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Session W1: Photonic Systems and Entanglement Generation

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Mohammad Hafezi, Joint Quantum Insitute, University of Maryland
Room: 203

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W1.00001: Efficient quantum computing using coherent photon conversion Nathan K. Langford, Sven Ramelow, Robert Prevedel, William J. Munro, Gerard J. Milburn, Anton Zeilinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W1.00002: Dephasing of multiparticle Rydberg excitations for fast entanglement generation F. Bariani, Y.O. Dudin, T.A.B Kennedy, A. Kuzmich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W1.00003: Unconventional ultra-efficient photon blockade and single-photon emitters from weakly nonlinear systems based on coupled cavities Motoaki Bamba, Cristiano Ciuti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W1.00004: Anomalous Stokes scattering by an atomic ensemble: detection of entanglement and vector metrology of field gradient Wang Yao, Hongyi Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W1.00005: Unique Properties and Prospects: Quantum Theory of the Orbital Angular Momentum of Ince-Gauss Beams William Plick, Mario Krenn, Robert Fickler, Sven Ramelow, Anton Zeilinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W1.00006: Entanglement of Ince-Gauss Modes of Photons Mario Krenn, Robert Fickler, William Plick, Radek Lapkiewicz, Sven Ramelow, Anton Zeilinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W1.00007: Entangling two spatially separated qubits via interaction with nonclassical radiation Eyob Sete, Sumanta Das Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W1.00008: Generating coherent states of entangled spins Hongyi Yu, Yu Luo, Wang Yao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W1.00009: Non-destructively probing matter-photon correlations described by the Dicke-Hubbard Lattice model Sara Rajaram, Nandini Trivedi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W1.00010: The Impact of Geometry on the TM PBGs of Photonic Crystals and Quasicrystals Lin Jia, Ion Bita, Edwin Thomas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W1.00011: A low-dimensional population-competition model for analyzing transverse optical patterns Y.C. Tse, M.H. Luk, N.H. Kwong, P.T. Leung, S. Schumacher, R. Binder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W1.00012: Phonon effects on analog quantum simulation with ultracold ions in a linear Paul trap C.-C. Joseph Wang, James Freericks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W1.00013: Entanglement Effects in Highly Dense Systems Samina Masood Preview Abstract

Session W2: Invited Session: Instrumentation and Measurement Science for Energy Research: PV and Batteries

Sponsoring Units: GIMS GERA
Chair: Daniel Johnstone, Semetrol and Wilhelmus Geerts, Texas State University, San Marcos
Room: 204AB

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W2.00001: Using Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS) to characterize defects in semiconductor devices Invited Speaker: David Lang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W2.00002: Role of Defects and Their Analysis in Photovoltaics Invited Speaker: Robert Opila Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W2.00003: The Integration of Scanning Electron Microscopy, Scanning Probe Microscopy, and Luminescence Spectroscopy in one Platform: New Opportunities and Applications in Photovoltaics Invited Speaker: Manuel Romero Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W2.00004: Li ion nanowire batteries and their \textit{in situ} characterization in the TEM Invited Speaker: Dmitry Ruzmetov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W2.00005: In-Situ TEM Electrochemistry of Individual Nanowire and Nanoparticle Electrodes in a Li-Ion Cell Invited Speaker: Jianyu Huang Preview Abstract

Session W3: Invited Session: Fractional Topological Insulators

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Shou Cheng Zhang, Stanford University
Room: 205AB

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W3.00001: Fractional Topological Insulators in 2 and 3 dimensions Invited Speaker: F.J. Burnell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W3.00002: Composite fermions for fractionally filled Chern bands Invited Speaker: R. Shankar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W3.00003: Fractional Topological Insulators Invited Speaker: Claudio Chamon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W3.00004: Generic Wavefunction Description of Fractional Quantum Anomalous Hall States and Fractional Topological Insulators Invited Speaker: Xiao-Liang Qi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W3.00005: Correlated topological insulators and the fractional magnetoelectric effect Invited Speaker: Brian Swingle Preview Abstract

Session W4: Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Alexey Gorshkov, Institute for Quantum Information, California Institute of Technology
Room: 205C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W4.00001: Revealing the Superfluid Lambda Transition in the Universal Thermodynamics of a Unitary Fermi Gas Mark Ku, Ariel Sommer, Lawrence Cheuk, Martin Zwierlein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W4.00002: Probing upper branch physics in strongly interacting Fermi gases Shizhong Zhang, Edward Taylor, William Schneider, Mohit Randeria Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W4.00003: Strongly interacting atomic Fermi gases in a trap with mass and population imbalances at finite temperature Jibiao Wang, Hao Guo, Qijin Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W4.00004: Two-particle current from Superfluid Fermi Gases in the BCS-BEC Crossover Emiko Arahata, Tetsuro Nikuni Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W4.00005: Feshbach resonances and BCS-BEC crossover in optical lattices Zhaochuan Shen, Leo Radzihovsky, Victor Gurarie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W4.00006: Resonant enhancement of the FFLO state in 3D by an optical potential Jeroen Devreese, Serghei Klimin, Michiel Wouters, Jacques Tempere Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W4.00007: Single magnetic impurity in a spin-imbalanced superfluid Fermi gas Jian Li, Chin-Sen Ting Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W4.00008: Proposal for interferometric detection of the topological character of modulated superfluidity in ultracold Fermi gases Mason Swanson, Yen Lee Loh, Nandini Trivedi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W4.00009: A single impurity atom in a two-dimensional Fermi gas Jesper Levinsen, Meera Parish Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W4.00010: Realization of a Resonant Fermi Gas with a Large Effective Range Eric Hazlett, Yi Zhang, Ron Stites, Ken O'Hara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W4.00011: Anomalous Dimers in Quantum Mixtures near Broad Resonances:Pauli Blocking, Fermi Surface Dynamics and Implications Junliang Song, Fei Zhou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W4.00012: Unpolarized Fermi gas in squeezed anisotropic harmonic trap by Quantum Monte Carlo methods Xin Li, Lubos Mitas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W4.00013: A Theory for Normal Fermi Gases at Unitarity Erik Weiler, Theja De Silva Preview Abstract

Session W5: Thin Film Growth and Processing

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Laurent Henn-Lecordier, Cambridge Nanotechnologies
Room: 206A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W5.00001: Etch induced losses in high Q-value superconducting resonators Martin Sandberg, Michael Vissers, Jeff Kline, Martin Weides, Jiansong Gao, David Wisebey, David Pappas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W5.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W5.00003: Atomic Layer Deposition Films as Diffusion Barriers for Silver Artifacts Amy Marquardt, Eric Breitung, Terry Drayman-Weisser, Glenn Gates, Gary W. Rubloff, Ray J. Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W5.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W5.00005: Normal versus anomalous roughening of electrodeposited Prussian Blue layers Andre Pasa, Marilia Alamini, Rene da Silva, Vinicius Zoldan, Eduardo Isoppo, Ubirajara Rodrigues-Filho, Fabio Aarao Reis, Aloisio Klein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W5.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W5.00007: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO X50.00007 Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W5.00008: Continuum Description of Atomistics for Nanomechanics of Grain Boundary Embrittlement in FCC Metals K.-S. Kim, C.-K. Wang, M.-H. Cha, H. B. Chew Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W5.00009: Coherent Surface X-ray Scattering: Observation of Pt (001) Step-Flow Motion Michael Pierce, Daniel Hennessy, Kee-Chul Chang, Vladimir Komanicky, Joseph Strzalka, Alec Sandy, Andi Barbour, Hoydoo You Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W5.00010: Study of Electrode Surface Dynamics Using Coherent Surface X-ray Scattering Hoydoo You, Michael Pierce, Vladimir Komanicky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W5.00011: Effect of tensile misfit dislocation on diffusion of Ni adatom on Ni/Cu(111): a Molecular Dynamics study Oleg Trushin, Maral Aminpour, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W5.00012: Enhancement of Ag Cluster Mobility on Ag(111) Surface by clustering with Chlorine Yu-Ning Wu, Hai-Ping Cheng, Nouari Keba\"Ili, Albert Masson, Catherine Br\'echignac Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W5.00013: Growth and Characterization of Metal Oxides Layers on CVD Graphene A. Matsubayashi, J. Abel, D.P. Sinha, J.U. Lee, V.P. LaBella Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W5.00014: Ab-initio study on stabilized ZnO (0001) polar surface with graphene substrate Guo-hong Chen, Hong-jun Xiang, Xin-gao Gong Preview Abstract

Session W6: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotube Synthesis, Structure and Defects

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: David Tomanek, Michigan State University
Room: 206B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W6.00001: Chirality selective growth of carbon nanotubes from one-dimensional fusion of aromatic compounds Hong En Lim, Yasumitsu Miyata, Ryo Kitaura, Hiromichi Kataura, Hisanori Shinohara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W6.00002: Hierarchical 3D microstructures from pyrolysis of epoxy resin Michael De Volder, Dominiek Reynaerts, Chris Van Hoof, A. John Hart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W6.00003: Semiconducting nanotube dominant chemical vapor deposition synthesis of isopropanol carbon feedstock Yuchi Che, Chuan Wang, Jia Liu, Xue Lin, H.-S. Philip Wong, Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W6.00004: Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes Produced From Thermal Decomposition of Nickellocene Herbert Vinson, Baleeswaraiah Muchharla, X. Zhang, Amelia Church, Vaiva Krungleviciute, S. Kar, Aldo Migone, Saikat Talapatra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W6.00005: Covalently Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Electronics Delphine Bouilly, Janie Cabana, Fran\c{c}ois Meunier, Fran\c{c}ois Lapointe, Francis L. Larouche, Matthieu Paillet, Richard Martel, Maxime Desjardins-Carri\`ere, Philippe Gagnon, Elyse Adam Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:51PM		W6.00006: Mechanocapillary forming of carbon nanotube microstructures Invited Speaker: A. John Hart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W6.00007: {\em Ab initio} studies of defects in carbon nanofoam structures David Tomanek, Zhen Zhu, Arkady Krasheninnikov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W6.00008: Energetical Stability of Near-Armchair Carbon Nanotubes: A Systematic First-Principles Study Koichiro Kato, Takashi Koretsune, Susumu Saito Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W6.00009: Diameter and Chiral Selective Purification of SWNT and DWNT Using CO$_2$ Philippe Gagnon, Maxime Biron, Maxime Desjardins-Carriere, Emmanuel Flahaut, Patrick Desjardins, Richard Martel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W6.00010: Radial Elasticity Measurement of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes by Atomic Force Microscopy Yuehai Yang, Wenzhi Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W6.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W6.00012: Synthesis and high temperature stability of amorphous Si(B)CN-MWCNT composite nanowires Romil Bhandavat, Gurpreet Singh Preview Abstract

Session W7: Focus Session: Graphene Devices - Mechanical Effects

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Kirill Bolotin, Vanderbilt University
Room: 207

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W7.00001: Nanomechanical Field-Effect Magnetometry in Graphene Invited Speaker: James Hone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W7.00002: High frequency graphene resonators Kevin Fischer, Britt Baugher, Tchefor Ndukum, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W7.00003: Optical Detection of Vibrations and Mass Loading of Graphene Mechanical Resonators Compatible with TEM and AFM Benjamin Aleman, Michael Rousseas, Yisheng Yang, Will Regan, Feng Wang, Alex Zettl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W7.00004: Graphene xylophone: Mechanical properties of graphene based nano resonators Sang Wook Lee, Hakseong Kim, Hoyeol Yun, Jeong-Ah Lee, Youngwook Kim, Jun Sung Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W7.00005: Cavity Optomechanics with Graphene Resonators Robert Barton, Isaac Storch, Vivekananda Adiga, Reyu Sakakibara, Si Ping Wang, Peijie Ong, B. Ilic, Paul McEuen, Jeevak Parpia, Harold Craighead Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W7.00006: Ultrathin circular membranes with high quality factors Vivekananda Adiga, Rob Ilic, Rob Barton, Jeevak Parpia, Harold Craighead Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W7.00007: Novel Fabrication Techniques for Wafer-Scale Graphene Drum NanoElectroMechanical Resonators Sunwoo Lee, Changyao Chen, Vikram V. Deshpande, Gwan Hyoung Lee, Isaac Storch, Congchun Zhang, Young-Jun Yu, Philip Kim, Paul McEuen, James Hone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W7.00008: Graphene NanoElectroMechanical Oscillator Changyao Chen, Vikram Deshpande, Sunwoo Lee, Philip Kim, James Hone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W7.00009: Uniaxially Strained Graphene Resonators Hiram Conley, Kirill Bolotin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W7.00010: Local Optical Probe of Motion and Stress in a NEMS Antoine Reserbat-Plantey, La\"etitia Marty, Olivier Arcizet, Nedjma Bendiab, Vincent Bouchiat Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W7.00011: Nonlinear Damping Mechanism in Mechanical Graphene Resonators. Alexander Croy, Daniel Midtvedt, Andreas Isacsson, Jari M. Kinaret Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W7.00012: Graphene Nanoelectromechanical Systems are Unique Tchefor Ndukum, Britt Baugher, Kevin Fischer, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W7.00013: Current-induced forces in graphene-based nanoelectromechanical systems Silvia Viola Kusminskiy Preview Abstract

Session W8: Focus Session: Frustrated Magnetism - Pyrochlore lattice

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Chris Wiebe, University of Winnipeg
Room: 208

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W8.00001: Topological phases in R2Ir2O7 Gang Chen, Michael Hermele Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W8.00002: Muon Spin Relaxation Studies of Pyrochlore Iridates R$_2$Ir$_2$O$_7$, (R= Y, Yb, and Nd) Steven Disseler, Chetan Dhital, Stephen Wilson, Sean Giblin, Alex Amato, Chris Baines, Michael Graf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W8.00003: Chiral RKKY interaction in Pr2Ir2O7 Rebecca Flint, T. Senthil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W8.00004: Emergent spin superstructures and degeneracy in models of itinerant magnets Sanjeev Kumar, Joern Venderbos, Maria Daghofer, Jeroen van den Brink Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W8.00005: Resolving magnetic frustration in a Laves lattice Jiyang Wang, Yejun Feng, Rafael Jaramillo, Jasper van Wezel, Paul Canfield, Thomas Rosenbaum Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W8.00006: Neutron Diffraction Investigation of Magnetic and Orbital Order in FeV$_{2}$O$_{4}$ G.J. MacDougall, A.A. Aczel, V.O. Garlea, H.D. Zhou, S.E. Nagler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W8.00007: Universal exchange-driven phonon splitting Joachim Deisenhofer, Christian Kant, Michael Schmidt, Zhe Wang, Franz Mayr, Vladimir Tsurkan, Alois Loidl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W8.00008: First-principles study of the structural and magnetic phase transition in CdCr$_2$O$_4$ Anil Kumar, Karin Rabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W8.00009: Frustration and Jahn-Teller ordering in magnetic spinel oxides Moureen Kemei, Stephanie Moffitt, Matthew Suchomel, Daniel Shoemaker, Ram Seshadri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W8.00010: Ultrasound Velocity Measurements in the Geometrically Frustrated Spinel MgCr$_2$O$_4$ Tadataka Watanabe, Yusuke Kousaka, Keisuke Tomiyasu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W8.00011: Magnetic correlations and magnetic order in the pyrochlore Er$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ S.H. Curnoe, P. Dalmas de R\'eotier, A. Yaouanc, Y. Chapuis, B. Grenier, E. Ressouche, C. Marin, C. Lago, C. Baines, S.R. Giblin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W8.00012: Low Temperature Spin Structure of Gadolinium Titanate Behnam Javanparast, Paul McClarty, Michel Gingras Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W8.00013: Elastic properties of the titanate pyrochlore Tb$_{2}$Ti$_{2}$O$_{7}$ V. Keppens, Y. Luan, A. Migliori, J. Betts, H.D. Zhou, H.A. Dabkowska, B.D. Gaulin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W8.00014: Imaging Magnetic Order in Magnetostructural Phases of Mn3O4 Xu Wang, Minjung Kim, S.L. Cooper, Raffi Budakian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W8.00015: Spin state of Mn$_{3}$O$_{4}$ investigated by $^{55}$Mn NMR Euna Jo, Kyongmo An, JeongHyun Shim, Changsoo Kim, Soonchil Lee Preview Abstract

Session W9: Focus Session: Complex Bulk Oxides: Multiferroics

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Pat Woodward, Ohio State University
Room: 209

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W9.00001: Evolution of spin wave excitations in Sr$_{2}$FeSi$_{2}$O$_{7}$ under an external magnetic field Kazuki Iida, Jooseop Lee, Naoyuki Katayama, Sungdae Ji, Israel Klich, Seunghun Lee, Duc Le, Sung Chang, Taehwan Jang, Yoonhee Jeong, Sangwook Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W9.00002: THz spectroscopy of spin waves in multiferroic Ba$_2$CoGe$_2$O$_7$ in high magnetic fields Urmas Nagel, T. R\~o\~om, S. Bord\'acs, D. Szaller, I. K\'ezsm\'arki, H. Engelkamp, J. Romh\'anyi, K. Penc, L. Demk\'o, N. Kida, H. Murakawa, Y. Onose, R. Shimano, S. Miyahara, N. Furukawa, Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W9.00003: Ground State Properties and Magnetodielectric Coupling in Sm$_{0.5}$Nd$_{0.5}$Fe$_{3}$(BO$_{3})_{4}$ C.S. Nelson, R.P.S.M. Lobo, L.N. Bezmaternykh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W9.00004: Spin-driven ferroelectricity in ferroaxial crystals Invited Speaker: Laurent Chapon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W9.00005: Multiferroic behavior in trimerized Mott insulators Yoshitomo Kamiya, Cristian Batista Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W9.00006: Electric field control of magnetic chiralities in ferroaxial multiferroic RbFe(MoO$_{4})_{2}$ Alexander J. Hearmon, Federica Fabrizi, Laurent C. Chapon, Roger Johnson, P. Jane Brown, Paolo G. Radaelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W9.00007: Electric field control of nonvolatile four-state magnetization at room temperature Sae Hwan Chun*, Yi Sheng Chai*, Byung-Gu Jeon, Hyung Joon Kim, Yoon Seok Oh, Ingyu Kim, Hanbit Kim, Byeong Jo Jeon, So Young Haam, Ju-Young Park, Suk Ho Lee, Kee Hoon Kim, Jae-Ho Chung, Jae-Hoon Park Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W9.00008: Magnetoelectric Effects and Related Phenomena in Spin-spiral Hexaferrites Invited Speaker: Tsuyoshi Kimura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W9.00009: Pressure-induced Polarization Reversal in Z-type Hexaferrite Single Crystal Byung-Gu Jeon, Sae Hwan Chun, Kee Hoon Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W9.00010: The complex multiferroic phase diagram of Mn$_{1-x}$Co$_x$WO$_4$ B. Lorenz, K.-C. Liang, Y. Q. Wang, Y.Y. Sun, F. Ye, J.A. Fernandez-Baca, H.A. Mook, C.W. Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W9.00011: Spin flop transition in the multiferroic Mn$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$WO$_{4}$ studied by neutron diffraction Feng Ye, Songxue Chi, Huibo Cao, Jaime Fernandez-Baca, Bernd Lorenz, Yaqi Wang, P.W. Chu Preview Abstract

Session W10: Invited Session: Novel Bose-Einstein Condensates: Photons, Excitons, Magnons, Rydberg Atoms, and Polar Molecules

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Martin Weitz, Institute fuer Angewandte Physik, Universitaet Bonn
Room: 210A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W10.00001: Bose-Einstein condensation of photons Invited Speaker: Martin Weitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W10.00002: Superfluid Phase Transition of Long-Lifetime Polaritons Invited Speaker: David Snoke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W10.00003: BEC of magnons at room temperature and spatio-temporal properties of magnon condensate Invited Speaker: Sergej Demokritov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W10.00004: An ultracold high-density sample of rovibronic ground-state molecules in an optical lattice Invited Speaker: Hans-Christoph Naegerl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W10.00005: BEC of Rydberg atoms Invited Speaker: Matthias Weidemueller Preview Abstract

Session W11: Focus Session: Graphene Structure, Stacking, Interactions: Local Probes and Microscopy

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Phillip First, Georgia Institue of Technology
Room: 210B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W11.00001: Direct Imaging of a Two-Dimensional Silica Glass on Graphene P.Y. Huang, S. Kurasch, A. Srivastava, V. Skakalova, J. Kotakoski, A.V. Krasheninnikov, R.M. Hovden, Q. Mao, J.C. Meyer, J. Smet, D.A. Muller, U. Kaiser Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W11.00002: Imaging defects on epitaxial graphene/SiC(0001) using non-contact AFM with a Q-plus sensor Y. Liu, L. Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W11.00003: Direct Imaging of Charged Impurities in Substrates used for Graphene Devices K.M. Burson, C.R. Dean, P. Kim, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, S. Adam, A.E. Curtin, W.G. Cullen, M.S. Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W11.00004: Self-Organized Graphene Nanoribbons on SiC(0001) Studied with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy David Torrance, Baiqian Zhang, Tien Hoang, Phillip First Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W11.00005: Imaging epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001) using STM with functionalized W tips S.H. Rhim, Y. Qi, G.F. Sun, Y. Liu, M. Weinert, L. Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W11.00006: Scanned probe studies of dielectric screening and charge puddles in epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001) A.E. Curtin, A. Imtiaz, T.M. Wallis, P. Kabos, R.L. Myers-Ward, C.R. Eddy, Jr., L.O. Nyakiti, V.D. Wheeler, D.K. Gaskill Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W11.00007: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Mechanically-Stacked Double Layer Graphene Hongwoo Baek, Jeonghoon Ha, Beomyong Hwang, Jeonghoon Kwon, Joseph Stroscio, Young Kuk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W11.00008: Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Potassium on Graphene Daniel Cormode, Brian LeRoy, Matthew Yankowitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W11.00009: Nanoscale electronic and optical investigations of functionalized graphene Ozgun Suzer, Jongweon Cho, Joseph Smerdon, Li Gao, Nathan Guisinger, Jeffrey Guest Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W11.00010: Three Different Translations Can Each Convert the Top Plane of Graphite to Graphene D. Qi, P. Xu, Y. Yang, M.L. Ackerman, S.D. Barber, J.K. Schoelz, L. Bellaiche, Salvador Barraza-Lopez, P.M. Thibado, Igor A. Kornev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W11.00011: Graphene on Ru(0001): The four hills in the 25 on 23 structure Thomas Greber, Marcella Iannuzzi, Haifeng Ma, Irakli Kalichava, Haitao Zhou, Geng Li, Yi Zhao, Steven Leake, Oliver Bunk, Honjun Gao, J\"urg Hutter, Phil Willmott Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W11.00012: Thickness Determination of Multilayer Graphene Using Transmission Electron Microscopy Brian Shevitski, Matthew Mecklenburg, Jonathan Wassei, Richard Kaner, Bruce Weiller, E.R. White, Ben Dawson, Masa Ishigami, B.C. Regan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W11.00013: High resolution transmission electron microscopy of lattice dynamics of graphene Jian-Hao Chen, Nasim Alem, Abhay Gautam, Martin Linck, Christian Kisielowski, Alex Zettl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W11.00014: High resolution transmission electron microscope Imaging and first-principles simulations of atomic-scale features in graphene membrane Wei Wang, Sagar Bhandari, Wei Yi, David Bell, Robert Westervelt, Efthimios Kaxiras Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W11.00015: Interference effects in electronic transport in mesoscopic graphene Lingli Wang, Victor A. Gopar, Shan-Wen Tsai Preview Abstract

Session W12: Focus Session: Graphene: Growth, Mechanical Exfoliation, and Properties - Exfoliation and Doping

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Christopher Russo, Harvard University
Room: 210C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W12.00001: Graphene Carrier Control and Band Gap Formation through Stacked Graphene Sheets Invited Speaker: Glenn Jernigan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W12.00002: Atomic characterization of monolayer doped graphene sheets synthesized by chemical vapor deposition R.T. Lu, Q. Li, A. Botello-M\'endez, J.C. Charlier, B. Wang, A. Berkdemir, H.R. Guti\'errez, J. Zhu, H. Terrones, M.H. Pan, M. Terrones Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W12.00003: Graphene melting by molecular dynamics simulations Brad Steele, Romain Perriot, Vasily Zhakhovsky, Ivan Oleynik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W12.00004: Unexpected Structures for Intercalation of Sodium in Epitaxial SiC-Graphene Interfaces Andreas Sandin, Thushari Jayasekera, J. E. (Jack) Rowe, Ki-Wook K, Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli, Daniel B. Dougherty Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W12.00005: Electron phonon renormalization in N-doped graphene Ramakrishna Podila, Paola Ayala, John Spear, Thomas Pichler, Apparao Rao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W12.00006: Transport properties of pristine and doped graphene Pooja Puneet, Ramakrishna Podila, Luciana Oliveira, Terry Tritt, Apparao Rao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W12.00007: Experimental investigation of carrier quantum confinement in graphene quantum dots and nanoribbons Kiran Lingam, Ramakrishna Podila, Apparao Rao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W12.00008: Scanned Probe Measurements of Graphene on Ferroelectrics Scott Scharfenberg, Ruijuan Xu, Christoph Baeumer, Moonsub Shim, Lane Martin, Nadya Mason Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W12.00009: Can Structured Mixed Solvents be Used for Graphene Exfoliation? Andrew Oyer, Chetan Hire, Jan-Michael Carrillo, Alexandru Asandei, Douglas Adamson, Andrey Dobrynin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W12.00010: Fabrication and Characterization of folded Graphene on Graphite David Costa Milan, Giovanni Saenz Arce, Mohammed Moaied, Maria Jose Caturla, Juan Jose Palacios, Carlos Untiedt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W12.00011: Controlling desorption of H, O, atoms and OH group from graphene by pulse laser Yoshiyuki Miyamoto, Hong Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W12.00012: Graphene on Au-coated SiO$_{x}$ substrate: Its visibility and intrinsic core-level photoemission Chung-Lin Wu, Jhih-Wei Chen, Chiang-Lun Wang, Chia-Hao Chen, Yi-Chun Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W12.00013: Stage-1 intercalation compounds of few graphene layers by anhydrous ferric chloride PingHeng Tan, WeiJie Zhao, Jian Liu, Andrea Ferrari Preview Abstract

Session W13: Focus Session: Low-Dimensional and Molecular Magnetism - Metallorganics and Spincrossover Molecular Magnets

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Richard Klemm, University of Central Florida
Room: 211

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W13.00001: Magnetic properties of selected Prussian Blue Analogs (PBAs) Manjita Shrestha, Sourav Adak, Heinz Nakotte, Luke L. Daemen, Monika Harlt, Vivien Zapf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W13.00002: Persistent Photocontrolled Magnetism in Core-Shell Prussian Blue Analogues Elisabeth S. Knowles, Matthieu F. Dumont, Marcus K. Peprah, Mark W. Meisel, Carissa H. Li, Daniel R. Talham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W13.00003: Pressure-induced local lattice distortions in Co(dca)$_2$ J.L. Musfeldt, Z. Liu, A. Litvinchuk, T.V. Brinzari, G.L. Carr, J.A. Schlueter, J.L. Manson, M.-H. Whangbo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W13.00004: Magnetotransport Properties of Switchable Valence Tautomer Films William Rice, Frank Tsui, Daniel Stasiw, Robert Schmidt, David Shultz, Robert Bruce, Wei You Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W13.00005: Computational studies of the Fe(II) spin crossover compound Fe[H$_2$B(pz)$_2$]$_2$(bpy) Yifeng Chen, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W13.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W13.00007: Highly Unquenched Orbital Moment In Fe Phthalocyanine Invited Speaker: Juan Bartolome Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W13.00008: Theoretical modelling of exchange interactions in metal-phthalocyanines Wei Wu, Andrew Fisher, Nic Harrison, Michele Serri, Zhenlin Wu, Sandrine Heutz, Tim Jones, Gabriel Aeppli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W13.00009: Magneto-optical spectroscopic studies of solid and solution-phase tetra-phenyl porphyrin Jacob Wahlen-Strothman, Zhen Wen Pan, Cody Lamarche, Lane Manning, Naveen Rawat, Takahisa Tokumoto, Stephen McGill, Madalina Furis, Kelvin Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W13.00010: Spin exchange interaction in quasi-1D Cu-phthalocyanine crystalline thin film measured by Magnetic Circular Dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy Zhenwen Pan, Naveen Rawat, Cody Lamarche, Takahisa Tokumoto, Anthony Wetherby, Rory Waterman, Randy Headrick, Steve Mcgill, Madalina Furis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W13.00011: Introducing copper phthalocyanine as a qubit Marc Warner, Salahud Din, Jules Gardener, Gavin W. Morley, Wei Wu, Marshall Stoneham, Andrew J. Fisher, Sandrine Heutz, Christopher W. M. Kay, Gabriel Aeppli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W13.00012: Structure-Controlled Coercivity of Low-Dimensional Metallo-Organic Thin Films Thomas Gredig, Matthew Byrne, Brian Cacha, Jacob Kalmanir, Mathew Werber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W13.00013: The Otto thermodynamic cycle using the magnetic molecule Ni$_2$ Wolfgang H\"{u}bner, Chuanding Dong, Georgios Lefkidis Preview Abstract

Session W14: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors - Ferromagnetism and Spin Dynamics in Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: John Peters, Northwestern University
Room: 212

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W14.00001: Spin Dynamics in Bi2Se3 / GaAs Heterostructures Andrew L. Yeats, Paul V. Klimov, Bob B. Buckley, Anthony Richardella, Duming M. Zhang, Nitin Samarth, Michael E. Flatte, David D. Awschalom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W14.00002: Optical Aharonov-Bohm Effect in Al$_{0.08}$Ga$_{0.92}$As/Al$_{.25}$Ga$_{0.75}$As Quantum Wells Andreas Russ, Lars Schweidenback, Joseph Murphy, Alexander Cartwright, Athos Petrou, George Kioseoglou, Alexander Govorov, Aubrey Hanbicki, Berend Jonker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W14.00003: Optical response of relativistic electrons in the polar BiTeI semiconductor J.S. Lee, G.A.H. Schober, M.S. Bahramy, H. Murakawa, Y. Onose, R. Arita, N. Nagaosa, Y. Tokura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W14.00004: Room temperature ferromagnetism in transparent conducting Fe-doped In$_{2}$O$_{3}$ films Michael Osofsky, Heungsoo Kim, Michael Miller, Seyed Qadri, Raymond Auyeung, Alberto Pique Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W14.00005: Selective optical excitation of in-plane and out-of-plane spin polarizations with linearly polarized light in InGaAs Stefan Goebbels, Frederik Klein, Philipp Schaefers, Markus Hagedorn, Klaus Schmalbuch, Gernot Guentherodt, Mihail Lepsa, Thomas Schaepers, Bernd Beschoten Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W14.00006: Carrier Dynamics in Narrow Gap Ferromagnetic Semiconductors D. Saha, X. Pan, G.D. Sanders, C.J. Stanton, M. Bhowmick, T. Merritt, G.A. Khodaparast, C. Feeser, B.W. Wessels, S. McGill Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W14.00007: Ferromagnetism in cobalt-doped SrTiO3 on Si grown by molecular beam epitaxy Agham Posadas, Chandrima Mitra, Alexander Demkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W14.00008: Two-dimensional MnGaN Layer formed by Nitridation of Mn $\surd $3 $\times $ $\surd $3-R30 structure on Wurtzite GaN (000\underline {1}) Meng Shi, Abhijit Chinchore, Yinhao Liu, Arthur Smith Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W14.00009: Structural transition and giant spintronic response of two dimensional Manganese-Gallium $\surd $3$\times \surd $3 R30\r{ } surface structure Abhijit Chinchore, Meng Shi, Wenzhi Lin, Kangkang Wang, Yianghao Liu, Arthur Smith, Valeria Ferrari, Andrea Barral, Ana Maria Llois Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W14.00010: Spinglass Dynamics of Amorphous Ferromagnetic Ge:Mn Samaresh Guchhait, Sanjay Banerjee, Raymond Orbach Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W14.00011: Magnetism in Iron-Titanium Oxide Nanostructures Pegah Hosseinpour, Eugen Panaitescu, Laura H. Lewis, Latika Menon, Don Heiman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W14.00012: Magnetoluminescence Studies of Mn-doped PbS Quantum Dots Biplob Barman, Yutsung Tsai, Gen Long, Savas Delikanli, Athos Petrou, Hao Zeng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W14.00013: All-Optical observation of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in a 2D electron system Yang Ji, Xuan Qian, Vladimir Umansky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W14.00014: Confinement and Diffusion Effects in Dynamical Nuclear Polarization in Low Dimensional Nanostructures Dan Henriksen, Ionel Tifrea Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W14.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session W15: Focus Session: Spins in Metals - Domain Wall, Vortex, Magnonic Based Devices

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP GMAG
Chair: Peter Fischer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: 213

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W15.00001: High speed domain wall motion in MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions driven by perpendicular current injection P.J. Metaxas, A. Chanthbouala, R. Matsumoto, V. Cros, A. Anane, J. Grollier, A. Fert, K.A. Zvezdin, A. Fukushima, S. Yuasa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W15.00002: Thermal activation energy for domain wall motion in out-of-plane magnetized submicron strips Satoru Emori, Geoffrey Beach Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W15.00003: Intrinsic domain wall flexing from current-induced spin torque Elizabeth Golovatski, Michael Flatt\'e Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W15.00004: Spinmotive force due to domain wall motion in high field regime Jun'ichi Ieda, Yuta Yamane, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W15.00005: All-magnonic spin-transfer torque and domain wall propagation X.R. Wang, P. Yan, X.S. Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W15.00006: Disentangling the physical contributions to the anomalous Hall effect and domain wall resistance in isoelectronic L1$_{0}$-FePd and L1$_{0}$-FePt alloys Klaus Seemann, Felipe Garcia-Sanchez, Attila Kakay, Claus Schneider, Frank Freimuth, Yuriy Mokrousov, Stefan Bluegel, Riccardo Hertel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W15.00007: Stochastic dynamics of vortex cores in a pinning potential observed via torsional magnetometry Alastair Fraser, Jacob Burgess, Joseph Losby, Fatemeh FaniSani, Doug Vick, Wayne Hiebert, John Davis, Mark Freeman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W15.00008: Dimensionality crossover in magnetic vortex dynamics Te-Yu Chen, Michael Erickson, Andrew Galkiewicz, Chris Leighton, Paul Crowell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W15.00009: Magnonic band gaps in films with periodically modified surfaces Rodrigo Arias, Claudio Jarufe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W15.00010: Manipulation of propagating spin waves in straight and curved magnetic microstrips Arabinda Haldar, Hau-Jian Liu, Helmut Schultheiss, Katrin Vogt, Axel Hoffmann, Kristen Buchanan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W15.00011: Dynamics of wavepacket of magnetostatic spin wave in magnet Ryo Matsumoto, Shuichi Murakami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W15.00012: Nonlinear Behavior for the Uniform Mode and Horizontal Standing Spin Wave Modes in Metallic Ferromagnetic Microstrips: Experiment and Theory B.W. Southern, M.P. Wismayer, X.L. Fan, Y.S. Gui, C.-M. Hu, R.E. Camley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W15.00013: Efficient computation of Magnon dispersions within Time Dependent Density Functional Theory Using Maximally Localized Wannier Functions Bruno Rousseau, Asier Eiguren, Aitor Bergara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W15.00014: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of Transition Metal Ions: New Relativistic Effects at High Magnetic Fields Ayodeji Awobode Preview Abstract

Session W16: Quantum Criticality

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Kevin Bedell, Boston College
Room: 251

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W16.00001: Pairing of critical Fermi-surface states Max Metlitski, David Mross, Subir Sachdev, Todadri Senthil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W16.00002: Fractionalized Fermi liquids as ground states of single band tJ models Matthias Punk, Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W16.00003: Doping the Kane-Mele-Hubbard model: A Slave-Boson Approach Jun Wen, Mehdi Kargarian, Abolhassan Vaezi, Gregory Fiete Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W16.00004: Stripe melting and quantum criticality in correlated metals David Mross, Senthil Todadri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W16.00005: Quantum Criticality for Extended Nodes on the Bethe Lattice James Murray, Adrian Del Maestro, Zlatko Tesanovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W16.00006: Quantum Criticality on Graphs Adrian Del Maestro, James Murray, Zlatko Tesanovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W16.00007: Entropic Signatures of Quantum Criticality in Itinerant Ferromagnets and Metamagnetic Systems Jianda Wu, Lijun Zhu, Qimiao Si, Andreas Rost, Andy Mackenzie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W16.00008: Quantum criticality in a dissipative (2+1)-dimensional $XY$ model of circulating currents in high-$T_{\rm c}$ cuprates Iver B. Sperstad, Einar B. Stiansen, Asle Sudbo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W16.00009: Strong Electron Correlation by Virtual Phonon Exchange in Jahn-Teller Crystals Michael Kaplan, George Zimmerman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W16.00010: Features of Fermi Systems near $\ell$=0 Pomeranchuk Instabilities: A Crossing Symmetric Approach Kelly Reidy, Khandker Quader, Kevin Bedell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W16.00011: Phase reconstruction near to the two-dimensional ferromagnetic quantum critical point Chris Pedder, Una Karahasanovic, Frank Kruger, Andrew Green Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W16.00012: Divergence of the effective mass in a strongly-interacting 2D electron system Shiqi Li, Anish Mokashi, Bo Wen, S.V. Kravchenko, A.A. Shashkin, V.T. Dolgopolov, M.P. Sarachik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W16.00013: A New View of the Mott-Hubbard Transition: Renormalization of the Fermi-Surface Topology Luca Fausto Tocchio, Federico Becca, Claudius Gros Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W16.00014: Detecting Quantum Phase Transitions using Classical Noises Yan Chen, Yinchen He Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W16.00015: Topological non-Fermi liquids and continuous transitions to Fermi liquids in fractional Chern states John McGreevy, Maissam Barkeshli Preview Abstract

Session W17: Optics of Semiconductor Nanowires

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Steve Erwin, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 252A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W17.00001: Scalable Synthesis of Vertically Aligned, Catalyst-Free Gallium Arsenide Nanowire Arrays -- Towards Optimized Optical Absorption and Reflection. Maoqing Yao, Anuj Madaria, ChunYung Chi, Chenxi Lin, Ningfeng Huang, Ruijuan Li, Michelle Povinelli, Daniel Dapkus, Chongwu Zhou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W17.00002: Theory of photoluminescence polarization reversal in GaAs nanowires W.R.L. Lambrecht, T. Cheiwchanchamnangij, T. Birkel, Al. L. Efros Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W17.00003: Phonon Spectrum and Thermal Properties of free standing $<$100$>$ and $<$111$>$ InGaAs alloy nanowires Mehdi Salmani Jelodar, Abhijeet Paul, Timothy Boykin, Gerhard Klimeck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W17.00004: How and why a magnetized quantum wire can act as an optical amplifier Manvir Kushwaha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W17.00005: Electronic band structure calculations of bismuth-antimony nanowires Andrei Levin, Mildred Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W17.00006: Gas phase interactions with bare and gold nanoparticle decorated gallium nitride nanowires by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy Ishwar Niraula, Blaise-Alexis kengne, David McIlroy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W17.00007: Genomic design of strong direct-gap optical transition in Si/Ge core/multishell nanowires Lijun Zhang, Mayeul d'Avezac, Jun-Wei Luo, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W17.00008: Axially-Resolved Luminescence of Individual ZnSe Nanowires S.K. Hark, Junping Zhuang, Wai-ning Mei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W17.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W17.00010: Studies of electronic excitations of rectangular ZnO nanorods by electron energy-loss spectroscopy Chien-Ting Wu, Ming-Wen Chu, Chuan-Pu Liu, Kuei-Hsien Chen, Li-Chyong Chen, Chun-Wei Chen, Cheng-Hsuan Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W17.00011: Precise investigation of optical/electronic fine structures of nanostructures via cathodoluminescence spectroscopy Dapeng Yu, Xinli Zhu, Jiasen Zhang, Zhimin Liao, Xiaobing Han, Qiang Fu, Wanlin Guo, Xuewen Fu, Jun Xu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W17.00012: Raman scattering study of mixed metal oxide Ir$_{x}$Ru$_{1-x}$O$_{2}$ nanowires grown by chemical vapor deposition Hae-Young Shin, Yumin Lee, Sung Hee Chun, Jaeyeon Lee, Myung Hwa Kim, Seokhyun Yoon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W17.00013: Strain effects in polytypical wurtzite/zinc-blend nanowhiskers Guilherme Sipahi, Paulo Faria Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W17.00014: Quantum Zigzag Phase Transition in Quantum Wires Abhijit C. Mehta, Cyrus J. Umrigar, Harold U. Baranger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W17.00015: Raman Spectroscopy and Strain Mapping in Individual Ge- Si$_{x}$Ge$_{1-x}$ Core-Shell Nanowires David Dillen, Kamran Varahramyan, Emanuel Tutuc Preview Abstract

Session W18: Focus Session: Interfaces in Complex Oxides - Devices and Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Beom Eom, University of Wisconsin
Room: 252B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W18.00001: Mesoscopic transport properties of LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ devices Daniela Stornaiuolo, Stefano Gariglio, Alexandre Fete, Nuno Couto Guimar\~aes, Danfeng Li, Andrea Caviglia, Claudia Cancellieri, Alberto Morpurgo, Jean-Marc Triscone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W18.00002: Sketched Oxide Single-Electron Transistor Jeremy Levy, Guanglei Cheng, Josh Veazey, Patrick Irvin, Mengchen Huang, Chung-Wung Bark, Sangwoo Ryu, Chang-Beom Eom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W18.00003: Unexpected magnetic Exchange Interaction between Epitaxial La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ film and a two Dimensional Electron Gas at an LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ Interface W.M. Lu, X. Wang, Z.Q. Liu, K. Gopinadhan, A. Annadi, S.W. Zeng, Z. Huang, S. Dhar, - Ariando, T. Venkatesan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W18.00004: Quantum spin hall effect in LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ nanostructures Invited Speaker: Guanglei Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W18.00005: Nonvolatile Ferroelectric Manipulation of Electronic Structure at LAO/STO Heterointerface Jhih-Wei Chen, Tra-Vu Thanh, Jiunn-Yuan Lin, Ying-Hao Chu, Yi-Chun Chen, Chung-Lin Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W18.00006: Non-local piezoresponse in 3 u.c. LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ Mengchen Huang, Feng Bi, ChungWung Bark, Sangwoo Ryu, ChangBeom Eom, Jeremy Levy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W18.00007: Piezoresponse Force Microscopy of Gated LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ Heterostructures Feng Bi, Mengchen Huang, ChungWung Bark, Sangwoo Ryu, Chang-Beom Eom, Jeremy Levy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W18.00008: Ferroelectric control of two dimensional electron gas in oxide heterointerface Tra Vu Thanh, Jhih-Wei Chen, Chao-Hui Yeh, Yi-Chun Chen, Chung-Lin Wu, Jiunn Yuan Lin, Ying-Hao Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W18.00009: Anomalous High Mobility in LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ Nanowires Patrick Irvin, Joshua Veazey, Guanglei Cheng, Jeremy Levy, C.W. Bark, S. Ryu, C.B. Eom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W18.00010: First-principles modeling of Pt/LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ nanocapacitors under an external bias potential Claudio Cazorla, Massimiliano Stengel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W18.00011: THz rectified optical response of LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ nanojunctions Yanjun Ma, Chung Wung Bark, Sangwoo Ryu, Chang-Beom Eom, Jeremy Levy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W18.00012: Tuning the two-dimensional electron gas at the LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$(001) interface by metallic contacts Rossitza Pentcheva, Remi Arras, Victor G. Ruiz Lopez, Warren E. Pickett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W18.00013: Spatial Analogue of Quantum Spin Dynamics via Spin-Orbit Interaction Vanita Srinivasa, Jeremy Levy Preview Abstract

Session W19: Invited Session: Spin Coupling and Kondo Screening in Individual Magnetic Spins

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Andreas Heinrich, IBM Almaden Research Center
Room: 253AB

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W19.00001: The Impact of the Local Environment on the Kondo Screening of a High-Spin Atom Invited Speaker: Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W19.00002: Mechanical Control of Spin States in Spin-1 Molecules and the Underscreened Kondo Effect Invited Speaker: Daniel Ralph Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W19.00003: STEM in Kondo Lattices: a new window on correlated electron materials Invited Speaker: Piers Coleman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W19.00004: Pseudo-spin Resolved Transport Spectroscopy of the Double Dot Kondo Effect Invited Speaker: Sami Amasha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W19.00005: Evolution of Kondo Resonance from a Single Impurity Molecule to the Two-Dimensional Kondo Lattice Invited Speaker: Noriaki Takagi Preview Abstract

Session W20: Invited Session: Nuclear Power, One Year After Fukushima

Sponsoring Units: FPS FIP DCMP
Chair: David Wright, Union of Concerned Scientists
Room: 253C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W20.00001: The Accident at TEPCO's Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant: Technical Description of What Happened and Lessons Learned for the Future Invited Speaker: Akira Omoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W20.00002: The U.S. nuclear industry following the Fukushima event Invited Speaker: Stephen Kuczynski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W20.00003: Lessons from Fukushima for Improving the Safety of Nuclear Reactors Invited Speaker: Edwin Lyman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W20.00004: Nuclear Power in China Invited Speaker: Yun Zhou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W20.00005: Nuclear Power in India Invited Speaker: M.V. Ramana Preview Abstract

Session W21: Focus Session: Search for New Superconductors- Electron-Phonon Coupling

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Amy Liu, Georgetown University
Room: 254A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W21.00001: Correlation-enhanced electron-phonon coupling produces high-temperature superconductors Zhiping Yin, Andrey Kutepov, Gabriel Kotliar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W21.00002: Spectral properties of correlated systems with electron-phonon coupling Elizabeth Nowadnick, Steven Johnston, Andrey Mishchenko, Brian Moritz, Naoto Nagaosa, Thomas Devereaux Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W21.00003: Vibrational spectrum and electron-phonon coupling of doped solid picene from first principles Lilia Boeri, Alaska Subedi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W21.00004: Strong Correlation Physics in Aromatic Hydrocarbon Superconductors Massimo Capone, Gianluca Giovannetti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W21.00005: Transport Anomalies and Possible High Tc Superconductivity in interconnected multiwall carbon nanotube sheets doped by ion implantation Anvar Zakhidov, Austin Howard, Nicholas Cornell, Ulas Goskun, Myron Salamon, Ray Baughman, julia Bykova, nathanael Mayo, Xuemei Wang, Eduard Galstyan, Herbert Freyhardt, Wei Kan Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W21.00006: Large Magnetoresistance and low temperature Transport anomalies in Ion implanted HOPG Nicholas Cornell, Anvar Zakhidov, Myron Salamon, Yuri Gartstein, Xuemei Wang, Herbert Freyhardt, Wei Kan Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W21.00007: Quantiative reliability of the Migdal-Eliashberg theory for strong coupling superconductors Johannes Bauer, Jong Han, Olle Gunnarsson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W21.00008: Influence of Surface Termination of Boron-Doped Diamond on Superconducting Property Keisuke Natsui, Takashi Yamamoto, Takeshi Watanabe, Yasuaki Einaga Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W21.00009: Energy landscape of fullerene materials: A comparion of boron to boron nitride and carbon Sandip De Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W21.00010: Light element ternary compounds -- searching for new superconductors in the ``upper left corner'' Andreas Hermann, Neil W. Ashcroft, Roald Hoffmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W21.00011: Progress on Determining the alpha-beta Phase Boundary of Elemental Boron Tadashi Ogitsu, Eric Schwegler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W21.00012: Calculation of electron-phonon coupling in Arsenic under pressure Kevin T. Chan, Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W21.00013: Physical properties of heavily boron doped silicon Audrey Grockowiak, Christophe Marcenat, Thierry Klein, Gilles Prudon, Christiane Dubois, Thierry Kociniewski, Dominique Debarre Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W21.00014: Eliashberg-McMillan Parameters of Polysulfur Nitride, (SN)$_{x}$ Paul Grant Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W21.00015: Probing electronic order via coupling to phonons in Bi2Sr2CuO6 (Bi2201) Craig Bonnoit, Dillon Gardner, Robin Chisnell, Ayman Said, Yoshi Okada, Takeshi Kondo, Tsunehiro Takeuchi, Hiroshi Ikuta, David Moncton, Young Lee Preview Abstract

Session W22: Focus Session: Fe-based Superconductivity - Magnetism in AxFe(1-y)Se2

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: John Tranquada, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Room: 254B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W22.00001: NMR Study of Superconductivity and Spin Fluctuations in Intercalated Iron Selenides A$_y$Fe$_{2-x}$Se$_2$ Invited Speaker: Weiqiang Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W22.00002: Spin Waves and magnetic exchange interactions in insulating Rb0.89Fe1.58Se2 Miaoyin Wang, Chen Fang, Daoxin Yao, Guotai Tan, Leland Harriger, Yu Song, Tucker Netherton, Chenglin Zhang, Meng Wang, Matthew Stone, Wei Tian, Jiangping Hu, Pengcheng Dai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W22.00003: 77Se NMR Study of K{x}Fe{2-y}Se{2-z}S{z} David Torchetti, Mingxuan Fu, Takashi Imai, H.C. Lei, C. Petrovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W22.00004: Magnetic state of K$_{0.8}$Fe$_{1.6}$Se$_2$ from a five-orbital Hubbard model in the Hartree-Fock approximation Qinlong Luo, Andrew Nicholson, Adriana Moreo, Elbio Dagotto, Jos\'e Riera, Dao-Xin Yao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W22.00005: Electronic structure and magnetic excitations in iron selenides Mark van Schilfgaarde, Liqin Ke, Vladimir Antropov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W22.00006: Novel Magnetism in K$_{0.8}$Fe$_{1.6}$Se$_2$ Explained in the Unified Picture Wei-Guo Yin, Chia-Hui Lin, Wei Ku Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W22.00007: Vacancy-driven orbital and magnetic order in (K,Tl,Cs)$_y$Fe$_{2-x}$Se$_2$ Weicheng Lv, Wei-Cheng Lee, Philip Phillips Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W22.00008: Phase separation and magnetic order in K-doped iron selenide superconductor Xi Chen, Wei Li, Hao Ding, Peng Deng, Kai Chang, Canli Song, Ke He, Lili Wang, Xucun Ma, Jiang-Ping Hu, Qi-Kun Xue Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W22.00009: Magnetism and Superconductivity in Rb$_{1-x}$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_2$ Vladimir Tsurkan, Joachim Deisenhofer, Axel G\"unther, Jonas Fischer, Zhe Wang, Michael Schmidt, Hans-Albrecht Krug von Nidda, Sebastian Widmann, Alois Loidl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W22.00010: Defect formation, magnetic interaction and electron phonon coupling in iron selenides M$_{1-x}$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_{2}$ Xuhui Luo, Serdar Ogut, Taner Yildirim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W22.00011: Phononic, magnetic, and inter-band Raman scattering in K$_{0.75}$Fe$_{1.75}$Se$_{2}$ superconductor Alexander Ignatov, Phil Lubik, R.H. Yuan, W.T. Guo, Nan-Lin Wang, Girsh Blumberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W22.00012: Electronic structure and magnetism of doped $A_{x}Fe_{2-y}Se_{2}$ Yuan-Yen Tai, Jian-Xin Zhu, Matthias J. Graf, C.S. Ting Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W22.00013: Nodeless d-wave Superconductivity and spin resonance in iron-selenide superconductors A.V. Balatsky, Tanmoy Das Preview Abstract

Session W23: Focus Session: Fe-based Superconductors - AFeAs and RFeAsO Families

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Peter Hirschfeld, University of Florida
Room: 255

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W23.00001: Quantum oscillations in LiFeAs Amalia Coldea, Matthew Watson, Antony Carrington, Carsten Putzke, Isabel I. Guillamon, Alix McCollam, David Vignolles, David LeBoeuf, Igor Mazin, Shigeru Kasahara, T. Terashima, T. Shibauchi, Y. Matsuda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W23.00002: Effects of correlations in LiFeAs and LiFeP Johannes Ferber, Kateryna Foyevtsova, Harald O. Jeschke, Roser Valenti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W23.00003: Anisotropic Energy-Gaps of Iron-based Superconductivity from Intra-band Quasiparticle Interference in LiFeAs, Part I M.P. Allan, A.W. Rost, A.P. Mackenzie, Yang Xie, J.C. Davis, K. Kihou, C.-H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, T.-M. Chuang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W23.00004: Non-magnetic impurity effects in LiFeAs studied by STM/STS T. Hanaguri, Seung Hyun Khim, Bumsung Lee, Kee Hoon Kim, K. Kitagawa, K. Matsubayashi, Y. Mazaki, Y. Uwatoko, M. Takigawa, H. Takagi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W23.00005: Bogoliubov Electronic Structure at Individual Impurity Atoms in LiFeAs Yang Xie, Milan Allan, Andreas Rost, Andy Mackenzie, Kunihiro Kihou, Hiroshi Eisaki, Tien-Ming Chuang, James Davis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W23.00006: Theory of quasiparticle vortex bound states in Fe-based superconductors: application to LiFeAs Yan Wang, Peter Hirschfeld, Ilya Vekhter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W23.00007: Local electronic structure near a vortex in LiFeAs within self-consistent BdG Kyungmin Lee, Mark Fischer, Eun-Ah Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W23.00008: Elastic neutron scattering on Co-doped NaFeAs superconductors Chenglin Zhang, Guotai Tan, Yu Song, Tucker Netherton, Scott Carr, Wei Tian, Pengcheng Dai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W23.00009: Temperature-dependent resistivity in single crystals Na$_{1-\delta}$Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$ M. A. Tanatar, N. Spyrison, K. Cho, G.T. Tan, J.Q. Yan, P.C. Dai, C.L. Zhang, R. Prozorov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W23.00010: Oxidative deintercalation of single crystal Na$_{1-\delta}$FeAs upon Interaction with the environment Nicholas Spyrison, M.A. Tanatar, K. Cho, E. Blomberg, G. Tan, J. Yan, P. Dai, C. Zhang, R. Prozorov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W23.00011: Some magnetic and electronic properties of Vanadium (hole) doped NaFeAs Scott Carr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W23.00012: Cerium-Iron Magnetic Coupling in Single Crystal CeFeAsO at Low Temperatures Qiang Zhang, Wei Tian, H.-F. Li, J.-Q. Yan, T.A. Lograsso, R.W. McCallum, J.L. Zarestky, David Vaknin, J.W. Kim, H. Cao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W23.00013: FT-IR evaluation of SmFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_{x}$ (x = 0, 0.069) Hajime Shinohara, Yoichi Kamihara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W23.00014: Superconducting and normal state properties of single crystalline RFeAsO-based materials J.J. Hamlin, C.A. McElroy, B.D. White, D.Y. Tutun, N. Kanchanavatee, Y. Heo, A.N. Ellington, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W23.00015: Growth conditions of oxypnictide compounds LaFePnO Pn=\{P,As,Sb\} Jason Vielma, Sean Muir, M.A. Subramanian, A.W. Sleight, Guenter Schneider Preview Abstract

Session W24: Integer Quantum Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Michael Zudov, University of Minnesota
Room: 256

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W24.00001: A quantitative examination of the collapse of spin splitting in the quantum Hall regime W. Pan, K.W. Baldwin, K.W. West, L.N. Pfeiffer, D.C. Tsui Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W24.00002: Single electron wave packets probed by Hanbury-Brown and Twiss interferometry Gwendal Feve, Erwann Bocquillon, Francois Parmentier, Charles Grenier, Jean-Marc Berroir, Pascal Degiovanni, Christian Glattli, Bernard Placais, Antonella Cavanna, Yong Jin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W24.00003: Hall Viscosity I: Linear Response Theory for Viscosity Barry Bradlyn, Moshe Goldstein, Nicholas Read Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W24.00004: Hall Viscosity II: Extracting Viscosity from Conductivity Moshe Goldstein, Barry Bradlyn, Nicholas Read Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W24.00005: Four-point characterization using capacitive and ohmic contacts Wang Zhou, Brian Kim, Yash Shah, Chuanle Zhou, Matthew Grayson, Nebile I\c{s}ik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W24.00006: Growth and magnetotransport measurements of triple-valley high mobility, miscut (111) AlAs quantum wells Sunanda Prabhu-Gaunkar, M. Grayson, F. Herzog, G. Koblmueller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W24.00007: Chiral heat transport in driven quantum Hall and spin Hall edge states Liliana Arrachea, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W24.00008: Wigner path integral solution for the integer quantum Hall effect Dries Sels, Fons Brosens, Wim Magnus, Bart Soree Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W24.00009: Microwave reflection study of GaAs/AlGaAs devices in the regime of the radiation-induced magnetoresistance oscillations Tianyu Ye, A.N. Ramanayaka, R.G. Mani, W. Wegscheider Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W24.00010: Observation of linear-polarization-sensitivity in the microwave-radiation-induced magneto-resistance oscillations Ramesh Mani, Aruna Ramanayaka, Werner Wegscheider Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W24.00011: Non-equilibrium bosonization and its applications to quantum Hall systems Ivan Levkivksyi, Eugene Sukhorukov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W24.00012: Single-electron quantum tomography in quantum Hall edge channels Pascal Degiovanni, Charles Grenier, R\'emy Herv\'e, Erwann Bocquillon, Fran\c{c}ois D Parmentier, Jean-Marc Berroir, Gwendal F\`eve, Bernard Pla\c{c}ais Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W24.00013: Linear polarization rotation study of the radiation-induced magnetoresistance oscillations A.N. Ramanayaka, R.G. Mani, J. Inarrea, W. Wegscheider Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W24.00014: Wave function multifractality and dephasing at quantum Hall transitions: A numerical investigation S. Bera, I.S. Burmistrov, F. Evers, I. Gornyi, A.D. Mirlin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W24.00015: Corrections to scaling near the quantum Hall transition Ferdinand Evers, Hideaki Obuse, Soumya Bera, Ilya Gruzberg Preview Abstract

Session W25: Focus Session: Modeling of Rare Events: Methods and Applications I

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Weinan E, Department of Mathematics and Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University
Room: 257A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W25.00001: Pathways to forming glass Invited Speaker: David Chandler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W25.00002: The kinetic activation-relaxation technique: an off-lattice, self-learning kinetic Monte Carlo algorithm with on-the-fly event search Invited Speaker: Nomand Mousseau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W25.00003: An improved Activation-Relaxation Technique method for finding transition pathways Frederic Legoll Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W25.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W25.00005: Entropic stabilization of nanoscale voids in materials under tension Danny Perez, Arthur F. Voter, Timothy C. Germann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W25.00006: Estimate Exponential Large Mean Exit Time for Diffusion Process Xiang Zhou, Hui Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W25.00007: K-ART study of defect evolution on experimental time scales in bcc iron and Cu--Zr interfaces Peter Brommer, Normand Mousseau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W25.00008: Accelerated Molecular Dynamics of GaAs(001) Homoepitaxy: Effects of Long-Range Disorder Yangzheng Lin, Kristen Fichthorn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W25.00009: Ultimate self-learning metabasin escape algorithm for supercooled liquids and glasses Penghui Cao, Harold S. Park, Xi Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W25.00010: Modeling Correlation and Defect Effects on Mixed Polaronic and Ionic Transport in Rare-Earth Phosphates Nicole Adelstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W25.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session W26: Focus Session: What is Computational Physics? New Technologies and Their Application

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Timothy Germann, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: 257B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W26.00001: The Future of Scientific Computing Invited Speaker: Thom Dunning Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W26.00002: GPU Acceleration of the Qbox First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Code William Dawson, Francois Gygi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W26.00003: Quantum Monte Carlo in the era of petascale computers Jeongnim Kim, Kenneth Esler, Jeremy McMinis, Miguel Morales, Bryan Clark, Luke Shulenburger, David Ceperley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W26.00004: GPU accelerated replica-exchange simulations of polymers Jonathan Gross, Michael Bachmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W26.00005: Graphics Processing Unit Accelerated Hirsch-Fye Quantum Monte Carlo Conrad Moore, Sameer Abu Asal, Kaushik Rajagoplan, David Poliakoff, Joseph Caprino, Karen Tomko, Bhupender Thakur, Shuxiang Yang, Juana Moreno, Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W26.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W26.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W26.00008: A simple yet powerful open-source tool for scientific computing Larry Engelhardt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W26.00009: Multicanonical Modeling of Commercial WDM Optical Communication Systems David Yevick, George Soliman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W26.00010: Mantid, A high performance framework for reduction and analysis of neutron scattering data Jon Taylor, O. Arnold, J. Bilheaux , A. Buts, S. Campbell, M. Doucet, N. Draper, R. Fowler, M. Gigg, V. Lynch, A. Markvardsen, K. Palmen, P. Parker, P. Peterson, S. Ren, M. Reuter, A. Savici, R. Taylor, R. Tolchenov, R. Whitley, W. Zhou, J. Zikovsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W26.00011: SU(N) Clebsch-Gordan coefficients and non-Abelian symmetries Arne Alex, Lukas Everding, Peter Littelmann, Jan von Delft Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W26.00012: Efficient interacting many body similations using GPUs Tobias Kramer Preview Abstract

Session W27: Invited Session: Electrons, Spins, and Collective Modes in Nanofilms

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Patricia Thiel, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Room: 258AB

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W27.00001: Plasmons under extreme dimensional confinement Invited Speaker: Hanno Weitering Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W27.00002: Radial band structure of a ultrathin liquid metal film Invited Speaker: Han Woong Yeom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W27.00003: Ultrafast mass transport during decay of gigantic Pb mesas on Ni(111) Invited Speaker: Bene Poelsema Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W27.00004: Regulating spin and Fermi surface topology of a quantum metal film by the surface (interface) monatomic layer Invited Speaker: Iwao Matsuda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W27.00005: Quantum Oscillations of Surface Electronic Structure: Inter-relation Between Quantum Well States, Work Functions and Surface Energies Invited Speaker: Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract

Session W29: Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits: Resonators and Loss Mechanisms

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Kevin Osborn, Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, MD
Room: 259A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W29.00001: Microwave Loss in Josephson Junction Embedded Superconducting Resonators Steven Weber, Kater Murch, I. Siddiqi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W29.00002: Superconducting Microwave Resonators Charles Neill, Anthony Megrant, Mike Lenander, Rami Barends, Jim Wenner, Ted White, Daniel Sank, Yu Chen, Yi Yin, Ben Chiaro, Julian Kelly, Peter O'Malley, Pedram Roushan, Erik Lucero, Amit Vainsencher, Joerg Bochmann, Matteo Mariantoni, Chris Axline, John Martinis, Andrew Cleland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W29.00003: Improving the Quality Factor of Superconducting Resonators Anthony Megrant, Charles Neill, Rami Barends, Ben Chiaro, Mike Lenander, Chris Palmstrom, John Martinis, Andrew Cleland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W29.00004: Investigation of superconducting resonator designs for measuring the microwave response of vortices I. Nsanzineza, H. Chen, C. Song, B.L.T Plourde Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W29.00005: Anomalous magnetic field effects in high Q superconducting resonators M. Lenander, R. Barends, Yu Chen, J. Kelly, Erik Lucero, Matteo Mariantoni, A. Megrant, P.J.J. O'Malley, C. Neill, D. Sank, A. Vainsencher, H. Wang, J. Wenner, T.C. White, Y. Yin, J. Zhao, C. Palmstrom, A.N. Cleland, John M. Martinis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W29.00006: Quality Factor Measurements with Improved Superconducting Stripline Resonators Eric Holland, Luyan Sun, Matthew Reagor, Kevin Chou, Luigi Frunzio, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W29.00007: Dielectric loss analysis using linear resonators with different impedances Bahman Sarabi, M.S. Khalil, M.A. Khasawneh, M.J.A. Stoutimore, Sergiy Gladchenko, F.C. Wellstood, C.J. Lobb, K.D. Osborn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W29.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W29.00009: Reduction of Microwave Loss in Titanium Nitride CPW Resonators Michael Vissers, David Wisbey, Jiansong Gao, Jeffrey Kline, Martin Sandberg, Martin Weides, David Pappas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W29.00010: Cooper Pair Transistor Embedded in a dc-Biased High-Q Microwave Cavity Juliang Li, Fei Chen, Joel Stettenheim, A.J. Sirois, R.W. Simmonds, M.P. Blencowe, A.J. Rimberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W29.00011: Photon Emission from a Self-oscillating Cavity-Embedded-Cooper Pair Transistor Fei Chen, Joel Stettenheim, Juliang Li, A.J. Sirois, R.W. Simmonds, M.P. Blencowe, A.J. Rimberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W29.00012: Superconducting microstrip resonators for circuit QED experiments M. Haeberlein, M. Krawczyk, A. Baust, J. Goetz, E. Hoffmann, E. P. Menzel, M. Schwarz, F. Wulschner, L. Zhong, F. Deppe, A. Marx, R. Gross Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W29.00013: Superconducting Resonators with Parasitic Electromagnetic Environments John Hornibrook, Emma Mitchell, David Reilly Preview Abstract

Session W30: Quantum Entanglement

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Gerardo Adesso, University of Nottigham
Room: 259B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W30.00001: Entanglement, Fluctuations, and Quantum Critical Points Stephan Rachel, Nicolas Laflorencie, H. Francis Song, Karyn Le Hur Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W30.00002: A statistical portrait of the entanglement decay of two-qubit memories Karen Fonseca-Romero, Julian Martinez-Rincon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W30.00003: Quantum Mutual Information Capacity for High Dimensional Entangled States P. Benjamin Dixon, Gregory A. Howland, James Schneeloch, John C. Howell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W30.00004: Entangling Qubits in a One-Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator Edmund Owen, Matthew Dean, Crispin Barnes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W30.00005: Entanglement entropy for arbitrary quantum lattice models from quantum Monte Carlo Tommaso Roscilde, Stephan Humeniuk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W30.00006: Different Measures of Entanglement in Spin Chains Vladimir Korepin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W30.00007: R\'enyi entropy of $d$-wave Bose metal phases on multi-leg ladders James R. Garrison, Ryan V. Mishmash, Matthew P.A. Fisher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W30.00008: R\'{e}nyi Entanglement Entropies and the Entanglement Spectrum Francis Song, Stephan Rachel, Karyn Le Hur Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W30.00009: Entanglement Entropy of Fermi Liquids via Multi-dimensional Bosonization Wenxin Ding, Alexander Seidel, Kun Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W30.00010: Multipartite Entanglement classes via Negativity Fonts Santosh Shelly Sharma, Naresh Kumar Sharma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W30.00011: Entanglement Spectrum Classification of Disordered Class AII Symplectic Systems Matthew Gilbert, Taylor Hughes, Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W30.00012: Experimental entanglement estimation for a general unknown input state of a multiqubit system Elizabeth Behrman, James Steck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W30.00013: Entanglement Spectrum of the Kugel-Khomskii Model Rex Lundgren, Victor Chua, Gregory A. Fiete Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W30.00014: Entanglement Spectrum In Topological Phasess B. Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W30.00015: Topological Order in Three Dimensions and Entanglement Entropy of Gapped Phases Tarun Grover, Ari Turner, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract

Session W31: Focus Session: Topological Insulators: Synthesis & Characterization - Quantum Transport & Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Seongshik Oh, Rutgers University
Room: 260

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W31.00001: Evidence for a Dirac Spectrum in the Topological Insulator Bi$_2$Te$_2$Se from High-Field Shubnikov-de Haas Oscillations Jun Xiong, Yongkang Luo, YueHaw Khoo, Shuang Jia, Robert Cava, Nai Phuan Ong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W31.00002: Thin films of topological insulators in a parallel or tilted magnetic field Sergey Pershoguba, Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W31.00003: Clear Revelation of Topological Surface States in Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ Thin Films by \textit{in situ} Al Passivation Murong Lang, Liang He, Xinxin Yu, Jianshi Tang, Xufeng Kou, Kang L. Wang, Alexei V. Fedorov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W31.00004: High Field Magnetoresistance in ultra pure Bi2Se3 Paul Syers, Nicholas Butch, Cyril Proust, Baptiste Vignolle, Johnpierre Paglione Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W31.00005: Surface-dominated conduction in a 6nm-thick Bi2Se3 thin Liang He, Xinxin Yu, Xufeng Kou, Murong Lang, Kang L. Wang, Faxian Xiu, Marcus Teague, Nai-Chang Yeh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W31.00006: Magnetoconductance in high-mobility topological insulator Bi2Se3 devices Hadar Steinberg, Valla Fatemi, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, Lucas Orona, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W31.00007: Magnetic Field Signatures of Topological States in 3D Time-Reversal Invariant Insulators Brian Dellabetta, Taylor Hughes, Benjamin Lev, Matthew Gilbert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W31.00008: Quantum Hall effect from Dirac fermions of the 3D topological insulator HgTe A.V. Stier, R. Vald\'es Aguilar, S. Huang, T. McQueen, N.P. Armitage, B. Ueland, F. Ronning Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W31.00009: Topological insulator Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ nanowire field effect devices Luis A. Jauregui, Genqiang Zhang, Yue Wu, Yong P. Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W31.00010: Analysis of quantum interference in mesoscopic channels of epitaxial Bi$_2$Se$_3$ Abhinav Kandala, Duming Zhang, Anthony Richardella, Nitin Samarth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W31.00011: Synthesis and Transport Measurements of Catalyst-Free Topological Insulator Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ Nanostructures Jerome T. Mlack, Atikur Rahman, Gary L. Johns, Nina Markovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W31.00012: Topological Insulator Nanoribbon Synthesis by Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition Loren Alegria, Michael Schroer, Gerald Poirier, Michael Pretko, Anasua Chatterjee, Shivang Patel, Jason Petta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W31.00013: Electrical, Thermal, and Thermoelectric Characterizations of Vapor Solid Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ Nanoplates Michael Pettes, Li Shi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W31.00014: Hybrid Bismuth Selenide Nanostructures Synthesized by Chemical Vapor Deposition Eugen Panaitescu, Fangze Liu, Swastik Kar, Latika Menon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W31.00015: Electronic transport of Sb-doped Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ topological insulator nanoribbons Seung Sae Hong, Judy Cha, Desheng Kong, Yi Cui Preview Abstract

Session W32: Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides - Bandgaps, Surfaces, Oxides on Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Nicole Benedek, Cornell University
Room: 261

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W32.00001: Band Gap and Edge Engineering of SrTiO$_{3}$ and Related Compounds via Ferroic Distortion and Anisotropic Strain Invited Speaker: Robert Berger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W32.00002: Epitaxial strain tuning of polarization and band gap in perovksite SnTiO$_3$ William Parker, Serge Nakhmanson, James Rondinelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W32.00003: Ferroelectric Properties of TiO$_2$ Rutile Bulk and Surfaces Investigated by Ab Initio Calculations Anna Gr\"unebohm, Peter Entel, Claude Ederer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W32.00004: XPS measurements of interface dipole switching at the a-Al2O3/Si interface Stephanie Fernandez-Pena, D.P. Kumah, Z. Zhang, A.M. Kolpak, S. Ismail-Beigi, C.H. Ahn, F.J. Walker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W32.00005: Macroscopic electrostatics at the nanoscale: From ferroelectric capacitors to confined electron gases Invited Speaker: Massimiliano Stengel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W32.00006: Band Alignment of Plasma-Enhanced ALD High-k Dielectrics on Gallium Nitride Jialing Yang, Brianna Eller, Chiyu Zhu, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W32.00007: High-k dielectrics on n-Al$_{0.25}$Ga$_{0.75}$N via atomic layer deposition N. Nepal, N.Y. Garces, D. Meyer, T.J. Anderson, J.K. Hite, M.A. Mastro, C.R. Eddy, Jr. Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W32.00008: The growth of c-axis oriented BaTiO$_{3}$ films on Si and Ge for a non-volatile field-effect transistor J.H. Ngai, D. Kumah, M. Marshall, Y. Segal, C.H. Ahn, F.J. Walker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W32.00009: First principles analysis of the capacitance density of high-k nanocapacitors utilizing the orbital separation approach Shusuke Kasamatsu, Seungwu Han, Satoshi Watanabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W32.00010: Properties of Ultrathin Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$-TiO$_{2}$ Nanolaminate Films for Gate Dielectric Applications Deposited by Plasma-Assisted Atomic Layer Deposition Nelson Garces, David Meyer, Neeraj Nepal, Virginia Wheeler, Charles Eddy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W32.00011: Ferroelectric Surface Chemistry: FIrst-principle study of NOx Decomposition Arvin Kakekhani, Sohrab Ismail-beigi Preview Abstract

Session W33: Physics of Hydrogen Production, Storage, Delivery

Sponsoring Units: GERA
Chair: Peter Pfeifer, University of Missouri
Room: 106

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W33.00001: Boron Doping Carbon Structures Using Decaborane? A Theoretical Study Carlos Wexler, Matthew Connolly, Matthew Beckner, Peter Pfeifer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W33.00002: Mass Transport in the Dehydrogenation Reaction of B$_{20}$H$_{16}$ Kyle Michel, Christopher Wolverton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W33.00003: Theoretical prediction of intermediates in the decomposition of Mg(BH$_4$)$_2$ Eric Majzoub, Yongsheng Zhang, Vidvuds Ozolins, Christopher Wolverton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W33.00004: Industrial Scale Measurements of Hydrogen Uptake and Delivery in KOH Activated Carbons Tyler Rash, Dave Stalla, Matt Beckner, Jimmy Romanos, G. Suppes, A Tekeei, P. Buckley, P. Doynov, Peter Pfeifer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W33.00005: Reversible Storage of Hydrogen and Natural Gas in Nanospace-Engineered Activated Carbons Jimmy Romanos, Matt Beckner, Tyler Rash, Ping Yu, Galen Suppes, Peter Pfeifer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W33.00006: The Stationary States of Adsorbed Hydrogen Raina Olsen, Haskell Taub, Carlos Wexler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W33.00007: Measured Enthalpies of Adsorption of Boron-Doped Activated Carbons M. Beckner, J. Romanos, E. Dohnke, A. Singh, J. Schaeperkoetter, D. Stalla, J. Burress, S. Jalisatgi, G. Suppes, M.F. Hawthorne, P. Yu, C. Wexler, P. Pfeifer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W33.00008: Performance of Carbon Hydrogen Storage Materials as a Function of Post-Production Thermal Treatment E. Dohnke, J. Romanos, M. Beckner, J.W. Burress, P. Yu, P. Pfeifer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W33.00009: Size-scaling behavior of hydriding phase transformations in nanocrystals Lester Hedges, Rizia Bardhan, Cary Pint, Ali Javey, Stephen Whitelam, Jeffrey Urban Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W33.00010: Hydrogen affinity and structural stability of Mg-films on substrates Mina Yoon, Murat Ozer, Hanno Weitering Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W33.00011: Hydrogen storage through spillover at sun-2nm Pt nanoparticle - support interfaces Somik Mukherjee, Balavinayagam Ramalingam, Shubhra Gangopadhyay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W33.00012: Activated carbon monoliths for methane storage Nagaraju Chada, Jimmy Romanos, Ramsey Hilton, Galen Suppes, Jacob Burress, Peter Pfeifer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W33.00013: A DFT Study of Atomic Hydrogen and Oxygen Chemisorption on the $\gamma $-U Surface Dayla Morrison, Asok Ray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W33.00014: Effect of Nitrogen Doping on the Electronic and Optical Properties of TaON Nabil Al-Aqtash, Florin Apostol, Renat Sabirianov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W33.00015: Determination of crystal structure and the study of electronic properties of AgBiW$_{2}$O$_{8}$ by density functional theory Pranab Sarker, Muhammad N. Huda Preview Abstract

Session W34: Focus Session: Nano V: Nanoscale Materials and Properties II

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

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W34.00001: In Quest of a Systematic Framework for Unifying and Defining Nanoscience Invited Speaker: Donald Tomalia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W34.00002: DFT-based Modeling of Field-Dependent Control and Response of Nanomagnetic Molecules Invited Speaker: Mark Pederson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W34.00003: On the mechanism of enhanced photocatalytic activity of composite TiO2/carbon nanofilms Dinko Chakarov, Raja Sellappan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W34.00004: Light-sensitive gold nanoparticles designed for solar energy use Sungsook Ahn, Sung Yong Jung, Seunggon Kim, Sang Joon Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W34.00005: Factors controlling thermodynamic properties at the nanoscale: Ab initio study of Pt nanoparticles Ghazal Shafai, Marisol Alcantara Ortigoza, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W34.00006: Nucleation in the Anatase-to-Rutile Transformation of Nanocrystalline Anatase Ya Zhou, Kristen Fichthorn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W34.00007: Local Ionic Environment around Polyvalent Nucleic-Acid Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Jos Zwanikken, Chad Mirkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W34.00008: Mechanical properties of Ge nanowire Alex Lee, Minjung Kim, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W34.00009: Chemisorption on Palladium and Silver Clusters Ajit Hira, Christella Lovato Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W34.00010: Blinking in nanoscale systems: a universal theoretical framework Sandor Volkan-Kacso, Pavel Frantsuzov, Boldizsar Janko Preview Abstract

Session W35: Focus Session: DFT VIII: Time-Dependent Processes II: Excitations

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Neepa Maitra, Hunter College, CUNY
Room: 107B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W35.00001: Watching excitons move: the time-dependent transition density matrix Invited Speaker: Carsten Ullrich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W35.00002: A minimal TDDFT model for excitons Yonghui Li, Zenghui Yang, Carsten Ullrich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W35.00003: Nonlinear ultrafast optical response in organic molecular crystals Talat S. Rahman, Volodymyr Turkowski, Michael N. Leuenberger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W35.00004: Electronic and dielectric properties of organic photovoltaic compounds from first principles Ismaila Dabo, Andrea Ferretti, Cheol-Hwan Park, Nicolas Poilvert, Matteo Cococcioni, Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W35.00005: Discontinuities of the exchange-correlation kernel and charge-transfer excitations in time-dependent density functional theory Maria Hellgren, E.K.U. Gross Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W35.00006: Density Functional Resonance Theory: The Complex Density Function, Orbital Energies and Lifetimes, and Results for Simple Systems Daniel Whitenack, Adam Wasserman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W35.00007: Meta-GGA-based adiabatic time-dependent density-functional theory Vladimir Nazarov, Giovanni Vignale Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W35.00008: Describing electronic excitations using electron-hole density functional theory (eh-DFT) Arindam Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W35.00009: Applying state-of-the-art signal processing to time-dependent density functional theory Jacob Sanders, Xavier Andrade, Alan Aspuru-Guzik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W35.00010: Density Functional Theory Investigation of Tunable Surface Composition of CdS Quantum Dots Oleg Prezhdo, Amanda Neukirch, Jeremy Young, Helen Wei, Christopher Evens, Todd Krauss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W35.00011: First-Principles Approach to Chemical Raman Enhancement of Organic Adsorbates on Metal Surfaces Alexey Zayak, Hyuck Choo, Ying S. Hu, Daniel Gargas, Stefano Cabrini, Jeffrey Bokor, P. James Schuck, Jeffrey B. Neaton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W35.00012: Electron-Hole Pairs during Adsorption Dynamics of O$_2$ on Pd(100) -- Exciting or not? Joerg Meyer, Karsten Reuter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W35.00013: Self-consistent GW calculations with basis of dominant products Peter Koval, Dietrich Foerster, Daniel Sanchez Portal Preview Abstract

Session W37: Topological Insulators: Fractionalization

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: So Takei, University of Maryland
Room: 108

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W37.00001: Zoology of Fractional Chern Insulators Yang-Le Wu, B. Andrei Bernevig, N. Regnault Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W37.00002: Time-reversal symmetric hierarchy of fractional incompressible liquids Luiz Santos, Titus Neupert, Shinsei Ryu, Claudio Chamon, Christopher Mudry Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W37.00003: Fractional Chern Insulator Nicolas Regnault, Bogdan Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W37.00004: Fractional Chern Insulators from the nth Root of Bandstructure Brian Swingle, Ky-Anh Tran, John McGreevy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W37.00005: Wannier states and pseudopotential Hamiltonians for fractional Chern insulators Ching Hua Lee, Dong-Ning Sheng, Ronny Thomale, Xiao-Liang Qi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W37.00006: Topological insulators and fractional quantum Hall effect on the ruby lattice Xiang Hu, Mehdi Kargarian, Gregory A. Fiete Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W37.00007: Charge and spin fractionalization in strongly correlated topological insulators Predrag Nikolic, Tanja Duric Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W37.00008: Symmetry protected fractional Chern insulators and fractional topological insulators Yuan-Ming Lu, Ying Ran Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W37.00009: High-temperature fractional quantum Hall states Evelyn Tang, Xiao-Gang Wen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W37.00010: Fractional Quantum Hall states in strongly correlated multi-orbital systems Maria Daghofer, J\"orn W.F. Venderbos, Stefanos Kourtis, Jeroen van den Brink Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W37.00011: Hall Crystal States in Fractionally Filled Chern Bands Ganpathy Murthy, Ramamurti Shankar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W37.00012: Chiral Topological Phases and Fractional Domain Wall Excitations in One-Dimensional Chains and Wires Jukka Vayrynen, Teemu Ojanen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W37.00013: Quantum Hall Effect and Bound Fractional Charge in Topological Insulator Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Taylor Hughes, Qinglei Meng, Smitha Vishveshwara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W37.00014: Phase Diagram of a Simple Model for Fractional Topological Insulator Hua Chen, Kun Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W37.00015: Fractional Chern Insulators and the $W_\infty$ Algebra Rahul Roy, Siddharth Parameswaran, Shivaji Sondhi Preview Abstract

Session W39: Focus Session: Materials and Functional Structures for Biological Interfaces: Cells

Sponsoring Units: DMP DBIO DPOLY
Chair: Robert Ros, Arizona State University
Room: 109B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W39.00001: Controlling Cell Function with Geometry Invited Speaker: Milan Mrksich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W39.00002: Role of fiber functionality and angle on cell migration. Sisi Qin, Richard Clark, Miriam Rafailovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W39.00003: Anomalous cell migration properties on electrospun fibers Richard Clark, Sisi Qin, Miriam Rafailovich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W39.00004: Control cell adhesion with dynamic bilayer films Andreas Kourouklis, Ronald Lerum, Harry Bermudez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W39.00005: Diblock Copolymer Foams with Adhesive Nano-domains Promote Stem Cell Differentiation Invited Speaker: Adam Engler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W39.00006: Dental Pulp Stem Cell Differentiation on Poly-4-vinyl-pyridine surfaces Giulia Suarato, Aneel Bherwani, Chung-chueh Chang, Miriam Rafailovich, Marcia Simon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W39.00007: Spontaneous Differentiation of Dental Pulp stem cells on Dental polymers Aneel Bherwani, Giulia Suarato, Sisi Qin, Chung-Cheh Chang, Aaron Akhavan, Joseph Spiegel, Vladimir Jurukovski, Miriam Rafailovich, Marcia Simon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W39.00008: Interaction of Substrate Mechanics with Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSCs) differentiation to generate a scaffold for Bone regeneration Miriam Rafailovich, Divya Bhatnagar, Aneel Bherwani, Marcia Simon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W39.00009: Neuron Growth on Carbon Nanotube Thread Bio-Scaffolds for Repair of Central Nervous System Damage David Mast, Sarah Pixley, Mark Schulz, Vessilin Shanov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W39.00010: Stiffness nanotomography of human epithelial cancer cells Jack R. Staunton, Bryant L. Doss, C. Michael Gilbert, Sandor Kasas, Robert Ros Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W39.00011: Snakeskin tribology: How snakes generate large frictional anisotropy Hamidreza Marvi, Jeffrey Streator, David Hu Preview Abstract

Session W40: Focus Session: Single Molecule Biological Physics - Nucleic acids and Proteins

Sponsoring Units: DBIO DPOLY DCOMP
Chair: Eric Greene, Columbia University and Jennifer Ross, University of Massachusetts
Room: 156A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W40.00001: Single-molecule Imaging Reveals Molecular Mechanisms of A DNA Stripase Invited Speaker: Eric Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W40.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W40.00003: Sequence-dependent sliding kinetics of p53 Jason Leith, Anahita Tafvizi, Fang Huang, William Uspal, Patrick Doyle, Alan Fersht, Leonid Mirny, Antoine van Oijen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W40.00004: Single-molecule study of protein-DNA target search mechanisms for dimer-active protein complexes Markita Landry, Wai Mun Huang, Yann Chemla Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W40.00005: Single-Molecule Encoders for Tracking Motor Proteins on DNA Invited Speaker: Everett A. Lipman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W40.00006: Tuning Cargo Travel via Single Motor Velocity Jing Xu, Zhanyong Shu, Stephen King, Steven Gross Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W40.00007: Study of Large Multimeric Biomolecules by Single-Molecule Manipulation and Imaging Kai Lou, Sitara S. Wijeratne, Jerahme Martinez, Hui-Chun Yeh, Joel Moake, Jing-Fei Dong, Mary C. Farach-Carson, Ching-Hwa Kiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W40.00008: Uncovering the microscopic mechanism of strand exchange during RecA mediated homologous recombination using all-atom molecular dynamics simulations Manish Shankla, Jejoong Yoo, Aleksei Aksimentiev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W40.00009: Transduction of Glycan-Lectin Binding using Near Infrared Fluorescent Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Glycan Profiling Nigel Reuel, Jin-Ho Ahn, Jong-Ho Kim, Jingqing Zhang, Ardemis Boghossian, Lara Mahal, Michael Strano Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W40.00010: Comprehensive single molecule dynamics and functions of lysozyme upon linear and cross-linked substrate using a carbon nanotube circuit Yongki Choi, Patrick C. Sims, Brad L. Corso, Issa S. Moody, David Seitz, Larry Blaszcazk, Gregory A. Weiss, Philip G. Collins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W40.00011: A hierarchical coarse-grained (all-atom to all residue) approach to peptides (P1, P2) binding with a graphene sheet Ras Pandey, Zhifeng Kuang, Barry Farmer, Sang Kim, Rajesh Naik Preview Abstract

Session W41: Focus Session: Quantum Coherence in Biological Systems

Sponsoring Units: DBIO
Chair: Birgitta Whaley, University of California, Berkeley
Room: 156B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W41.00001: Quantum Coherence in Biology Invited Speaker: Birgitta Whaley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W41.00002: Absence of quantum oscillations in electronic excitation transfer in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson complex Alexander Eisfeld, Gerhard Ritschel, Jan Roden, Walter Strunz, Alan Aspuru-Guzik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W41.00003: Progress Towards Room-Temperature Electron Spin Detection in Biological Systems Nicholas Chisholm, Igor Lovchinsky, Alex Sushkov, David Hunger, Alexey Akimov, Peggy Lo, Amy Sutton, Jacob Robinson, Norman Yao, Steven Bennett, Hongkun Park, Mikhail Lukin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W41.00004: Coherent transfer in biological systems: a study of the role of environmental noise Nayeli Zuniga-Hansen, Mark S. Byrd Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W41.00005: Noise induced quantum effects in photosynthetic complexes Konstantin Dorfman, Dmitri Voronine, Shaul Mukamel, Marlan Scully Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W41.00006: FMO complex: exciton transfer and interaction with vibronic modes Lev Mourokh, Anatoly Smirnov, Franco Nori Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W41.00007: Non-Markovian harmonic bath model for molecular systems: Influence of the bath spectral density Jan Roden, Alexander Eisfeld, K. Birgitta Whaley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W41.00008: Curvature, torsion and temperature in energy transfer Yasser Omar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W41.00009: Quantum Process Tomography for Energy Transfer Systems via Ultrafast Spectroscopy Joel Yuen-Zhou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W41.00010: Coherent vs. dissipative nonequilibrium dynamics in spectroscopy of molecular aggregates Darius Abramavicius, Andrius Gelzinis, Vytautas Butkus, Leonas Valkunas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W41.00011: New quantum state of protons and electrons in nano-confined water George Reiter, Alexander Kolesnikov, Stephen Paddison, Jerry Mayers, Phil Platzman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W41.00012: Spectroscopic Characterization of the Water Oxidation Intermediates in the Blue Dimer Ru-Based Catalyst for Artificial Photosynthesis Dooshaye Moonshiram, Yulia Pushkar, Jonah Jurss, Javier Concepcion, Thomas Meyer, Taisiya Zakharova, Igor Alperovich Preview Abstract

Session W42: Focus Session: The Physics of Genome Folding I: Fractal Globules and Condensed Polymer States

Sponsoring Units: DBIO DPOLY
Chair: Erez Lieberman Aiden, Harvard Society of Fellows
Room: 156C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W42.00001: How the genome folds Invited Speaker: Erez Lieberman Aiden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W42.00002: Contact probability scaling of the Hilbert curve Adrian Sanborn, Jian Li, Erez L. Aiden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:39PM		W42.00003: Territorial Polymers and Large Scale Genome Organization Invited Speaker: Alexander Grosberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W42.00004: Diffusion of Particles in the Melt of Polymeric Rings and Diffusion of Proteins in the Cell Nucleus Kurt Kremer, Jonathan Halverson, Gary Grest, Alexander Grosberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W42.00005: Spatial autocorrelation in fractal and knotted globules Miriam Huntley, Erez Lieberman Aiden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W42.00006: Simulation of Interphase DNA Invited Speaker: Ralf Everaers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W42.00007: In silico simulations of polymer condensation: the fractal globule as a metastable state Leon Furchtgott*, Ashok Cutkosky*, Najeeb Tarazi, Erez Lieberman Aiden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W42.00008: Fractal Globule as a model of DNA folding in eukaryotes Maksim Imakaev, Leonid Mirny Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W42.00009: High-order chromatin architecture shapes the landscape of chromosomal alterations in cancer Geoffrey Fudenberg, Gad Getz, Matthew Meyerson, Leonid Mirny Preview Abstract

Session W43: Invited Session: Physical Mechanisms of Collective Microbial Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DBIO DPOLY
Chair: Lev Tsimring, University of California, San Diego
Room: 157AB

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W43.00001: Chiral patterning in Paenibacillus colonies under stress Invited Speaker: Herbert Levine Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W43.00002: The effects of self-induced noise on the onset of collective behavior in suspensions of swimming bacteria Invited Speaker: Igor Aronson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W43.00003: Synchronization of flagella Invited Speaker: Thomas R. Powers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W43.00004: Formation and propagation of high density waves during swarming of \textit{P. aeruginosa} Invited Speaker: Mark Alber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W43.00005: Alignment vs noise in self-propelled particles: minimal models for collective motion and their continuous descriptions Invited Speaker: Hugues Chate Preview Abstract

Session W44: Focus Session: Interparticle Interactions in Polymer Nanocomposites - Mechanical, Electrical, and Optical Properties

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Alfredo Alexander-Katz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: 157C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W44.00001: Bio-inspired Fillers for Mechanical Enhancement Invited Speaker: LaShanda Korley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W44.00002: Temperature sensitive mechanical properties of Graphene-epoxy nanocomposites Ardavan Zandiatashbar, Catalin Picu, Nikhil Koratkar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W44.00003: Mechanical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites under Large Amplitude Deformation Erkan Senses, Pinar Akcora Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W44.00004: Polymer Nanocomposite Mechanical Properties as a Function of Nanoparticle Dispersion Joseph Moll, Shushan Gong, Ralph Colby, Dimitris Vlassopoulos, Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W44.00005: Elastic Moduli of Polymeric Thin Films of Nanocomposites and Blends via Buckling on Elastomeric Substrates Hongyi Yuan, Jolanta Marszalek-Kempke, Prateek Verma, Alamgir Karim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W44.00006: Electrical Conductivity in Transparent Silver Nanowire Networks: Simulations and Experiments Michelle Sherrott, Rose Mutiso, Aaron Rathmell, Benjamin Wiley, Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W44.00007: Effect of Nanowire Size Dispersity and Orientation on Electrical Conductivity in Polymer Nanocomposites Rose Mutiso, Michelle Sherrott, Ju Li, Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W44.00008: Finite-size effects in nanocomposites: experimental and computational studies L.I. Clarke, M.P. Roman, E.W. Skau, D.R. Stevens, L.N. Downen, T.J. Hoffman, J.R. Bochinski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W44.00009: Spectral and polarization modulation of quantum dot emission in a one-dimensional liquid crystal photonic cavity Andrea Rodarte, C. Gray, L.S. Hirst, S. Ghosh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W44.00010: Self-assembly of silicon quantum dot clusters in polymer nanocomposites Austin R. Van Sickle, Joseph B. Miller, Rebecca R. Anthony, Uwe R. Korthshagen, Daniel M. Kroll, Erik K. Hobbie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W44.00011: Utilizing photothermal heating by metal nanoparticles within polymer composites Somsubhra Maity, Jason Bochinski, Laura Clarke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W44.00012: What determines photoluminescence and quenching when fluorophores in a polymer matrix? Hyunsook Jang, Ying Wang, Yu Lei, Mu-Ping Nieh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W44.00013: Microtextured Omniphobic Surfaces by Solution Spraying of Fluorodecyl POSS/PMMA Blends Siddarth Srinivasan, Gareth McKinley, Robert Cohen Preview Abstract

Session W45: Focus Session: Soft Matter Physics of Heterogeneous Membranes - Theory and Simulation

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBIO
Chair: Philip Pincus, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: 159

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W45.00001: Hybrid Lipids as Line Active Molecules Invited Speaker: Tetsuya Yamamoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W45.00002: Turing Patterns on Curved Surfaces John Frank, Jemal Guven, Mehran Kardar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W45.00003: 2D Ising Model correlation function: Precise functional forms for comparison to membrane experiments Natalie Paquette, Benjamin Machta, Yan-Jiun Chen, James Sethna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W45.00004: Fluctuating Lipid Bilayer Membranes With Diffusing Protein Inclusions: Hybrid Continuum-Particle Model Jon K. Sigurdsson, Frank L.H. Brown, Paul J. Atzberger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W45.00005: Influence of chain rigidity on the conformation of model lipid membranes in the presence of cylindrical nanoparticle inclusions Chris DiLoreto, Robert Wickham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W45.00006: Mechanics, morphology, and mobility in stratum corneum membranes Peter Olmsted, Chinmay Das, Massimo Noro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W45.00007: Curvature-driven domain formation in ternary lipid membranes Matthew Demers, Rastko Sknepnek, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W45.00008: Entropy driven aggregation of adhesion sites of supported membranes Invited Speaker: Oded Farago Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W45.00009: Membrane lateral structure: How immobilized particles can stabilize small domains Richard Vink, Timo Fischer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W45.00010: In-Plane Dynamics of Membranes with Immobile Inclusions Naomi Oppenheimer, Haim Diamant Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W45.00011: Charge correlations in multicomponent ionic crystalline membranes Creighton Thomas, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract

Session W46: Invited Session: Silicon Spin Qubits: Relaxation and Decoherence

Sponsoring Units: DCMP GQI
Chair: Mark Eriksson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room: 160AB

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:51AM		W46.00001: Single-shot readout of spin qubits in Si/SiGe quantum dots Invited Speaker: Christie Simmons Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W46.00002: Coherent manipulation of a Si/SiGe-based singlet-triplet qubit Invited Speaker: Mark Gyure Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W46.00003: Measurement and control of single electron spins in silicon MOS-based quantum dots Invited Speaker: HongWen Jiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:39PM		W46.00004: Simulating a solid state spin qubit in a spin bath Invited Speaker: Wayne Witzel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W46.00005: Two-Spin Decoherence and Disentanglement in Semiconductor Nanostructures Invited Speaker: Xuedong Hu Preview Abstract

Session W47: Focus Session: Polymers for Energy Storage and Conversion - Fundamentals of Ion Transport

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DMP
Chair: Evren Ozcam, University of California, Berkeley
Room: 160C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W47.00001: Decoupling of Ionic Transport from Segmental Relaxation in Polymer Electrolytes Yangyang Wang, Alexander Agapov, Fei Fan, Kunlun Hong, Xiang Yu, Jimmy Mays, Alexei Sokolov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W47.00002: Ion Dynamics in Solid-State Polymer Electrolyte Electrochemical Cells using \textit{in situ} Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy Francis Richey, Yossef Elabd Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W47.00003: Ion Transport in Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block and Random Copolymers Yossef Elabd, Yuesheng Ye, Jae-Hong Choi, Karen Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W47.00004: Ion conduction in phosphonium-polysiloxane ionomers Siwei Liang, U. Hyeok Choi, James Runt, Ralph Colby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W47.00005: Ion Conduction in Polymerized Ionic Liquid Thin Films Jae-Hong Choi, Yuesheng Ye, Matthew D. Green, Yossef A. Elabd, Timothy E. Long, Karen I. Winey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W47.00006: Cross-linking of Ordered Pluronic/Ionic Liquid Blends for Solid Polymer Electrolytes Daniel Miranda, Craig Versek, Mark Tuominen, James Watkins, Thomas Russell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W47.00007: Ionomer Design Principles for Single Ion-Conducting Energy Materials Ralph Colby, Siwei Liang, Wenjuan Liu, U. Hyeok Choi, James Runt, Huai-Suen Shiau, Michael Janik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W47.00008: Ion Dynamics in Model Ionomer Melts as a Function of Polymer Architecture Lisa M. Hall, Mark J. Stevens, Amalie L. Frischknecht Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W47.00009: Ion Conduction and Dielectric Response of Imidazolium-based Single-ion Conductors U. Hyeok Choi, Minjae Lee, Anuj Mittal, Yuesheng Ye, Yossef Elabd, Harry Gibson, James Runt, Ralph Colby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W47.00010: Effect of matrix crystallinity on the ionic conductivity in microstructured block copolymer solid electrolytes Nicholas Young, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W47.00011: Solvation Effects on Counterion Transport in Single-Ion Conducting Ionomers Jing-Han Helen Wang, Ralph Colby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W47.00012: Correlation between superionic behavior and ion aggregation in PEO-based single-ion conductors Kan-Ju Lin, Janna Maranas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 2:15PM		W47.00013: Simulation of Ionic Aggregation and Ion Dynamics in Model Ionomers Invited Speaker: Amalie L. Frischknecht Preview Abstract

Session W48: New Experimental, Theoretical, and Computational Methods in Polymer and Soft Matter Physics

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Joanne Budzien, Frostburg State University
Room: 161

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W48.00001: Coherent States Formulation of Polymer Field Theory Xingkun Man, Kris Delaney, Glenn Fredrickson, Henri Orland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W48.00002: How Reliable Are Soft Potentials? Ensuring Thermodynamic Consistency Between Hierarchical Models of Polymer Melts James McCarty, Marina Guenza Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W48.00003: Simulation of Stress Induced Polymer-Polymer Interfacial Slip Andrew Gustafson, David Morse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W48.00004: Tumbling dynamics of isolated polymer chains in strong shear flows and the effects of chain resolution Ronald Larson, Indranil Saha Dalal, Alex Albaugh, Nazish Hoda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W48.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W48.00006: A Mesoscale Simulation Method for High Salt Concentrations Stefan Medina, Friederike Schmid Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W48.00007: Molten Salt Eutectics from Atomistic Alchemical Simulations Saivenkataraman Jayaraman, Aidan Thompson, O. Anatole von Lilienfeld Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W48.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W48.00009: An [N]PT Ensemble for Studying the Intricate Thermodynamics of Cluster Crystals Kai Zhang, Patrick Charbonneau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W48.00010: From nucleus to phase: Growing dynamics of critical nucleus in polymer blends Dadong Yan, Xinghua Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W48.00011: An Interactive 3D Interface to Model Complex Surfaces and Simulate Grazing Incidence X-ray Scatter Patterns Eliot Gann, Slim Chourou, Abhinav Sarje, Harald Ade, Cheng Wang, Elaine Chan, Xiaodong Ding, Alexander Hexemer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W48.00012: Numerical Computation of Diffusion Properties in Molecular Systems on a Topology-Conforming Grid Ivan Teo, Klaus Schulten Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W48.00013: Fluorescent excitation transfer as a tool for the phase transition studies Alexei Goun Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W48.00014: The Physics of Phase-Separation Fronts Alexander Wagner, Eric Foard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W48.00015: Protected TERS Probes for the Study of Polymer Surfaces Rebecca Agapov, Alexei Sokolov, Mark Foster Preview Abstract

Session W49: Focus Session: Organic Electronics and Photonics - Thin Film Transistors

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY
Chair: Oana Jurchescu, Wake Forest University and Saiful Khondaker, University of Central Florida
Room: 162A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W49.00001: Pressure effect on organic field-effect transistors Yugo Okada, Ken-ichi Sakai, Shin Kitaoka, Takafumi Uemura, Jun Takeya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W49.00002: Determining the elastic constants of rubrene single-crystals Marcos Reyes-Martinez, Ashwin Ramasubramaniam, Alejandro Briseno, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W49.00003: Tuning contorted hexabenzocoronene crystal structure and texture for organic field-effect transistors Anna Hiszpanski, Arthur Woll, Yueh-Lin Loo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:27PM		W49.00004: Quantitative assessments of the effect of microstructure on transport in organic semiconductors Invited Speaker: Alberto Salleo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W49.00005: Air-Stable Solution-Processed Thin-Thin Film Transistors with Hole Mobilities of 3.5 cm$^{2}$/Vs Yaochuan Mei, Katelyn Goetz, Marsha Loth, John Anthony, Oana Jurchescu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W49.00006: Variable-range hopping transport and Hall effect measurements in electrolyte-gated P3HT Shun Wang, Mingjing Ha, Michael Manno, C. Daniel Frisbie, C. Leighton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W49.00007: Charge Density Dependent Hole Mobility and Density of States Throughout the Entire Finite Potential Window of Conductivity in Ionic Liquid Gated Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Bryan D. Paulsen, C. Daniel Frisbie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W49.00008: Conductivity Maxima on the Surface of Organic Semiconductor Crystals at High Charge Densities Wei Xie, C. Daniel Frisbie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W49.00009: Solvent-Resistant Organic Transistors and Thermally-Stable Organic Photovoltaics Based on Crosslinkable Conjugated Polymers H.J. Kim, C.-H. Cho, B.J. Kim, A.-R. Han, J.H. Oh, J.M.J. Frechet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W49.00010: Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopic studies of the metal-semiconductor interface in organic field effect transistors Danish Adil, Suchi Guha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W49.00011: Ultra-thin body poly(3-hexylthiophene) transistors with improved short-channel performance Chenchen Wang, Jonathan Rivnay, Scott Himmelberger, Kiarash Vakhshouri, Enrique D. Gomez, Alberto Salleo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W49.00012: Physical Characterization of Functionalized Silk Material for Electronic Application and Devices Eden Steven, Eric Jobiliong, Jin Gyu Park, Anant Paravastu, Michael Davidson, Michelle Baird, Rufina Alamo, Papatya Kaner, James Brooks, Theo Siegrist Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W49.00013: Spectroscopic signatures of ambipolar injection in narrow gap donor-acceptor polymer transistors Omar Khatib, Jonathan D. Yuen, Jim Wilson, Rajeev Kumar, Fred Wudl, Massimiliano Di Ventra, Alan J. Heeger, Dimitri N. Basov Preview Abstract

Session W50: Focus Session: Micro and Nano Fluidics I: Devices and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DFD
Chair: Dongshin Kim, Brandeis University
Room: 162B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W50.00001: Self-Sorting of Deformable Particles in a Microfluidic Circuit Marco A. Cartas-Ayala, Mohammed Raafat, Rohit Karnik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W50.00002: Accelerating Yeast Prion Biology using Droplet Microfluidics Lloyd Ung, Assaf Rotem, Daniel Jarosz, Manoshi Datta, Susan Lindquist, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W50.00003: Microfluidic devices for droplet injection Donald Aubrecht, Ilke Akartuna, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W50.00004: Microfluidic devices for label-free separation of cells through transient interaction with asymmetric receptor patterns S. Bose, R. Singh, M.H. Hollatz, C.-H. Lee, J. Karp, R. Karnik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W50.00005: Role of Structural Asymmetry in Controlling Drop Spacing in Microfluidic Ladder Networks William Wang, Jeevan Maddala, Siva Vanapalli, Raghunathan Rengasamy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W50.00006: Synchronized Reinjection and Coalescence of Droplets in Microfluidics Manhee Lee, Jesse Collins, Donald Aubrecht, Shinhyun Kim, Tina Lin, Assaf Rotem, Laura Solomon, David Weitz, Vinothan Manoharan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W50.00007: Probing cell mechanical properties with microfluidic devices Invited Speaker: Amy Rowat Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W50.00008: Droplet Microfluidics for Virus Discovery Assaf Rotem, Shelley Cockrell, Mira Guo, James Pipas, David Weitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W50.00009: Creating 3D chemical gradients with self-folding microfluidic networks Mustapha Jamal, Yevgeniy Kalinin, Aasiyeh Zarafshar, David Gracias Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W50.00010: Control of Mass Transport and Chemical Reaction Kinetics in Ultrasmall Volumes Charles Collier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W50.00011: Thin Polymer Films as Microvalves in Microfluidic Devices Clemence Vergne, Fabrice Monti, Patrick Tabeling, Yvette Tran, Lucie Devys Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W50.00012: Nanofluidic Transistor Circuits Hsueh-Chia Chang, Li-Jing Cheng, Yu Yan, Zdenek Slouka, Satyajyoti Senapati Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W50.00013: The Lab-on-a-Disc: Miniature Counterpart to the Lab-on-a-CD for Driving Chip-Based Microcentrifugation Leslie Yeo, Nick Glass, Richard Shilton, Peggy Chan, James Friend Preview Abstract

Session W52: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics - Fluid-Structure Interactions and Swelling

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD
Chair: Prashant Purohit, University of Pennsylvania
Room: 153C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W52.00001: Capillary rise between exible walls Jos\'e Bico, Thomas Cambau, Etienne Reyssat Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W52.00002: Motion of a rigid sphere through an elastic tube Thomas Cambau, Jose Bico, Etienne Reyssat Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W52.00003: Equilibrium and stability of an elastic meniscus Marco Rivetti, Arnaud Antkowiak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W52.00004: Capillary-Induced Self-Organization of Soft Pillar Arrays into Moir\'{e} Patterns by Dynamic Feedback Process Sung Kang, Ning Wu, Alison Grinthal, Joanna Aizenberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W52.00005: Study of waving of grass using a soap film model Ravi Singh, Mahesh Bandi, L. Mahadevan, Amala Mahadevan, Shreyas Mandre Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W52.00006: Direct measurements of flow and deformation of a free reed Peter Buchak, John Bush Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 12:39PM		W52.00007: Control and Manipulation of Fluid Flow Using Elastic Deformations Behrouz Tavakol, Douglas Holmes, Guillaume Froehlicher, Howard Stone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:39PM - 12:51PM		W52.00008: Curling paper Etienne Reyssat, L. Mahadevan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:51PM - 1:03PM		W52.00009: Walking and jumping spores Philippe Marmottant Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W52.00010: Mechanic instabilities of swelling gels Martine Ben Amar, Julien Dervaux Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W52.00011: Patterns formed by swelling-induced folding of films Sachin Velankar, Victoria Lai, Richard Vaia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W52.00012: Swelling-Driven Shaping of Thermally Responsive Photo-Patterned Gel Sheets Myunghwan Byun, Jungwook Kim, Ryan Hayward, James Hanna, Christian Santangelo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W52.00013: Dynamical Actuation and Pattern Formation with Local Swelling in Microgels Howon Lee, Kin Hung Fung, Nicholas Fang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W52.00014: Separating Viscoelasticity and Poroelasticity of Gels with Different Length and Time Scales Anirudh Mohan, Xuanhe Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W52.00015: A constitutive theory for visco-hyperelastic gels Shawn Chester Preview Abstract

Session W53: Focus Session: Common Features of Soft Materials: Polymers, Colloids and Granular Media I

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Robert Hoy, Yale University
Room: 153B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15AM - 11:27AM		W53.00001: Athermal Jamming Vs Thermalized Glassiness in a Simple Model of Soft-Core Interacting Particles Stephen Teitel, Peter Olsson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:27AM - 11:39AM		W53.00002: Spontaneous formation of permanent shear bands in a mesoscopic model of flowing disordered matter Kirsten Martens, Lyd\'eric Bocquet, Jean-Louis Barrat Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:39AM - 11:51AM		W53.00003: Creep and critical scaling in random spring networks Brian Tighe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:51AM - 12:03PM		W53.00004: Rheology of particle assemblies close to a jamming transition Claus Heussinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:03PM - 12:15PM		W53.00005: Inhomogeneous structure and position-dependent dynamics in complex fluids James Carmer, Gaurav Goel, Jeffrey Errington, Thomas Truskett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:15PM - 12:27PM		W53.00006: Demonstration of Secondary Currents in the Pressure-Driven Flow of a Concentrated Suspension Through a Square Conduit Arun Ramchandran, Adam Zrehen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:27PM - 1:03PM		W53.00007: Understanding entangled polymers: What we can learn from athermal chain packings Invited Speaker: Nikos Karayiannis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:03PM - 1:15PM		W53.00008: Sudden Chain Energy Transfer Events in Vibrated Granular Media Nicol\'as Rivas, Suomi Ponce, Rodrigo Soto, Patricio Cordero, Nicol\'as Mujica, Dino Risso, Basille Gallet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:15PM - 1:27PM		W53.00009: Equation of state and jamming density for equivalent bi-, tri- and polydisperse, smooth, elastic sphere systems Vitaliy Ogarko, Stefan Luding Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:27PM - 1:39PM		W53.00010: Recovery of polymer glasses from mechanical perturbation Anton Smessaert, J\"{o}rg Rottler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:39PM - 1:51PM		W53.00011: Spatiotemporal stress/strain correlations in a quasi-2D jammed emulsion Kenneth Desmond, Eric R. Weeks Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:51PM - 2:03PM		W53.00012: Low-$k$ behavior in Structure Factor and Compressibility Factor for Monodisperse and Bidisperse Packings of Frictionless Spheres Jaime Bohorquez-Ballen, Leonardo Silbert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:03PM - 2:15PM		W53.00013: Jamming and Unjamming of the Rigid Amorphous Fraction Peggy Cebe, Qian Ma, Georgi Georgiev Preview Abstract