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Session X1: Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy IV: New Instrumentation & Techniques

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Alex de Lozanne, University of Texas at Austin
Room: 203

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X1.00001: ezAFM: A low cost Atomic Force Microscope(AFM) Umit Celik, Kubra Celik, Husnu Aslan, Ihsan Kehribar, Munir Dede, H. Ozgur Ozer, Ahmet Oral Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X1.00002: Compact Scanning Tunneling Microscope for Spin Polarization Measurements Seong Heon Kim, Leujen Chen, Alex de Lozanne Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X1.00003: Development of Molecular Beam Epitaxy/Pulsed Laser Deposition/Low Temperature Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy System Jeongihm Pak, Wenzhi Lin, Kangkang Wang, Andrew Foley, Tianjiao Chen, Yinghao Liu, Abhijit Chinchore, Daniel Bergman, Meng Shi, Arthur R. Smith Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X1.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X1.00005: A Dual Tip STM for Imaging the Superconducting Phase Difference Anita Roychowdhury, M.A. Gubrud, D. Sullivan, Michael Dreyer, J. R. Anderson, C.J. Lobb, F.C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X1.00006: mK-Scanning Probe Microscope(mK-SPM) operating in a Cryogen-Free Dilution Refrigerator at 20mK Munir Dede, Ozgur Karci, Chris Snelling, Ahmet Oral Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X1.00007: Atom-Specific Interaction Quantification and Identification by 3D-SPM Todd C. Schwendemann, Mehmet Z. Baykara, Harry Monig, Milica Todorovic, Jan Gotzen, Ozhan Unverdi, Ruben Perez, Eric I. Altman, Udo D. Schwarz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X1.00008: Laser Scanning Microscopy for Quantitative Measurement of the Local Microwave-Photonic Properties of Advanced Materials and Devices Behnood Ghamsari, Jacob Tosado, Mahito Yamamoto, Jinglei Ping, Daniel Lenski, Michael Fuhrer, Steven Anlage Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X1.00009: Torsional tapping atomic force microscopy for molecular resolution imaging of soft matter Jamie Hobbs, Nic Mullin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X1.00010: Reference system for scanning probe tip fingerprinting Robert Turansky, Joseph Bamidele, Yasuhiro Sugawara, Lev Kantorovitch, Ivan Stich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X1.00011: Micromolding fabrication of ``T'' cross section SiC SPM probes ChiaYun Wu, Shihang Wang, Daniel Schmidt, Joel Therrien Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X1.00012: Single molecule and single atom sensors for atomic resolution imaging of chemically complex surfaces F. Stefan Tautz, Georgy Kichin, Christian Weiss, Christian Wagner, Ruslan Temirov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X1.00013: Detection of cantilever thermal motion and feedback cooling using a quantum point contact Michele Montinaro, Sarah Hellm\"{u}ller, Klaus Ensslin, Martino Poggio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X1.00014: Design of a Self-Aligned, High Sensitivity Fiber Fabry-Perot Interferometer for Low Temperature Atomic Force Microscope/Magnetic Force Microscope Ozgur Karci, Munir Dede, Ahmet Oral Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X1.00015: Next Generation SPM Control System with ppm precision Alessandro Pioda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:30PM - 5:42PM		X1.00016: Conical spin-spiral ground state of a Mn double layer on W(110) driven by higher-order exchange interactions Yasuo Yoshida, Silke Schroeder, Paolo Ferriani, David Serrate, Kirsten von Bergmann, Andre Kubetzka, Stefan Heinze, Roland Wiesendanger Preview Abstract

Session X2: Invited Session: History of Metrology and Today's Frontiers of Measurement

Sponsoring Units: FHP
Chair: Richard Davis, BIPM
Room: 204AB

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X2.00001: Dreams of a Final System: Origins of the Quest for an Absolute Standard Invited Speaker: Robert Crease Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X2.00002: Beller Lectureship: From Artefacts to Atoms: The Origins and Early Years of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) Invited Speaker: Terry Quinn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X2.00003: Measurement of the gravitational quantities g and G: How ideas for precision measurement experiments come about Invited Speaker: James Faller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X2.00004: The Odyssey of the Frequency Measurements of Visible Light at NBS/NIST Invited Speaker: Howard Layer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X2.00005: Evolving Planck Constant Measurements into the SI Kilogram Standard Invited Speaker: Richard Steiner Preview Abstract

Session X3: Invited Session: Full Counting Statistics, Fluctuation Theorems, and Many-Body Entanglement

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Andrew Jordan, University of Rochester
Room: 205AB

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X3.00001: Towards Measuring the Many-Body Entanglement from Fluctuations Invited Speaker: Karyn Le Hur Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X3.00002: Charge sensing and real-time electron counting in quantum dots Invited Speaker: Thomas Ihn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X3.00003: High-order counting statistics and interactions Invited Speaker: Christian Flindt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X3.00004: Hidden correlations in the zero-point motion of electrons revealed by non-Gaussian quantum noise Invited Speaker: Bertrand Reulet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X3.00005: Noise and fluctuation statistics in mesoscopic heat transport Invited Speaker: Dmitri Averin Preview Abstract

Session X4: Focus Session: Quantum Quench Dynamics in Cold Atom Systems

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Anatoli Polkovnikov, Boston University
Room: 205C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X4.00001: Integrability versus Thermalizability in Isolated Quantum Systems Invited Speaker: Maxim Olshanii Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X4.00002: Chaos and statistical relaxation in quantum systems of interacting particles Lea Santos, Fausto Borgonovi, Felix Izrailev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X4.00003: Non-adiabatic ramps in quantum many-particle systems Masud Haque Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X4.00004: Entropy of Isolated Quantum Systems after a Quench Marcos Rigol, Lea Santos, Anatoli Polkovnikov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X4.00005: Mode coupling induced dissipative and thermal effects at long times after a quantum quench Aditi Mitra, Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X4.00006: Random phase approximation study of one-dimensional fermions after a quantum quench Jarrett Lancaster, Thierry Giamarchi, Aditi Mitra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X4.00007: Ballistic expansion of interacting fermions in one-dimensional optical lattices Fabian Heidrich-Meisner, Stephan Langer, Martin J.A. Schuetz, Ian McCulloch, Ulrich Schollwoeck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X4.00008: Quenching across a quantum critical point: dependence of scaling laws on spatial periodicity Smitha Vishveshwara, Manisha Thakurathi, Wade DeGottardi, Diptiman Sen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X4.00009: Kibble-Zurek Scaling: Universality and scaling Anushya Chandran, Amir Erez, Shivaji L. Sondhi, Steven S. Gubser Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X4.00010: Universal Quantum Dynamics of the Transverse-Field Ising Model Michael Kolodrubetz, Bryan Clark, David Huse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X4.00011: Self-consistent theory of instabilities in the spin-1 Bose gas Austen Lamacraft, Ryan Barnett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X4.00012: Decay of classical quasiperiodic state and emergence of prethermalization in quenched Fermi-Pasta-Ulam system Rafael Hipolito, Ippei Danshita, Vadim Oganesyan, Anatoli Polkovnikov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X4.00013: Fisher zeroes and non-analytic real time evolution for quenches in the transverse field Ising model Stefan Kehrein, Markus Heyl, Anatoli Polkovnikov Preview Abstract

Session X5: Structure and Formation of Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Michael Pierce, Rochester Institute of Technology
Room: 206A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X5.00001: Quasi-long range ordered hole-adatoms pairs on SrTiO$_{3}$(110)-(4$\times $1) surface Jiandong Guo, Fengmiao Li, Zhiming Wang, Sheng Meng, Zhiqiang Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X5.00002: Growth modes of multiferroic BiFeO$_{3}$ (001) thin films on SrTiO$_{3}$ -- Real time X-ray synchrotron study Priya V. Chinta, Randall Headrick, Ashrafi Almamun, Sara Callori, Matthew Dawber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X5.00003: Polarization Dependent Reconstructions of Ferroelectric Surfaces John Mark Martirez, Wissam Al-Saidi, Andrew Rappe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X5.00004: STM study of the Mn-dopants on the surface of Sr$_{3}$(Ru$_{1-x}$Mn$_{x})_{2}$O$_{7}$(x=6{\%}, 16{\%}) Ward Plummer, Guorong Li, Qing Li, Minghu Pan, Biao Hu, Von Braun Nascimento, Jiandi Zhang, Rongying Jin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X5.00005: Morphology and Magnetism of Atomically Thin Layers of Chromia -- An STM Investigation Xumin Chen, Donna Kenkel, Geoffrey Rojas, Xi He, Christian Binek, Axel Enders Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X5.00006: Structures of Stoichiometric and Oxygen Deficient Sapphire Surfaces Hawoong Hong, Aaron Gray, T.-C. Chiang, Shawn Haydn, Michael Gramlich, Yiyao Chen, Paul Miceli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X5.00007: Crystallographic Orientation(s) of Vanadium Dioxide Nano-Grains on Various Single-Crystal Sapphire Substrates Felipe Rivera, Joyeeta Nag, Richard Haglund, Robert Davis, Richard Vanfleet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X5.00008: Growth of Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films Using Magnetron Sputtering Fangfang Song, B.E. White Jr. Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X5.00009: Studies of high coverage oxidation of the Cu(100) surface using low energy positrons N.G. Fazleev, W.B. Maddox, A.H. Weiss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X5.00010: \textit{In situ} TEM Studies of the Initial Oxidation stage of Cu and Cu Alloy Thin Films Judith Yang, Yihong Kang, Langli Luo, James Ciston, Eric Stach, Guangwen Zhou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X5.00011: Quantum-Mechanical Investigations for the Oxidation Mechanism of Ti$_{3}$Al Wenhua Xue, Shi-Yu Liu, Shiyang Liu, Dejun Li, Tara Drwenski, Shuxia Yin, Sanwu wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X5.00012: Site Specific Molecular Chemisorption of O$_{2}$ on TiO$_{2}$(110): A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study Zhitao Wang, Yingge Du, Zdenek Dohn\'alek, Igor Lyubinetsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X5.00013: Hard x-ray photoemission studied and band alignment in TiO$_{2}$/HfO$_{2}$/Ge heterojunctions Abdul Rumaiz, Joseph Woicik, Qi Xie, Peter Siddons, Conan Weiland, Christophe Detavernier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X5.00014: Synchrotron Photoemission Characterization of Process Dependent Oxidation Control in InGaAs/High-k Film Systems Conan Weiland, Joseph Woicik, Jimmy Price, Pat Lysaght, Jeff Huang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X5.00015: Engineering an epitaxial dielectric/metal/dielectric trilayer system Jisun Kim, Yang Meng, Z.Q. Qiu, Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract

Session X6: Carbon Nanotube Optics II: Absorption and Raman Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Steve Cronin, University of Southern California
Room: 206B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X6.00001: Measurement of Absolute Absorption Cross-section of Individual Carbon Nanotubes on a Substrate Lihong Herman, Adam Tsen, Jiwoong Tsen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X6.00002: Measurement of Absorption Cross-section for Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes Xiaoping Hong, Kaihui Liu, Feng Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X6.00003: Enhancement of photoluminescence from single-walled carbon nanotubes by photonic crystal microcavities R. Watahiki, T. Shimada, P. Zhao, S. Chiashi, S. Iwamoto, Y. Arakawa, S. Maruyama, Y.K. Kato Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X6.00004: Can we look into carbon nanotubes by infrared light? Katalin Kamaras, Aron Pekker, Zsolt Szekrenyes, Ferenc Simon, Bea Botka, Rudi Hackl, Akos Botos, Andrei Khlobystov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X6.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X6.00006: Intersubband Edge Singularity in Metallic Nanotubes Eugene Mishchenko, Oleg Starykh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X6.00007: Indication of Long Lived States in Decay Associated Spectra of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Vasudev Lal, Roseanne Sension, Duncan Steel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X6.00008: Asymmetric resonance Raman excitation profiles and violation of the Condon approximation in single-wall carbon nanotubes Stephen Doorn, Juan Duque, Hagen Telg, Hang Chen, Anna Swan, Erik Haroz, Junichiro Kono, Xiaomin Tu, Ming Zheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X6.00009: Raman Spectroscopy characterization of individual triple-walled carbon nanotubes Thomas Hirschmann, Paulo Araujo, Mildred Dresselhaus, Kornelius Nielsch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X6.00010: Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Separated Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube J.R. Simpson, J.A. Fagan, X. Tu, M. Zheng, A.R. Hight Walker, J.G. Duque, J. Crochet, S.K. Doorn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X6.00011: Optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotube aerogels Gordana Ostojic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X6.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X6.00013: Coupled Radial Breathing Oscillation in Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Kaihui Liu, Xiaoping Hong, Enge Wang, Feng Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X6.00014: Observation of Optical Phonon Emission Threshold in the Current-Voltage Characteristics of Suspended Carbon Nanotubes Moh Amer, Adam Bushmaker, Ikai Hsu, Steve Cronin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X6.00015: The Electronic and Vibrational Properties of Carbon Nanorings Hang Chen, Anna Swan Preview Abstract

Session X7: Electronic, Structural and Chemical Properties of Non-Carbon Nanotubes and Nanowires

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Paul McIntyre, Stanford University
Room: 207

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X7.00001: Electronic properties of fluorine passivated silicon nanowires: density functional calculations Keenan Zhuo, Mei-Yin Chou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X7.00002: Molecular Hydrogen and Oxygen Interactions with Armchair Si Nanotubes Haoliang Chen, Asok Ray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X7.00003: Modeling Earle-Stage Kinking during VLS Ge Nanowire Growth Seunghwa Ryu, Yanying Li, Ann F. Marshall, Wei Cai, Paul C. McIntyre Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X7.00004: Detection of bio-molecules of different polarities by Boron Nitride Nanotoube Saikat Mukhopadhyay, Ralph Scheicher, Ravindra Pandey, Shashi Karna Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X7.00005: Quantum Confinement and Surface Relaxation Effects in Rutile TiO$_{2}$ Nanowires Abraham Hmiel, Yongqiang Xue Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X7.00006: Simulation of Nanowires on Metal Vicinal Surfaces: Effect of Growth Parameters and Energetic Barriers Ajmi B.H. Hamouda, Sonia Blel, T.L. Einstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X7.00007: Escape of an axial dislocation from a thin rod Zhaoxuan Wu, Yong-Wei Zhang, Mark Jhon, David Srolovitz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X7.00008: Ensemble Measurements of Temperature Dependence in High-Q GaN Nanowire Mechanical Resonators Joshua Montague, Kris Bertness, Norman Sanford, Victor Bright, Charles Rogers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X7.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X7.00010: Low-frequency noise in gallium nitride nanowire mechanical resonators Jason Gray, Kris Bertness, Norman Sanford, Charles Rogers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X7.00011: Unusual Germanium Nanowire Crystal Structures Formed During Low Temperature Catalytic Growth Andrew Gamalski, Jerry Tersoff, Caterina Ducati, Renu Sharma, Stephan Hofmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X7.00012: Strong Spin-Orbit Interaction and Helical Hole States in Ge/Si Nanowires Christoph Kloeffel, Mircea Trif, Daniel Loss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X7.00013: Spontaneous Formation of A Nanotube From A Square Ag Nanowire: An Atomistic View Mine Konuk Onat, Sondan Durukanoglu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X7.00014: Crossed Andreev Reflection in Quantum Wires with Strong Spin-Orbit Interaction Koji Sato, Daniel Loss, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X7.00015: A Microscopic View of Repeated Polytypism in Self-organization of Hierarchical Nanostructures Mu Wang, Ming LIu, Guo-Bin Ma, Zhao-Wu Wang, Ru-Wen Peng Preview Abstract

Session X8: Focus Session: Frustrated Magnetism - Theory

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Mike Zhitomirsky, CEA
Room: 208

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X8.00001: Spin wave theory study of neutron intensity, magnetic field, and anisotropy of Type IIA FCC antiferromagnet Trinanjan Datta, Dao-Xin Yao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X8.00002: Lifetime of gapped excitations in antiferromagnets Sasha Chernyshev, Michael Zhitomirsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X8.00003: Effect of Interlayer Coupling on Field-Induced Magnon Decays in Square-Lattice Antiferromagnet Wesley Fuhrman, Martin Mourigal, Michael Zhitomirsky, Sasha Chernyshev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X8.00004: Detecting non-magnetic excitations in quantum magnets Zhihao Hao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X8.00005: Finite temperature phase diagram of quantum compass model Fei Lin, Vito Scarola Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X8.00006: Order by geometrical disorder in a 2D quantum antiferromagnet Anuradha Jagannathan, Benoit Doucot, Attila Szallas, Stefan Wessel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X8.00007: From Popov-Fedotov case to universal fermionization Boris Svistunov, Nikolay Prokof'ev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X8.00008: Universality of modulation length exponents Saurish Chakrabarty, Alexander Seidel, Zohar Nussinov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X8.00009: Restricted Spin Set Lattice Models: A Route to Topological Order R. Zachary Lamberty, Stefanos Papanikolaou, C.L. Henley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X8.00010: Stability of the quantum Lifshitz model in 2+1 Dimensions Benjamin Hsu, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X8.00011: Supersymmetry in strongly correlated fermion models Dimitrios Galanakis, Stefanos Papanikolaou, Chris Henley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X8.00012: First-principles study on electronic properties of the pyrochlore oxide Cd2Os2O7 Hiroshi Shinaoka, Takashi Miyake, Shoji Ishibashi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X8.00013: Exchange and Magnetic Anisotropic Interactions of Magnetic Ions in Antiferromagnetic Materials Alexander Bazhan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X8.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session X9: Focus Session: Complex Bulk Oxides: Magnetic Phase Transitions

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Mohit Randeria, Ohio State University
Room: 209

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X9.00001: Temperature and pressure induced Cu-Fe intermetallic charge transfer in LaCu$_{3}$Fe$_{4}$O$_{12}$ Youwen Long, T. Kawakami, Y. Shimakawa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X9.00002: Spin-phonon coupling effect in $A$MnO$_3$ ($A$=Ca, Sr, Ba) and La$M$O$_3$ ($M$=Cr, Fe, Cr/Fe) from DFT+$U$ and hybrid functional methods Jiawang Hong, Alessandro Stroppa, Jorge Iniguez, Silvia Picozzi, David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X9.00003: Nd magnetic order in NdFe$_x$Ga$_{1-x}$O$_3$ Fernando Bartolome, Maria Parra-Borderias, Jose Alberto Rodriguez-Velamazan, Juan Bartolome, Burzuri Enrique, Fernando Luis, Marco Evangelisti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X9.00004: Magnetic phase transitions in single crystalline Mn$_{0.68}$Ni$_{0.32}$TiO$_3$ Songxue Chi, Huibo Cao, Feng Ye, Jaime A. Fernandez-Baca, Haidong Zhou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X9.00005: Electron energy loss spectroscopy study of Sr$_{2-x}$Gd$_x$TiMnO$_6$ Nevenko Biskup, Inmaculada Alvarez-Serrano, Maria Luisa Veiga, Mar Garcia-Hernandez, Maria Luisa Lopez, Maria Varela Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X9.00006: Density functional modeling for a perovskite SrTi$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$O$_3$ system: Beyond GGA+U functional Juan Manuel Florez, Shyue Ping Ong, Gerbrand Ceder, Gerald F. Dionne, Patricio Vargas, Caroline A. Ross Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X9.00007: Role of cooperative structural distortions in the metal--insulator transitions of perovskite ferrates Antonio Cammarata, James Rondinelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X9.00008: Far infrared spectroscopy of magnons and phonons in TbFeO$_{3}$ single crystal T.N. Stanislavchuk, E.C. Standard, A.A. Sirenko, G.L. Carr, A.A. Mukhin, M.V. Mostovoy, N. Lee, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:42PM		X9.00009: Optical properties of iron oxides Invited Speaker: Janice Musfeldt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X9.00010: Theory of Spectroscopy and Transport in Half-metallic Double Perovskites Julia Janczak, Oinam Nganba Meetei, Mohit Randeria, Nandini Trivedi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X9.00011: High T$_c$ Ferrimagnetism, Multiband Mott Transition and Spin-Orbit Coupling in Double Perovskites Onur Erten, O. Nganba Meetei, Anamitra Mukherjee, Mohit Randeria, Nandini Trivedi, Patrick M. Woodward Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X9.00012: Magnetically driven metal-insulator transition in NaOsO$_3$ Stuart Calder, Vasile Garlea, Desmond McMorrow, Mark Lumsden, Mathew Stone, Jonathan Lang, Jong-Woo Kim, John Schlueter, Youguo Shi, Ying Sun, Yoshira Tsujimoto, Kazunaria Yamaura, Andrew Christianson Preview Abstract

Session X10: Invited Session: Thermal Properties and Electron-Phonon Coupling from First Principles

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Anderson Janotti, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: 210A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X10.00001: Competition between electron-­?phonon coupling and spin fluctuations in superconductors Invited Speaker: Silke Biermann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X10.00002: Phonon Raman scattering from first principles Invited Speaker: Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X10.00003: Pushing the limits of first-principles electron-phonon calculations: from photoemission kinks to band gaps Invited Speaker: Feliciano Giustino Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X10.00004: Phonon-assisted Auger recombination and optical absorption in semiconductors Invited Speaker: Emmanouil Kioupakis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X10.00005: Large scale atomistic approaches to thermal transport and phonon scattering in nanostructured materials Invited Speaker: Ivana Savic Preview Abstract

Session X11: Focus Session: Graphene Structure, Stacking, Interactions: Twisting, Stretching, Folding, Wrinkling

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Jeanie Lau, University of California, Riverside
Room: 210B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X11.00001: Graphene Origami Melina Blees, Arthur Barnard, Samantha Roberts, Peijie Ong, Aliaksandr Zaretski, Si Ping Wang, Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X11.00002: Twisting Graphene into Carbon Nanotubes Oleg O. Kit, Tuomas Tallinen, L. Mahadevan, Jussi Timonen, Pekka Koskinen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X11.00003: Wrinkling instability in graphene supported on nanoparticle-patterned SiO$_{2}$ William Cullen, Mahito Yamamoto, Olivier Pierre-Louis, Theodore Einstein, Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X11.00004: Molecular Dynamics Study of Ripples in Graphene and Bilayer Graphene Arunima Singh, Richard G. Hennig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X11.00005: Ideal strength of graphene Sungjong Woo, Young-Woo Son Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X11.00006: Determination of Young's Modulus of Graphene by Raman Spectroscopy Jae-Ung Lee, Duhee Yoon, Hyeonsik Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X11.00007: Role of the effective tensile strain in the electromechanical response of helical graphene nanoribbons with open and closed edges Traian Dumitrica, Dong-Bo Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X11.00008: Failure mechanisms of graphene under tension Chris Marianetti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X11.00009: Characterization of strain in CVD graphene on copper substrates Rui He, Liuyan Zhao, Nicholas Petrone, Michael Roth, James Hone, Philip Kim, Abhay Pasupathy, Aron Pinczuk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X11.00010: Local nanoscale frictional variations of graphene investigated with lateral force microscopy Patrick Hunley, Tyler Flynn, Tom Dodson, Abhishek Sundararajan, Douglas Strachan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X11.00011: Adsorption-induced Pore Expansion and Contraction in Activated Carbon Matthew Connolly, Carlos Wexler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X11.00012: Hierarchical graphene materials: from monolayers to papers and nanocomposites Zhiping Xu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X11.00013: Layer Effects in Graphene NEMS Resonators Britton Baugher, Tchefor Ndukum, Kevin Fischer, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X11.00014: Ultrastrong Adhesion of Graphene Membranes Steven P. Koenig, Narasimha G. Boddeti, Martin L. Dunn, J. Scott Bunch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X11.00015: Graphene coatings: An efficient protection from oxidation Mehmet Topsakal, Hasan Sahin, Salim Ciraci Preview Abstract

Session X12: Focus Session: Graphene: Growth, Mechanical Exfoliation, and Properties - Morphology and Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Luigi Colombo, Texas Instruments
Room: 210C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X12.00001: Atomic Scale Properties of Chemically Doped Graphene Invited Speaker: Abhay Pasupathy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X12.00002: Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene Bilayers Grown on Copper by Chemical Vapor Deposition Babak Fallahazad, Yufeng Hao, Kayoung Lee, Seyoung Kim, Rodney Ruoff, Emanuel Tutuc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X12.00003: Layer Number and Stacking Order Imaging of Few-layer Graphenes by Transmission Electron Microscopy Jinglei Ping, Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X12.00004: Metal surface melting effect on the formation of graphene wrinkles Tereza Paronyan, Elena Pigos, Avetik Harutyunyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X12.00005: Growth and Characterization of Graphene-Boron Nitride Heterostructures Invited Speaker: Peter Sutter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X12.00006: Physical and electrical properties of graphene folds grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition Wenjuan Zhu, Tony Low, Yu Zhu, Ageeth Bol, Hugen Yan, Xuesong Li, Yu-ming Lin, Yanqing Wu, Fengnian Xia, Vasili Perebeinos, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X12.00007: Superior Mobility in Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesized Graphene by Grain Size Engineering Nicholas Petrone, Cory Dean, Inanc Meric, Arend van der Zande, Pinshane Huang, Lei Wang, David Muller, Kenneth Shepard, James Hone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X12.00008: Transfer-Free, Wafer-Scale, and Patterned Synthesis of Graphene on Dielectric Substrates Hossein Sojoudi, Samuel Graham Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X12.00009: Transport studies of dual-gated ABA- and ABC-stacked trilayer graphene K. Zou, F. Zhang, C. Clapp, A.H. MacDonald, J. Zhu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X12.00010: Graphene growth by CVD using liquid precursors Jessica Campos Delgado, Andr\'es Botello-M\'endez, Benoit Hackens, Jean-Christophe Charlier, Thomas Pardoen, Jean-Pierre Raskin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X12.00011: Vibrational properties in graphene-on-metal systems: A scanning tunneling microscopy study and density functional theory calculations Haigang Zhang, Yuyang Zhang, Wende Xiao, Shixuan Du, Hongjun Gao Preview Abstract

Session X13: Focus Session: Magnetic Nanostructures-Hard Magnetic Materials and Magnetocaloric Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: Sam Jiang, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 211

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X13.00001: Thermal Fluctuation and Finite- Temperature Performance of Hard-Soft Composite Magnets Alexander Belemuk, S.T. Chui Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X13.00002: Control of Size and Magnetic Properties of L1$_{0}$ FePt islands by DC sputtering Xiaocao Hu, Ozan Akdogan, Wanfeng Li, George Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X13.00003: Nano-granular FePt thin films for thermally-assisted magnetic recording Tiffany Santos, Oleksandr Mosendz, Simone Pisana, James Reiner, Gregory Parker, Barry Stipe, Dieter Weller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X13.00004: Confined stripe structure in periodically grooved NdCo Films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy Jose I. Martin, Aurelio Hierro-Rodriguez, Rosalia Cid, Gabriel Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Maria Velez, Luis M. Alvarez-Prado, Jose M. Alameda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X13.00005: Intrinsic Magnetic Properties of fct FePt Nanocubes and Rods by Cluster Beam Deposition Ozan Akdogan, Wanfeng Li, George Hadjipanayis, Ralph Skomski, David Sellmyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X13.00006: Confinement Effect on the Phase Transformation of FePt from A1 to L1 Andrew Gallagher, Levent Colak, Ozan Akdogan, George Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X13.00007: Towards high strength nanocomposite magnets --- Approaches from the bottom Invited Speaker: J. Ping Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X13.00008: NdCo$_{5}$ Nanoflakes and Nanoparticles Produced by Surfactant-Assisted High Energy Ball Milling Nilay Gunduz Akdogan, Wanfeng Li, George Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X13.00009: Magnetic Studies on Nd$_{2}$Fe$_{14-x}$Mn$_{x}$B Nanoflakes and Nanoparticles Produced by Surfactant-Assisted High Energy Ball Milling George Hadjipanayis, Nilay Gunduz Akdogan, Wanfeng Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X13.00010: Giant Coercive Fields of 2.5 Tesla in Nanostructured Mn$_{x}$Ga Films Steven Bennett, Thomas Nummy, Thomas Cardinal, Welville Nowak, Don Heiman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X13.00011: Tunable exchange length in laminate exchange coupled composite media B.J. Kirby, Hao-Cheng Hou, Chih-Huang Lai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X13.00012: Impact of Size Reduction on the Magnetocaloric Effect in Single- and Multi-Phase Manganites N.S. Bingham, P. Lampen, A. Puri, S. Chandra, M.H. Phan, H. Srikanth, C.L. Zhang, S.W. Cheong, T.H. Hoang, H.D. Chinh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X13.00013: Enhancement of magnetic refrigerant capacity in nanocrystalline LaMnO$_{3}$ Anis Biswas, Sayan Chandra, M.H. Phan, H. Srikanth Preview Abstract

Session X14: Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors - Spin-Orbit Interaction and Relaxation in Si and Ge

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Nicholas Harmon, University of Iowa
Room: 212

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X14.00001: Field-induced negative differential spin lifetime in silicon Jing Li, Lan Qing, Hanan Dery, Ian Appelbaum Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X14.00002: Decrease of electron spin lifetime in external electric field due to intervalley phonon scattering in silicon Lan Qing, Hanan Dery, Jing Li, Ian Appelbaum Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X14.00003: Spin-Polarized Luminescence Across the Indirect Band-Gap of Strained Ge, Si and Their Alloys Dhara Trivedi, Pengke Li, Hanan Dery Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X14.00004: Spin-orbit interaction and spin relaxation of conduction band electrons in Si and Ge Invited Speaker: Pengke Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X14.00005: Group theory analysis of phonon-induced spin relaxation in silicon Yang Song, Hanan Dery Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X14.00006: Influence of spin polarization on resistivity of a two-dimensional electron gas in Si MOSFET at metallic densities I. Shlimak, A. Butenko, D.I. Golosov, K.-J. Friedland, S.V. Kravchenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X14.00007: Spin phase coherence of donor nuclear spins in silicon: the influence of electrical readout Dane McCamey, Johan van Tol, Gavin Morley, Christoph Boehme Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X14.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X14.00009: Optical Orientation and Spin Relaxation of electrons and holes in Strained Germanium Quantum Wells Fabio Pezzoli, Federico Bottegoni, Franco Ciccacci, Stefano Cecchi, Emanuele Grilli, Mario Guzzi, Giovanni Isella, Dhara Trivedi, Pengke Li, Yang Song, Hanan Dery Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X14.00010: Infrared Kerr measurements in ferromagnetic silicon carbide Alok Mukherjee, Chase Ellis, Nada Tesarova, John Cerne, Yu Liu, Shunchong Wang, Gang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X14.00011: Low-temperature scattering-Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy of Strongly Correlated Materials Molly May, Joanna Atkin, Markus Raschke Preview Abstract

Session X15: Focus Session: Spin and Dynamics in Metal, Resonance Phenomena II: FMR in Magnetic Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP GMAG
Chair: Xin Fan, University of Delaware
Room: 213

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X15.00001: Two dimensional spectroscopic imaging of individual ferromagnetic nanostripes Robert McMichael, Han-Jong Chia, Lyuba Belova Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X15.00002: Size dependent nonlinear effects of magnetization dynamics in Permalloy disks Feng Guo, Han-Jong Chia, Lyuba Belova, Robert McMichael Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X15.00003: Electrically Detected Broadband Ferromagnetic Resonance in Individually Defined Permalloy Nanowires Zheng Duan, Carl Boone, Ilya Krivorotov, Nathalie Reckers, Sven Stienen, Juergen Lindner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X15.00004: Spin torque phenomena originating from the spin Hall effect: resonance, magnetic switching, and magnetic dynamics Invited Speaker: Luqiao Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X15.00005: Magnetostatics and magnetodynamics in single crystal Ni on MgO Michael Pechan, Brian Kaster, Michael Sinko, Dan Dahlberg, C.A. Ross, Gye Hyun Kim, Carl V. Thompson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X15.00006: Localized Edge Modes in Permalloy Square Antidot Arrays J.B. Ketterson, J. Sklenar, V.S. Bhat, L. DeLong, O. Heinonen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X15.00007: Topological Localization of FMR Modes by Antidot Arrays Patterned into Permalloy Thin Films Vinayak Bhat, Justin Woods, Lance De Long, Joseph Sklenar, John Ketterson, Olle Heinonen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X15.00008: Ferromagnetic Resonance Studies of Individual Ferromagnetic Nanowires Rohan Adur, Inhee Lee, Stefan Philippi, Thomas Muhl, Denis V. Pelekhov, P. Chris Hammel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X15.00009: Damping Dependence in Microwave Assisted Magnetization Reversal Yunpeng Chen, Xin Fan, Qi Lu, John Xiao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X15.00010: Theory of the ac spin valve effect: a new method to measure spin relaxation time Denis Kochan, Martin Gmitra, Jaroslav Fabian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X15.00011: Vortex Resonance in Coupled Ferromagnetic Disks Shikha Jain, Helmut Schultheiss, John Pearson, Frank Fradin, Samuel Bader, Valentyn Novosad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X15.00012: Study of the coupling of vortices in magnetic nanodisks Alberto Guimaraes, Gabriel Fior, Flavio Garcia Preview Abstract

Session X16: Manganites: Perovskite and Bilayer

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Mark Golden, University of Amsterdam
Room: 251

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X16.00001: Persistence of Jahn-Teller Distortion up to the Insulator to Metal Transition in LaMnO$_{3}$ Maria Baldini, Viktor Struzhkin, Alex Goncharov, Paolo Postorino, Wendy Mao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X16.00002: Influence of Gd-doping in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 on its structural and Magneto-Electrical Properties Sevgi Polat Altintas, Abderrezak Amira, Cabir Terzioglu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X16.00003: Size control of Magnetism, Charge and Orbital Order in Half-Doped Manganite, La$_{0.5}$Ca$_{0.5}$MnO$_3$ Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, Hena Das, G. Sangiovanni, A. Valli, K. Held Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X16.00004: Measuring Coexisting Phases in La$_{0.35}$Pr$_{0.275}$Ca$_{0.375}$MnO$_3$ Mark H. Burkhardt, M.A. Hossain, S. Sarkar, H.A. D\"{u}rr, J. St\"{o}hr, Y.-D. Chuang, A.G. Cruz Gonzalez, A. Doran, A. Scholl, A.T. Young, Y.J. Choi, S.-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X16.00005: Oxygen Vacancy Induced Metal Insulator Transition in Epitaxial Pr$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$ Thin Films Jingdi Zhang, Kebin Fan, Ryuhei Kinjo, Weiming Xu, Iwao Kawayama, Masayoshi Tonouchi, Xin Zhang, Richard Averitt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X16.00006: Search for Multi-Ferroic Manganites with Elongated Mn-O bonds Bogdan Dabrowski, James Mais, Stanislaw Kolesnik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X16.00007: Formation of mesoscopic metallic filaments in manganite thin films imaged by microwave impedance microscopy Worasom Kundhikanjana, Keji Lai, Yongliang Yang, Yue Ma, Michael Kelly, Zhi-Xun Shen, Masao Nakamura, Zhigao Sheng, Masashi Kawasaki, Yoshi Tokura Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X16.00008: Imaging of nano domain fluctuations in manganites Mirian Garcia Fernandez, Stuart Wilkins, Hong Zheng, John Mitchell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X16.00009: Fragile Magnetic Ground State in Half-Doped Manganite LaSr$_2$Mn$_2$O$_7$: Orbital Instability J.-S. Lee, C.-C. Kao, C.S. Nelson, S.B. Kim, Y.J. Choi, S.-W. Cheong, S. Smadici, P. Abbamonte, H. Jang, K.-T. Ko, J.-H. Park Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X16.00010: Bilayer manganites reveal polarons in the midst of a metallic breakdown F. Massee, S. de Jong, Y. Huang, W. K. Siu, I. Santoso, A. Mans, A. T. Boothroyd, D. Prabhakaran, R. Follath, A. Varykhalov, L. Patthey, M. Shi, J.B. Goedkoop, M.S. Golden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X16.00011: The intrinsic electronic structure of bilayer manganites from Angle Resolved Photoemission Sanne de Jong, R. Kukreja, M.A. Hossain, M.S. Golden, E. van Heumen, F. Massee, Y. Huang, A.T. Boothroyd, P. Pabhakaran, A. Walter, A. Bostwick, E. Rotenberg, H.A. Durr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X16.00012: Unconventional response of acoustic phonons to the onset of charge order in a bilayer manganite S. Rosenkranz, F. Weber, J.P. Castellan, R. Osborn, H. Zheng, J.F. Mitchell, S. Chi, J.W. Lynn, D. Reznik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X16.00013: Magnetoelastic Spin Flip in La$_{1.4}$Sr$_{1.6}$Mn$_2$O$_7$ K.-T. Ko, H. Jang, J.-H. Park, B.-G. Park, J.-Y. Kim, Sung Baek Kim, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract

Session X17: Focus Session: Nanostructures and Metamaterials, Growth, Structure, and Characterization -- Improved Materials and Applications II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Luca Dal Negro, Boston University
Room: 252A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X17.00001: Low-loss multilayered metamaterial exhibiting a negative index of refraction at visible wavelengths Invited Speaker: Carlos Garcia-Meca Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X17.00002: Photonic-Plasmonic Coupling and Near Field Engineering in Nanoparticle Necklaces Alyssa Pasquale, Bj\"orn Reinhard, Luca Dal Negro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X17.00003: Probing Thermomechanics at the Nanoscale: Impulsively Excited Pseudosurface Acoustic Waves in Hypersonic Phononic Crystals D. Nardi, Q. Li, K. Hoogeboom-Pot, M. Murnane, H. Kapteyn, M. Siemens, M. Travagliati, F. Parmigiani, G. Ferrini, F. Banfi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X17.00004: Plasmonic nanotips for spectroscopy with nanometer-scale resolution Johannes Feist, Semion K. Saikin, M.T. Homer Reid, Al\'an Aspuru-Guzik, Mikhail D. Lukin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X17.00005: Structural and Optical Properties of Metals in Photonic Semiconductor Devices Meng-Mu Shih Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X17.00006: Cavity Resonances in Plasmonic Patch Nanoantennas Ayan Chakrabarty, Feng Wang, Fred Minkowski, Qi-Huo Wei Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X17.00007: Efficient calculation for waveguides and for photonic crystal band structures using improved finite elements in 2D C.R. Boucher, C.I. AhHeng, L.R. Ram-Mohan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X17.00008: Diffusion of a Plasmon-Exciton Polaron Charles Cherqui, David Dunlap, Andrei Piryatinski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X17.00009: Coherent interband transport in binary zigzag optical waveguide arrays Kin Chung Au Yeung, Nai Jing Deng, Cheung Wai Chau, Sai Kit Yung, Kin Wah Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X17.00010: Tunable rainbow trapped in a self-similar liquid crystal waveguide Qing Hu, Si-Hui Wang, Di-Hu Xu, Yu Zhou, Ru-Wen Peng, Mu Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X17.00011: A New Strategy for Designing Broadband Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials Hon Ping Lee, Ka Shing Hui, Lei Sun, Kin Wah Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X17.00012: Effective permittivity of ensemble-averaged waves in dense random plasmonic composites Satvik Wani, Ashok Sangani, Radhakrishna Sureshkumar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X17.00013: Microfabrication of highly absorbent THz metafilms tuned for specific frequencies Dragoslav Grbovic, Fabio Alves, Brian Kearney, Gamani Karunasiri Preview Abstract

Session X18: Growth and Properties of Nanoparticles and Nanowires

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Matthew McCluskey, Washington State University
Room: 252B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X18.00001: Electronic structures and adsorption configurations of gold nanoclusters on cerium oxide defect surfaces Lu Wang, Wai-Ning Mei, Neil Lawrence, Joseph R. Brewer, James Wells-Kingsbury, Marcella Ihrig, Gonghua Wang, Chin Li Cheung, Yun-Liang Soo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X18.00002: The Kirkendall Effect in Copper Nanocrystals Mark Stoykovich, Katherine Rice Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X18.00003: Systematic Study of Supported Ni, Pd, Pt Metal Nanocrystals for Catalytic Energy Conversion Vicky Doan-Nguyen, Matteo Cargnello, Thomas R. Gordon, Kevin Bakhmutsky, Paolo Fornasiero, Raymond Gorte, Christopher B. Murray Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X18.00004: Ab Initio Investigation of the Structures of Fe-Doped Carbon Clusters Christella Lovato, Clifton Brownrigg, Ajit Hira Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X18.00005: Electrical Detection of Mechanical Resonance of ZnO Nanowhiskers Deepika Saini, Doyl Dickel, Ramakrishna Podila, Herbert Behlow, Malcolm Skove, Apparao Rao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X18.00006: Direct growth of vertically aligned long ZnO nanowires on FTO substrates and their application for dye sensitized solar cells Liyou Lu, Jiajun Chen, Wenyong Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X18.00007: Competing gas phase reactions during vapor transport deposition of ZnO nanowires Eric Driscoll, Kevin Range, Marian Tzolov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X18.00008: Study on Pure Phase Formation of Lead Oxide Nanowires by Oxidation of Lead Nanowires Kuo Hai, Xiaogang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X18.00009: Formation of metallic gold chain on patterned hydrogen terminated Si(001)-2$\times $1 surface: Density functional study Bikash Gupta, Purusottam Jena Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X18.00010: Catalytic role of Au nanoparticle in GaAs nanowire growth Peter Kratzer, Sung Sakong, Volker Pankoke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X18.00011: Engineering Enhanced Optical Properties of Near-IR Upconverting Nanoparticles Daniel Gargas, Alexis Ostrowski, Emory Chan, Delia Milliron, Bruce Cohen, P. James Schuck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X18.00012: Tuning the parameters to establish Quenching and enhancement regimes in hybrid Gold nanoparticles and CdSe Quantum dots monolayer Laxminarayan Tripathi, Praveena M., J.K. Basu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X18.00013: Enhanced Free Exciton and Direct Band-Edge Emissions at Room Temperature in Ultrathin Zn0 Films Grown on Si Nanopillars by Atomic Layer Deposition Pei-Yuan Chu, Yuan-Ming Chang, Jiann Shieh, Jenh-Yih Juang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X18.00014: Growth of Molybdenum Oxide Nano-Micro Structures by Thermal Annealing Process Seyad Ahmad Mahdavi Ardakani, Sajjad Tollabimazraehno, Maryam Raftari, Abas Azarian, Seyed Mohammad Mahdavi, Azam Irajizad Preview Abstract

Session X19: Invited Session: Two Dimensional Electron Systems at Oxide Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Maitri Warusawithana, Florida State University
Room: 253AB

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X19.00001: Electronic structure of the interfacial LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ 2D electron gas Invited Speaker: Jean-Marc Triscone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X19.00002: Fundamental Properties of the 2-D Electron Liquid Generated by LaAlO$_{3}$-SrTiO$_{3}$ Interfaces Invited Speaker: Jochen Mannhart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X19.00003: Gate control of the mobility, carrier density and superconductivity at the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface Invited Speaker: Christopher Bell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X19.00004: Electronic and structural correlations at 2DEG oxide heterointerfaces Invited Speaker: M.S. Rzchowski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X19.00005: Electronic structure and two-dimensional electron gas at the surface of SrTiO$_{3}$ Invited Speaker: Andres Felipe Santander-Syro Preview Abstract

Session X20: Invited Session: Physics of Color Reflective Displays

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Gary Gibson, Hewlett Packard - Palo Alto
Room: 253C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X20.00001: Bio-Inspired Adaptive Coloration -- Knowledge Gained by Comparison of Nature and Man-Made Technologies Invited Speaker: Jason Heikenfeld Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X20.00002: Hewlett-Packard's Approaches to Full Color Reflective Displays Invited Speaker: Gary Gibson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X20.00003: Opalux Photonic Ink: Full-color, bistable, reflective displays Invited Speaker: Andre Arsenault Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X20.00004: Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Based Reflex Color Reflective Displays Invited Speaker: Asad Khan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X20.00005: Mirasol displays: the revolution in display technology Invited Speaker: Brian Gally Preview Abstract

Session X21: Fluctuation Phenomena (noise, nonequilibrium effects, localization effects)

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Carmen Almasan
Room: 254A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X21.00001: Fluctuoscopy of Disordered Two-Dimensional Superconductors Andreas Glatz, Andrey Varlamov, Valerii Vinokur Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X21.00002: Majorana modes in a superconducting wire with quasiperiodic and Wade DeGottardi, Manisha Thakurathi, Diptiman Sen, Smitha Vishveshwara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X21.00003: A Preformed Pair Approach to Diamagnetism in the Cuprates Vivek Mishra, Dan Wulin, K. Levin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X21.00004: Transport theory of superconductors in paramagnetic limit Maxim Khodas, Alex Levchenko, Gianluigi Catelani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X21.00005: Proliferation of mesoscopic effects in transport of superconductors Mengling Zhang, Alex Levchenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X21.00006: Superconducting fluctuation regime in the cuprates revealed by torque magnetometry Guichuan Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X21.00007: The potential for persistent current measurements in mesoscopic rings of underdoped cuprates Thomas Lippman, Ilya Sochnikov, Kathryn Moler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X21.00008: Cantilever torque magnetometry study of multiply connected BSCCO arrays near Tc Grigoriy Polshyn, Raffi Budakian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X21.00009: Properties of ultrathin Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+x}$ films grown by pulsed laser deposition Michael Hinton, Jie Yong, Stanley Steers, Adam Ahmed, John Draskovic, Tom Lemberger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X21.00010: Ghost critical field and weak localization phenomena in superconducting Tantalum Nitride films Nicholas Breznay, Aharon Kapitulnik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X21.00011: Coexistence of superconducting gap and pseudogap above and below $T_c$ in cuprates Jeffery Tallon, James Storey, John Loram Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X21.00012: On-chip detection of photon-assisted shot noise and photocurrent of quantum point contact Y. Jompol, P. Roulleau, F. Portier, P. Roche, D.C. Glattli, I. Farrer, D.A. Ritchie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X21.00013: Direct access to quantum non-Gaussian noise through cross-correlation measurements Iurii Chernii, Eugene Sukhorukov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X21.00014: Interferometric and Noise Signatures of Majorana Fermion Edge States in Transport Experiments Wolfgang Belzig, Gregory Struebi, Mahn-Soo Choi, Christoph Bruder Preview Abstract

Session X22: Focus Session: Fe-based Superconductors - Exchange Coupling Theory

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Thomas Maier, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 254B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X22.00001: Strong Versus Weak Coupling Pairing in Iron-Based Superconductors Invited Speaker: B. Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X22.00002: Hund's metal physics in iron-based superconductors Gabriel Kotliar, Zhiping Yin, Kristjan Haule Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X22.00003: Consistent theory of magnetism and superconductivity in iron pnictides Michail Katsnelson, Vladimir Antropov, Liqin Ke, Mark van Schilfgaarde Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X22.00004: Giant spin zero-point fluctuations in iron superconductors Vladimir Antropov, Pawel Buczek, Frank Essenberger, Arthur Ernst, Leonid Sandratskii, E.K.U. Gross Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X22.00005: Spectral and magnetic properties of the iron-based superconductors: The role of electronic correlation Alessandro Toschi, P. Hansmann, R. Arita, S. Sakai, G. Sangiovanni, K. Held Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X22.00006: {\it Ab initio} Evidence of Strong Correlation Associated with Mott Proximity in Iron-Based Superconductor Takahiro Misawa, Kazuma Nakamura, Masatoshi Imada Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X22.00007: Two-orbital quantum spin model of magnetism in the iron pnictides Chen Liu, Dao-Xin Yao, Anders Sandvik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X22.00008: Spin waves of 2D $J_1$-$J_2$ model and single hole dynamics via nearest neighbor hole hopping Satyaki Kar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X22.00009: An unified minimum effective model of magnetism in iron-based superconductors Jiangping Hu, Bao Xu, Wuming Liu, Ningning Hao, Yupeng Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X22.00010: Spin dynamics of the J1-J2 Model with Biquadratic Spin Interactions for the Paramagnetic Phase of the Iron Pnictides Zhentao Wang, Rong Yu, Pallab Goswami, Andriy Nevidomskyy, Qimiao Si, Elihu Abrahams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X22.00011: Dimensional crossover in the quasi-two-dimensional Ising-O(3) model Naoki Kawashima, Yoshitomo Kamiya, Cristian Batista Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X22.00012: Are Spinwaves Glue for Cooper Pairs in Iron-Pnictide High-T$_{\rm c}$ Superconductors? Jose Rodriguez Preview Abstract

Session X23: Magnetic Field Effects: Experimental II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Milind Kunchur, University of South Carolina
Room: 255

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X23.00001: Investigating the field evolution of four-fold anisotropy in the basal plane of TmNi$_2$B$_2$C P. Das, C. Rastovski, K. Schlesinger, M.R. Eskildsen, J.M. Densmore, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X23.00002: Vortex Lattice Anisotropy in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ with $H \parallel a$ M.R. Eskildsen, C. Rastovski, C.D. Dewhurst, W.J. Gannon, D.C. Peets, H. Takatsu, Y. Maeno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X23.00003: Influence of intrinsic superconducting parameters on the vortex dynamics and critical currents of different superconductor materials N. Haberkorn, Jeehoon Kim, I. Usov, B. Maiorov, M. Weigand, L. Civale Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X23.00004: Electrostatic manipulation of magnetic flux quanta at the nanoscale Arnaud Crassous, Rozenn Bernard, Stephane Fusil, Karim Bouzehouane, Javier Briatico, Manuel Bibes, Agnes Barthelemy, Javier Villegas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X23.00005: Strong periodic flux pinning in oxygen-ion-irradiated high-T$_{C}$ superconductors Javier Villegas, I. Swiecicki, J. Briatico, R. Bernard, A. Crassous, T. Wolf, N. Bergeal, J. Lesueur, C. Ulysse, G. Faini, X. Hallet, L. Piraux Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X23.00006: Single vortex manipulation in superconducting NdFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_x$ Magdalena Huefner, Jeehoon Kim, Matt Tillman, Paul Canfield, Jennifer Hoffman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X23.00007: Anisotropy and Vortex Pinning of Heavy Ion irradiated SmFeAsO$_{0.8}$F$_{0.15}$ and BaFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_{x})_{2}$ Crystals Wai-Kwong Kwok, Lei Fang, Carlos Chaparro, Ying Jia, Ulrich Welp, Alexei Koshelev, Shaofei Xu, George Crabtree, Janusz Karpinski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X23.00008: High Dose Heavy-Ion Irradiation Effects on the Multiband Superconductor (Ba$_{0.6}$K$_{0.4})$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ Lei Fang, Carlos Chaparro, Goutam Sheet, Ying Jia, Shao-Fei Zhu, He-Fei Hu, Jian-Min Zuo, Hai-Hu Wen, Ulrich Welp, Alexei Koshelev, George Crabtree, Wai-Kwong Kwok Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X23.00009: Angular dependence of magneto-transport properties in Ba$_{1-x}$K$_{x}$(FeAs)$_{2}$ and Ba (Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x})_{2}$As$_{2 }$single crystals Goutam Sheet, Ulrich Welp, Ying Jia, Wai-Kwong Kwok, E.C. Blomberg, M.A. Tanatar, N. Ni, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield, R. Prozorov, H.H. Wen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X23.00010: Combination of strong natural and artificial pinning centers in Co-doped BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ films Boris Maiorov, T. Katase, M. Weigand, I. Usov, N. Haberkorn, H. Hiramatsu, H. Hosono, L. Civale Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X23.00011: Highly Mobile In-plane Vortex Arrangement in SmFeAs(O,F) Philip Moll, Luis Balicas, Janusz Karpinski, Nikolai D. Zhigadlo, Bertram Batlogg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X23.00012: Meissner holes in iron-based superconductors Tsuyoshi Tamegai, Shyam Mohan, Yuji Tsuchiya, Yasuyuki Nakajima Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X23.00013: Thermo-magnetic stability of NbN films with controlled nano-granularity Vitaliy Yurchenko, Konstantin Ilin, Pavlo Mikheenko, M. Siegel, Yuri Galperin, Tom Henning Johansen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X23.00014: Quasi-1D intermittent flux dynamics in superconducting films Tom H. Johansen, Atle J. Qviller, Vitaliy V. Yurchenko, Jorn I. Vestgarden, Peter B. Mozhaev, Jorn B. Hansen, Yuri M. Galperin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X23.00015: Investigation of the magnetic field angle dependence of resistance, irreversibility field, upper critical field and critical current density in DC sputtered Bi-2223 thin film Murat Erdem, Mustafa Akdogan, Gurcan Yildirim, Sevgi Polat Altintas, Ahmet Varilci, Cabir Terzioglu Preview Abstract

Session X24: Electronic Structure: Quantum Monte Carlo

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Jonathan Dubois, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: 256

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X24.00001: The Homogeneous Electron Gas: Beyond Fixed Nodes James Shepherd, George Booth, Andreas Gruneis, Ali Alavi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X24.00002: Simulation of the Warm-Dense Homogeneous Electron Gas Ethan Brown, David Ceperley, Jonathan DuBois Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X24.00003: Improved Full Configuration Interaction Monte Carlo for the Hubbard Model Hitesh Changlani, Adam Holmes, Frank Petruzielo, Garnet Chan, C.L. Henley, C.J. Umrigar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X24.00004: Semi-stochastic full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo Adam Holmes, Frank Petruzielo, Mihir Khadilkar, Hitesh Changlani, M.P. Nightingale, C.J. Umrigar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X24.00005: Excited state calculations in solids by auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo Fengjie Ma, Shiwei Zhang, Henry Krakauer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X24.00006: Frozen core method in auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo Wirawan Purwanto, Shiwei Zhang, Henry Krakauer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X24.00007: Tests on novel pseudo-potentials generated from diffusion Monte Carlo data. Fernando Reboredo, Randolph Hood, Michal Bajdich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X24.00008: A diffusion Monte Carlo study of sign problems from non-local pseudopotentials Norm Tubman, Miguel Morales-Silva, Jonathan Dubois, Randolph Hood Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X24.00009: Variational and diffusion quantum Monte Carlo methods for spin-orbit interactions in heavy element systems Lubos Mitas, Rene Derian, Shi Guo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X24.00010: Progress in exact treatment of fermions at finite temperature Jonathan L. DuBois, Berni J. Alder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X24.00011: An energy density estimator for quantum Monte Carlo calculations Jaron Krogel, Jeongnim Kim, David Ceperley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X24.00012: Metal-Insulator Transition in Low Density Atomic Hydrogen Jeremy McMinis, Jeongnim Kim, David Ceperley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X24.00013: Quantum Monte Carlo of ThO2 Shuming Hu, Lubos Mitas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X24.00014: Quantum Monte Carlo for the Spectroscopy of Core Excited States Dmitry Zubarev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X24.00015: Density Functional Monte Carlo: an efficient way to calculate the ground state density profile of nanostructures Fons Brosens, Katrijn Putteneers Preview Abstract

Session X25: Focus Session: Modeling of Rare Events: Methods and Applications II

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Amit Samanta, Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University
Room: 257A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X25.00001: Accelerated Molecular Dynamics of Rare Events with the Bond-Boost Method Invited Speaker: Kristen Fichthorn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X25.00002: Generalizations of the string method Invited Speaker: Eric Vanden-Eijnden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X25.00003: String method for the computation of minimum energy paths and saddle points Weiqing Ren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X25.00004: Rare events in viscoelastic escape dynamics and subdiffusive transport Igor Goychuk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X25.00005: Non-axisymmetric Deformations of Monovalent Metallic Nanowires: A Stochastic Field Theory Approach Lan Gong, Daniel Stein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X25.00006: Study of Evaporation Rate of Water in Hydrophobic Confinement using Forward Flux Sampling Sumit Sharma, Pablo G. Debenedetti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X25.00007: Reaching extended length-scales with accelerated dynamics Bradley Hubartt, Yunsic Shim, Jacques Amar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X25.00008: A computational atomistic study of the relaxation of ion-bombarded \emph{c}-Si on experimental time-scales: an application of the kinetic Activation Relaxation Technique Laurent Karim B\'{e}land, Normand Mousseau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X25.00009: Dislocation Cross-slip Mechanisms in Aluminum Yang Xiang, Congming Jin, Gang Lu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X25.00010: The Effects of Hydrogen on the Potential-Energy Surface of Amorphous Silicon Jean-Francois Joly, Normand Mousseau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X25.00011: Order-order Nucleation in Copolymers: A String Method Approach Xiuyuan Cheng, Weinan E, Pingwen Zhang, Anchang Shi, Chu Wang Preview Abstract

Session X26: Focus Session: Non-Adiabatic Dynamics in Irradiated Materials

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Alfredo Caro, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: 257B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X26.00001: First-principles calculation of electronic stopping power in metals and insulators via time-dependent DFT simulations Invited Speaker: Jorge Kohanoff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X26.00002: Nonadiabatic Molecular Dynamics with Trajectories Invited Speaker: Ivano Tavernelli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X26.00003: Advances on Time-dependent DFT Simulations of Electronic Stopping Alfredo Correa, Andre Schleife, Yosuke Kanai, Jorge Kohanoff, Alfredo J. Caro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X26.00004: Electronic stopping of slow H and He atoms in gold from first principles M. Ahsan Zeb, Jorge Kohanoff, Daniel Sanchez-Portal, Andres Arnau, J.I. Juaristi, Emilio Artacho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X26.00005: Golden Rule of Radiation Hardness: a Study of Strain Effect on Controlled Radiation Damage Qing Peng, Wei Ji, Suvranu De Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X26.00006: First-principles simulation of laser irradiation of graphene and graphane Kalman Varga, Sergiy Bubin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X26.00007: Electron-Phonon Coupling in a CdSe Nanowire Christopher Barrett, Lin-Wang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X26.00008: Deviational formulations for efficient simulation of multiscale phonon transport Jean-Philippe Peraud, Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou Preview Abstract

Session X27: Invited Session: Physics for Everyone: Innovative Materials for Energy

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: David Cahill, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain
Room: 258AB

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X27.00001: Materials research needs for energy Invited Speaker: Arun Majumdar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X27.00002: Water Splitting with Materials and Sunlight Invited Speaker: Tom Jarvi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X27.00003: Advanced materials manufacturing for solar energy Invited Speaker: Frank van Mierlo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X27.00004: Genetically Engineered Materials for Biofuels Production Invited Speaker: Michael Raab Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X27.00005: Innovative oxide materials for electrochemical energy conversion Invited Speaker: Eric D. Wachsman Preview Abstract

Session X29: Focus Session: Semiconductor Qubits - Managing or Eliminating Nuclei

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Thaddeus Ladd, HRL
Room: 259A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X29.00001: Ultrafast optical coherent control of individual electron and hole spins in a semiconductor quantum dot Invited Speaker: Kristiaan De Greve Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X29.00002: Ultrafast optical control of interacting hole spins in coupled quantum dots Samuel Carter, Alex Greilich, Danny Kim, Allan Bracker, Daniel Gammon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X29.00003: Electrical control of single hole spins in InSb nanowire quantum dots Vlad Pribiag, Stevan Nadj-Perge, Johan van den Berg, Sergey Frolov, Sebastien Plissard, Erik Bakkers, Leo Kouwenhoven Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X29.00004: Theory of heavy-hole spin-echo decay Xiaoya Judy Wang, William Coish Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X29.00005: High Quality Two-Dimensional Electron Gases (2DEGs) in Isotopically-Enriched Strained Silicon Jiun-Yun Li, Chiao-Ti Huang, Leonid Rokhinson, James Ohlhausen, Malcolm Carroll, James Sturm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X29.00006: Implanted bismuth donors in 28-Si: Process development and electron spin resonance measurements C.D. Weis, C.C. Lo, V. Lang, R.E. George, A.M. Tyryshkin, J. Bokor, S.A. Lyon, J.J.L. Morton, T. Schenkel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X29.00007: Isotopic enrichment and growth of material for quantum coherent devices Kevin Dwyer, Joshua Pomeroy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X29.00008: Realization of a double quantum dot in an isotopically purified $^{28}$Si 2DES Andreas Wild, Juergen Sailer, Gerhard Abstreiter, J.W. Ager, E.E. Haller, Stefan Ludwig, Johannes Kierig, Dominique Bougeard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X29.00009: Deterministic preparation of Dicke states of donor nuclear spins in silicon Yu Luo, Hongyi Yu, Wang Yao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X29.00010: Optical Patterning of Nuclear Polarization in Gallium Arsenide Jonathan King, Yunpu Li, Carlos Meriles, Jeffrey Reimer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X29.00011: Integrating MREV and XYXY Pulse Sequences to Decouple Dipolar Interactions in ESR Experiments Alexei Tyryshkin, Stephen Lyon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X29.00012: Master equation approach to the central spin decoherence problem Edwin Barnes, Lukasz Cywinski, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X29.00013: Two-electron-spin dephasing due to hyperfine interaction in a GaAs double dot Jo-Tzu Hung, Lukasz Cywinski, Xuedong Hu, Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract

Session X30: Focus Session: Quantum Information for Quantum Foundations - Foundational Experiments and Experimental Proposals

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Christopher Fuchs, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Room: 259B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X30.00001: Experimental violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality under decoherence Jin-Shi Xu, Chuan-Feng Li, Xu-Bo Zou, Guang-Can Guo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X30.00002: A condition for macroscopic realism beyond the Leggett-Garg inequalities Johannes Kofler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X30.00003: A quantum delayed-choice {\em gedanken} experiment Radu Ionicioiu, Daniel Terno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X30.00004: The Pauli Exclusion Principle for electrons -- a high sensitivity test in Gran Sasso underground laboratory Johann Marton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X30.00005: Quantum metamaterials as a tool for investigating the quantum-classical transition Sergey Saveliev, Alexandre Zagoskin, Mark Everitt, Richard Wilson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X30.00006: Progress towards a loophole-free test of nonlocality Kevin McCusker, Bradley Christensen, Paul Kwiat, Joseph Altepeter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X30.00007: Loophole-free Quantum Steering Sven Ramelow, Bernhard Wittmann, Fabian Steinlechner, Nathan K. Langford, Nicolas Brunner, Howard Wiseman, Rupert Ursin, Anton Zeilinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X30.00008: Conclusive quantum steering with superconducting transition edge sensors Marcelo P. de Almeida, Devin H. Smith, Geo Gillett, Cyril Branciard, Alessandro Fedrizzi, Till J. Weinhold, Adriana Lita, Brice Calkins, Thomas Gertis, Sae Woo Nam, Andrew G. White Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X30.00009: Experimental Violation of Heisenberg's Precision Limit by Weak Measurements Ardavan Darabi, Lee A. Rozema, Dylan H. Mahler, Alex Hayat, Yasaman Soudagar, Aephraim M. Steinberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X30.00010: The rise of long-distance entanglement within a linear chain of ions Thomas Fogarty, Endre Kajari, Bruno G. Taketani, Alexander Wolf, Thomas Busch, Giovanna Morigi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X30.00011: Popper's Thought Experiment Reinvestigated Chris Richardson, Jonathan Dowling Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X30.00012: Positive Noise Cross Correlation in a Copper Pair Splitter. Anindya Das, Yuval Ronen, Moty Heiblum, Hadas Shtrikman, Diana Mahalu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X30.00013: Scalable fiber integrated source for higher-dimensional path-entangled photons Robert Polster, Christoph Schaeff, Radek Lapkiewicz, Robert Fickler, Sven Ramelow, Anton Zeilinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X30.00014: New Near-Deterministic Teleportation Protocol with Linear Optics Mladen Pavicic Preview Abstract

Session X31: Focus Session: Topological Insulators: Synthesis and Characterization - Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ali Yazdani, Princeton University
Room: 260

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X31.00001: Scanning tunneling spectroscopic studies of Dirac fermions and impurity resonances in the surface-state of a strong topological insulator Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ H. Chu, M.L. Teague, C.-C. Hsu, N.-C. Yeh, L. He, K.-L. Wang, F.-X. Xiu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X31.00002: Scanning tunneling spectroscopy studies of Bi2Te2Se Ilya Drozdov, Haim Baidenkopf, Jungpil Seo, Shuang Jia, Robert Cava, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X31.00003: Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of stripe induced spatial modulations in the electronic structure of Bi2Te3+d Yoshinori Okada, Wenwen Zhou, Daniel Walkup, Chetan Dhital, Ying Ran, Ziqing Wang, Stephen Wilson, Vidya Madhavan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X31.00004: Scanning tunneling microscopy study of ultrathin topological insulator Bi$_2$Te$_3$ nanoribbons Carolina Parra, Desheng Kong, Jason C. Randel, Alex W. Contryman, Francis Niestemski, Ming Rue D. Thian, Yi Cui, Hari C. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X31.00005: The field dependence of quantized Landau levels on Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3+d}$ via scanning tunneling spectroscopy Daniel Walkup, Yoshinori Okada, Wenwen Zhou, Chetan Dhital, Stephen Wilson, Vidya Madhavan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X31.00006: Landau quantization and the thickness limit of topological insulator thin films of Sb$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ Xucun Ma, Yepeing Jiang, Yilin Wang, Mu Chen, Canli Song, Zhi Li, Lili Wang, Ke He, Xi Chen, Qi-Kun Xue Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X31.00007: Multiband quasiparticle interference in the topological insulator Cu$_x$Bi$_2$Te$_3$ Erik van Heumen, S. Johnston, E. Rienks, A. Varykhalov, F. Massee, N. de Jong, Y. Huang, J. Kaas, J.B. Goedkoop, M.S. Golden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X31.00008: LT-STM study of the topological insulator Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ with superconducting and/or magnetic over layers Rami Dana, Anita Roychowdhury, Irek Miotkowski, Yong P. Chen, Michael Dreyer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X31.00009: Visualizing the inhomogeneous response of Dirac surface states to bulk disorder in topological insulators Haim Beidenkopf, Pedram Roushan, Jungpil Seo, Lindsay Gorman, Ilya Drozdov, Yew San Hor, Robert J. Cava, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X31.00010: Probing surface state conductance of topological insulator Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ with scanning tunneling potentiometry Chockalingam Subbaiah, Frances Ross, Matthew Brahlek, Seongshik Oh, Abhay Pasupathy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X31.00011: Probing high energy, unoccupied states on the surface of pristine and Fe doped Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ by scanning tunneling spectroscopy Wenwen Zhou, Yoshinori Okada, Daniel Walkup, Chetan Dhital, Hsin Lin, Arun Bansil, Stephen Wilson, Vidya Madhavan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X31.00012: STS studies of the surface of Bi2Se3 Megan Romanowich, Mal-Soon Lee, S.D. Mahanti, Stuart Tessmer, Duck Young Chung, Jung-Hwan Song, Mercouri Kanatzidis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X31.00013: STM imaging of impurity resonances on Bi2Se3 Zhanybek Alpichshev, Rudro Biswas, Alexander Balatsky, James Analytis, Jiun-Haw Chu, Ian Fisher, Aharon Kapitulnik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X31.00014: Probing Dirac Fermions in Bi-based Semimetals by Cryomagnetic Scanning Tunneling and Point Contact Spectroscopy J.Y.T. Wei, I. Fridman, Y.T. Yen, Hechang Lei, Kefeng Wang, C. Petrovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X31.00015: Thickness and Wave-Vector Dependence in the Inter-Surface Coupling of Topological Surface States of Sb(111) Films Guanggeng Yao, Feng Pan, Ziyu Luo, Wentao Xu, Jiatao Sun, Andrew Thye Shen Wee, Yuanping Feng, Xue-Sen Wang Preview Abstract

Session X32: Focus Session: Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Piezoelectric Oxides - Elastic and Optical Properties

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Marty Gregg, Queen's University Belfast
Room: 261

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X32.00001: Flexoelectricity in Nanoscale Ferroelectrics Invited Speaker: Gustau Catalan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X32.00002: Giant Flexoelectric Effect in Ferroelectric Epitaxial Thin Films Tae Won Noh, Daesu Lee, A. Yoon, M. Kim, J.-G. Yoon, J.-S. Chung, J.F. Scott Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X32.00003: Thermal Stresses in Ferroelectric Thin Films and Their Role on the Dielectric, Pyroelectric, and Electrocaloric Properties Jialan Zhang, S. Pamir Alpay Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X32.00004: Polarization in Perovskite Manganites induced by Shear Stress K. Miyano, N. Ogawa, Y. Ida, R. Tamaki, K. Shimizu, Y. Nomura, R. Arita, Y. Ogimoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X32.00005: Discovery of strain glass transition in non-metallic ferroelastic Pei Zhang, Dezhen Xue, Xiaobing Ren Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X32.00006: Enhanced Piezoelectricity in PbTiO$_3$/BaTiO$_3$ Superlattices T. Yusufaly, B. Ziegler, V.R. Cooper, S.J. Callori, J. Sinsheimer, K.M. Rabe, P. Chandra, M. Dawber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X32.00007: Interpolation schemes for high-throughput prediction of new piezoelectric alloys Rickard Armiento, Boris Kozinsky, Marco Fornari, Gerbrand Ceder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X32.00008: Piezoelectric characteristics of PZT thin films on polymer substrate Min-Gyu Kang, Younh-Ho Do, Seung-Min Oh, Rheza Rahayu, Yiyein Kim, Chong-Yun Kang, Sahn Nahm, Seok-Jin Yoon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X32.00009: Characterizing the Angular Frequency of Radiative Polaritons using Infrared Spectroscopy Anita Vincent-Johnson, Giovanna Scarel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X32.00010: Dielectric and optical properties of SrTiO$_3$ films deposited from metallo-organic solution M. Spies, L.S. Abdallah, S. Zollner, C.V. Weiss, J. Zhang, S.P. Alpay, M.W. Cole Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X32.00011: Nonlinear photonic crystals of BaTiO$_{3}$ and their electro-optic properties Bruce Wessels, Jianheng Li, Zhifu Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X32.00012: Electro-optic contribution of optically generated small bound polarons in nominally undoped, thermally reduced LiNbO$_3$ Mirco Imlau, Hauke Bruening Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X32.00013: Dispersive properties of small polaron-based hologram recording in nominally undoped, thermally reduced LiNbO$_3$ Hauke Bruening, Mirco Imlau Preview Abstract

Session X33: Focus Session: X-ray, Gamma Ray, and Electron Diffraction

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Zahir Islam, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 106

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X33.00001: First-principles study of $\gamma$-ray detectors: Cs-based compounds Hosub Jin, Jino Im, Arthur Freeman, Bruce Wessels, Mercouri Kanatzidis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X33.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X33.00003: Resolving Interface Interactions in Layered Structures in 3 Dimensions Rozaliya Barabash, Jon Tischler, John Bidai, Wenjun Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X33.00004: X-ray Studies of Quantum Fluctuations in SrTiO3 across its Quantum Paraelectric Phase Transition Shih-Chang Weng, Ruqing Xu, Ayman Said, Hawoong Hong, Tai-Chang Chiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X33.00005: X-ray nanotomography study of insulator-coated tips with sub-micron conducting apex for the combination of scanning probe microscopy and synchrotron radiation Volker Rose, TeYu Chien, John Freeland, Daniel Rosenmann, Robert Winarski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X33.00006: Grazing-incidence coherent x-ray imaging in true reflection geometry Tao Sun, Zhang Jiang, Joseph Strzalka, Jin Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X33.00007: Soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy measurement methods with using x-ray scattering techniques H. Jang, J.-S. Lee, W.-S. Noh, K.-T. Ko, K.-B. Lee, B.-G. Park, J.-Y. Kim, S.H. Chun, K.H. Kim, J.-H. Park Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X33.00008: Structure uncovering from fluctuation x-ray scattering of randomly oriented nanoparticles Gang Chen, Miguel Modestino, Billy Poon, Andre Schirotzek, Stefano Marchesini, Rachel Segalman, Alexander Hexemer, Peter Zwart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X33.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X33.00010: Hard X-ray resonance in sapphire crystal cavities using back diffraction Y.-H Wu, Y.-W Tsai, Y.-Y Chang, C.-H Chu, David G. Mikolas, C.-C Fu, S.-L Chang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X33.00011: X-ray wave guiding using three-beam Bragg-surface diffraction Shih-Lin Chang, Yan-Zong Zheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X33.00012: Combined surface plasmon resonance and X-ray absorption spectroscopy Miguel Angel Garcia, Aida Serrano, Oscar Rodriguez de la Fuente, German R. Castro Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X33.00013: Probing of Strain Mediated Hybrid Multiferroic Devices Edwin Fohtung, J. KIm, M. Marsh, Na Lei, S. Chen, S. Sinha, D. Ravelosona, Eric Fullerton, Oleg Shpyrko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X33.00014: First-Principles Modeling for Low-Energy Electron Diffraction Spectra John McClain, Jiebing Sun, James Hannon, Karsten Pohl, Jian-Ming Tang Preview Abstract

Session X34: Focus Session: Nano VI: Junctions and Transport

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

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X34.00001: Electronic transport through a light-driven azobenzene molecule switch: A revisit by density functional theory study Yan Wang, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X34.00002: Reliable anchoring groups for single-molecule junctions M. Teresa Gonz\'alez, Edmund Leary, Charalambos Evangeli, Carlos Arroyo, Gabino Rubio-Bollinger, Nicol\'as Agra\"It Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X34.00003: Novel quantum interference effects in transport through molecular radicals Justin Bergfield, Gemma Solomon, Charles Stafford, Mark Ratner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X34.00004: Electron Transport through Porphyrin in Nanoscale Junctions Swatilekha Saha, Guoguang Qian, Kim M. Lewis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X34.00005: Modeling Surface and Stress-Anisotropy Effects on Transformations in Lead Sulfide Nanocrystals Under Pressure Clive Bealing, Richard Hennig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X34.00006: Compositional Distribution and Electronic Structure of Ternary Compound Semiconductor Nanocrystals Sumeet Pandey, Dimitrios Maroudas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X34.00007: The Role of morphology and interface in photoluminescent properties in CdSe/CdS Heterostructure Nanocrystals Arnaud Demortiere, Chunxing She, Donovan N. Leonard, Soma Chattopadhyay, Matthew Pelton, Elena Shevchenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X34.00008: Electrostatic gating and single-molecule Raman spectroscopy Yajing Li, Joseph Herzog, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X34.00009: Thermoelectricity and transmission eigenchannels in buckyball junctions Michael Stefferson, Jarred Hudson, Joshua Barr, Justin Bergfield, Charles Stafford Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X34.00010: Study of Raman Stark Effect in Self-Aligned Nanojunctions Joseph Herzog, Daniel Ward, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X34.00011: Hopping And Trapping of F4TCNQ on h-BN Nanomesh Huanyao Cun, Silvan Roth, Ari Seitsonen, Haifeng Ma, Jurg Osterwalder, Thomas Greber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X34.00012: Quantum-Enhanced Thermoelectric Effects in Polycyclic Molecular Junctions Joshua Barr, Charles Stafford Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X34.00013: Decoherence Assisted Single Electron Trapping at Room Temperature Ahmed Elhalawany, Michael Leuenberger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X34.00014: First-Principles Studies on Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes Iek-Heng Chu, Dmitri Kilin, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X34.00015: Understanding Crosstalk Between Parallel Molecular Wires Matthew Reuter, Tamar Seideman, Mark Ratner Preview Abstract

Session X39: Focus Session: Materials and Functional Structures for Biological Interfaces - Nanoscale Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP DBIO DPOLY
Chair: Marcella Chiari, ICRM, Italy
Room: 109B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X39.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X39.00002: Designing super-selectivity in multivalent nano-particle binding Francisco Martinez-Veracoechea, Daan Frenkel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X39.00003: Nano-Engineered Cubic Zirconia for Orthopaedic Implant Applications F. Namavar, A. Rubinstein, R. Sabirianov, G. Thiele, J. Sharp, U. Pokharel, R. Namavar, K. Garvin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X39.00004: Computational characterization of DNA/peptide/nanotube self assembly for bioenergy applications Vanessa Ortiz, Ruriko Araki, Galen Collier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X39.00005: Engineering upconverting nanophosphors as biosensors and biotherapeutic agents Invited Speaker: Shuang Fang Lim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X39.00006: Optically Trappable Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Samantha Roberts, Arthur Barnard, Joshua Kevek, Alexander Ruyack, Ive Silvestre, Rodrigo Lacerda, Paul McEuen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X39.00007: Self-assembled peptide nanowires on single-layer graphene and MoS$_{2}$ with biomolecular doping effect Yuhei Hayamizu, Christopher R. So, Mehmet Sarikaya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X39.00008: {\it {Ab initio}} Calculations of Electronic Fingerprints of DNA bases on Graphene Towfiq Ahmed, John J. Rehr, Svetlana Kilina, Tanmoy Das, Jason T. Haraldsen, Alexander V. Balatsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X39.00009: Controlled Chemical Patterns with ThermoChemical NanoLithography (TCNL) Keith Carroll, Anthony Giordano, Debin Wang, Vamsi Kodali, W.P. King, S.R. Marder, E. Riedo, J.E. Curtis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X39.00010: Interface-Limited Spherulitic Growth of Hydroxyapatite/Chondroitin Sulfate Composite Enamel-like Films Guobin Ma, Yifei Xu, Xiyan Wang, Mu Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X39.00011: Biomimetic Calcium Phosphate Crystallization: Synchrotron X-ray Studies Ahmet Uysal, Benjamin Stripe, Pulak Dutta, Binhua Lin, Mati Meron Preview Abstract

Session X40: Focus Session: Single Molecule Biological Physics - Nucleic Acids

Sponsoring Units: DBIO DPOLY DCOMP
Chair: Lori Goldner and Jennifer Ross, University of Massachusetts
Room: 156A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X40.00001: From force-fields to photons: MD simulations of dye-labeled nucleic acids and Monte Carlo modeling of FRET Invited Speaker: Lori Goldner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X40.00002: Quantifying screening ion excesses surrounding stretched, charged polymers Jonathan Landy, Dustin McIntosh, Omar Saleh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X40.00003: Euler buckling and nonlinear kinking of double-stranded DNA Alexander Fields, Kevin Axelrod, Adam Cohen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X40.00004: Measuring fluctuations in shear stretched DNAs using site specific labeling Allen Price, Thomas Graham, Joseph Loparo, Joel Eaves Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X40.00005: Electric-field Assisted Deposition of the DNA on Polymer Surface JunHwan Ryu, Ke Zhu, Julia Budassi, Jonathan Sokolov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X40.00006: Using Microcontact Printing as a Novel Method for Patterned Dyeing of Surface-adsorbed DNA Emily Shea, Julia Budassi, Ke Zhu, Jonathan Sokolov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X40.00007: Stretching DNA Molecules on a Polymer Surface Jonathan Rosenberg, Ke Zhu, Julia Budassi, Jonathan Sokolov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X40.00008: Polarization and Angle Dependence of Fluorescence from Aligned DNA Ashish Sridhar, Suri Bandler, Ke Zhu, Yingzhan Gu, Julia Budassi, Jonathan Sokolov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X40.00009: Calorimetric and Low-Frequency Dielectric Studies of Mesoscopic Ordering in Solutions of Engineered DNA Hairpin Fragments K. Kashuri, H. Kashuri, G.S. Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X40.00010: Modeling of DNA zipper reaction rates Preston Landon, Casey Sanchez, Alexander Mo, Ratnesh Lal Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X40.00011: Moving Beyond Watson-Crick Models of Coarse Grained DNA Kevin Dorfman, Margaret Linak, Richard Tourdot Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X40.00012: Direct comparison of the theory of molecular solvation with molecular dynamics and experiment Tyler Luchko, In Suk Joung, George Giambasu, Darrin York, David A. Case Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X40.00013: Information-based measure of chirality for biomolecules Karol Baca Lopez, B. Roy Frieden, Roberto Lopez, Miguel Mayorga, Enrique Henandez Lemus Preview Abstract

Session X41: Focus Session: Physics of Proteins II: Folding and Structure

Sponsoring Units: DBIO DPOLY DCOMP
Chair: Ruhong Zhou, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Room: 156B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X41.00001: Simulations of the folding/unfolding of biomolecules under solvent, and pressure perturbations Invited Speaker: Angel Garcia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X41.00002: Accurate prediction of explicit solvent atom distribution in HIV-1 protease and F-ATP synthase by statistical theory of liquids Daniel Sindhikara, Norio Yoshida, Fumio Hirata Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X41.00003: Analysis and Interpretation of Single Molecule Protein Unfolding Kinetics Herbert Lannon, Jasna Brujic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X41.00004: Investigating protein structure and folding with coherent two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy Carlos Baiz, Chunte Peng, Michael Reppert, Kevin Jones, Andrei Tokmakoff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X41.00005: Protein Folding and Functional Dynamics Invited Speaker: Feng Gai Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X41.00006: Folding a protein with equal probability of being helix or hairpin Chung-Yu Mou, Chun-Yu Lin, Nan-Yow Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X41.00007: Generic transition hierarchies of lattice HP protein adsorption: A Wang-Landau study Ying Wai Li, D.P. Landau, T. W\"{u}st Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X41.00008: Elucidating Structure and Catalytic Cycles of Anti- or Ferro-magnetic Iron Enzymes from Spin Density Functional Theory Jorge H. Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X41.00009: AWSEM-MD: Coarse-grained Protein Structure Prediction Using Physical Potentials and Bioinformatically Based Local Structure Biasing Aram Davtyan, Weihua Zheng, Nick Schafer, Cecilia Clementi, Peter Wolynes, Garegin Papoian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X41.00010: Combining first principles and replica exchange for the structure of two large peptides: Ac-Ala$_{19}$-LysH$^+$ vs. Ac-LysH$^+$-Ala$_{19}$ Franziska Schubert, Mariana Rossi, Carsten Baldauf, Volker Blum, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X41.00011: Enhanced Wang Landau Sampling of Adsorbed Protein Conformations Mithun Radhakrishna, Sumit Sharma, Sanat K. Kumar Preview Abstract

Session X42: Focus Session: The Physics of Genome Folding II: Chromosomes and Nucleosomes

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

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X42.00001: Tensegrity Invited Speaker: Donald Ingber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X42.00002: Polymer-nematic textures in spherical confinement: a coarse-grained model of DNA packing Gregory Grason, Homin Shin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X42.00003: Conformational Fluctuations of Chromosomal DNA in \textit{E. coli} Clarissa Freeman, Jens-Christian Meiners Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X42.00004: Spatial organization and dynamics of interphase yeast chromosomes Baris Avsaroglu, Susannah Gordon-Messer, Miriam Fritsche, Jungoh Ham, Dieter W. Heermann, James E. Haber, Jane Kondev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X42.00005: Reverse-engineering Chromatin Folding via The Gaussian Polymer Model Manjul Apratim, Swagatam Mukhopadhyay, Anirvan Sengupta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X42.00006: Electrohydrodynamics of DNA in confinement Jonathan K. Whitmer, Juan P. Hernandez-Ortiz, Juan J. de Pablo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X42.00007: Susceptibilities to DNA Structural Transitions within Eukaryotic Genomes Dina Zhabinskaya, Craig Benham, Sally Madden Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X42.00008: Mechanics of DNA Sticky End Joints Ehsan Ban, Catalin Picu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 5:06PM		X42.00009: Statistical physics of nucleosome positioning and chromatin structure Invited Speaker: Alexandre Morozov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X42.00010: Interrogating Nucleosome Positioning Through Coarse-Grain Molecular Simulation Gordon S. Freeman, Daniel M. Hinckley, Vanessa Ortiz, Juan J. de Pablo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X42.00011: Dynamics of Histone Tails within Chromatin Morgan Bernier, Justin North, Michael Page, Christopher Jaroniec, Christopher Hammel, Michael Poirier Preview Abstract

Session X43: Invited Session: Bacterial Swimming and Chemotaxis

Sponsoring Units: DBIO DFD
Chair: Jay X. Tang, Brown University
Room: 157AB

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X43.00001: Bacterial Swimming and Accumulation at the Fluid Boundaries Invited Speaker: Jay Tang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X43.00002: Bacterial Motility Patterns and Their Chemotaxis Behaviors Invited Speaker: Xiaolun Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X43.00003: Periplasmal Physics: The Rotational Dynamics of Spirochetal Flagella Invited Speaker: Greg Huber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X43.00004: Microfluidics for bacterial chemotaxis Invited Speaker: Mingming Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X43.00005: Directional swimming in bacteria: active and passive gradient responses Invited Speaker: Roman Stocker Preview Abstract

Session X44: Focus Session: Directed Assembly of Hybrid Materials - Nanoparticles in Micelles

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Lynden Archer, Cornell University
Room: 157C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X44.00001: Multigeometry nanoparticles and higher-order assemblies from block copolymer blends via kinetic control and chemical modification Jiahua Zhu, Shiyi Zhang, Karen Wooley, Darrin Pochan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X44.00002: Polymer nano-particle hybrid micelles: Encapsulation of POSS into semi-fluorinated polymer micelles Dilru Ratnaweera, Dvora Perahia, Scott Iacono, Joseph Mabry, Dennis Smith Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X44.00003: Efficient Encapsulation of Gold Nanorods into Block Copolymer Micelles Dae Hwan Kim, You-Yeon Won Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X44.00004: Kinetic pathways to organized polymer/nanoparticle assemblies Invited Speaker: Ryan Hayward Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X44.00005: A coarse-grained molecular dynamics approach to shear-directed assembly of nanoparticle arrays in amphiphilic block copolymer solutions Bryan Rolfe, Jaehun Chun, Yong Joo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X44.00006: Nanoparticle Polymer Suspensions: Structure and Dynamics Samanvaya Srivastava, Lynden Archer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X44.00007: Pristine graphene dispersions and solution-cast composites Sriya Das, Fahmida Irin, Ahmed Wajid, Abel Cortinas, Micah Green Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X44.00008: Simulation of viscoelastic suspensions using regularized singularities Ronald Phillips, Ryota Aoki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X44.00009: Polymer mediated solution self-assembly of nanorods Miguel A. Modestino, Rachel A. Segalman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X44.00010: Quantifying the Thermodynamic Interactions in Carborane Nanoparticle Solutions Mary Mutz, Eric Eastwood, Mark Dadmun Preview Abstract

Session X45: Focus Session: Soft Matter Physics of Drops, Bubbles, Foams, and Emulsions - Droplet spreading, colliding, wetting

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Esther Amstad, Harvard University
Room: 159

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X45.00001: Ultrafast interference of splashing dynamics: where is the air? Invited Speaker: Michelle Driscoll Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X45.00002: The drop impact dynamics of complex fluids on textured surfaces Kyoo-Chul Park, Vivek Sharma, Robert Cohen, Gareth McKinley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X45.00003: Influence of nanoscale surface roughness on mechanism of dropwise water condensation Konrad Rykaczewski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X45.00004: Effect of Nano-Scale Roughness on Particle Wetting and on Particle-Mediated Emulsion Stability Adriana San Miguel, Sven Behrens Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X45.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X45.00006: Life Underneath a Leidenfrost Drop Aaron Sharpe, Justin Burton, Roeland van der Veen, Andres Franco, Sidney Nagel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X45.00007: Voltage Bursting Drops in Solids Qiming Wang, Zhigang Suo, Xuanhe Zhao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X45.00008: Spreading dynamics of a water droplet on a soluble polymer: glass transition effects Emilie Verneuil, Julien Dupas, Marco Ramaioli, Laurent Forny, Laurence Talini, Francois Lequeux Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X45.00009: Water droplet spreading on a soluble polymer: what happens close to the contact line? Laurence Talini, Julien Dupas, Emilie Verneuil, Francois Lequeux, Laurent Forny, Marco Ramaioli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X45.00010: Contact angle dependence of the resonant properties of sessile drops James Sharp Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X45.00011: Interfacial Effects on Droplet Dynamics in Poiseuille Flow Steven Hudson, Jonathan Schwalbe, Kendra Erk, Frederick Phelan Jr., Petia Vlahovska Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X45.00012: Impact of liquid droplets on granular media Giles Delon, Denis Terwagne, Stephane Dorbolo, Nicolas Vandewalle, Herve Caps Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X45.00013: Droplet Rearrangement in a Sheared Dense Emulsion S.K. Dutta, D.L. Blair Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:30PM - 5:42PM		X45.00014: Wetting Colloidal Particles at a Curved Interfaces Colm Kelleher, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract

Session X46: Invited Session: Deformation and Fracture of Soft Materials

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Kenneth Shull, Northwestern University
Room: 160AB

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 3:06PM		X46.00001: Responsive Gel-Gel Phase Transitions in Artificially Engineered Protein Hydrogels Invited Speaker: B.D. Olsen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:42PM		X46.00002: Direct probes of molecular interactions at buried interfaces Invited Speaker: Ali Dhinojwala Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X46.00003: Adhesion of hydrogels under water by hydrogen bonding: from molecular interactions to macroscopic adhesion Invited Speaker: Costantino Creton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X46.00004: Self-healing polymers and mechanochemistry Invited Speaker: Stephen Craig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:30PM		X46.00005: Soft active materials---when mechanics meets chemistry Invited Speaker: Zhigang Suo Preview Abstract

Session X47: Focus Session: Polymers for Energy Storage and Conversion - Nanostructures and Phase Separated Morphologies

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Bryan Boudouris, Purdue University
Room: 160C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X47.00001: Nanostructured Organometallic Polymers for Enzymatic Bioenergy Moon Jeong Park, Jungphil Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X47.00002: Comparison of polymer-fullerene heterojunction morphology to bimolecular recombination kinetics Dean DeLongchamp, Deanna Rodovsky, Jeff Peet, Tracey Clarke, Attila Mozer, Lee Richter, Andrew Herzing, Joseph Kline Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X47.00003: Confinement effects on P3HT-PCBM Morphology for Bulk Hetero-Junction Polymer Solar Cells Abul Huq, Dharmaraj Raghavan, Jolanta Marszalek, David Bucknall, Alamgir Karim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X47.00004: The Role of P3HT Crystallization in the Morphological Development in P3HT/PCBM Thin Films Using Neutron Scattering Mark Dadmun, Wen Yin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X47.00005: Understanding the Behavior of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) at Liquid/Vacuum Interfaces Yeneneh Yimer, Mesfin Tsige Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X47.00006: Understanding Schroeder's Paradox Adam Weber, Ahmet Kusoglu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 4:18PM		X47.00007: Ions in block copolymers: Effects on thermodynamics, structural changes and electric field induced alignment. Invited Speaker: Thomas Thurn-Albrecht Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X47.00008: Does filler surface chemistry impact filler dispersion, polymer dynamics and conductivity in nanofilled solid polymer electrolytes? Lalitha Ganapatibhotla, Janna Maranas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X47.00009: Regular Arrays of Germanium Nanoparticles Assisted by Thermoset Polymer Composites for High Capacity Lithium Ion Battery Gyuha Jo, Moon Jeong Park Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X47.00010: Disorder -- Order Transitions in Humidified Block Copolymer Electrolytes Studied by \textit{In Situ }SAXS Keith Beers, Andrew Jackson, Nitash Balsara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X47.00011: Effects of lithium salts on the lamellar phase of diblock copolymers Issei Nakamura, Zhen-Gang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X47.00012: Structure of Block Copolymer Hydrogel Formed by Complex Coacervate Process Soohyung Choi, Julia Ortony, Daniel Krogstad, Jason Spruell, Nathaniel Lynd, Songi Han, Edward Kramer Preview Abstract

Session X48: Focus Session: Statistical Physics of Active Systems Away From Detailed Balance: Cytoskeleton, Flagella, and All That

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBIO
Chair: Michael Hagan, Brandeis University
Room: 161

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X48.00001: The Role of Dynein in Microtubule Mechanics Tony Ladd, Gaurav Misra, Jun Wu, Robert Russell, Tanmay Lele, Richard Dickinson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X48.00002: Processivity and collectivity of molecular motors pulling membrane tubes Francisco Fontenele Araujo, Cornelis Storm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X48.00003: Carbon nanotubes as mechanical probes of equilibrium and non-equilibrium cytoskeletal networks Nikta Fakhri, Matteo Pasquali, Frederick C. MacKintosh, Christoph F. Schmidt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X48.00004: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO C1.00231 Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X48.00005: The metaphase and anaphase dynamics is dominated by the physical and mechanical properties of both microtubules and chromatin Luca Grisa, Maria Kilfoil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X48.00006: Effective temperature and spontaneous collective motion of active matter Shenshen Wang, Peter Wolynes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X48.00007: An active matter analysis of intracellular Active Transport Bo Wang, Kejia Chen, Sung Chul Bae, Steve Granick Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X48.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X48.00009: Constant torque in flagellar bacterial motors optimizes space exploration Carlos A. Condat, Mario E. Di Salvo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:54PM		X48.00010: Interplay between motor contractility and mechanical stability of active biopolymer networks Invited Speaker: Chase Broedersz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X48.00011: Propulsion of microorganisms by a helical flagellum Chih-Hung Chen, Bruce Rodenborn, Harry Swinney, Bin Liu, Hepeng Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X48.00012: Energy Consumption of Actively Beating Flagella Daniel Chen, Daniela Nicastro, Zvonimir Dogic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X48.00013: A particle based computational model for eukaryotic flagella Raghunath Chelakkot, Michael Hagan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:30PM - 5:42PM		X48.00014: Force generation in a regrowing eukaryotic flagellum Marco Polin, Bastien Bruneau, Thomas Johnson, Raymond Goldstein Preview Abstract

Session X49: Focus Session: Organic Electronics and Photonics - Polymer Dielectrics and Charge Transport

Sponsoring Units: DMP DPOLY
Chair: Peter Green, University of Michigan
Room: 162A

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X49.00001: Inhomogeneous deformation and instability in soft dielectric transducers Tiefeng Li, Shaoxing Qu, Christoph Keplinger, Zhigang Suo, Wei Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X49.00002: Dielectric Properties of Carbon, Silicon and Germanium Based Polymers: A First Principles Study Chenchen Wang, Ghanshyam Pilania, Chunsheng Liu, Rampi Ramprasad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X49.00003: Paraelectric Crystalline Polymers for High Energy Density and Low Loss Dielectrics Lei Zhu, Run Su, Jung-Kai Tseng, Mao-Sheng Lu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X49.00004: Influence of Aqueous Electrolytes on Electrical Insulating Properties of Polyethylene Adam Tornheim, Tom Devine Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X49.00005: Theoretically guided design of efficient polymer dielectrics Philip Taylor, Elshad Allahyarov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X49.00006: Interface conductivity contribution in Co-Phthalocyanines capacitive type devices Carlos Monton, Ilya Valmiansky, Ivan Schuller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X49.00007: Nanoscale Correlation of Heterogeneous Morphology and Electrical Transport in Nanostructured Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells Jiebing Sun, Sean Wagner, Xiaoyu Liu, Phillip Duxbury, Pengpeng Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X49.00008: Gigahertz Probing of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) With A Kilohertz Detection Scheme Jeff Worne, Corey Slavonic, Kevin Kelly, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X49.00009: Thickness dependence of hole mobility in regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin films Bingyuan Huang, Emmanouil Glynos, Bradley Frieberg, Peter Green Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X49.00010: Contribution of Increased Extraction Efficiency to Increased Photo-Luminescence in Strained Polymer Films Po-Jui Chen, Arnold Chang-Mou Yang, Jui-Hung Hsu, Jonathon D. White Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X49.00011: Modeling charge and energy transports in $\pi $-conjugated systems Yongwoo Shin, Xi Lin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X49.00012: NMR, magnetic susceptibility, and electrical conductivity investigation of doped poly-3-methylthiophene W.G. Clark, G. Gaidos, K.J. Singh, R. Menon, K.P. Ramesh, A.P. Reyes, P. Kuhns, J.D. Thompson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X49.00013: Improving Order and Mobility in MEH-PPV Films by Reducing Polydispersity Jonathon White Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X49.00014: Charge Transport in Amorphous Polythiophene-Fullerene Blends Kiarash Vakhshouri, Derek Kozub, Chenchen Wang, Alberto Salleo, Enrique Gomez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X49.00015: Modeling energy transport in $\pi $-conjugated dendrimers containing triple bonds Pak Kau Lim, Yongwoo Shin, Xi Lin Preview Abstract

Session X50: Focus Session: Micro and Nano Fluidics II: Structured or Active Surfaces and Electrotransport

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DFD
Chair: Anna Balazs, University of Pittsburgh
Room: 162B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X50.00001: Dynamics of self-oscillating cilia designed from active polymer gels Pratyush Dayal, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Olga Kuksenok, Anna C. Balazs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X50.00002: Using actuated synthetic cilia to enhance microscale heat transport Zachary G. Mills, Alexander Alexeev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X50.00003: Transport of Micro-particles by Active Cilia Arrays Amitabh Bhattacharya, Gavin Buxton, O. Berk Usta, Anna. C. Balazs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X50.00004: Fluid flows around nanoelectromechanical resonators O. Svitelskiy, V. Sauer, N. Liu, D. Vick, K.M. Cheng, M.R. Freeman, W.K. Hiebert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X50.00005: Dynamic Similarity Principle for Nanoscale Resonant Devices in Gaseous Environments Caryn Bullard, Michael Roukes, John Sader, Jianchang Li, Paul Mulvaney Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X50.00006: Computational modeling of traveling wave electrophoresis Robert Correll, Jarrod Schiffbauer, Lloyd Carroll Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X50.00007: Activated wetting dynamics in the presence of mesoscopic surface disorder Kristina Davitt, Michael Pettersen, Etienne Rolley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X50.00008: Experimental test of Schrodinger's first-passage-time theory using colloids in micro-channels Sungcheol Kim, Xinsheng Ling Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X50.00009: Liquid-impregnated surfaces: overcoming the limitations of superhydrophobic surfaces for robust non-wetting and anti-icing surface J. David Smith, Rajeev Dhiman, Ernesto Reza-Garduno, Gareth McKinley, Robert Cohen, Kripa Varanasi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X50.00010: Using Superhydrophobic Surfaces and Optical Caustics to Detect Nanoparticle Aggregation Antonio Garcia, James Lindsay, Eric Gilmore Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X50.00011: Droplet condensation and growth on nanotextured surfaces impregnated with an immiscible liquid Sushant Anand, Adam Paxson, Jonathan Smith, Rajeev Dhiman, Kripa Varanasi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X50.00012: Molecular diffusion and tensorial slip at surfaces with periodic and random nanoscale textures Nikolai Priezjev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X50.00013: Wetting as a basis for a highly selective colorimetric indicator for organic liquids Ian Burgess, Kevin Raymond, Natalie Koay, Anna Shneidman, Mathias Kolle, Marko Loncar, Joanna Aizenberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X50.00014: Drag Measurements in Laminar Flows over Superhydrophobic Porous Membranes Ozgur Ozsun, Victor Yakhot, Kamil L. Ekinci Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X50.00015: Thermo-super-hydrophobic effect Jerzy M. Floryan Preview Abstract

Session X52: Focus Session: Extreme Mechanics - Fracture, Friction, and Frequencies

Sponsoring Units: GSNP DFD
Chair: Karin Dahmen, University of Illinois
Room: 153C

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X52.00001: Geometry of Tearing: crack propagation in brittle sheets Benoit Roman, Jose Bico, Enrique Cerda, Eugenio Hamm, Francisco Melo, Victor Romero Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X52.00002: Spiral and croissant crack in drying thin films Joel Marthelot, Benoit Roman, Jose Bico, Etienne Barthel, Jeremie Teisseire, Davy Dalmas, Francisco Melo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X52.00003: Rupture of a highly stretchable acrylic dielectric elastomer George Pharr, Jeong-Yun Sun, Zhigang Suo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X52.00004: How does adhesion impact the formation of telephone cord buckles? Etienne Barthel, Jean-Yvon Faou, Sergey Grachev, Guillaume Parry Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X52.00005: Nonlinear modal interactions in a microcantilever Hidde Westra, Herre van der Zant, Warner Venstra Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X52.00006: Effects of Roughness and Inertia on Precursors to Frictional Sliding Mark O. Robbins, K. Michael Salerno Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X52.00007: Scratch test as a fracture process: from soft to hard materials Ange-Therese Akono, Pedro Miguel Reis, Nicholas Xavier Randall, Franz-Josef Ulm Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X52.00008: Sliding on a Nanotube: Interplay of Friction, Deformations and Defects Hsiang-Chih Chiu, Suenne Kim, Erio Tosatti, Christian Klinke, Elisa Riedo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X52.00009: Graphene Morphology on Nano-Patterned Electronic Substrates Guangxu Li, Cihan Yilmaz, Xiaohong An, Sivasubramanian Somu, Swastik Kar, Ahmed Busnaina, Kai-tak Wan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X52.00010: Graphene Blister Adhesion Mechanics Narasimha Bodetti, Steven Koenig, Jianliang Xiao, Scott Bunch, Martin Dunn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X52.00011: Novel method for simulation of structural post buckling Rachmadian Wulandana, Sachin Velankar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X52.00012: Buckling morphologies of crystalline shells with frozen defects Ee Hou Yong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X52.00013: Do tidal stresses trigger large earthquakes early? Braden Brinkman, Michael LeBlanc, Jonathan Uhl, Yehuda Ben-Zion, Karin Dahmen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X52.00014: Tattoo-Like Strain Gauges Based on Silicon Nano-Membranes Nanshu Lu Preview Abstract

Session X53: Focus Session: Common Features of Soft Materials: Polymers, Colloids and Granular Media II

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Joerg Rottler, University of British Columbia
Room: 153B

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		X53.00001: Shear thickening and jamming in suspensions of different particle shapes Eric Brown, Hanjun Zhang, Nicole Forman, Douglas Betts, Joseph DeSimone, Benjamin Maynor, Heinrich Jaeger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		X53.00002: Fluctuations and Avalanche Statistics in Sheared Systems of Elliptical Particles Somayeh Farhadi, Robert P. Behringer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		X53.00003: Mapping From Soft to Hard-Core Disks Near the Athermal Shear Driven Jamming Transition Peter Olsson, Stephen Teitel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		X53.00004: Hot spots in an athermal system Jerome Crassous, Axelle Amon, Van Bau Nguyen, Ary Bruand, Eric Clement Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		X53.00005: Effect of Inertial Mass on Velocity Correlations of Shear Driven Soft-Core Disks Approaching the Athermal Jamming Transition Daniel V{\aa}gberg, Peter Olsson, Stephen Teitel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		X53.00006: Stretching dense colloidal suspensions: from flow to fracture Michael Smith, Rut Besseling, Andrew Schofield, James Sharp, Mike Cates, Volfango Bertola Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		X53.00007: Fluctuations for Hopper Flow with Circular and Elliptical Particles Junyao Tang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		X53.00008: Rheology and Jamming in Soft Colloidal System Anindita Basu, Tim Still, Paulo Arratia, Kerstin Nordstrom, Jerry Gollub, Douglas Durian, Arjun Yodh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		X53.00009: Local interactions and global rheology in disordered media Erik Woldhuis, Brian Tighe, Kerstin Nordstrom, Doug Durian, Jerry Gollub, Martin van Hecke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		X53.00010: Jammed by shear: a new perspective of the jamming transition in frictional granular materials Dapeng Bi, Bulbul Chakraborty Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		X53.00011: Deformation of inherent structures to detect short- and long-range correlations in supercooled liquids Emanuela Del Gado, Majid Mosayebi, Patrick Ilg, Hans Christian Oettinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		X53.00012: Experiments on ordering transitions in mechanically stable structures of granular rods Vikrant Yadav, Jean-Yonnel Chastaing, Arshad Kudrolli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		X53.00013: Elasticity of floppy amorphous systems Gustavo D\"uring, Edan Lerner, Matthieu Wyart Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		X53.00014: Granular Matter, Foams, and Beyond: Applications of the Granocentric Model Katherine Newhall Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		X53.00015: Force landscape for particulate systems Lou Kondic, Miroslav Kramar, Arnaud Goullet, Konstantin Mischaikow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:30PM - 5:42PM		X53.00016: Rearrangements in flow of foam Vijayakumar Chikkadi, Erik Woldhuis, Peter Schall, Martin van Hecke Preview Abstract