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Session Q2: Invited Session: Manipulating Spin Waves

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Axel Hoffmann, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 204AB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q2.00001: Magnons, Spin Current and Spin Seebeck Effect Invited Speaker: Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q2.00002: Spin Wave Transport in Microscopic Magnetic Structures Invited Speaker: Helmut Schultheiss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q2.00003: Using magnons to probe spintronic materials properties Invited Speaker: Robert McMichael Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q2.00004: Interaction between spin-wave excitations and pure spin currents in magnetic structures Invited Speaker: Antonio Azevedo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q2.00005: Manipulation of Spin Waves in Yttrium Iron Garnet Thin Films through Interfacial Spin Scattering Invited Speaker: Mingzhong Wu Preview Abstract

Session Q3: Invited Session: Recent Advances in Pnictide Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Wei Ku, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: 205AB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q3.00001: Study of the Multiorbital Hubbard Model for the Fe-Superconductors Beyond Weak Coupling Invited Speaker: Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q3.00002: Doping - dependent anisotropy of the superconducting gap in underdoped pnictide superconductors Invited Speaker: Ruslan Prozorov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q3.00003: Nematic susceptibility and quantum criticality in Fe-pnictide superconductors Invited Speaker: James Analytis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q3.00004: Controlling vortex pinning and vortex phase diagrams of FeAs-based superconductors through particle irradiation and substitution Invited Speaker: Ulrich Welp Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q3.00005: Unusual electronic structure and pairing in the K$_{x}$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_{2}$ and BaFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_{x})_{2}$ superconductors Invited Speaker: Donglai Feng Preview Abstract

Session Q4: Focus Session: Many-body Quantum Phases in Cold Atom Systems

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Room: 205C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q4.00001: Orbital ice: an exact Coulomb phase on the diamond optical lattice Gia-Wei Chern, Congjun Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q4.00002: Time reversal symmetry breaking of $p$-orbital bosons in a one-dimensional optical lattice Xiaopeng Li, Zixu Zhang, W. Vincent Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q4.00003: Correlated phases of bosons in tilted, frustrated lattices Subir Sachdev, Susanne Pielawa, Takuaya Kitagawa, Erez Berg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q4.00004: Quantum simulations with ultracold atoms Invited Speaker: Nikolay Prokofiev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q4.00005: A Mott Glass to Superfluid Transition for Random Bosons in Two Dimensions David Pekker, Shankar Iyer, Gil Refael Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q4.00006: Disordered Supersolids in the Extended Bose-Hubbard Model Vito Scarola, Bhargav Kemburi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q4.00007: Density instabilities in a two-dimensional dipolar Fermi gas Meera Parish, Francesca Marchetti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q4.00008: Scaling of noise correlations of hard-core bosons in incommensurate lattices Kai He, Indubala I. Satija, Charles W. Clark, Ana Maria Rey, Marcos Rigol Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q4.00009: Quantum Orders and Space-Time Vortices for Spin 2 Atomic Chains Ari Turner, Frank Pollmann, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q4.00010: Thermal versus quantum fluctuations of optical lattice fermions Chris Hooley, Vivaldo Campo, Klaus Capelle, Jorge Quintanilla, Vito Scarola Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q4.00011: Tunable quantum glasses and phase transitions of atoms and photons: firstpredictions for glassy physics with many-body cavity QED Philipp Strack, Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q4.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q4.00013: The boson-Hubbard model on a kagome lattice with a sextic ring-exchange term Valery Rousseau, Ka-Ming Tam, Juana Moreno, Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract

Session Q5: Nonequilibrium and Gauge/Gravity Duality

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Philip Phillips, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: 206A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q5.00001: Solution to the d=2 Hertz-Millis problem from a hairy electron star Ka Wai Lo, Mohammad Edalati, Philip Phillips Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q5.00002: Non-Relativistic Holographic Quantum Liquids Juven Wang, Allan Adams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q5.00003: Striped Superconductor and Holography George Siopsis, Jimmy Hutasoit, Jason Therrien, Suman Ganguli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q5.00004: Holographic noise near quantum critical points Andrew Green, Julian Sonner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q5.00005: Out-of-equilibrium conductivity and current noise at quantum critical points Andrew Berridge, M.J. Bhaseen, A.G. Green Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q5.00006: Wigner-Mott scaling of transport near the two-dimensional metal-insulator transition Milos Radonjic, Darko Tanaskovic, Vladimir Dobrosavljevic, Gabriel Kotliar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q5.00007: Finite-size effects in transport data from Quantum Monte Carlo simulations Raimundo Rocha dos Santos, Rubem Mondaini, Karim Bouadim, Thereza Paiva Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q5.00008: Universal transport near a continuous Mott transition in two dimensions William Witczak-Krempa, Pouyan Ghaemi, Todadri Senthil, Yong Baek Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q5.00009: Dissipation-Induced Quantum Phase Transition in a Resonant Level Henok Mebrahtu, Ivan Borzenets, Dong E. Liu, Huaixiu Zheng, Yuri Bomze, Alex Smirnov, Harold Baranger, Gleb Finkelstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q5.00010: Collective excitations and low temperature transport properties of bismuth Piotr Chudzinski, Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q5.00011: Photo-excitation and relaxation dynamics in junction of double-exchange systems Wataru Koshibae, Naoto Nagaosa, Nobuo Furukawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q5.00012: Photo excited state in spin-charge coupled correlated electron system Sumio Ishihara, Yu Kanamori, Hiroaki Matsueda, Jun Ohara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q5.00013: Non-equilibrium steady state of field-driven strongly correlated electrons Woo-Ram Lee, Jong Eun Han, Kwon Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q5.00014: Dynamical DMRG study of non-linear optical response in one-dimensional dimerized Hubbard model with nearest neighbor Coulomb interaction and alternating on-site potential Shigetoshi Sota, Takami Tohyama, Serguei Brazovskii Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q5.00015: Non-Kondo mechanism of resistivity upturn in a spin-ice Kondo lattice model Yukitoshi Motome, Masafumi Udagawa, Hiroaki Ishizuka Preview Abstract

Session Q6: Carbon Nanotubes: Electronic and Thermal Properties

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Rodrigo Capaz, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Room: 206B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q6.00001: Ultra-short single-wall carbon nanotube NEMS transistors Andrew C. McRae, Joshua O. Island, Vahid Tayari, Serap Yi\u{g}en, A.R. Champagne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q6.00002: Measurement of intrinsic resistivity of individual single walled carbon nanotubes with known-chirality Mitsuhide Takekoshi, Vikram Deshpande, Zhengyi Zhang, Yuhei Miyauchi, Tony Heinz, James Hone, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q6.00003: Probing Magnetic Susceptibility Anisotropy of Large-Diameter Armchair Carbon Nanotubes via Magnetic Linear Dichroism Spectroscopy Erik Haroz, Junichiro Kono, Thomas Searles, Xiaomin Tu, Ming Zheng, Jeffrey Fagan, Stephen McGill, Dmitry Smirnov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q6.00004: Helical modes and Majorana fermions in carbon nanotubes Jelena Klinovaja, Manuel Schmidt, Bernd Braunecker, Daniel Loss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q6.00005: Extracting Diameter and Chirality Dependences of Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconducting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes from First-Principles Calculations Rodrigo B. Capaz, Jack Deslippe, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q6.00006: Modeling the Thermal Conductivity of Nanocomposites Using Monte-Carlo Methods and Realistic Nanotube Configurations Khoa Bui, Dimitrios Papavassiliou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q6.00007: Computational study of the thermal conductivity of defective carbon nanostructures Zacharias Fthenakis, David Tomanek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q6.00008: Near-field heat transfer between an array of SWNTs and a quartz substrate Andrei Nemilentsau, Slava Rotkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q6.00009: Ab initio studies of mechanical, electric, and magnetic properties of functionalized carbon nanotubes Karolina Milowska, Magdalena Birowska, Jacek A. Majewski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q6.00010: Nanotube based engine Oleg Shklyaev, Eric Mockensturm, Vin Crespi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q6.00011: Influence of temperature and adsorbates on a carbon nanotube resonator by molecular dynamics simulations Heeyuen Koh, James Cannon, Shigeo Maruyama, Junichiro Shiomi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q6.00012: Electron Spin Resonance as a route to Spin-Gap detection in Carbon Nanotubes Darryl H. Ngai, Andre' LeClair, Eun-Ah Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q6.00013: Coherent non-local transport in quantum wires with strongly coupled electrodes Yanfei Yang, Georgy Fedorov, Paola Barbara, Serhii Shafraniuk, Benjamin Cooper, Rupert Lewis, Christopher Lobb Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q6.00014: Nanofissure formation during selective breakdown of m-SWNT in an aligned array Udai Bhanu, Shashank Shekhar, Saiful I. Khondaker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q6.00015: An optically pumped InGaAsP/InP quantum dot rolled-up microtube laser Pablo Bianucci, M. Hadi Tavakoli Dastjerdi, Shouvik Mukherjee, Mehrdad Djavid, Philip Poole, Zetian Mi Preview Abstract

Session Q7: Focus Session: Computational Design of Materials: Graphene - Strain, defect and interface engineering

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, North Carolina State University
Room: 207

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q7.00001: Formation of hydrogenated graphene nanoripples by strain engineering and directed surface self-assembly Zhengfei Wang, Yu Zhang, Feng Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q7.00002: Engineering electronic properties of armchair graphene nanoribbons using strain and functional species Xihong Peng, Fu Tang, Selina Velasquez, Andrew Copple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q7.00003: Electronic Band Engineering of Epitaxial Graphene by Atomic Intercalation Thushari Jayasekera, Andreas Sandin, Shu Xu, Virginia Wheeler, D.K. Gaskill, J.E. Rowe, K.W. Kim, Daniel B. Dougherty, M. Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q7.00004: Interplay of Defects, Magnetism, Ripples and Strain in Graphene Elton J.G. Santos, Andres Ayuela, Daniel Sanchez-Portal Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q7.00005: Spin switching in organic molecules by strain engineering in graphene Biplab Sanyal, Sumanta Bhandary, Saurabh Ghosh, Heike Herper, Heiko Wende, Olle Eriksson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q7.00006: The magnetism in graphene under strain Yi Chen Chang, Stephan Haas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q7.00007: Vacancy-induced order-to-disorder transition in single-layer graphene Corinne Carpenter, Ashwin Ramasubramaniam, Dimitrios Maroudas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q7.00008: Two magnetic impurities in graphene Fei-Ming Hu, Jame Gubernatis, Hai-Qing Lin, Risto Nieminen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q7.00009: Power-Law Correlated Disorder in Graphene and Square Nanoribbons Nancy Sandler, Greg Petersen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q7.00010: Thermally-driven Isotope Separation Across Nanoporous Graphene Joshua Schrier Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q7.00011: Phonon instabilities in graphene Klaus Ziegler, Eugene Kogan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q7.00012: Electronic Properties of Epitaxial Graphene on Si(111)-7$\times$7 and 3CS-SiC(100) Substrates Shu Xu, Thushari Jayasekera, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q7.00013: Graphene-nickel interface: hybridization and magnetization Tesfaye Abtew, Bi-Ching Shih, Peihong Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q7.00014: Correlated magnetic states in domain and grain boundaries in graphene Ricardo W. Nunes, Simone S. Alexandre, Aline D. Lucio, Antonio H. Castro Neto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q7.00015: A Nanocluster Based Study of Silicon Carbide Nanocones: Existence and Stability Kapil Adhikari, Asok Ray Preview Abstract

Session Q8: Focus Session: Spin Liquids II

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Arthur Ramirez, UC Santa Cruz
Room: 208

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q8.00001: Absence of magnetic order and unusual spin dynamics in the spin liquid candidate Na$_4$Ir$_3$O$_8$ Peter Baker, Francis Pratt, Dharmalingham Prabhakaran, Andrew Steele, Tom Lancaster, Bill Hayes, Stephen Blundell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q8.00002: Short range magnetic correlations and the possible role of frustration in the heavy-fermion CeCu$_{4}$Ga B.G. Ueland, C.F. Miclea, K. Gofryk, J.S. Gardner, F. Ronning, R. Movshovich, E.D. Bauer, J.D. Thompson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q8.00003: Mean field phase digram of the layered perovskite $\mathrm{(Li,Na)_2IrO_3}$ in the strong interaction limit: possible realization of spin liquid phases Mehdi Kargarian, Jun Wen, Gregory A. Fiete Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q8.00004: Magnetic torque measurement in a gapless spin-liquid state of EtMe$_3$Sb[Pd(dmit)$_2$]$_2$ Daiki Watanabe, Yoshinori Senshu, Minoru Yamashita, Sho Tonegawa, Takasada Shibauchi, Yuji Matsuda, Yugo Oshima, Reizo Kato, Taichi Terashima, Shinya Uji, Ilya Sheikin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q8.00005: Field-Dependent Instability of the Candidate Quantum Spin Liquid in EtMe$_3$Sb[Pd(dmit)$_2$]$_2$ as Revealed by NMR Georgios Koutroulakis, Tong Zhou, Stuart E. Brown, Joe D. Thompson, Reizo Kato Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q8.00006: Low temperature magnetodielectric coupling in the spin-liquid candidate $\kappa $-(BEDT-TTF)$_{2}$Cu$_{2}$(CN)$_{3}$ Mario Poirier, Samuel Parent, Alex Cote, Kazuya Miyagawa, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kazushi Kanoda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q8.00007: Coulombic Quantum Liquids in Spin-1/2 Pyrochlores Lucile Savary, Leon Balents Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q8.00008: Spin Liquid Ground State of Spin-1/2 Square J$_{1}$-J$_{2}$ Heisenberg Model Hong-Chen Jiang, Hong Yao, Leon Balents Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q8.00009: Projected wave function study of Z$_2$ spin liquids on the kagome lattice for the spin-1/2 quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet Federico becca, Yasir Iqbal, Didier Poilblanc Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q8.00010: Edge states of $(2+1)D$ $BF$ theory as the effective field theory of translational invariant ${\bf Z}_{2}$ spin liquids Gil Young Cho, Joel Moore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q8.00011: ESR lineshape for a two-dimensional spin liquid state with spinon Fermi surface Oleg Starykh, Rachel Glenn, Mikhail Raikh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q8.00012: Loop condensation in quantum dimer models C.M. Herdman, K.B. Whaley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q8.00013: Gapless fractionalized vortex liquids in frustrated quantum antiferromagnets Chong Wang, Senthil Todadri Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q8.00014: Properties of the short ranged RVB wavefunction on non-bipartite lattices via Pfaffian Monte Carlo Julia Wildeboer, Alexander Seidel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q8.00015: Exact Chiral Spin Liquid on the Ruby Lattice and Mean-Field Perturbations of Gamma Matrix Models Seth Whitsitt, Victor Chua, Gregory A. Fiete Preview Abstract

Session Q9: Focus Session: Complex Bulk Oxide: Doped and Undoped Manganites

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, S.N.Bose National Centre
Room: 209

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q9.00001: Weak ferromagnetism in lightly electron-doped CaMnO$_3$ Hiromasa Ohnishi, Taichi Kosugi, Shoji Ishibashi, Kiyoyuki Terakura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q9.00002: Synthesis, Structural and Magnetic Characterization of Rare Earth Doped SrMnO$_{3}$ Compounds M.A. Juarez-Rosete, E. Chavira, J.I. Betancourt, E.E. Marinero, L. Bucio, X. Bokhimi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q9.00003: Far-IR spectra of magnons, crystal field transitions, and phonons in hexagonal \textit{RE}MnO$_{3}$ (\textit{RE}=Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) single crystals E.C. Standard, T.N. Stanislavchuk, R. Basistyy, A.A. Sirenko, T.D. Kang, N. Lee, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q9.00004: Direct observation of collective magnetism at ferroelectric domain walls in multiferroic ErMnO$_{3}$ Yanan Geng, Nara Lee, Youngjai Choi, Sang-Wook Cheong, Weida Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q9.00005: Maximally localized Wannier functions in LaMnO$_3$ within PBE$+U$, hybrid functionals, and GW: an efficient route to construct ab-initio tight-binding parameters for $e_g$ perovskites Roman Kovacik, Cesare Franchini, Martijn Marsman, Claude Ederer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q9.00006: Reverse Monte Carlo Modeling of Pair Distribution Function Data as a Tool for Separating the Coordination Environments of Multiple Atoms Disordered Over a Single Site Graham King, Anna Llobet, Rebecca Ricciardo, Jennifer Soliz, Patrick Woodward, Farshid Ramezanipour, John Greedan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q9.00007: Direct Visualization of Electric-Field-Driven Migration and Decay of Oxygen Vacancy-induced Stripes in Pr$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$ Dongmin Chen, Zhaoliang Liao, Xuedong Bai, Peng Gao, Jiandi Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q9.00008: Ultrafast pump-probe reflectance study of multiferroic Eu$_{0.75}$Y$_{0.25}$MnO$_{3}$ D. Talbayev, J. Lee, S.A. Trugman, R.P. Prasankumar, A.J. Taylor, R.D. Averitt, C.L. Zhang, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q9.00009: Multiple Magnetic Transitions and Magnetocaloric Effect in (La,Pr,M)MnO$_{3}$ (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) Mixed Phase Manganites P.J. Lampen, N.S. Bingham, M.H. Phan, H.S. Srikanth, T.L. Phan, S.C. Yu, S.W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q9.00010: Evolution of antiferromagnetic order during the colossal magnetoresistive transition M.A. Hossain, Mark H. Burkhardt, E. Weschke, E. Schierle, Y. Tomioka, Y. Tokura, J. St\"{o}hr, H.A. D\"{u}rr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q9.00011: Low energy magnetic excitations in phase-separated La5/$8-y$Pr$y$Ca3/8MnO3 Jaime Fernandez-Baca, Feng Ye, Songxue Chi, Wei Tian, S-W Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q9.00012: Anisotropic field-induced melting of orbital ordering phase in Pr0.6Ca0.4MnO3 Run-Wei Li, Huali Li, Yiwei Liu, Jiandi Zhang, Wei Ku, Qingfeng Zhan, Zhaohua Cheng, Bao-gen Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q9.00013: Paramagnetic Spin Correlations in Colossal Magnetoresistive La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$ Jeffrey Lynn, Joel Helton, Matthew Stone, Dmitry Shulyatev, Yakov Mukovskii Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q9.00014: Existence of a New Phase in the Intermediate $J_{\rm AF}$-coupling Regime of the Two-Orbital Model for Manganites Cengiz Sen, Shuhua Liang, Elbio Dagotto Preview Abstract

Session Q10: Invited Session: Rare Fluctuation Effects in Strongly Disordered Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DCOMP
Chair: Susan Coppersmith, University of Wisconsin
Room: 210A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q10.00001: Rare Fluctuation Effects in the Anderson Model of Localization Invited Speaker: Ravindra Bhatt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q10.00002: Electronic Griffiths Phases and Quantum Criticality at Disordered Mott Transitions Invited Speaker: Vladimir Dobrosavljevic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q10.00003: Bosons in disordered one-dimensional traps: a new paradigm for the superfluid-insulator transition Invited Speaker: Gil Refael Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q10.00004: Gaps and Pseudogaps across the inhomogeneous superconductor to paired insulator transition Invited Speaker: Mohit Randeria Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q10.00005: Infinite-randomness criticality in disordered metals and superconductors Invited Speaker: Thomas Vojta Preview Abstract

Session Q11: Focus Session: Graphene Structure, Stacking, Interactions: Infrared and Terahertz Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Andrea Young, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: 210B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q11.00001: Collective modes in gapped bilayer graphene Christopher Triola, Enrico Rossi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q11.00002: Sum-Frequency Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of Polymer/Graphene Interface Hui-Ling Han, Chuanshan Tian, Feng Wang, Yuen-Ron Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q11.00003: Tunable Quantum-Enhanced Second-Order Optical Nonlinearity From Bilayer Graphene Sanfeng Wu, Li Mao, Wang Yao, Chuanwei Zhang, Xiaodong Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q11.00004: Infrared magneto-spectroscopy of graphene-based systems Invited Speaker: Milan Orlita Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q11.00005: Far-infrared Kerr rotation spectroscopy of graphite and multilayer graphene Julien Levallois, Micha\"el Tran, Alexey Kuzmenko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q11.00006: ``Intrinsic'' terahertz plasmons and magnetoplasmons in single layer graphene on SiC Iris Crassee, Milan Orlita, Marek Potemski, Dirk van der Marel, Markus Ostler, Thomas Seyller, Alexey Kuzmenko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q11.00007: Enhanced Optical Dichroism of Graphene Nanoribbons Vitor M. Pereira, F. Hipolito, A.J. Chaves, R.M. Ribeiro, M.I. Vasilevskiy, N.M.R. Peres Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q11.00008: Quasiparticle properties in graphene Invited Speaker: Euyheon Hwang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q11.00009: Anisotropy of $\pi$-plasmon Dispersion Relation of AA-stacked Graphite C.W. Chiu, F.L. Shyu, M.F. Lin, Godfrey Gumbs, Oleksiy Roslyak Preview Abstract

Session Q12: Focus Session: Graphene: Growth, Mechanical Exfoliation, and Properties - SiC and Growth Kinetics

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Kevin McCarty, Sandia National Laboratory
Room: 210C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q12.00001: From above or from below? Determining how graphene layers form on SiC(0001) Invited Speaker: James Hannon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q12.00002: STM/STS study of ridges on epitaxial graphene/SiC Y.Y. Li, Y. Liu, M. Weinert, L. Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q12.00003: Scalable templated growth of graphene patterns on SiC and their electronic properties Ming Ruan, James Palmer, John Hankinson, Yike Hu, Baiqian Zhang, Zelei Guo, Rui Dong, Anton Sidorov, Zhigang Jiang, Claire Berger, Walt de Heer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q12.00004: A study of epitaxial graphene/SiC(0001) functionalized by nitrogen doping S. Rajput, Y. Liu, H. Yu, R. F. Hicks, L. Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q12.00005: Creation and sculpting of graphene with ion and electron beams Invited Speaker: Christopher Russo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q12.00006: Spatially Selective Graphene Formation on Si Substrate Naili Yue, Yong Zhang, Raphael Tsu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q12.00007: Surface reconstruction and graphene formation on face-to-face 6H-SiC at 2000 $^{\circ}$C Randolph E. Elmquist, Mariano Real, Brian G. Bush, Tian Shen, Mark D. Stiles, Eric A. Lass Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q12.00008: Imaging grain boundary scattering of graphene in real space Shuai-Hua Ji, James B. Hannon, Ruud M. Tromp, Chockalingam Subbiah, Abhay Pasupathy, Tony F. Heinz, Frances M. Ross Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q12.00009: Imaging of Electron Beam Induced Current in Epitaxial graphene Shin Mou, John Boeckl, Weijie Lu, J.H. Park, W.C. Mitchel, Stephen Tetlak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q12.00010: Writing Graphene Nanoribbons on SiC by Selective Graphitization Sefaattin Tongay, Max Lemaitre, Joel Fridmann, Arthur F. Hebard, Brent Gila, Bill R. Appleton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q12.00011: Nucleation of uniform mono- and bilayer epitaxial graphene on SiC(000$\overline{1}$) Xiaosong Wu, Rui Zhang, Yunliang Dong, Shuai Guo, Wenjie Kong, Zhimin Liao, Dapeng Yu Preview Abstract

Session Q13: Focus Session: Magnetic Nanostructures-Nanoparticle Synthesis and Magnetism

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Janice Musfeldt, University of Tennessee
Room: 211

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q13.00001: Synthesis and properties of magnetic ceramic nanoparticles Monica Sorescu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q13.00002: Magnetic Interactions in Binary Nanocrystal Superlattices Jing Cai, Jun Chen, Angang Dong, Xingchen Ye, Yijin Kang, Christopher B. Murray, James M. Kikkawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q13.00003: Fabrication of Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Monolayers by Electrophoretic Deposition Alex Krejci, Isabel Gonzalo-Juan, James Dickerson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q13.00004: Curie temperature reduction in SiO$_{2}$-coated ultrafine Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ nanoparticles: Quantitative agreement with a finite-size scaling law Wei Wu, Jun Wang, Fan Zhao, Guo-meng Zhao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q13.00005: Magnetic properties of Fe nanoparticles: application of the DFT-Inhomogeneous-DMFT approach Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q13.00006: Finite-size scaling behavior and intrinsic critical exponents of nickel: Consistent with the three-dimensional Heisenberg model Jun Wang, Wei Wu, Fan Zhao, Guo-meng Zhao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q13.00007: Self-assembly of Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles with Permanent Magnetization Suvojit Ghosh, Ishwar Puri Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q13.00008: Rate-dependent hysteresis losses in ensembles of magnetic nanoparticle clusters Ondrej Hovorka, Richard Evans, Gary Friedman, Roy Chantrell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q13.00009: Size dependence and thermal stability of chiral states in ferromagnetic nanoparticles deposited on a ferromagnetic substrate Naoise Grisewood, John Eves, Hans-Benjamin Braun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q13.00010: Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of NdMnO$_{3}$ nanoparticles Sayan Chandra, Anis Biswas, M.H. Phan, H. Srikanth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q13.00011: Effect of the size distributions of magnetic nanoparticles on metastability using phonon-assisted transition rates Yoh Yamamoto, Kyungwha Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q13.00012: Magnoelastic coupling in magnetic oxide nanoparticles Qi Sun, Sheila Baker, Christina Birkel, Ram Seshadri, Wolfgang Tremel, Andrew Christianson, Janice Musfeldt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q13.00013: The specific edge effects of 2D core/shell model for spin-crossover nanoparticles Azusa Muraoka, Kamel Boukheddaden, Jorge Linar\`es, Francois Varret Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q13.00014: Magnetic Properties of Single Co Nanoparticles Probed by Tunneling and Microwaves Wenchao Jiang, Felipe Tijiwa Birk, Dragomir Davidovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q13.00015: Exchange Bias Studies in Core/Shell Structures Nanoparticles Hafsa Khurshid, Sayan Chandra, Wanfeng Li, Man-Huong Phan, George Hadjipanayis, Hariharan Srikanth Preview Abstract

Session Q14: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors - Spin Dependent Transport

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Robert Lillianfeld, Purdue University
Room: 212

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q14.00001: Determination of Rashba and Dresslhaus coefficient in InGaAs quantum wells S\'ebastien Faniel, Toru Matsuura, Shunsuke Mineshige, Yoshiaki Sekine, Takaaki Koga Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q14.00002: Spin-dependent scattering in the presence of polarized nuclei in n-GaAs Kevin Christie, Chad Geppert, Mun Chan, Qi Hu, Chris Palmstr\O m, Paul Crowell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q14.00003: Nuclear enhancement of the spin Hall angle in $n$-In$_{x}$Ga$_{1-x}$As Chad Geppert, Kevin Christie, Mun Chan, Qi Hu, Chris Palmstr\O m, Paul Crowell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q14.00004: Spin Hall effect for detection of spin-currents -- Realization of a Spin transistor Invited Speaker: Joerg Wunderlich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q14.00005: Measurement by antilocalization of interactions between InAs surface electrons and magnetic surface species Yao Zhang, R.L. Kallaher, V. Soghomonian, J.J. Heremans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q14.00006: A Quantitative Analysis of the Electrical Detection of Spins Via the Spin Hall Effect and the Non-Local Spin Valve Effect Within a Semiconductor Microchannel Vivek Amin, Jairo Sinova, Joerg Wunderlich, Andy Irvine, Richard Campion, Kamil Olejnik, Tomas Jungwirth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q14.00007: Spin-gating of a conventional aluminum single electron transistor Liviu P. Z\^arbo, Chiara Ciccarelli, Andy Irvine, J\"org Wunderlich, Richard Champion, Brian Gallagher, Tom\'a\v s Jungwirth, Andrew Ferguson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q14.00008: Spin injection from into InSb from CoFe Yong-Jae Kim, Martin Rudolph, R.L. Kallaher, J.J. Heremans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q14.00009: Top- and Side-Gated InAs Spinfilter Cascades in Magnetic Fields Jan Jacob, Hauke Lehmann, Till Benter, Alexander Buhr, Jens Kienitz, Ulrich Merkt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q14.00010: Tunable Zeeman-like Spin Splitting with Liquid Gated Field Effect Transistors Hongtao Yuan, M.S. Bahramy, K. Morimoto, H. Shimotani, R. Arita, Ch. Kloc, N. Nagaosa, Y. Iwasa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q14.00011: Anomalous Hall effect in the Presence of Strong Spin-orbit Coupling and Non-trivial Magnetization Jianping Liu, Huawei Gao, Jacob Gayles, Artem Abanov, Jairo Sinova Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q14.00012: Spin diffusion and precession at the multiferroic interface and InAs quantum wells Peng Zhang, Ming-Wei Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q14.00013: Enhanced photon-assisted spin transport in a quantum dot attached to ferromagnetic leads Fabricio M. Souza, Thiago L. Carrara, Edson Vernek Preview Abstract

Session Q16: Heavy Fermions - 1-1-5 Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Johnpierre Paglione, University of Maryland, College Park
Room: 251

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q16.00001: Strong magnetic fluctuations in superconducting state of CeCoIn$_5$ T. Hu, H. Xiao, M. Dzero, C.C. Almasan, T.A. Sayles, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q16.00002: Visualizing the Emergence of Heavy Fermions in a Kondo Lattice (Part I) Eduardo H. da Silva Neto, Pegor Aynajian, Ryan Baumbach, J.D. Thompson, Zachary Fisk, Eric Bauer, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q16.00003: Visualizing the Emergence of Heavy Fermions in a Kondo Lattice (Part II) Pegor Aynajian, Eduardo da Silva Neto, Ryan Baumbach, Joe Thompson, Zachary Fisk, Eric Bauer, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q16.00004: Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of heavy fermion compound CeCo(In$_{1-x}$Cd$_{x})_{5}$ Andras Gyenis, Pegor Aynajian, Eduardo H. da Silva Neto, Zachary Fisk, Eric D. Bauer, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q16.00005: Magnetic penetration depth and skin depth study of superconductivity and quantum criticality in Ce$_{1-x}$R$_x$CoIn$_5$ (R=La and Nd) Hyunsoo Kim, M. A. Tanatar, K. Cho, J. Murphy, R. Prozorov, R. Hu, C. Petrovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q16.00006: Quantum oscillations study of the Fermi-surface evolution in Yb-substituted CeCoIn$_{5}$ Bobby Pr\'{e}vost, Andrey Polyakov, Oleg Ignatchik, Simon Blackburn, Andrea D. Bianchi, Michel C\^{o}t\'{e}, Gabriel Seyfarth, Daniel Hurt, Zachary Fisk, Roy G. Goodrich, Jochen Wosnitza Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q16.00007: Field induced QCP in Yb-doped CeCoIn$_5$ Y.P. Singh, T. Hu, H. Xiao, M. Dzero, C.C. Almasan, L. Shu, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q16.00008: Effect of local electronic tuning in CeCoIn$_{5}$ Krzysztof Gofryk, Filip Ronning, M.N. Ou, Paul Tobash, Xin Lu, Eric Bauer, Joe Thompson, S. Stoyko, A. Mar, Zach Fisk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q16.00009: Doping effects of CeCo$_{1-x}$Ru$_{x}$In$_{5}$ M.N. Ou, Y.Y. Chen, O. Janka, S.M. Kauzlarrich, K. Gofryk, R.E. Baumbach, E.D. Bauer, J.D. Thompson, F. Ronning Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q16.00010: Effect of Pressure on Superconductivity and the Kondo-Lattice Coherence Temperature in Ce$_{1-x}R_x$CoIn$_5$ with $R$ = Yb, Y, Gd Benjamin White, James Hamlin, Marc Janoschek, Lei Shu, Ryan Baumbach, Kevin Huang, M. Brian Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q16.00011: Antiferromagnetic Order in Pauli-Limited Unconventional Superconductors Yasuyuki Kato, Cristian Batista, Ilya Vekhter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q16.00012: Staggered moments in the vortex cores of CeCoIn$_5$ L. Lu, G. Koutroulakis, M.D. Stewart, V.F. Mitrovi\'{c}, M. Horvati\'{c}, C. Berthier, G. Lapertot, J. Flouquet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q16.00013: Knight Shift anomaly in anti-ferromagnetic Heavy Fermion, CeRhIn$_{5}$ Abigail Shockley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q16.00014: Strong suppression of superconductivity and Kondo coherence by Yb substitution in CeCoIn$_{5}$ epitaxial films Masaaki Shimozawa, Satoshi Yasumoto, Masayuki Nakamura, Tatsuya Watashige, Yuta Mizukami, Hiroaki Shishido, Takasada Shibauchi, Takahito Terashima, Yuji Matsuda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q16.00015: Extremely strong-coupling superconductivity in artificial two-dimensional Kondo lattices Yuta Mizukami, Hiroaki Shishido, Takasada Shibauchi, Masaaki Shimozawa, Satoshi Yasumoto, Daiki Watanabe, Minoru Yamashita, Hiroaki Ikeda, Takahito Terashima, Hiroshi Kontani, Yuji Matsuda Preview Abstract

Session Q17: Focus Session: Nanostructures and Metamaterials, Growth, Structure, and Characterization -- Improved Materials and Applications I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Richard Averitt, Boston University
Room: 252A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q17.00001: Metamaterials and Plasmonics: Improved Material Building Blocks Invited Speaker: Alexandra Boltasseva Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q17.00002: Bianisotropy Compensation in Metamaterials George Keiser, Andrew Strikwerda, Kebin Fan, Xin Zhang, Richard Averitt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q17.00003: Indium Tin Oxide Nanorod Building Blocks for Near-Infra-Red Filter Metamaterials Sung Hoon Hong, Humeyra Caglayan, Nader Engheta, Cherie Kagan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q17.00004: Measurement of Resonant Frequencies and Modes of Freestanding Nanoparticle Monolayers Pongsakorn Kanjanaboos, Xiao-Min Lin, Heinrich Jaeger, Jeffrey Guest Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q17.00005: Metamaterial Based Terahertz Detector Andrew Strikwerda, Hu Tao, Emil Kadlec, Kebin Fan, Willie Padilla, Richard Averitt, Eric Shaner, Xin Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q17.00006: Experimental observation of strong microwave-induced force in parallel-plate metallic cavity Z. Marcet, Z.H. Hang, S.B. Wang, C.T. Chan, H.B. Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q17.00007: Geometrical structure, multifractal spectra and localized optical modes of aperiodic Vogel spirals. Jacob Trevino, Seng Fatt Liew, Hesso Noh, Hui Cao, Luca Dal Negro Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q17.00008: Geometrically Structured Dynamic Shadowing Lithography: Structural Growth and Control Shengrong Ye, Aaron Routzahn, R. Lloyd Carroll Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q17.00009: Omni-directional active pillar arrays for emission extraction and on-chip generation of optical vortices at 1.55$\mu$m Nate Lawrence, Jacob Trevino, Luca Dal Negro Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q17.00010: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Orthorhombic Vanadium Oxide Nanorods L.M. Garcia, E. Chavira, P. Santiago-Jacinto, L. Rendon, E.E. Marinero, A. Tejada, E. Fregoso-Israel, C. Flores Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q17.00011: Nonlinear metamaterials through enhanced impact ionization in GaAs at terahertz frequencies Kebin Fan, Harold Hwang, Mengkun Liu, Andrew Strikwerda, Jingdi Zhang, Aaron Sternbach, Xin Zhang, Keith Nelson, Richard Averitt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q17.00012: Mode nonorthogonality in nonhermitian PT-symmetric optical resonators Gwangsu Yoo, H.-S. Sim, Henning Schomerus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q17.00013: Elastic metamaterials and effective medium theory Ying Wu, Yun Lai, Ping Sheng, Zhao-Qing Zhang Preview Abstract

Session Q18: Focus Session: Interfaces in Complex Oxides - Electronic, Magnetic and Optical Properties

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Kyle Shen, Department of Physics, Cornell University
Room: 252B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q18.00001: First principles insights into electronic, magnetic, and dynamic effects at and across oxide interfaces Invited Speaker: Sohrab Ismail-Beigi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q18.00002: Digital Layered-Manganites: Madelung Energy Effects on Atomic Structure and Properties B. Nelson-Cheeseman, J. Rondinelli, H. Zhou, M. Nikiforov, E. Barnes, A. Shah, S. Bader, V. Gopalan, A. Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q18.00003: Reduced dimensionality and pseudogap formation in (LaMnO$_{3}$)$_{2n}$(SrMnO$_{3}$)$_{n}$ superlattices Eric Monkman, Carolina Adamo, Daniel Shai, John Harter, Dawei Shen, Bulat Burganov, Darrell Schlom, Kyle Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q18.00004: Cross-sectional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (XSTM) Investigation on (SrMnO$_{3})_{n}$/( LaMnO$_{3})_{n}$ Heterostructures Wei-Cheng Kuo, Ying-Hao Chu, Tzeng-Ming Uen, Jenh-Yih Juang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q18.00005: Magnetoelectric coupling at the interface of manganite thin films grown on strontium titanate Matthew Marshall, Fred Walker, Charles Ahn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q18.00006: Density-functional Study of Suppressed Magnetism at La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ Interfaces Jun He, Albina Borisevich, Sergei Kalinin, Stephen Pennycook, Sokrates Pantelides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q18.00007: Optical Measurements on Magnetoelectric LSMO/PZT Bilayers Disheng Chen, Srinivas Polisetty, Evan Wolfe, Jinling Zhou, Mikel Holcomb, Thanh Tra Vu, Jan-Chi Yang, Ying-Hao Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q18.00008: Mn valences in La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$/PbZr$_{0.2}$Ti$_{0.8}$O$_{3}$ Heterostructures Jinling Zhou, Srinivas Polisetty, Evan Wolfe, Charles Frye, Disheng Chen, Mikel Holcomb, Catherine Jenkins, Andreas Scholl, Ying-Hao Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q18.00009: Magnetic coupling at vertical perovskite-spinel epitaxial interface Qing He, Elke Arenholz, Jan-Chi Yang, Ying-Hao Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q18.00010: Transport Properties of Films of Prussian Blue Analogues and Manganites P.A. Quintero, D.M. Grant, E.S. Knowles, M.F. Dumont, J.H. Jeen, A. Biswas, M.W. Meisel, D.R. Talham Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q18.00011: Enhanced magnetoresistivity of modulation-doped manganite superlattices P.V. Wadekar, Q.Y. Chen, H.J. Hunag, S.W. Yeh, C.F. Chang, L.W. Tu, H. Chou, N.J. Ho, O. Lozano, D. Wijesundera, W.K. Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q18.00012: Induced magnetism at complex oxide interfaces Jacobo Santamaria, J. Tornos, F.A. Cuellar, J. Garcia-Barriocanal, Z. Sefrioui, A. Rivera, C. Leon, M. Bibes, A. Barth\'el\'emy, M.R. Fitzsimmons, Y.H. Liu, S.G.E. te Velthuis, M. Varela, S.J. Pennycook, N.M. Nemes, M. Garcia Hernandez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q18.00013: Photostriction-Magnetostriction Coupled Epitaxial Nanostructures Ying-Hao Chu Preview Abstract

Session Q19: Invited Session: The Scientific Legacy of Edward Purcell (1912-2012)

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Gerald Holton, Harvard University
Room: 253AB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q19.00001: Purcell and NMR Invited Speaker: Nicolaas Bloembergen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q19.00002: Purcell and the Development of Radioastronomy Invited Speaker: Doc Ewen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q19.00003: On small things in water moving around: Purcell's contributions to biology Invited Speaker: Howard Berg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q19.00004: Purcell's Work Helping the Government Invited Speaker: Richard Garwin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q19.00005: Purcell the Teacher: In and Out of the Classroom Invited Speaker: John Rigden Preview Abstract

Session Q20: Invited Session: Robust Energy Storage with Engineered Si

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Susan Babinec, A123 Systems
Room: 253C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q20.00001: Silicon Nanowire Anodes: Materials and Composites Invited Speaker: Candace Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q20.00002: Strain-tolerant High Capacity Silicon Anodes via Directed Lithium Ion Transport for High Energy Density Lithium-ion Batteries Invited Speaker: Jason Goldman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q20.00003: Understanding the Degradation of Silicon Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Acoustic Emission and Fracture Mechanics Invited Speaker: Claus Daniel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q20.00004: Reversible Cycling of Silicon and Silicon Alloys Invited Speaker: Mark Obrovac Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q20.00005: Pair Distribution Function Analysis and Solid State NMR Studies of Silicon Electrodes for Lithium Ion Batteries: Understanding the (De)lithiation Mechanisms Invited Speaker: Baris Key Preview Abstract

Session Q21: Novel Superconductivity in New and Low Dimensional Materials

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Emilia Morosan, Rice University
Room: 254A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q21.00001: Superconductivity in ThCoC$_{2}$ Ted Grant, Antonio J.S. Machado, Zachary Fisk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q21.00002: Superconductivity in ScGa$_3$ and LuGa$_3$ Eteri Svanidze, Emilia Morosan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q21.00003: Physical properties of single crystalline SrSn$_{4}$ and BaSn$_{5}$ superconductors Xiao Lin, Sergey Bud'ko, German Samolyuk, Milton Torikachvili, Paul Canfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q21.00004: Synthesis, Structure, Physical Properties of several Zirconium Chalcogenides Xiyu Zhu, Bing Lv, Liangzi Deng, Feng Yan Wei, YanYi Sun, YuYi Xue, Paul Ching-Wu Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q21.00005: Superconductivity in Pd, Ir, and Pt chalcogenide Yoon Seok Oh, Junjie Yang, Y.J. Choi, A. Hogan, Y. Horibe, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q21.00006: Elementary excitations and elusive superconductivity in palladium hydride -- \textit{ab initio} perspective. I. Paramagnons P. Buczek, V. Borisov, C. Bersier, S. Ostanin, L. Sandratskii, J.B. Staunton, E.K.U. Gross, I. Mertig, A. Ernst Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q21.00007: Elementary excitations and elusive superconductivity in palladium hydride -- \textit{ab initio} perspective. II. Phonons Christophe Bersier, Pawel Buczek, Vladislav Borisov, Sergey Ostanin, Leonid Sandratskii, Julie B. Stauton, E.K.U. Gross, I. Mertig, Arthur Ernst Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q21.00008: Structural and Electronic properties of the 2D Superconductor CuS covellite with 113-valent Copper Igor Mazin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q21.00009: Moving Beyond Quantum Mechanics in Search for a Generalized Theory of Superconductivity Godfrey Akpojotor, Alexander Animalu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q21.00010: Material Specific Design for Room Temperature Superconductivity O-Paul Isikaku-Ironkwe, Uko Ofe, Chijioke Oriaku, Dan Asiegbu, Emeka Oguzi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q21.00011: Thermopower and Resistivity in the Spin Density Wave- Metal co-existence regime of (TMTSF)2PF6 Arjun Narayanan, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q21.00012: Non-analytical Angular Dependence of the Upper Critical Magnetic Field in a Quasi-One-Dimensional Superconductor Otar Sepper, Andrei Lebed Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q21.00013: Hidden Reentrant and Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Fulde-Ferrell Superconducting Phases in a Magnetic Field in (TMTSF)$_{2}$ClO$_{4}$ Andrei Lebed Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q21.00014: $^{1}$H NMR Spin-Lattice Relaxation Study of $\kappa$-(ET)$_{2}$Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br J.C. Gezo, Tak-kei Lui, R.W. Giannetta, C.P. Slichter, J.A. Schleuter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q21.00015: $^{13}$C NMR Study of Slow Motions in $\kappa$-(ET)$_2$Cu[N(CN)$_2$]Br Tak-Kei Lui, Joseph C. Gezo, Russell W. Giannetta, Charles P. Slichter, John A. Schlueter Preview Abstract

Session Q22: Focus Session: Fe-based Superconductivity - Doped and Undoped BaFe2As2

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Efrain Rodriguez, NIST Center for Neutron Research
Room: 254B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q22.00001: Nature of phase transitions in the parent and lightly electron doped BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ compounds Min Gyu Kim, R.M. Fernandes, A. Kreyssig, J.W. Kim, A. Thaler, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield, R.J. McQueeney, J. Schmalian, A.I. Goldman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q22.00002: Neutron powder diffraction studies on Ba$_{1-x}$A$_{x}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ (A=Na, K) Sevda Avci, Duck-Young Chung, Helmut Claus, Stephan Rosenkranz, Ray Osborn, Omar Chmaissem, Mercouri Kanatzidis, Eugene Goremychkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q22.00003: Neutron diffraction study of the development of incommensurate magnetic order in Ba(Fe$_{1-x}M_{x}$)As$_{2}$ ($M=$ Co, Ni, Cu) R.J. McQueeney, M.-G. Kim, D.K. Pratt, T.W. Heitmann, J. Lamsal, S.N. Khan, Y.B. Lee, G.S. Tucker, A. Thaler, S. Ran, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield, D.D. Johnson, B.N. Harmon, A. Kreyssig, A.I. Goldman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q22.00004: Magnetic moment in single crystalline BaFe$_{2-x}$Zn$_{x}$As$_{2}$ Yanfeng Guo, Xia Wang, Jun Li, Kazunari Yamaura, Eiji Takayama-Muromachi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q22.00005: 75As-NMR studies on Ba(Fe1-xNix)2As2 single crystals Jianlin Luo, Xiaodong Zhang, Guozhi Fan, Xiunian Jing, Chenglin Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q22.00006: Do Transition Metal Substitutions Dope Carriers in Iron Based Superconductors? Tom Berlijn, Chai-Hui Lin, Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q22.00007: X-ray absorption spectroscopy study in the BaFe2As2 family Yoonyoung Koh, Yeongkwan Kim, Wanli Yang, Changyoung Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q22.00008: Competing Magnetic Phases in Ba(Fe$_{0.925}$Mn$_{0.075}$)$_2$As$_2$ G.S. Tucker, D.K. Pratt, M.G. Kim, S. Ran, A. Thaler, G.E. Granroth, K. Marty, W. Tian, J.L. Zarestky, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield, A. Kreyssig, A.I. Goldman, R.J. McQueeney Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q22.00009: Infrared pseudogap in P- and Co-doped BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ superconductors S.J. Moon, A.A. Schafgans, S. Kasahara, T. Shibauchi, T. Terashima, Y. Matsuda, M.A. Tanatar, R. Prozorov, A. Thaler, P.C. Canfield, A.S. Sefat, D. Mandrus, D.N. Basov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q22.00010: Effects of disordered isovalent substitution in Fe-based superconductor Limin Wang, Tom Berlijn, Yan Wang, Chai-Hui Lin, P.J. Hirschfeld, Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q22.00011: Electron Injection and ``Oxygen Effect'' in BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$: M\"{o}ssbauer Studies Airat Khasanov, Ding Hu, Xingye Lu, Huiqian Luo, Jianyi Jiang, Eric Hellstrom, Amar Nath Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q22.00012: ABSTRACT MOVED TO Y22.00013 Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q22.00013: Effects of annealing on Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ and Ba(Fe$_{1-x-y}$Co$_x$TM$_y$)$_2$As$_2$ (TM=Mn,Cr) single crystals Alex Thaler, Sheng Ran, Alfred Kracher, Warren Straszheim, Jia Yan, Sergey Bud'ko, Paul Canfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q22.00014: Infrared conductivity of BaFe$_2$As$_2$ superconductors: Effects of in-plane and out-of-plane doping R.P.S.M. Lobo, Y.M. Dai, B. Xu, B. Shen, H.H. Wen, X.G. Qiu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q22.00015: Ultrafast Probing of Antiferromagnetism and Dynamic Critical Behaviors in Iron Pnictide Tianqi Li, Aaron Patz, Sheng Ran, Sergey Bud'ko, Paul Canfield, Jigang Wang Preview Abstract

Session Q23: Superconductivty Theory III: Mainly Cuprates

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Lex Kemper, Stanford University
Room: 255

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q23.00001: Grand-canonical variational study for the Gutzwiller-projected BCS wave function Ting-Kuo Lee, Chung-Pin Chou, Fan Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q23.00002: Fluctuating Bond Model of cuprate superconductivity. Jenhao Hsiao, R.A. Nistor, G.J. Martyna, D.M. Newns, C.C. Tsuei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q23.00003: d-wave superconductivity from correlated hopping interactions determined by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy Chumin Wang, Cesar G. Galvan, Luis A. Perez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q23.00004: Role of the charge reservoir layer in cuprate superconductors Theodore Geballe, Srinivas Raghu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q23.00005: Phase separation instabilities and pairing modulations in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ Armen Kocharian, Kun Fang, Gayanath Fernando, Kalum Palandage, Alexander Balatsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q23.00006: Pairing Correlations in the two-layer attractive Hubbard Model Aleksander Zujev, Pinaki Sengupta, Richard Scalettar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q23.00007: Pair-Density-Wave Superconducting Order in Two-Leg Ladders Akbar Jaefari, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q23.00008: Numerical Investigations of Spontaneous Orbital Currents in the Three-Orbital Hubbard Model Cheng-Chien Chen, Alexander Kemper, Chunjing Jia, Ronny Thomale, Thomas Devereaux Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q23.00009: Momentum-Resolved d-wave Eliashberg Calculation Using The Spin Excitation Spectrum for LSCO Superconductors Seung Hwan Hong, Han-Yong Choi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q23.00010: Superconducting Instabilities in Electronic Liquid Crystal Phases Rodrigo Soto Garrido, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q23.00011: Odd-frequency triplet pairing in mixed-parity superconductors Mario Cuoco, Paola Gentile, Canio Noce, Alfonso Romano, Gaetano Annunziata, Jacob Linder Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q23.00012: Common Fermi-liquid origin of T2 resistivity and superconductivity in n-type SrTiO3 Dirk van der Marel, Dook van Mechelen, Igor Mazin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q23.00013: Time Reversal Invariant Topological Superconductor in Rashba System Sho Nakosai, Yukio Tanaka, Naoto Nagaosa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q23.00014: Pairing Theories in Very High Magnetic Fields: Effects of Condensed and Non-condensed Pairs Peter Scherpelz, Dan Wulin, Kathryn Levin, Attipat Rajagopal Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q23.00015: Quantum oscillations in vortex-liquids Sumilan Banerjee, Shizhong Zhang, Mohit Randeria Preview Abstract

Session Q24: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect II

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Michael Mulligan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: 256

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q24.00001: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect of Rydberg-Polaritons Fabian Grusdt, Michael Fleischhauer, Johannes Otterbach Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q24.00002: Compressible and incompressible phases in lattice fractional quantum Hall systems Shuo Yang, Kai Sun, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q24.00003: Tailoring Fabry-Perot Interferometers for Fragile Fractional Quantum Hall States Douglas McClure, Patrick Gallagher, Charles Marcus, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q24.00004: Multipartite wavefunctions for the second Landau level FQHE Sreejith Ganesh Jaya, Arkadiusz W\'ojs, Csaba Toke, Jainendra Jain Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q24.00005: Excitons in FQH states Maria Hermanns, Thomas Kvorning, Thors Hans Hansson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q24.00006: Geometrical Description of fractional quantum Hall quasiparticles Yeje Park, Bo Yang, F.D.M. Haldane Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q24.00007: Model wavefunctions for fractional quantum Hall collective modes Bo Yang, F.D.M. Haldane, Zixiang Hu, Zlatko Papic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q24.00008: Determination of counter-propagating edge modes in the $\nu$ = 5/2 fractional quantum Hall state Jennifer Cano, Chetan Nayak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q24.00009: Geometry of the fractional quantum Hall effect F.D.M. Haldane Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q24.00010: Microscopic nature of the backward propagating neutral edge modes of the ``negative'' flux FQHE states Yinghai Wu, Sreejith Ganesh Jaya, Jainendra Jain Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q24.00011: Braiding statistics of the Gaffnian through the coherent state representation John Flavin, Alexander Seidel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q24.00012: Gapless excitations in the Haldane-Rezayi state: The thin-torus limit Alexander Seidel, Kun Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q24.00013: Dependence of pinning modes of 2D electron system on short-ranged alloy disorder B.H. Moon, B.A. Magill, L.W. Engel, D.C. Tsui, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q24.00014: Local Thermometry of Neutral Modes on the Quantum Hall Edge Sean Hart, Vivek Venkatachalam, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West, Amir Yacoby Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q24.00015: Real Space Entanglement Spectrum of Fractional Hall States Edward Rezayi, Jerome Dubail, Nicholas Read Preview Abstract

Session Q25: Focus Session: Simulation of Matter at Extreme Conditions - Phase Transitions

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GSCCM DMP
Chair: Renata Wentzcovitch, University of Minnesota
Room: 257A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q25.00001: Metallization of FeO at High Temperatures and Pressures: DFT-DMFT Computations and Comparisons with Experiments R.E. Cohen, Kristjan Haule Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q25.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q25.00003: Finite-temperature solid phases and melting of denser lithium Sabri Elatresh, Stanimir Bonev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q25.00004: Study on the release process of $\gamma $ and $\alpha $ phase transition in cerium material Xiaomian Hu, Hao Pan, Chengda Dai, Qiang Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q25.00005: Stability of dense liquid carbon dioxide Brian Boates, Amanuel Teweldeberhan, Stanimir Bonev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q25.00006: On the stability of body-centered cubic Fe at Earth's core conditions Vekilova Olga, Simak Sergei, Abrikosov Igor Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q25.00007: Thermoelastic Properties of Olivine and its High Pressure Polymorphs at High Pressures and Temperatures: A First-Principles Study Maribel N\'u\~nez Valdez, Zhongqin Wu, Younggang Yu, Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q25.00008: Fate of MgSiO3 post-perovskite at multi-Mbar pressures Koichiro Umemoto, Shunqing Wu, Min Ji, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Kai-Ming Ho, Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q25.00009: Raman study of the Verwey transition in Magnetite at high-pressure and low-temperature; effect of Al doping Lev Gasparov, Z. Shirshikova, T.M. Pekarek, J. Blackburn, V. Struzhkin, A. Gavriliuk, R. Rueckamp, H. Berger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q25.00010: Magnetic and Thermal Fluctuations in Fe and (Fe,Ni) alloys at Earth Core Conditions Sufian Alnemrat, Boris Kiefer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q25.00011: Mechanism of body-centered cubic phase stabilization in Fe and He at high pressure and temperature Anatoly Belonoshko, Sergiu Arapan, Love Koci, Anders Rosengren Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q25.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q25.00013: Computation of free energy of liquids and its application to melting of CO$_2$ and N Amanuel Teweldebrhan, Brian Boates, Stanimir Bonev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q25.00014: Melting behaviour of high pressure Na. An ab initio study David J. Gonzalez, Luis E. Gonzalez Preview Abstract

Session Q26: Focus Session: Computational Frontiers in Quantum Spin Systems I

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Anders Sandvik, Boston University
Room: 257B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q26.00001: Computing Entanglement Entropy in Quantum Monte Carlo Invited Speaker: Roger Melko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q26.00002: Scaling of entanglement entropy in the 2D Heisenberg ground state Ann Kallin, Hyejin Ju, Paul Fendley, Matthew Hastings, Roger Melko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q26.00003: Entanglement scaling of the 2D RVB wavefunction Hyejin Ju, Ann Kallin, Paul Fendley, Matthew Hastings, Roger Melko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q26.00004: Entanglement entropy at the quantum critical point of the 2D transverse field Ising model Stephen Inglis, Roger Melko, Rajiv Singh, Anders Sandvik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q26.00005: Finite entanglement scaling at novel phase transitions in the Bose-Hubbard model with pairing terms Michael Zaletel, Roger Mong, Joel Moore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q26.00006: Renormalization of tensor-network states Tao Xiang, Hui-Hai Zhao, Zhi-Yuan Xie, Qiao-Ni Chen, Zhong-Chao Wei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q26.00007: Cluster update for tensor network states Ling Wang, Frank Verstraete Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q26.00008: The spin 1/2 J1-J2 Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on Square Lattice Frank Verstraete, Ling Wang, Zheng-Cheng Gu, Xiao-Gang Wen, Anders Sandvik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q26.00009: The spin-$1/2$ $J_1-J_2$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a square lattice:a plaquette renormalized tensor network study Ying-Jer Kao, Ji-Feng Yu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q26.00010: MERA Study of Spatially Anisotropic Triangular Antiferromagnets Kenji Harada, Naoki Kawashima Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q26.00011: General framework of non-Abelian SU(N) symmetries for matrix product states Andreas Weichselbaum, Jan von Delft Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q26.00012: Reducing Memory Cost of Exact Diagonalization using Singular Value Decomposition Marvin Weinstein, Ravi Chandra, Assa Auerbach Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q26.00013: An efficient basis for the modeling of doped and undoped S=1/2 antiferromagnet Bayo Lau, Mona Berciu, George A. Sawatzky Preview Abstract

Session Q27: Invited Session: DCMP Prize Session: Buckley, Isakson, MGM

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Barbara Jones, IBM Almaden Research Center
Room: 258AB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q27.00001: Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize Lecture: Topological Insulators Invited Speaker: Charles Kane Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q27.00002: HgTe as a Topological Insulator Invited Speaker: Laurens W. Molenkamp Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q27.00003: Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize Lecture: Topological insulators and superconductors Invited Speaker: Shoucheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q27.00004: Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids Lecture: Infrared nano-spectroscopy and nano-imaging of Dirac plasmons in graphene Invited Speaker: Dmitri Basov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q27.00005: Maria Goeppert Mayer Award Lecture: Spectroscopy of Hybrid Superconductor-Carbon Nanostructure Systems Invited Speaker: Nadya Mason Preview Abstract

Session Q28: Applications of Semiconductors, Dielectrics, Complex Oxides

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Ernesto Marinero, Hitachi Global
Room: 258C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q28.00001: Anatomy of a Nanoscale Conduction Channel Reveals the Mechanism of a High-Performance Memristor Feng Miao, John Paul Strachan, J. Joshua Yang, Wei Yi, Ilan Goldfarb, M.-X. Zhang, Antonio C. Torrezan, Peter Eschbach, Ronald D. Kelley, Gilberto Medeiros-Ribeiro, R. Stanley Williams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q28.00002: Low-frequency noise properties in nanodiodes Shahrir R. Kasjoo, Claudio Balocco, Arun K. Singh, Linqing Q. Zhang, Yasaman Alimi, Aimin M. Song Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q28.00003: Understanding the resistive switching in thin-film Ta-O memristors by their d.c. switching characteristics Wei Yi, Gilberto Medeiros-Ribeiro, Feng Miao, Ilan Goldfarb, Max Zhang, J. Joshua Yang, Matthew D. Pickett, John Paul Strachan, R. Stanley Williams Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q28.00004: \textit{In-situ} MBE and ALD deposited HfO$_{2}$ on In$_{0.53}$Ga$_{0.47}$As W.C. Lee, C.A. Lin, M.L. Huang, J. Kwo, Y.H. Chang, P. Chang, T.D. Lin, M. Hong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q28.00005: \textit{In-situ} photoemission analyses of ALD-oxide/In$_{x}$Ga$_{1-x}$As (001) interfaces M.L. Huang, Y.H. Chang, T.D. Lin, W.C. Lee, T.H. Chiang, C.A. Lin, H.Y. Lin, T.-W. Pi, M. Hong, J. Kwo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q28.00006: High Temperature Seebeck Coefficient and Electrical Resistivity of Ge$_{2}$Sb$_{2}$Te$_{5}$ Thin Films Lhacene Adnane, Faruk Dirisaglik, Mustafa Akbulut, Yu Zhu, Chung Lam, Ali Gokirmak, Helena Silva Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q28.00007: Thermoelectric Effects in Simulations of Phase Change Memory Mushroom Cells Azer Faraclas, Gokhan Bakan, Ali Gokirmak, Helena Silva Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q28.00008: Light-controlled plasmon switching using hybrid metal-semiconductor nanostructures Hari Paudel, Michael Leuenberger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q28.00009: Direct-bandgap infrared light emission from tensilely strained germanium nanomembranes Jose S\'anchez-P\'erez, Cicek Boztug, Feng Chen, Faisal Sudradjat, Deborah Paskiewicz, R.B. Jacobson, Roberto Paiella, Max Lagally Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q28.00010: A Tunable Terahertz Detector Based On Self Assembled Plasmonic Structure on a GaAs 2DEG Chejin Bae, Deepu George, Rohit Singh, Andrea Markelz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q28.00011: Time-resolved second harmonic generation study of buried semiconductor heterointerfaces using soliton-induced transparency Y.D. Glinka, N.H. Tolk, J.K. Furdyna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q28.00012: Room temperature ballistic transport in InSb quantum well structures Adam Gilbertson, Lesley Cohen, Phil Buckle, Tim Ashley, Stuart Solin, Andor Kormanyos, Colin Lambert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q28.00013: Spectral and Spatial Response of Sulfur-Hyperdoped n+/p Silicon Photodiodes David Hutchinson, Daniel Recht, Joseph Sullivan, Jeffrey Warrender, Michael Aziz, Tonio Buonassisi, Peter Persans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q28.00014: The mesoscopic chaotic cavity as a rectifying heat engine Andrew Jordan, Bj\"orn Sothmann, Rafael S\'anchez, Markus Buttiker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q28.00015: Thermal properties of CuGaS$_2$ from first principles Aldo H. Romero, Manuel Cardona, Reinhard Kremer, Alexander Schindler, Alfonso Mu\~noz Preview Abstract

Session Q29: Focus Session: Topologically Protected Qubits II

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Roman Lutchyn, Microsoft
Room: 259A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q29.00001: Topological superconducting states and protected qubit manipulations Invited Speaker: Sumanta Tewari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q29.00002: Majorana Zero Modes in 1D Quantum Wires Without Long-Ranged Superconducting Order Lukasz Fidkowski, Roman Lutchyn, Chetan Nayak, Matthew Fisher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q29.00003: Coulomb stability of the $\mathbf{4\pi}$-periodic Josephson effect of Majorana fermions Fabian Hassler, Bernard van Heck, Anton R. Akhmerov, C.W.J Beenakker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q29.00004: Unconventional Josephson signatures of Majorana bound states Liang Jiang, David Pekker, Gil Refael, Jason Alicea, Yuval Oreg, Felix von Oppen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q29.00005: Signature of Majorana Fermions in Charge Transport in Semiconductor Nanowires Chunlei Qu, Yongping Zhang, Li Mao, Chuanwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q29.00006: Searching for Majorana Zero-Energy Modes in Semiconductor Nanowires Peter O'Malley, Pedram Roushan, Borzoyeh Shojaei, Roman Lutchyn, Chris Palmstrom, John Martinis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q29.00007: Majorana fermions in superconducting helical magnets Ivar Martin, Alberto Morpurgo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q29.00008: Stability of Majorana fermions in proximity-coupled topological insulator nanowires Ashley Cook, Marcel Franz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q29.00009: Josephson current in finite-lenght nanowire SNS junctions with Majorana fermions Ramon Aguado, Elsa Prada, Pablo San Jose Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q29.00010: Detecting a Majorana-Fermion Zero Mode Using a Quantum Dot Dong E. Liu, Harold U. Baranger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q29.00011: Majorana chain coupled to a microwave cavity Mircea Trif, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q29.00012: Majorana modes in time-reversal invariant s-wave topological superconductors Shusa Deng, Lorenza Viola, Gerardo Ortiz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q29.00013: Majorana Fermions in Disordered Quasi-One-Dimensional Topological Superconductors Andrew Potter, Patrick Lee Preview Abstract

Session Q30: Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits: Architecture, Tunable, and Static Coupling

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Chad Rigetti, IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY
Room: 259B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q30.00001: Coupling superconducting qubits and resonators Invited Speaker: Joel Strand Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q30.00002: Inductive coupling to the fluxonium qubit N.A. Masluk, A. Kamal, I. Pop, Z.K. Minev, V.E. Manucharyan, J. Koch, L.I. Glazman, M.H. Devoret Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q30.00003: A dc SQUID Phase Qubit with Controlled Coupling to the Microwave Line R.P. Budoyo, B.K. Cooper, V. Zaretskey, C.J. Ballard, Z. Kim, H. Kwon, J.R. Anderson, C.J. Lobb, F.C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q30.00004: Large tunable inductance of the decorated Josephson chain Ivan Sadovskyy, Matthew Bell, Lev Ioffe, Alexei Kitaev, Michael Gershenson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q30.00005: Driven dynamics of a qubit tunably coupled to a harmonic oscillator Simon Gustavsson, Jonas Bylander, Fei Yan, Pol Forn-Diaz, Vlad Bolkhovsky, Danielle Braje, Steven Spector, Ben Turek, Paul B. Welander, Fumiki Yoshihara, David. G. Cory, Yasunobu Nakamura, William D. Oliver Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q30.00006: Phase gate operation on a flux qubit via the readout SQUID line X.Y. Jin, S. Gustavsson, J. Bylander, F. Yan, F. Yoshihara, S. Nakamura, W.D. Oliver Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q30.00007: Progress towards a metastable superconducting qubit Andrew Kerman, William Oliver, Vladimir Bolkhovsky, Mark Gouker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q30.00008: Quantum gates by qubit frequency modulation in circuit QED Felix Beaudoin, Marcus P. da Silva, Blake R. Johnson, Thomas A. Ohki, Zachary Dutton, Alexandre Blais Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q30.00009: Transmon qubit coupled to a quasi-lumped element resonator B. Suri, S. Novikov, V. Zaretskey, B.S. Palmer, F.C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q30.00010: Fast, coherent control of the tunable coupling qubit Srikanth Srinivasan, Anthony Hoffman, Yanbing Liu, Jay Gambetta, Andrew Houck Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q30.00011: Transferring the state of a quantum register to a single oscillator: a simple circuit verses numerical optimization Kurt Jacobs, Xiaoting Wang, Frederick Strauch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q30.00012: Gradiometric persistent current flux qubit with tunable tunnel coupling F. Deppe, M. Schwarz, J. Goetz, A. Baust, M. Haeberlein, E. Hoffmann, E.P. Menzel, F. Wulschner, L. Zhong, A. Marx, R. Gross Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q30.00013: Large dispersive shift in superconducting flux qubit Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Kunihiro Inomata, Yasunobu Nakamura, Jaw-Shen Tsai Preview Abstract

Session Q31: Focus Session: Topological Insulators - Edge States

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Shaffique Adam, NIST
Room: 260

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q31.00001: Electrical control of spin in topological insulators Invited Speaker: Kai Chang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q31.00002: Conductance of the Quantum Spin Hall Edge in HgTe Quantum Wells Vivek Venkatachalam, Sean Hart, Mathias M\"uhlbauer, Christoph Br\"une, Laurens Molenkamp, Amir Yacoby Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q31.00003: Inelastic electron backscattering in a generic helical edge channel Thomas L. Schmidt, Stephan Rachel, Felix von Oppen, Leonid I. Glazman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q31.00004: Gate controlled Rotating Spin Wave and chiral FFLO Superconducting phases in Quantum Spin Hall edge Qinglei Meng, Taylor Hughes, Matthew Gilbert, Smitha Vishveshwara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q31.00005: Phonon induced backscattering in helical edge states Jan Carl Budich, Fabrizio Dolcini, Patrik Recher, Bjoern Trauzettel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q31.00006: Optically engineering the topological properties of helical edge states J\'er\^ome Cayssol, Bal\'azs D\'ora, Ferenc Simon, Roderich Moessner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q31.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q31.00008: Fingerprints of a bidimensional topological insulator in Bismuth nanocontacts Juan Jose Palacios, Daniel Gosalbez, Carlos Sabater, Joaquin Fernandez-Rossier, Carlos Untiedt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q31.00009: Spin Josephson effect at the quantum spin Hall edge Vasudha Shivamoggi, Qinglei Ming, Taylor Hughes, Matthew Gilbert, Smitha Vishveshwara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q31.00010: Equality of certain bulk wave functions and edge correlations in $d=2$ and $d=3$ Ramamurti Shankar, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q31.00011: Transport on the Surface of Weak Topological Insulators Roger Mong, Jens H. Bardarson, Joel E. Moore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q31.00012: Coherent transport of topological insulator surface states Pierre Adroguer, David Carpentier, Edmond Orignac, Jerome Cayssol Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q31.00013: Spin polarized multi-terminal transport in helical edge states Sumathi Rao, Sourin Das Preview Abstract

Session Q32: Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides - Multiferroics and Magnetoelectrics

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Jens Kreisel, CNRS -- Grenoble Institute of Technology
Room: 261

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q32.00001: Skyrmions in Multiferroics Shinichiro Seki, Xiuzhen Yu, Shintaro Ishiwata, Yoshinori Tokura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q32.00002: Dynamical matrix in magnetoelectrics Raffaele Resta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q32.00003: Multiferroic behavior in Lu$_{2}$MnCoO$_{6}$ Vivien Zapf, E.-D. Mun, B.G. Ueland, J.D. Thompson, J. Singleton, J. Gardner, S. Y\'{a}\~{n}ez-Vilar, M. S\'{a}nchez-And\'{u}jar, M.A. Se\~{n}aris-Rodriguez, J. Mira, N. Biskup, C.D. Batista Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q32.00004: Structural and Magnetic Properties of Ln$_2$CoMnO$_6$ (Ln = Dy and La) Produced by Combustion Sinthesys Pedro Linhares C. Filho, Petrucio Barrozo, N.R. Dilley, J. Albino Aguiar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q32.00005: Emergence of a new order reconciling ferroelectric and antiferrodistortive instabilities in EuTiO$_{3}$ Jong-Woo Kim, Philip Ryan, Paul Thompson, Simon Brown, Peter Normile, Anke Weidenkaff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q32.00006: Spin-phonon coupling in the rare-earth orthoferrite DyFeO$_3$ Andrew LaForge, Jeffrey Whalen, Theo Siegrist, Arthur Ramirez, Zack Schlesinger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q32.00007: A first principles investigation of a hexagonal ferrite LuFeO$_3$ Hena Das, Craig J. Fennie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q32.00008: Atomic Resolution Valence Mapping in LuFe2O4 in an Aberration Corrected STEM J.A. Mundy, C.M. Brooks, R. Misra, P. Schiffer, D.A. Muller, D.G. Schlom Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q32.00009: Anisotropy in the magnetic and multiferroic properties of LuFe$_{2}$O$_{4-\delta }$ single crystals with varying oxygen stoichiometry G. Balakrishnan, R.A. McKinnon, M.R. Lees Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q32.00010: Charge dynamics in a frustrated charge ordered multiferroic system Makoto Naka, Sumio Ishihara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q32.00011: Multiferroic M-type hexaferrites with room-temperature conical spin structure Y. Taguchi, Y. Tokunaga, Y. Kaneko, D. Okuyama, S. Ishiwata, T. Arima, S. Wakimoto, K. Kakurai, Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q32.00012: The magnetoelectirc effect in the RAl$_{3}$(BO$_{3})_{4}$ (R=Tb, Ho, Er, and Tm) K.-C. Liang, R. P. Chaudhury, B. Lorenz, L.N. Bezmaternykh, V.L. Temerov, C.W. Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q32.00013: Polar Nanodomains and Giant Converse Magnetoelectric Effect in Charge-Ordered Fe$_{2}$OBO$_{3}$ Huaixin Yang, Huanfang Tian, Yuanjun Song, Yuanbin Qin, Yonggang Zhao, Chao Ma, Jianqi Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q32.00014: Ferroelectric Phase Transition in Pb$_{5}$Cr$_{3}$F$_{19}$ and Coupling of Electric Polarization and Magnetization Zvonko Trontelj, Damir Pajic, Marko Jagodic, Pavel Cevc Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q32.00015: The origin and coupling mechanism of magnetoelectric effect in \textit{TM}Cl$_{2}$-4SC(NH$_{2})_{2}$ (\textit{TM} = Ni and Co) E. Mun, J. Wilcox, J. Manson, B. Scott, P. Tobash, E. Bauer, P. Sengupta, C. Batista, V. Zapf Preview Abstract

Session Q33: Focus Session: X-ray and Neutron Instruments and Measurement Science

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Albert Macrander, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 106

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q33.00001: Science Enabled by the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade Invited Speaker: G. Brian Stephenson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q33.00002: Initial Results and Future Plans for the Soft X-ray Instrument for Materials at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) William Schlotter, Oleg Krupin, Michael Minitti, Joshua Turner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q33.00003: Microfocusing options for sector 3 of the Advanced Photon Source upgrade project A.M. Alsmadi, A. Alatas, J. Zhao, L. Yan, L. Gao, E.E. Alp Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q33.00004: Advances in X-ray Raman spectroscopy at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource Dimosthenis Sokaras, Dennis Nordlund, Tsu-Chien Weng, Roberto Alonso Mori, Uwe Bergmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q33.00005: Facility Overview and Double-Focusing Thermal Triple-Axis Spectrometer at the NCNR Invited Speaker: Jeffrey Lynn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q33.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q33.00007: Advanced Thermal Neutron Detectors Graham Smith, Jack Fried, Gianluigi De Geronimo, George Mahler, Don Makowiecki, Joe Mead, Veljko Radeka, Neil Schaknowski, Emerson Vernon, Bo Yu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q33.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q33.00009: The wetting behavior of electrolytes at charged carbon electrode materials probed using neutron scattering Jose Leo Ba\~nuelos, Pasquale Fulvio, Gernot Rother, Lawrence Anovitz, Jim Browning Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q33.00010: Combined X-Ray and Neutron Powder Diffraction Studies of Nanoscale Ca$_{5-x}$Fe$_{x}$(PO$_{4})_{3}$OH Systems A. Kyriacou, Th. Leventouri, B.C. Chakoumakos, V.O. Garlea, C.D. Cruz, A.J. Rondinone, K.D. Sorge Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q33.00011: Profile retrieval using Spin-Echo Resolved Grazing Incidence Scattering combined with dynamical scattering theory Rana Ashkar, Roger Pynn Preview Abstract

Session Q34: Focus Session: Nano IV: Nanocatalysis

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

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q34.00001: Cluster size effects on chemical and physical properties of model catalysts Invited Speaker: Scott Anderson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q34.00002: CO Oxidation on Copper Oxide Cluster Ions Masahiko Ichihashi, Shinichi Hirabayashi, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q34.00003: Effective rate constants for nanostructured heterogeneous catalysts Shaun Hendy, Nicola Gaston, Philip Zhang, Nat Lund Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q34.00004: Towards a Molecular Level Understanding of CO and H$_{2}$ Adsorption and Dissociation on Cobalt Nanoparticles Emily Lewis, April Jewell, Georgios Kyriakou, Charles Sykes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q34.00005: Cooperative Effects in the Oxidation of CO by Palladium Oxide Cations Arthur C. Reber, Shiv N. Khanna, Eric C. Tyo, Christopher L. Harmon, A. Welford Castleman Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 1:15PM		Q34.00006: Design of nanocatalysts for improved selectivity and stability Invited Speaker: Francisco Zaera Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q34.00007: Towards Catalysis by Gold Clusters: reaction cycles and poisons Elizabeth C. Beret, Luca M. Ghiringhelli, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q34.00008: Breaking Carbonyl Bonds in Formaldehyde via Complementary Active Sites Shiv N. Khanna, Arthur C. Reber, W. Hunter Woodward, Jordan C. Smith, A. Welford Castleman Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q34.00009: Morphological, electronic, and catalytic properties of Pt nanoclusters on defective graphene Ioanna Fampiou, Ashwin Ramasubramaniam Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q34.00010: Controlled Catalytic Properties of Platinum Clusters on Strained Graphene Gyubong Kim, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Kwang-Ryeol Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q34.00011: Composition-Dependent Size and Shape Changes of Pt-Rh Alloy Nanoparticles on $\alpha$-Al$_2$O$_3$(0001) during CO Oxidation Reactions Uta Hejral, Patrick Mueller, Olivier Balmes, Diego Pontoni, Andreas Stierle Preview Abstract

Session Q35: Focus Session: DFT VI: New Functional Developments

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Hardy Gross, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
Room: 107B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q35.00001: Some thoughs about old and new density functionals Invited Speaker: Miguel Marques Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q35.00002: Self-interaction corrected Kohn--Sham potentials Viktor Staroverov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q35.00003: Density-on-wave-function mapping beyond the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem Klaus Capelle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q35.00004: Finding density functionals with machine learning John Snyder, Matthias Rupp, Katja Hansen, Klaus Mueller, Kieron Burke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q35.00005: New Density Functionals with Broad Applicability in Chemistry (SOGGA11, SOGGA11-X, M11, M11-L) and Approaches to Open-Shell DFT Invited Speaker: Donald Truhlar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q35.00006: Self-Interaction Free and Analytic Treatment of the Coulomb Energy in Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory Markus Daene, Antonios Gonis, Don M. Nicholson, G. Malcolm Stocks Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q35.00007: Electronic structure via potential functional approximations Attila Cangi, Donghyung Lee, Peter Elliott, Kieron Burke, E.K.U. Gross Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q35.00008: Self-Consistent Random Phase Approximation Daniel Rohr, Maria Hellgren, E.K.U. Gross Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q35.00009: On the Hohenberg-Kohn and Levy-Lieb Constrained Search Proofs of Density Functional Theory Viraht Sahni, Xiao-Yin Pan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q35.00010: Efficient van der Waals energy calculations via a continuum mechanics approach Tim Gould, John F. Dobson, Ilya V. Tokatly Preview Abstract

Session Q36: Water and Ice

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: James Skinner, University of Wisconsin
Room: 107C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q36.00001: Ionic force field optimization and modified ion-pair mixing rules Maria Fyta, Roland R. Netz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q36.00002: Effects of Applied Electric Field on the Dynamics of Nano-Confined Water Souleymane Diallo, Eugene Mamontov, Nobuo Wada Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q36.00003: Competing Nuclear Quantum Effects and van der Waals Interactions in Water Jeffrey McMahon, Miguel Morales, David Ceperley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q36.00004: BSE/GW calculations of liquid and solid H$_2$O John Vinson, J.J. Kas, F.D. Vila, J.J. Rehr, E.L. Shirley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q36.00005: Effect of hydrogen bond cooperativity on the phase behavior of water Kevin Stokely Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q36.00006: Structure and dynamics of the liquid water-ZnO$(10\bar{1}0)$ interface from first principles Gabriele Tocci, Angelos Michaelides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q36.00007: Density fluctuations and dielectric constant of water in low and high density liquid states Erik Lascaris, Cui Zhang, Giulia A. Galli, Giancarlo Franzese, H. Eugene Stanley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q36.00008: The role of quantum nuclear effects in hydrogen bonded crystals and their calculated NMR shielding constants Kjartan Thor Wikfeldt, Chris Pickard, Angelos Michaelides Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q36.00009: Selective mode analysis of nuclear quantum effects for liquid water using non-Markovian thermostats Sriram Ganeshan, Marivi Fern\'andez-Serra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q36.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q36.00011: Anomalous nuclear quantum effects in ice Bet\"{u}l Pamuk, Jose M. Soler, Philip B. Allen, Marivi Fern\'andez-Serra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q36.00012: Mechanism of sessile water droplet evaporation Hadi Ghasemi, Charles Ward Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q36.00013: Theory and Simulation of Droplet Wetting on Patterned Surfaces Azar Shahraz, Ali Borhan, Kristen Fichthorn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q36.00014: Freezing of Water next to Solid Surfaces Probed Using Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy Emmanuel Anim-Danso, Anish Kurian, Liehui Ge, Azar Alizadeh, Ali Dhinojwala Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q36.00015: Charging and transmission of low energy particles through Amorphous Solid Water films Yonatan Horowitz, Micha Asscher Preview Abstract

Session Q37: Focus Session: Students, Physics and Innovation

Sponsoring Units: FIAP FEd
Chair: Randy Tagg, University of Colorado Denver
Room: 108

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q37.00001: Physicists and Economic Growth: Preparing the Next Generation Invited Speaker: Douglas Arion Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q37.00002: Teaching Innovation Through Undergraduate Research John R. Brandenberger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q37.00003: The Innovation Hyperlab - Linking Student Innovation at University and Pre-College Levels Randall Tagg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q37.00004: The Physics Entrepreneurship Program - 11 Years of Teaching and Practicing Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Graduate Students and Beyond Edward Caner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q37.00005: The Story of a Typical Atypical Graduate of the Physics Entrepreneurship Program at Case Western Reserve University Adele Luta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q37.00006: Developing affordable multi-touch technologies for use in physics Mark Potter, Carolina Ilie, Damian Schofield, David Vampola Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q37.00007: Wolfram technologies as an integrated scalable platform for interactive learning Vitaliy Kaurov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q37.00008: Promoting Conceptual Coherence in Quantum Learning through Computational Models Hee-Sun Lee Preview Abstract

Session Q39: Focus Session: Materials and Functional Structures for Biological Interfaces - Micro and Nanofluidics

Sponsoring Units: DMP DBIO DPOLY
Chair: Robert Riehn, North Carolina State University
Room: 109B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q39.00001: Integration of Materials and Functions in Microfluidic Devices Invited Speaker: Marcella Chiari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q39.00002: Dynamic micromolds to fabricate multi-layered hydrogel microstructures Halil Tekin, Tonia Tsinman, Jefferson G. Sanchez, Brianna J. Jones, Robert Langer, Ali Khademhosseini Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q39.00003: Implementation of a Peltier-based cooling device for localized deep cortical deactivation during in vivo object recognition testing Kyle Marra, Brett Graham, Samantha Carouso, David Cox Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q39.00004: Droplet Microfluidics for Artificial Lipid Bilayers Srikoundinya Punnamaraju, Andrew Steckl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q39.00005: Density fluctuations in nanochannel-confined DNA Joshua Carpenter, Alena Karpusenko, Chunda Zhou, Shuang Fang Lim, Junhan Pan, Robert Riehn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q39.00006: Extension and Diffusion of DNA in Nanochannels Douglas Tree, Yanwei Wang, Kevin Dorfman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q39.00007: DNA conformation and dynamics in quasi-2D and -1D confinement Yeng-Long Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q39.00008: Mapping the yeast genome by melting in nanofluidic devices Robert L. Welch, Ilja Czolkos, Rob Sladek, Walter Reisner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q39.00009: Spatially Varying Nanoconfinement as a Probe of Polymer Physics Alexander Klotz, Walter Reisner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q39.00010: The Nanofluidic Staircase: A Brownian Motor for Polymer Characterization and Transport Frederick Phelan Jr., Christopher Forrey, Jon Geist, Samuel Stavis, Elizabeth Strychalski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q39.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q39.00012: Geometrically induced polarization and alignment of cells on nanopillar arrays Yolanda Vasquez, Michael Bucaro, Benjamin Hatton, Joanna Aizenberg Preview Abstract

Session Q40: Focus Session: Systems Biology and Biochemical Networks III

Sponsoring Units: DBIO GSNP
Chair: Lei-Han Tang, Hong Kong Baptist University
Room: 156A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q40.00001: TBD Invited Speaker: Ting Lu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q40.00002: Fold-change detection and scalar symmetry of sensory input fields Oren Shoval, Lea Goentoro, Yuval Hart, Avi Mayo, Eduardo Sontag, Uri Alon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q40.00003: Network architectural conditions for prominent and robust stochastic oscillations Jaewook Joo, Jinmyung Choi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q40.00004: Properties of gene expression including the non-functional binding of transcription factors to DNA Anat Burger, Aleksandra Walczak, Peter Wolynes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q40.00005: Single promoters as regulatory network motifs Christopher Zopf, Narendra Maheshri Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q40.00006: Towards a principled way of making kinetic models from data Steve Presse Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q40.00007: Reaction kinetics in the cell membrane: confining domains lead to reaction bursts Ziya Kalay, Takahiro Fujiwara, Akihiro Kusumi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q40.00008: Inference of Mechanical Network Parameters in Epithelial Tissue Development Kevin Chiou, Lars Hufnagel, Boris Shraiman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q40.00009: Regulatory dynamics and stability in discrete and continuous models Fakhteh Ghanbarnejad, Konstantin Klemm Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q40.00010: Polarization and molecular information transmission in the cell Adriano Valdez-Gomez, Guillermo Ramirez-Santiago Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q40.00011: Energy Flow in Neuronal Systems Zrinka Greguric Ferencek, John Robert Cressman, Zaid Obaida Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q40.00012: Rhythm-Induced Spike-Timing Patterns Characterized by 1D Firing Map Jan Engelbrecht, Rennie Mirollo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q40.00013: The Effects of Intrinsic Noise on an Inhomogeneous Lattice of Chemical Oscillators Michael Giver, Zahera Jabeen, Bulbul Chakraborty Preview Abstract

Session Q41: Biofluids

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: Saverio Spagnolie, Brown University
Room: 156B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q41.00001: Fool's Gold Footprinting: microfluidic probing of nucleic acids Christopher D. Jones, Joerg C. Schlatterer, Michael Brenowitz, Lois Pollack Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q41.00002: Dislocation dynamics and bacterial growth Ariel Amir, David Nelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q41.00003: Signal Relay During Cell Migration Can Guven, Erin Rericha, Edward Ott, Wolfgang Losert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q41.00004: Intracellular Transport in Beta Cells - from Anti-Corellated to Active Stanislav Burov, Ali Tabei, Aaron Dinner, Norbert Scherer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q41.00005: Acoustic streaming in the cochlea under compressive bone conduction excitation Katherine Aho, Megha Sunny, Taoufik Nabat, Jenny Au, Charles Thompson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q41.00006: Subtle exchange model of flow depended on the blood cell shape to enhance the micro-circulation in capillary Iatneng Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q41.00007: Modeling fluid diffusion in cerebral white matter with random walks in complex environments Amichai Levy, Gabriel Cwilich, Sergey V. Buldyrev, Van J. Weeden Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q41.00008: Adhesion of a Cylindrical Bacterium in the Presence of DLVO Potential Jiayi Shi, Sinan Muftu, April Gu, Kai-Tak Wan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q41.00009: Hydrodynamic behavior of tumor cells in a confined model microvessel Zeina S. Khan, Siva A. Vanapalli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q41.00010: Flow and rupture of vesicles in narrow channels Alison Harman, Martin Bertrand, Bela Joos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q41.00011: Simulations of cardiovascular blood flow accounting for time dependent deformational forces Amanda Peters Randles, Simone Melchionna, Jonas Latt, Sauro Succi, Efthimios Kaxiras Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q41.00012: Using vortex corelines to analyze the hemodynamics of patient specific cerebral aneurysm models Greg Byrne, Fernando Mut, Juan Cebral Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q41.00013: Picoliter droplet-based digital peptide nucleic acid clamp PCR and dielectric sorting for low abundant K-ras mutations Huidan Zhang, Ralph Sperling, Assaf Rotem, Lianfeng Shan, John Heyman, Yizhe Zhang, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q41.00014: Liquid solution delivery through the pulled nanopipette combined with QTF-AFM system Sangmin An, Corey Stambaugh, Gunn Kim, Manhee Lee, Yonghee Kim, Kunyoung Lee, Wonho Jhe Preview Abstract

Session Q42: Focus Session: Stochastic Population Dynamics II - Games and Spatial Dynamics

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

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q42.00001: Bacterial Games Invited Speaker: Erwin Frey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q42.00002: Evolutionary dynamics of range expansions with curved fronts and inflationary directed percolation Maxim Lavrentovich, Kirill Korolev, David Nelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q42.00003: Competition and cooperation in one-dimensional stepping stone models Kirill Korolev, David Nelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q42.00004: Range expansion of mutualists Melanie J.I. Muller, Kirill S. Korolev, Andrew W. Murray, David R. Nelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q42.00005: Cooperation, cheating, and collapse in microbial populations Invited Speaker: Jeff Gore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q42.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q42.00007: Evolution of cooperation in microbial biofilms - A stochastic model for the growth and survival of bacterial mats Johannes Knebel, Jonas Cremer, Anna Melbinger, Erwin Frey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q42.00008: Bacterial Cheating Limits the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Eugene Yurtsev, Hui Xiao Chao, Manoshi Datta, Tatiana Artemova, Jeff Gore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q42.00009: Does fast migration imply well-mixing? Michael Khasin, Evgeniy Khain, Leonard Sander Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q42.00010: Turing patterns and a stochastic individual-based model for predator-prey systems Seido Nagano Preview Abstract

Session Q43: Invited Session: Techniques to Study Dynamic Cellular Processes One Molecule at a Time (Including Delbruck Award Lecture)

Sponsoring Units: DBIO
Chair: Steve Kowalczykowski and Daniel Cox, University of California, Davis
Room: 157AB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q43.00001: Max Delbruck Prize in Biological Physics Lecture: Single-molecule protein folding and transition paths Invited Speaker: William Eaton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q43.00002: ATP-induced helicase slippage reveals highly coordinated subunits Invited Speaker: Michelle D. Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q43.00003: Unraveling the motion of single-stranded DNA binding proteins on DNA using force and fluorescence spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Taekjip Ha Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q43.00004: Beholding the subcellular world in your PALM: nanometer resolution optical measurements of protein assemblies in cells Invited Speaker: Hari Shroff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q43.00005: Single-molecule conductance measurements of biomolecule translocation across biomimetic nuclear pores Invited Speaker: Cees Dekker Preview Abstract

Session Q44: Focus Session: Interparticle Interactions in Polymer Nanocomposites - Transport and Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Mohan Srinivasarao, Georgia Institute of Technology
Room: 157C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q44.00001: Multiscale structure, interfacial cohesion, adsorbed layers, miscibility and properties in dense polymer-particle mixtures Invited Speaker: Ken Schweizer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q44.00002: Organically Modified Nanoclay-Reinforced Rigid Polyurethane Films Yong Tae Park, Yuqiang Qian, Chris Lindsay, Andreas Stein, Christopher Macosko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q44.00003: Shear viscosity of polymer nanocomposites from NEMD simulations Jagannathan T. Kalathi, Sanat K. Kumar, Gary S. Grest Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q44.00004: Towards the Next Generation of Polymer Nanocomposites: More Rigid, Lighter Weight, Yet Easier to Process JeongJae Wie, Jonathan Seppala, Michael Mackay, Woo Jin Chung, Jeffrey Pyun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q44.00005: A Comparative Study of Interfacial Slip in Polymer Blends with Nanoparticles and Diblock Copolymer Compatibilizers Joseph Ortiz, Dilip Gersappe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q44.00006: The Effect of Elongational Flow on the Placement and Orientation of Nanorods in Polymer: Modeling and Experiments Jay Park, Vibha Kalra, Yong Joo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q44.00007: Directed Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles via Flexible-Blade Flow Coating Dong Yun Lee, Jonathan Pham, Jimmy Lawrence, Cheol Hee Lee, Hyun Suk Kim, Cassandra Parkos, Todd Emrick, Alfred J. Crosby Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q44.00008: Properties of Macroscopic Nanoparticle Assemblies Fabricated by Flexible Blade Flow Coating Jonathan T. Pham, Dong Yun Lee, Jimmy Lawrence, Cheol Hee Lee, Todd Emrick, Alfred J. Crosby Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q44.00009: Reversible Shear-Flow-Induced Polymer and Colloid Aggregates Hsieh Chen, Alfredo Alexander-Katz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q44.00010: Impact of Carbon Nanoparticle Shape on Polymer Dynamics in Nanocomposites Brad Miller, Mark Dadmun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q44.00011: Modifying Fragility and Length Scales of Polymer Glass Formation with Nanoparticles Beatriz A. Pazmino, Jack F. Douglas, Francis W. Starr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q44.00012: Glass transition temperature of polymer nano-composites with polymer and filler interactions Katsumi Hagita, Hiroshi Takano, Masao Doi, Hiroshi Morita Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q44.00013: Payne effect in model nanocomposite the role of polymer confinement Helene Montes, Fran\c{c}ois Lequeux Preview Abstract

Session Q45: Elastomers and Gels

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Jan-Michael Carrillo, University of Connecticut
Room: 159

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q45.00001: Can a Rheological Experiment Distinguish Between a Gel and a Soft Glass? If yes, which Experiment? Horst Winter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q45.00002: Effects of crosslinker concentration and chemical disorder on the nonlinear mechanics of thermoreversibly associating networks Glenn H. Fredrickson, Robert S. Hoy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q45.00003: Mechanically induced oscillations in Belousov-Zhabotinsky gels Irene Chen, Olga Kuksenok, Victor Yashin, Anna Balazs, Krystyn Van Vliet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q45.00004: Nonlinear Elasticity of Entangled Polymer Networks Ozan Sariyer, Sergey Panyukov, Michael Rubinstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q45.00005: Coarse grain modeling of the high-rate stress-strain behavior for select model Poly[urethane urea] (PUU) elastomers T.L. Chantawansri, Y.R. Sliozberg, A. Hsieh, J.W. Andzelm Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q45.00006: Swelling Behavior of Crosslinked Rubber: Does the Peak in Dilational Modulus Exist? Ben Xu, Xiaojun Di, Gregory B. McKenna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q45.00007: Microphase Separation and Dynamics of Elastomeric Polyureas James Runt, Alicia Castagna, Taeyi Choi, Youmi Jeong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q45.00008: Opening and Closing of Nanocavities under Stress in Soft Nanocomposites: A Real Time Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) Observation Huan Zhang, Jordan de Crevoisier, Arthur Scholz, Fabien Vion-Loisel, Edward J. Kramer, Costantino Creton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q45.00009: Reversible shape memory Sergei Sheiko, Jing Zhou, Sarah White, Valerie Ashby Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q45.00010: Inscribing dynamical patterns within heterogeneous self-oscillating gels. Anna C. Balazs, Victor V. Yashin, Seiichi Suzuki, Ryo Yoshida Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q45.00011: Swelling instabilities in patterned, microscale gels Ryan Toomey, Samuel DuPont Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q45.00012: Thermoresponsive hydrogels from ABC triblock terpolymers Can Zhou, Timothy Lodge, Marc Hillmyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q45.00013: Single Quantum Dot Tracking in Heterogeneous Polyacrylamide Hydrogels Cheol Hee Lee, Alfred Crosby, Ryan Hayward, Todd Emrick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q45.00014: Modeling Photo-Reconfiguration and Directed Motion of Spirobenzopyran- Containing Polymer Gels Olga Kuksenok, Anna C. Balazs Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q45.00015: Gelation of Copolymers Photo-crosslinked by Pendent Benzophenones Scott Christensen, Ryan C. Hayward Preview Abstract

Session Q46: Invited Session: Quantum Information Processing in Diamond

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Ronald Hanson, TU Delft
Room: 160AB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		Q46.00001: Single spins in diamond: scalable quantum registers and nanoscale sensors Invited Speaker: Fedor Jelezko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q46.00002: Towards large-scale quantum computing using spins and photons on a chip Invited Speaker: Kai-Mei Fu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		Q46.00003: Probing the motion of a mechanical resonator via coherent coupling to a single spin qubit Invited Speaker: J.G.E. Harris Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		Q46.00004: Preparation, single-shot readout and long-distance coupling of solid-state quantum registers Invited Speaker: Hannes Bernien Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q46.00005: Electrical tuning of single-photon emission in diamond devices Invited Speaker: Lee C. Bassett Preview Abstract

Session Q47: Focus Session: DNA-Coated Colloid Particles

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBIO
Chair: Dmytro Nykypanchuk, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: 160C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q47.00001: Heterogeneous 3D Assembly of DNA-encoded Quantum Dots and Gold Nanoparticles Dazhi ``Peter'' Sun, Oleg Gang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q47.00002: Self-Assembly of Octopus Nanoparticles into Pre-Programmed Finite Clusters Jonathan Halverson, Alexei Tkachenko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q47.00003: DNA-induced 2D-to-1D Phase Transition of Nanoparticle Assemblies at Liquid-Vapor Interface Sunita Srivastava, Dmytro Nykypanchuk, Masafumi Fukuto, Oleg Gang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		Q47.00004: Structural Diversity of DNA-Coated Particle Assemblies Invited Speaker: Francis W. Starr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q47.00005: DNA Mediated Nanoparticle Crystallization: Characterizing How Equilibrium is Reached Christopher Knorowski, Alex Travesset Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q47.00006: Packing of DNA-assembled Nanocubes and Nanooctahedra Fang Lu, Yugang Zhang, Kevin Yager, Daniel van der Lelie, Oleg Gang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q47.00007: Making DNA competitive: a new strategy to improve the self-assembly properties of DNA-coated particles Mirjam Leunissen, Bortolo Mognetti, Daan Frenkel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q47.00008: DNA Regulated Clusters: Structure and Self-limiting Assembly Cheng Chi, Fernando Vargas Lara, Francis Starr, Alexei Tkachenko, Oleg Gang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q47.00009: Kinetics of the Association of DNA Coated Colloids Kun-Ta Wu, Lang Feng, Ruojie Sha, Remi Dreyfus, Alexander Grosberg, Nadrian Seeman, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q47.00010: Phase Behavior and Magnetic Response of DNA-mediated Gold and Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Assemblies Yugang Zhang, Fang Lu, Kevin G. Yager, Daniel van der Lelie, Oleg Gang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q47.00011: Modeling of DNA-Directed Colloidal Self-Assembly and Crystallization Ting Li, Rastko Sknepnek, Robert J. Macfarlane, Chad A. Mirkin, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q47.00012: DNA coated rods: pure Biological materials for self assembly studies Rafael Cabanas, Seth Fraden Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q47.00013: Linear DNA-linked colloidal chains: a model to visualize polymer dynamics Sibani Biswal, Julie Byrom, Daniel Du Preview Abstract

Session Q48: Polymer Blends and Crystallization

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Ryan Howard, University of Massachusetts
Room: 161

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q48.00001: How Pure Components Control Polymer Blend Miscibility Ronald White, Jane Lipson, Julia Higgins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q48.00002: Tailoring Co-continuous Nanostructured Morphologies in Polymer Blends Le Li, Sung-Woo Hong, Xiaobo Shen, Ryan Hayward, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q48.00003: Structure and elasticity of crosslinked polymer blends Bing Lu, Xiangjun Xing, Paul Goldbart Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q48.00004: Assessing the Strength Enhancement of Heterogeneous Networks of Miscible Blends of 1,2-Polybutadiene and Polyisoprene Carl Giller, Mike Roland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q48.00005: Compatibilization of polymer blends with star polymers containing a gamma-cyclodextrin core and polystyrene arms C.M. Balik, A.E. Tonelli, Ryan Libert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q48.00006: Theory of Hydrogen-Bonding in Diblock Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends Ashkan Dehghan, An-Chang Shi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q48.00007: Effect of mid-block on the morphology and properties of PDLA-softblock-PDLA/PLLA Blends Sahas Rathi, E. Bryan Coughlin, Shaw Ling Hsu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q48.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q48.00009: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polypropylene: Crystallization and Melting Manish Agarwal, Shyno Mathew, Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q48.00010: Molecular simulation of plastic deformation of semicrystalline polyethylene Junmo Kim, Sanghun Lee, Gregory Rutledge Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q48.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q48.00012: Digestive Ripening: A Quantitative Thermodynamic Analysis of Stable Nanocrystals Michael Clark, Sanat Kumar, Igal Szleifer, Rikkert Nap Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q48.00013: Morphology and Shear Viscosity for a Phase-separating Polymer Blend of Polybutadiene and Polyisoprene under Simple Shear Flow Xia Dong, Fasheng Zou, Charles C. Han Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q48.00014: Dynamics of Polymer Blend Film Formation During Spin Coating Youmna Mouhamad, Nigel Clarke, Richard A.L. Jones, Mark Geoghegan Preview Abstract

Session Q49: Focus Session: Organic Electronics and Photonics - Photophysics and Excited State Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY
Chair: Russell Holmes, University of Minnesota
Room: 162A

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q49.00001: Hybrid Phonoriton in Organic-Semiconductor Materials David Facemyer, Que Huong Nguyen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q49.00002: Effect of structural distortion and polarization in localization of electronic excitations in organic semiconductor materials Iffat Nayyar, Enrique Batista, Sergei Tretiak, Avadh Saxena, Darryl Smith, Richard Martin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q49.00003: The Effect of LUMO Level Offset on the Electron Dissociation Rates in Low Bandgap Polymer Heterostructures Matthew Sfeir, Deanna Rodovsky, Jason Azoulay, Guillermo Bazan, Jeffrey Peet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q49.00004: First principles study of optical and electronic properties of anthradithiophene based organic conductors Faye Barras, Guenter Schneider Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q49.00005: Ultrafast exciton energy transfer from giant nanocrystals to layered J-aggregate films Asja Radja, Hue Nguyen, Jennifer Hollingsworth, Anton Malko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q49.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q49.00007: Ultrafast multidimensional spectroscopy of P3HT thin films Cong Mai, Sinan Can, Anne Watson, Harald Ade, Kenan Gundogdu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q49.00008: Charge transfer complex in diketopyrrolopyrrole polymers and fullerene blends: Implication for organic solar cell efficiency D. Moghe, P. Yu, C. Kanimozhi, S. Patil, S. Guha Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q49.00009: Dynamic Monte Carlo Modeling of Exciton Dissociation in Organic Donor-Acceptor Solar Cells Michael Heiber, Ali Dhinojwala Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q49.00010: Ultrafast Photo Physics of P3HT/PCBM blends for Organic Photovoltaic applications Bill Pandit, Sanjeev Singh, Zeev Valy Vardeny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q49.00011: Can Singlet Fission Enhance the Performance of Organic Solar Cells? J.A. Munoz, K. Aryanpour, S. Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q49.00012: Exciton self-trapping and Stark effect in the optical response of pentacene crystals from first principles David A. Strubbe, Sahar Sharifzadeh, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		Q49.00013: Singlet Fission and Multi-Exciton Generation in Organic Systems Invited Speaker: Charles Musgrave Preview Abstract

Session Q50: Focus Session: Dynamics of Polymers: Phenomena due to Confinement II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Christopher Ellison, University of Texas at Austin
Room: 162B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q50.00001: New insight into adsorption of polymer melts onto impenetrable surfaces Tad Koga, Peter Gin, Naisheng Jiang, Chen Liang, Zexi Han, Bulent Akgun, Sushil Satija, Maya Endoh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q50.00002: Effect of the interfacial interaction on the relaxation of polymer melts in nanofilms Lei Li, Yongjin Wang, Jianing Sun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q50.00003: Differential AC chip calorimeter for in situ investigation of vapor deposited thin films Mathias Ahrenberg, Christoph Schick, Heiko Huth, Evgeni Schoifet, Mark Ediger, Katie Whitaker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q50.00004: Methyl Methacrylate Polymerization in Nanoporous Matrix: Reactivity and Resulting Properties Haoyu Zhao, Fatema Begum, Sindee Simon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q50.00005: Polystryene films confined between gold surfaces Karen Johnston, Vagelis Harmandaris, Kurt Kremer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q50.00006: Surface Mobility of Polymeric Systems of Varying Chain Lengths Rohit Malshe, Gregory Toepperwein, Mark Ediger, Lian Yu, Juan de Pablo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q50.00007: Shear thinning near the rough boundary in a viscoelastic flow Sayed Hasan, Sergei Obukhov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q50.00008: Relaxation of Capillary Wrinkles Kamil Toga, Narayanan Menon, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q50.00009: New insight into the melting behavior of nanoconfined semicrystalline polymers -The effect of an immobile interfacial layer at the substrate- Mitsunori Asada, Naisheng Jiang, Peter Gin, Levent Sendogdular, Maya K. Endoh, Moriya Kikuchi, Atsushi Takahara, Tadanori Koga Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q50.00010: Solvent Swelling as a Means to Modify the Properties of Polymer Thin Films Andrew Clough, Ophelia Tsui, Mithun Chowdhury, Kaiwan Jahanshahi, Guenter Reiter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q50.00011: Equilibration of Polymer Films Cast from Solutions with Different Solvent Qualities Ranxing Nancy Li, Andrew Clough, Dongdong Peng, Zhaohui Yang, Ophelia Tsui Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q50.00012: Tuning confinement effects at constant film thickness Simone Napolitano Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q50.00013: Capillary levelling in thin polymer films as a nano-rheological tool to probe interface dynamics Joshua McGraw, Oliver Baeumchen, Melissa Ferrari, Paul Fowler, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q50.00014: Slow physical aging of thin polymer films of varying chain architecture Bradley Frieberg, Emmanouil Glynos, Peter Green Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q50.00015: Diffusion of adsorbed theta-solvent polymers at a solid-liquid interface Changqian Yu, Sung Chul Bae, Steve Granick Preview Abstract

Session Q51: Gels, Complex Fluids and Vesicles

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DFD
Chair: Jeff Urbach, Georgetown University
Room: Boston Convention Center 154

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q51.00001: Linear Viscoelasticity and Swelling of Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervates Fawzi Hamad, Ralph Colby Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q51.00002: Multicomponent effects in diffusion within microemulsions Wyatt Musnicki, Stephanie Dungan, Ronald Phillips Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q51.00003: Determining the structure and properties of complex coacervate crosslinked triblock copolymer hydrogels Daniel Krogstad, Soo-Hyung Choi, Jason Spruell, Nathaniel Lynd, Edward Kramer, Matthew Tirrell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q51.00004: Density mode microrheology in polyacrylamide gels Beatriz Burrola Gabilondo, Daniel Sisan, Jonathan Landy, Alex Levine, Jeffrey Urbach Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q51.00005: Effect of Polymer Molecular Weight and Synthesis Temperature on Structure and Dynamics of Microgels Krista G. Freeman, Kiril A. Streletzky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q51.00006: Gelation and state diagram for a model nanoparticle system with adhesive hard sphere interactions Norman Wagner, Eberle Aaron Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q51.00007: Hydrodynamics and Rheology of Active Liquid Crystals Zhenlu Cui Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q51.00008: Electrostatics-driven assembly of uni-lamellar catanionic facetted vesicles Cheuk-yui Leung, Liam Palmer, Sumit Kewalramani, Rastko Sknepnek, Graziano Vernizzi, Megan Greenfield, Samuel Stupp, Michael Bedzyk, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q51.00009: Modeling controlled release from responsive microgel capsules Alexander Alexeev, Hassan Masoud Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q51.00010: Thermoresponsive microcapsules for controlled release of hydrophilic cargo Esther Amstad, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q51.00011: A Nano Engineered Membrane for Oil-Water Separation Brian Solomon, Nasim Hyder, Kripa Varanasi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q51.00012: Tether formation on a settling vesicle Gwenn Boedec, Marc Jaeger, Marc Leonetti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q51.00013: Electrohydrodynamic instabilities of biomimetic bilayer membranes Jacopo Seiwert, Petia Vlahovska Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q51.00014: Polyoxometalate (POM) Nanocluster-Induced Phase Transition and Structural Disruption in Lipid Bilayers. Benxin Jing, Y. Elaine Zhu, Marie Hutin, Leroy Cronin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q51.00015: Liquid-to-solid transition in suspensions of swollen microgels Juan Jose Lietor-Santos, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Benjamin Sierra-Martin Preview Abstract

Session Q52: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics - Shells & Snapping

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD
Chair: Dominic Vella, Oxford University
Room: 153C

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q52.00001: Mechanics and Dynamics of a Snapping Arch Douglas Holmes, Matthieu Roch\'e, Tarun Sinha, Howard Stone Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q52.00002: Elastocapillary-driven snap-through instability Aurelie Fargette, Arnaud Antkowiak, Sebastien Neukirch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q52.00003: Fast Motion of Plants through mechanical instability: Mechanics without Muscles Qiaohang Guo, Zi Chen, Huang Zheng, Wenzhe Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q52.00004: Strange instabilities of simple elastic structures Davide Bigoni, Diego Misseroni, Giovanni Noselli, Daniele Zaccaria Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q52.00005: Materials with Tunable Behavior due to Constrained Instabilities: Performance and Stability Analysis Dennis Kochmann, Walter J. Drugan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q52.00006: Snap-Through of Graphene: An Elasto-Capillary Perspective Till Wagner, Dominic Vella Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q52.00007: Electromechanical phase transition in dielectric elastomers under uniaxial tension and electrical voltage Rui Huang, Zhigang Suo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q52.00008: Soft Dielectrics: Heterogeneity and Instabilities Stephan Rudykh, Gal deBotton, Kaushik Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q52.00009: Modeling of dielectric elastomeric materials: theory, finite element simulation, and applications David Henann, Katia Bertoldi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q52.00010: Giant linear voltage-induced deformation of a dielectric elastomer actuator Jian Zhu, Matthias Kollosche, Guggi Kofod, Zhigang Suo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q52.00011: Geometry-induced rigidity in pressurized elastic shells Pedro Reis, Bastiaan Florijn, Arnaud Lazarus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q52.00012: S-cones in thin shells under indentation Alice Nasto, Amin Ajdari, Arnaud Lazarus, Ashkan Vaziri, Pedro Reis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q52.00013: Folding and buckling pathways in spherical shells with soft spots Jayson Paulose, David Nelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q52.00014: Buckliballs: Buckling-Induced Pattern Transformation of Structured Elastic Shells katia bertoldi, Jongmin Shim, Claude J. Perdigou, Elizabeth R. Chen, Pedro M. Reis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q52.00015: Wrinkling of a collapsing viscous bubble James Bird, Howard Stone, John Bush Preview Abstract

Session Q53: Packing, Self-Assembly, and Granular Memory

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Salvatore Torquato, Princeton University
Room: 153B

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q53.00001: Cooperative effects in DNA nanotile attachment Corinna Maass, Lang Feng, Tong Wang, Ruojie Sha, Nadrian Seeman, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q53.00002: Minimal energy packings of weakly semiflexible polymers: Application to targeted self-assembly of nanostructures Jared Harwayne-Gidansky, Robert S. Hoy, Corey S. O'Hern Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q53.00003: Self-assembly of Low-coordinated Ground States via Monotonic Pair Potentials Etienne Marcotte, Frank H. Stillinger, Salvatore Torquato Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q53.00004: Dense packings of spheres in cylinders Adil Mughal, Ho-Kei Chan, Denis Weaire, Stefan Hutzler, Aaron Meagher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q53.00005: Novel structures from the densest binary sphere packings Adam Hopkins, Yang Jiao, Frank Stillinger, Salvatore Torquato Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q53.00006: Random and ordered phases of off-lattice rhombus tiles Stephen Whitelam, Isaac Tamblyn, Peter Beton, Juan Garrahan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q53.00007: Structure and stability of finite sphere packings via exact enumeration Robert S. Hoy, Jared Harwayne-Gidansky, Corey S. O'Hern Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q53.00008: Fabrication of sophisticated two-dimensional organic nanoarchitectures thought hydrogen bond mediated molecular self assembly Fabien Silly Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q53.00009: Exploiting Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers for Design and Fabrication of Patchy Particles Ines Pons-Siepermann, Sharon Glotzer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q53.00010: Entropy density and Mutual Information measures to quantify the complexity of a nanoscale system Ilya Grigorenko, Vincent Crespi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q53.00011: Road Usage Heterogeneity and Mitigation of Traffic Congestion Marta C. Gomzalez, Pu Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q53.00012: Rippling ``instability'' in granular jet impact is a memory effect Nicholas Guttenberg, Wendy Zhang, Jake Ellowitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q53.00013: Transient Memories in Non-Equilibrium Disordered Systems Joseph Paulsen, Sidney Nagel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q53.00014: Role of interaction in the formation of memories in paste Akio Nakahara, Yousuke Matsuo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q53.00015: Resonances arising from hydrodynamic memory - The Color of Brownian motion Sylvia Jeney, Matthias Grimm, Flavio Mor, Laszlo Forro, Thomas Franosch Preview Abstract

Session Q54: Superconductivity: Mesoscopic and Nanometer Scale

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Vladimir Orlyanchik, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room: 152

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		Q54.00001: Designing high-impedance/low-noise superinductances for quantum electronics Ioan Pop, Zlatko Minev, Nicholas Masluk, Archana Kamal, Michel Devoret Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		Q54.00002: Powerful coherent terahertz emission from $\rm{Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+\delta}}$ mesa array Timothy Benseman, Ken Gray, Alexei Koshelev, Wai-Kwong Kwok, Ulrich Welp, Hidetoshi Minami, Kazuo Kadowaki, Takashi Yamamoto Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		Q54.00003: DC SQUID RF magnetometer with 200 MHz bandwidth Vladimir Talanov, Nesco Lettsome, Antonio Orozco, Alfred Cawthorne, Valery Borzenets Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		Q54.00004: Wideband S-parameter characterization of DC-SQUID amplifiers at GHz frequencies Leonardo Ranzani, Lafe Spietz, Jose Aumentado Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		Q54.00005: Characterization of Low Noise Superconducting Microwave Amplifiers Ted White, R. Barends, J. Bochmann, B. Chiaro, Y. Chen, J. Kelly, M. Lenander, E. Lucero, M. Mariantoni, A. Megrant, C. Neill, P. O'Malley, P. Roushan, D. Sank, A. Vainsencher, J. Wenner, Y. Yin, Andrew Cleland, John M. Martinis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		Q54.00006: Shot noise measurements in diffusive wire NSN structures Martin Stehno, D.J. Van Harlingen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		Q54.00007: Toward a Passive Lossless on-Chip Circulator in the 4-8 GHz Range Lafe Spietz, Jose Aumentado Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		Q54.00008: Calibration of a Microfabricated Phonon Spectrometer Jared Hertzberg, Obafemi Otelaja, Richard Robinson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		Q54.00009: Microwave Spectroscopy of a Cooper-Pair Transistor Coupled to a Lumped-Element Resonator Matthew Bell, Lev Ioffe, Michael Gershenson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		Q54.00010: Superconducting Low-Inductance Undulatory Galvanometer Microwave Amplifier: Theory David Hover, Guilhem Ribeill, Yung-Fu Chen, Shaojiang Zhu, Robert McDermott Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		Q54.00011: Superconducting Low-inductance Undulatory Galvanometer Microwave Amplifier Shaojiang Zhu, David Hover, Guilhem Ribeill, Yung-Fu Chen, Robert McDermott Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		Q54.00012: Development and Implementation of a 1 GHz SQUID amplifier for the Axion Dark Matter Experiment Andrew Wagner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		Q54.00013: Quantum pumping of electrons at the Josephson frequency Francesco Giazotto, Panayotis Spathis, Stefano Roddaro, Subhajit Biswas, Fabio Taddei, Michele Governale, Lucia Sorba Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		Q54.00014: NIS cooler platform: from 300 mK to 100 mK Thomas Aref, Juha Muhonen, Hung Nguyen, Joonas Peltonen, Matthias Meschke, Jukka Pekola Preview Abstract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		Q54.00015: Implementation and test of an Levitov's n-electron coherent source Julie Dubois, Thibaut Jullien, Preden Roulleau, Fabien Portier, Patrice Roche, D. Christian Glattli Preview Abstract