chipara, Andrei Sokolov, Liou Sy-Hwang, Ralph Skomski, Peter Dowben, Shireen Adenwalla, Mircea Chipara, David J Sellmyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P9.00011: Using ultrafast optical pump-probe spectroscopy to reveal coexisting magnetic orders in epitaxial $R$MnO$_{3}$ films Jingbo Qi, Li Yan, Stuart Trugman, Jian-xin Zhu, Quanxi Jia, Antoinette Taylor, Rohit Prasankumar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P9.00012: Influence of growth mode \& substrate doping on the reversed remanent magnetic configuration in La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$ films D.A. Arena, C.S. Nelson, J.-S. Lee, C.-C. Kao, E. Negusse, T.S. Santos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P9.00013: Magnetic Exchange Between Superconducting and Ferromagnetic Oxide Layers Sean Giblin, Jon Taylor, Jon Duffy, Stephen Dugdale, T. Nakamura, Jacobo Santamaria Preview Abstract

Session P10: Invited Session: Quantum Simulations

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP GQI
Chair: Markus Greiner, Harvard University
Room: 210A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P10.00001: Quantum simulations and artificial gauge fields with ultracold atoms Invited Speaker: Ian Spielman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P10.00002: Quantum simulations with trapped Ca+ ions Invited Speaker: Rainer Blatt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P10.00003: Circuit QED Simulation of Interacting Bosons with Microwave Polaritons Invited Speaker: Steven Girvin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		P10.00004: Quantum Hall physics with photons and its application Invited Speaker: Mohammad Hafezi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		P10.00005: Mixed Bose-Fermi Mott Phases and Phase Transitions Invited Speaker: Ehud Altman Preview Abstract

Session P11: Focus Session: Graphene Structure, Stacking, Interactions: Strain and Stacking

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Piet Brouwer, Freie Universitat Berlin
Room: 210B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P11.00001: Non-Abelian gauge potentials in graphene bilayers Jose Gonzalez, Pablo San-Jose, Francisco Guinea Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P11.00002: Electronic Topological Transition in Sliding Bilayer Graphene Young-Woo Son, Seon-Myung Choi, Yoon Pyo Hong, Sungjong Woo, Seung-Hoon Jhi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P11.00003: Fictitious gauge fields in bilayer graphene Eros Mariani, Alex Pearce, Felix von Oppen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P11.00004: Effective theory of rotationally faulted multilayer graphene Invited Speaker: Markus Kindermann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P11.00005: High-temperature topological insulator states in strained graphene Dmitry Abanin, Dmitro Pesin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P11.00006: Theory of topological phases in multilayer Graphene Xiao Li, Zhenhua Qiao, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P11.00007: The correct solution for strain-induced pseudo vector potentials in graphene Alexander L. Kitt, Vitor M. Pereira, Anna K. Swan, Bennett B Goldberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P11.00008: Two-Dimensional Topological Insulator State and Topological Phase Transition in Bilayer Graphene Zhenhua Qiao, Wang-Kong Tse, Hua Jiang, Yugui Yao, Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P11.00009: Disorder-induced inhomogeneity in bilayer graphene David Abergel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P11.00010: Raman spectra of strained bilayer graphene Duhee Yoon, Sunyoung Jegal, Yujin Cho, Young-Woo Son, Hyeonsik Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P11.00011: Field Effects on the Optical Vibrations in Bilayer Graphene Jia-An Yan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P11.00012: Six-band nearest-neighbor tight-binding model for the $\pi $-bands of bulk graphene and graphene nanoribbons Timothy Boykin, Mathieu Luisier, Gerhard Klimeck, Xueping Jiang, Neerav Kharche, Yu Zhou, Saroj Nayak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P11.00013: Electronic structures of geometrically restricted nanocarbons Artem Baskin, Petr Kral Preview Abstract

Session P12: Tutorial for Authors and Referees

Room: 210C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 9:30AM

P12.00001: Tutorial for Authors and Referees Preview Abstract

Session P13: Focus Session: Low-Dimensional and Molecular Magnetism - Single-Molecule Magnets - Dynamics, structure and interactions

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Stephen Hill, Florida State University
Room: 211

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P13.00001: Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in Trigonal Single-Molecule Magnets Junjie Liu, Enrique del Barco, Stephen Hill Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P13.00002: Exploration of the Berry phase interference in a single-molecule magnets of trigonal symmetry H.M. Quddusi, J. Liu, P.L. Feng, E. del Barco, S. Hill, D.N. Hendrickson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P13.00003: Investigation of the Barriers of Blocking of Magnetization In Strongly Anisotropic SMM By Ab Initio Methods Liviu Chibotaru, Liviu Ungur Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P13.00004: Decoherence: Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Environmental Invited Speaker: Philip Stamp Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P13.00005: The Effect of Uniaxial Pressure on the Spin Hamiltonian of Mn12-Ac Single-Molecule Magnet James Atkinson, Jonathan Friedman, C. Beedle, D. Hendrickson, Y. Myasoedov, E. Zeldov, K. Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P13.00006: Mitigation of decoherence in crystals of a Ho$_{x}$Y$_{1{\-}x}$W$_{10}$ ($x$ = 0.001 to 0.25) single-molecule magnet Sanhita Ghosh, Saiti Datta, Stephen Hill, Enrique del Barco, Salvador Cardona-Serra, Eugenio Coronado Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P13.00007: Single-molecule magnets ``without'' intermolecular interactions W. Wernsdorfer, L. Vergnani, M.J. Rodriguez-Douton, A. Cornia, P. Neugebauer, A.L. Barra, L. Sorace, R. Sessoli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P13.00008: How Weak Dipole Interactions Can Enhance of the Collective Coupling of an Ensemble of Single-molecule Magnets to a Microwave Cavity Jonathan Friedman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P13.00009: Quantum deflagration in Mn$_{12}$-acetate in the presence of a transverse field Pradeep Subedi, Saul Velez, Shiqi Li, Myriam Sarachik, Javier Tejada, Andrew Kent, Shreya Mukherjee, George Christou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P13.00010: Demagnetizing effect in local magnetic measurements Bo Wen, Pradeep Subedi, Yosi Yeshurun, Myriam Sarachik, Andrew Kent, Andrew Millis, Enric Pardo, Shreya Mukherjee, George Christou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P13.00011: Simulation of AC Susceptibility and Electronic Structure of Mn-containing Molecular Magnets Mark Palenik, Jorge H. Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P13.00012: Exact and quasi exact numerical methods for giant magnetic molecules J{\"u}rgen Schnack Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P13.00013: Low temperature magnetic properties of antiferromagnetic rings V6 and V7 studied by NMR Yuji Furukawa, Hiroki Oshio, Takuto Matsumoto Preview Abstract

Session P14: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors - Quantum Dots and Qubits

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Connie Li, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 212

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P14.00001: Magnetic Polarons and Bipolarons in Quantum Dots Invited Speaker: Rafal Oszwaldowski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P14.00002: Reentrant Magnetic Polaron Formation in Quantum Dots James Pientka, Rafal Oszwaldowski, Jong Han, Igor Zutic, Andre Petukhov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P14.00003: Magnetic anisotropies of quantum dots Karel Vyborny, J.E. Han, Rafal Oszwaldowski, Igor Zutic, A.G. Petukhov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P14.00004: The Interplay of Electronic Properties and Magnetic Anisotropy in Quantum Dots Igor Zutic, Jeongsu Lee, Karel Vyborny, Jong Han, Andre Petukhov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P14.00005: Theory of collective quantum effects of the nuclear spin bath in a Ge/Si core/shell nanowire quantum dot William A. Coish, Stefano Chesi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P14.00006: Magnetotransport in Ge/Si Quantum Dot Molecules Fabricated by Directed Self-Assembly Dongyue Yang, Chris Petz, Jeremy Levy, Jerrold Floro Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P14.00007: Singlet-triplet splitting in double dots due to spin orbit and hyperfine interactions Dimitrije Stepanenko, Mark Rudner, Bertrand I. Halperin, Daniel Loss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		P14.00008: Single-shot correlations and two-qubit gate of solid-state spins Invited Speaker: Lieven Vandersypen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P14.00009: Spin-orbit effects on the full dynamics of double quantum dot qubit states Ernesto Cota, Juan E. Rolon, Gloria Platero, Sergio E. Ulloa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P14.00010: Spin blockade in a triple silicon quantum dot in CMOS technology E. Prati, G. Petretto, M. Belli, G. Mazzeo, S. Cocco, M. De Michielis, M. Fanciulli, F. Guagliardo, M. Vinet, R. Wacquez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P14.00011: Spin-orbit effects in triple dot quantum shuttles Jorge Villavicencio, Irene Maldonado, Ernesto Cota, Gloria Platero Preview Abstract

Session P15: Focus Session: Spins in Metals - Spin Current Generation and Spin Motive Force

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP GMAG
Chair: Chia-Ling Chien, Johns Hopkins University
Room: 213

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P15.00001: Slonczewski-like torque due to Rashba spin-orbit coupling in thin magnetic layers Hyun-Woo Lee, Kyoung-Whan Kim, Soo-Man Seo, Jisu Ryu, Kyung-Jin Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P15.00002: Spin-orbit coupling of Pt studied by circular dichroism in soft x-ray ARPES Jun Miyawaki, Ashish Chainani, Yasutaka Takata, Masaki Oura, Yasunori Senba, Haruihiko Ohashi, Shik Shin, Guang-Yu Guo, Sadamichi Maekawa, Naoto Nagaosa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P15.00003: Spin pumping with coherent elastic waves M. Weiler, H. Huebl, F.S. Goerg, F.D. Czeschka, R. Gross, S.T.B. Goennenwein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P15.00004: Giant spin accumulation and long-distance spin precession in metallic lateral spin valves Invited Speaker: Yasuhiro Fukuma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P15.00005: Temperature and temporal evolution of nonlocal spin signals Han Zou, Yi Ji Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P15.00006: Continuous dc Spinmotive Force in a Patterned Ferromagnetic Film Yuta Yamane, Kohei Sasage, Toshu An, Kazuya Harii, Jun-ichiro Ohe, Jun'ichi Ieda, Stewart Barnes, Eiji Saitoh, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P15.00007: Theory of anomalous Hall and spin Hall effects in ferromagnetic metals Bo Gu, Timothy Ziman, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P15.00008: Spin motive force in a Rashba system Kyoung-Whan Kim, Jung-Hwan Moon, Kyung-Jin Lee, Hyun-Woo Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P15.00009: Light-induced pure spin current Jingzhe Chen, Yibin Hu, Hong Guo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P15.00010: Perpendicular switching of a single ferromagnetic layer induced by in-plane current injection Kevin Garello, I.M. Miron, G. Gaudin, P.J. Zermatten, M. Costache, S. Auffret, Sebastien Bandera, B. Rodmacq, A. Schuhl, P. Gambardella Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P15.00011: Current induced magnetization dynamics in spin-orbit coupled thin film ferromagnets Dmytro Pesin, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P15.00012: Spin-flipping at Sputtered Co/Ag Interfaces Hoang Nguyen, Reza Loloee, William Pratt, Jack Bass Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P15.00013: Large non-inverted and inverted spin signals in break-junction-based nonlocal spin valves Shuhan Chen, Han Zou, Siu-Tat Chui, Yi Ji Preview Abstract

Session P16: Heavy Fermions- Mostly URu2Si2

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jason Jeffries, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: 251

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P16.00001: Fano resonance and hybridization gap in the Kondo lattice URu$_{2}$Si$_{2}^{\ast }$ Wan Kyu Park, P.H. Tobash, F. Ronning, E.D. Bauer, J.L. Sarrao, J.D. Thompson, L.H. Greene Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P16.00002: Tuning soft point-contact spectroscopy of URu$_{2}$Si$_{2}$ from hidden order to antiferromagnetic state through pressure Xin Lu, F. Ronning, P.H. Tobash, K. Gofryk, E.D. Bauer, J.D. Thompson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P16.00003: Temperature-dependent phonon dispersions in URu$_{2}$Si$_{2}$ Nicholas Butch, Jason Jeffries, Michael Manley, Jeffrey Lynn, Marc Janoschek, Brian Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P16.00004: Hidden Order Transition in URu$_2$Si$_2$: Evidence for the Emergence of a Coherent Anderson Lattice from Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Jeremy Figgins, Ting Yuan, Dirk Morr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P16.00005: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of the Paramagnetic State of URu2Si2 Kent Shirer, Adam Dioguardi, John Crocker, Abigail Shockley, Nicholas apRoberts-Warren, Peter Klavins, Nicholas Curro Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P16.00006: Evidence of New Features in the c-axis Optical Conductivity of URu$_2$S$i_2$ Jesse Hall, Toomas R\~o\~om, Taaniel Uleksin, Urmas Nagel, Travis Williams, Graeme Luke, Tom Timusk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P16.00007: Linear and Nonlinear Susceptibility Measurements in URu2Si2 and UPt3 Bellave Shivaram, Pradeep Kumar, David Hinks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P16.00008: Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of the Vortex Lattice of UPt$_3$ W.J. Gannon, W.P. Halperin, M.R. Eskildsen, J. Gavilano Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P16.00009: Hidden order and unconventional superconductivity in URu$_2$Si$_2$ Jeffrey Rau, Hae-Young Kee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P16.00010: Hastatic Order in $URu_2Si_2$ Premala Chandra, Piers Coleman, Rebecca Flint Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P16.00011: Staggered spin-orbit coupling induced hidden order state in heavy-fermion metal URu2Si2 Tanmoy Das Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P16.00012: Emergent Rank-5 ``Nematic'' Order in URu2Si2 Hiroaki Ikeda, Michi-To Suzuki, Ryotaro Arita, Tetsuya Takimoto, Takasada Shibauchi, Yuji Matsuda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P16.00013: Electronic Structure and Correlation Effects in PuCoIn$_5$ as Compared to PuCoGa$_5$ Jian-Xin Zhu, P.H. Tobash, E.D. Bauer, F. Ronning, B.L. Scott, K. Haule, G. Kotliar, R.C. Albers, J.M. Wills Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P16.00014: Upper critical field of $p$-wave superconductors with orthorhombic symmetry Christopher L\"orscher, Richard Klemm Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P16.00015: Time-resolved quasiparticle dynamics of the itinerant antiferromagnet UPtGa$_{5}$ Elbert Chia, Jian-Xin Zhu, Diyar Talbayev, H.J. Lee, Namjung Hur, N.O. Moreno, R.D. Averitt, J.L. Sarrao, A.J. Taylor Preview Abstract

Session P17: Focus Session: Thermoelectrics - TE and Thermal Conductivity

Sponsoring Units: DMP GERA FIAP
Chair: David Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 252A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P17.00001: Skutterudite Thermoelectric Generator for Electrical Power Generation from Automotive Waste Heat Gregory Meisner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P17.00002: Theoretical Study of the Properties of the Type II Clathrates A$_{x}$Si$_{136}$ and A$_{x}$Ge$_{136}$ (A = Na, K) Craig Higgins, Charley Myles Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P17.00003: Enhanced Thermoelectric Property of Single Phase MnSi1.75 through Non-equilibrium Synthesis Method Xiaoya Shi, Ivo Dimitrov, Su Jung Han, Qiang Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P17.00004: Investigation of phonon mass-difference scattering model by molecular dynamics Takuma Shiga, Takuma Hori, Shigeo Maruyama, Junichiro Shiomi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P17.00005: Stronger phonon scattering by larger differences in atomic mass and size in p-type half-Heuslers Hf$_{1-x}$Ti$_{x}$CoSb$_{0.8}$Sn$_{0.2}$ Xiao Yan, Weishu Liu, Hui Wang, Shuo Chen, Junichiro Shiomi, Hengzhi Wang, Dezhi Wang, Gang Chen, Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P17.00006: Neutron Scattering Study of the Temperature-Dependent Phonon Spectra of AgSbTe$_{2}$ Jie Ma, Olivier Delaire, Andrew May, Michael McGuire, Brian Sales, Olivier Gourdon, Ashfia Huq, Douglas Abernathy, Matthew Stone Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P17.00007: Inelastic Neutron Study of Phonon Lifetime Effects in Thermoelectric Bi$_2$(Se,Te)$_3$ Alloys Dillon Gardner, Olivier Delaire, Mark Lumsden, Tao Hong, Doyle Temple, Young Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P17.00008: Anomalous Lattice Dynamics in PbTe and Its Implications to Low Intrinsic Lattice Thermal Conductivity Yi Zhang, Xuezhi Ke, Paul Kent, Changfeng Chen, Jihui Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P17.00009: Phonon Anharmonicity in PbTe Thermoelectrics Olivier Delaire, Jie Ma, Karol Marty, Andrew May, Michael McGuire, Mao-Hua Du, David Singh, Andrey Podlesnyak, Georg Ehlers, Mark Lumsden, Brian Sales Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P17.00010: Anharmonic vibrational effects of thermoelectric Cu-Sb-Se ternary semiconductors: Density-functional theory studies Yongsheng Zhang, Eric Skoug, Jeffrey Cain, Donald Morelli, Vidvuds Ozolins, Christopher Wolverton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P17.00011: First-principles calculation of anharmonicity induced phonon lifetimes in FeSi Moses Ntam, Jianjun Dong, Olivier Delaire, Paul R. Kent Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P17.00012: Resistivity and Specific Heat under Localized Anharmonic Motion in Type-I Ba$_{8}$Ga$_{16}$Sn$_{30}$ Clathrate Xiang Zheng, Sergio Y. Rodriguez, Laziz Saribaev, Joseph H. Ross, Jr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P17.00013: The Debye-Waller factor and its application to anharmonic vibrations Douglas Safarik, Anna Llobet, Jason Lashley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P17.00014: Minimum thermal conductivity in superlattices: A first-principles formalism Jivtesh Garg, Gang Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P17.00015: Thermal transport across perovskite superlattices Jayakanth Ravichandran, Ajay Yadav, Ramez Cheaito, Pim Rossen, Siriyara Suresha, Patrick Hopkins, Arun Majumdar, Ramamoorthy Ramesh Preview Abstract

Session P18: Focus Session: Electron, Ion, and Exciton Transport in Nanostructures - Quantum Transport I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Cherie Kagan, University of Pennsylvania
Room: 252B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P18.00001: Electrostatic tuning between 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional electron gases Digbijoy Nath, Pil Sung Park, Michele Esposto, David Brown, Stacia Keller, Umesh Mishra, Siddharth Rajan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P18.00002: Quantum coherence phenomena in bismuth thin film nanostructures Martin Rudolph, J. J. Heremans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P18.00003: Resistance oscillations and dephasing in ring patterns on InGaAs/InAlAs two-dimensional electron systems Shaola Ren, J.J. Heremans, C.K. Gaspe, S. Vijeyaragunathan, T.D. Mishima, M.B. Santos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P18.00004: Transport through double quantum dot with electron-LO-phonon interaction Akihiro Yamada, Rin Okuyama, Mikio Eto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P18.00005: Imaging Spatial Current Eigenmodes in Nanoscopic Quantum Networks Tankut Can, Dirk Morr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P18.00006: Microscopic Theory for the 0.7 Anomaly in Quantum Point Contacts - the Role of Geometry- and Interaction-Enhanced Spin-Fluctuations Jan Heyder, Florian Bauer, Enrico Schubert, David Borowsky, Daniela Taubert, Dieter Schuh, Werner Wegscheider, Jan von Delft, Stefan Ludwig Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P18.00007: Towards a Fermi-Liquid description of the 0.7 Anomaly in Quantum Point Contacts Florian Bauer, Jan Heyder, Enrico Subert, David Borowski, Daniela Taubert, Dieter Schuh, Werner Wegscheider, Jan von Delft, Stefan Ludwig Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P18.00008: Quantum Wires with Electrons and Cold Atoms Liney Halla Kristinsdottir, Jonas C. Cremon, Andreas Wacker, Stephanie M. Reimann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P18.00009: Functional dependence of the exact time-dependent Kohn-Sham potential for quantum transport James Ramsden, Rex Godby Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P18.00010: Waiting time distributions of mesoscopic conductors Geraldine Haack, Mathias Albert, Christian Flindt, Markus Buettiker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P18.00011: Magnetic field induced mixed level Kondo effect in two-level quantum dots Arturo Wong, Anh Ngo, Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P18.00012: Time dependent quantum transport in a vibrating quantum dot in Kondo regime Ali Ihsan Goker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P18.00013: Dynamic response of a single-electron transistor in the ac Kondo regime Thanh Nguyen, Carlos Bolech, Nayana Shah Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P18.00014: Double Quantum Dot Kondo Effect in a Magnetic Field Sami Amasha, Andrew J. Keller, Ileana G. Rau, Jordan A. Katine, Hadas Shtrikman, David Goldhaber-Gordon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P18.00015: Theory of anomalous magnetotransport in triple quantum dots Benjamin D'Anjou, William A. Coish Preview Abstract

Session P19: Invited Session: Dynamics of Strongly Correlated Systems: Control and Ultrafast X-Ray Probes

Sponsoring Units: DCMP GIMS
Chair: Joseph Orenstein, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: 253AB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P19.00001: Controlling Quantum Condensed Matter With Light Invited Speaker: Andrea Cavalleri Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P19.00002: Light induced meltdown of quasiparticles in high temperature superconductors Invited Speaker: Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P19.00003: Shooting the electronic structure movie: Femtosecond time-resolved photoemission of layered charge-density-wave systems Invited Speaker: Kai Rossnagel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		P19.00004: Theoretical description of photo-doping in Mott and charge-transfer insulators Invited Speaker: Martin Eckstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		P19.00005: High frequency properties of individual metallic carbon nanotubes Invited Speaker: Daniel Santavicca Preview Abstract

Session P20: Invited Session: Scientific Reasoning in a Physics Course

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Nicola Ferralis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: 253C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P20.00001: Empowering the crowd: faculty discourse strategies for facilitating student reasoning in large lecture Invited Speaker: Dedra Demaree Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P20.00002: Designing and using multiple-possibility physics problems in physics courses Invited Speaker: Vazgen Shekoyan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P20.00003: Assessing high-level scientific reasoning in a physics exam: Pipe-dream or reality? Invited Speaker: David Brookes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		P20.00004: Using mathematics to make sense in undergraduate physics Invited Speaker: Suzanne Brahmia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		P20.00005: Student reasoning about ratio and proportion in introductory physics Invited Speaker: Andrew Boudreaux Preview Abstract

Session P21: Superconductivity: Electronic Structure of Cuprates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Ruslan Prozorov, Ames Laboratory
Room: 254A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P21.00001: Co-existence of spin fluctuation and superconductivity in electron doped cuprate Pr$_{1-x}$LaCe$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ Dongjoon Song, S.R. Park, Chul Kim, S.K. Choi, W.S. Jung, Y.Y. Koh, Y.K. Kim, H. Eisaki, Y. Yoshida, C. Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P21.00002: Evidence for the coexistence of antiferromagnetism and superconductivity in the electron-doped infinite-layer cuprate Sr$_{1-x}$La$_x$CuO$_2$ from ARPES John Harter, Daniel Shai, Eric Monkman, Yuefeng Nie, Darrell Schlom, Luigi Maritato, Kyle Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P21.00003: Electronic structure modulations in the stripe phase of La$_{1.475}$Nd$_{0.4}$Sr$_{0.125}$CuO$_4$ Andrew Achkar, Feizhou He, Ronny Sutarto, Jochen Geck, Harry Zhang, Young-June Kim, David Hawthorn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P21.00004: Quantum Oscillations in a $\pi$-Striped Superconductor Mirsaeed Zelli, Catherine Kallin, John Berlinsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P21.00005: Density-functional theory calculation of Fermi surface in stripe ordered YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6.5}$ Simon Blackburn, Michel Cote Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P21.00006: Kinetics-Driven Superconducting Gap in Underdoped Cuprate Superconductors Within the Strong-Coupling Limit Wei Ku, Yucel Yildirim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P21.00007: Recent ARPES study on extremely underdoped LSCO system Yu He, Makoto Hashimoto, Sung-Kwan Mo, Ruihua He, Yoichi Ando, Seiki Komiya, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P21.00008: One gap, two gaps, and universality in high temperature superconductors Junjing Zhao, Utpal Chatterjee, Mike Norman, Mohit Randeria, Juan Carlos Campuzano Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P21.00009: Imaging Doped Holes in a Cuprate Superconductor with High-Resolution Compton Scattering B. Barbiellini, Y. Sakurai, M. Itou, P.E. Mijnarends, R.S. Markiewicz, S. Kaprzyk, J.-M. Gillet, S. Wakimoto, M. Fujita, S. Basak, Y.J. Wang, W. Al-Sawai, H. Lin, A. Bansil, K. Yamada Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P21.00010: Anisotropic quasiparticle scattering in overdoped La-based cuprate superconductors: An angle resolved photoemission study Johan Chang, Martin Maansson, Yasmine Sassa, Christian Matt, Olof Gotberg, Oscar Tjernberg, Stefan Pailhes, Oliver Lipscompe, Stephen Hayden, Ming Shi, Luc Patthey, Joel Mesot Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P21.00011: ARPES evidence for a unidirectional bond-direction order in La-based curates Rui-Hua He, M. Hashimoto, K. Tanaka, S.-K. Mo, T. Sasagawa, M. Fujita, T. Adachi, K. Yamada, Y. Koike, Z. Hussain, Z.-X. Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P21.00012: Synchrotron X-ray study reveals oxygen chains in HgBa$_{2}$CuO$_{4+\delta }$ Wojciech Tabis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P21.00013: Doping dependent intrinsic line width of the Cu-O bond-stretching phonon with q=(0.25 0 0) in $La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4$ S.R. Park, A. Hamann, L. Pintschovius, D. Lamago, G. Khaliullin, M. Fujita, K. Yamada, G.D. Gu, J.M. Tranquada, D. Reznik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P21.00014: Investigation of Fermi {\&} Luttinger surfaces in Ca$_{2-x}$Na$_{x}$CuO$_{2}$Cl$_{2}$ using ARPES Simon Bell, Gey-Hong Gweon, Jianqiao Meng, K.H. Kim, H G Lee, S.I. Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P21.00015: The electronic structure of tetragonal CuO Simon Moser, Luca Moreschini, Davide Innocenti, Young Jun Chang, Aaron Bostwick, Eli Rotenberg, Marco Grioni Preview Abstract

Session P22: Focus Session: Fe-based Superconductivity - Fe(Te,Se)

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Qiang Li, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: 254B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P22.00001: Electronic disorder and magnetic-field-induced superconductivity enhancement in Fe$_{1+y}$(Te$_{1-x}$Se$_{x})$ Jin Hu, Tijiang Liu, Bin Qian, Zhiqiang Mao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P22.00002: The structure of the oxygen-annealed Fe$_{1.08}$Te$_{0.55}$Se$_{0.45}$O$_{x}$ superconductor Hefei Hu, Jian-Min Zuo, Mao Zheng, James N. Eckstein, Wan Kyu Park, Laura H. Greene, Jinsheng Wen, Zhijun Xu, Zhiwei Lin, Qiang Li, Genda Gu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P22.00003: Unusual Persistence of Superconductivity Against High Magnetic Fields in the Strongly-Correlated Iron-Chalcogenide Film FeTe:O$_{x}$ Ivo Dimitrov, Weidong Si, Wei Ku, Su-Jung Han, Qiang Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P22.00004: Growth conditions for pulsed laser deposited FeTeO$_{y}$ superconducting thin films and observation of a low temperature structural transition Lahiru Narangammana, Yuefeng Nie, Joseph Budnick, Xuerong Liu, John Hill, Genda Gu, Christof Niedermayer, Barrett Wells Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P22.00005: Growth and oxygen doping of thin film FeTe by Molecular Beam Epitaxy Mao Zheng, Can Zhang, Hefei Hu, Jian-Min Zuo, James Eckstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P22.00006: Suppression of superconductivity in Fe chalcogenides by annealing: A reverse effect to pressure Peng Tong, Despina Louca, Anna Llobet, Jiaqiang Yan, Ryotaro Arita Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P22.00007: Phase diagram and oxygen annealing effect of FeTe1-xSex iron-based superconductor Yasuna Kawasaki, Keita Deguchi, Satoshi Demura, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Toshinori Ozaki, Takahide Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Takeya, Yoshihiko Takano Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P22.00008: Magnetism and superconductivity in Pd$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$Te Amar Karki, Shane Stadler, Dana Browne, Jianneng Li, Rongying Jin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P22.00009: FeSe$_{0.5}$Te$_{0.5}$ thin films with critical current density above 1MA/cm$^{2}$ Weidong Si, Su Jung Han, Ivo Dimitrov, Qiang Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P22.00010: London penetration depth measurements of Fe$_{1+y}$(Te$_{1-x}$Se $_{x})$ single-crystals at ultra-low temperatures Andrei Diaconu, Jin Hu, Tijiang Liu, Bin Qian, Zhiqiang Mao, Leonard Spinu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P22.00011: Electron-phonon coupling in layered FeSe compounds Timur Bazhirov, Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P22.00012: Magnetism and superconductivity in modulated FeTe systems. Kalum Palandage, Gayanath Fernando, Armen Kocharian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P22.00013: Revealing the dual nature of magnetism in iron pnictides and iron chalcogenides using x-ray emission spectroscopy Hlynur Gretarsson, Andreea Lupascu, Young-June Kim, Wenlong Wu, Stephen R. Julian, JungHo Kim, Diego Casa, Thomas Gog, Zhi Jun Xu, Jin Sheng Wen, Genda Gu, R.H. Yuan, Z.G. Chen, Nan-Lin Wang, Seunghyun Khim, Kee Hoon Kim, Ignace Jarrige, Shinichi Shamoto, M. Ishikado, Jiun-Haw Chu, Ian Randal Fisher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P22.00014: Electronic Structure of A$_y$Fe$_{2-x}$Se2 from First Principles Chao Cao, Jianhui Dai Preview Abstract

Session P23: Superconductivity Theory II: p-wave, chiral, and topological

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Herbert Fotso, Georgetown University
Room: 255

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P23.00001: Spin-orbit induced mixed-parity pairing in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$: a self-consistent quantum many-body analysis John Deisz, Tim Kidd Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P23.00002: Spin and charge collective excitations in the multiband superconductivity of Sr2RuO4 Suk Bum Chung, Srinivas Raghu, Steve Kivelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P23.00003: Dynamics of domain walls in chiral p-wave superconductors Kirill Samokhin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P23.00004: Stability of topological defects in chiral superconductors: London theory Victor Vakaryuk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P23.00005: Intrinsic Hall effect in a multiband chiral superconductor Edward Taylor, Catherine Kallin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P23.00006: Topologically protected surface Majorana arcs and bulk Weyl fermions in ferromagnetic superconductors Sumanta Tewari, Jay Sau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P23.00007: Thermodynamic signatures of half-quantum vortices in $p+ip$ Josephson junction arrays Graham Krahn, Kirill Shtengel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P23.00008: Scattering theory of chiral Majorana fermion interferometry Jian Li, Genevi\`eve Fleury, Markus Buttiker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P23.00009: Probing Majorana fermions in one-dimensional topological superconductors using non-equilibrium transport: an open-quantum-system study Dibyendu Roy, Carlos J. Bolech, Nayana Shah Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P23.00010: Majorana End States of Au Wires in Proximity to $d_{x^2-y^2}$-wave Superconductors Kam Tuen Law, Lok Man Wong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P23.00011: Topological Josephson effect for arbitrary values of the tunnel coupling in the Kitaev model Flavio Nogueira, Ilya Eremin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P23.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P23.00013: Single-particle off-diagonal long range order in $|Pf|$ wave function for topological superconductors Olexei Motrunich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P23.00014: Topological Superconductivity in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bands Aaron Farrell, Tami Pereg-Barnea Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P23.00015: Theory of Superconductivity in Mesoscopic Systems Jiawei Huo, Weiqiang Chen, Srinivas Raghu, Fuchun Zhang Preview Abstract

Session P24: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect I

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

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P24.00001: Exploring the possibility of Universal Edge Physics in the Fractional Quantum Hall States Zi-xiang Hu, Ravin Bhatt, Xin Wan, Kun Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P24.00002: Exploration of the Limits to Mobility in Two-Dimensional Hole Systems in C-Doped (001) GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Wells John Watson, Sumit Mondal, Geoff Gardner, Michael Manfra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P24.00003: Effective Field Theory of Fractional Quantized Hall Nematics Michael Mulligan, Chetan Nayak, Shamit Kachru Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P24.00004: Dipolar Bogolons: From Superfluids to Pfaffians Siddharth Parameswaran, Steven Kivelson, R. Shankar, Shivaji Sondhi, Boris Spivak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P24.00005: Coulomb Oscillations in Antidots in the Integer and Fractional Quantum Hall Regimes A. Kou, C.M. Marcus, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P24.00006: Lande's g values and the quantum Hall effect Keshav Shrivastava Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P24.00007: Numerical Study of Realistic Models of the $\nu=5/2$, 7/3, 8/3 Hamiltonians: Effects of Landau-level mixing and Finite Well-width Michael Peterson, Chetan Nayak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P24.00008: Thermopower and the Fractional Quantized Hall Effect in the N=1 Landau Level W.E. Chickering, J.P. Eisenstein, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P24.00009: Tilt Magnetic Field Dependence of the 12/5 Fractional Quantum Hall State Chi Zhang, Chao Huan, Jian-sheng Xia, Neil S. Sullivan, Wei Pan, K.W. Baldwin, K.W. West, L.N. Pfeiffer, D.C. Tsui Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P24.00010: The temperature-dependences of the dissipative conductance in quantum Hall states N. d'Ambrumenil, B.I. Halperin, Rudolf H. Morf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P24.00011: Fractionalization in spontaneous integer quantum Hall systems Armin Rahmani, Rodrigo Muniz, Ivar Martin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P24.00012: Exact soliton solutions in a many-body system in non-trivial background Andrey Gromov, Alexander Abanov, Manas Kulkarni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P24.00013: On the hydrodynamic description of FQHE fluid Alexander Abanov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P24.00014: Anomalous resistance across a quantum point contact in the integer and fraction quantum Hall regimes Colin Dillard, Xi Lin, Marc Kastner, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P24.00015: Improved Measurements of Quasi-Particle Tunneling in the nu = 5/2 Fractional Quantum Hall State Xi Lin, Colin Dillard, Marc Kastner, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract

Session P25: Focus Session: Simulation of Matter at Extreme Conditions - Static Pressure

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GSCCM DMP
Chair: Ronald Cohen, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Room: 257A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P25.00001: A new metastable phase of silicon in the \textit{Ibam} structure Brad D. Malone, Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P25.00002: Ultra-incompressible Three Dimensional Long-range Ordered Amorphous Carbon Clusters Lin Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P25.00003: Anharmonicity and bonding electrons in silicon under high pressures Guoyin Shen, Daijo Ikuta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P25.00004: Formation of superconducting platinum hydride under pressure: an ab initio approach Duck Young Kim, Ralph Scheicher, Chris Pickard, Richard Needs, Rajeev Ahuja Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P25.00005: New ultrahigh pressure phases of H2O ice predicted using an adaptive genetic algorithm Min Ji, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Koichiro Umemoto, Kai-Ming Ho, Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P25.00006: Quantum Monte Carlo applied to Solids under Pressure Luke Shulenburger, T.R. Mattsson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P25.00007: First-principles simulations on bonding pathways of chemical transformations under hydrostatic compression Anguang Hu, Fan Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P25.00008: Dielectric constant of water under deep Earth pressures and temperature conditions Ding Pan, Leonardo Spanu, Francois Gygi, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P25.00009: Hydrogen-Helium Mixtures at High Pressures Miguel A. Morales, Sebastien Hamel, Kyle Caspersen, Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P25.00010: Pressure makes mercury a transition metal: a first-principles study of HgF4 solid phases Xiaoli Wang, Haiqing Lin, Yanming Ma, Maosheng Miao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P25.00011: Ab-initio parametrization of a fully polarizable and dissociable force field for water C. Pinilla, A. Irani, N. Seriani, S. Scandolo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P25.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P25.00013: Spin states and hyperfine interactions of iron incorporated in MgSiO$_3$ post-perovskite Yonggang Yu, Han Hsu, Matteo Cococcioni, Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P25.00014: Effects of aluminum on spin-state crossover of iron in the Earth's lower mantle Renata Wentzcovitch, Han Hsu, Yonggang Yu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P25.00015: Phase stability of mixtures at extreme conditions: implications for the interior structure of the Outer Planets Sebastien Hamel Preview Abstract

Session P26: Focus Session: Friction, Fracture and Deformation Across Length Scales - Friction and Geometric Effects

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GSNP
Chair: Michael Chandross, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: 257B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P26.00001: Effect of Atomic Scale Geometry on Contact and Friction Between Rough Solids Tristan A. Sharp, Mark O. Robbins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P26.00002: Breakdown of Amontons' Law of Friction in Sheared-Elastomer with Local Amontons' Friction Hiroshi Matsukawa, Michio Otsuki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P26.00003: Geometry and elasticity for detachment fronts in friction Alessandro Taloni, Andrea Benassi, Stefano Zapperi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P26.00004: Local friction at a rubber/glass multicontact interface Antoine Chateauminois, Danh Toan Nguyen, Christian Fretigny, Yohan Le Chenadec, Maude Portigliatti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P26.00005: Adhesive contact of randomly rough surfaces Lars Pastewka, Mark Robbins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P26.00006: The Effect of Surface Topography on Interface Stresses During Peeling Ye Xu, Eric Dufresne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P26.00007: Direction dependence of static friction for commensurate and moderately incommensurate surfaces Michael Wolloch, Peter Mohn, Josef Redinger, Andras Vernes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P26.00008: Laser induced projectile impact test (LIPIT): A micron-scale ballistic test for high-strain rate mechanical study of nano-structures Jae-Hwang Lee, David Veysset, Keith Nelson, Edwin Thomas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P26.00009: Probing the sliding interactions between bundled actin filaments Andy Ward, Zvonimir Dogic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P26.00010: Harnessing polymer gels to regulate friction between sliding surfaces Hassan Masoud, Alexander Alexeev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P26.00011: On the Equilibrium of an Heavy Elastic Cylinder on Horizontal Nondeformable Plane Lavrent Shekyan, Sergey Verlinski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P26.00012: Internal friction peak in silicon revealed by moderate temperature annealing Thomas Metcalf, Xiao Liu, Jeremy Robinson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P26.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P26.00014: Investigation of stability for an electrostatically actuated flexible electrode Cory Hinton, Matthew McFarland, Thomas Ward Preview Abstract

Session P27: Invited Session: Transport Studies of Topological Insulators

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Peng Xiong, Florida State University
Room: 258AB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P27.00001: Towards the quantum anomalous Hall effect in HgMnTe Invited Speaker: Hartmut Buhmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P27.00002: Quantum Spin Hall Insulator Made of InAs/GaSb Invited Speaker: Ivan Knez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P27.00003: Transport Studies of Topological Insulators and Superconductors Invited Speaker: Yoichi Ando Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		P27.00004: Quantum anomalous Hall effect in the shin film of magnetic topological insulators and semimetals Invited Speaker: Xi Dai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		P27.00005: Crossover between weak localization and weak antilocalization in magnetically doped topological insulator Invited Speaker: Qikun Xue Preview Abstract

Session P28: Optical Applications: Nonlinear Optics, Waveguides, and Novel Structures

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Doug Natelson, Rice University
Room: 258C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P28.00001: An optical antenna for high-count-rate single-photon-sensitive superconducting transition edge sensors Faustin Carter, Daniel Santavicca, Daniel Prober Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P28.00002: Nanocrystal-based Optoelectronic Devices Kenneth Evans, Joseph Herzog, Daniel Ward, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P28.00003: Frequency and Intensity Stabilization of Planar Waveguide-External Cavity Lasers Gregorio Tellez, Steven Shoen, Volker Quetschke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P28.00004: Experimental setup to demonstrate low-frequency high-precision frequency stabilization of 1550 nm ECL Lasers Steven Shoen, Gregorio T\'ellez, Volker Quetschke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P28.00005: Experimental demonstration waveguide with arbitrary bending angles in hyperuniform disordered photonics materials Weining Man, Marian Florescu, Seyed Hashemizad, Eric Williamson, Devin Liner, Yingquan He, Brian Leung, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P28.00006: Kerr Nonlinear Modes in Photonic Crystal Waveguide with Off-channel Features Buddhi Rai, Gulay Birkok, Arthur McGurn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P28.00007: The Phase Effect in perturbative nonlinear optics Ci-Ling Pan, Ruei-Yin Lin, Wei-Jan Chang, Chao-Kuei Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P28.00008: Micro-Photoluminescence for Optoelectronic Material Characterization Emir Magden, Victor Minden, Corey Shemelya, Thomas Vandervelde Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P28.00009: Rapid adiabatic passage in nonlinear optics for complete power transfer between ultrabroadband optical pulses Jeffrey Moses, Franz K\"artner, Haim Suchowski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P28.00010: Nano-Gap Embedded Plasmonic Gratings for Surface Plasmon Enhanced Fluorescence Kunal Bhatnagar, Sangho Bok, Venumadhav Korampally, Shubhra Gangopadhyay Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P28.00011: Micro-manufacturing with Three-dimensional Intensity Patterns: Practical Limits and Considerations Daniel McAdams, Daniel Cole Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P28.00012: High Finesse Microcavity for Gas Sensing Benjamin Petrak, Kumarasiri Konthasinghe, Andreas Muller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P28.00013: Control of transverse optical patterns in semiconductor quantum well microcavities M.H. Luk, Y.C. Tse, N.H. Kwong, P.T. Leung, S. Schumacher, R. Binder Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P28.00014: MEMS Fabricated MM-Wave Slow Wave Structure Mark Field, Robert Borwick, Young-Min Shin, Larry Barnett, Neville Luhmann, Takuji Kimura, John Atkinson Preview Abstract

Session P29: Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits: Multiple Qubits and Entanglement

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Matthias Steffen, IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY
Room: 259A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P29.00001: Prospects for a prototype quantum processor based on three-dimensional superconducting cavities and qubits Invited Speaker: Chad Rigetti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P29.00002: Prime factoring using a Josephson phase-qubit architecture: $15 = 3*5$ Erik Lucero, R. Barends, J. Bochmann, Y. Chen, B. Chiaro, J. Kelly, M. Lenander, M. Mariantoni, A. Megrant, C. Neill, P. O'Malley, P. Roushan, D. Sank, A. Vainsencher, H. Wang, J. Wenner, T. White, Y. Yin, A.N. Cleland, John M. Martinis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P29.00003: Building Transmon Qubits in the ReZQu Architecture Julian Kelly, R. Barends, J. Bochmann, B. Chiaro, Y. Chen, M. Lenander, E. Lucero, M. Mariantoni, A. Megrant, C. Neill, P. O'Malley, P. Roushan, D. Sank, A. Vainsencher, J. Wenner, T. White, Y. Yin, Andrew Cleland, John M. Martinis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P29.00004: High-fidelity CZ gate for the quantum Von Neumann architecture Joydip Ghosh, Andrei Galiautdinov, Alexander Korotkov, Zhongyuan Zhou, Michael Geller, John Martinis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P29.00005: High-fidelity gates towards a scalable superconducting quantum processor Jerry M. Chow, Antonio D. Corcoles, Jay M. Gambetta, Chad Rigetti, Blake R. Johnson, John A. Smolin, Seth Merkel, Stefano Poletto, Jim Rozen, Mary Beth Rothwell, George A. Keefe, Mark B. Ketchen, Matthias Steffen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P29.00006: Driving two-qubit entanglement with an enhanced ZZ interaction in circuit QED Blake R. Johnson, C.A. Ryan, M.P. da Silva, J.M. Chow, J.M. Gambetta, S. Merkel, T. Ohki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P29.00007: Controlling superconducting qubits in the presence of a strong, constant ZZ interaction Seth Merkel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P29.00008: Implementation of a Toffoli Gate with Superconducting Circuits Arkady Fedorov, Lars Steffen, Matthias Baur, Marcus da Silva, Andreas Wallraff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P29.00009: Multiple photon effects in coupled anharmonic oscillators for circuit QED architectures Jay Gambetta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P29.00010: Observing Resonant Entanglement Dynamics in Circuit QED J.A. Mlynek, A.A. Abdumalikov, J.M. Fink, L. Steffen, C. Lang, A.F. van Loo, A. Wallraff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P29.00011: Benchmarking a Teleportation Protocol realized in Circuit QED Matthias Baur, Arkady Fedorov, Lars Steffen, Marcus da Silva, Andreas Wallraff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P29.00012: Characterization of a two-transmon processor with individual single-shot qubit readout Denis Vion, Florian Ong, Vivien Schmitt, Romain Lauro, Nicolas Boulant, Patrice Bertet, Andreas Dewes, Daniel Esteve Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P29.00013: Demonstrating quantum speed-up in a superconducting two-qubit processor Andreas Dewes, Romain Lauro, Florian Ong, Viven Schmitt, Daniel Esteve, Patrice Bertet, Denis Vion, Perola Milman Preview Abstract

Session P30: Semiconductor Qubits - Communication and Hybridization

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Jacob Taylor, NIST
Room: 259B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P30.00001: Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics with Semiconductor Quantum Dots Andreas Wallraff, Tobias Frey, Peter J. Leek, Matthias Beck, Alexandre Blais, Thomas Ihn, Klaus Ensslin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P30.00002: Dispersive microwave readout of a silicon double quantum dot Andrew Schmidt, Edward Henry, M.G. House, Y.T. Wang, C.C. Lo, H. Li, L. Greenman, H. Pan, M. Xiao, K.B. Whaley, H.W. Jiang, E. Yablonovitch, J. Bokor, I. Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P30.00003: Coupling a single charge in a nanowire double quantum dot to a high-Q superconducting microwave resonator K.D. Petersson, M.D. Schroer, L.W. McFaul, M. Jung, J.R. Petta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P30.00004: Communication between spin qubits with microwave photons Rusko Ruskov, Charles Tahan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P30.00005: Spin echo measurements for hybrid qubit systems Hans Malissa, David Schuster, Alexei Tyryshkin, Andrew Houck, Stephen Lyon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P30.00006: Long-distance spin-spin coupling via floating gates Luka Trifunovic, Oliver Dial, Mircea Trif, James Wootton, Rediet Abebe, Amir Yacoby, Daniel Loss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P30.00007: Quantum gates between non-neighboring spin qubits Jianjia Fei, Yun-Pil Shim, Sangchul Oh, Xuedong Hu, Mark Friesen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P30.00008: Resonant Adiabatic Passages of Spin Qubits Sangchul Oh, Yun-Pil Shim, Mark Friesen, Xuedong Hu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P30.00009: Quantum phase transitions in a spin bus system Yun-Pil Shim, Sangchul Oh, Xuedong Hu, Mark Friesen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P30.00010: Coupling semiconductor qubits to phonons via a nanomechanical phoniton system Charles Tahan, Rusko Ruskov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P30.00011: Phonon Mediated Off-resonant Quantum Dot-Cavity Interaction Arka Majumdar, Erik Kim, Michal Bajcsy, Armand Rundquist, Jelena Vuckovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P30.00012: Rabi-Vibronic resonance at large number of vibrational quanta Mikhail Raikh, Rachel Glenn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P30.00013: Photon heralded entanglement between radiatively mismatched matter qubits Zhexuan Gong, Luming Duan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P30.00014: Fast optically-controlled two-qubit operation for cavity-coupled semiconductor quantum dots Dmitry Solenov, Sophia E. Economou, Thomas L. Reinecke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P30.00015: H1 Photonic Crystal Microcavities for Quantum Information Jenna Hagemeier, Cristian Bonato, Tuan-Anh Truong, Hyochul Kim, Pierre Petroff, Dirk Bouwmeester Preview Abstract

Session P31: Topological Insulators: Disorder

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Chris Varney, University of Massachusetts
Room: 260

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P31.00001: Disordered topological conductor Kun Woo Kim, Alexandra Junck, Doron Bergman, Tami Pereg-Barnea, Gil Refael, Felix von Oppen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P31.00002: Dislocations and their braiding in topological insulators Andrej Mesaros, Vladimir Juricic, Jan Zaanen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P31.00003: Study of the robustness of two dimensional topological insulators Daniel Gosalbez-Martinez, Joaquin Fernandez-Rossier, Juan Jose Palacios Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P31.00004: Investigating Impurities on 3D Topological Insulators with Multiple Scattering Theory Robert Van Wesep Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P31.00005: LDOS Multifractal Hunter's Guide to Dirty Topological Insulators Matthew Foster Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P31.00006: Effects of Strong Disorder in a 3-Dimensional Topological Insulators: Phase Diagram and Mapping of the Z2 Invariant Bryan Leung, Emil Prodan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P31.00007: Strong potential impurities on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator Annica M. Black-Schaffer, Alexander V. Balatsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P31.00008: Disorder induced quantized conductance with fractional value and universal conductance fluctuation in three-dimensional topological insulators Lei Zhang, Jianing Zhuang, Yanxia Xing, Jian Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P31.00009: Conducting state of GeTe by defect-induced topological insulating order Jinwoong Kim, Seung-Hoon Jhi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P31.00010: Mapping the conductivity tensor of disordered topological insulators in the presence of magnetic fields Emil Prodan, Yu Xue Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P31.00011: Magnetic field induced Quasi Helical Liquid state in a disordered 1D electron system with strong spin-orbit interaction Anders Str\"om, Bernd Braunecker, G.I. Japaridze Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P31.00012: Delocalized States and Topological Edge States of Quantum Walks in Random Environment Hideaki Obuse, Norio Kawakami Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P31.00013: The strong side of weak topological insulators Yaacov Kraus, Zohar Ringel, Ady Stern Preview Abstract

Session P32: Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides - BiFeO3

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Valery Kiryukhin, Rutgers University
Room: 261

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P32.00001: Inelastic neutron scattering study of spin-wave from single crystal BiFeO3 Guangyong Xu, Zhijun Xu, Jinsheng Wen, Matthew Stone, Genda Gu, Stephen Shapiro, R.J. Birgeneau, Chris Stock, Peter Gehring Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P32.00002: Local Raman spectroscopic study of BiFeO$_3$ strained states Yen-Chin Huang, Yi-Chun Chen, Feng-Nan Chu, Wen-I Liang, Hsiang-Jung Chen, Ying-Hao Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P32.00003: Unambiguous phonon mode assignment in multiferroic BiFeO$_3$ single crystals Christianne Beekman, Sang-Wook Cheong, Kenneth Burch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P32.00004: Multiple Phase Transitions in the model multiferroic BiFeO3 Invited Speaker: Jens Kreisel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P32.00005: Phase Transitions in Epitaxial (-110) BiFeO$_3$ Films from First Principles* Sergey Prosandeev, Igor Kornev, Laurent Bellaiche Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P32.00006: Nonlinearity in the high-electric-field piezoelectric response of epitaxial BiFeO3 Pice Chen, Rebecca Sichel, Jiyoung Jo, Ryan Smith, Chang-Beom Eom, Osami Sakata, Eric Dufresne, Paul Evans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P32.00007: Ultrafast photostriction in BiFeO$_{3}$ thin films L.Y. Chen, C.W. Luo, Y.H. Chu, T. Kobayashi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P32.00008: Photoinduced structural dynamics in BiFeO$_3$ thin films studied by ultrafast x-ray diffraction D.A. Walko, E.M. Dufresne, J.H. Lee, J.W. Freeland, Y. Li, H. Wen, P. Chen, P.G. Evans, C. Adamo, D.G. Schlom, J. Ihlefeld Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P32.00009: The valence electronic structure of multiferroic BiFeO$_{3}$ from high energy X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy and first principles theory R. Knut, S. Faleev, Dipanjan Mazumdar, O. Mryasov, Arunava Gupta, O. Karis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P32.00010: Direct characterization of the surface layer of BiFeO3 Single Crystals Neus Domingo, Jackeline Narvaez, Xavi Mart\'I, Marin Alexe, Gustau Catalan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P32.00011: First-principles investigation of phase-change effects in multiferroics Oswaldo Di\'eguez, Otto E. Gonz\'alez-V\'azquez, Jacek C. Wojde\l, Jorge \'I\~niguez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P32.00012: Magnetic and structural properties of BiFeO$_{3}$ thin films grown epitaxially on SrTiO$_{3}$/Si substrates Daniel Currie, Ryan Laughlin, Gokul Radhakrishnan, Weerasinghe Priyantha, Rocio Contreras-Guererro, Ravindranath Droopad, Nikoleta Theodoropoulou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P32.00013: Magnetoelectric and Ferroelectric Properties of BiFeO3/Ni film Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition Li Yan, Mujin Zhuo, Zhiguang Wang, Jianjun Yao, Jiefang Li, Dwight Viehland, Quanxi Jia Preview Abstract

Session P33: Physics of Photovoltaics and other Electricity Production

Sponsoring Units: GERA
Chair: Jeffrey Nelson, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: 106

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P33.00001: Light Reflection and Absorption by Free Standing Titania Nanotube Arrays Abdelmoula Mohamed, Jeffrey Sokoloff, Menon Latika Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P33.00002: A quantum-mechanical study of ZnO and TiO$_{2}$ based DSC Francesca Risplendi, Giancarlo Cicero, Giuseppe Mallia, Leonardo Bernasconi, Nicholas Harrison Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P33.00003: Band gap engineering and optical properties of tungsten trioxide Yuan Ping, Yan Li, Dario Rocca, Francois Gygi, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P33.00004: Aluminum nanoparticles for plasmonic enhancement of light absorption in organic semiconductors Hans Robinson, Lauren Neely, Chih-Yu Jao, Vladimir Kochergin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P33.00005: Si-SiGe hetero-structure thin-film solar cells using integrated electro-optical modeling Muhammad Khizar, Dongming Mei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P33.00006: Multiscale Simulation on a Light-Harvesting Molecular Triad Guoxiong Su, Arkadiusz Czader, Dirar Homouz, Gabriela Bernardes, Sana Mateen, Margaret Cheung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P33.00007: The Potential for Hot Carrier Collection from an Amorphous Semiconductor Reuben Collins, Kristin Kiriluk, Jeremy Fields, Brian Simonds, Levi Miller, Yu-Pan Pai, Tining Su, Baojie Yan, Jeffrey Yang, Subhendu Guha, Arun Madan, Craig Taylor Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P33.00008: Enhanced photocatalytic H$_2$ production by sub-nanometer Au nanoparticles Shen Zhao, Yan Li, Peichuan Shen, Dong Su, Alexander Orlov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P33.00009: First-principles study of III-V electrode interfaces for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production Brandon Wood, Tadashi Ogitsu, Wooni Choi, Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P33.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P33.00011: Photoresistance of Li$_{0.2}$Zn$_{0.8}$O thin films and Li$_{0.2}$Zn$_{0.8}$O/Al$_{0.15}$Zn$_{0.85}$O multilayers Tianjing Li, Renzhong Du, Gongping Li, Qi Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P33.00012: Materials considerations for the efficiency of photon-enhanced thermionic emission Jared Schwede, Daniel Riley, Kunal Sahasrabuddhe, Nicholas Melosh, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P33.00013: Designing long wavelength barrier based thermophotovoltaic cells Dante DeMeo, Thomas Vandervelde Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P33.00014: Thought waves remotely affect the performance (output voltage) of photoelectric cells Dayong Cao, Daqing Cao Preview Abstract

Session P34: Focus Session: Nano III: New Nanoscale Fabrication and Sensing

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

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P34.00001: Direct imaging of colloidal nanoparticle growth, structure, and assembly in a transmission electron microscope Invited Speaker: Paul Alivisatos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P34.00002: Computational nanomaterials for novel desalination membrane design: Nanoporous graphene David Cohen-Tanugi, Jeffrey C. Grossman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P34.00003: Structural and electronic properties of bare and capped CdnSen/CdnTen nanoparticles (n = 6, 9) Aleksey Kuznetsov, D. Balamurugan, Spiros S. Skourtis, David N. Beratan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:36AM		P34.00004: New Directions in Plasmonics: Pushing the Space-Time Limit Invited Speaker: Richard Van Duyne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P34.00005: Charge Distributions in Polar Semiconductor Nanorods explored with Linear-Scaling DFT Calculations Nicholas Hine, Philip Avraam, Paul Tangney, Peter Haynes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P34.00006: Reduction of graphene oxide to graphene, A study of changes in the atomic structure A. Mittal, A. Wagner, C. Mattevi, A. Chov, K. Liao, C. Macosko, M. Chhowalla, K. A. Mkhoyan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P34.00007: Atomic-scale mapping of cerium valence in ceria-zirconia-supported Pd model planar catalysts Shuyi Zhang, Michael Katz, Kai Sun, Obiefune Ezekoye, Manjula Nandasiri, Hungwen Jen, George Graham, Xiaoqing Pan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P34.00008: Correlated Percolation Model of Graphene Hydrogenation Alejandro Suarez, Tyler Maunu, Jorge O. Sofo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P34.00009: Effect of charged impurities and morphology on oxidation reactivity of graphene Mahito Yamamoto, William Cullen, Theodore Einstein, Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P34.00010: Numerical Study of Carrier Multiplication in Nanocrystalline form of PbSe and PbS and the bulk Andrei Piryatinski, Kirill Velizhanin Preview Abstract

Session P35: Focus Session: DFT V: Partitioning and Embedding Theories; Finite-Temperature

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Barry Dunietz, University of Michigan
Room: 107B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P35.00001: Exactly Embedded Density Functional Theory for Modeling Chemical Reactions Invited Speaker: Thomas Miller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P35.00002: Exactly embedded DFT for the efficient simulation of large systems Taylor Barnes, Jason Goodpaster, Thomas Miller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P35.00003: A unified quantum mechanics embedding theory for materials and molecules Chen Huang, Michele Pavone, Emily Carter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P35.00004: Multi-level partitioning using embedded density functional theory Jason Goodpaster, Taylor Barnes, Thomas Miller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P35.00005: Partition Density Functional Theory Invited Speaker: Adam Wasserman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P35.00006: Finding Partition Potentials Jonathan Nafziger, Morrel Cohen, Adam Wasserman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P35.00007: Temperature dependence of Thomas-Fermi errors Aurora Pribram-Jones, Kieron Burke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P35.00008: Exact Conditions in Finite-Temperature Density-Functional Theory S. Pittalis, C.R. Proetto, A. Floris, A. Sanna, C. Bersier, K. Burke, E.K.U. Gross Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P35.00009: Systematic Results in Finite Temperature DFT Tamas Gal, James Dufty Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P35.00010: Finite Temperature Scaling of the Free Energy Density Functional James Dufty, Valentine Karasiev, Samuel Trickey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P35.00011: Construction of Generalized Gradient Approximation Free Energy Density Functionals Sam Trickey, Valentin Karasiev, Travis Sjostrom Preview Abstract

Session P36: Focus Session: Environment III: Nanoparticles, Surfaces and Catalysis

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

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P36.00001: Nanominerals, Mineral Nanoparticles, and Earth Processes: Details on How Nanoparticles Work in the Environment Invited Speaker: Michael Hochella Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P36.00002: Surface Reactivity of Core Shell Iron-Iron Oxide Nanoclusters towards Breakdown of Carbon Tetrachloride Maninder K. Tarsem S., You Qiang, Hongseok Kim, James E. Amonette, Donald R. Baer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:24AM		P36.00003: Environmental Catalysis at the Boundary between Metals and Metal Oxides Invited Speaker: William F. Schneider Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P36.00004: Effect of substrate-catalyst interaction on Spin-dependent chemical reactions: CO oxidation Shunfang Li, Yanfei Gao, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 10:12AM		P36.00005: Assessing Actinide-Oxygen Covalency by K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Invited Speaker: David Shuh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P36.00006: Submonolayers of Au/Pd on the hematite (0001) and magnetite (111) surfaces Adam Kiejna, Tomasz Pabisiak, Tomasz Ossowski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		P36.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session P37: CDW Materials - Chalcogenides and other

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Goran Karapetrov, Drexel University
Room: 108

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P37.00001: Temperature- and pressure-dependent Raman scattering study of phase transitions in ZrTe$_{3}$ S. Gleason, S. Yuan, T. Byrum, S.L. Cooper, C. Petrovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P37.00002: Ultrafast Dynamics of a Charge Density Wave via Time-Resolved Resonant Diffraction R.G. Moore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P37.00003: Experimental Observation of Chiral Order in TiSe$_2$ Raymond Osborn, John-Paul Castellan, Stephan Rosenkranz, Jasper van Wezel, Jacob Ruff, Utpal Chatterjee, Goran Karapetrov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P37.00004: Pressure-induced CDW suppression in 1T-TiSe$_2$ Young Il Joe, K. Finkelstein, S. Yuan, S.L. Cooper, Peter Abbamonte Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P37.00005: Chiral charge and orbital order in 1T-TiSe2 Jasper van Wezel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P37.00006: Evolution of the Charge Density Wave state in Cu$_x$TiSe$_2$ Maria Iavarone, Roberto Di Capua, Xin Zhang, Maryam Golalikhani, Steven Moore, Goran Karapetrov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P37.00007: Effect of dimensionality on charge density wave instabilities in TaS$_2$ and TaSe$_2$ Yizhi Ge, Amy Y. Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P37.00008: Disorder Induced Melting of Charge Density Wave Order in doped 2H-NbSe2 systems Utpal Chatterjee, Stephan Rosenkranz, John Castellan, Jasper van Wezel, Ray Osborn, Maria Ivarone, Goran Karapetrov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P37.00009: Spectroscopic imaging of the charge density wave in $2H$-NbSe$_2$ Anjan Soumyanarayanan, Michael M. Yee, Yang He, Dirk Rahn, Kai Rossnagel, Eric W. Hudson, Jennifer E. Hoffman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P37.00010: Strong Periodic Lattice Distortion in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Jixia Dai, Eduardo Calleja, Yue Cao, Daniel Dessau, Kyle McElroy, Helmuth Berger, Xiangde Zhu, Lijun Li, Yuping Sun, T. Wolf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P37.00011: Low frequency resistance fluctuations in nanoribbons of charge density wave (CDW) conductor NbSe$_{3}$ Zhenzhong Shi, Adam Stabile, Peter Marley, Sujay Singh, Sarbajit Banerjee, Ganapathy Sambandamurthy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P37.00012: Extrinsic control of collective transport in quasi-1D materials with end contacts geometry A.F. Isakovic, A. Belkadi, K. Evans-Lutterodt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P37.00013: Spectroscopic evidence of the Peierls transition in three-dimensional charge density wave solids Barbara Mansart, Mathieu Cottet, Thomas J. Penfold, Stephen B. Dugdale, Riccardo Tediosi, Majed Chergui, Fabrizio Carbone Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P37.00014: Gapped sliding phononic modes in the incommensurate structure of the ladder-chain system Sr$_{14}$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$ Adrian Gozar, Christopher Homes, Girsh Blumberg, Verner Thorsmolle, Henrik Ronnow Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P37.00015: Dynamics of Sr$_{14}$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$ in a transient high intensity THz field Elsa Abreu, Ravi Singh, Verner Thorsmolle, Geetha Balakrishnan, Richard Averitt Preview Abstract

Session P40: Protein Fluctuations and Conformation Changes

Sponsoring Units: DBIO
Chair: Daniel Cox, University of California, Davis
Room: 156A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P40.00001: Atomistic simulations of the MS2 coat protein conformational transition Matthew Perkett, Francesco Pontiggia, Michael Hagan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P40.00002: Conformational changes of surface immobilized proteins studied by combined Atomic Force Microscopy and Fluorescence Spectroscopy Daniel Rizzo, Cristian Staii Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P40.00003: The Glassy State of Crambin and the THz Time Scale Fluctuations Related to Protein Function Kristina Woods, Bediha Beser Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P40.00004: Stabilization of peptide helices by length and vibrational free energies: \emph{Ab initio} case study of polyalanine Mariana Rossi, Volker Blum, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P40.00005: A Physics-based Approach of Coarse-graining the cytoplasm of E. coli Qian Wang, Margaret Cheung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P40.00006: Investigation of flexibility in Myosin V using a new 3D mechanical model Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P40.00007: Barrel fluctuation and oxygen diffusion pathways in the monomeric fluorescent proteins Chola Regmi, Prem Chapagain, Yuba Bhandari, Ilan Chemmama, Bernard Gerstman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P40.00008: Protein Dynamics Studied by Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Xiang-qiang (Rosie) Chu, Eugene Mamontov, Marco Lagi, Sow-Hsin Chen, Manavalan Gajapathy, Joseph Ng, Kevin Weiss, Leighton Coates, Emiliano Fratini, Piero Baglioni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P40.00009: Intrinsic Mean Square Displacement in Proteins Derya Vural, Henry R. Glyde Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P40.00010: Scaling Behavior in Twisted, Helical and Undulating Lysozyme Amyloid Fibrils Raffaele Mezzenga, Cecile Lara, Jozef Adamcik, Ivan Usov, Sophia Jordens Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P40.00011: Probing Volume Changes and the Intracellular Water in Single Erythrocytes Sanghoon Park, Silki Arora, Jennifer Mauser, Debopam Chakrabarti, Alfons Schulte Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P40.00012: Effects of pressure on the protein barrel and the chromophore interactions in mCherry Yuba Bhandari, Prem Chapagain, Chola Regmi, Bernard Gerstman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P40.00013: Thermal response of proteins (histone H2AX, H3.1) by a coarse-grained Monte Carlo simulation with a knowledge-based phenomenological potential Miriam Fritsche, Dieter Heermann, Ras Pandey, Barry Farmer Preview Abstract

Session P41: Drops, Bubbles and Interfacial Fluid Mechanics

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Kripa Varanasi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: 156B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P41.00001: The Life and Death of the Air Film Beneath an Impacting Drop John Kolinski, Shmuel Rubinstein, L. Mahadevan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P41.00002: Manipulating Leidenfrost temperature with surface modification Hyuk-Min Kwon, Jacy Bird, Kripa Varanasi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P41.00003: Reducing contact time of drops on superhydrophobic surfaces R. Dhiman, J.C. Bird, H. Kwon, K.K. Varanasi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P41.00004: Hydrodynamic self-rectification: A novel mechanism for generating uniform static droplet arrays Siva Vanapalli, Swastika Bithi, Meng Sun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P41.00005: In Situ Observation of Liquid Capillary Bridges on Superhydrophobic Surfaces Adam Paxson, Sushant Anand, Kripa Varanasi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P41.00006: Two particle microrheology of quasi-2D viscous systems in the limit of shallow bulk layer Thibaut Divoux, Kenneth Desmond, James Sebel, Eric Weeks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P41.00007: Measuring interfacial viscosity using macro- and micro-rheology James Sebel, Kenneth Desmond, Eric R. Weeks, Thibaut Divoux Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P41.00008: Molecular Modeling of Three Phase Contact for Static and Dynamic Contact Angle Phenomena Ateeque Malani, Miguel Amat, Anilkumar Raghavanpillai, Ernest Wysong, Gregory Rutledge Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P41.00009: Nonlinear electrohydrodynamics of a viscous droplet Paul Salipante, Petia Vlahovska Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P41.00010: Breakup of Bubbles or Drops by Capillary Waves Induced by Coalescence or Other Excitations Feng Hua Zhang, Peter Taborek, Justin Burton, Boo Cheong Khoo, Siggi Thoroddsen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P41.00011: Thermo-actuated migration in a micro-system Marie-Caroline Jullien, Bertrand Selva, Isabelle Cantat Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P41.00012: Towards an effective surface tension at a foam/water interface Herve Caps, Ariane Bronfort, Charles Dubois, Giles Delon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P41.00013: Continuous dielectrophoretic centering of compound droplets Greg Randall, Brent Blue Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P41.00014: The Dynamics of Coupled Droplets Under Gravity Condition Haider Hekiri, Takumi Hawa Preview Abstract

Session P42: Focus Session: Evolutionary Systems Biology II - From molecules to cells

Sponsoring Units: DBIO GSNP
Chair: Edo Kussell, New York University
Room: 156C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P42.00001: Statistical Physics Approaches to RNA Editing Invited Speaker: Ralf Bundschuh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P42.00002: Biophysical Models of Evolution: Application to Transcription Factor Binding Sites in Yeast Michael Manhart, Allan Haldane, Alexandre Morozov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P42.00003: The Fitness of Genomic Order Qiucen Zhang, Saurabh Vyawahare, Robert Austin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P42.00004: Plasticity of metabolic networks and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis Eli Bogart, Chris Myers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P42.00005: Uncovering principles of cellular decision-making Invited Speaker: Gurol Suel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P42.00006: Role of Multisite Phosphorylation in Timing of a Yeast Cell Cycle Event Volkan Sevim, Xiaojing Yang, Kai-Yeung Lau, Chao Tang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P42.00007: Precision of sensing, memory and fluctuating environments Gerardo Aquino, Robert Endres Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P42.00008: Rapidly evolving microorganisms with high biofuel tolerance Saurabh Vyawahare, Qiucen Zhang, Wendy Lang, Robert Austin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P42.00009: A Cahn-Hilliard model of vascularized tumor growth in a complex evolving confinement using a diffuse domain approach Yao-li Chuang, Vittorio Cristini, Ying Chen, Xiangrong Li, Hermann Frieboes, John Lowengrub Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P42.00010: Emergence of Information Transmission in a prebiotic RNA Reactor Benedikt Obermayer, Hubert Krammer, Dieter Braun, Ulrich Gerland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P42.00011: Towards molecular evolution with thermal traps Christof Mast, Severin Schink, Hubert Krammer, Benedikt Obermayer, Ulrich Gerland, Dieter Braun Preview Abstract

Session P43: Invited Session: High Content Biophysical Data for Dynamic Studies in Cancer

Sponsoring Units: DBIO
Chair: Larry Nagahara, National Cancer Institute
Room: 157AB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P43.00001: Tissue Refractive Index Fluctuations Report on Cancer Development Invited Speaker: Gabriel Popescu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P43.00002: TBA Invited Speaker: Nongjian Tao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P43.00003: Time-lapse Microscopy of Colorectal Tumorigenesis In Vivo Invited Speaker: Seok-Hyun (Andy) Yun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		P43.00004: High Content Bio-Chemo-Mechanical Screening and Modeling to Study Heterogeneity and Metastasis of Cancer for Drug Target Discovery Invited Speaker: Stephen Wong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		P43.00005: The Fluid Phase of Solid Tumors: Real-time Access to Cancer in Individual Patients Invited Speaker: Peter Kuhn Preview Abstract

Session P44: Focus Session: Block Copolymer Micelles and Polymersomes

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: You-Yeon Won, Purdue University
Room: 157C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P44.00001: Modeling of Interactions Between Spherical Micelles for Diblock Copolymers in Selective Solvents Raghuram Thiagarajan, David Morse Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P44.00002: Dissipative particle dynamics study of relationship between wall thickness and size in polymer vesicles Mengying Xiao, Rong Wang, Daiqian Xie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P44.00003: Effect of Hydrophobic Block Length on Vesicle Formation of Block Copolymers Rong Wang, Mengying Xiao, Daiqian Xie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P44.00004: Nanostructured assemblies from amphiphilic ABC multiblock polymers Invited Speaker: Marc A. Hillmyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P44.00005: The Morphology of Lipid Aggregates based on the Interplay among Molecular Architectures, Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic and Coulombic Interactions and their Kinetics Invited Speaker: Mu-Ping Nieh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P44.00006: Phase Behavior and Kinetics of Diblock Copolymer in Selective Solvent Julian Spring, Rama Bansil Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P44.00007: Phase Behavior of Gradient Copolymer Solution Gunja Pandav, Keith Gallow, Yueh-Lin Loo, Venkat Ganesan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P44.00008: Self-Assembly of Novel Amphiphilic 21-Arm, Star-Like Coil-Rod Diblock Copolymers at Interfaces Zhiqun Lin, Lei Zhao, Xinchang Pang, Chaowei Feng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P44.00009: Formation and Characterization of Anisotropic Block Copolymer Gels Chya Yan Liaw, Derk Joester, Wesley Burghardt, Kenneth Shull Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P44.00010: Stimuli-responsive block copolypeptides Venkata Krishna Kotharangannagari, Antoni Sanchez-Ferrer, Janne Ruokolainen, Raffaele Mezzenga Preview Abstract

Session P45: Surfaces, Interfaces, and Polymeric Thin Films - Surface Instabilities

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Jyotsana Lal, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 159

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P45.00001: Buckling in a particle film Andrew Croll Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P45.00002: Defect induced shape instabilities in textured Membranes Daniel A. Vega, Marcelo A. Villar, Aldo D. Pezzutti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P45.00003: Dewetting Dynamics from Polymer Interfaces Andrei Fluerasu, Laurence Lurio, Jyotsana Lal Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P45.00004: Nanoscale Confinement Induced Control of Polymer Thin Film Instabilities Diya Bandyopadhyay, Arvind Modi, Alamgir Karim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P45.00005: The influence of the solid/liquid interface on the dewetting of ultra thin polymer films Matthias Lessel, Mischa Klos, Oliver Baeumchen, Karin Jacobs Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P45.00006: Viscoelastic properties of ultrathin polystyrene films by dewetting from liquid glycerol Jinhua Wang, Gregory McKenna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P45.00007: Evolution of non-equilibrium entanglement networks in spincast thin polymer films Kari Dalnoki-Veress, Joshua McGraw, Paul Fowler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P45.00008: Evolution of Chitosan Film Thickness Profiles During Spincoating Christopher Murray, Maximiliano Giuliani, John Dutcher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P45.00009: Spreading of polymer droplets on thin polymer films Sara L. Cormier, Joshua D. McGraw, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P45.00010: Experimental Study of Particle Behavior on a Curved Polymer Interface Kathleen McEnnis, Chuan Zeng, Benny Davidovitch, Anthony D. Dinsmore, Thomas P. Russell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P45.00011: Tension amplification in branched macromolecules Alexandru Bacanu, James Brock, Sergey Panyukov, Michael Rubinstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P45.00012: Viscous memory effects on the generation of hierarchical morphologies at an emulsified oil/water interface Melanie L. Morris, Michael C. Gross, Asmi Panigrahi, Ryan M. Deacon, Patrick Chan, Jason J. Benkoski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P45.00013: Effect of Molecular Architecture on the Wetting Properties of Polymers Emmanouil Glynos, Bradley Frieberg, Peter Green Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P45.00014: Surface Segregation of Well-Defined Comb Polymers Boxi Liu, Roderic Quirk, Mark Foster, David Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P45.00015: Size Dependant Nucleation of Confined 2-Decanol Samuel Amanuel, Hillary Bauer, Alexandrea Safiq, Jargalsaikhan Dulmaa, Amer Khraisat Preview Abstract

Session P46: Invited Session: DNA-Programmable Particle Assembly

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Oleg Gang, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: 160AB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P46.00001: Self-Replication of Nanoscale tiles and patterns Invited Speaker: Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P46.00002: Inverse Problem in Self-assembly Invited Speaker: Alexei Tkachenko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P46.00003: Structural flexibility of DNA-Nanoparticle Assemblies Invited Speaker: Dmytro Nykypanchuk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		P46.00004: Nanoparticle Superlattice Engineering with DNA Invited Speaker: Chad Mirkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		P46.00005: Real-space crystallography and transformations of DNA-directed particle superlattices Invited Speaker: John Crocker Preview Abstract

Session P47: Biopolymers: Molecules, Solutions, Networks, and Gels

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Gary Slater, University of Ottawa
Room: 160C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P47.00001: Sub-nm porous membrane based on cyclic peptide nanotubes Chen Zhang, Rami Hourani, Changyi Li, Brett Helms, Ting Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P47.00002: Gel-on-Brush Model of Airway Surface of the Lung: its Predictive Role in Chronic Pulmonary Disease Liheng Cai, Brian Button, Camille Ehre, Richard Boucher, Michael Rubinstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P47.00003: Experimental and Computational Analysis of Structural and Mechanical Properties of Fibrin Gels Oleg Kim, Zhiliang Xu, Alisa Wolberg, Elliot Rosen, Mark Alber Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P47.00004: Block copolymer self-assembly for the responsive reinforcement of injectable protein hydrogels M.J. Glassman, S. Li, J. Chan, B.D. Olsen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P47.00005: Electrophoresis of DNA-protein conjugates: hydrodynamic end effects and electrostatic interactions Mykyta V. Chubynsky, Gary W. Slater Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P47.00006: The local dynamics of unfolded versus folded tRNA in comparison to synthetic polyelectrolytes and the role of electrostatic interactions Joon Ho Roh, Madhu Tyagi, Robert M. Briber, Sarah A. Woodson, Alexei Sokolov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P47.00007: Physical Structure of Methylcellulose Hydrogels Joseph Lott, John McAllister, Sara Arvidson, Frank Bates, Timothy Lodge Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P47.00008: Mesoscopic Simulations of Free Solution Electrophoresis of Polyelectrolytes with Finite Debye Length Gary Slater, Owen Hickey, Tyler Shendruk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P47.00009: Interfacial adsorption and aggregation of amphiphilic proteins David Cheung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P47.00010: Viscoelastic and poroelastic relaxations of polymer-loaded gels Edwin Chan, Blessing Deeyaa, Peter Johnson, Christopher Stafford Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P47.00011: Mechanical Characterization of Photo-crosslinkable Hydrogels with AFM Alyssa McKenna, Myunghwan Byun, Ryan Hayward, Katherine Aidala Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P47.00012: Tough hydrogels from hydrophobically associating polymers Robert Weiss, Jinkun Hao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P47.00013: Characterization of the Interfacial Adhesion for Responsive Hydrogels on Substrates Chandler Benjamin, John Springmann, Shahzad Chindhy, Wendy Crone Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P47.00014: Resilient Synthetic PEG/PDMS Hydrogels Inspired by Natural Resilin Jun Cui, Melissa Lackey, Gregory Tew, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P47.00015: pH-dependent and pH-independent self-assembling behavior of surfactant-like peptides Leonid Gurevich, Peter Fojan Preview Abstract

Session P48: Focus Session: Crystallization in Single-, Multicomponent, and Hybrid Systems II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Lei Zhu, Case Western Reserve University
Room: 161

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P48.00001: Shear-induced homogeneous crystallisation in confined columns of polymer Jessica L. Carvalho, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P48.00002: Chain Folding in Polymer Crystals Detected by Solid-state NMR Toshikazu Miyoshi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P48.00003: Forming hierarchically ordered hybrid materials using polymer crystallization Christopher Li, Bin Dong, Tian Zhou, Wenda Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P48.00004: Understanding Molecular Epitaxial Mechanism of the $\gamma $-form Crystal and Chain Tilt in the $\alpha $-form Single Crystal of Isotactic Polypropylene Yan Cao, Ryan Van Horn, Guoliang Zhang, Hao-Jan Sun, Kwang-Un Jeong, Finizia Auriemma, Claudio De Rosa, Bernard Lotz, Stephen Cheng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P48.00005: Kinetic Control of the Halogen Distribution in Crystals of Precisely Substituted Polyethylenes Rufina Alamo, Papatya Kaner, Carolina Ruiz-Orta, Emine Boz, Kenneth B. Wagener Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P48.00006: On the Width of the Crystallization Process Andrew Ochoa, Mircea Chipara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:48AM		P48.00007: Crystallization and Ordering of Giant Molecules based on Nano-atoms Invited Speaker: Stephen Z.D. Cheng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:24AM		P48.00008: Morphologies in Semi-Crystalline Precise Acid- and Ion-Containing Polymers Invited Speaker: Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P48.00009: Nanohybrid shish kebab paper: Crystal growth and film properties Eric D. Laird, Bing Li, Shan Cheng, Bin Dong, Ranjita K. Bose, Kenneth K.S. Lau, Christopher Y. Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P48.00010: Role of lamellar thickness in the kinetics of polymer crystal growth Wenbing Hu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P48.00011: Isothermal crystallization kinetics of Poly (lactic acid) studied by ultrafast chip calorimeter Jing Jiang, Wei Jiang, Zijie Huang, Dongshan Zhou, Gi Xue Preview Abstract

Session P49: Focus Session: Organic Electronics and Photonics - Interfaces and Contacts

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY
Chair: Lynn Loo, Princeton University
Room: 162A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P49.00001: Charge transfer and polarization at interfaces with conjugated molecules Invited Speaker: Norbert Koch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P49.00002: Tuning Contact Recombination and Open-Circuit Voltage in Polymer Solar Cells via Self-Assembled Monolayer Adsorption He Wang, Enrique Gomez, Zelei Guan, Cherno Jaye, Daniel Fischer, Antoine Kahn, Yueh-Lin Loo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P49.00003: Electronic Structure of Organic-Metal Interfaces Sung-young Hong, Po-Chun Yeh, Jerry Dadap, Richard M. Osgood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P49.00004: Fermi level pinning by integer charge transfer at electrode-organic semiconductor interfaces Deniz Cakir, Menno Bokdam, Geert Brocks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P49.00005: Analysis of interface states in blend of polythiophene and polyselenophene: experiments and theory Helene Antaya, Maciej Sakowicz, Carlos Silva, Michel Cote Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P49.00006: Controlling Side Chain Density of Electron Donating Polymers for Improving $V_{OC}$ in Polymer Solar Cells B.J. Kim, K.H. Kim, C.H. Cho, H. Kang, S.C. Yoon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P49.00007: Charge Injection Mechanism at Carbon Nanotube-Organic Semiconductor Interface Biddut K. Sarker, Saiful I. Khondaker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P49.00008: Does Organic Field Effect Transistors (OFETs) Device Performance using Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) Depend on the Density of SWNT in the Electrode? Narae Kang, Biddut K. Sarker, Saiful I. Khondaker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P49.00009: Work function recovery of air exposed molybdenum oxide thin films with vacuum annealing Irfan Irfan, Alexander Turniske, Zhenan Bao, Yongli Gao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P49.00010: Ab-inito calculation of energy level alignment and vacuum level shift at CuPc/C60 interfaces Na Sai, Xiaoyang Zhu, James Chelikowsky, Kevin Leung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P49.00011: Solution based cathode deposition for polymer light emitting devices Marian Tzolov, Stephen Swiontek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P49.00012: Organic solar cells: How can the theory guide the experience? Nicolas Berube, Vincent Gosselin, Hugo Lepage, Michel Cote Preview Abstract

Session P50: Focus Session: Dynamics of Polymers: Phenomena due to Confinement; Glass Transition

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Rodney Priestly, Princeton University
Room: 162B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		P50.00001: Theoretical prospects for understanding the glass transition in polymer thin films Invited Speaker: Scott Milner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P50.00002: Cooperative Length Scale and Fragility of Polystyrene under Confinement Chuan Zhang, Yunlong Guo, Rodney Priestley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P50.00003: Impact of systematic chain architecture changes on the glass transition and modulus of thin polymer films Bryan Vogt, Jessica Torres, Christopher Stafford, Richard Register, David Uhrig Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P50.00004: A Direct Relationship between Enhanced Surface Mobility and Tg Reduction in Thin Polymer Films Zahra Fakhraai, James A. Forrest, Dongping Qi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P50.00005: Reduced Glass Transition Temperatures of Thin Polymer Films - Confinement Effect or Artifact? Oliver Baeumchen, Joshua D. McGraw, James A. Forrest, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P50.00006: Confinement in thin polymer films near Tg leads to factors of 10 to 1000 reductions in dye translational diffusion John Torkelson, Hui Deng, Manish Mundra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P50.00007: Measuring the glass transition of polymer nanodroplets Chad Daley, James Forrest Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P50.00008: Molecular motion in polymer thin films exhibits fast and slow subpopulations. Keewook Paeng, Mark Ediger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P50.00009: Confinement Effects of Neighboring Polymer Domains on the Tgs of Infinitely Dilute Blend Components and Ultrathin Film Layers Christopher Evans, Robert Sandoval, John Torkelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P50.00010: Molecular Weight Dependent and Independent Glass Transition Temperature Reductions Coexisting in High MW Free-Standing Polystyrene Films Justin Pye, Connie Roth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 11:00AM		P50.00011: Glass Transition and Physical Aging in Thin Polymer Films: A Unified Picture of Confinement Invited Speaker: Connie Roth Preview Abstract

Session P51: Colloids III: Shear and Hydrodynamics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DFD
Chair: Vinothan N Manoharan, Harvard University
Room: Boston Convention Center 154

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P51.00001: Confined colloidal suspensions under simple shear Xinliang Xu, Stuart Rice, Aaron Dinner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P51.00002: The nonlinear structural response of colloidal suspensions under large amplitude oscillatory shear Neil Y.C. Lin, Xiang Cheng, Itai Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P51.00003: Imaging the microscopic structure of shear thinning and thickening colloidal suspensions Xiang Cheng, Jonathan McCoy, Jacob Israelachvili, Itai Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P51.00004: Shear induced diffusion in hard sphere glasses Nick Koumakis, George Petekidis, John Brady Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P51.00005: Diffusion in sheared athermal soft-particle suspensions: the role of inertia and dissipation mechanism Craig Maloney, Kamran Karimi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P51.00006: Shear thinning in soft particle suspensions Panayiotis Voudouris, Berco van der Zanden, Daniel Florea, Zahra Fahimi, Hans Wyss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P51.00007: Anisotropic Diffusion of Colloidal Particles in a Shear Flow Brian Leahy, Desmond Ong, Xiang Cheng, Itai Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P51.00008: Pattern formation in colloidal explosions: Theory and experiment Arthur Straube Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P51.00009: Universal Scaling Law of Diffusion and Hydrodynamic Corrections in Colloidal Monolayers Xiao-guang Ma, Wei Chen, Ziren Wang, Yuan Peng, Yilong Han, Penger Tong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P51.00010: Long Range Hydrodynamic Correlations in Quasi-One-Dimensional Circular and Linear Geometries Ekaterina Kosheleva, Brian Leahy, Haim Diamant, Stuart A. Rice, Binhua Lin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P51.00011: Using artificial microswimmers for particle separation Vyacheslav R. Misko, Wen Yang, Kwinten Nelissen, Minghui Kong, Francois M. Peeters Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P51.00012: Diffusion in Dense Inhomogeneous Colloid Suspensions in Narrow Channels Binhua Lin, Emily Wonder, Stuart A. Rice Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P51.00013: Flow of concentrated emulsion in a microchannel: walls effects and roughness impact Vincent Mansard, Annie Colin, Lyd\'eric Bocquet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P51.00014: Non-equilibrium dynamics in particle-interface systems Anna Wang, Ryan McGorty, David M. Kaz, Vinothan N. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P51.00015: Granular Fluid Kinetics Approach to Modeling Soft Colloid and Polymer Materials Dimiter Petsev, Jhoan Toro-Mendoza, Frank van Swol Preview Abstract

Session P52: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics - Structures for Form and Function

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD
Chair: Jose Bico, ESPCI
Room: 153C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P52.00001: Soft Robots: Manipulation, Mobility, and Fast Actuation Robert Shepherd, Filip Ilievski, Wonjae Choi, Adam Stokes, Stephen Morin, Aaron Mazzeo, Rebecca Kramer, Carmel Majidi, Rob Wood, George Whitesides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P52.00002: Low-Dimensional Generalized Coordinate Models of Large-Deformation Elastic Joints Lael Odhner, Aaron Dollar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P52.00003: Liquid-Embedded Elastomer Electronics Rebecca Kramer, Carmel Majidi, Yong-Lae Park, Jamie Paik, Robert Wood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		P52.00004: Extreme Mechanics in Soft Pneumatic Robots and Soft Microfluidic Electronics and Sensors Invited Speaker: Carmel Majidi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P52.00005: Macrocomposite mechanical design, modeling, and behavior of physical models of bioinspired fish armor Ashley Browning, Christine Ortiz, Mary C. Boyce Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P52.00006: Periodic Structural Solids: Mechanics and Multifunctional Applications Lifeng Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P52.00007: Honeycombs with hierarchical organization Amin Ajdari, Babak Haghpanah Jahromi, Jim Papadopoulos, Ashkan Vaziri Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P52.00008: Buckling-induced Tunable Chirality in Rationally-Designed Surface-Attached Cellular Structures Sicong Shan, Sung Hoon Kang, Wim Noorduin, Mughees Khan, Katia Bertoldi, Joanna Aizenberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P52.00009: Buckling-induced Planar Chirality of Porous Elastic Structure Jongmin Shim, Sicong Shan, Sung H. Kang, Pai Wang, Beth R. Chen, Joanna Aizenberg, Katia Bertoldi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P52.00010: Anisotropy-induced wave steering in periodic linear and nonlinear lattices Filippo Casadei, Julian Rimoli, Massimo Ruzzene Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P52.00011: 2-D Phononic Crystals -- Unraveling the Effect of Void Distribution in Porous Structures Pai Wang, Jongmin Shim, Katia Bertoldi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P52.00012: Guiding of High Amplitude Stress Waves Through Stress-Induced Domain Switching in Multiphase Materials Julian Rimoli, Luca Guidoni, Brett Reichard, Massimo Ruzzene Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P52.00013: Soft Modes and Deformations of Three-Dimensional Isostatic Periodic Lattices Anton Souslov, T.C. Lubensky Preview Abstract

Session P53: Disordered Systems: Packing

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Lisa Manning, Syracuse University
Room: 153B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P53.00001: Analytical Construction of A Dense Packing of Truncated Tetrahedra and Its Melting Properties Yang Jiao, Salvatore Torquato Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P53.00002: Packing fraction of dimers and anisotropic objects Taishan Zhu, Yuliang Jin, Hernan A Makse, Maximilien Danisch, Adrian Baule Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P53.00003: Statistical Mechanics of Athermal Packings: Incorporating Basin Volumes Ashwin S. S., Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Corey S. O'Hern, Mark D. Shattuck Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P53.00004: Polydisperse sphere packing in high dimensions, a search for an upper critical dimension Peter Morse, Maxime Clusel, Eric Corwin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P53.00005: Constraint percolation on hyperbolic lattices Jorge Lopez, J.M. Schwarz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P53.00006: Cavity method for Edwards ensemble of jammed matter Hernan Makse, Lin Bo, Yuliang Jin, Chaoming Song Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P53.00007: Glass Transition and Random Close Packing above Three Dimensions Patrick Charbonneau, Atsushi Ikeda, Giorgio Parisi, Francesco Zamponi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P53.00008: Packing Squares in a Torus Donald Blair, Christian Santangelo, Jon Machta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P53.00009: Characterization of Basin Volumes in Mechanically Stable Packings Mark D. Shattuck, S.S. Ashwin, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Corey S. O'Hern Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P53.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P53.00011: Hierarchical freezing in a lattice model with a nonperiodic ground state Joshua E.S. Socolar, Travis Byington Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P53.00012: Degenerate Quasicrystal of Hard Triangular Bipyramids Stabilized by Entropic Forces Amir Haji-Akbari, Michael Engel, Sharon Glotzer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P53.00013: A Novel Decomposition of the Structure of Jammed Packings Mark Kanner, Mark Shattuck, Cory O'Hern Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P53.00014: 8x8 and 10x10 Hyperspace Representations of SU(3) and 10-fold Point-Symmetry Group of Quasicrystals Alexander Animalu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P53.00015: Competition of Bergman-type approximants with other packing motifs in the Cu-Zr system Feng Zhang, Min Jin, X.W. Wang, Cai-Zhuang Wang, M.J. Kramer, M.I. Mendelev, Kai-Ming Ho Preview Abstract

Session P54: Superconductivity: Thermodynamics and Phases

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Haihu Wen, University of Nanjing
Room: 152

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P54.00001: Magnetic field scaling of the specific heat of La$_{1.92}$Sr$_{0.08}$CuO$_{4 }$up to 30 Teslas Jonathon Kemper Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P54.00002: High Magnetic Field Specific Heat in Cuprate Superconductors Scott Riggs, Oskar Vafek, Jon Betts, Fedor Balakirev, Albert Migliori, Doug Bonn, Walter Hardy, Ruixing Liang, Greg Boebinger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P54.00003: Evolution of the phase diagrams in the pseudoternary system Pr$_{1-x}$Nd$_x$Os$_4$Sb$_{12}$ P.-C. Ho, R.B. Baumbach, L. Shu, M.B. Maple, S. Zhao, D.E. MacLaughlin, T. Yanagisawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P54.00004: Resonant Ultrasound study of underdoped single crystal YBCO cuprates Arkady Shekhter, Victor Fanelli, Scott Riggs, Yoko Suzuki, Jon B. Betts, Albert Migliori, Greg Boebinger, Brad Ramshaw, Ruixing Liang, Walter Hardy, Doug Bonn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P54.00005: A Pre-Formed Pair Approach to the Dynamical (THz) Complex Conductivity in the Cuprates Dan Wulin, Vivek Mishra, Kathryn Levin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P54.00006: Origin of multiple quantum oscillation frequencies from single carrier nodal pocket in the underdoped cuprate superconductor YBCO Suchitra E. Sebastian, G.G. Lonzarich, N. Harrison, M.M. Altarawneh, R. Liang, D.A. Bonn, W.N. Hardy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P54.00007: ABSTRACT MOVED TO L21.00008 Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P54.00008: Synthesis, $P-T$ phase diagram, and $T_c$ of $R_2Ba_4Cu_7O_{15}$ (R= Dy,Y, DyY, GdY ) Seyed Ahmad Sabok-Sayr, Bogdan Dabrowski, Stanislaw Kolesnik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P54.00009: Pseudogap temperature along the Widom line of a first-order transition in doped Mott insulators Giovanni Sordi, Patrick Semon, K. Haule, A.-M. S. Tremblay Preview Abstract